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1 B Thursday, August 6, 1959
Pilot, Skipper
Rent Equipment
San Francisccr-fUPB-The pilot
of a twin-engine transport
plane in Colorado and the
skipper of a barge off the Vir
ginia coast have one thing in
common.
The craft they command
both belong to a behind-the-
scenes enterprise in the busi
ness world, the United States
leasing Corp., an eight-year-
old firm that rents out every
thing from bulldozers to cash
registers.
Unlike the leasing of prop
erty, and even fleets of auto
mobiles, the leasing of a wide
range of machines, store fix
tures and equipment is fairly
new.
Leasing became feasible be
cause of "tight" money poli
cies and .because companies
sought to avoid being saddled
with equipment that became.
obsolete before it could be
depreciated. ,
Lt. Gen. Charles B. Stone,
USAF, Ret., chief executive of
ficer of U.S. Leasing, points
out that "some fii?ns in the
electronics and missiles fields
lease all equipment, right
down to the stapler on the sec
retary's desk."
In leasing business equip
ment, the firm needing it spe
cifies whose material it wants
and then makes a lease agree
ment for a reasonable period.
U.S. Leasing than pays the
seller at the standard price
when the equipment is deliv
ered to the lessee. When a
lease is up it may be extended
at a lower rate.
Gen. Stone adds that while
leasing costs more than out
right purchase, the cost must
be. weighed against the in
creased earnings that result
from keeping working capital
liquid. . ,
Some trees consume 200
gallons of water a day.
SOLDIER OF THE FUTURE Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer
(left), U.S. Army Chief of Staff, examines the uniform'
.. and gear of the "soldier of the future" being modeled
by Sgt Donald H. Kinige, ow Wacanda, HI. The im
promptu "inspection" occurred during the annual meet
ing of the Association of the UJS. Army, at Washington,
D. C. The gear consists of infra-red devices, jump belt,
radio helmet and M-14 rifle. Behind the two men is a
model of a space vehicle which Boeing Airplane" Com
pany claims would be capable of carrying man to other
planets.
Earth Injections Control Tiny Mites
Washington r (Science
Service) Tiny mites that in
fest apples trees can be con
trolled by a "shot in the dirt."
Injections of a systemic
miticide effectively reduced
populations of the insects, the
U.S. Department of Agricul
ture reported here.
In two orchards, Thimet, an
organic phosphorus compound
was injected into the soil
around mature apple trees at
a dilution of 12 ounces per
100 gallons of water. No harm
ful effects were noted, USDA
entomologist Merrill L. Cleve
land said, . although some
trees received 36 gallons and
others. 120 gallons. , , "
Cleveland, who developed
the injector device, said spray
control of the mites was
"somewhat more effective"
than the soil injection method.
About 80 per cent of all
bicycle fatalities in the U. S.
result from collisions with
automobiles. About 70 per
cent of the victims are young
people of ages 6 through 19.
The Amharas, the largest
tribe in Ethiopia, were con
verted to Christianity in the
fourth century.
State's Fruit Industry,
Once in the River, Now
Leads to United States
Corvallis It was a dark
moment for Oregon's infant
fruit-growing industry more
than 1-00 years ago-at least
in the eyes of Dr. J. R. Card
well who watched his plans,
a- d plants, literally, "go down
the creek."
The ' good - doctor belonged
to a special breed of "forty
niners" who branched north
to Oregon instead of following
the trail across the Sierras to
the California gold fields. .
But the Oregon-bound pio
neers farmers, clergymen,
doctors, small businessman
were equally intent on find
ing the pot of gold in the
"salubrious climate of .the
Oregon country."
Unlike the gold miners,
many Oregon pioneers
brought their source of ex
pected wealth with them:
oxen-drawn wagons of nurs
ery stock.
Nursery Stock .
Dr. Cardwell took to the
trail in 1852 from Decatur,
111., with a wagonload of
nursery stock planted in the
rich, black soil of the prairie.
Six months later, as his oxen
drawn wagon groaned on to
ward Oregon, it skidded, and
rolled on a sharp bank of the
Snake River, dumping the
precious cargo in the swift
current. Dr. Cardwell re
trieved only one rose cutting.
But the idea of fruit-growing
in Oregon was deeply in
grained in this Portland den
tist and a hard core of others
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like him who weathered boom
and bust days in establish
ing the state's multi-million
dollar horticulture industry.
Today, horticulture ' rates
second among agricultural
enterprises in Oregon in gross
sales by farmers, exceeded
only by the livestock indus
try. Tree fruit, nut and berry
crops now have a value of
about $100 million annually
when processed or packed,
according to Oregon State
college agricultural econom
ists.
Winter Pear Production
Oregon winter pear produc
tion, tops in the nation, is ex
pected to reach 97,500 tons
this year, 22 per cent above
last year and 16 per cent over
average. Oregon rates' third
in the U. S. in production of
Bartlett pears with prospects
this year for 60,000 tons, ex
ceeded only by California
and Washington.
Oregon promises to lead all
states ia sweet cherry produc
tion this year with an estim
ated crop of more than 25,000
tons. The state's famed cherry
varieties dip deep into his
tory. The 1887 records of an
Oregon fruit show,, for exam
ple, note that "Seth Lewell
ing exhibited two varieties of
cherries, both fine. The State
Horticultural Society named
one of them Lewelling, and
the other Lewelling named
the Bing' after his favorite
Chinaman."
Oregon peaches go back to
1844 when the Rev. Edward
Evans Parrish brought a sack
of peach pits from. Ohio for
planting in Oregon. Produc
tion in Oregon this year is ex
pected to go better than aver
age, reaching 500,000 bushels,
report OSC marketing spe
cialists. ' .
Other fruit crops yielding
above average this year in
Oregon include strawberries
with more than 80 million
pounds expected from about
15,000 acres. Oregon grows
practically all the nation's
filbert nuts and looks for a
yield of more than 9,000 tons
this year or about 18 per cent
above average.
Oregon apple production
this year is likely to run a
little below average but
slightly larger than last year's
2V4 million bushels, accord
ing to crop estimates.
The state also produces
some 30 million pounds of
cranberries annually with
blackberries and red rasp
berries the leading crops. Ore
go claims a big chunk of
the nation's prune production,
most of the U. S. gooseberry
crop, is rapidly,' increasing
blueberry production, and is
one -of the five -states with
commercial cranberry pro
duction. " - J
The Appalachian Mountain
club, which maintains hiking
trails and other facilities in
the White Mountains of New
Hampshire, is believed to be
the oldest mountaineering or
ganization in the Western
Hemisphere. .-
Some 12 million Americans
are believed to be sleeping in
air-conditioned bedrooms this
summer. -
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