THE OREGON STATESMAN: THURSDAY. JANUARY, 22. 1020.
Salem and It Is Very Important
That the Productioii Should Grow Rapidly
ARTICLES FROM AND INTERVIEWS
WITH SOME OF THE ACTUAL GROWERS
ir 'Keventy-Klvc 11u!m! to A-w.
! William Illak Jr. Of Willow Lake
Farm hud 40 acres of ellow Dent
corn lat season.
' Hlsr highest yield per acre was 75
1 baKh'-lK: his average -yield per acre
tu 50 bushels.
I, lie has raised corn for fire years
and has always- taken away all blue
ribbons.
i The land on the Blake farm is
sandy loam, which he thinks is best
for raisins corn.
: He thinks Oregon Yellow Dent is
the best for the Willamette valley,
o.:Rbt them. taU! they wero aa g od
as they had nought. .
Mr. Scbnlder, sen patt of his ben
efit and profit from c rn growing
from bis wheat crop in alternate
years. ,Last year he harvested 8
bushels of wheat to the acre from
land on which he brJ gathered a
good crop, of com the year before.
He would not tbinc of summer fal
lowing bis wheat land. Corn s.ervea
the purpose infinitely belle and
with increasing profits frjm year to
year.
Mr. Schnlder ha used Minnesota
he produced 0 bushels to the acre.
Mr. Southwick markets most tof
bis corn through his hogs; but be
has sold seed corn as high as 10
cents a pound, or &-6v a bushe.
Wfth60- bushelft tp the acre, that
looks attractive; but it is not all
seed corn.
Mr. Southwick has fattened bis
hogs on torn for several years.
He says corn is as good a crop as
a man can raise in this district;
though it requires a little more work
and cultivation than in some sections
Do the work before you plant the
corn, he says. Fall plowing is good.
After raisins corn, you can raise any
thing the next year. It is much bet
ter than summer fallowing. Use
fertilizer in worn out land.
VIEWS OF MARION COUNTY CORN SHOWS OF PAST YEARS
nesota No. 23 for his silo; the latter
having larger stalks thai the former.
His bogs are Polani Chinas and
Berk shi res.
LPcause it matures earlier and does I , - ......... , t.
-.. .rind I .-a t ha riAtit nnil lAnrat o a o '
Bilk Jn " "
ton. that other varieties do. Also,
there, Is the .largest demand for the
Oregon Yellow Dent. s
r'Mr. Blake gave , the reporter the
' experience of bis aunt in Saskatche
wan, Canada, who tried alKotber var
ieties and could not get them to ma
ture. She tried some of the Oregon
jYellow Dent seed which was raised
oa Willow Jake farm and got a good
icrop, Mr. Blake thinks that getting
J crops In Canada Is a good test.
I He is never in a hurry about olant-
- ing the corn, but waits until the
ground is good, and warm. Last
season was rather dry for an ex
cellent crop, he says.
' -There is plenty of good corn land
' -in the Willamette valley; if people
" I would they could' raise excellent corn
' all over this section, he believes.
4 ' Willow Lake farm is aboutT five
miles north of Salem, and is owned
: by William Blake Sr., this young
i man's father.. -
Corn on Red Soil In Old Polk.
A. R. Southwick took first prize
at the 1919 corn show in Salem for
the best general exhibit.
His place is in Polk county, three
miles above the city on Salem Route
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, He has red , hill land.
He raised last year three kinds of
corn: Early Minnesota, common
white, and Bloody Bushel (red), and
Irnfitable Corn Crofts
Henry Zorn. in the northern end of
Marion county, its a successful corn
grower. His corn has netted him
the past, year between $65 and $10
an acre.
S. A. MeCall and son have a farm
six milesnortb of Salem on which
they raise about 33 acres of corn for
feed for their stock. They grow
Oregon Yellow Dent. They get
about 30 bushels to the acre. They
drfy it in tbeir hop dryer and think
it is the best feed there is for all
aronnd purposes. For ensilage the
Yellow Dent has not enough fodder
and If they were going to ue it for
ensilage they would raise another
variety.
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M. P. It) I vert lUUe Good Corn.
M F. BHven. four miles north of
Salem. on Route -8, Box 87, close
to the Kaiser school house, is a suc
cessful corn, grower. .; He took prizes
JESSE HUBER HAS RAISED
CORN IN OHIO AND OREGON
He Says, a Yield as High as the Average Crop of Eastern Corn Can
Be Raised Here, With Proper Sou and selection
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! enough to make good fed and -the
earlier corn U in the shock.
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Salem. Or.. Rt. No. 4.
By JESSE HUBER.
Success in erowine corn in Oreeon
at rhe 1919 corn show, and at former depends largely on the selection of
ones. . the right variety,
j He raises Yellow. Dent. He feeds if the' crop is to be worked into
some corn to hogs and sells some to Btlage then the tall, learning corn
the Salem dealers. He has been should be planted. The ear on the
getting $70 a ton for his feed corn." learning stalk is scarcely medium in
He' also sells some seed - corn, for size, but tha maximum quantity of
which he gets $120 to $160 a ton. fodder is produced.
He raises about 500 bushels a j,-or corn that will mature on the
year; hla average production to the r there Is nothing better than the
acre last year was about 35 bushels, flint Yarietk. The yield is not so
(As frequently mentioned In this is- area! as the dent corn, but as flint
cue, last year was a poor corn year J corn ripena in about 90 days from
for this section.)
The. above prices mean $1.96 a
planting, it can be gathered before
the fall rains start. It is. the cool.
bushel for feed corn and $3.36 tomoist air following the opening of
$4.48 a bushel for seed corn. I the rainy season that seriously hin
ders the dent varieties of corn from
Mr. Fulkerson markets his corn
( through hogs when the conditions
' are favorable; when prices are right
for some profit; and he sells his corn
when be thlnkahe can do better in
- that way.
' i He saya there has been too much
i ; shoddy w ork in corn . growing here
4aboijts; that, with the right kind of
i, soil and the right attention, this is
a 'orn Country.
Put la early and cultivate early,
says Mr. litlven. As early as the
18tb of April., Plow good and deep
and cultivate - as often as possible
before planting Mr. Bliven has a
sandy soli. . ,A
Howell Prairie Good for Com.
J. C. SchnJder: a Howell Prairie
farmer, on Salem Route So. 7, about
nine miles irora fh city, li&a been
curing.
Of course, the most desirable corn
is either the white or yellow, dent.
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The White Dent corn is slow in
coming to lull maturity. It does
not do well under the climatic con
ditions in the Pacific Northwest and
can be relied on only in favored
places.
An early, maturing variety or xei-
low Dent is the most desirable kind
to plant if thoroughly acclimated.
Careful selection or seed tor a
nomber of years should not only sup
ply the grower with a dent corn that
is a eood rieider but also tainy cer
tain to mature early enough to be
gathtisd and ttored.
1 have rrown corn in Ohio; also
In the Willamette valley. My expert
ence leads me to believe that, if ac
climated corn is nlanted early In
Mat on rood soil and given proper I raised there and ' the most of that
cultivation, a yield as high as the little is sold on the New York mar-
average crop cf eastern corn can beikct for table usewhen green or is
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"ounty Corn Shows
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The sixth annual Marion county! Every farmer in - this, territory
corn snow, held under the auspices ought to see theiu. and to b inspired
. . ' , , ' with enthusiasm to go to work and
of L. J. Cbapin. is now on the corner
of State and Front streets in Salem,
In the show room of the Valley mo
tor company.
No donbt thousands of people will
"see the displays of corn there be
fore Saturday night.
beat the best exhibits there.
This is -potentially a-great corn
country; and there must be more and
more corn raised in this district, in
order to aid In building .up a sym
metrical prosperity that will last and
grow greater from year to year.
THE CORN SHOW
AND ITS PURPOSE
Hr L.J'. Chaplsu
The corn show should serve two
purposes. First, It snouid afford an.
opportunity-to study the best types
of the different varities and laara
which varieties are best adapted, to
local conditions; second, ft should
afford an opportunity to secure the
best local grown sed for next yexr's
crop.
The first of these purpose is Il
ea tire, pointing out the desirable
characteristics of good seed In order
that everyone may have a standard
lor seed selection.
This is. indeed, the most Import?
ant purpose of the show. Every
farmer hould save his own seed. and.
in order that he may do this most
intelligently, be must bare the best
type well in mind. .
The writer has found several farm
ers who were carefully selecting the
. flinty, glazed ears from Dent' varie
ties. Instead of the rougher, deep
grained ears. Such a mistake would
not occur after examining the prire
exhibits at a com show.
For various reasons many farmers
will purchase their corn every
spring. It will .. be neeewary of
them to buy tbeir seed from some
neighbor: at least, seed that Is kno
to be acclimated. . v
For the next year or two. local
grown seed corn will be ia great de
mand, as many farmers will be grww
Ing1 corn for the first time. Th
show will afford these farmers ss
well as others, who have. failM to
save their, own' seed, an opportunity
to secure' seed from the best la the
county. m '
In selecting samples of, corn lor
showt bear In mind that the. best
seed ear Is also the best show ear:
in fart, the principal purpose of all
agricultural shows Is to raise the
standard of the product exhibited.
This Can be accomplished, first., by
securing" good seed. and. second, by
.following- the methods of the moat
matured here in Oregon.
OREGON IS A CORN STATE
(Editorial from Portland Oregon-;
ion. Jan. 24. 1916.)
If some Rip Van Winkle who nad
gone to sleep In Oregon 30 years ago
were now to wake up and see the
strides we have mdde toward making
corn the king of agricultural crops
in Oregon, he would no doubt think
our statistics were but the romances
of a disordered brain. For the corn
crop In Oregon 30 years ago was
about as great as the peanut crop
ures Just made public by the agricul
tural department show that the Ore-
ron vield of last year had a value
oer acre of $28,70. That looks small
by the side of promises held out that
certain fruits would net the orchard
owners anywhere up to well, say a
used for canning.
These facts are elven.to show that
Oregon is one. I .the -coming corn
at a tea of the I'nion. Every land
owner ought to be glad of It and help
the movement along, for there is no
gainsaying the fact that to take a
bushel of com off of land really
cost but a trine in lertimy vaiue.
while to take a bushel of wheat cost
practically CO er cent of what the
wheat sells for.
In other words, the wheat farmers
must soon resort to feXilizers to get
a fcooa vieia year auer year.
around $1.38 to $1.39 a bushel, cut it as soon as it Is well dented.
glowing coin successfully for f our 1 jus-t an experimental patch of a few
years.
He was'botn In Iowa and lived in
Missouri tefore 1 comf as to Oregon,
and he was almost literally "raised
la a corn field." H? knows corn,
lie says the Hovf.H Pralr'e cM.
h.. .has been ' fro ing will compart.
rods or maybe an acre orfso here
and there. Perhaps now and then
a real enthusiast, say from that
greatest of all corn states, Illinois,
might have bad as , much as a 20
acre patch.
Where do we stand now? As to
very favorably with the best Minne- totai production our crop of last year
sota corn. I amounting to 1.155.000 bushels looa-
lle sells only the finished product.! rather small by the side of the II-
in Dutterrat and twta. lie nas a 10 linoit crop of 376,164,000 bushels,
and he fimsles of f fhis hogs with I or the Iowa crop of 303,000.000
corn. .'-,-' ' . I bushels. But those state long since
He receitly sold, a bunch of bog I reached, their maximum yield while
7 month3 old that averaged 151 1 we are -but beeinners. Look back
' vnnds each: an J f he Stoutloffs. who I oniy three years and It will be found
r -7- 1 . - . J Oregon has practically doubled the
cars of seed corn were shipped from
Salem to the ivast. That is surely
"coming up" getting Into the class
with corn growing districts on a com.
mercial scale. fcd.)
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. ' Salem's Official Candy
A rich, creamy center, with an In
imitable wild cherry, flavor, dipped
in milk chocolate
Individual boxes. .........
Fancy box of 18...
.$1.75
vield. while the area has increased a trifle better throughout the Mis
only about 50 per cent, in lsu our
area of corn was. 21.000 acres, in
1914 it was 22,000, acres and j last
year 33,000 acres.
We are Just learning now to grow
corn.' - w -i . - T
But the figures that ought to open
the eyea of every land owner - who
has land which he thinks will pro
duce corn are those relating to the
value of the corn crop per acre. Fig-
thousand dollars or so ier acre. lut
let us get down to solid ground and! gr0Wng conr and feeding It on the
show what ln "trifling sum of ,an(lf ag Bhould be done wherever
$28.70 per acre means. 10 utrgiu poggjijie, land will improve each year
wun, it is !." per acre iu i jn condition and the crop win im-
we got per acre for wneai last year. v Jn feeding value
more by 112.9a. per acre than we goi M 1014. the vear spoken of
In 1913 more than any wheat landl aiK,Ve, corn was selling In the corn
In the United States yielded save in statM at 33 to 40 cents a bushel. At
Nevada, where but little wheat s the present time, corn at Chicago is
. - J Aft.... 11.11. .a! ,a ins I
-grown inu iiui niuc viu vu .
miners at fabulous prices, in tne
greatest of all wheat states. North
Dakota, the yield was only $1.83
per acre, which Is about the aver
age.
in 1913 the so-called corn tate" Gilbert & Patterton Make Comment Based on Successful Experience
Sl.r'E? :?mrJ: nV'r: d Over the Willamette River in Polk County
m vvub vat 7C v f "
t'O nr nrr In 1914 it Was HlUCb
inr in h rorn states, reaching Amonr the most successful farm
$11.66 in Kansas, Oregon being era of the Willamette valley are Oll-
9i cn i. vainrnt r hnt bert & Patterson of Eola. This firm
while in Salem it is $1.68 to $1.75
a bushel. More ana more corn i
being grown in the country around
Salem every year. Last year was aoti
a gootl corn yvar on account of the
rart that we did not get our usual
Fourth of July rains and we had early
fall frosts. But one local dealer has
handled several cars of home grown
corn of last year's prowing in this
district. He says there should be a
large increase of our corn acreage;
and there will be. without doubt.'
growers will continue to be at least
time till we raise enough for our
growing needs; and the difference
In price In favor of our home corn
growers wll continue to be at least
the eoit of freight on corn from the
older corn growing states. It may
be added that, two years ago. two,an average 0i 40 bushels of grain to
while the fodder Is still green. As
boon as it is well cured it should be
taken in and put where it will keep
dty. It should be. dry when taken
fioui the field or the fodder will
mold. I like to stand It upright ust
as it stood in the field, then on
tainy days I husk it and throw the
c&rs in the loft.- The floor of the
loft is made of six inch boards laid
one-half inch apart and the while
loft, has a free circulation of air.
Any soft or Immature ears go Into
the feed box and the pigs and chick
ens keep them from spoiling. I use
no drier and my corn keeps from
one year to the next."
No annnal crop will bring me
more than my corn.
I get several tons of green feed;
successful growers.
The . ear should be a-lowed to
ripen on the stalk. Then they should
be suspended singly, either by wire
or string hangers, in a dry. well vent
ilated place and thoroughly a led.
This will require' several weeks un
less beat is applied. The ears should
be firm and solid so that an attempt
to twist them will produce a cracking;
sound. Seed com should dtied.
out as quickly 4s possible and then
Aept dry antil planting time.
As a definite guide In selecting
samples, the following score card is
given: . -.
A perfect ear of corn shnld.be
cylindrical or nearly so. in shar-va
The circumference should be "Jiree
fonrtbs or its length.
The row should be straight and
not less th& 16 nor nor thaa23t
In number.
The kemelx shotd be well fonyd
(about 5-14 of an in.ra wide by,. ,
of an Inch long), n a; farm In site ard
several tons of cured fodder, besides nape. and six to the inch In the
m m w M a . - ear
CORN GROWERS OFFER ADVICE
the acre. I hit the H. C. L. by keep
ing a little hand mill and grinding
ray own corn meal, and It Is better
than I can buy on the market, as it
never gets strong. '
For my late green feed I generally
plant a small patch about the first
of June. The ears will' get hard Cbapin. I'd.)
has been particularly successful In
sissippl valley while Oregon was In- the growing of corn, ana aouDuess
to l?R 70 Mr. UllDert ana nr. raufrwn db
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To look at It In another way there none as mucn - j- -
p. .fa to. villi.), rnt Ms-epr re- vrt-tuu in a " V . ."b
.. v.-n rwoo- 1Q1 r. i state
IUI uo W av. 1 t.aaassa v b vv au -
Oregon outstripped the corn states
by an average of about $12.50 per
acre. The prices in New York and
the New England states are no.t a cri-J
terion, for there Is but little corn
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VHY CORN
The eorn plant will produce the largest amount of feed
per acre of any plant grown. '
Corn and .coin only will supply tbe necessary carbohy
drates to make an economically balanced ration with clover,
alfalfa mixed hay, vetch or mill feed.
Corn silage is the best, most economical milk making
stimulant known to the dairy industry. . m (
It is one of the best crops to grow in rotation with grain,
grass and root crops.
It will profitably utilize a larger measure of stable manure
than any other crop.
When the ground is properly prepared and the crop cul
tivated as it should be, it is more profitable and satisfactory
in cleaning a field from weeds than summer fallow.
It is the best, most economical; and satisfactory crop to
grow for a greeri feed to supplement-dry pastures in July, Au
gust aud September. ' '
An acre of corn will produce more and better silage than
any other crop. '
Good, well grown, properly cured com kilage. to the
amount of one-half the daily ration, is one of the best known
feeds for 'dairv rows, young growing stock or fattening steers.
It has bee'n successfully and practically demonstrated that
corn can. be grown in every county in the Pacific Northwest.
(The alove is from the "Corn Primer," published by C. L.
Smith, agriculturist of the Oregon-Washington R. R. & Na-vi-gatiou
Co. Ed.) i
From them comes the following
statement with regard to successful
corn growing:
fhe varieties most grown and
best for thlscountry are the yellow
and white dent. We are inclined to
think that for ensilage purpose the
white dnt furnishes the most ensil
age to the acre and yellow dent more
shelled com.
'Aa for the character of the land
on which we grow corn, we thing
that fall plowing is tbe best for
growing corn and splendid results
are obtained if it follows a clover
irop. Corn in this country, we
think, is planted a little too late. The
usual Diamine Is around May 10. If
ihe r round can be gotten In condl
tion we think the latter part of April
will bring better results and early
maturity in the fall.
"It has been our practice with re
ran! to cultivation that when tbe
corn r.etSv up two or three Inches
high we harrow it with an ordinary
barrow. After that we cultivate It
two or three times. After the first
cultivation we try to cultivate as
shallow as possible so as to not dis
turb the roots."
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(The abov artlcl was wrltUnyat
the time of the holding of a former
Marion eouciy. corn ahow; but it is
as applies' le to the corn show now
being, held In Saleu. This Is the
sixth annnil corn show Ltld la Mir
Ion county under the auspices of Mr.
UNCLE SAM.ON SWEET CORN IN THE
CITY HOME GARDEN
HERE IS A MAN WHO HITS v
OLD H; C. L WITH CORN
How Mr. Fulkerson Grows Corn-Successfully by The One Horse
Plan
EDITOR STATESMAN: This Is
the way I grow corn by the one horse
plan:
I plow early, generally in January
or February if tbe soil is right; and
the soil must be right, not too wet.
I let the ground alone until it warms
up and weeds start; then, I work
the surface down with tbe drag har
row to kill the first crop of weeds
and smooth the surface. When it is
about time to plant I take my gar
den cultivator and work tbe ground
thoroughly, then harrow' It and go
over it with the clodmasber to firm
Farmers' i'jll.ti.i I0l. by the
Ci.ited State" Department of Agricul
ture, on "The Oity Home C.arden,"
rrniain. nn'..?r the " heading of
"Sweet Corn,- the following:
"Sweii corn reiiirs plenty of
fp.no in ordj io produce enough
r?n to supply an averasc family and
for that reason finds It proper place
la city id i.bi'r!-an gtrder.s.
iLe row..' rho.ild e spaced at
I .. fet api and the In livMval
p.-.t bnu!! s" in I i i ) 1 Inches
4-sx. in th- r v. !f ih corn i
p;ir.l. i In hi cciiuinfn tttce
?.iK ach t Ills hum be at !eal
1 'fc f.t apa-r In th row f'-r the
early d varf-growing varleilen and 1
feet .-part lor th latr or iargir
(ironing sort..
'(V'i rit.:rs a rlrh soil and
rbould not be planted until the
ground has warmol rontldefably. A
pint of seed will plant 400 to 500
feet of row in either drills or In bills.
Cover tbe seed lj to ? Inches deep
and thin to thrro stalks in a mJU
or to single sta!ks A or IS Inches
apart In drills. It a lar? number
of offshoots or suckers appear at the
base of the p!an. at the ground,
these should be removed, as they
draw the strength of ihe plant. Noa
but these shoots that appear very
near the ground should be removf-d,
as some of the varieties have their
ears quite low on the stalks and tbe
young ear looks very much like a
sucker until the silk apoears.
"The Golden Baa Urn is the lead)ng
early variety. Tbe Country Gentle
man. Stowell's Evergreen. Mammdtb.
Evergreen, and Ohio Buir are slso
among the leading mMinm and rita
varieties. For a contiguous supply,
plant Golden Rantam aa early aa
poMible. then follow la a few days
with a planting of Country Gentle
man. Two weeks latr plant Stow
ell's Evergreen, and follow with ad
ditional plantings of some, good 1st
variety every three week until midsummer.
the corn comes up I use the harrow'
am a t I m W '
again u me grouna is ciear m irau
and clods. Otherwlw I ue the har
row tooth cultivator that will work
-ight up to the row and not cover
tbe corn. The next cultivation is
made with the common garden cnl
tlvator and Is made deep. I like
to cultivate about every two weeks,
but the last work should be shallow
so as to not disturb the corn roots.
I commence -thinning in July leav
ing two good stalks in the hill. I
take out each day enough for my
two rows; and uenerally manage to
DATES OF SLOGANS IN DAILY STATESMAN
(In Twice-a-Week Statesman Pollowinj Day)
the soil and pulverise tbe clods so have gren corn to feed until the
tbey will not interfere with the first
cultivation.
. I plant so that I can cultivate
both ways.
The time of planting, depends on
the soil and the weather, but is about
the first of May.
If tbe ground crusts or tbe weeds
start before the corn comes up I
go over it with the harrow. After
first of November. As soon as tbe
stalks become woody I cut them with
the feed cutter.
When the rs begin to dent I
commence feeding to the pigs; tak
ing out the ripest first and feeding
the stalks to tbe horse and tne cows
Com planted the first of May
should be ready to put In the shock
by the last of September. I like to
Loganberries. Oct. 9.
Prunes. Oct. 18.
Dairying October 23.
Flax, October 30.
Filberts. Nov. C.
Walnuts. Nor. 13.
Strawberries. Nov. 20.
Apples, November 27.
Raspberries. December 4.
Mint. December 11.
Great Cows, December 1.
niarkberies. December 25.
Cherries. January 1. If20.
Pears. January t. 1920.
Gooseberries. January 15, 1920.
C,rn, January 22, 1920.
Celery, January 29.
Sheep. February 5. 1920
Angora Goats. February 12." If SO.
Hops. February 19. 192P.
Currants. February. 1920.
Paper Mill. March 4. 1920. t.
Dehydration. March 11. 1920.
Mining. March IS. 1920.
Hogs. March 25. 1920,
Ijind. April 1. 192. . .
National Advertising. April f.
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add rasa) "
(It will interot some people to know that these back copies tr
selling. Tast that, nearly every day, orders are received from near and
distant poinU for the whole series. They will be. sold out before the
fifty-two Slogans are completed, without doubt. Ed.)