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EARLY PEAR PICXER Mrs. John Brandstatt, Albany,
reaches for gome prime Bartlett pears on the Sunny Crest
orchard near Medford. When Mrs. Brandstatt has filled her
half metal and half canvas ' bucket" she scoots down the
ladder and unsnap? the chords holding the canvas bottom
and the pears cascade into a waiting box. The picture was
taken Monday as picking got underway on many ranches
, In the Rogue River valley. Harold Holmes, manager of
Rogue River Orchards, said the Bartletts are in wonder
ful shape.
Changes
Ai the pear harvest shifts into
high gear this week, the visi
tor as well as the seasoned pear
men have noted the gradual
changes now evident.
Perhaps one of the biggest
changes has been in the pickers
themselves. The professional
"fruit tramp" who returns year
after year to the same orchard
is gradually diminishing. In
stead of the ancient cars and
trucks laden with house-hold pos
sessions and family, now a man
and his wife often roll up in a
sleek late model car pulling a
trailer. Many of these people
now are picking for both profit
and pleasure. Some are retired,
somecjust picking to earn enough
rnjjney to travel around during
tne summer, or for a brief
This Week's Town and Country House Plan
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If you've ever wanted a home
of your own, you've dreamed of
owning one like this. There s
the mark of quality in its long,
low lines, in the "hand-hewn"
shake roof, the small-paned win
dows, the interesting combina
tion of vertical and horizontal
siding. Soft-toned brick is used
in the chimney for planters and
as veneer to frame the double
doors that lead to the entry.
From the spacious foyer, the
center hall channels movement
throughout the home.
The vast living room opposite
the entry is the place for graci
ous entertaining. Family activ
ities will center in the relaxed
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Evident In Pear Harvest
change to outdoor work.
So, an ever-flexible industry
has to become more flexible
through the ever-changing qual
ity of its help. That means, too,
that better facilities must be
provided for those wishing to
live in the orchard during pick
ing season. However, many 'of
the pickers in the Rogue Valley
area are "drive-its" who live in
town.
Rogue River Orchards, for in
stance, provides small stucco
houses for its pickers. Each has
a sink with running cold water
and a stove. Martin Luther, man
ager of the company, and Har
old Holmes, sales manager, both
say this housing helps to attract
good pickers. Also, the easily
heated cabins are a big boost in
atmosphere of the Informal fa
mily room. Deep brick fireplaces
back to back, plus a large book
case form the wall between the
two rooms, both of which, open
through large sliding doors to
a broad garden patio.
A pasr-through space between
the kitchen cupboards and base
cabinets unite the family room
with the large dining alcove
and kitchen. An abundance of
cupboards and counter tops
make this well lighted area a
pleasant work center. There's
plenty of space for your home
freezer, laundry appliances, wa
ter heater and broom closet in
the roomy service room. A
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RELAXING The Evert Chaneys enjoy their magazines on
the doorstep of their cabin in the Sunny Crest orchard after
a hard day of pear picking. This is their first year in the
Rogue valley. They say they usually make the circuit from
California through to Washington, following the apples,
peaches and cherries. Those who know say pears are harder
to pick since they must be handled mpre carefully.
the pruning season when crews
are hard to get.
Facilities equivalent to a 24
unit trailer camp are provided
plus wash-room and laundry fa
cilities. For the single man there
is a large boarding house. They
are charged a nominal fee for
board.
This season usually runs for
seven weeks from early August.
The school youngsters who are
available the first part of the
season are back in school near
season's end when they are need,
ed. Near the end of the season,
too, other pickers are likely to
jump into the next fruit harvest
which further complicates the
situation for the fruit man.
Also, the Rogue Valley does
not harvest two or more differ-
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breezeway offers covered - pas
sage between the service door
and double garage. . The fourth
bedroom and three-quarter bath
are located off the small hall
way near the family room.
All bedrooms are exceptional
ly large. A three-quarter bath
and spacious dressing room com- i
plete the master bedroom suite, j
The family bath doubles as pow- I
der room for guests. I
The extra large garage has
been attached to the home at an
angle to make a more interest
ing exterior. Extra room in th3
garage has been provided for
storage and workshop.
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ent kinds of fruit which tends
to keep the picker on the spot.
It s not like Hood River, for in
stance, where the picker can
shift directly from pears into
apples.
Since there are now no pro
fessional pacKers, fruit men
must rely on unskilled help here
too. The three-weeks packing
school is the answer. Organized
by the Fruit Growers League,
this school is available to all
packing plants in the area. Ron
James of Southern Oregon Sales
Inc., has been running the school
for several years.
Each would-be packer is first
directed to the Oregon State
Employment Service office here.
There they are given -aptitude
tests. If they pass they attend
the packing school. Wooden
pears are used to help develop
speed and coordination. Upon
graduation each person is given
a card placing them in three
rated groups. If they fail, a
packing house may or may not
hire them. However, failures are
few. f
The school is financed in part
by the league, the state voca
tional education department and
eacht rainee pays a small fee.
Increasing mechanization is
yet another new facet of the
pear industry. Pallets or small
wooden platforms are used on
which to transport the boxes of
pears. They move from low-bed
tractor-pulled trailers to a
truck, to the warehouses where
fork-lifts move them to the pro
cessing lines.
Those favoring the operation
say the fruit is protected from
bruising by more gentle and
less handling. They argue fur
ther it provides a smoother, fast
er operation in distributing
empties through the orchard as
well as in pick-up and delivery.
However, .Manager Luther
registers some doubt as to the
time-saved. His company is stick
ing by the simple truck loading
and unloading operation. Luthor
says his company's operation is
set up to receive not less than
6,000 lugs a day.
However, mechanization is a
story in itself.
After the picking season ends
in October the labor force soon
dwindles. A packing house em
ploying about 150 will maintain
a skeleton lorce -or tive or six
employees plus the car-unload-ers.
A ranch or orchard having
560 bearing acres will keep ap
proximately 14 men for irriga
tion, cultivation etc. Then, in
the winter approximately 60
pruners, depending on their
quality, will be needed to cut
the dead wood out of the trees
as they are prepared for anoth
er harvest season. The , pruning
operation will run as long as
from the middle of November
up to bloom time, depending on
weather.
GOING TO DOGS
Chicago Of) The Cook coun
ty dog catcher won't be able to
miss the radio call number as
signed to his new pickup wag
on. It's K-9.
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CENTRAL POINT
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New Entry Records Set
In 4-H Home Ec Events
The Jackson county 4-H home
economics demonstrations and
contests ended Friday afternoon
with possibly the largest number
of entrants ever listed, it was
reported. .
Champions were: Donna Ger
en. Antelope, junior individual
food preparation; Judy Patter
Fair Opens Friday
At Yreka,
The Siskiyou county Tenth
District fair, one of the oldest
on the Pacific coast, will open
for a three-day session Fridav
at Yreka.
Ed Matthews, fair manager,
said more and more visitors
come from the Medford area
each year. Some have exhibits.
Iris Dodge is expected to have
horses in both breeding classes
and the horse-show. Richard Ire
land has entered his Hereford
strain beef. Ralph Cook has en
tered Herefords also, as has R.
E. Smiley of Grants Pass. Mika
Maynard, Grants Pass, is expect
ed to enter race horses along
with Fred Hall of the Medford
area. A number of people of
this area have also entered hors
es in the cutting horse class.
The fair in Yreka, now known
as the Tenth District Fair, start
ed as a county fair in 1859. It
was not until 1927, however,
that It became a district fair
under the state of California.
The fair has grown gradually
until this year exhibits are con
sidered generally 30 per cent
larger than last year's Only div
ision which has not increased,
Matthews said, ist he swine div
ision.
Sheep have 270 head entered
compared to 156 head last year,
a boost of nearly 100 per cent.
Dairy cattle number 190 head,
beef 180 head and Matthews
said he has many more horses
Fall Seeding Best,
Lawn Men
By ROBERT W. SCHERY
Director Better Lawn and
Turf Inslilula
Who says to seed the lawn
in autumn, rather than wait
until spring? Of course the ex
perts do, for all "bluegrass coun
try," that immense sweep of our
nation north from Tennessee.
But above all nature says so.
Here's why.
The great hordes of weeds and
crabgrass which flourish during
hot weather will taper to a halt
as frosts approach. There'll be
more space, nutrients and sun
light for the fine bluegrass and
fescues freedom to grow dur
ing their favorite cooler season
unhampered by competition.
Planting and Car Easier
Soils are more easily prepared
for seeding than when soggy as
in spring. Shortening days give
less heat and drying out of vital
sprinkling, yet are warm enough
to encourage fast sprouting with
quick seedling growth.
Autumn Rains Beneficial
Usually spring-style thunder-
showers give way to gentler
penetrating rains in autumn,
Notices To Be Sent
To State Beekeepers
About 300 Oregon beekeepers
will shortly get delinquent li
cense notices from the state de
partment of agriculture. Licenses
are four-months overdue, says
Apiary Supervisor A. Burr
Black.
So far, 1957-58 licenses indi
cate beekeeping isn't holding Its
own in Oregon. While some new
beekeepers are showing up,
more old ones are dropping out.
Black says this is due to loss of
small lots of bees and the price
of replacement. He deplores this
because he says "small lots of
bees scattered over the state
play a responsible role in pol
lenizing our fruit and garden
crops and, to some extent, seed
crops."
son, Central Point, muffin bak -
ing; Cathie Carroll, S and R
Sewing club of Eagle Point,
wool sewing contest and junior
dollar dinner; Colleen Franek,
route 2, Medford, canning con
test; Mavis Strom, Southwest
Medford 4-H club, junior bread
baking; Sharon Coffman, Cen-
Calif.
than the 72 box stalls available.
The latter class incudes quar
ter horses, standard - bred, Am
erican saddle and a class com
posed of all other breeds.
Main events are the rodeo
Friday and Saturday nights, harness-racing
Saturday and Sun
day afternoons and the junior
livestock auction Sunday night.
FAIR SCHEDULE
Friday
9 a.m. Light horse classei judged
in horse barn area.
10 a.m. Exhibit building, conces
sions open and whole fair officially
opens.
12 p.m. Fair parade through down
town Yreka sponsored by the Cham
ber of Commerce. Throughout the
day punch and judy show, cldSvn acts
and mid-way stunts.
5-7 p.m. Fair barbecue.
8 pjn. Rodeo using Dick Hemsted
stock, brahma bulls, bronc riding,
bare-back riding, bull-dogging and
calf-roping.
10 p.m. Exhibit buildings close.
Saturday
9 a.m. Judging of starts where it
left off the day Defore. Senior judg
ing follows junior judging left over
from Friday.
11 a.m. Pet parade for children
under 12 years sponsored by the
Yreka Elks lodge to be held in tne
Esplanade area in Yreka. Redding,
Calif. TV clown Jerrio to be featured.
2 p.m. Harness racing, horse rac
ing and horse-show events to be held
in the grandstand area and on the
track.
10 p.m. to 2 an. Dancing in the
National Guard Armory ai Yreka
with Baldy Evans and his band from
Klamath Falls providing the music.
Buildings close to 10 p.m.
Sunday
10 a.m. Fairgrounds open.
1 p.m. Freeman's accordian band
and stage show in the National Guard
armory.
2 p.m. Harness racing, running
races and horse show.
6 p.m. Junior livestock auction of
100 head of animals.
Emphasize
soaking in for the benefit of the
grass rather than running off,
Season of good soil moisture is
approaching rather than drought.
4. Head Start for Both
Gardener and Grass
Garden chores are less de
manding in autumn than spring,
giving, greater chance for good
lawn care. Quality lawngrasses
(bluegrass, red fescues, bent
grasses, Poa trivialis) seeded in
autumn will be vigorous year
lings by next spring, much bet
ter equipped to withstand sum
mer weeds and heat.
Doing the right thing is only
half the battle. Doirfg it at the
right time is the other half. So,
if at all possible, sow bluegrass
based mixtures in autumn, for
the best odds insuring a fine
lawn.
Farm Problems Asked
By Ag Board Member
Ward Spatz, Medford, horti
culture representative to . the
Oregon State Board of Agricul
ture told the general farm meet
ing Monday night that he wants
farmers in this area to bring
their problems to him so he can
refer them to the board. -
He said they should be writ
ten so he can submit them at
the next board meeting in Oc
tober. The meeting was primarily a
discussion of farm markets, it
was reported.
C. C. Hoover, Lu Cula and C.
H. Elmore are drying some 50,
000 cull pears at Camp White
to be used as cattle feed, it was
reported at the meeting.
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1 tral Point Kandy 1 Kids club,
senior bread baking.
Other results were:
Individual foor preparaUon demon
stration Mike Anhorn. Central Point,
blue ribbon and Kathleen Fredrick,
a white ribbon. Juniors Teams)
Carol Straus and Karen Griggs; Shir
W Savage and Nancy Inman. all of
Central Point. Seniors Charlotte
Bush, Antelope, red ribbon: Marv
Lous Savage and Donna Meade, both
of Central Point, white ribbon win
ners. Dairy Food demonstration Patsv
Charley, Central Point, Sharon and
Marlena Coffman, all of Central Point,
blue ribbons. All three will go to the
state fair.
Special bread demonstration Joan
Dobrot, Central Point; team of Carol
von aer Hellon and Carolee Brantley,
both' of Central Point. Senior team
Karen Jossy and Alice Woolfolk, both
of Antelope, blue ribbons; Pat Cran
ston and Laura Rupert, both of Med
ford, red ribbons.
Junior dollar dinner contest Nelda
Chapman. Siskiyou, red ribbon; and
Joan Dobrot. Central Point, blue rib
bon; and Nelda Chapman, Siskiyou,
red ribbon.
Brownie baking contest winners
were; Mike Charley. Mike Anhorn.
Carol Foote. all of Central Point:
Mary Ann Carnegie, Medford; Erral
Coffman, Central Point and Carol
Jaffrey. Antelope, all blue ribbon
winners.
Red ribbon winners in the contest
were: Florence Woolfolk, Antelope;
Judy Bagley, Talent: Elaine Young.
Central Point; Martha Merriman.
Medford: and Paulette Anderson.
Antelope.
While ribbon winners in brownie
baking were: Janice Neel, Elva Root
and Margie Root, all of Medford:
Karen Hunter. Central Point; Alta
Neel, Medford: Cecelia Kee. Linda
Paulson. Diane Steele and Carol Hale,
all of Shady Cove.
Muffin baking winners were: Laura
Rupert. Medford; Phyllis Jaffrev and
Donna Geren. both of Antelope and
Maryeda Frost, Evans Vallev.
Red ribbon winners in muffin bak
ing were Karen Griggs. Kathleen
Fredrick, Carol Straus, Shirley Savage
and Carolyn Barnes, all of Central
Point and Betty Jo Howell, of Talent.
The two white ribbon winners in
the contest were Nancv Inman of
Central Point and Marthanne Good
win of Applegate.
Wool sewing contest Carol Myer,
Centra Point and Dona Brown, both
blue ribbon winners: Rommelle Fos
sen. Ruch. red ribbon winner.
Sun 'n Fun contest: Nancy McKay.
Central Point: Nelda Chapman, Ash
land; Allison Pinkham, Central Point;
Nedra Harris, Phoenix and Julie Ash-
ton. Central Point, were all blue
ribbon winners.
1 Julie Ashton, Central Point, won a
reu riuoon ana mflry nernoii, Apple
gate was presented a white ribbon.
Bread baking contest winners: (Jun
iors) Patsy Charley, Central Point:
Jo Anna Malloroy, Antelope: Ursula
Bates, ana Ann uariana, both ol
Medford.
Charlotte Rush, and Donna Mearie
both of Antelope, were red ribbon
winners..
(Seniors) Margaret Taylor and
Carolee BranUev. both of the Central
Point Kandy Kids club, blue ribbon
winners.
Carol von der Hellon. Central Point
Kandy Kids club was a white ribbon
winner.
ATTEND CAMP Jackson county boys who attended the
Youth Range camp held recently at the Umatilla National
forest were (left to right) Russell Elmore, Applegate; Wayne
Distworth, Talent; David Hughes and Steve Carroll, Eagle
Point.
Jackson Boys Return
Four Jackson county boys
have returned home after a
week at this year's Youth Range
camp at the Tupper Guard sta
tion in - the Umatilla National
Forest near Heppner. They are
Steve Carroll and David Hughes,
Eagle Point; Wayne Ditsworth,
Talent; and Russell Elmore, Ap
plegate. Carrall and Elmore won n
honorable mention in the new
campers section of the plant
identification contest at the
Lcamp, in which the boys locat
ed and gave the common and
scientific names of as many as
possible of 75, range plants found
near the station.
The 58 boys from 16 eastern
and southern Oregon counties
TRIANGLE Laying Feeds
Weevil Spreading '
In Legume Crops
In Areas of State
Growers of legume crops are
warned that the pea leaf weevil
not to be confused with the old
established pea weevil is rapid
ly spreading southward in the
Willamette valley.
Joe Capizzi, survey entomolo
gist with the state department of
agriculture, reports the pest has
spread to southern Polk county
this year and is also in Marion
county.
This insect was first found in
Oregon in 1951, and shortly be
came a pest of peas in Washing
ton county. It has traveled south
ward through Yamhill and
northern Polk county, inflicting
economic damage in areas it en
ters.
The pea ' leaf weevil looks
somewhat like the clover root
curculio; the larva feeds on th
roots and the adults on the fol
iage. It eats the foilage of most
of the legumes and shows a def
inite host preference. For exam
ple, in birdf oot trefoil fields con
taining scattered clovers, the
weevil will defoliate the trefoil
but not the clover.
Capizzi says there is a great
deal to learn about the pest, but
it is now apparent farmers and
entomologists are dealing with
a serious jest with an even
greater potential. In Yamhill
county, the weevil inflicted ser
ious damage to red clover seed,
alfalfa hay and birdsfoot trefoil
seed fields, and also to irrigated
pastures containing legumes.
Two years after the insect en
ters a county, it begins to assume
damage proportions that cut into
the farm production.
Capizzi reports that Hubert
Prescott of the U.S.D.A. labora
tory at Forest Grove and E. A.
Dickason of the O.SC experiment
station, have been doing exper
imental, control work with pea
leaf weevil in the valley this
uimmer. These men have found
that in some pastures the weevil
apparently prefers ladino clover
to subterranean clover. In Mar
ion county. Extension Agent Ben
Newell has reported substantial
damage to red clover.
The pest is beyond its peak for
this season, but survey work is
continuing. It can still inflict
damage to pasture lands.
Capizi is sending sample spe
cimens of the pea leaf weevil to
all Willamette valley county ex
tension offices where the pest i
not known to be' present.
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From Range Program
who attended were selected
through plant identification con
tests or on the basis of leader
ship, citizenship and love of the
outdoors.
Crater Lake motors of Med
ford provided a $25 scholarship
for each ' of the boys attending
from Jackson county.
FAILS TO LAY EGG
New Brunswick, N.J. W
Meg O'Day, a Leghorn, failed to
lay an egg Wednesday for the
first day since last Oct. 1. But
Prof. Clarence Plait of the Rut
gers University Agricultural col
lege thinks Meg's consecutive
day streak of 284 is a national
and possibly a world record, he
said.
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