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.
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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
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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
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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
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This useful little book is a gift from
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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
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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.
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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;
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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.
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