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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON. " TTTTTD O TV V UABVTVn XjTTTT'TTTT' ft IQA L "3 gsjajPlS " The Salem District Should Raise More Grain, Always in Rotation With Clover and Corn and Other Crops ; and Especially Thousands of Acres More of Oats THE CHERRY CITY MILLING COMPANY DOES LARGE BUSINESS v .'. 1, THE KINDS AND VARIETIES OF GRAIN GROWN NEAR SALEM He Best Milling Oats Produced in the United States Go From the Willamette Valley in Car Lots to the Breakfast Food Manufacturers We Raise the Heav iest Oats, Too The great manufacturers of; kreakfast foods la the east come to the Willamette Talley to buy their best oats ; and then our con sumers buy part of the product sack from them. ,: . An Oregon booster, in a public speech In Salem recently, made the statement that' the eastern breakfast food manufacturers take II the Willamette.Yalley oats they can get; take them In car lots, preferring the product secured here abore any other In the whole I world. This booster thinks this fact ought to be heralded to every farmer of this section-that our; farmers can "cash in on" this pri macy, If tbey will "get wise" and organize and work for the highest possible quality,' and demand a hade better prices than are paid for an Inferior quality of oats. The Willamette Talley oats weigh more to the bushel, too, than any other grows. Kinds, Varieties, Etc. ! H. O. White, of the well known firm of D.-A. White Sons, feed men and seed men, -pt Salem, fur nished The Statesman with the following tnformation:( ! WhemL" - 1 The principal kinds. Fall Wheat White Winter, White Eton, Prohi. Kinney, Mar quis, Blueatem and Club. Folsa, Red Chaff, Golden Chaff, Bur banks. ' Spring Wheat Club, Defiance. Red Fife. Durham, Early Bart, Ninety pay,. Minnesota Wonder, and several other lesser known va rieties. '" lS! '' "M'" Of the above varieties, Kinney Club, Folsa and Red Chaff i are used both as a fall wheat and soring wheat.'-"'.' .('.': While most of the wheat grown here is graded as Soft White and Red Walla, several of the new va rletlef'come under the grade for hard winter and hard spring wheat and bring a slight premium on that account. Flour manufactured from soft white is used by bakers especially far their oastrr flour. I The southern states prefer our soft wheat flour over hard wheat flour for their trade. Exporters also .have a large trade on wheats. the different valley Oata. iX This state has always oeen a large producer of oats and oats grown here are considered .the fi nest grown in the United States. The quality is far better than from other districts and It is es pecially valuable for milling pur poses. Numerous varieties are grown. .both winter and spring oata being successfully raised here. me ran or winter oat grown here is not grown anywhere else in the United States as a grain crop. This is the so called Gray oat and is sown both fall, winter and spring. It is considered the finest mill Ing oat grown. The different white oats usually grown comprise the different Shadeland oats, Swedish Select Banner, Surprise, White Russian Ninety Day, Side oats, etc. There are several , black oats grown, including Black Russian Black Wonder, California Black etc. The red oats grown are the Texas Red and California Red oats. Oats grown in this state are the heaviest grown, weighing usually 40 to - 43 pounds per bushel. - : Barley. - Several varieties are grown inJ western Oregon, but' they are usu ally called Two Row, Four Row Six Ttow, etc. The Blue Bloom, Hanchan and White barley are the favorites. .- Rye . Rye ia being sown more every year, as it makes a quick- growth and a very early feed and does well on all kinds of land and can be grown on land that will not raise other grain. The common "Winter rye is grown mostly, but there is some White rye as well as some spring rye grown. Spelt. This is similar to barley, but Is not grown extensively, as most of the land that is suitable for spelts will grow barley, which Is considered , the best grain. t - ... ' I - -.. ... .. ... tt - - . - 4... . - I " " i .. -."-,... ,. .. '"'1 -V1- - r"" -Y . -' ".'i 1; r---".-" In N 'J N . r V-f. A View of the Cherry City Mills, Salem. SAYS SHE HAS NOTHING TO SAY, AND THEN SAYS A LOT Miss Ella McMunn Has Heard That Bread Is the SUff of Life, But She Wants Hers Hot and Buttered A lot of Good Suggestions for the Managers of. the Oregon State Fair Private to the Editor: I don't want people to think that I am anxious to get my name ia the paper, (although I m), but I seem so full of things to say, that I think ahould be said, I am sure you will pardon me tor what might seem an unseemly de sire to rush Into print. There is sot anything I can add to the mill and mill feed number. I have heard that bread is the staff of lire, but I do not know who said it first. I suppose it was God, may be, or Shskesoeare. and It wasi God of course, or some of His imf mediate family that said man should not live by bread alone. I do not care for bread. It Is just a last resort with me. and then it has rot to be DlDing hot from the -oven and swimming in butter ana Preserves on top. But I understand, that bread Is when we had to make bread out of horse feed and sawdust and ce ment, there was a fuss wasn t there. And did you know that there are twenty-two publications devoted to grain and milling? Two are in Canada and the rest in the U. S. Some are monthly, most of them weekly and one is a daily. So in spite of my perverted taste bread is Important, and mush, al though I don't like that either. Oh yes, about peaches. They were frost injured, of course, hut we can raise some more In four years, and just think of how many fine, grand, glorious, delicious peaches Oregon has raised, and a matter of fact, if we had not a climate permitting things to be still in a sappy state in winter it would never have happened. And wish you would ask for contri butions, reports on. the sorghum planted this spring. Mama'a sorg hum is just fine. As big and husky as corn, but, lacking a mill, she will feed it to the cow for fodder. And say, was it not too bad that I forgot to mention the star per formance of the tractor, which was clearing the streets of snow during the upleasantness last win ter when neither man nor beast was equal to the job? Mr. Huber's article was quite interesting. Isn't it elegant to have money to travel and brains enough to appreciate what you see. and strength enough not to get tired. I am always wishing to go some place, but Lord I simply have-delirium tremens and St. Vitus dance when I just go as far as Salem. But sometime I hope to see Lake Labish! It Is three miles from here, where I have lived so many years. Oh damn,' damn! But that has noth ing to do with the subject of oys ters. There is something about oysters that nobody can tell me. I asked Mrs. Swanton of the Hu mane Society and ahe asked Col Hofer, and I have concluded that the moon !sn t right to learn any thing about oysters. Tours sin cerely. ELLA II MINN. Suggestions for the Managers of the Oregon State Fair. (Miss McMunn's suggestions are good ones, aa her suggestions al ways are. She is always a very present help in trouble, especially when the Salem Slogan editor is so rushed with work that he does not know how in the wide world he is going to get through, or half way through; and she is a peach of a writer on peaches or any oth er good thing under the sun. She intended the following for the Ed itorials of the People department, but the Salem Slogan editor has appropriated it and purloined and taken it to print in this de partment, with the hope that wiil be read more widely, and its pertinent and sage suggestions heeded more certainly:) plums and quinces. Couldn't you double them up with some of the remaining slogans? And I wish you would suggest editorially, or Bits for Breakfastly. that the fruit growers should make haste and dig out their dead trees along the roads. It is an awful dvertise- Indeed, during the late warJnentrfor our winter climate. As DATES OF SLOGANS IN DAILY STATESMAN (In Twice-a-Week EUtesman Following Day) space for them. I saw them In Portland. Not all of them, but about three hundred, which very comfortably filled the walls of the ball room at the Motel Portland. They should be given space alone. as their coloring, framing, and ubjects harmonize perfectly alone. They are by far the most magnificent things in color pho tography that one can imagine, and I oftei find myself discours ing on the beauties of the Crater Lake region, forgetting that I have never really seen Crater Lake, but simply the impression gained from a study of the Klser collection. The sewer system should have immediate attention. It is a menace to the health and comfort of women visitors. In deed, it is an outrage on decency and a disgrace to the state of Ore gon. .The women s bungalow is merely badly crowded, but the pa vilion lavatories are unquestion ably the foulest places ever Tbl-1 erated under the mlanomer, "Com fort" stations. Another thing that would add materially to the pleasure of vis itors would be to find those in charge of exhibits at least some time during the day ON THE SPOT. Many thinga speak for themselves, but often additional information is required and there should he someone In charge to give the information. In this con nection I think of how splendidly eared for was the school exhibit from The Dalles, last yean There a sixteen-year-old boy In charge, who knew the exhibits per fectly and who told me even about . Logan berries, Oct, t. Prunes, Oct. 11. Dairying October 21. Flax. October SO. Filbert. Not. . Walnuts, Not.' IS. Strawberries, Not. 20. Applet, November 27. Raspberries, December 4 Mint. December 11. Great Cows, December IS. fclackberles, December 25. Cherries, January 1, 1120. j ura, January S, IS 20. r Gooseberries, January 15 1920. C?rn, January 22. 1920. Cslary, January 29. spinach, February 5, 1920. Onions, February 12. 1920. Potatoes. February 19, 1920. ?. February 20, 1920. Mining, March 4, 1920. ta, March 11. 1920. March 18, 1920. 4 highways, Mch. 23, 1920, "WU. April 1. 1920. L Aprn urm, April 29. Drug Garden, May'6. Sugar beets. May IS. Sorghum, May 20. Cabbage. May i27. Poultry and Pet Stock, June S Land, June 10. Dehydration, June 17. Hops, June 24. Wholesale and Jobblag. July 1. Cucumbers. July 8. Hogs. July 15. City Beautiful, flowers and bulbs, July 22. Schools, July 29. Sheep. August 5. . National Advertising, Aug. 12. Seeds, August 19. Live Stock, August 26. Automotve Industry, SepC 2. Grains and Grain Products, Sept. .9. . :f Manufacturing. Sept. 16. Paper Mill, Sept. 23. Woodworking, Sept. 30. (Back copies 6z Salem Slogan editions of The Daily Oregon Statesman are on hand. They are for sale at 5c each, mailed to any address. If ALL are taken; price for first 20 copies, 10c each.) Editor Statesman: It is with rejoicing that we note that Oregon women are taking an especially active interest in the coming state fair. In years past all departments handled by men for men have been well handled but the things that appeal partic ularly to women have not received the consideration due them. I re fer to bousing the exhibits, which have-entirely outgrown the space allotted them. Beginning with the textile de partment, (which, as everybody DOES XT know, is needlework) there Is a very great need of addi tlonal space. At least twice the floor space could be occupied to advantage, as many choiee pieces of needlework are folded so as to show but a mere fraction of the piece, all because the space Is so limited.' And the crowding in the aisles by the thousands who annu ally view the exhibit makes it dif ficult for late comers to see any thing but the backs of other wo men bending over the show cases The art department ,has more exhibitors than in years past and less space, while the arrangement allowing visitors to enter either door causes confusion that could be overcome by a one way travel system. I note that there is Lope of securing the Klser pictures for the fair. If this is accomplished something must be done to ftnd GROYERS INTERVIEWED ON THEIR CROPS OF THIS YEAR Scattering Reports From Marion and Polk Counties, Gathered Mostly by Phone Yesterday, When Every 9ne Was Too Busy to Give Many Details i 13,000 Bushels Oats. Will A. Jones, on the L. C. Grif fith place, ten miles east of Salem, raised the past . season, on 400 acres, about 13.000 bushels of oats; the average being better than 20 bushels to the acre. Mr. Jones also had 130 acres of wheat, which did not do aa well; though som.eLiL seat.' as high as 30 bushels to the acre; and some of it very much lower. Mr. Jones has raised on that place as high aa 45 bushels of wheat to the acre. He told the reporter that he would have to get around to rotation with clover; though clover is rather hard to start In that neigh borhood, but it does well after It gets started. been farmed 70 years, part of it 50 years, and part of It 30 years; yet no one unacquainted with the history of that farm could tell which was the 70 year old part; or the 50 or 30 year old part. , . Over la Polk County. Wayne Henry, on the Crawford estate farm at Zena. seven miles below Salem, had the past season 60 acres of wheat from which he threshed 1,300 bushels; 10 acres of spring oats. 155 sacks: 16 acres the rirls who had made the school of .wlnted oats. .187 sacka. Both dresses shown, and the grape vine- tne spring and winter oats runs yards of The Dalles and a lot oniare nusneis 10 me sac. r. things I had not learned in nearly H"1? harvested some Tetch 30 rears residence in the state. irom a sraau ueia. and I am clad ta aav that thia hov was one of a group of three public ,IlT ionew actt, school dudUs later sent to Chicago! Will Haberlr had 120 acres of to show those middle westerners 1 tall (gray) oats from which he what our extreme western schools I threshed 50 bushels to the acre. can produce. (this year. He had 40 acres ot Another thing, of utmost Un- wheat that yielded 35 husneis to portance, should be some arrange- the acre. Mr. Haberly's place is ment for one or more physicians 1 12 miles from Salem, in the Waldo in an accessible olace on the I Hills, and four miles south oi su arrounds. with evenr oerson In I vert on. He has a 300-acre farm charee of a stall fullv Informed as to where the. doctor is to be Thirty ua&beis on mils. found. I believe there is a nurse Smith & Shields, the Salem at and a retiring room at the wo- torneys. have a 207-acre farm men's bungalow, but you don't eight miles west of Salem, on the know It unless you just happen to Oak Grove road: in Polk county. fall over them. I spent two hours next to the Eagle Crest orchards. last year trying to locate a doctor which are as high as you can go for a woman who had dropped her in the Eola Hills, without an air baby and broken ita arm. I went plane. They had .55 acres in wheat everywhere, that the persons in I this year. 70 acres in oats, and 20 charge of the booths suggested, acres in barley, and Robert Dent. and It was the nearest to a game from whom they bought the farm. of "pussy-want s-a-corner that I was the renter. Some of the wheat ever encountered and you know 1 went 30 bushels to the acre. Re consider myself-quite a smart per-(porta on the other crops are not son, too. Of course none of us ex-1 yet .complete pect to be 111 on the grounds, but you cannot jam several thousand! Got Twenty Bushels. people together on the grounds un. v it Tate, in the Subllm without the absolute certainty ltT neighborhood, told the reporter that some few will meet with an ovr th nhone that ther rot 20 accident or just naturally get sick bushels of wheat to the acre: but or overheated. '' the phone was working badly yes- ELLA U ML.VN. Iterdav. and the number ot acres and other particulars were misaed. (The reporter wants to say that FARMERS BUILD WAREHOUSE the farmers and farmers wiyes of me Baiem aiainci arc iu mil i the earth. They will always help Another From Waldo Hills. L. B. Haberly, four and a halt miles south of Silverton, In the Waldo Hills section, ' has two farms, his home place of 330 acres, and 202 acres joining, the latter a tecent purchase. He haa a dairy and raises corn for silage He also raises some grain; in rota Hon cropping. He had 2t acres of wheat this year, from which he threshed 30.2 bushels to the acre He had 54 acres of oata, which yielded 2290 bushels; over 42 bushels to the acre. They were fall oata, sown in the spring. They Had Last Year Sales Runin Orer a Hall Million Dollars, and the Volume Is Growing Should be More Grab Grown, in Proper Rotation With Other Crops The Cherry City Milling com pany Is the only concern in Sa lem doing a general manufactur ing business in both flour and feed; though there are several other feed manufacturing con cerns here. The brands of flour made by the local mill are Cherrov Blend. Economy and Baker's., Their specialties the Oreron Whole Wheat, Oregon Graham. Cherry fastry Flour. Oregon Wheatola. and Tip Top Pancake. They are also wholesale deal ers in grain and mill feed. P. W. Gelaer, a hustler and hard worker well versed ia his chosen field, is the manager. The sales of the Cherry City Milling company were above a half million dollars last year, and the business of the next year will show a good deal of growth. They buy wheat all over the Willam ette valley. They ground upward of 120.- 000 bushels of wheat last year. This all came from the country surrounding Salem, with the ex ception ot about 10.000 bushels of eastern Oregon "bard' wheat The Cherry City people use also some oata. for feeds. They turn out rolled oats and rolled barley and ground barley and ground oats. Should Raiae More. Mr. Gelser thinks the farmers of the Salem district ought to raise more wheat and oats and ether; grains. Ia rotation with clover and corn and other crops. lie says there has teen a gTat deal ot improvement in the past few yeara in the qnaJ'ty of wheat grown. It I of hi -her quality than formerly; grades higher; ta more fre from weed eed. Practically all buyers of wheat these days pay for it according: to grade. They no loner fay good money for dirt and voed seeds. This practice gives en couragement to the farmers who will take care to raiw and de liver the highest grades. The best fanners are cow rais ing as high as 50 bushels ct wheat to the acre, tn the Salem district, and, among those who employ up to date methods, the average yield la perhaps as high as 30 to 35 bushels to the acre. There la good money in wheat for such farmers, at present prices, around $2.10 a bnsheL And good money in oata at around 70 cents a bushel, that la now. being paid. Mr. Gelser says there are sum ters of farmers, ia the Salem dis trict, raising "wheat year after year. In rotation with clover and other crops, who always have good average yields, tn both wet and dry seasons; farmers who use their heads as veil aa their hands, and never score any fail-urea. Average 40 Bushel Wheat Max Woods, down on Route 9. Salem, could not be reached by phone yesterday, but one ot his neighbors says he always averages 40 bushels of wheat to the acre, year in and year out. Fifty Bushel Wheat to Acre.' Lafe Townsend, 10 miles north of Salem. In the Mission Bottom district, baa 400 acrea of farm ing" land. He raises corn, clover and other crops. He had 170 acres in wheat this year, and he got as blga as &o bushels to the acre of spring wheat. His fall wheat ran only about 25 bushels to the acre. The spring wheat that yleled 50 bushels to the acre waa on clover sod; a totation crop. He had about 85 to 90 acres In fall wheat. Some of the spring wheat ran as low as 30 bushels to the acre. REDMOND. Or., Sept 8. More In getting their neighbors by than SO farmers ot this section phone, and assist the hurried re- have joined in the organization of a warehouse and flour mill company, which is soon to forn ish ranchers a local market for part of their produce. The Red' porter in any way possible even in some cases Inviting him out to dinner: all ot which invitations he I wishes he were able to accept for he knows these farmers wives are the best cooks tn the world: al mond flour mill has been bought war txceptins the home cooks In ana win u? luuvra iu m iwinvu near the Tum-a-Lum Lumber Salem, of course.) company s warehouse, also pur chased. The new company has a capital stock of 125,000. L T.BARKUS& SON HAVE . LARGE AND GROWING BUSINESS E. T. Of will interest some people to know that these back copies telhnj fast that, nearly every day, orders are received from Ben. ' j .j-4: o:a tviav will i ii uu uisuni pwuis iur duiv v i iney nave m rctiiag uuii uper- , pw.ct before the fifty-two Slogans are completed, without j aung all day long and sometimes fTf . l t. . - - . ... i -. ' tit' '-,Ttiev-.havs. fc- fcandl. 1) Barkus-& Son (W. A. Barkus being the son), at 8S7 South Commercial street, Salem, are dealers in hay and grain, and they grind all kinds of stock feed. They have a rolling mill oper tns all day long and sometime! at night, v They baveieea fcandl- On the Egaa Farm. On their farm below Salem, this vear. wm it., cgan ana sons raised a good deal of both wheat and oats. The best yields they se cured were 40 bushels of wheat and 50 bushels of oats to the acre Wm. H. Egan. the senior member ot the farm firm, told the reporter that thla was about a normal year Ther have raised as high as 55 bushels of wheat to the acre, on a special piece ot ground, ana a high as Si bushels of oata to the ing about 1000 tons ot hay and 1000 barrels of flour a year. . Their business is running up to acre. They rotate on their farm arouna szuo.vuo a year. I Everything goes In rotation. This firm began business In I - The reader will be Interested to Salem In August. 1912. and" rherltnow that part ot the field on have bury years behind and be- which 40 bushels or wheat to the ort ttem.'-v ;V-z, '' iacre . wers raised this t year has Better Than a Hundred Bushels of Oata to the Acre. A. I. Eoft of Salem Is a farmer of long and successful experience. He is conducting several farms now. lie is a member of the firm of Downing Eoff, operat ing a farm five miles east ot Sa lem. on Salem Prairie. Mr. Eoff raises hops, barley. rye and all the other grains, and Downing ft Eoff have gone into loganberries, having a 2 2 -acre plantation on their 115-acre farm above mentioned. Mr. Eoff has not this year kept a record on production of grains per acre. Rut he haa raised better than 100 bushels ot oata to the acre. cn this Salem Prairie farm. mobile section are to receive all the frills and furbellows that the imaginative mind of C. B. Clan- cey can conceive. He ia to have complete charge ot the decora tions, and It waa announced last night that the plans ot Mr. Claa cey will not be made public until the opening of the exhibit. Mr. Gilbert said that the decorative work of Mr. Clancey for the Sa lem auto show of last winter waa grand, but it waa hla positive as sertion that the decorations at the state fair for the automobile show will be super-grand. Mr. Gilbert will leave for Port land this morning to procure more applications for exhibition privileges. Many have already submitted applications, but ft Is his opinion that a personal visit by him to Portland will increase the number ot exhibitors. According to the announcement given out by Mr. Gilbert last night the following Portland deal ers are listed for the automobile exhibit at the state fair: Colby Motor Car company. Cad illac; Willys-Knight Motor Car company. Overland; Northwest Auto company. Dort and Reo: Hamilton Motor Car company. Stephens Six: Cook 4 Gill. Paige; C. L. Boaa Auto company, Hud son. Essex and Chalmers: Day Motor Car company. Nash; Ap- person Motor company. A p person; Joseph Motor Car company, Sev- erin Six: The Auto Kales com pany. Auburn; Otdsmobile Com pany of Oregon. Oldsmobile; Lex ington Motor Car company, Lex ington: v eller Motor Car com pany, westcott; Atterbury Truck Sales company. Comet Six; Bra- ley Auto company. Franklin; Mitchell. Lewis ft.Staver. Mitch ell; Gore' Motor company, Skel ton; Howard Automobile com pany. Buick: James Graham. Case Six; David Pepp, H. C. S. Special. The following Salem dealers are listed for the exhibits: Mar ion Auto company. Salem Auto mobile company. Lee L. Gilbert. Bonesteele Motor company. Val ley Motor company. Vlck Broth ers. Fred Kirkwood. Gingrich Motor ft Tire company. W. F. Nash. O. J. Wilson. J. W. Jones. Ringrose Motor company. Oleaon Motor company and Farnum Mo tor company. best-kept farms were equipped with automatic gates so that drivers could open them by pull ing a rope. Now the same prin ciple haa been applied to garages with the result that a Portland man has Invented an automatic door opener and the Universal Garage Door Opener company has been formed to put It on the mar ket. By means ot the lnvehUcn a man may open the doer through applying pressure to aa electric plug, while still seated la hla ma AUTOMATIC DOOR OPEXF.R. PORTLAND. Sept. 8. In the old days when horse drawn ve Mcles were commonplace, the Fall Seed Gram Recleaned for Seed Offer Cray Oats, Fall Wheat, Fall Bye, Cheat Seed, Vetch, and a com plete stock of Clovers and Grass ved. All Recleaned in first cl&ss shape, CLOVER CLEANING Bring in your doTer seed at once as there is go ing to be a big rush soon and yoa may have to wait to have it cleaned. Now cleaning and em take care of your pron.pt- Also, clean any kind of grain at any time. . D.AZWhite&Sons Phone 1G0, 255 State St Salem, Oregon ALL PORTLAND VILL EXHIBIT Automobile Dealers Liberal is Patronage of Space at State Fair There is a time to refrain and a time to do big thinga. and ac cording to the plana being formu lated by Lee Gilbert, chairman ot the state fair exhibit committee of the Marlon County Automo bile Dealers association, the committee considers the days oi the tate fair as opportune for big things, tor the plana of the automobile exhibits are on a scale surpissing all similar attempts ot the past years. Not only are the exhibits to be displayed on an enormous -scale, but Us decorations ia J&t. AQto E. T. BARKUS & SON Dealers In FLOUR MILL FEED HAY, GRAIN and POULTRY FOOD Phone 755 887 South Commercial Street Sales