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Orchard Park
Farms Section
8 Pages
RIBUNE
Orchard Park
Farms Section
8 Pages
Thirty-First Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1936.
No. 123.
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Latest Equipment Is Featured In Plant Of Orchard Park Farms, Inc.
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Orchard Park, Farms, Inc.,
Turning Out 5500 to 6000
Packed Boxes Daily
' , Efficiency Is Watchword
Completed t a coat of $25,000, the
new packing plant of orchard Park
Farms, Inc., ppened last week and la
now running at full capacity on
hurry-up orders of pear shipments.
The plant, located near the Voor
hies crossing three miles south of the
city on the Pacific 'highway, Is em
ploying between 185 and 200 people,
and Is turning out between 5500 and
6000 packed boxes a day.'
"Walter H. Leverette, president of
the company, stated yesterday that
the big unit, running two graders,
has functioned flawlessly since ' the
day It was opened. Most of the plant
ta entirely new with the exception of
. the shell of the shed, which was
built several years ago by prank
Wortman and later bought by L. A.
Banks, although It had never before
been used for fruit packing.
Modern System
s Modernism Is the keynote of the
unit, with the fruit brought directly
onto the loading platform In the
rear, in trucks. Prom there It Is
wheeled to the sorting belts and the
washers, moving down the graders
Into the packing bins. New overhead
trams carry the boxes directly to the
Modern Fruit Packing .House Now in Operation at Voorhies Crossing Near Medford
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The newly equipped and thoroughly modern packing plant of (he Orchard Park Farms, Inc., Is lorn ted on the
CrnsHfng. In the picture above Is eh own the packing houw. with office hulldlnjc at right, and employes' automobiles and
tlon to being on the highway, the parking Hiium Is served by a spur track connertlng with the main line of the Southern
Pacific highway a few miles south of Medford at Voorhies
an Incoming truckload or fruit In the foreground. In addl
Paolflo railroad.
packers, minimizing effort In getting
the fruit packed. -
Still running In a straight line
down the center of ths building, the
packed fruit la weighed, lidded by
an automatic Udder, and moved out
the front door onto waiting trucks or
cut the side door Into refrigerator
cars. The direct movement through
the building, with conveyors and
tramways substituted for hand truck
lng In every possible way, has given
remarkable .efficiency, Leverette said.
Fruit From 17 Orchards
The new packing house will handle
the fruit from 17 orchards either
owned or operated by Orchard Park
Farms, Inc. Orchard Park ranch, with
160 acres, will be one of the largest
producers, with the Royal Orchard
tract, of 170 acres, also heavy. Other
orchards either owned or operated by
the corporation will be: Homecrest,
Lone Oak, Mary Mac, Jake Brown,
Boxy Ann, Grown Point, Royal,
Myers Lane, and others. Luvcrotte
stated that some outside fruit will
probably be packed.
AH of the produce of the house
will ' be marketed under the "Sun
Sugared' label. J. O. Barnes (who
with his son Charles, owns the Sunny
Slope orchard) and Leverette coined
the catchy name last winter,' and
collaborated in having it copyrighted,
not only for fresh fruit but for can
ned goods as well. The Sunny Slope
pears will be packed at the new plant.
Leverette stated that about fifty
percent of the pears packed will be
for the export market and shipped
by Sam Birch Co., Inc., from Port
land. The remainder, for domestic
consumption, will be handled by the
Thurston Fruit company In New York
City.
Improvements on the Orchard Park
ranch were started last year when
Leverette purchased the five-block
traot from the Pepper and Taylor
Interests, who had bought it from
L. A. Banks. The orchard house was
remodeled and painted white, and
the big barn near the Pacific high
way was also painted white. An of
fice building near the packing shed
was remodeled, and painted In the
corporation's colors, white with dls
tlntlee green trim.
To Be Show Place
. An Innovation In packing house
design is found In the shook shed,
In the rear of the main racking
plant. This shed will house all box
making and labeling activities, and
other projects usually confined to the
shed proper. Finished boxes will be
carried by trams Into the main build
ing. With the Intention of making
a show place of the ranch, the
ground a wlU be terraced, grass will
be planted, and landscaping will be
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CUTLER EQUIPMENT IN
NEW WAREHOUSE FOR
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Cutler equipment Installed In the
new warehouse of Orchard Park
Farms, Inc., under the direction of
Hubbard -Wray company includes
Cutler improved fruit washers and
driers, Cutler rotary bin graders and
Cutler wave-motion sorting tables.
These modern facilities were selected
by Walter Leverette in order that hts
plant would operate with maximum
efficiency and economy. ,
Pax ton automatic nailing machines
and lidding and box-making equip
ment will increase the general out
put or fruit at the warehouse, said
Mr. Loverette. The Cutler washer
and driers are constructed without
screens or Jets. Fruit is sent through
the necessary acid, washed in fresh
water and dried with an effective ab
sorbent towel drier unit In readiness
far th f I tml mark.
Cutter graders enable the average
packer to Increase his usual output
as much as 15 per cent, M, T. Wray
stated In discussing the packing plant
furnishings.
Packers prefer the bin graders be
cause they do not have to stop to
pull down the fruit and they pack
more boxes dally with less fstlgue.
These machines handle the tender-
est varltlea of apples and pears with
out Injury and are one of the finest
Improvements made In packing house
equipment in a number of years, Mr,
Wray said.
Actor Raymond Walburn was one
of the first American soldiers to
reach France during the World War,
He served four years with the Ameri
can Infantry, was wounded twice.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19. iPj AlMll
new found fondness for "air-cooled"
trousers la helping to keep the wool
Industry out of It, usual summer
doldrums.
A national telegraphic survey by tlx
Associated Woolen industries, trad
organisation, revealed average sales .
of tropical weight worsted suits are,
running SO per cent ahead of last ;
year.
P. B. Todd, director of tho Indus-
tries, said "the wool Industry was one
of the first to herald the approach of
better times. Merchandisers this year
ara finding ready sales for woolen
products because of the wide diver
slty of appeal ranging from evening
gowns to red flannels."
Clothing takes by far the largest
amount of wool produced, consuming
$1,600,000,000 of the raw product last
year, and Its retail volume Is watch
ed closely by the Industry as a gauga
of future business.
Most recent llgures show men's hab
lllmente account for roughly 83 per
cent of total apparel class wool con
sumption, while women's wesr uses
38 per cent.
There are approximately ooo.oou .
wool growers In the United states ftiwf
together with employe of mills, cut.
ting and tailoring establishment!. U
Is estimated that close to o.ouo.ooa
persons ara dependent upon wool for
a livelihood.
Martha Rave, 'eccentric jomedl-enne-slnger,
played In vaudeville
not with Bob Bums, the bazooka hero
from Arkansas, several years ago.
They met again when they were)
teamed In a recent film.
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Better Equipment
Spells
Added Efficiency!
Greater Economy!
Increased Out-put!
That Is Why The
New Warehouse of Orchard
Park Farms, Inc.
o IS EQUIPPED WITH o
No Delay
When
PAXTON
Box Making
Equipment la
Used!
Maximum production calls for NO
DELAY In boxes In the modern fruit
packing plant . . . That Is why Mr.
Leverette has selected PAXTON
Automatic Nailing Machines snd
PAXTON lidding and bol makln
marhlnes for the ORCHARD. PARK
FARMS' new warehouse.
CUTLER Improved FRUIT WASHERS and DRIERS
CUTLER Rotary Bin GRADERS ' CUTLER Wave-
Motion SORTING TABLES!
Facilities such as CUTLER offers assures fruit packing plant operators fast, effective
handling of peak plant loads ... Fruit is washed, dried, graded and sorted to assure
v clean, unironn pacKs and a minimum loss 01 time on the part of the entire plant crew . . .
Cutler equipment actually PAYS FOR ITSELF In faster, more efficient operation of ft
modern packing plant!
HUBBARD - WRAY CO.
29 NO. RIVERSIDE Pacific Highway Near Main PHONE 202
Cutler Washers and Dryers
With no screens or Jets to elof, the Cutler washer snd Dryer
sends fruit throujh the necessary cl4 solution, washes It
thoroughly In fresh water, dryi It with a simple, effective,
absorbent towel drier unit, preparing It for clean, attractive
psck.
Cutler Rotary Bin Graders
These uraders enable trw average packer to Increase his ont-pnt
from 10 to 13, amlJs conrrsllon In the plant and elim
inates stem punctures and bruises! t
Cutler Wavs Motion Sorting Tables
These sorting fables materially speed-up out-put In parking
plant and assure more careful and systematic handling of fruit