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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1952)
PAGE FOURTEEN HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1, 1952 Onions for Dehydration Harvested . Burnett Retained In PMA i RcluriM on the Klnmnth county PMA rommttti'r elocllon held III County PMA Ofllce, Srpl. 'J4, IBM. how thai Wllllnni Burin 11 ol Huimiuu was ritvird i-munimii; Sum K. Knnuui of llrnlry, vlro chiurmnn; mul Urniu Brown ol Fori Klmn:illi, nu'iubrr. Knrl Wilson ol Mullti mid Oscar CHpclIra of Spriiiiue River were elected alternates. All of Uie coininlttrrmen are farmers. They will take office as of today, and will be responsible lor the county administration ol the Ann cultural Conservation Proiiiam. price support activities, FmIpihI Crop Insurance and other activities which may be assumed. In the coming year, Uiey will rrponlulllty (or approval of con arraiiKe for the triilnliiK of com- servnllon practices corned out on niunlty committeemen and have I Klamath County (anna. I'OMMXNISTS SK1K III) MS TOKYO IP Communist China is even worse than Kussla In seiirliiD and keeping Japanese fishing boats the Fisheries Board says. The board leports thul the Kusslnns have fteir.ed 35 bouts since Japan became Independent In April bill returned 33. The Chinese Commu nists In that time selccd seven and kept tliem all. 600 SACKS PER ACRE of onions were gathered off ihii Tulelake field this season. One of the big minor crops, onions are shipped south to dehydrating plants, and the demand this season has been fairly heavy. Irvin Long, one of the instigators of onions for dehydration here, surveys the field he is supervising on the John B. Bone place. 3L lb- !, v ; f. . V J Y iV - J J 3 i ""' in ii. a IfcLrt laTAi fceMMeMa.1 1 wwewwn iiiiiiiiiiiriiniHi iiLfcWflt kill i imnfeteton irn i hi in ' mi ONIONS by the hundreds of pounds go across the grading machine, much in the fashion of potatoes. Standing back right are Bill Huse, Tulelake agriculture commissioner's office, and Dick Owens, inspector. Across the grader are Bone and his son Lloyd. Woman in foreground punches "ticket" for onion picker to show he has dumped a load. By BILL HUSE Foreseeing the need for crop di versification in the Klamath basin Irvin Long, Tulelake, some 10 years ago planted an experimental plot of dehydrating onions which has developed into an important row crop being grown successfully in the Klamath Basin. The crop, estimated at about 600 acres this year will return approx imately $450,000 to the basin. The crop is usually contracted for prior to planting by two large dehydrating companies . located at Vacavllle and Gllroy, Calif, South port White Globe is the variety planted, the seed being furnished by the companies. About three pounds of seed is planted upon prepared beds, with planting usually completed during the middle ol April and the crop harvested about the middle of Sep tember. t .nner nntes that only the uncer tainty of harvest labor and the I short growing season limits the j acreage grown in the basin, but that the dehydrating companies are ! well pleased with onions grown , here, inasmuch as they yield about ; 20 per cent more of the finished' j product as compareu uj aeiiyumv int; onions grown elsewhere. Klamath basin onions reach the dehydrators at a time when their supplies from other areas are about depleted. Long has had yields of as high as twelve hundred fifty-pound sacks per acre and being able to market from 95 to 08 per cent of the crop as the cull-out is negligible in that the dehydrating companies will ac cept everything except scullions seed is extremely difficult to ob- and take the crop direct from the tain and it Is not likely that it field eliminating the necessltv ol i will replace the parent straight un- storing. I til a source of seed is established. All grading operations are car-: It is reported mat me e mre ny rierf nut in th. fioiH in. halt ,,.k, : brid seed crop was a failure this SIUD5 Dein? mimnpri nnnn o slow moving grader on which rides me sorting and sacxing crew. Har vesting costs including topping. graaing and loading run In the neighborhood of 38 cents per sack. Long has done considerable ex perimental work UDOn this rrnn re. garding weed control, fertilization, I Mia,,,,,,,; mm narvesiing out as yet has not solved the fertilization prob lem as to the proper amount, kind and time of application. He has also had great success with a SouthDort White Globe hy brid which develops a larger bulb and matures slightly earlier than the regular strain. However hybrid vear and it is not likely that any hybrid seed will be available for next year's crop. About twenty basin farmers are involved in this years 600 acres of dehydrating onions. While friendly Irvin Long is a busy man he is never too busy BULL SERVICE Your Place or Mine. Phone CECIL. DREW 3924 JjzI 'Snick ' cut and wrap your beef and pork for your locker . . And we still cure your hams and bacon SMOKE HOUSE 427 Marker A. G. "Butch" Zweigart Klamath Falls Phone 7060 When The Green Range ... 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To meet the needs of seed Rrow. ers and others for an easv. con venient mailing label that ouallfies for minimum fourth class postage, the laboratorv has printed a supply of special labels. These labels re quire a 3-cent stamp to cover the Information that can be filled In on tile blanks provided and then takes the regular fourth class post age covering the seed sample. Available from all county agent offices, the labels have space for writing in the return address, kind oi seed, lot number, and type of test desired. to take time out to aid and advise a novice grower. He says that anyone new to the game should consider seriously the advantages and disadvantages of growing this specialized rowcrop, stating that even the best growers are sometimes whipped by adverse conditions which results in some plantings being plowed up here this vear. Irvin is not adverse to growing a few potetoes when things look right and is growing a croo of White Rose seed and commercial Gems in addition to his onion ac reage. He also holds the dubious distinction of plowing up a field of rutabagas a few years back due to poor prices. Incidentally, Irvin can skin a muskrat in less time than it takes you to read this sentence. WITH STREAMFH Niw economy . , . grtottr dependability . . . more efficient coverage . . . theie ore only a few of the Important features of fered in the modern Streamflo Irrigation Syitem. The new Streamflo Goiket makei a positive teol that eliminates excessive water oround the Joints and at the same time gives a smooth flow of water without the usual frirtion losses due to turbulence and ripples. Fully odoptoble for every type of land, every type of sprinkler Irrigation, Streamflo Irrigation can bring you greater profit from every acre you cultivate. 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