MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, OREGON
FARM
Vegetable Outlook Given;
Bush Beans Set Record iWoodlot Facts On Packaa
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 4. 1962
Oleo Hearing Sef
Corvallis - Oregon's vegeta
ble tonnage for processing
promises to be bigger, but
most vegetable crops lor the
fresh market are in smaller
supply than last year, reports
S. C. Marks, extension agri
cultural economist at Oregon
Stste university.
!inap bean growers arc now
harvesting a crop which may
reach 125.300 tons, nearly 27
per cent of the national pro
duction and a record amount,
Marks said.
-At the same time, the sea
son's first estimate for sweet
corn for processing in Oregon
points to 124,600 tons, one
per cent more than last year
and also a new record.
The state's green pea crop
for processing, estimated at
f4.000 tons, may have yielded
16 per rent more tonnage than
in 1961. but would still be
Emergency Fund
Unspent Total
Salem - The stale emergen
cy board will have 840,000
more than it anticipated large
ly because of cold weather in
late May. J. F. Short, director
of the state department of ag
riculture, has advised Emer
gency Board Chairman, Sen.
Harry D. Boivin, that none of
its S'10,000 earmarked for
grasshopper destruction was
used.
Short stated that in mid
May ranchers in Harney coun
ty and the Department decid
ed to handle the grasshopper
problem differently than orig
inally planned. The ranchers
agreed to furnish all labor
which, in the end, amounted
to S5.314.00; the county
agreed to furnish gas, oil and
drivers for spray trucks, an
end total of S877.91; and the
state agreed to furnish diesel
and insecticide, a final cost
of S3. 045.30.
Harney County Cosl
The entire Harney county
program cost S9.237.21.
The State Deportment of
Agriculture, working for the
first time under a lump sum
appropriation granted by the
1961 Legislature, was able to
pay its third of the operation
without tapping the emergen
cy appropriation, Director
Shorty explained.
In Grant county adverse
"ive her conditions resulted
in a high percentage of nymph
kill an early July survey re
vealed. Consequently no con
trol program was conducted
in that county.
In his report to the emer
gency board, Director Short
pointed out that surveys this
summer did indicate that a
serious infestation could de
velop next year.
nearly a fourth less than the
record year of 1956.
More Carrots
Vegetable output for the
fresh market this summer and
fall indicates less sweet corn,
cabbage, cantaloupes, melons
' and tomatoes, but substantial
ly more carrots, the econo
mist noted.
i Acreage of jweet corn for
) the fresh market is the same
I as in 1961, but yields are
down. Reduced acreage and
; the prospect of lighter yields
! is the story on early fall cab
i base, he continued. Waler
j melon production in Oregon,
I forecast at 234,000 hundrcd
; weight, is down 12 per cent
from last year, due to less
acreage and lower yields.
! Cantaloupe tonnage, at 19,-
000 hundredweight, looks to
j be only slightly smaller than
i last year. Tomato tonnage, at
62.000 hundredweight, would
be a tenth below 1961. pri
marily due to smaller acre
age. Marks explained.
Carrots are the exception
in Oregon's vegetable produc
tion for fresh market. If the
850,000 hundredweight carrot
crop materializes, it would be
nearly a tenth above 1961 and
".'ell above average, he point
ed out. Increased yields on
moderately more acres ac
count for the increase.
8
If lit nut in !
.i , 1 rjj Salem - If the public ap-
the woods and see a man with s ug8CStioPto be prl
a sack pursuing a squirrel he P
is not trying to bag a g ay : agnclliu,re a. a hear-
digger He is jus gat tann
seed the same as the squirrel. I ' .
But for a different reason, j Sarmc falc,s wl bp '
The squirrel uses the seed 'or Bnu "ljV, zcs o spe
future food but man uses it ; c"' cinis.
for future trees; trees that are ' These weights would be
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. W ATKINS
(Register and Tribune
Syndicate 1962)
of;
wood products used by man;
Neither Jelly nor Fish I room or an opened umbrella
About the only thing jelly-1 without a handle. The body,
fish have in common with
look somelhin
one-half pound, one pound, j fish is that they both live in tratispariM-it. having a delib-
movement in
, which does
j like jelly,
Edmund E. Hass
As the old growth timber Z I" j water. Although the jellyfish erate grace of
stands of the Pacific North-! p ,... , comes in a wide assortment I the water.
ren,,l:,linn hn-o hion cilnntiof sizes and colors, tllCie IS
I
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FROM
Til
groksid
' bp
west are depleted, the need
for starting a new crop of
trees for the future becomes
more and more important.
Logging creates about 200.000
acres of new clear cut areas
each year in the Pacific
Northwest. Fire denudes thou
sands of acres each year. Al
though nature has provided J
for ample and prompt restock- j
ing, this does not often occur. j
In most cases, we cannot af- i
ford to wait for nature to do .
this, and artificial reforcsta-1
tion through planting or seed- j
ing is necessary. j
More than half a million I
bushels of seed cones are col- j
lected each year, providing a
source of income for thou
sands of people. Many folks
have found that cone collect
ing provides an enjoyable
week end diversion in the
woods and a chance to earn
extra cash at the same time
on standards of weight for but one flavor. Their range
either product. Which may ; of size is terrific, from liny
be one reason for the 13-' ones no larger than a pinhead
ounce weight packages of ; lo some that may measure
margarine appcarin.' on the ! seven feet across,
market and which resemble ; Someone, sometime or other
the usual pound package.
The hearing will be in the
department headquarter?. 158
1 2th st., N.E.. Salem, at 10
o'clock standard time. Inter
ested persons unable to at
tend may submit views in
writing prior to the hearing.
If the department's propo
sals prevail, at the nearing,
the 13-ounce packages of olco
would be ruled off the Ore
gon market.
who must have possessed a
flare for the ridiculous, called
the jellyfish "the medusae,"
because the long streamer-like
appendages on the underside
of the creature suggested the
locks of the Gorgon, the one
ancient mythology pictured
as a "headful of snakes."
To most people the jelly-,
fish looks more like a mush-
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Experienced cone collectors re nt,w on "r medical of-
Jin i,n 1IHI III U1U r (Utctlllrt
I'd III UUU YclfcV.n mump,, imv
cone collecting season
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By BART BARTLETT
This week will be the last
week of the Bartlelt pear har
vest in this area.
Looking back on the season
which began as early as Aug.
15 it is obvious that the sea
son was fairly normal as far
as the period from start to
finish is concerned,
j Certainly some rather ripe
fruit is being harvested this
i near the end of the season, but
! this is not unusual. It seems
j that if the entire valley crop
j is taken into account that
(sizes were smaller than nor
mal. ! This faclor must be con
: sidered in its proper perspec-
tivc before il can be said that
this was a year when Bartlelt
j sizes were predestined by un
favorable growing conditions.
A more realistic approach
seems to be that some growers
did not thin heavily enough
and ended the season wilh an
unusual amount of small fruit.
This error in judgment is be
ing compounded by picking
and attempting to market such
small pears.
The worst fruit that is of
fered for sale often tends lo
set the price for the best fruit
instead of being a salvage
operation!
10 Days For Peaches
The valley peach crop
which consists of rather late
varieties is being harvested j
now in quantity. This harvest I
will extend for another 10
days and offers a real oppor- i
(unity for girls and boys and I
women (o earn some cash. The
peaches will be of good size
and of excellent quality if the !
present weal her holds for the !
harvest period. If very cool
nights occur Again both the
sizes and quality of our peach
crop will be lowered.
Tomatoes react to weather
conditions very much the
same as do peaches. Whe.i
the nights are marked by very
low temperatures, tomato
fruils grow well, but ripen
very slowly. The lomalo crop
for the valley is late this year
but will be of excellent qual
ity for slicing or canning.
The winter pear harvest
: will begin soon. There is
I nothing known to man that
I ripens the Washington apple
crop as quickly as do the first
few days of D'Anjou pear har
vest in this area.
; Wheat Referendum Set
To Determine Quota
Wheat farmers will vote in
a referendum Aug. 30 to de
cide whether marketing quo
ta? will apply for the 19H3
crop, according in a newslet
ter from the Orcein Wheal
Growers league.
The law directs that acre
age allotments are to be used
each year, but at least two
thirds of the referendum votes
must favor quotas if they are
to be in effect, according lo
tiie announcement.
If marketing quotas are not
approved there will he n't
marketing quoia pcnaltv for
ovcrplan'ing the allotment
Price support would be avail
able at SI 21 per bushel to
those planting within the
acreage allotment No pric:
support would be available to
j producers planting in execs
of the allotment.
ficcr in the Pi
I Zone.
The position is under the
llie main purpose oi , emplovment is in fodcrat hos
article is to make the genera j pUals on b()lll lnp Atla,ltic
public, as well as the small and pacific sidcs o tne 20ne,
woodland owner, aware of this , Aridilional injormalion mav
important service performed . bp obtninod by writing to the
by a few. . ' Central Employment office,
Cone collectors fine, that it . Drawcr 2008, Ealboa Heights,
pays 10 gei complete miu..""-1 canal zone. Announcements
tion from cone dealers or their
buying agents before they
start to pick. These contacts
are important to -the picker
to determine current prices
and types of cones that are
in demand. By finding out
where to pick, what to pick,
and how to test cones for re
quired ripeness and seed qual
ity, they avoid the possibility
of collecting cones that they
cannot sell. Cone buyers are
sometimes able to direct pick
ers to heavier cone producing
areas and advise them who
to contact for permission to
take cones.
Nature usually produces
heavy cone crops over a wide
area at three to five year in
tervals. During other years,
the crop is spotty with com
plete failure in some areas,
Crop failures arc most likely
to occur the year before or
the year after a bumper cone
year. So far it looks like a
spotty cone crop year in the
Rogue valley area. Tree seed
dealers buy large quantities
of cones during good cone
years and accumulate suf
ficient seed to supply demands
through several lean years.
Besides being easier to gather
during bumper crop years,
cones produced at this time
contain a greater number of
sound seed and fewer seed
eating insects.
The cone collecting season
lasts for only a few months
during late summer and early
fall. Cones must be gathered
before the cones dry out and
the scales open. The brown
open cones, which are scat
tered about under the trees
or still attached lo the
branches are old cones and do
not contain seed. Cones at
lower elevations in Southern
Oregon are now ripening. The
ripening season gradually ex
tends from lower to higher
elevations. Cone picking
should stop when Douglas-Fir,
Pine, Spruce. Cedar and Hem
lock cones start to open and
shed their seed. In the case
of Noble Fir. Grand Fir, Con
color Fir and other true Firs,
the entire cone will begin to
break apart and shed both
cone scales and seeds.
Collecting Methods
There are several methods
also are available from L. B.
Nelson, civil service examiner
at the Mcdford post office.
Hold Everything!
NOW YOU KNOW
Fire-walking, in which re
ligious followers walk over
coals or healed stones, still is
practiced in Bulgaria, Trini
dad, India, Japan, Tahiti, and
other lands, according to the
Encyclopedia Britannica.
Mamas and Papas
j What isn't so readily evi
I dent is that there are both
mama and papa jellyfish, and
' mama lays eggs. Jellyfish
, have little or no personality
or character, but they do
j possess a nervous system, a
mouth and a certain degree
of desire to keep moving
through the water. During the
, daytime they prefer to swim
1 on or near the surface, but
at night they submerge. On
I moonlight nights they gambol
I on the surface; perhaps they
! think the sun is shining,
i They have no shell or skele
j ton, and become a shapeless
mass u removed from the
water. About 98 per cent of
their total weight is water.
They have but little time
to swim or eat, for they only
live about a year: even the
big seven fool ones attain
their size in a short time.
Some start out in life and
practically waste their time, short lives in company with 1 bright china saucers of vari
as even at death they have ; many brothers and sisters, ous colors depending on tha
only attained the size of a . u,i,i., j. -j , , .
dot at the end of a Drintcd i Afler ha,chil,8 ,rom the individual species; some red,
sentence 1 slri"s ot et!gs' ,he litlle ones' ' blue' purPle' or 'cmon-yellow.
' '. being more or less flat and but they are all jellyfish and
They Swim dished, arc stacked atop one i all one flavor; but certainly
There are many varieties . another resembling a pile of I not fish or jelly either,
found in nearly any ocean.
They appear mostly when Ihe
water is quiet. When the sur
face is lashed by wind and
wave, these frail creatures
sink into the depths . The
swimming is an undulating
motion, a sort of pulsating
j opening and closing of the
outer rim of the body. Al
though it looks awkward, the
j jellyfish can actually go
i about where il desires.
Underneath the umbrclla-
like body are long streamer
j like tentacles, often armed
I with stinging cells. These cells
stun small fish or other mar
i ine organisms on w-hich the
jellyfish feeds.
f On the underside Is the
mouth, fringed with frills.
J Baby jellyfish start their
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healthy, well - formed and j Scnd2Sc now!
heavily laden Willi cones. ,
Cone picking equipment in- quiremcnts. Large quantities
eludes: (11 Hook with 5-foot can be collected from under
long handle, (2) safety bc'l, 1 trees or from caches without
i.'ti gloves, (4) Solvent, '5) : depriving them of necessary
picking bag or bucket, (fi) food
(6) serviceable burlap gunny j The future for cine collect
sacks, (7) old work clothing, j ing looks good, ."oresl tree
(8) first aid kil. If) cone test- nurseries require thousands of
ing knife.
Another method of gather
ing cones is picking from
felled trees in logging, 1-ind
clearing, or road building
operations. I have heard of
pounds of seed to grow plant
ing stock for private and ;
public plantings. In addition,
thousands of pounds of seed j
arf Ireated with a rodent re- '
pellent and scattered system-
a? BiiS'dsrs Supply
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cares wborc tho cones wto alically over nonstocked lands
worth mnrr thnn the logs. The : from helicopters. It seo-.ns
third mrthnd of obUiirvng ' Ih-Tt a strong demand for for-eonr-s
is from squirrel cuttings est. tree seed will continue
and caches. Squirrel caches for many years,
are much more difficult to j
fir.,; than freshly cut cones
scattered over the ground.
Squirrels usually cut cones
early in the morning a"d then
$pend the remainder of the
day hiding their cones in a
number of caches. Squirrels
locate their caches in moist,
shady spots such as over
hanging banks near streams
or under an old moss covered
log Don't feel too sorry for
the squirrels because ex
perienced woodsmen have ob
served they cut. far more eon1
than they need for food r?-
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