MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
TUESDAY. MARCH S. 1983
Homemakers Rate Boneless Turkey
Following Retail Market Testing
Corvallis "Boneless" tur
keys were a hit with most
homemakers who tried them
last Thanksgiving.
The success of one of the
newest products of the Ore
gon turkey industry has been
reported at the conclusion of
a retail market test and con
sumer acceptance survey con
ducted by Oregon State uni
versity marketing specialists.
Of the 50 homemakers sur
veyed, 41 said that they would
buy boneless turkey again if
it is available and 30 replied
that they would serve turkey
more often if they could buy
it in this form.
Although the Oregon tur
key industry has been a lead
er in developing boneless tur
keys and has one of the better
products for sale, boneless
turkey has not generally been
available in retail stores, re
port Charles Fischer, poultry
marketing specialist, and Mrs.
Zelm'a Reigle Neugart, food
marketing specialist.
During the test, boneless
turkey was sold in 11 Corval
lis supermarkets. Consumers
had a choice of two kinds.
One was rolled like a log
with light and dark meat
mixed. The second was mold
ed into the shape of a turkey,
with light and dark meat sep
arated as in the regular tur
key. To suit individual taste dif
ferences, most consumers said
they liked to have the two
meats separated. More than
two-fifths of the homemakers
surveyed bought boneless tur
keys weighing less than six
pounds.
Like Flavor
One of the things most
liked about boneless turkey
was the flavor. Convenience
ease of preparation, carving
and slicing were other plus
factors mentioned, Mrs. Neu
gart said. Of the 23 who had
reheated their turkeys since
the first roasting, 20 said the
flavor was the same as when
it was first served.
GARDENING TIPS
By JOHN McLOUGHLIN
County Extension Agent
Rose Pruning
Now is the time to prune
your garden hybrid tea roses.
Proper pruning will improve
the appearance of the bush
and will stimulate the forma
tion of quality blooms.
The final form of a proper
ly pruned hybrid tea rose
bush is vase shaped with an
open center. This form will
allow good light penetration
and air circulation through
the bush. Also, it will be easi
er to obtain a good spray cov
erage with this form. Usually
from three to five canes are
left on the bush to form this
vase shape. The number of
canes left will depend on the
vigor of the bush. The more
vigorous the bush, the more
canes left on the bush.
First, remove all the leaf
litter and mulch that is
around the base of the bush.
This will give you a better
view of the bud-head and you
can see if there are any basal
breaks. A basal break is a new
cane arising from the bud
head or from a bud at the
base of an old cane. These
breaks will develop into
strong vigorous canes and
should be left on the bush.
Remove any canes that arise
beneath the bud-head. These
are suckers which are infe
rior in the quality of their
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Your coarse or unpalatable
roughage will make a baie
for a modern balanced ration
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flowers and they also rob the
rest of the bush of its vigor.
Pruning
Next, prune out all dead,
diseased, and injured wood,
all weak growth and any
canes growing in the center
of the bush. When removing
this growth, prune flush to
the bud-head, a bud or a good
cane. Do not leave any stubs
on the bush.
At this stage the bush
should consist of strong
healthy canes growing in a
vase shape form with an open
center. Since roses produce
the best bloom on vigorously
growing new wood, we now
prune the remaining canes. If
there is an abundance of
canes, remove the old canes
back to the bud-head. This
will stimulate the growth of
new canes.
The exact height to prune
the remaining canes will de
pend upon the variety of the
particular bush. Vigorous
growers, such as Peace, are
usually pruned back to a
height of 30 to 36 inches. Less
vigorous growers, such as Az
tec, are pruned to 10 to 14
inches. The height to prune
your particular varieties will
be learned with experience.
Don't hesitate to experiment.
Be sure to cut the canes
back to just above a bud.
Rose Society
Those interested in rose
growing-can benefit greatly
by joining the Medford Rose
Society. This Society meets
the fourth Monday of each
month. At their meetings they
discuss the many aspects of
growing roses. Their next
meeting is at 7:45 p.m., March
25, at the County Courthouse
Auditorium. "How to Plant a
Rose," "Selecting Old Garden
Roses" and "Selecting Climb
ers and Floribundas" are some
of the subjects to be presented.
The members will be glad to
see you and will make you
feel right at home.
Dislikes mentioned in t h e
survey included dryness, the
fact that boneless birds can't
be stuffed and no giblets. Two
persons thought it wasn't as
festive looking as a whole
bird.
Practically all the dislikes
mentioned can be overcome,
the specialists point out. Dry
ness was most likely caused
by overcooking, because re
search conducted at OSU
shows that the recommended
temperature for whole tur
keys is too high for boneless
turkey.
Retailers were also compli
mentary about boneless tur
key and all 11 stores planned
to carry the item through the
Christmas holidays. Several
indicated plans to carry it in
limited quantity throughout
the year.
All meat retailers, Fischer
noted, indicated that they be
lieve boneless turkey is an
item with "considerable po
tential" and one that could
develop in popularity as bone
less ham has done.
The survey indicates good
acceptance of the product if
available in sizes desired by
consumers, the specialists re
port. However, they stress,
introduction of boneless tur
key on the retail market
should be accompanied by an
educational and promotional
program to make consumers
aware of it and how it should
be prepared.
Woodlot Tour Set
For Saturday
"Forest Management" and
"Growing Christmas Trees for
Profit" will be observed and
discussed on the Jackson
county farm forestry commit
tee tour next Saturday, March
9, according to Earle Jossy,
county extension agent.
The tour will leave the
Jackson County Extension of
fice at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
Tour stops will include
bureau of land management
forests on Poor Man's creek
to observe tree planting by
machine, also thinning, prun
ing and removing weed trees
on established stands.
Lunch will be at the Tally
Ho restaurant in Talent. Dur
ing the lunch hour Gary
Sander, Oregon state univer
sity extension forester, will
show slides and discuss Christ
mas tree growing.
A private forestry project
owned and operated by Wil
liam Hust on Wagner creek
will be visited in the after
noon. Hust has a Christmas
tree plantation as well as a
commercial timber tract.
Anyone interested will be
welcome on this tour.
CHANGE OF LUCK
Blackburn, England - (DPB -Mrs.
Alice Renshaw didn't
have enough money to buy
coal so she decided to chop
up an old chair for fuel. While
she was chopping, a roll of
bills totalling $1,166 fell out
of the upholstery.
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Recent weather has been
such that many farmers and
ranchers feel that the spring
season is advanced and that
as a result they are late in
their schedule of accomplish
ments. This can be both good
and bad depending upon how
fast certain operations can be
accomplished now that there
is favorable weather for out
door activities.
Dormant sprays of lime sul
fur and oil should be made
as soon as possible. If these
sprays are made too late, some
shock or effect on normal
growth of the sprayed plants
may occur. Where the regu
lar dormant or delayed dor
mant of lime sulfur and oil
cannot be put on with a de
gree of safety, growers should
consider a spray of a phos
phate and oil. The agricul
tural chemical salesman can
supply advice in this instance.
Low night temperatures at
this time of year are of con
cern to the fruit growers. The
season being as advanced as
it is as compared to normal
will find many orchardists in
a rush to complete pruning,
put out heating oil and ac
complish their spraying. The
limiting factor in these oper
ations is the lack of adequate
labor. Our welfare state has
tended to reduce the supply
of labor to the point that
many growers are desperate
for labor.
The logging and lumber in
dustries gave in to labor de
mands for pay increases un
til many of the small opera
tors were forced to close shop.
The published reason was
that Canadian lumber could
be bought at a cheaper rate.
We wonder which lumber is
the cheapest when a laree
portion of our labor is out
of jobs and the creative tax
payer must utimately support
mem. now labor and man
agement are at fault when
costs of production are al
lowed to get out of line with
wholesale and retail market
values of the finished or semi
finished product.
New Commissioner
We have a new countv
commissioner. He ran for elec
tion on his business ability.
His first publicity in office is
in connection with a pronosal
to remodel the courthouse in
order to house more county
employees. In recent times
about 15 employees have
been moved from the court
house to the fairgrounds. In
spite of this, the-county gov
ernment still needs space for
employees. This should be ex
plained more fully to the peo
ple of Jackson county.
Pastures should receive an
application of nitrogen ferti
lizer about now. It's early for
vegetable gardening. Such
plants will do better and fruit
as early if their planting is
delayed for awhile yet.
48ClttleSold
At Midway Yard;
Some Sell Lower
A total of 487 cattle were
sold at the Midway Auction
yard during its regular Fri
day, March 1 sale, according
to Bill Bray, owner-manager.
Prices were a little lower
on stock calves after the pre
vious high prices. Bray noted.
Feeder cattle over 600 pounds
were slow, but cows and
calves were the highest sell
ing this year.
Good to choice steer calves
weighing 320 to 360 pounds
sold at $30 to $31.20. Good
calves weighing 380 to 450
pounds brought $25 to $29.40.
Good heifer calves went out
at $24 to $28.40. Medium
heifer calves sold at $22 to
$24.-
Good yearling steers weigh
ing 550 to 600 pounds sold
at $22.50 to $25.10. Steers
weighing 600 to 800 pounds
sold at $22 to $23.50.
Good and choice yearling
heifers went out at $20 to
$22.80.
Holstein steer calves sold
from $23 to $26.25. Holsteins
weighing 400 to 500 pounds
sold at $22.50 to $24.25.
Tops Sale
A pen of four fancy Here
ford cows with two calves
on the ground topped the
sale at $280 per head. Five
older cows with calves sold
for $260 per pair. These were
from the Chester Wendt
ranch.
Other pairs sold from $185
to $225 per pair. Slaughter
bulls sold for $18 to $19.20
Fat cows sold for $16 to
$17.50. Heavy utility cows
went out at $19 to $16.40.
Cutter cows sold for S13 to
$14.80 and canners sold for
$10 to 12.50.
There are now over 19 mil
lion dairy cows In the U.S
about one for every
Americans.
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Agent Explains
Seedling Checks
To Local Growers
Alfalfa seed growers with
1963 alfalfa seedings are re
minded that seedling inspec
tions should be applied for be
fore or immediately after
seeding according to Bert
Wilcox, county extension
agent.
One of the requirements of
the Oregon alfalfa seed certi
fication standards is that al
falfa to be taken for seed
must have been inspected and
passed in the seedling stage,
and at blossom time. The blos
som time inspection must be
applied for by July 1st each
year seed is produced. Har
vesting before inspection for
feits certification.
Talent and Lahontan al
falfa varieties are harvested
for seed in Jackson county
under the seed certification
program. Talent alfalfa seed
classes eligible for planting
are breeder, foundation or
registered. Only breeder or
foundation classes of Lahon
tan are eligible.
Land when planted must
be free from volunteer alfalfa.
Foundation fields must be
free of alfalfa for at least
four years, registered for
three years, and certified for
two years. With registered
and certified the time inter
val may be omitted if the
previous crop was of the same
variety and met Foundation
or Registered requirements.
Alfalfa field Inspections are
made by Oregon State univer
sity extension seed certifica
tion specialists.
Blowdown Topic of Farm Forestry Meeting March 13
Woodland farmers wonder-;
ing how to make the most of
blowdown from the Oct. 12
storm will find many of the
answers at the third annual
meeting of the Small Wood
lands association, Wednesday,
March 13, at 7:30 p.m., Harris
Hall, Eugene, reported W. G.
Nash, Creswell, president.
"Woodland Salvage" is the
apt theme of the meeting-the
first general session of the
small woodland owners since
the Oct. 12 storm that caused
some $4 million damage to
Lane county timber.
Henry Davies, Lane Exten
sion forester, will moderate
the panel discussion keyed to
"Salvage". Panel members
will report on surveying the
problem, reporting loss on in
come tax reports, and market
ing the salvage.
Panel Members
Panel members will be Tom
Cochran, Eugene, represen
tative of Industrial Forestry
association; Richard F. Smith,
consulting forester. Woodland
Management, Inc., and Deloss
Johnson, internal revenue
agent.
Woodland owners are ad
vised to come with questions:
"We anticipate many ques
tions will be asked and are
setting aside ample time on
the program for the question
answer period," Nash said.
The Small Woodlands asso
ciation, organized in 1960, is
open to all "small" woodland
owners, Nash said. In Lane
county, these "small" owners
(with timber holdings from
one acre to 5,000 acres in size)
account for 380,000 acres.
Membership in the associa
tion is statewide. Officers are
Ambulance Attendant
Breaks Ankle in Fall
Madras, Ore. - - Steve
Pence, 27, a volunteer ambu
lance attendant, wound up in
the hospital himself Sunday
night .
Pence was on a call from
Madras to Redmond when the
ambulance door fell open. He
tried to grab it and fell out
suffering a broken right
ankle.
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