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Shelton Mason County Journal
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December 25, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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p "I - " ast ,ng m,nt ere ge n p, A lot of people don t know it, In 1974, farm gate value of case of the Parrishes, they also said, "and then you have to go to become the flavoring in gum, bein conducted b Dr Homer Feature Writer, JAN DANFORD ~, but that delightfully nlinty tingle the Northwest mint totaled $45 3 row wheat, corn, sugar beets and sum hino el.~e " othna~te .... th ..... m, ; .........g Y . " . derived from ..... " g . ,, . et,,___o ..... to____,_ .... ,._.... ........ otters a new approach to tile ~... .- .~ their toothpaste and nulhon, of which approximately asparagus, as well as running 450 Mr. Parrish also ex lained that and cand , and m dozens of other " , " - • mouthwash this morning was $16 million was Washington's head of cattle on their 1.500the cost f r eamminm~nPand tc+~t n etgy lmgenng problems, e sp.ecn.ally m o -1 r rrodu .... - • . night before Christmas most Ilk .................... spearmint, the most mmcult crop from subconscious corners ely produced m the mint share, acres. , up a distillery for the highlyThe climb from a minor crop to grow through my house grim dolls come carousing fields of the Yakima and Skagit Typical of the Washington I don t know of any, crop specialized crop is expensive - to a major one over the past 20 "With continued research creature is stirring; " Valleys. Or it could have come growers are Steve Parrish and his that costs more to grow, said $200,000 for spedal choppers, years has not been easy• from scientists and growers, the • en a spouse. I drift into dreaming from Oregon s Willamette Valley. father, William, who cultivate 300 Steve Parrish. It takes exorbitant tanks and boilers. As soon as mint is grown Northwest should continue to and cannot awaken• The Pacific Northwest has acres of peppermint and 150 of amounts of fertilizers, pesticides, The mint is harvested like commercially, everything starts predominate and make a mint on rap has been set I wanderin nightmare become the world s major mint spearmint near Toppenish. They, herbicides. Also involved ishay, chopped in special machines, going wrong," said Dr. Chester mint for years to come. " Dr chimney with care, through toyland, forsaken producer during the last 20 years like most other mint growers, use extensive handwork - hoeine and dumtmd in mahile, tank .,....1.,.n m-[ ..... , m ........... : • • .. " ........ ,+ ~ .................. , ~uur~,:u .~u.~, ~ot)~ plant pamologlstHomer said k, unwary reppermint and spearmint areomy a sman portmn el their land weeding at a cost of $30 an acre. with steam, and the moisture is who has studied mint diseases at And that should leave a anta to snare, by all other humans, grown on 23,000 acres in for mint, principally because mint Also, you can get only threedistilled as in the process of Oregon State University since delightful taste in everybody's surrounded by dollies waslaington, with another 37,000 is difficult to grow and it is crops of peppermint off the land making moonshine whisky. The 1951• mouth lmost asleep, all doing their things acres m oregon, extremely hard on the soil. In the in a row, because of wilt," he mint oil is then shipped off to Experiment Station research " ay head is not nodding;and all getting their jollies. eck is too stiff They're walking and talking . • • • pre-Christmashot-rodding. . lIE. tm[ rpll l ll, l ll .. . . . + O ," * . and trymgto dance; , O+ .... , o.=..O. . Iq ". ...... -- ,o . ^_ * " .,, " . _ ,, _ .... 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LJ lum, u w l llli more than a minute formation to strike me nl o - • ,.- .... .- o . fancifulpackageBatons held aloft, ilr .. .+:.o . o . o.;o, ..$ hat which is in it. they have foregone their twirling /~~/ ~m man mmnL ~n// ( ...... !11 _ ___ to favor in lieu of it nt. .llld l " J lii M K J" t] ;1) iai | } sions of sugar plums accurate hurling ~ ...... I n PR IC ES t ....... "-- ,inmyhead; TURKEY HAMS i | GOOD6 ( liniul harboring hal- of these wicked weapons . -. w~ ONELESS AND FULLY COOKED i BIG DAYSI • IBll • I• dl Rions, instead, at me as l flee them. ~ ~ / ~ 2to~LB. S,ZES ................... :.' .......................... LB I ~ " ) Before me, behind me, / " { DEC. 26-31 • --__ ___ 'edbyexposUrepurchasingtoys besideme, Iseethem, ~ /\ '/tie t .... 1 75 rose sweet little girls I fight through a forest CHHrK a Aer cuo,.,,,s , he big husky boys. of tinsels and hollies ~ ~ t [ ,./ I ~m~ ~k~ I IV~I i , , S to LB. ..... ;.+,.. ,.+ I~o+ r~,~' "m'al ,~"~m ~J..~i~l~ I U.S. CHOICE BEEF WASTEFREE ROASTS. I ' ROUND-UP • / WATER ~nnrn hearth still aglow er .... 'p COOK WITH MOIST HEAT *1 I=111 m'v / ......... • e " • .......... • ....... ,,.+, .............. l_u. i ..... • .vu.,w--I -- alast blushing emb from this vall y of doll,es. L~./ 3, "~ coo,~ / tm once again ~ ~~,. ~ uBsq N cEE L E3 [~D FgRHT UEq~ L~U 0unger':'ecemb0r < ESTEAKS 21.19 ,B i Christmas was merry Ia:3t?:~Lyackl~anirbounding " OUNDcBONE ROAST ,-a