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$25,000 Contrivance Will
Do Work of 500 People at
Eismann Ft.Vannoy Ranch
Grants Pass, Aug. 10 Open
ing of the hop picking season
Monday at the Eismann Fort
Vannoy yards on the Lower
river yard will see a new $25,000
mechanical hop picking plant in
operation, said to be the first
modern mechanical plant in Ore
gon, It was stated today, by H. D.
Eismann, manager.
The Fort Vannoy yards have
180 acres of hops which normal
ly would require 500 pickers.
The new machine, which Is
receiving its finishing touches
this week, is expected to handle
the entire crop in two daily
shifts of 40 persons per shift.
The hop picker Is housed in
a building 130 feet long and ex
tends thirty feet on each end of
the building.
Auto trucks with extended
bodies will haul the hop vines
in from the field. The trucks will
carj-y racks with ' removable
cross beams having iron teeth
on which the vines will be
threaded. Driving in to the pick
er the trucks will back under
an electric hoist which will pick
up the beams with their loads of
vines and place them on an end
V less chain.
The revolving chain will carry
the trailing hop vines over a
long series of drums that carry
wire fingers for picking the
hops. These drums are on two
levels and the hop vines will do
a round trip over the top series
of drums and then between the
top and lower drums, to be pick
ed clean of hops. Provision Is
made for mechanical picking of
any arms of hop vines that fall
off without going through the
picking drums.
The hops as they are picked
fall Into a central bin through a
series of slanting angle bars that
clear out clusters of hops and
pieces of vine. Men will stand
beside these to pick off any hops
and throw them back.
From the bin the hops will be
eonvcyed by endless belts to an
other machine that cleans them
by an air blast and conveys them
by other belts before a grading
belt where women graders wilJ
Inspect and grade them on their
' way to the sacking machine. Af
ter sacking the hops will be
hauled to the drier.
A feature of the picking ma
chine is provision for saving the
lupulin, a yellow dust, that is
aid to be worth about $15 a
pound and is the real product
the brewers are after when they
buy hops. Some of this dust that
otherwise would be lost will fall
to a shelf under the pickers, and
from this shelf it can be burshed
off and marketed so there will
be no loss.
Forty-year tests at the U. S.
Fisheries Laboratory at Piver's
Island, N. C, show that diamond-back
terrapin can be bred
as easily as chickens. I
Russia 32, and other claimants
10.
R. G. Fowler, County Agent.
JACKSON COUNTY FARM NOTES
Compiled by County Office O. S. C. Extension Service
Farm Wag Ruling
Clean Up Question
Copies of an official Interpre
tation of the regulations govern
ing legal rates for farm wages
which will clear
tions arising in Jackson county
have just been received from
the Oregon War Food Adminis
tration Wage board.
The statement released by the
Oregon WFA Wage board ex
plains provisions of the farm
wage ceiling set by the general
farm wage stabilization regula
tion, special wage ceilings, indi
vidual adjustments, and pro
visions for enforcement of the
ceilings.
The general regulation pro
vides that salaries and wages
of agricultural laborers may be
increased up to $2400 a year
without aDnroval. unlocc a
specific wage ceiling has been
sei dv tne war Fnnrt Adminis
tration. The S2400 nor voop hoc
been defined by the regulation
to mean 5200 a month, or the
equivalent weekly hourly (85
cents in most easesV nipwwnrt
rate, or comparable basis. Board
ana room, Donuses, or anything
else of value must be included
in figurine salaries nr waws 1ht
statement explains.
I he same salarv nr wnfff rati
for the same type of work for
the similar period or season
maae lawfully between Decern
ber 9. 1942. and Dpramhsr O
1943. mav he naid without an.
proval even though the compen
sation is more than $2400 a year.
An employer who established a
new lob classification aftpr n,x.
cember 9, 1943, may pay the
maximum rate paid within the
local area for the year preceding
December 9, 1943, for that Job
classification.
Amilic&tinns for individual ad
lustmpnts for farmers wishinf to
pay rates in excess of $2400 a
year may De maae on torms
available in the county Exten
sion nffiro.
The wage stabilization office
will investigate cases of non
comnlianrp and will pnforrp
compliance, the statement points
out. special wage ceilings may
be established by the WFA
whpnpvpr a mnlnritv of tho rro-
ducers of any crop in any given
area request the help of tne
Oregon Wage Board.
Near Maximum
On Milk Cows
Maximum number of milk
cows (about 28.2 million head)
for which there will be feed and
other facilities should be reach
ed by the end of 1944, WFA of
ficials point out. The larger-than-
normal number of heifers re
tained In 1942 and 1943 will
then be in milk production and
there will be less need for in
creasing the number of milk
cows so that' more dairy heifers
and heifer calves can be market
ed for slaughter or used for re
placing less-productive cows.
This would contribute toward
reducing cattle numbers without
reducing milk production.
June Food Delivery
Lett Than In May
June deliveries of food and
other agricultural products un
der lend-lease and other war
programs totaled 806,942,749
pounds about 24 per cent less
than deliveries in May. The
British Empire got 58 per cent.
Canning Program
Heavy In August
Headliners for canning in the
coming month will be beans,
corn, peaches, pears and toma
toes. With snap beans at their
prime now homemakers will
want to be sure that proper food
preservation methods are used
Many homemakers have been
disappointed with the results of
frozen string beans. Latest re
search from the college indi
cates that the degree of matur
ity and length of blanching time
are most important to insure a
palatable product. The most out
standing change in procedure
during the last year has been
lengthening the blanching time
ta five to eight minutes, depend
ing on the maturity of the pro
duct. If the bcuns are too young
the resultant product will not
be satisfactory. Any homemaker
who does not have the latest
edition of the Freezing bulletin
issued in September, 1943, by
the Oregon State College Exten
sion Service may have one free
of charge through the office in
the courthouse.
Since beans are a non-acid
vegetable and, therefore, sub
ject to botulinus poisoning they
should be canned in a pressure
cooker. To aid in heat penetra
tion and assure a full pack
beans should be precooked for
five minutes before packing in
clean hot jars. If bacon or other
fatty product is added to the
beans for flavor this should be
placed low in the jar to prevent
fat from boiling over onto the
sealing surface of the jar. Pro
cess at 10 pounds of pressure,
35 minutes for pints and 40
minutes for quarts.
Canning Arithmetic Listed
below are quantities necessary
to fill a specified number of
jars. Peaches: 48 pounds of
peaches fill between 18 and 24
jars, depending on how packed.
(2 to 2V4 pounds fill one quart.)
Plums: 56 pounds of plums fill
24 to 30 quarts. (2 to 1h pounds
fill one quart.) Tomatoes: 53
pounds fill 15 to 20 quarts. (2 i
to 3 pounds fill one quart.) Snap
Beansi 30 pounds fill about 15
to 20 quarts. (1V4 to 2 pounds fill
one quart.) Sweet Corn: 35
pounds fill 8 or 9 quarts. (6-16
ears, depending on size, fill a
quart.)
Marian J. Farrell,
Home Demonstration Agent.
Program of events for the an
nual picnic of the Nebraska as
sociation, to be held next Sun
day at the Helman picnic
grounds in Ashland, has been
announced. Dinner has been set
for one o'clock and speaker of
the day will be the Rev. Earl
Downing, pastor of the First
Christian church, Ashland.
Also scheduled for the pro
gram are community singing, a
business meeting, with election of
officers for the coming year, a
"get acquainted" period, and
awarding of prizes to the oldest
gentleman, oldest lady, largest
family and youngest baby pres
ent at the picnic. The program
will close with "Auld Lang
Syne" and the national anthem.
It is stated that the bath serv
ices at the picnic grounds will
be available all day.
T. W. O'Harra, president of
the association, urges all former
Nebraskan residents to attend.
It is stated that families should
bring ample food to provide for
visitors, and table services for
their own families and for
guests.
Mrs. W. D. Morgan is secre
tary and treasurer of the association.
Boy Scout News
By Roy Pyle, Asst. Scribe
A short meeting of Troop 8
was held August 8, followed
by games. Junior Assistant
Scoutmaster Don Buncty gave
an account of activities at Lake
O'Woods Scout camp. He stated
that Troop 8 won nine first and
five second place ratings out of
fourteen inspections at the
camp.
Flans are being made now
for fall activities for the troop,
and a busy future Is in store.
Signalling is being featured in
our work, and most Troop
members are doing very well.
The average American motor
ist today uses only 43 per cent
as much gasoline as he used in
1941.
THE GRANGE
Phoenix Grange
Phoenix Grange met in reg
ular session August 8.
The ceremony of draping the
charter was performed in trib
ute to the memory of our be
loved Brother Floyd Bell. His
sudden passing is mourned by
us all and we will feel nis loss
keenly in both our Grange and
community affairs. Brother Bell
was active in Grange work, hold
ing many offices and performing
his duties efficiently.
One candidate, Bob Shroedcr,
was balloted on.
Next serving committee Is to
be Mr. and Mrs. Floyd, Parker
and Edwards.
During the refreshment pe
riod H E. C. Chairman Myrtle
Hi'xori announced that there will
be a pot-luck picnic at Edith
Poe's horn on August 16 at 7:30
p. m. Members are to take their
own table service, a covered
dish and their husbands. The
committee is anxious to have
as many as possible attend this
meeting as we don't want to lose
contact with each other during
the summer.
were welcome visitors. He spoke
on trucking conditions in Ore
gon. Aug. 13, at 1 p. m. was the
date and hour set for the annual
grange picnic on the banks of
Rogue river, across from the
William Puhl residence.
Refreshments were served by
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw and Mrs.
Ganong.
A group of Gold Hill grangers
and candidates attended the
Sams Valley Grange meeting,
Aug. 5. Sams Valley degree
team put on first and second
degrees for a group of their own
as well as visiting candidates.
Our grange wishes to thank the
Sams Valley Grange for putting
on this work.
Aug. 17, Gold Hill Grange
will put on the third and fourth
degrees. Any granges wishing to
bring candidates, are wlecome
to do so.
Sams Valley Grange
A dance will be given at Sams
Valley Grange hall Saturday
night, August 12. Good music
and a good time is assured. Sup
per will be served at midnight.
Regular meeting was held
Aug. 5 when a total of 12 can
didates were given the first and
second degrees. Forty-six visi
tors were wrosent from Gold
Hill, Live Oak, Phoenix and
Redwood granges. Seven candi
dt.tes were initiated for Gold
Hill. Sams Valley degree team
put on the degrees and also their
floor drill which they used at
the state session at Grants Pass.
Wm. Howes announced third
and fourth degrees would be
put on at Gold Hill grange
Gold Hill Grange
Gold Hill Grange met in regu
lar session Aug. 3. With regret
the members accepted the resig
nation of Brother Wilbur Martin
as assistant steward. Brother
Glen Chase was elected to that
station for the remainder of the
year. The Martins are moving to
Idaho and will be greatly missed
here.
Brother and Sister Brooks,
master and lecturer of the Jose
phine county Pomona Grange
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Invited all candidates. Mr.
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Lecturer Frances Spurlln was
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