THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
f AGE THREE
' Balance of Spud Crop of County Now Stored
Uncle Sam's Klamath Falls Headquarters
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FOUND TQ BE
GREAT ASSET
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BEST METHODS
October 24, 1931
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I'lgglns ot potatoes, plauted In
Klsuiatti eouuty about May first
has paaeed lt peak t Hi present
llmo, and l the end ot the soa
on vvmrr warnliouae end cellar
In the basin will- be filled lo ra
prlty. according lo olllrUl pre
dictions. I'lanllng la Mrllrr
Kipsrlinents carried on undar
Ilia auspices of Ilia county agont'e
urtlra Indicate that baal results
aro gains It spuds lu Klainalb
county are planted from May 10
lit 3U. Thla la an advance ot
about, two warka oer planting
time In former yoara, which be
gan about J una 1
(iroiind MoUture rrrfcrrtxl
Heed potaloee are ususlly
plaulad about 11 to It Inoliea
apart In rowa, with Hire to four
and a half ft between rowa.
Irowera always prefer to bate
ulflclent crvund molitur to gar-
minute eel anil bring up I he po
tato b!ore It becnmi'a unceasarjr
lo Irrigate.
lu dry yean, boweyer. It !
nniellinn necsssary to Irrigate
laud bufnro planting the aeed po
tatoes. In e-me caaea loo. lb
m-d la plaulrd and Irrigated up,
but thla. boweyer, la not rated aa
t aatlstactory procrdure.
Irrigation of the crop may t
-urrlivl on throughout the entire
growing aeamn or tin Irrlgattuna
may Ha required. dcpndlng upon
the nature of the soil. In some
ra. woi-re there la eub-lrrlgs-un.
one or two Irrlgallnga In
he growing an are sufficient.
In aandy, wMI'nrainra ami, no
ever, elgit or nine Irrlgallnga are
Urn inquired In a season.
'rop l"olill1 r'reo,ncmly
When the potatoes aro up,
u, r ra.uauall hilled, or fur-
ruwod ouS. and ester ruu duwn
'.ha turrowa. They ar then cnl-
.uated aa soon a tney ar ary
enough, then agalu furrowed
Jul.
This nroccss la continued until
the tin roota ar formed and
praad oul. after which they are
-.inly lightly cuiuvaieu.
Honda Allowed To Mature
Irrigation ot apuds la usually
llnlahed by September 1. alter
hlrh Dotatoe art allowed to ma
tur. and ar generally ready for
ligglug about Octooer iv.
Although many fields ar dug
before fat time and put on Uie
market for Immediate consump'
Hon. lb potatoes ar not mature
ruoucli to be stored or kept (or
any length of tim.
Many times In the past few
years, according to authorities,
uoialoea hay been dug too
early, causing them to become
oil and In ery poor condition
when held for enteral daya bo-
(ura aal In lb southern markets,
Thla frequently roaulti In low-
ring of price and In breaking
dawn the reputation ut Klamath
grown potatoes.
htornl After Hinging
After digging, Dotaloee ar
stored either lo farm cellars or
In terminal warohooaea where
I hey aro graded oul later In the
season and sent la markets aa U.
H. Number Ones or Tfoe.
The principal market for Klam
stli apuda la In California.
Mechanical IHggera l ard
All potato disking la carried on
l.y mechanlral diggers, either
drawn by horses or power equip
ment, l.'n until a few years ago,
horaea wura used unlrersslly, but
I hoy ar fast yielding their placo
lo tractors.
Spuds ar usually allowed to
II In the field to dry for an hour
cr so bufor being picked up af
ter dlsgliig. ricking It don ny
hand, with tliouauuas ot people
employed In this work during luo
bunrosl season.
In good potatoes, a picker will
storage about 100 sacka a day.
fucks ar filled from on to two
thirds full by pickers, ana ten
In the field until trucks pick
them up and haul tbem to stor
age cullars or grading mac-muss
Th storage farm cellar holds
6.000 sacks ot spuds, ana ier
mlnal warehouse from 12,000 to
20,000 sacks.
lHunlnir At Height
Potato digging In the Klamath
lluslu, although beguu Into, lias
now paaaed tb pouk ot tn sea
aon, according to an announco-
tuont from County Agont C. A.
Henderson.
few ahlpmouta ar being made
at this lime howeter, and the
apuds ar put la storago as they
ar dug.
Karmor dug aud stored their
crop at th rulo ot 1,000 Backs
a day, tho agent stated, glflug an
approximate total ot loo to zuu
tar loads of spuds dug dally.
Activity Kliown
Nino trucks, loaded with sack
ed potatoes, stood In lino ut the
railroad siding at Malone on day
laat week, waiting to unload their
cargoes lor storago lu tho waro
lioiiaea at that point. Ureal ac
tivity Is also evidenced at other
storing and shipping points at
Tuln Lake. Morrill. HluKol. lint'
Hold, and others, according to In
formation ffiim over th county.
Oul look
Tho general pntnlo outlook, ac
cording to th federal market ro
purt, shows nn Incroimo of 16,
000,000 bushels In tho Unllcd
HUles from September 1 to Oc
tober 1. This liirrense, however,
In montly In tho enstt'rn nd mid
wiwlorn slnlnii, wlMi Now York
mid Pennsylvania showing th
lu rsiPMt liuresnes. This itnln
H.ioiilil hnv Utile rftoct on west
ern pololo prlrcn, llcmlnrson do
olnrcn, as the wont urn crop Is
in ii c h shorter than Inst yenr.
In l J JQ the woslorn crap was
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1'olato pickers following In nrnkn of digger.
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Acres ot nsabl building ma
terial waiting for development
and eiploltatlon lie dormant 72
miles from Klamath rail In Big
and 1,11 tie tilasa Mountalna.
Twenly-flv miles of country
separata the mountalna which ar
both located In northern Cali
fornia. Th bulk of both of these
phenomenal mountains consists
of bcorls, a cellulsr non-metslle
substance, which perhaps would
make the best losullstlon In th
world. .
An experiment with Scoria
gate tbo following results: a
three inch cube ot Iron was heat
ed to th melting point. Toe
cub was then covered with an
Inch and a quarter of Scoria. id
the temperature registered on
the outer surfsc of the Insula
tion was only 100 degrees faren
bi.lt. Dig UUtss Mountain contains
6,&ou acres of this material, ac
cording lo geologists and other
authorities, while I. It.lt Glass I
Mouulalu contains Z.00 acres.
rkorla baa been tested and
found to bate greater strength
than brick, and could be used ef
fectively lu building. Thos who
reallie the vast number of uses
wblrb Ibis little known ma
terial may be put. predict that
every pound will be utilised In
the not far dintant future.
Obsidian. . another material
useiul for building purples, is
found In huso quantlllea ou l.lttl
Glass Mountain, snd banded glass.
a very bard and beantllul sub
stance, in found in lilg Olaas
Mountain.
With banded gla.'x. and other
natural glss dpoet's found In
such quantifies in there two
mountains, the Klamath country
should turn out. among other
products, more and better sand
paper than any other locality In
tho world. Natural glass registers
number C In the Moh scaie ot
hardness. Tju scale U repro
duced aa follows: 1. Talc; 2.
tlypsum; 3. Calrltr; 4. Kluorlte;
i. Apsllte: Orthoclase. 7.
Quarts, s. Topai; S. Corundum;
lv. Dlsmond.
Ssndpsper Is made eitber of
sand, as the name impliea, or of
ground artificial glass. Tb Ut
ter commodity Is four times more
expensive than that made out of
aand. Sand paper made, out j(
ground natural glass would be
better, because natural class t
harder than artificial, and would
be mucu lesa expensive.
Another natural product found
on the west side of Big Ulass
Mountain. Is Bentonlte. a perfect
natural soap, and also widely
used as a soap filler all over the
world. At the present time Rus
sia holds the monopoly of Ben
tonlte. although, geologists de-
risre, there is a small deposit in
Csllfornla.
Even though fie Bentmlle de
posit in Big Clsss Mountain
should be taken out, the anpply
would constantly be replenished
by the fumes from the little crat
er on the west sido of the moun- '
lain, which convert the other de
posits of pummlce. cinder and
natural glass Into Bentonlte. This '
soapy substsnce Is a good clesner
In ltelf. 11 may be rubbed Into i
the bands, perfectly dry. and it'
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Latest picture of tb new federal building taken th day after the dedication
11 per cent ot the total national
crop, while this year yields In
th west are loss than 1$ per
cent of the national crop,
lumper Crop Hero
folato futures for January 1
delivery, as quoted In th Chi
cago market, are from SO to 36
cents higher than October de
livery prices. Indicating that
dealers In general expect a bet
ter price later In the season.
Also the percentage ot U. S.
Number I spuds Is much greater
this year than normal, which
would Indicate that the price on
IT. 8. Number l's should be mora
favorable lator In the season.
Rtatlstlcs show that 10 years
ago Klamath county did not
figure as a potato shipper, while
1
low IVIrt on Kui'l IHroct
from flm Worn. to You.
BODY WOOD
Dry Pino and Kir body
wood cut from dry trees In
1 and 24 Inch lengths.
Fine for furnace, fireplace
or heater. (
Fir Body Wood
Pep Cord $7.00
Pine Body Wood
Per Cord $6.00
Special Price on
Large Order.
PEYTON & CO.
"Wood '.o Burn"
120 8. 7th. . I'hono 5.13.
shipments In 1530 totaled over although the total crop value will
2,200 cars. Trosent predictions I be somewhat less than last year,
are that tho 1931 crop wfll due to low buying power In the
slightly exceed that ot 1930. 1 nation.
Just Turn a Valve
This Is All
1!
The mere turning ot a valve
that Is all Mint Is necessary to
heat your premise when you
have Klamath Heating Compant
sorvlce. Think ot all the bother
you cllmlnato no fires to build,
no fuel lo ordor, ad Infinitum
KLAMATH
.HEATING COMPANY
KLAMATH j- FALLS, ORE.
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absolutely disappears. However,
If the bands are moistened after
ward, the Bentonlte re-appears
and with It any grime that may
have been on the bands.
IMace a small piece of Ben
tonlte In water, and It gradually
swells to two or three time Its
original site, at the same time
giving off a clean earthy smell.
It cleans by a solving principal.
These substances In Big and
Little Glass Mountains are classi
fied as Non-Metallcs. This classi
fication Includes all substsners
except ores that cau be reduced
to metal, as a mater of fart,
to metal. As a matter ot fact,
thst baa not a melallc base; bow
ever, those classified as aon
meta lbs bare so little melallc
content, that It would not only be
unprofitable, but practically im
possible lo reduce the metal from
the other substance.
Suggestions Made
For Slug Control
The first and perhaps roost Im
portant step la controlling next
year's crop ot gsrden slugs Is to
mske their life miserable by
cleaning up boards, sacks, brush,
plant remnants and general de
bris in the vicinity of the garden
patch. Dr. Don C. Mote, ento
mologist at Oregon State college,
says be knows of several cases
where a general and Intelligent
cleanup carried on for several
years left places practically free
ot these slimy pests.
What be considers Is a clean
up 1 first ts born or clear tb
fence rows and other waste areas
next to the garden. Then r
move or plow under tb crop real
dues, and finally clean th prem
ises ot th year's accumulation of
trash, boards, bnrlap and other
unsightly material.
HODER
FIREPROOF
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One Stage Daily for
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Terminal
Stage Depot
830 Klamath
PHONE 999
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Cream Separator Ad Na 177
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The man who has a few cows and a
McCormick-Deering Bail-Bearing Cream Sepa
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The cream checks are -fattened by the
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in every household.
If your family enjoys having things
and you enjoy providing them let us show you
how easily you can own a McCormick-Deering
Separator .... and get paid regularly.
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McCormick-Deering Dealer
734 South Sixth. Klamath Fafe
ask, odUucf
Worry is a disease of the mind. Fire
Insurance is a remedy. Insure now and
rest easy. Put it off, and the Fire Devil
may play you an evil trick.
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206 William BIdg.
Phone 432.
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' A new and different radiator anti- .
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the year 'round. Does not evaporate,
cools better than water; cannot freeze. .
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At All Service Stations
The following table will show the
amount needed for your car to 20 degrees
below zero:
Radiator Flozon
Capacity Needed
Quarts Quarts
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12 5
14 6
16 7
20 8
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Loii'eims C.
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Klamath Falls.
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