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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY. JULY 23, 1942. PAGE FIVE Jackson County Farm Notes Compiled by County Office O.S.C. Extension Service Testing Association At Standstill After being in operation con tinuously since 1922, the Rogue River Dairy Improvement as sociation has been forced to abandon its activities. W. E. Griffin, who has been the tester for six years, is now employed by the army and with the shortage of tires as well as help to replace Mr. Griffin, it seems impractical to carry on. Cow testing associations every where are in the same predica ment. Jackson County Gold Star Hard J. R. and E. L. McCracken of Ashland have the honor of own ing one of the first 22 herds in the world to be named Gold Star herds. This distinction goes only to Jersey herds which in four consecutive herd im provement registry years meet a high standard of production, and in this case must exceed 430 pounds of butterfat annual ly per cow. The average for the McCracken herd for four years is 495.00 pounds of but terfat per ccw. Out of 22 herds listed, Oregon is represented by five. Bala Ties Scarcity Due For Increase The scarcity of bale ties this year seems to be only a fore runner of an even greater scar city in 1943. While in the past it has seemed impractical to save baling wire to be used again, it can be done and under present conditions it might he very necessary. The reuse of baling wire means a consider able saving in metal which is needed for war production and at the same time it releases the wire producing plants of neces sary war production. TRIANGLE X-TRJl ECO PRODUCER 18 Increase your egg profit! with this palatable scientifically built 'Vitamin bolaeced feed Supplies the hiflh-prodvclng layers with their requirements for more extra grade go. Your local feed 4 eater Has trash (1. X-TtA ICO paotucte Mat w .. FINAL SUMMER AT m BAND BOX EVERY SUMMER ITEM GOING At ROCK BOTTOM BARGAIN PRICES. o DRESSES o SHOES o xKIAITS o Swim Swifts ETC. BW ml THE When bales of hay or straw are opened, the wire should be untied instead of cutting it to prevent waste. The wire can be easily straightened if care is taken and if it is laid out in bundles the same as new wire, it will be available to use again. Pick-up Baler Proves Value in Emergency The value of the pick-up baler has been demonstrated this season and those doing con stant work with this type of baler have been and still are over worked. . It saves a hay crew as one man, if necessary. can pick up the bales in the field and store them away. A great many farmers in this county would have had diffi culty getting the hay in this season had it not been for the use of this baler. . Clover Certification Should Be Hurried Last week we reminded farm ers of the fact that they must have applications in for clover certification at once. Last Monday 265 acres of Ladino clover were inspected by a rep resentative of the State college There is a great deal more than this to be done and we urge that farmers get their applica tions in at once as final inspec tion will be made during the week beginning Monday, July 27. Government Vetch Must Be Tagged Growers of Willamette vetch must have their vetch tagged for identification in the field be fore it leaves the farm for the cleaning establishment. The growers will notify this office about when they expect to have the vetch ready to move and someone will be out to put the field tags on the bags. No other type of vetch needs this as final tags will be placed on the sacks after it is cleaned By R. G. Fowler, County Agent. How To Control Corn Ear Worm There is considerable Interest in use of oil for control of corn ear worm so the situation will again be reviewed. The corn ear worm moth lays eggs on the silks the first day or two after the silks emerge from the husks. These eggs require three to four days to hatch at which time the small worm feeds on the silks and makes its way to ward the cob. It reaches the cob in about two days and then feeds on the young kernels of corn. The silks are pollinated in two to three days after appear ing. Shortly after pollination, the tips of the silks wilt and then turn brown. The oiling should not be done before pol llnation has occurred or dam age may result to the corn. On the other hand the oil must be on the silk before the worm reaches the ear or it will not kill it. This leaves only about two days after pollination that oil ing will be effective. Anyone wishing to use the oil should carefully watch the silks and be sure to apply the oil within two days after the tips start to wilt. It may be necessary to go over the field twice to get all the ears as silking may be somewhat uneven. Oiling too soon or too late gives very poor results. Use a white mineral oil with a viscosity between 125 and 185 saybolt seconds. It requires aDout one-iourth teaspoon per ear. A common force oiler can be adjusted with a set screw to deliver this amount fairly ac curately. The tip of the oiler should be inserted one-half to three-fourths of an inch Into the end of the ear. By C. B. Cordy, . Assistant County Agent. Corn Preservation Instruction Given In another week or two the corn from your Victory garden should be ready to can, dry and freeze. One of the most important considerations in successfully canned and frozen corn is that the corn be properly matured and very fresh as it undergoes rapid changes after picking. With this in mind it is better to keep canning your corn from day to day as it matures. Remember that corn is a non acid vegetable and should be canned in a pressure cooker to insure the destruction of the dangerous bacteria that causes botulinus poisoning. As an added precaution, you will want to boil the corn for 20 minutes after the jar is opened and be fore tasting. Many women have trouble with corn spoiling when their other vegetables are very suc cessful. In order to stop the action of the bacteria that causes spoilage, the food must be heated to the desired tem perature to the very center of the jar. Corn, squash and like vegetables pack very tightly in a jar and as a result the pene tration of heat to the center of the jar is slower and more dif ficult. To help in the penetra tration of heat do not pack the corn too tightly and leave one inch at the top of the jar for swelling. We recommend using pint jars or No. 2 cans for corn, al though quart jars may be suc cessfully used: any larger jar should be avoided as the heat can not penetrate to the center of a large jar. Following are directions for canning corn: Caution: Hot water bath method of canning Is not recom mended for non-acid vegetables, meats and fish. If use of pres sure cooker Is not possible, the essential steps in the hot water bath method should be followed ; very carefully and the full period of time allowed for pro cessing. After emptying jar and before tasting, boil home canned meat, fish and non-acid vegetables 20 minutes on same day eaten. Canned food show- 1 ing any signs of spoilage should be burned, or mixed with one tablespoon of lye and buried. Avoid placing where animals can find It Whole Grain Corn Best For Canning Gather while Inside of ker : nels is still slightly milky. Can : as soon as taken from garden. I Husk, silk, wash, cut from cob without pre-cooking, add half as much boiling water as corn, heat to boiling point, pack hot and loosely to one inch from top. Add half level teaspoon ; salt per pint. Add liquid in i which food was cooked to one , inch from top of jar or one- fourth inch from top of tin can, Due to the shortage of merchandise and other con ditions beyond our control. The COFFEE POT ON NORTH RIVERSIDE . Will Discontinue All Meals We wish to thank our many friends who haw dined here for their generous patronage and re mind them that We Will Continue To Serve The Coffee . Pot's Famous "JUICY JUMBOS" Cheeseburgers Long Dogs and other Popular Sandwiches AND ALSO FEATURE "FROZEN ROGUE" let Creem, Milk Shikei, Sod at, and other Uitf fouaU.n ipeciahiete F Good Crop of Cane Fruits in Willamette Valley Pick er Shortage Felt Here. Portland, July 23 (P) Rain damaged some crops and delayed the harvest of others in eastern and northwestern Oregon last week, the U. S. department of commerce reported today In its weather-crop survey. The rain further damaged cherries in the Willamette val ley while hay, some grain and flax were hard hit. The crimson clover seed crop was hurt, prob ably seriously, especially In Washington county. Umatilla county's wheat and pea harvest was delayed and haying interrupted in several eastern counties. Grain suffered from the heat in low-lying areas of Wasco county. Pickers Needed . A good crop of cane fruits was being picked in the Willa mette valley as fast as the sup ply of labor would permit. The shortage of pickers continued to interfere with the Jackson county cherry harvest. Pastures were in good condi tion and livestock were doing well. Later fruits, not seriously damaged by the heat early in July, were progressing favor ably. Wettest spot in the state was Pendleton with .79 of an inch. Other readings: Heppner .59, North Bend .50. Condon. 39, Wasco .35, La Grande .31, Al bany. 24, Salem .18, Roseburg, .16. Sugar Beet Crop to Set hew in ark St.lt Lake City, July 23 VP) America will harvest 12,500, 000 tons of sugar beets this year and farmers will receive $8.35 a ton for them, Nell Kelly of Washington predicted to western grows and processors last night. He predicted the crop would be harvested on time and would exceed the record crop of 1940. Spokane, July 23 lP) The annual meeting of the Washing ton State Medical society, sched uled to be held in Spokane Aug. 17-19, has been cancelled, a society officer said today. For pint jars process 75 minutes at 10 pounds pressure. For quart jars process 80 minutes at 10 pounds pressure. For No. 2 cans process 70 minutes at 10 pounds pressure. For hot water process in boiling water, 212 F., for three hours and be sure to keep the above caution in mind. How to Prepare Cream Style Corn Prepare for cutting same as whole grain corn. Cut off tops of kernels, scrape remaining portion and mix scrapings with cut kernels. Add half as much boiling water as corn, heat to boiling point, pack hot and loosely to one inch from top. Add half level teaspoon salt per pint. Fill tin cans to quarter inch from top. For pint jars process 105 minutes at 10 pounds pressure. For No. 2 cans process 100 minutes at 10 pounds pressure. For hot water bath, process in boiling water, 212'F., for three hours and be sure to keep the caution In mind. Containers larger than pint jars or No. 2 cans are not rec ommended for the hot water bath canning of corn or for cream style corn. The bulletin on "Home Food Preservation" may be obtained from the office of the home de monstration agent. By Marian J. Farrell. Home Demonstration Agent. NATIONAL JERSEY CHAMPION Ml r THE Challenger's Trinette. a registered Jersey owned by Neeh Brothers, Marahfield. Oregon, it the new record breaker for the Junior two-year-old diviaion. At verified by The American Jertey C- tie Club, New York, her production of 701.6 lbs. butterfat maket I'm the new national champion. She produced 5.719 quarts of milk in 30 days. At 14c a quart, ber milk would retail for S800.66. Gold Hill Gold Hill, July 23 (Spl) Misses Yvonne Moore and Joyce Robbing were hostesses July 21 for a birthday party honoring Miss Dagmar Christensen, on her fifteenth birthday. Others enjoying the party held at the Christiansen home were Leona Holderness, Elaine Parker, Mar ian Bennett, Weegie Dungey, Eileen Frost, Margaret Moulton, Evelyn Christensen and the hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Planer, who operated the Avery aervlce ttatlon and atore for a ehort time have cloned their business here and returned to Cali fornia whre they will visit relatives before leaving: for Salt Lake City to work on a cantonment. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Herklrman left Monday for Vancouver, Wh., where he haa employment. They expect to return here later on. Mr. and Mra. Art Hamilton and two vbitaren have movod into the Carl Lenta tenant house. 'fhv have resided for the psst several months. In the trailer house belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Blsh. Kstherlnt Hayea left last week for Sacramento to visit her brother and elater-tn-law, Mr. and Mra. Cecil Hayea. Sunday guesta of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Sutton and family were Mr. and Mrs. Art Mullln and Mra. June FREE at your qrocefs at - G Each book contains 30 'i. gummed labelsready to help you put up fruit with your allotment of sugar for canning This useful little book is a gift from your grocer and Sprcckels Honey Dew Sugar. You need not make special purchases to get it just ask your grocer. Home fruit canning is patriotic this sum mer. Our Government is alloting extra sugar for canning because it conserves fruit, im proves family nutrition. You obtain this extra sugar for canning by applying to your local ration board. Sugar is rationed in the U. S. today so that, from our reduced supply, we may share sugar with our allies and also turn sugar The 3 4.h.t?-.: fl-.-Vt Ml Metzger of Medford and Mr. and Mra. Robert Bean and family and the Mluet Bogart, all of Phoenix. Mls Margaret Helen Moulton of Medford u guest thU week of Miss Eileen Frost. Another recreational meeting will te held hers In the granite hall on Saturday evening and a large group 1 expected to attend. Friends of Ous Larson, formerly of this city, hare received a card from him stating that he haa Just reached his destination to Iran. He will be superintendent of a large rock quarry, there. Mrs. Men-It Davis and son. Dick. spent last week end at the O. F. Palmer ton home at Rogue River. Owen Woods of Weed spent the week-end here with Mrs. Woods who Is staying with her mother, Mrs. Mary Morelock. Sunday guests of the Woods, at the Morelock home, were their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Vlelra and two daughter of Hilt and Betty Crab In, granddaughter of Mr. and Mr. Wocds, also of .Weed. Mra. Juan Its Butler and eon of O rants pan. were Saturday guesta at the Morelock horn. Alton Sutton Is spending the: week In Medford at the home of hit uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Art Mullln Mrs. Daisy Gilchrist and Jean Gil christ spent Aunday at Hornbrook with Mr. and Mra. Burt Johnson, who moved there recently. Llns'.ey Dorman haa returned hare after making a bualnesa trip to Port land. Joan Cameron underwent a ton allectomy at Medford on Tuesday. OA ? ea... wo top - quality sugar home 'grown in the West Josephine Robinson returned to her home here Tuesday alter sev eral weeks vUlt at Tacoma and was accompanied here by her cousin, Ruth Smith of Tacoma, who will vilsit awhile. Several residents were aroused at ft o'clock Wednesday morning when a fire alarm was sounded for a blaze In the top of a etreet light pole, back of the Tom Smith home. Little damage was done to the pole and a Copco truck arrived promptly when tne company was notified. Vaughn Whltmore left Monday for Portland on business . Ouesu at the Whltmore home, over the week-end were Mrs. Andrew C. Sherbert and daughter Jacqueline of Portland. Mrs. Sherbert Is a elster-in-law of Mra. Whltmore and returned to Port land Tuesday while hsr daughter re mained here for a longer visit. Legion Fun Chapter Holds Annual Meet Portland, July 23 (;JV-Mem- Even before rhe present wor Is over. w may tee developed flying motor cart outomobiles with folding wingi which con operate efficiently on highway. . or toke off ond land from a smell area such as run-ways that could be provided on rne tops ot Duiiaings. Your country needs you arid your car today to achieve that grand tomorrow. Gilmore Indenendent TValrr know best how to keep your car fit. Don't experiment. Get scientific Gilmore Click-Chart lubrication regularly. And always use mileage-winning Red Lion gasoline; ihis handv booklet . w J Canning Jar Labels 7- Sf ci w into bullets, shells and torpedoes needed to win the war. But we Americans will never go without sugar. An increasing part of our sugar is now grown and processed right here in the West inside our own America. It is the good beet sugar no enemy can touch. The sugar that needs no ships. This home-grown sugar is as sweet and pure and wholesome as any sugar you can buy. It is ideal for table use, for cooking and canning. YouH find it at your grocer's now, with all the other supplies you'll be needing. ben of the 8 et 40, fun and honor gociety of the American Legion auxiliary, arrived today ior sessions preceding the an nual state convention. FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT COSTS BEER LICENSE Portland, Ore., July 23 (JP) The state liquor control commit sion today revoked beer licenses of five dispensaries suspended 13 others from five to 30 days. One revocation was that of the Radio Park in Josephine county where commission officers said a free-for-all fight occurred re cently. The Casino at Klamath Fall lost its license for 30 days for selling intoxicants to visibly In tnxicated persons, the commis sion announced. rjae Mali Tribune vans ads. ' - K 1 223 East 6th Phone 3686
