SUNDAY. JANUARY 15, 1956
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE NINE
Self Employed Farmers To
Be Eligible For Social
Security Insurance In '57
Most self-employed farmers and
ranchers will not establish eligibili
ty for insurance benefits under the
social security law until they make
income tax declaration in January
1957, reports Manning Becker, Ore
gon State College farm manage
ment specialist.
It is possible, ho-rever, for farm
ers to become eligible In 1956 if
they have earned as much as $400
from farming In each of the cal
endar years 1955 and 1956. But
along with this goes responsibility
to report earnings from farming
and to pay the three per cent so
cial security tax not later than
April 15, 1956. The social security
administration has suggested pay
ments be made early as possible.
Becker believes most farnters
will normally establish their eli
gibility next January when they
report total earnings for 1956.
Where conditions ' warrant, retro
active insurance benefit payments
will be made from the time the
person became eligible.
The form for making a report
and remitting the required tax for
social security insurance (Schedule
SE) comes with the federal Income
tax return. Form 1040. If your net
Irradiaied Food Tests
Being Carried On By OSC
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
Wide variations In flavor, appear
ance and texture of different foods
treated with radioactive materials
have been reported by an Oregon
State College food technologist, who
urges large-scale tests to determine
how well irradiated foods will be
liked and accepted by consumers.
Dr. H. W. Schultz, head of food
technology at Oregon State, points
out that ionizing treatments hold
tremendous possibilities for pre
serving foods without refrigeration
and for ridding foods of parasites.
It is still impossible to say, how
ever, whether the 1 flavor and
"looks" changes thai come with
treatment of many foods will make
them "unacceptable" to consum
ers, Schultz continued. Research is
needed to clarify these points.
"Some foods, such as milk and
cheese, bananas, orange Juice, and
certain cured meat products such
as frankfurters have become notor
ious examples of producers of un
desirable flavors when irradiated,"
the OSC food processing expert
said.
On the other side of the picture,
asparagus, bacon, green beans,
beef liver, broccoli, brussel sprouts,
carrots, chicken, codfish cakes,
pork and pork sausage rate "good"
on the appraisal chart.
Many meats which are among
the key foods under study show
promise, Schulus said. It appears
that Irradiation of meat may cause
no greater flavor changes than
those produced in some foods in
tanning or freeilng, he reported.
Raw meat generally is "very
allghtly browned" on the outer sur
Poultry Price
Now Lowest
Stock up now on roasters and
flyers, advise marketing spe
cialists at Oregon State College.
An almost all-time low is here it
the price of poultry, according to
Zelma Reigle. consumer education
specialist at OSC.
"Chickens bousht now and froz
en will be good for frying for pic
nics next summer, when retail
prices may be as much as 5 to 10
cents a pound higher," says Miss
Reigle. Homemakers can save mon
ey, too. by buying larger fryers
which average about three pounds
dressed weight.
Retail prices on pan-ready fry
ers pre around 49 cents a pound,
according to Chirles Fischer, poul
try marketing specialist. They will
probably hold near this level for
the next two weeks.
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earnings from farming were as
much as $400 in 1955. you are
obliged to fill out and file this re
turn and pay the social security
tax, according to Becker, even if
you do not owe any federal In
come tax for 1955.
Older farmers those 65 or
over can retire after March
1956 and start getting monthly old
age Insurance payments if they
have met the earnings require
ments and paid their tax. Other
farmers, regardless of age. will
acquire family protection in the
form of monthly payments to sur
viving dependents in the event of
tneir death, provided they meet
the same requirements.
In either case, the payment of
tne social security tax must ac
company the income tax declara
Hon or return, Becker emphasizes.
This responsibility Is required by
law.
Further information on social se
curity taxes may be obtained from
Internal revenue service offices. In.
formation about benefits may be
obtained from social security dis
trict offices. If you don't know
where these offices are, your post
master can tell you, says Becker,
faces when given ionizing treat
ments. Schultz found, but when
cocked "there is no discernible ef
fect." Texture sometimes is
changed. Ground beef takes on
"crumbly" texture when irradiat
ed at high dosages and beefsteak
texture is described as "softened.
A panel of trained taste testers
rated the irradiated meats cm
ferent" than non-irradiated, Schultz
said, but it is not known to what
extent this difference will influence
consumer acceptance of the meats.
No changes in flavor or texture
have been reported with bread but
a "light straw" color resulted from
the Ionizing treatment. Potatoes
have been found to develop an "off
flavor" and brownish color. Eggs
give a stale appearance.
The three major areas for which
ionizing radiations might be con
sidered for foods, according to
Schultz. are: (IT for preservation
by total sterilization usinu rela
tively large dosages of radioactive
treatment where smaller dosages
are used to cut the microbial pop
ulation and extend storage life; and
(3) for detroying parasites in food
products using still smaller dos
ages
OSC has an extensive program
of research underway at present
on meats. Heading up these stu
dies are Robert F. Cain. E. C
Bubl and H. C. Nordan. Findings
to date show ionizing treatments
might make It possible to keep
meatff-for long periods without re-
trigeration.
In the studies, raw meats are
canned and then sent to Arco, Ida
ho, for immersion in canals where
radioactive rods are "cooled." Oth
er foods are treated in a similar
fashion.
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THIS PLANTING of Austrian Pins at the More Experiment State was t up in 1946 dry
land windbreak by experimenters of the Soil Conservation Service. According to John Berg
of the Klamath SCS office, climatic conditions at the More station are similar to those found in
the Klamath Basin,, and farmers desiring to plant a windbreak should order planting stock now.
He said a limited amount of trial planting itoek would be available through the thras soil con
servation districts in the county, and further information may be obtained from conservation
ists attached to the districts.
Foresters In
Oregon Jobs
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
More than half of the 1,411 grad
uates in forestry from Oregon
State College during the past 50
years are now at work on forestry
jobs in Oregon: a school of forestry
alumni record.reveals.
The report shows 722 graduates
in Oregon forest industries and
public agencies.
Outside Oregon, graduates can
be found in 32 other states. Cali
fornia has attracted the greatest
number, 177. The Washington total
is 81 and Idaho, 23.
Fourteen are on forestry Jobs in
Canada and in Alaska: 12 are in
Asia: 6 in South America; 4 In
Europe: and 3 in Africa. Seventy
eight are in the armed forces,
almost all of them graduates with
in the past three or four years.
Sixty-five graduates have died.
The tabulation was made by
forestry professors in preparation
for observance of "Fifty Years of
Forestry at OSC" on March 3.
The all-day program will mark the
fiftieth year that degree-granting
work in forestry has been offered
at OSC. Instruction in forestry
dates back to 1892, however.
DUNSMUIR FESTIVAL
DUNSMUIR Dates for the an
nual Dunsmuir Railroad Days will
be June 15-17, It was announced
at' Wednesday's chamber of com
merce meeting. Festival - board
members are: Francis McEner
ney, president; Henry Schroeder,
vice president; Marge Young, sec
retary: Lee Huddle, treasurer
Buz Kohlbaker. Kenneth Burns, L.
I L. Griffith and Beverly Mason.
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Agricultural Chemists
Trace 2-4-D Death Route
Using radioactive carbon dioxide
as sv tracer, two Oregon State Col
lege agricultural chemists have
mapped out a pathway through
which 2.4-n kills plants. .
W. C. Fane- and Joseph buus
report that 3,4-D slows the trans
portation of sulfates and phos
phates within plants. These two
chemicals are essential ingredients
for plant life.
The exact pattern oi tne siow
down hasn't been discovered as
yet. But It has been shown that
the effect is a strangulation of the
plant's ability to convert sugars
and other "raw" materials uuo
higher forms of energy and pro
teins necessary for plant Hie.
The two men also studied other
Dhvsical and chemical plant func
tions to find If they are affected
by the 3,4-D. They found that photo
synthesisthe conversion of carbon
dioxide and water into starcn
was affected, but the uptake of
nutrients from the soil was left
undisturbed.
Some hint as to the form the
strangulation pattern may take is
revealed in research being carried
on by a group headed by LeMar
F. Remmert. anotner osc agricul
tural chemist. This group has been
studying the effects of 2,4-D on
the complex chemical reactions
that take place inside Individual
nlant cells.
So far, they have found that t
least one oi ine soiupie enzymes
(proteins that help chemical change
take place wumn we ecu; is pre
vented from doing its normal Job
by the 2,4-D. The job now facing
the scientists is to find out exactly
which enzyme or enzymes are af
fected so methods can be worked
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out to control the strangulation ef
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ly' . ...
This tvpe of research aims at a
better understanding of "how" her
bicides kill plants. Once this ts
known, it may be possible to de
velop chemicals that will do a bet
ter ftib of killing weeds, the re
searchers point out.
OPENINGS
The U. S. Civil 8ervlce Com
mission has announced examina
tions for Engineering Aids. Drafts
men, and Construction Inspectors,
grades OS-5, OS-6, and G8-7. for
filling positions in the Bureau of
Reclamation. Salaries for these
positions are $3,670; $4,080; and
$4,525 a year. Vacancies exist at
bureau offices and projects in the
17 Western states. Application
Form 57 and Form 5001-ABC
should be sent to the executive
secretary. Central Board of U. S,
Civil Service Examiners, Bureau
of Reclamation, Denver Federal
Center, Denver, Colorado. Further
Information and application forms
may be obtained at the U.S. post
office.
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ical and fartiliier dspartmant. McFarland is a graduate of the school of agriculture of Oregon
ly been affiliated with the Chipman Chemical Co. in Bend. His experience in the fertiliiation
of field service to be ottered by the to-Up here in the bnn. Lee cordially invites an or me larmon in m uin v.,. ... .
7ioii t. ,1.1.1.. k. ,.. ,,t ..J rN.r.n.llu tilkahsut vsui fertilizer and chemical needs. Adv.
Mint Crop
In Oregon
On Increase
Growing interest In mint pro
duction in scattered areas of Ore
gon' gives a statewide flavor to
the seventh annual meeting of the
Oregon Essential Oil Growers'
League, January It and 30. at
Oregon State College.
New plantings in Jefferson and
Josephine counties, along with ex
pansion in the Willamette Valley
and the Hermlston and Ontario
areas, gave more than a 10 per
cent acreage increase In Oregon
last year, according to C. E.
Horner, OSC plant pathologist and
league secretary. Optimism was
sparked by the highest mint oil
prices In recent years.
A highlight of this year's con
ference, says Horner, la an en
couraging report on chemical
weed control to reduce costly and
time-consuming weeding of mint
fields. Research trials by Daye
Chllcote and William Furtlck, OSC
agronomists, indicate excellent
weed control with new chemicals
the first found that control a
wide variety of weeds without
damaging mint plants.
Also of major Interest will be
a report an control of mint mat,
the most destructive mint disease
In Oregon. Leo Campbell of the
Western Washington experiment
station, Puyallup, will give re
search findings of early spring ap
plication of a weed control chem
ical to kill overwintering r u a t
spores.. A "bonus" from the treat.
ment is about six weeks' control
of annual weeds.
Horner will discuss the disease
situation in Oregon with special
emphasis on rust-resistant mint
varieties now under test by the
college. Yield, oil flavor, rust re
sistance and general adaptability
of the varieties In Oregon will be
Included In the progress report,
Growers will have an opportunity
to compare oil samples from the
new varieties with the present
standard variety.
Other speakers include T. L.
Jackson, OSC soils scientist, who
will report fertilizer experiments
with mint: M. D. Thomas, OSC
agricultural economist, market out
look; Harold F. Hollands, OSC
agricultural economist, "Agricul
tureBefore and After:" and Sam
Leman, chemist for a Midwest
mint oil company.
13TH
CHEBOYGAN, Mich. (UP)
Mrs. George Hansen Jr. had her
13th child Friday the 13th but said
she and her husband didn't think
it was at all unlucky.
"We're not superstitious," sha
said.
Better Eggs"
Published By Extension
Unit Shows New Methods
Three major ateps for maintain
ing high quality in Oregon-produced
eggs are discussed In a
new bulletin, "Better Engs," pub
lished by Oregon State College ex
tension service. Copies are avail
able on request from county ex
tension agents or the OSC bulletin
clerk.
Better egg quality through
breeding, feeding, and care of
eggs Is outlined by author Noel
Bennlon, OSC extension poultry
specialist. Egg quality Is inherit
ed and any marked or permanent
improvement will have to be
brought about by selective breed
ing, says the specialist. Some
progress may be made through se
lection of hatching eggs, but much
faster progress can be made
through breeding for quality, he
explains.
In general, the type of ration
that will give good production will
produce eggs of good quality. Yolk
color is influenced by tne amount
OSC Biochemist
Goes To Iran
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
An Oregon State College biochem
ist has been named leader of a
special five-man U.S. nutrition sur
vey team to Iran
Dr. Joseph 8. Butts, head of
agricultural chemistry at OSC,
will leave Washington, D.C. Jan
uary 30 for the three-month assign
ment. The trip Is a Joint project
of the departments of state, agri
culture, defense; and health, edu
cation and welfare. A similar team
to Pakistan will leave at the same
time.
The team will survey nutrition
al requirements and deficiencies
throughout Iran and make recom
mendations for improving condi
tions within the framework of the
resources and food supplies of the
country, A medical doctor, two
biochemists, and two laboratory
technicians selected from across
the country will make up the
team.
Foster's Cafe - Now Open
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
With Mrs. Foster Still Cooking
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK, 7 'Til 9
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Bulletin
of green feeds and yellow corn
In the ration. But the amount-of
thick and thin albumen an egg
contains at' the time is is laid is
an inherited characteristic and is
not influenced by feed, Bennlon
says. Thin-shelled eggs may ba
caused by lack of minerals, lack
of vitamin D. improper balance of
these Ingredients, and high temp
eratures. Confinement of the laying flock,
clean nests, and egg-gathering
three to four times dally a r
among management practices
recommended in the bulletin. Eggs
should be held In a farm storage
room at a temperature range of
40 to 60 degrees with humidity
above 80 per cent, according to
the specialist. He recommends
eggs be marketed at least twice
week during warm weather;
In addition to detailed discus
sions on breeding, feeding, and
management, the 16-paga bulletin
tells how to construct a farm egg
storage room. Also Included In the
bulletin are colored pictures show
ing the United States atandards
for quality of different egg grades
and s description of each grade.
4-H Leaders To
Hold Convention
Four hundred volunteer adult 4-H
leaders and county extension
agents from Oregon will bo at Ore
gon State College January 35. M
and 37 for the annual 4-H leaders
conference. Burton Hutton, state
4-H leader, has announced.
How to develop s specialized
training program for volunteer 4-H
leaders will be the main Item at
the three-day meeting. Increasing
club enrollments, up per cent
last year, have made it necessary
to plan more effective leader train
ing. Hutton explains.
"The. volunteer leaders have an
Important part In the planning of
the 4-H Club program," says Hut
ton. "Exchange of Ideas now In
use as well as the study of a new
plan to service the 4-H club lead
ers will be emphasized st ibis
year's conference."
State College and has recent,
problem will aid in the
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