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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1957)
o r 0 O a eTCTf MKDrORD (OHEGJtT) iIL TIeU ood Pear Crop . A - eY --C5 fc.- : j-. v. - v ;t-t - " '- m tmw . y jrw : f .w r r r- I e 0 1 0 -r wzi ;Mmj o 0 UNPRUNED TREE This D'Anjou tree contains so many spurs and shoots that blossoms and leaves will tend to use too many nutritional element) of the tree. This will result in weakening of the tree so it will be unable to stimulate fruit set. For this reason some but not all of the spurs should be pruned out. Old, unproductive wood in the tree should be removed and enough young wood left to assure uniform crops in future seasons. 0 K a : -r$- ' ' -;.si CONTROLLING HEIGHT Evan Moore uses manual pruning shears to remove shoots from extreme top of a bosc tree at the QKlamath orchard, owned by the Modoc Orchard company. Re moving these shoots will prevent the tree . from growing too high for the fruit to be reached during harvest season. Most growers like to keep their trees low enough that the fruit can be reached from 12 to 14 foot ladders. TT" News About Books From the Library t) The Medford public library has experienced an unprecedent ed amount of activity during the past month, in registration, cir culation of books and the num ber of reference questions asked. In circulation alone the li brary had a 20 per cent incVease over the same period in 1956, and a 40 percent increase over January 1953. Personnel who are usually occupied in prepar ing new book for circulation were required to take care of the increased business at the cir culation and rfterenc desks. Consequently, although more than 6O0books were- received as gifts during the past two weeks, these are not included in the titles listed here, but will be named as soon as it is possible to catafog and process them for borrowers' use. 0 ("Ponors included Mr. argi Me. Robert Banks of North Bend, Ted Ver4B. 6.0A. Lausmann, Jef W. 'a. W. V. Nusbaum ami the Oregon state library. lno& v&lo shoirfd have been prsjiou;- acknowledged are Mrs. George Rode and Elmer Reznicsek. Of the 221 volumes placed in cg,culatiT' during the past two weeks of the mont!c63 were add ed t the iunior and 158 to the adult department. Ajnong the 158 ew adult books were the (following 76 new titles: Biography: A History of the Borjas, Rolfe; Bare Feet in the Palace, Keith; R. E. Lee, Free man: Enemies Are Human. Pa bel; The Amazing World of John Scarne, Scarne. History: The Glamour of Near East Excavation, Baikie; Worlds Without End, Barclay: Courts and Cabinets. Gooch; Scum of the Earth. Koestlcr. Language and Literature: His tory of E n gjj i s h Literature, Taine: Joseph Conrad. Curie; With Love and Irony. Lin. o Reference: American Busines Dictionary. Lazarus: Dictionary of Oregon History, Corning; Or gone Blue Book. Religions: Great Ages and Ideas fii the Jewish People, Schwarp: Personal Experience and the Historic Faith, Murray: Historic Churches of America, Wallington. Science and Technology: Th Great Chain of Life, Krutch; Be coming a Mother. Sidmtn; To Drink or Not to Drink, Durfet; Modern Methods in Horology, Hood: An Interim Report on Fish and Wildlife Resources in Rela tion to Plan A. Rogue River, Or egon. U. S. Department of the Interior; Soil Survey of the Med ford Area, Oregon, Strahorn; Alternative Plans for Develop ment of the Water Resources of the Rogue River Basin, Oregon, TJ. S. Department of the Inte rior: The Mining Districts of the Western United States, Hill; Min eral Resoigpces of Southwestern Oregon. Diller. ( Sports: Circus, From Rome to Ringling, Murray; This Was Football, Heffelfinger; Enjoy Your Golf, Gustavson. Travel and Adventure: India Ink, Steegman; Journey to Is rael, Aschner; Bears in My Kitchen, Merrill; Around the World in New York, Bercovici; Roving South, Price; The Long Walk, Rawicz; The Age of Pi racy, Carse. Other Non-fiction: Introduc tion to Social Science, Atteberry: Laski: The Foundations of Mod ern Education, Wilds; Is Yoir Publicity Showing? Curtis: The Magic World of Flower Arrang ing, Brooks: low to Make Cut Flowers Last, Kasperski. Adventure Stories: My Favor ite Stories of the Great Out doors, Andrews; A Treasury of True, Barnard; Trail Partners, Brand; Empire of the Atom, Van Vogt. For Young Adults: Hostess in the Sky, Hill: Summer Gold, Kroll; Patrol to the Kimberleys. Lane: Sargasso of Space, Norton; Hospital Zone. Stolz. Mysteries: The Saint Around the World. Charteris: Man on a Rope. Coxe; A Treasury of Great Mysteries, Haycraft: Murder! Murder!! JIurder!!! Lockridge: The Hunted Woman, Loewen gard. Other Fiction: Pize Stories, 1957, Engle: Hannah Fowler, Giles: The Girl From Frisco, Heuman: The Wild Swan. Ken nedy; Blue Camellia. Keyes: Al ways a River. Simons:0 Pirate's Purchase. Williams; Whistle Stop, WolIL Action Imports! 1 tkfhtMt imi He si hmt Per growers of th Rogu valley are t.in ction now to assure a good crop e fr in the future as 1962. This action involves the use of pruning shears and ladriers or platforms on which to siand. The pruning season for pear trees begins in November, after the first killing frost, and extends through March.. Most growers wait until the leaves have fallen to start pruning, though some begin the project before then. Regardless of when it is done, it's important to prune for the maximum amount of market able fruit during the coming season and as far ahead as four or five seasons from now. Basic Formula C. B. Cordy, county horticul ture agent, recommends this basic formula for effective prun ing. "Cut off old. unproductive spurs and branches and leave enough young ones to replace them." The only old wood that should never be removed. Cordy said, are the trunks and scaffolds or main limbs. It normally takes about two years for a shoot to become pro ductive. Its best fruit producing period is from that time until it' is about five years old. The weight of fruit often tends to bend the shoot downward. When this happens, the shoot quits growing, though spurs will con tinue to grow on it and produce for a limited number of years. Stop Producing After five to seven years, the shoots and spurs stop producing fruit, though they continue to produce blossoms and leaves. This is because blossoms and leaves use so many nutritional elements of the tree that there is not sufficient remaining strength to stimulate fruit set. Retaining too many young shoots, which have not yet begun to bear fruit, - also has an un favorable effect. They tend to shade out the fruit and retard growth of new shoots. However, for each old shoot that is cut off, a young one should be al lowed to remain on the tree. Cordy says an effectively pruned tree contains a well-balanced quantity of shoots ranging in age from one to five years. If all young shoots were removed year after year, the eventual result would be a poor crop, Cordy said. The extent to which a tree should be Druned depends on I the variety of pears. Where D'Anjous are concerned, the more the tree is pruned, the mare fruit the tree product: per unit of tree. Howver, if th tree is pruned excessively, it will not be large enough to hold large crop of fruit. Pruned Lightly Bosc should be pruned lightly since size is almost tlwtye satis factory regardless of crop iz and light pruning results in t more abundant crop. Brtlett, on the other hand, will produce in large quantities if th tree is not pruned, but the fruit will be undesirably small. There fore, a moderate amount of prun ing is recommended. Alternate bearing tendencies of some pear varieties, especially cornice, can be compensated to a consider able degree by retaining a suffi cient quantity of young fruiting wood each year. To a large extent, a grower can control the shape of his tree by the manner in which he prunes it. Pruning stimulates growth in the immediate area of the cut, but the overall effect is one of dwarfing, Cordy noted. New shoots and spurs may grow abundantly near the cut, but a tree that is pruned does not grow as large as an unpruned tree. Keep Trees Low Most growers like to keep their trees low enough that the fruit Ccfn be reached from a 12 to 14 foot ladder. Thus, they prune off shoots that grow at the extreme tops of the trees. They also try to keep two or three '"ladder ways" clear of branches and shoots for the harvest sea son. While pruning to accom plish this, they should leave the tree open in the center so air and sunlight can get through. However, some fruiting wood should be left inside and near the bottom of the tree, it was explained. Cordy said the principle of pruning out old wpod and re placing it with young wood was introduced here by the exten sion service and the southern Oregon branch experiment sta tion about 10 years ago and was generalfy well accepted by local fruit growers. Improved orchard production has illustrated the value of this method, he com mented, citing Horace Thomp son's orchard west of Phoenix as an example. Thompson had experimented with the idea even before it was EXAMINE IMOOT Horace Thompaon ex amines a shoot in one of hie D'Anjou trees at his orchard west of Phoenix. 'Weight of tra fruit often causes the shoot to band (lovn ward. When thic happens the. shoot ic no longer able to bear fruit, though new shoots y T m 1 .w . ,r,.v, , LA?rOKM VXVSTia louia uierv14, foreman at one oi llmb CarnUr or chards near Cokcr iutte rd., uaca'a mechani cal platform prune? mounted on a tractoy to remove old, unproductive sheets from a bjirt lett tree. This pruner, on of itv of its fcinS in the valley, involves uae of ei compreasion. recommended to him. After tha recommendf tion V male, ha began practicing it inUneivaly. In t thort timt tha production of TViompaon's orchard ves near ly double that of tka vrafa Rojua valley or char I. . In Apple Orcar Prior to coming to the Roua valley, Thompson worked i epple orchards in Arkanaaa. It wt there that he picked up r. idaa for preventing tunfue in pruning wounds measuring l'e inches or mora. The method has since bean endorsed by ttia l tension servic. It involves use of vsnetien red stain and raw linseed oil, mixed to the consistency of tot butter. At Cordy's euggtetion, a small amount of neutral cop per was added to tha mixture with good results. Venetian red is inexpensive and durable and neutral copier gives an nti fungicidal quality, making the mixture both practical and ef fective, Cordy noted. It is applied to the wound with a stiff-bristled brush about two weeks to two months after the cut is made. , Club Leaders Plan Eagle Point Meetings Fifteen Eagle Point 4-H club leaders Thursday nisht decided to hold meetings three or four times a year to plan community 4-H functions and develop plans for improving the 4-H program in that a:ea. Cliff Moore, leader of the Reese Creek Renegades 4-H club, was elected chairman of the leaders group. Cathie Car roll, junior leader of the Flying Saucers cooking club and a member of the Stitch and Rip clothing club, was elected sec retary. The leaders also started plans for 4-H club participation in the Eagle Point PTA "Youth in Our Community" program scheduled for Tuesday, March 26. Miss Marjorie Hattan and Glenn Klein, county 4-H club agents, also attended the Thurs day night meeting. Read and Use Classified Ada For Quick Cash Sawdust Telephone 2-21 IT MEDFORD FUEL GO. Caere's wt Mi fcar tf y r ersaaisa at 1 aw with yov, Vkare's wt a viae iiser P 7r ae. a ll.r Ulat ! hmi la its tKfts iis a we ei ju. reWr Are you acguaintei itn Wl owner of a small retail atore? Hcrjr is he doing? Has he been tha owner of the aame store ior 10 years or mora and ttill mak ing a profit? If so, ha is a un at extraordinary ability. His rat ing is that of a retailing geniua. Such is the opinion of exptrta on this particular business situation. Only 17 per cent of small retail store owners in this country stay in business in tha sm store for a period of 10 yeera or over. In the paxiod of 114 1S55, some 911,300 retail atop owners went out ef business. In the same period tits ownership of over two million email retail shops changed htnes. Get It Bigt June continues that most jane ular month for marriage. Htf is at the bottom of the list ia that respect. Why is it May is ao unpopular ae a marriage month? Is it because May is considered unlucky? It isn't. The long time unpopularity of May as a time for marriage' is because it is the mating month for jackasses. Asking Queries from clients. Q. When "Two Ton Tony" Galento, the picturesque pugilist, said of an opponent, "I'll moider de bum," to whom was he referring? A. Abe Simon. Q. Are you familiar with a song titled "Sprinkle Me With Kisses If You Want My Love To Grow?" A. Yes, ma'am. It was written by Earl Carroll and Ernest Ball. Evelyn Nesbit popularized it. As to where to get a copy of the song, write House of Health and leauty 1 1 00 EAST MAIN ST. a MEDFORD, OREGON MEN Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. WOMEN NERVE RELAXING-REFLEXOLOGY PHYSIOTHERAPY MASSAGE ELECTRIC STEAM BATHS REDUCING, SLENDERIZING AND MUSCLE TONING LEW G. GILMAN Licensed Masseur can frov from it k illustrated 7m other year ce rv-e, laeie ahoct Vill fiat (cvnea out anal a yeuns tr iett in Mm tn t vsm it. Thompson ves ens f the tiret Kave Oak ley fruit frovas a uoa this ns jpwr4 technique. When Suierveia presses tha lever near the handle, tha ehetrs work automatically. The job can be flona more guiclly with this ma chine and tha platform eliminates ues of a ladder in reaching the trees. The platform pruner i ovnet ef Jiar Cavin4e. t? 1. V, Bajrbaaj Vaar. ka.) Amtrican Society of Composers, Authors end Publisher (ASCAP; is Si "Tor City. .Kena e Marie4 What i nagging? Many m- Mime eubscribare behave they hee been unjustly accused at nagging and reqtieet an effort be made io clarify tha situation. A young Maryland mstron re jorta aha vaa unable to open a ino that stubbornly stuck. She eske4 her husband to do it. K aaid he voulS but didn't. She eaked him again. No results. Ones more She made th request. Thia time her husband snapped, "Why keep nagging me about i.at window?" She asks, "Was tft nagging?" Ouj view is that it not. It was a case of a Simple end reasonable request teing rudely ignored and the vifa was well within her rights in repeating said request. If, nevaver, tha wife had said, '"Why can't you do things when I si you? Why do you always put everything off? Why can't you ha like other men and have acme consideration for your Vie!" A'nd so on and on. That in tha opinion of our experts could rightly be called "nag &.' Vrtaif ' Eto you know what "proof" means in the description of whiskey? Each degree of "proof" is one half of one per cent of al cohol. So "100 proof" means the whiskey in the bottle contains 50 par cent alcohol. It is said a man becomes intoxicated 10 per cent quicker drinking "100 proo" liquor than when consuming "8 proof." Hanashaleing Is handshaking dangerous? Some health experts maintain it is very dangerous. That it spreads germs and can be the For Appointment PHONE 3-1272 Evening Appointments Welcomed Public Welfare Review! Assistance Policy "ortland Miss Jeanne Jew- tt, administrator of the Oregon Public Welfert commission, hs reviewed o 1 S - a 9 assistance aetndorde? and methods of de termining amount of individual assistance 2rnts. o Sis Jewett, said the review Library Deposit Station Opens in Upper Applegate The establishment of a library deposit station at the residence I of Mr. and Mrs. Gail Buffing- ton in the Upper Applegate re- fiea this 'eet brings the num- bt ei Jeckeen County rural Merer- asencies to II. X otal 10 okims of fic - Ka an ncH-aietion, for children er.t adults, vavs aalacisd for Se stalk aret U1 bat ax thanyti tor itfitrs ft frequent eitervela. ieckaon county readers living n tha vicinity of the Buffing- iona, who occupy the first house o tha East Side road beyond its junction with Upper Applegate road at the Cameron bridge, have been invited to register and borrow books from the new station. Additional Station Efforts are being made to establish an additional station in the vicinity of Ruch or the Lower Applagate, according to Miss Helen Webster, Medford li brarian. Similar deposit stations are maintained at the Treasura Trove in Shady Cove under the sponsorship of Mr. and Mrs. Watson, at the Table Rock store in Sams Valley by Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Wyatt, and at the Prospect Forestry station, with Mrs. Vida Neville. Other rural library agencies in Jackson county are in Central Point, Eagle Point, Jacksonville, Phoenix, Talent, Gold Hill and Rogue River. Rural residents interested in having book deposits in their neighborhoods have been invited to make application to the board or to the librarian of the Medford public library which sgrves tgr contract as the Jackson county library All tht is reqaired is sufficient intereat of one indivi dual who will house and admin ister the atooita provided and a community of readers large enough to make the station worthwhile. Miss Webster said, gttend Meetittf Libiariana of the Jackson county community library agen cies attended an all-day meeting last week at the Medford public library. It was the second of a Series of workshops planned 10 acquaint library workers with tfie services and the organiza tion of tha country library sys tem and to outline various li brary mathiJda and procedue-e fhe atstua of library legislation pertaining to rural library serv ice in Oregon waa alao explained ts members of the gitmp. Community librarians in Jack eon Couniy include Mrs. Jewel Bjoiftft of GolS Hill, Mrs. Lutu Tfotter of Rogue River, Mrs. Avis Vati Hoy of Central Point, Mrs. Hejen Roberts of JacksonJ ville, Mrs. Jessie Tycer of Eagle Point,.Mrs. Alta Estes of Talent, Mrs. Josephine Furry of Phoe nix, and Mrs. Kizzie Edmondson of Butte Falls. cause of such diseases as the common cold, influenza, ty phoid, smallpox, food poisoning, measles, gastritis and skin dis eases. These health authorities suggest that a military salute be substituted for handshaking. a "You Can't . Be Excused" . . . laM ye fisiifc M.O.D. TV Aucjtioii KBES-TV, MONDAY, FEB. 4th . at 10:30 P.M. Wateh it and Bid! c Commission ft to clarify misunderstanding about assistance grants result ing from the recent incident in Klamath Falls where an old-age assistance recipient killed the chairman of the Klamath County Public Welfare commission. Budgetary Need Miss Jewett pointed out old age assistance is provided on a budgetary need basis taking into consideration the individual's requirements. The commission fixes uniform stndards for as sistance. In establishing statewide stand ards for public assistance, the ' commission, within limits of available funds, takes into con sideration basic requirements for standards of living, including health, food, shelter, clothing, fuel, utilities, medical care and other eacntial items, Miss Jew ett said. o Cost-price studies are also tak- en jnt0 consideration and dollar standards are se for minimum costs of meeting the require- . u :j Cy uieilis, &ue aaiu. o Both state and federal law make it mandatory that income such as OASI benefits, veterans' benefits, state industrial acci dent compensation, unemploy ment compensation, income from relatives, and other re sources be taken into account in establishing an amount for the old-age assistance grant. Minimum Amount Oregon old-age assistance law 'stales the minimum amount of such income and resources con sidered sufficient is $50 per month. However, Miss Jewett said, the commission has set monthly state standards for basic old-age assistance. They are food $32, personal incidentals $4.50, clothing $6, household supplies and replace ments $3.50. The water allow ance is based on actual cost in each water district. Monthly amount for fuel is based on average cost within each county, she said, so fuel al lowances vary and range from S6 to $17.50 per month, depend ing upon the type of fuel and the number of rooms heated. Each county public welfare commission sets a maximum standard allowance for shelter. Other utilities such as electricity ranges from $1.50 to $8.15 de pending upon the number in the familynd type of utilities used. Available Resource Miss Jewett said each old-age assiu mce grant is based on the person's current circumstances which takeSj into consideration any available resource. Last October, 18,350 persons received old-age assistance in Oregon for a total expenditure of $1,278,345, she said. Average old-age assistance grant for Octo ber was $69.66, including med ical care and related services, she added. There are abgut 80 persons for whom old-age assistance expend itures are more than $200 per iftonth due to special require ments including medical needs, fhe reported. Last September Oregon ranked 10th among all states in its average old-age assistance pay ments including medical care, hospitalization and nursing home care. O 0 Eleven per cent of the people 65-years-old and older in Oregon received old-age assistance, pin comparison with the nation! average of 17 per cent. Almost one-half of all the peo ple in the United States, aSjd afeout 60 per cent of all thfee weio reside in Canada, are cen tered within 500 miles of Buf falo, New York. 0 Dead line Sundav Classified ii.at noon Saturday; !0 a.m. Monday vifcr Monde': other dayi 5:30 previous djy. tke fight aj-insr Polio Ml oTa?
