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State Inspections
Of Export Grain
Show Big Increase
Salem Export grain inspec
by the state department of agri
culture during the last six
months of 1956 more than doub
led inspections for the same
period a year earlier.
Export inspections from Ore
gon were 37.853,352 bushels and
16.122.083 bushels during the
respective six months, according
to the semi-annual report of
the department's grain inspec
t.on division. The substantial in
crease is due to all-time high
export movements set in July
and August.
Portland and Astoria grain
offices of the department more
thean doubled their export in
spections of the same period a
year earlier. Portland export
grain inspections were 33.957,
996 bushels compared to 15,356,
638 bushels for the last six
months of 1955. The 1956-1955
comparison of export grains in
spected at Astoria was 3.895,356
bushels against 765.452 bushels.
Inspection of incoming grains
at Portland, Astoria and Pendle
ton was slightly more than 57
million bushels or almost 17
million bushels above the same
period a year earlier.
The department's Portland
office alone inspected 50,642.152
bushels compared with 36,447.-
740 bushels in the last six
months of 1955. Incoming wheat
receipts were up more than two
million bushels at Astoria. The
Pendleton office showed 540,
265 bushels compared with 489,-
266 bushels for the same period
a year earlier.
Although inspections of in
coming wheat at Portland in
creased almost 20 million bush
els over the same period last
year, other grain receipts at
that office were down. Corn re-ct-pits
were five times less and
incoming rye was down three
times in volume. Only small
decreases were made in barley
and oats receipts. .
The volume of auto-truck de
livery of grains between July
and December, 1956, doubled
over the same period a year
earlier.
Grain receipts by river barge
were 3.068,466 bushels or al
most triple the 1,474.313 bushels
of a year earlier. Receipts of
grain from points east of the
Rocky mountains also were up.
4-H Club News
Central Point Pig Club
On Monday, Jan. 14. the Cen
tral Point Pig club visited the
Midway Meat slaughter plant.
Here Mr. Gordon showed us
what to look for on a market
hog. He also demonstrated how
to cut the hog, smoke it, and
cure it.
This all proved to be very in
teresting to the members, and
our thanks to Midway Meat for
howing us through the plant.
The next meeting is Jan. 28,
at the home of Karen Renfro.
Dave Foote, Reporter.
Ctntral Point Dairy Club
Our junior leader, John An
horn, was host to our club Jan.
7.
Our business meeting was con
ducted by our president, Sandy
Higinbotham. We received our
new record books and studied
the parts of a cow.
Our next meeting will be held
Feb. 4, at the W. C. Higinbatham
home on Taylor Rd.
Carol Foote, Reporter.
Si Q Swing Club
The Sis-Q Sewing Bees had
their first meeting the 16th of
January after school at Nancy
Lusk's home on Oak st. in Ash
land. We elected officers. They
are: president. Nelda Chapman:
vice president, Judy Carpenter;
secretary. Nancy Lusk; reporter,
Faye Chapman: song leader,
Barbara Bernardi. We also re
ceived our record books. Our
next meeting is at Kathy Hern
lein's home in Valley View on
February fourth.
Faye Chapman,
Reporter.
Meeting Scheduled to
Discuss Phoenix Sewer
Phoenix Mayor Vince Claf
lin today announced that a pub
lic meeting will be held at 7:30
p.m. Monday. Jan. 28, in the
Phoenix Grade school gymnas
ium to discuss the sewer system
now under construction in Phoe-
Mayor Claflin urged residents
in the south and east sections of
B and C sts. to attend since top-!
ics to be discussed include as- j
sessments. Other information
concerning the sewer system aiso
will be available at the meeting,
he said.
ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATISM,
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Offered Amazing Relief
From Agonizing Pains
Sensational new medical discovery
called AR-PAN-EX works through
blood stream where it can do the most
sood. fastest. Even most stubborn
rases have gotten blessed relief from
torturing misery. See us today aoout
guaranteed AR-PAN-EX tablets.
CENTRAL REXALL DRUG
Main and Central
Farm
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BAKING UNDER THE WORST DROUGHT in nearly 300 years are portions of eight
southwestern states shown above. The cross-hatched area has received less than half its
normal rainfall. '
Changing Trends on Dairy Farms
Reflected in Inspection Reports
Salem Changing trends on
the dairy farm are reflected in
the report of dairy inspections
made during 1956 by the state
department of agriculture's di
vision of foods and dairies.
O. K. Bcals, division chief,
said dairy farm inspections at
3670 dropped 212 from 1955,
and the 10.317 fluid milk sam
ples taken for laboratory analy
ses were down 1,021.
Dairy farm and dairy cow
numbers are down from 1955,
accounting for the decline in
both farm inspections and draw
ing of official samples. How
ever, while dairy farm numbers
are down, herds are larger and
the overall production of milk
in Oregon last year was down
only a fraction from the previ
ous year.
Sediment Testing
Even more striking are switch
es reflected in the sediment test
ing of fluid and manufacturing
milks carried on during the
year. The dairy inspectors took
2,000 fewer sediment tests of
fluid milk last year than in 1955
and this was primarily be
cause more milk went to market
from farm tanks than in the fast
disappearing 10-gaIlon cans.
About 7,000 fewer sediment
checks were made on milk used
in manufactured dairy products.
This reflects the decreased
amount of milk going into but
ter, cheese and similar products.
Sediment tests on cream drop
ped from 1,240 in 1955 to 762
in 1956. meaning that less cream
is being separated on the farm
for manufacturing purposes.
Frozen Desserts
Sampling of frozen desserts
the state checks ice cream and
mellorine for fat and bacteria
content was also down; 1,758
samples were taken for labora
tory check compared to 1.964 a
year earlier. This, too, is in line
with a decline in the number of
establishments.
On the other hand, other dairy
products sampled for analyses
were up about 300. This in
crease was due mostly to samp
ling of cottage cheese products
on the Oregon market. Inspec
tion of cottage cheeses in 1956
followed the first official state
Potatoes Lead List At
Salem Potatoes constituted
more than half the inspections at
eight Oregon shipping point dis
tricts during December, J. F.
Short, director of agriculture,
has announced. The inspections
are made by the department's
federal-state shipping point in
spection service for grade certi
fication of fresh fruits, vegeta
bles and nuts.
The department granted certi
fication to 3.985 carloads of
products during December. The
total 10 cars under the 3,995
carlot inspections for the same
period in 1955.
Potatoes generally led the in
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! Set for Short Course
Salem The five day program
of the sixth annual Oregon ag
ricultural chemical applicators
short course opens Monday, Jan.
28. at Oregon State college. Ag
ricultural sprayers and dusters
may register for the course until
10 a.m. Jan. 28.
Those wishing to take the
cultural chemical applicator li
state examinations for an agri
cense must register by 1 p.m.
Jan. 31. Registrations are being
accepted by mail at the college
and state department of agricul
ture, cosponsors of the event.
ThuTtitf. January 14, 1137
and Garden
standards adopted for the prod
uct.
Inspections and sampling of
feeds and fertilizers were fairly
Use of Fresh
Home Shows
Corvallis Potatoes are losing
their skins but not their pop
ularity, Oregon State college ex
tension marketing specialists
say. New commercially prepar
ed potato products are finding
wide favor.
Specialists reported that the
quantity of fresh potatoes used
in homes has dropped in the
past 10 years, but that proces
sed potato foods are rapidly
filling the gap. One out of every
six pounds of potatoes today
is used in some processed form.
Chip bars, crushed chip candy,
chiplets and potato nuts are new
products being developed by
U. S. department of agriculture
researchers. Potato chips, a fa
miliar market standby, now
come in special flavors, and are
combed and curled into fancy
shapes.
Frozen Food
Frozen food counters offer an
assortment of potato products
that include French fries, puffs,
dice, patties, potato soup and
whipped potatoes. Several forms
of dehydrated potatoes, dice,
granules, flakes and shreds, are
on the market or in the test
stage. Diced potatoes are es
pecially popular in canned stews
and hashes.
New'uses have also been de
veloped for potato starch in
"instant" pudding. Canned po
tatoes are put into brine packs
and used in hashes, stews and
salads. Potato flour, on the mar
ket since World War I, is used
mainly in potato bread, donuts
and other specialty items.
Some pre-peeled potatoes have
started to move into retail trade,
specialists reported, although
most of them are distributed
only through wholesale chan
nels. Research on fresh potatotes is
being conducted by OSC home
economists in cooking tests on
Oregon's netted gems. Improved
Inspection Points
spection volume. The December
total of 2,256 cars was the larg
est since the new shipping year
began July 1. A year, earlier
2,131 cars of potatoes were in
spected. Checks of pear ship
ments were up even more; 817
cars against 656 cars for the
same period in 1955.
Walnut Tree Pruning
Should Be in May
Residents desiring to prune !
walnut trees should wait until I
about the first of May to do so, 1
C. B. Cordy, county horticulture
agent, advised today.
He said walnut trees will ;
"bleed" excessively if cut now i
and death of the tree may re- j
suit. He explained that cold win-
ter weather causes sap to run
more freely in walnut trees and
it is virtually impossible to stop
the flow if the tree is cut now. j
Cordy added it is not reces-j
sary to prune walnut trees to in- ;
crease production. Pruning of
these trees is generally a matter j
of convenience to the owner in '
such cases as when a limb be- j
comes an obstruction. '
On an average winter day it
is estimated that six million
men, women and children are
incapacited by some form of ill
ness or injury.
m AThf Bureau J
close to the 1955 total, but work
in economic poisons was under
1955, due to remodeling of this
laboratory.
Potatoes in
Drop Recently
marketing procedures are also
being investigated.
Winter months are good ones
to try out new potato recipes
and potato products since sup
plies are more plentiful and
prices reasonable, specialists
suggested.
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Dog Owners Alerted
Of Rabies in Oregon
Salem Dog owners must be
alert to presence of rabies in
Oregon, the state department of
agriculture said today. The
source of rabies in the Bend
area has not ' been traced and
may have originated elsewhere
in Oregon, officials stated.
A rabid cat was found in Bend
recently. Authorities instituted
complete control measures and
there is hope of preventing the
spread to other areas.
GRANGE
Eagle Point Grange
Farm and livestock prices ace
up a little and the future in farm
ing looks somewhat better with
lots of research going on in agri
culture according to C. C. Hoo
ver who gave a report at the
monthly agricultural meeting of
the Eagle Point Grange Jan. 15.
The legislative committee re
ported that since the legislature
has not been organized yet there
was not much to report, but it
looks like their problems will be
mostly financial with more
money needed for schools which
might mean a raise in income
taxes.
Clarence Davies explained the
school bill to be voted on Jan.
31 at the Eagle Point school gym
nasium. According to the report
Eagle Point school district has
become eligible to be a first class
school but it needs a majority
vote to withdraw from the rural
school district. Also part of the
education report was a poem
read by Mrs. Jim Edge entitled
"The Best Memory System."
Mrs. Paul Force, HEC chair
man, reminded the members that
the next HEC meeting would be
held at the home of Mrs. Ed
Hayes, Jan. 30 and that the next
Pomona meeting was scheduled
for Saturday, Jan. 26 at Shady
Cove and everyone should take
either a salad or dessert.
On the display table was a
collection of cactus wood, china
dishes and unusual rocks.
Chaplain Mrs. William Perry
reported that Howard Short and
Paul Olsen were ill and that
Mrs. Rpss Cline was improving
since the last report.
For the lecturer's program
Earle Jossy showed a film "Pow
er Country, picturing the area
served by the California Oregon
Power Co. in southern Oregon
and northern California, espe
cially the new Toketee project,
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Hog Price
Have Good
1957, Economist Says
Corvallis Hog price prospects
look good for 1957. but farmers
shouldn't count on a repeat of
1954 prices, although $20 hogs
are back in the picture, M. D
Thomas, Oregon State college
agricultural economist, has an
nounced. Oregon's favorable feed situa
tion, good hog-raising climate,
and strong pork maket have com
bined to put Oregon swine grow
ers in a strong competitive posi
tion this year, the economist
stated.
With about 10 'per cent of
national population, the Pacific
coast raises only 1 per cent of
the pigs. This usually keeps
coast hog prices the highest in
the nation, Thomas pointed out.
Smaller Crop
Nationally, the fall pig crop
was 4 per cent smaller than a
year earlier. Spring farrowings
are expected to be 2 per cent
smaller than last spring and 10
per cent less than the spring
of 1955.
Adding to the optimism of
fewer pig numbers is the Ore
gon feed situation. Another
bumper barley crop is anticipat
ed from acres diverted from
wheat production under govern
ment production quotas.
The economist advised swine
growers to get barrows from
the coming spring pig crop to
market before mid-September.
He also recommended selling
Four Refrigerated
Plants Open in 1956
Salem Four new refrigerated
locker plants were opened in
Oregon, while 18 went out of
business in 1956. At year end,
469 locker plants were operat
ing under state license, accord
ing to the annual report of Rob
ert Pentney, locker plant super
visor for the state department of
agriculture.
Twelve of the 18 owners
closed plants due to deficit oper
ators. Individual causes such as
fire and death accounted for the
remaining six closures, Pent-
ney's report showed.
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ftiuti pi&a next iau or ine
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the Midwest is coming back
strong by that time.
W. Y. Fowler. OSC livestock
marketing specialist, said farm
ers planning to stay with hogs
over the long pull, should get
raise lean meaty type. A price
deferential of $1.50 a hundred
usually exists between the meaty
No. 1 hogs and the fat No. 3's,
Fowler said. Research shows it
takes more feed to put on a
pound of fat than a pound of
lean meat.
Local FHA Office to
Process Farm Loans
Grants Pass Loans to eligible
applicants of Jackson and Jose
phine county can now be pro
cessd by the local office of the
Farmers Home administration in
Grants Pass, E. M. Denny, local
agent has announced.
Recent legislative changes
permit FHA to make farm hous
ing loans repayable for periods
up to 33 years at 4 per cent
interest to farm owners unable
to obtain credit they need from
other sources. Denny said.
Purpose oi the farm housing
loan program is to provide es
sential farm buildings, he said.
Denny added a farm housing
loan or other buildings essential
to operating a farm.
Loans will be secured by a
mortgage on the farm, subject
to existing liens, and by such
real estate security the FHA
deems necessary to protect the
government's interest, he said.
Additional details on the farm
housing loans may be obtained
by contacting the local FHA
office, box 311. Grants Pass.
N. J. FARMS
Trenton. N. J. (U.P.) New-
Jersey leads tlie nation in per
centage of farms electrified and
tops all eastern states in the aver
age number of kilowat hours of
electricitv used monthlv per
farm customer, according to the
j state's Farm Electrification
I Council.
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Corinna, Me. ftl.R) Orlie
L. Sprague, a member of the
Maine Legislature, was moved
by nostalgia when he learned
there wasn't a beard in the new
legislature. He recalled that in
the Maine House 50 years ago
"121 members wore mustaches
or full beards and only 30 were
smooth-shaven."
Preservation of
Food Takes Step
Forward in Tests
Corvallis Another step for
ward in preservation of foods
through irradiation has been
announced by Oregon State col
lege agricultural chemists.
Chemists E. C. Buoi and J. S.
Butts reported that four gen
erations of rats were fed a 60,
per cent diet of irradiated meat
over a two-year period with
no harmful effects.
The research project, one of
several in the country, is for
the department of defense. The
primary objective of the long
range work is to supply troops
with fresh meats and other foods
that require sterilization through
canning or freezing.
Should commerical-scale ir
radiation develop, fresh meats
and other food could be easily
transported to troops in distant
parts of the world, particularly
in the tropics where processing
by freezing is costly.
Test rats were fed on irradiation-preserved
beef organs kid
ney, heart, brain, and tripe
that was ground, mixed, and
scaled in cans. Half the cans
were subjected to high intensity
gamma irradiation, the other
half were frozen for preserva
tion. Rats on the treated diet
grew as well and produced as
many young as those on the non
irradiated diet.
Experiments with human test
subjects have been underway
for the past two years at the
Fitzsimons Army hospital, Den
ver, where no adverse effects
have yet shown up.
While the digestive system,
nutritional requirements, , and
growth rate of rats are similar
to . those of humans, the OSC
scientists say more testing . is
needed before the treatment gets
final approval for human-food.
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