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10A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Foirmni god Gardeer OSC Study Points Out Way To Extended Market Time For D'Anjou Variety Corvallis - Science may have the answer for "stretch ing" the market life of Ore gon's famed D'Anjou winter pears until late spring when demand is heavy for fresh fruit, the Oregon State col lege agricultural experiment station reports. Controlled ratio of oxygen and carbon dioxide in refrig erated storage rooms at OSC has added two months stor age life to winter pears and has doubled the so-called "shelf life" after pears are removed from storage. If the method proves econ omical on a commercial scale, it could be a real boon to Ore gon and other Pacific Coast near states Oregon. Washington and California produce most of the nation's winter pear out- nut with a farm value of S20 to $25 million annually, ac cording to industry estimates Oregon grows more than one third of the U.S. winter pears with Anjou the leading vari ety. In 1957 Medford pear dis trict produced 964,000 boxes of D'Anious. Boscs produced in the same year by the dis trict totalled 565,000 boxes and Cornice 103.000 boxes D'Anjou was developed as a high-quality, late-season variety to be held in storage for spring demands. Increased production in recent years has "bottlenecked" about one fifth of the Anjous in cold storage past their recommend ed holding time of March 1. Pears held beyond this date lose flavor, tend to become dry and mealy, and have a "shelf life" of only a few days This Week's GARAGE 20 x 20 By HIAWATHA ESTES Contemporary styling lends freshness to age-old materials in this home. The broad col umn of the stone chimney rises from a planter well at one corner of the house. Ver tical board on board siding, stucco and fluted glass com bine for design interest be neath a rugged shake roof. A screen of basket-weave rattan shields the stone entry landing. The dramatic corner fire place in the living room is open on two sides. Thus a hearth fire can be enjoyed from all parts of the room, as well as the dining area. Wide banks of windows light both the front and side walls of the living room, and large glass doors open the dining V v. BCDROOM ft3&i Ms 10 o for I 1 BEDROOM I I r o Ore., Thursday, December 11, 195S to a week after coming out of storage. 'Atmosphere' Possible Answer "Controlled a t m osphere" looks like the possible answer to this marketing problem. D'Anjou pears in experimen- Advice Given On Shipping Holly No restrictions exist on shipping cut holly or mistle toe, according to Clifford B. Cordy, county horticulture agent. Cordy said today his office received many inquiries each Christmas season on shipping these two Yule tide decora tions. ; There'are two things which will help both mistletoe and holly arrive in better condi tion at its destination, he said. A hormone solution can be used for dipping and will help keep the berries on the cut tings. This is the same type of solution used to keep pears on the trees to prevent pre-har-vest drop, the horticultural agent explained. Most of the packages which can be bought in local feed and seed stores contain direc tions which should be fol lowed, Cordy suggested. How ever the solution can be ap plied up to four times its norman strength. Although nothing will pre vent the cuttings from drying out they can be shipped in a polyethelene bag to retain the moisture. Four to six holes should be punched in the bag to allow fresh air to enter. Home For Living V Br 0- . ; 'dI. PATIO. - KITCHEN !9xS J. . UVIN6 ROOM I8I3 Iglo nrnr PLAN NO. 362a 1297 SQUARE FEET alcove to the patio, extend ing the living area to the rear garden. A second door leads from the patio to the service area, making it easy to serve out door meals and refreshments in summer. A corner eating area, built in range and oven, wide counter surfaces and a broom closet make the kitchen a con venient, step-saving place for housework. Washer and dry er are in the service area. The three-quarter bath, handy to the work area and patio, also opens to the master bed room. The master bath has a Pull man lavatory and recessed tub with overhead shower. Wide, high-set aluminum casement windows light the bedrooms, allowing unbroken Pears tal holding rooms at OSC's new biological science build ing kept unitl May with no loss in original green color or firmness. Dr. Elmer Hansen, OSC horticulturist in charge of the project, said the fruit was juicy and flavorful and had a shelf life of about two weeks. Purpose of controlled at mosphere storage is to main tain low oxygen content in re lation to carbon dioxide. Con version of standard refrigerat ed storage into controlled at- mosphere plants would re quire special lining to make storage areas 90 to 95 per cent gas-tight. Hansen obtained best re sults with Anjou pears when atmosphere contained 1 to 1 Vz per cent oxygen, not more than 2 to 2Vz per cent carbon dioxide, and storage temper ature of 30 degrees. After the gas-tight rooms are opened, fruit can be held at 30 degrees under conven tional storage conditions for approximately four weeks be fore showing any loss in qual ity, the scientist said. This should allow enough time for even a large room of 20,000 to 30,000-box capacity to be loaded out for marketing, he added. Miami, Fla.-tUPD-A National Airlines jetliner ushered in the domestic commercial jet age Wednesday by flying from New York to Miami in two hours and 45 minutes, about an hour less than time required by regular propellor driven craft. I I UMU9 wall space for furniture ar rangements. Big wardrobes provide ample closet space. Fluted glass panels provide light for the double garage, A storage shelf across the back provides a place to hide away unused household equipment. Ample space at the side allows for the storage of lawn mowers, bicycles etc. Complete -working drawing of the above plan can oe ODiamea at a cost of S7.50 for the first set and So for each additional set. when ordered at the same time. This plan will be available for a period of four months from this date. Please allow two weeks for delivery. If the above homes does not entirely meet with your satis faction, a new home plan book, Homes for Living may be pur chased for SI. Send all orders for either plans or books to Hiawatha Estes, P.O. Eox 404-T, Northridge, Calif. Bodenweiser New Veterinarian, Bob Steward Says Salem - Selection of Dr. Lewis E. Bodenweiser as act ing state veterinarian with the Oregon department of agri culture was anounced Dec. 5 by Robert J. Steward, direc tor, and M. E. Knickerbocker, animal division chief for the department. Dr. Bodenweiser has been performing the duties of state veterinarian since Oct. 22, fol lowing resignation of Dr. K. J. Peterson. "In the past six weeks, Dr. Bodenweiser has demonstrat ed an unusual capacity for skillful leadership in taking hold of two large and compli c a t e d programs in mid stream," Steward and Knick erbocker said. They added that he has shown an appre ciation of administrative re sponsibilities and teamwork. "We anticipate that the af fected industries and the vet erinary profession of Oregon will give the acting state vet erinarian wholehearted sup port as he moves ahead in the important meat inspection and disease control programs," both officials said. Prior to joining the depart ment staff as an assistant state veterinarian three years ago, Dr. Bodenweiser spent 15 years in private practice in Missouri. "Jug Dairies" Gain in Number, Foods Man Notes Salem-A continual move ment to "jug dairies" is ap parent among produce distrib utors in Oregon, Kenneth Carl, assistant chief in charge of the deparment of agricul ture's foods and dairies told a conference of department workers in Salem Thursday. In 1956 there were 36 "jug" producer distributors selling grade "B" milk; in 1957, 51; and November, 1958, shows a total of 82 with two addition sources seeking licenses. Grade "A" dairies totaled 73 in 1956; 80 in 1957; and by November, 1958, reached 84, the department reported. Un der the Fluid Milk Act, grades "A" and "B" are destined for human consumption. Carl cited several reasons for the trend to jug dairies: (1) small, often part - time farms produce milk as a sup plementary interest; (2) pro ducers are not able to find milk outlets that bring a sat isfactory return; (3) consumers are looking for a cheaper source of milk; (4) families who like to drive out to the country to pick up products. Twelve district representa tive of the department of agri culture continually make in spectional visits to Oregon dairies. These inspectors are located in Astoria, Tillamook, McMinnville, Albany, Coos Bay, Coquille, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Bend, Baker, La Grande, and Salem. Slip Is Showing On Weight Label Salem Attention of the state deDartment of agricul ture has been brought to dis crepancies in prices on meats where a retailer, or whole saler, may charge for the gross weight although the packaged meat or poultry specifes the net weight. O. K. Beals. chief of the division of foods and dairies, weights and measures, empha sizes that all labels must in dicate the name of the packer, distributor producer, carry complete address, name of the product, and the net weight. Most violations coming to light are small, but they are sufficient to amount to a viola tion of Oregon's food mis branding laws, and though the error may often be accidental, the department stands ready to investigate such instances, Beals noted. The housewife buying her holiday turkey, or the retail er making his purchase from the wholesaler, might do well to see that the cost is based on the net weight required by law to be on the label. 4-H Club News Knittin' Kittens The executive committee met Nov. 22 at the home of our leader, Lucille Frink, to plan the program and goals for the vear. For the December meeting we are tb bring our old rec ord books for discussion. We are also to bring a canned food gift wrapped in white for a needy family. Linda Johnson, Reporter. CHIT CHAT Br JOE G. COWLEY Mail Tribune Farm Editor We have always said that farm people are easy to talk to and get along with. However, we didn't realize this is also true in England until recently since we have always had the impression that English people are typically reserved. Tuesday we visited with Glen Eggers, 1958 Oregon IFYE to England. He spent 41 months in England and Wales. IFYE stands for International Farm Youth Exchange and is "a project for rural young people, working to bring about better understanding among people of the world and to build a lasting peace," according to the national 4-H club foundation and extension service fact sheet. During his tour Glen covered eight different counties and visited 15 different families. He lived on both large and small farms. One of his hosts farmed 1,700 acres and hired 20 men to care for 1,000 acres of cereal grains, 60 acres of canning peas, 75 acres of kale and 180 acres of sugar beets. He also lived on a 300-acre tenant farm near Bedford. The average farmer has to ba a good farmer, Glen said. England, he said, has a lot of tenant farmers. In order to kick tenants off his land, the landlord must prove the tenant is a bad fSrmer, young Eggers said. England produces 50 per cent of the agricultural crops consumed in the country, the IFYE youth said. We had al ways supposed England was considerably behind the United States in use of farm machinery. However, Glen said that English farmers have more tractors per acre than we have. Also, when the farmers there drill they do it back and forth whereas the usual practice here is to drill in a circle, we understand. The explanation Glen received is' that it seems more efficient to drill the same way you plow. Most English farms are well-electrified, Glen said. A few small pockets are not, he added. The Molalla youth was also impressed with the absence of beef cattle in general. Farmers there feed out a lot of Friesan Holsteins, he said. The English subsist largely on beef and pork. They bring in a lot of Irish cattle. 1 One farm visited had only two milk cows but used a milking machine. Seventy acres is the average size farm in England compared to about 200 acres in this country, Glen said. English farm people apparently imagine American farm ers have immense farms and all drive big Cadillacs, he added. One night, the IFYE youth was taking a bath in an English farm house much to the curiosity of one of his young hosts. After watching Glen for some time the boy inquired if most Americans don't take baths in horse-troughs as he had seen the people do on the TV film, "Wagon-Train." Naturally, many of the English farmers he met thought Indians and cow boys are still running wild here. Like a true Yank Glen sometimes would play along with the distorted picture of his country and really "tell 'em a whopper." However, the English host later was put straight on American living. Gleji was also strongly impressed with the efficiency of the English farm women and the large interest they showed in agriculture. When visiting each other they often would go out and visit in the hen house, discussing egg production and such subjects. One bystander at the interview wryly re marked a hen house seemed a peculiarly appropriate place in which women should visit. Residents of Rogue valley fog here. However, in England days of fog. Naturally, this foggy, moist weather during the growing season is good for which doesn't grow too well here because of the dry weather. The English als raise a lot of raises mostly grasses. Dairying is scattered all over the coun try. Dairy farmers here would be discouraged if their butter brought a cent a pound less than U. S. margarine now sells for. It does in England, since it Farm youth in England are a little more held down than they are here. Legally, they can't drive tractors until they are 16 years old. Each farm driven by beginners have large red "L's" on their license plates as have the cars. Also, Glen noted father, is losing a in the family. English youth, dance a lot. However, often the the dance hall and the girls brings the girl. English people think nothing of changing their clothes completely before running into town even for farm machin ery repairs. They dress much do, Glen said. However, their horrible he said. (Perhaps that fail to match ties and socks English ancestry). English people generally lack promptness, Glenn learned. "Sevenish" may mean any time between 5 and 8 pjn. Glen, who is a major in agriculture education at Oregon State college, was impressed are the schools which are conducted like large farms and teach only farming. These are something like our technical schools are here. These are resident schools. Students must have had at least a year's experience in farming before being admitted. Another way to get to apprentice themselves to a farmer. Boys 14 and 15 years old are often farm apprentices" in England. Housewives of the Rogue the cost of the big family Christmas dinner coming up can relax. According to extension gon State college, people throughout the United States should eat well and cheaply. Total crop production rose a tenth above that of 1957 in spite of the smallest harvested acreage in 40 years. This is based on States Department of Agriculture. The large national potato crop should place plenty of potatoes on the dinner tables at prices much lower than las year. The larger cabbage tonnage vegetables. However, there are many fruits, fruit juices and vegetables, extension economists said. However, reports state there are a few more frozen apricots, blueberries, peaches and prunes in storage than a year ago. There will be less of most major fruits, fruit juices and berries, however. Fresh fruits are more plentiful which includes apples, peaches, grapes and cranberries. Those looking beyond the be happy to know that both production. Plenty of poultry is on the market with broilers at the lowest prices in nearly 20 years. The cold storage sup ply is nearly half again as large as last year, extension econo mists reported. Turkey production was a little down this year but still 5 per cent above the previous year. Less red meat is available but storage stocks are Jieavier. Fish supplies are about the same. Approximately the same amount of milk, general dairy products and eggs are on the market this year. Economists report that retail food prices will be much lower next year since much of this year's larger output will be marketed in 1959. SPELLER DIES London-aTD-Dr. Mont Fol lick, 70, a former Laborite member of parliament who lost a lifelong fight to make English easier to spell, died Tuesday. Follick, who carried on a running argument for 40 years with the late George Bernard Shaw on how English should be spelled, proposed eliminating the letters C, Q, Y, and Z. may think we have plenty of Glen experienced 36 straight the well-known English holly grain and root crops. Wales comes from New Zealand. tractor is also licensed. Those what dad says goes, although little of his strong influence and people there generally, boys will sit on one side of on the other even if the boy more conservatively than we ideas on matching colors are is the reason English husbands properly it's due to their with the farm institutes. These agriculture training is for boys valley who are worrying over agricultural economists at Ore Nov. 1 estimates by the United keynotes more plentiful fall fewer cold storage stocks of Total nut tonnage is also up. holiday season mealtimes will hogs and broilers are up in FACES THEFT CHARGE Hickok, N.C. (UPD Charlie Rufus Martin, 40, faced a charge today that he took $8,161 from the bank where he was employed as a janitor. Federal agents said the money apparently was taken while Martin was cleaning up the bank last Saturday. More than SS.CO of it was found in Martin's hotel room, officers said. . Oregon's Weather Hampers Bee's Work; Honey Flow Salem Oregon's weather in 1958 was strictly for the birds as far as the bees were concerned. Weather conditions were too wet and cool during blossom time for a maximum honey-flow and extremely hot weather through the summer months was not conducive to hive life and sweetness in the colonies. In fact, the honey flow was one-fourth less in 1958 than last year's production, the Oregon department of agricl- ture reported. . The yield per colony slid down to a 32-pound average a full 10 pounds less than '57, Leadership Noted Prime FFA Central Point , One of the more important phases of the Future Farmers of Ameri ca program is leadership, ac cording to Ed Griggs, voca tional agriculture advisor and Crater chapter advisor. Griggs feels as do many chapter advisors that the fu ture farmer must be able to assume leadership also in his farm community as well as run a farm successfully. Allen Barnes, a senior in vocational agriculture at the Central Point high school and president of his chapter and district, said that leader ship is the most important phase of FFA activities. By working on leadership pro grams the FFA members work with committees and think for themselves. Barnes will fly to Portland Friday to attend a meeting of the state FFA board. This group meets twice a year in Portland, The youth is also a mem ber of the parliamentary pro cedure team . at Crater. Last year it was second in the state and the year before third. His project is beef. He owns five head which he hopes will help put him through col lege. f Barnes isn't sure what he will major in during college. He thinks he may be a tea cher so arrangements have been made for him to teach classes in agriculture, mathe matics and livestock feeding to the sophomores in Janu ary. Caster Vice President Another of the leaders in Crater FFA is John Caster, vice president. He is vice pres ident of the district also. Like Barnes, who is active in foot ball, Caster carries his lead ership outside the chapter to the Sportsman's and Letter men's clubs, and football. , His project is a dairy heifer. He plans also to invest in beef Two Chapters Hold Joint FFA Phoenix Officers of the Phoenix Future Farmers of America chapter , presided over a special joint meeting of the Eagle Point and Phoe nix FFA chapters at Phoenix high school on Dec. 4. Purpose of the meeting was to elevate second year students in vocational agri culture to the chapter farmer degree. This is the highest de gree which can be awarded members of the local chap ter. To qualify for this degree a member must have been School Janitor Due To Testify Chicago -(UPD The head jan itor of the Our Lady of Angels school was scheduled to testi fy today at the inquest into the fire which killed 89 chil dren and three nuns. Coroner Walter McCarron convened a special, 16-man jury for the second day to hear testimony which may be j the most significant of the in quiry into the cause of the holocaust. "As the main housekeeper at the school he (Raymond) is one of the most important wit nesses," McCarron said Wed nesday. Raymond, still suffering from shock and loss of blood from the Dec. 1 fire, was ex pected to provide information about material stored in the school's basement area where the blaze apparently started. The jurors, who were hand picked as experts in building construction and fire and in surance investigations, toured the charred hulk of the school after hearing a morning of testimony. Three parents of the fire's victims testified, and many of the more than 200 spectators in the audience broke into sobs. "Please God, help them build safer schools for our kids," said Mrs. Fred Wisz, 31, whose son Wayne, 10, died in the fire. One - Fourth Less in 1958 the department's bee inspec tion supervisor observed. He reported also a decline by 100 the total beekeepers in the state, showing a declining trend in numbers of bee col onies. A total 1,193 beekeepers registered, as required by law, with the department, which inspected 9,542 colonies in "problem areas." Disease Lessens There was a bright spot on the bee line: the incidence of American foulbrood, principal disease of bees, was somewhat less in 1958 than in 1957, the department's apiary super- Program this month. Caster is not sure what he will take in college, but it probably will be some thing connected with agricul ture. He is a junior in voca tional agriculture. Pete Melsted, another Cra ter chapter leader and a soph omore. The fact he is a soph omore but was elected to a leadership position in the chapter is unusuaL since such posts usually go to juniors and seniors. Melsted's main project now is five acres of barley. How ever, his Angus steer made reserve grand champion FFA steer at the Jackson county fair last summer. Like the others mentioned the FFA leader is on the parliamentary procedure team. He placed third in the soil conservation public speaking contest held this year, His other activities include turning out for baseball, the Sportsman's club and hunt ing and fishing. One of Pete's "main jobs as assistant treasurer is to take care of the tractor accounts. He is also chairman of the chapter's Christmas card sales. The chapter has a budget of $2,000 a year which the young FFA leader helps to manage The club is self-supporting and pays for such expenditures as new equipment for the chap. ter farm plot adjacent to the high school, trips to the na- tional FFA convention in Kansas City each year, the an nual chapter banquet and va rious recreational activities. The chapter has an inventory of S3.000 in equipment, S2.500 of this is invested in the chapter-owned tractor. Pete is also a member of the FFA talent team and plays the accordion in 'the seven-piece semi-western band the chapter sponsors. The chapter membership has approximately 100 boys, 51 of which are freshmen. Meeting awarded the Greenhand de gree previously. He must have shown at least a $50 gain in his supervised farm ing program, also. Develop ment must be shown also in leadership qualities. The candidate must be familiar with parliamentary procedure and be able to lead a group discussion for at least 15 min utes. He must be familiar also with the local chapter con stitution and by-laws and the work program. Eagle Point FFA members receiving the chapter farmer degree were Gary Ayres, Ron Greb Elwin Hawkins, Ed Kenworthy, Bill Morgan, Don Pestka, Warren Pestka, Bill Wehde and Roy Moore. Phoenix members receiv ing the chapter degree were Dean Sommer, Gerald Sloper, Vic Coggins, David Robbins, George Hall, Richard Norris, Gary Neel, Bill Ames and Roger Kelsoe. Members from both the Eagle Point and Phoenix chapters will soon be making application for the state far mer degree. Only 2 per cent of the total state FFA mem bership is awarded this de gree each year. These awards will be made in March at the annual state FFA convention in Corvallis. "These joint meetings and ceremonies which are an an nual occasion for the Eagle Point and Phoenix FFA chap ters have been a great help in improving leadership and acquainting members with the functions of other chapters," said Jack Dube, Phoenix vo cational agriculture instruc tor and FFA chapter advisor. L BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 isor, Kenneth Goeden, ascer tained. The disease was found in 15.39 per cent of the anairies inspected with 2.02 t)er cent of all the colonies inspected being infected. Supervisor Kenneth Goeden was quick to point out, "These figures should not be con strued as being indicative of the disease situation in the n. tire apiary industry of Oregon. Because of limited operating budget and lack of Qualified inspectors, inspectors are giv en only a portion of the total bee colonies in the state." Yamhill, Washington, Mult nomah, Clackamas, and Uma tilla counties received light inspections this past season. Every effort will be made to inspect the apiaries in these counties during the coming season," Goeden said. What's Foul Brood?" Bees are subject to diseases. like all domestic animals, such v as dysentery, paralysis and foulbrood. There are two diseases that attack the brood of honey bees: one is known as Amer ican, and the other as Euro pean foul brood. The first mentioned is the most serious, so serious that no cure can be safely applied. The beekeeper who finds it in his hives should burn the combs, bees and all, and scorch out! the inside of the hive with a blow torch before it is used again. The second disease, known as European foul brood can. be cured by building up the strength of the colony, intro ducing a queen of vigorous Italian strain. The building-up consists of giving frames ot emerging brood so that the strength of the colony will be rapidly increased. Marion county topped the areas accounting for most in spection visits, a total 177; Jackson county, 108; Douglas, 72; Linn, 60; Klamath, 57; Tillamook, 34; Josephine, 32; Benton, 30; Lane, 26; Polk, 25; and the remaining checks in 11 other counties. Phoenix Vo-Ag Conducts Shops For Fundamentals Phoenix Shop classes in vocational agriculture at Phoenix high school have completed basic instruction in the fundamentals of arc and gas welding, according to vo cational instructor Jack Dube. The balance of the semes ter will be devoted to the con struction of individual shop projects, he said. "A detailed plan and bill for materials to be used must be submitted before a student can begin work on his proj ect," he explained. Many projects in the shop are almost completed, Dube said. Some of these are port able chain hoists by Jack Fowler, livestock loading chute by Richard Norris, calf feeders by John Wliiteside, Roger Kelsoe, and Dean Som mers, swine self-feeder by Da vid Robbins, and chapter stock trailer by George HalL Jim Martin and Ray Thomp son. Other projects include a stock trailer by Bill Dillree, hog waterer and feeder by Gary Neel, poultry laying nests by Charlie Weishaust, tack box for horse trailer by Gerald Sloper, cargo trailer by Ernie Bolz and Lee Coff man and steel clothesline poles by Warren Richey. Numerous repair and small tool projects are also being conducted, Dube said. Already constructed this year are a vertical metal storage rack for the shop, hog waterers and re pair of small tools. 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