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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.
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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
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On Seed In
A new interpretation of postal
reflations covering shipments of
seed samples to the OSC seed
laboratory prohibits writing direc
tions for testing on the package if
fourth class postaae rates are
claimed, the laboratory has been
notified.
Written statements, words or
Initials giving Instruction to "the
laboratory as to the type of seed
tist desired makes the package
first class mailing material, post
al officials have ruled. First class
rates are considerably higher than
fourth.
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.
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