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1 BIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, January 12, 1958 Experiment in Sleeping Quality Pears on Shelf Starts in Plant Pears may be maintained at a higher peak of quality while in storage if an experi ment conducted at Myron Root and company proves successful. The experiment, called con trolled atmosphere storage, is being carried out by Dr. Rol and Blake of the Southern Oregon branch experiment station, assisted by Clifford B. Cordy, county horticulture agent, and packing company officials. It is being firfanced by the Medford Pear Shippers association. This is the first such ex periment to be carried out on a commerical basis with pears, as far as can be determined, Cordy said. However, Dr. Elmer Hansen, Oregon State college horticulturist, is con ducting such an experiment with pears on a smaller scale. Cordy emphasized the work at the packing plant Is experi mental and it is impossible at this time to predict results and possible affects on the pear industry. Air-Tight Tent The test unit for the year long experiment started last week consists of an air-tight Mylar film tent, a plastic ma terial spread over a carload of 780 boxes of pears. The pears cheifly D'Anjous with some winter Nellis, P. Berry and Packham's Tri umph. The Mylar tent has been sealed air-tight with a ill W 9XX P . I i'vl-' 11 ' 1 w ? I v f Spur! " J 8 f ir-4.--., dl-, f f JIVsiMwJ CHECKS TEMPERATURE Don Root of Myron Root and company checks the temperature recording machine hooked up to the controlled atmospheric storage tent in the company's cold storage room. Thermo couples have been packed inside boxes of pears in five different loca tions inside the tent. The meter also measures the tempera ture in one location outside the tent. The purpose is to make sure the fruit is kept at nearly the same temperature. If there is a variety of temperatures the fruit at each of th five locations inside the tent will be checked for Quality when they are unpacked. TABLE ROCK Four Mishaps on Bridge By R. E. NEALON - Table Rock Frozen fog on the deck of the Bybee bridge caused four accidents in the space of two hours Tuesday morning, sending two persons to the hospital and doing extensive damage to three cars. The first car which went out of control was one driven by Guita Hake of Sams Valley which skidded, but kept go ing, following along and hit ting some of the guide posts at the south end oZ the bridge but finally straightening out and going its way. A car, driven by Mrs. Mil ton Skank also of Sams Val ley, skidded out of control, crossed from side to side a few times, knocked down a guide post, turned completely around and headed back to ward Sams Valley where the driver went deciding she had enough skidding for the day. The third car hit the slick spot was driven by J. S. Rich ardson which rammed its front end into the bannister, slid along a short distance ynd whirled around, stopped jross ways of the bridge. Mrs. Richardson, who was a pas senger suffered bruises about the knees. " About 30 minutes later, a car driven by Mrs. Earl Big h a m accompanied by her mother. Mrs. Agatha Stevens, poth of Beagle, approached and before it could be flagged down, hit the danger zone, and began to do a rock and roll on ice, the door flying open and spilling the occu pants out and later doing an about face, coming to a stop petween the guide post and a sheer drop over the bank. Mrs. Bigham was unconscious lor a time, and her mother al so was quite badly shaken up. The two were taken to a Med ford hospital by C. W. McDon pugh, Earl Peffley and Albert Straus, who happened along on their way to Medford. Word was received by Paul Rynning. county engineer, and a load of sand was soon spread on the bridge which put an end to the spinning. The local Sunday School election officers for the year last Sunday. Bert Pierce was elected superintendent, Doris Nealon, assistant superintend ent; June Fleischer, secretary; and Inice Pierce, treasurer. The treasurer's records show funds amounting to S654.81 received from collections dur ing the year, and S615.41 was paid out for supplies, dona tions to missionaries, includ ing $338 tot he American Sun day School Union, and $130 put into the building fund, which now amounts to Sl,-436.53. The Bert Pierce family re turned Friday from a trip to "their old stamping ground in ;Arkansas. -On their way home they visited relatives in Tulsa, Okla. Gorden Kershaw has prom ised us a few dwarf apple trees from his fast growing nursery for a back yard or chard, which we appreciate very much. Ever since we have known Gorden, he has been trying to invent some thing that would save we poor farmers from some of the back breaking drugery, and thus it seems will be a big help. Outside of maybe hav ing to set out the trees, the little woman can do the rest. She can prune the small trees from the ground, spray them with the fly sprayer, and pick the apples while standing on the kitchen stool. Mr. and Mrs. Abe Halfhill, and son, Jerry, have returned from a three weeks vacation, leaving here by car they pick ed up Clyde Halfhill at George Air Force base,' Calif., who went along for the rest of the trip, which took them to Wichita Falls, Tex., where they visited relatives. Going from here, they went to Cleve land, Miss., spending two weeks there with Mrs. Half hill's family. Later they visit ed Abe's relatives in Mitch ell, S. D., coming back through the Black Hills and getting a view of the beauti ful Rushmore carvings and the monument to General Custer. special machine. A section of stove-pipe inside the tent is coupled to an air-scrubber ma chine and blower outside the tent. Aim in to maintain carbon dioxide at a 2 per cent level. Oxygen wil eventually be kept at 5 per cent. Removal of the excess carbon dioxide which pears give off in stor age and eventual maintain ence of the oxygen at the 5 per cent level may keep the fruit at a high peak of quality longer, experimenters hope. The excess carbon dioxide is removed from the air with in the tent by a fan to suck the air through the bottom of the tent and through the scrubber machine which con tains a solution of sodium hydroxide resembling pure white lye. The oxygen is main tained at a proper level by admitting small amounts of additional outside air. Carbon Dioxide Analyxer A C02 (carbon dioxide) analyzer is used to measure the tent air at regular in tervals. Another instrument measures the oxygen in the air. Thermocouples have been installed at several spots with in the tent for temperature readings. The air is scrubbed and ad ditional oxygen added when the instruments show a need for it. Another aim of the experi ment is to see if the Mylar material is effective and can be used on a large scale in cold storage. Less Expensive Fruit authorities say esti mates show it would be less expensive to construct a con trolled atmosphere storage room with Mylar than with galvanized iron. The method of storage has been used largely in the east ern states to prolong the stor age life of Mcintosh apples. While attending a national convention of county agents in Boston, Mass., Cordy be came interested in the new method of storage. Dr. Hansen, however, has been conducting such an ex periment with pears at the college for some time, Cordy said. Other tests are being made in California, for New town apples, in British Co lumbia for Mcintosh apples and other varieties of apples at Yakima, Wash. On Larger Scale When tests are conducted on a larger scale here next year, spokesman say they will extend the shelf life and de velop a higher quality of fruit at the point of sale. Tests on apples have also been direct ed toward these points, plus extension of the marketing season for individual varities. Next year's tests also will be financed by the Medford Pear Shippers, according to industry spokesmen. The committee working on the experiment includes Don Root and Bob Root, Martin Luther Sr., Rogue River Orch ards, Charles King, Nye and Naumes Packing company, Dr. Roland Blake, Southern Oregon Branch Experiment Station and Cordy. Dr. Han sen will assist in evaluating results of the test trials. CONFER BEFORE EXPERIMENT Don Root, left, Myron Root and company, holds the instrument measuring the carbon diox ide content of the controlled atmosphere storage tent with Charles King, center, Nye and Naumes, and Clifford B. Cordy, right, county horticulture agent, looking on. A section of the tent made of air-tight Mylar film and containing equivalent to a carload of pears is shown in the picture. To the left is the drum containing the air- scrubber machine, the connecting stove pipes and blower. The air is sucked through the bottom of the tent and sent through the air-scrubber machine which contains a solu tion resembling pure lye, then recirculated through the tent. The air-scrubber is used when the C02 content of the tent exceeds the 2 per cent level. The experiment is being conducted in the Myron Root and company cold storage room. p 1 CHECK CARBON DIOXIDE CONTENT Three of the committee conducting the controlled atmosphere experi ment with pears check the carbon dioxide content within the air-tight tent. Clifford B. Cordy, Jackson county horti culturist, left, holds the Fyrite gas analyzer while Don Root, Myron Root and company, pokes a needle into the tent fabric. Charles King of Nye and Naumes Packing company looks on. Eventual aim of the experiment is to maintain the C02 .content of the tent at 2 per cent and the oxygen content at 5 per cent as part of the attempt to maintain the fruit at a higher peak of quality during storage. Lenin Colleague Dies Recently Moscow Grigory Ivano tich Petrovsky, 81, a colleague of Lenin and Stalin in the Oc tober Revolution of 1917, died recently, according to the of ficial Soviet news agency. Petrovsky was purged in 1938 as chairman of the Uk raine central executive com mittee and other high posts. However, he escaped exile and worked quietly for some years in the Lenin Museum in Moscow. He did not return to public favor until 1953, when he was decorated for "services to the state." The award was seen as an attempt Production Cut Asked For Chilean Copper Santiago, Chile (ID -The government announced early Saturday that it has "advised" the Anaconda and Kennecott Copper companies to cut their Chilean production 10 per cent during 1958. The production apparently is designed to bolster the price of Chilean copper, which has been slipping on the world market. The first aerial photo was made from a balloon over Boston in 1860. to placate much of Russia dis turbed by the post-Stalin purges. 79 Cases of Disease Reported Last Week A total of 79 cases of com municable diseases were re ported to the Jackson county department of health last week, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health physician. Of the total, 42 of them were influenza, and 10 were mumps. Thirty flu cases were reported in Medford, seven in Ashland and five in Phoenix. Other cases reported includ ed two infectious hepatitis; four scalp ringworm, two chicken pox, three pink eye, eight measles, one strep throat, two scarlet fever, four pneumonia and one German measles. Crises in Foreign Policy Topic of Tuesday Meeting All persons interested in the informal study of United States foreign policy have been invited to a "town hall" meeting Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 8 p.m. in the new Red Cross building, 60 Hawthorne ave. Harold Jaffrey, assistant manager of the Camp White domiciliary and chairman of the Jackson county Great De cisions . . . 1958 committee, is in charge. Charles A. O'Brien, San Francisco, regional director of the Foreign Policy association will discuss "The Crises in American Foreign Policy To day." O'Brien, a graduate of Har vard law school, is chairman of the west coast committee of the council on student trav el, which annually arranges for students to travel abroad. He has been active in the Uni versity of California exten sion programs on world poli tics and has lectured on world affairs at other west coast uni versities. Great Decision . . . 1958 is r i - CHARLES A. O'BRIEN To Discuss Crises an eight week nationwide pro gram beginning Feb. 2 which will focus attention and pro vide facts on eight key issues the U.S. faces in 1958, Jaffrey explained. The program invites parti cipation of every individual and organization through for mation of home discussion groups using Great Decisions fact sheets which will be avail able at the Medford public Mrs. Duncan Named To Head Program Mrs. Robert Duncan, Med ford, has been appointed Jackson county chairman of the Arthritis and Rheumatism foundation's annual statewide education and membership program. Mrs. John Branden burg of Medford was named cochairman. The education and member ship program was proclaimed by Gov. Robert D. Holmes for the week of Jan. 20-25. The appointments were made by Mrs. Holmes, state member ship chairman. Mrs. Duncan Is arranging a series of coffee hours in the Jackson county communities, with local hostesses. They will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan 20, at which activities and purposes of the founda tion will be explained. There are 15,000 amateur radio operators in New York state. About 4,000 of them are enrolled in Civil Defense. library before Feb. 2. Jaffrey stressed that all In terested in the Great Deci sions ... 1958 foreign policy study will be welcome at Tuesday night's meeting. Plan Between SOC, Civil Defense Set Ashland Major Gen. J. H. Hicks has announced a plan between civil defense and Southern Oregon college officials to utilize college fa cilities for housing, feeding, sheltering, and hospitaliza tion for 200 beds in case of emergency. The court house will be come headquarters for civil defense during emergency status. x Other matters discussed at the. winter term faculty meet ing concerned institutional matters such as college accre- didation procedures, campus instructional materials and fa cilities, and the problems brought about by rapid ex pansion of the college in terms of staff, facilities, and student body. Hollywood (IP) Funeral services will be held Satur day afternoon for Clarence Irwin Johnson, 78, father of actress Laraine Day. Mrs. Dale Schulz plans to leave Monday by plane for Rucker, Ala., to join her hus band who is stationed there. Eleven ladies from Table Rock attended the Ladies club which met at Loree Anhorn's on Arnold lane Wednesday. About the usual number of farmers from this section at tended the John Deere day at Hubbard Wray company last Tuesday, and besides getting a free lunch get a chance to warm the seats of the new farm implements and dream of being able to purchase one some day. 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