Roseburg news-review., January 01, 1924, Page 21, Image 21

R06EBURQ NEWS-REVIEW. TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1924.
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Umpqua Valley Broccoli Industry
(By Dr. C. H. Bailey.)
As many people are engaged In
the growing of broccoli who are not
familiar with tho history of Its com
mercial growth, the writer thought
U 4 an article along that line would
b cf interest to the residents of
Douglas county.
Broccoli has been grown In the vi
cinity of Rosehurg for probably 35
ysars, but until recently it was
grown only as a local crop and In a
comparatively small way, tho small
amount being grown only for the
Rooeburg market. Two of the earliest
growers of broccoli for the local mar
ket being Mr. Winston, brother of W.
C Winston, and Albert Karcher, both
ot hom have passed away.
la 1913 the resolution was Introduc
ed In a meeting of the Douglas Coun
ty , Pomona Grange, by the w riter,
that the Grange promote the commer
cial growing of this crop, and the
motion was seconded by W. C. Win
ston and carried by a small majority.
It is no more than fair to say that
most of the Grangers present were
not even acquainted with the vege
table, and Mr. Winston had to in
quire wbat broccoli was before he
seconded the motion.
Mrs. O. C. Brown, lecturer of the
Pomona Grange, realized the Impor
I tance of the movement, and prepar
ed her programs for future meetings
of the Grange along the lino of broc
coli culture, inviting everyone who
. had any knowledge along this line to
I contribute his or her information for
j the benefit of the industry.
I. Sam Josephson was at this time
1 serving as secretary of the Roscburg
j Chamber of Commerce, and ho was
asked to place before the chamber
j the fact that we wanted to hold a
I couple of farmers' Institutes In Doug
I las county to promote the industry
! and that ?23 would be acceptable
j from his organization. This amount
I was appropriated by the chamber and
I all the available funds of the Grange
I were also appropriated for the same
purpose.
t'p to this time Douglas county hod
never held a farmers' institute,
strange as such a statement sounds
now. but we arranged for two such
meetings of farmers and representa
tives from the agricultural college.
;The Douglas County
Flour Mill
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i Of the men sont us by the college my
recollection only retains two names,
those of Professor A. a. Houquet, ot
the department of vegetable growing,
and I. C. Lewis, then head of the hor
ticultural department.
During one of these Institutes, the
' towns of Glendale. Riddle. Mvrtlc
, Creek, Roseburg. Yoncalla and Drain
, wero visited and splendid meetings
were held ut every place. The other
inutltute wao a two-day affair and
I was confined to Roseburg, the mect-
lugs being held in the Olid Fellows'
! hall, under the auspices of the Po
i mono Grange.
Even af.er these institutes not
j enoufch acreage was signed up to
make the growing of the crop a suc
cess, bo the welter, who was then
I serving as county fruit inspector, vis
j Itcrt the, 16 Granges of the county,
j urging a larger acreage. The only
grower this first year, however, who
had entire faith In the industry was
Mr. W. C. Winston, who agreed to
pft.nt 10 acres, most of tho other
growers limiting their planting to one
or two acres each.
I Practically every business man In
Roseburg was skeptical concerning
! the ability of the vegetable reaching
tho eastern market in edible condi
tion, and to show the Kkeptics that:
they were wrong, Mr. S. D. Ccoley j
(shipped several crates to Chicago i
I while the writer shipped a couple to
friends in Duluth. Minn. All these!
Icratts, notwithstanding that they had i
to travel In warm express cars, reach-
ed their destination In good condition,
which silenced criticism along this
line, for if the vegetable could be !
(hipped In a warm car it certainly
could be shipped successfully under
Ice- in car lots. ,' i
The only business man whom I
can recollect now who believed in the
future of the Industry at tills time.'
was J. II. lJooth, of tile Douglas Na-J
tional Hank, who gave us every en-l
couriircment In his power. I
While Mr. Winston wanted to build!
up a shipping organization within the j
Pomona Grange to handle to crop, I
it was decided that the Umpqua Val-:
iey mm tnion was ttie organization'
that should handle tho business end i
of the industry.. We of the Grange I
renllied that there was nothing to be I
gained by duplicating the efforts of!
inn local fruit union in marketing the!
crop.
To show the newer growers of broc-l
coll what a matter of evolution the '
uidu-iry has gone through.it is only
nocoary to say that the 'first year
or two we shipped the crop in crates
tLat were about two feet long, Is
inches wide and K feet. deep, the
"flowers" after being stripped of their :
leaves, being placed two layers deep
r.nd making more or less of a Jumble
pack thM limited tin? heads. In 1MB. '
upon tiie advice of our eastern agents,
. wo E'lupti-d the flat crate, whii h was,,
however, nearly a third longer than
ihe present crate anil a trifle wider.
It Is no more than fair to state that !
i Mr. V.'. C. Winston was from the firs'.1
I an .nlvocate of the flat crate but was
irulid out by the majority. i
D-.rlng the first f.-w vears of th
indu-itry we obtained a gmid strain of t
broccoli seed from abroad, but after
the commencement of the war, im-!
ported strains commenced to deter-j
iorate and some of us were compell-l
od, in order to save the Industry, to i
develop strains of seed that could be i
relied upon. At one timo we had a I
murket gardener who lived iu Garden '
Valley and who had been a success-1
fill gardener In Kngland and .Belgium. 1
experimenting with 20 to 30 strains
and varieties of broccoli serd. His
conclusions anil the experience of the1
veteran growers of the vegetable have
been that the St. Valentine strain ls!
the one best adapted to the climatic ,
conditions of tho I'mpqua valley. I
Tile domestic strains of the care-1
fill and successful growers of broc-1
eoli seed are today superior to the I
imported strains. During the, first
years of tho industry we jrere ' com-i
pelled to Ho Ihe heads with the leaves1
iu order td blanche the heads, but we!
have developed strains that are self
blanching and also that are acclimat
ed , to our weather. 1 can remember!
when tho llolglum, French. Knglish
and Swedish seed houses quoted us !
prices on seed of perhaps GO or more !
strains. We have found hy experi-j
enco that the St. Valentino strain can'
be piaeed upon the eastern market !
between the end of the California '
cauliflower crop and tho Influx of
green vegetables from t'loricia and
thut this period of two or three weeks
is our best market period.
Probably more failures in the nasti
have been the result of poor strains
of seed than any one other cause. I
remember tho farmers In the vicinity
of Riddle several years ago went Into
the growing of broccoli on a largo
scale, obtaining their seed through
one of the larger seed houses of the
mute, but the crop was a miserable
failure, directly due to the seed plant
ed. Many growers around Roseburg
have been through the. same experi
ence. It took a yar's hard work to ob
tain the first year a planting of from
ii the 40 acres of broccoli, and ow
ing to the lack of cultural knowledge
of the majority of growers, we only
niarketed that seanon nine car lots,
MINING IN DOUGAS CO.
(Continued from page 17.)
are Inconceivable, tno writer meas
ured one di posit along the width Don
feet unbroken, then a small reef or
horse and another stretch of equal
wi:lth and so on for over a mile, with
valuer as hip has M,i'i in gold,
silver and palt.-iflmiii and in places
the gold values UP' free t-Qoiielt to
warn.nt placer op.ra'inns. Qtifte a
strip of ground li;is so been worked.
The property his be, n developed bv
Home 4o cuts and shafts from .10 to
fc feet, and one main tunnel 300 feet
In the bill to secure depth.
A good report on this property
Mould ie Interesting r riding now.
Wllh this showing the skeptics have
Mopped saying "no use mining here,
vaiies ton lew to pay." anil all i.ru
feeling happy anil sure of prosperity.
with perhaps one or two shipped lo
cally hy express. Thus within u pi
rid of ten years the Industry has
grown In the I'mpqua Valley from an
initial plantiiif. of 35 to 40 ncres to
perhaps 2.00 J acres. Itls destined to
bu Douglas county's premier crop, i
as other sections of Oregon do not
seem adapted to the growing of the
vegetable, and If we are wise enough
to demand that the shipping agencies
be limited In numbers there Is no rea
son to ever expect an over production
of broccoli. j
In conclusion I might say that all
tho time tho' Douglas County Poi.ioua;
Grange promoted the broccoli Indus-1
try the Grange had adopted a rcbolu-i
tion to promote the growing of!
strawberries In sufficient quantities
to ship in car lots, but owing to clr-j
sumstuuees over which the Grango'
hud no control, It was never able lo
carry out this latter Idea. At one time,
however. It had almost 'acreage j
enough Bigned up for this purpose, j
nd with the Douglas county straw-1
berry two weeks earlier than any !
other section in Oregon, the growing 1
of UiIb popular berry In a larjo way, j
shipped under Ice in car lots, tho In-j
dustry could not help but bu a sue-1
cess. Hood River county ships an- j
nually around loo curs of straw
berries. I
Five Killed in Hunting Accidents
Hunting accidents resulted In tho . two. The accidental discharge ot
death of five persons and Injury to puns killed three and injured two.
eight' others In Oregon during the j Carcass aim caused the Injury of
f:ill Seasons on deer, small game and .four persons.
birds.
This toll of huniad life was reveal
ed in the summary of accident reports
completed tnis week by the Oregon
State Game
check of ell
hat been supplied the commission
through district deputy game war
dens. A to'al of 10 counties are listed In
the summary wllh Douglas county at
the head of the list. One person was
killed and one Injured In Douglax
hunting accidents. Umatilla and Wal
lowa counties each reported two in
juries. One death was reported in
each of four counties, I.sne, Linn.
Jackson and Yamhill, and one Injury
It was not hunters alone who Were
killed or Injured. One nlno year old
girl was killed by accidental dweharge
of a rifle and a 10 year old boy was
Commission. A careful injured yir tho same reason. 1 wo
falalitlci and Injuries other small boys were Injured by the
cureless aim of a hunter.
Rifles were responsible for the
death of Jour persons and Injury of
four. Shotguns claimed five victims,
of which one was killed.
Notices have been sent to those re
sponsible for these accidents calling
their attention to the provision ot the,
Oregon laws, which prohibits any per
son guilty of accldeniully killing or in
juring nnothor person from carrying
or hearing fire-anra In this Btato. This
aeh was reported by Curry, Descbut-i provision, of course, excepts the right
es and Coim counties
The most ceiinion mlKtake of be
lieving a man to bu a deer cauxed the
death of two hunters and Injury of
to bear fire-arms In self defense and
docs not apply to peace officers or
members of military organizations
while on duty.
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