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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY MORNING; r JANUARY 1021 : . 3 ESst Melds f Fiiiest Berries, Highest Priced and r ge Acre- atg6 Will Make Salem Gooseberry Center; Also the Center of the TITE OREGON .STATESMAN, SALEM OREQOK Greatest Deiiiand for La Currant Industry P DL RUBLE OF POLK . COUNTY, WHO WAS ONCE NAMED THE CURRANT KING i lie usual funsous diseases which J berries , appoarin? on the public J jip tt tioublffomo when other i.iurkft in PurtlaPd fold readily i Even in . acre plan:e.l hfte hexhi 6f. the season the- kinds or those brrie-s ire arown.iut l." cents a. pound. . I t ... " . . t I t t " V " . W i aV . an of tour will . - s:v j eel apart ami ic H Produced More Currants Than Any One Else in This Section, and He Went Outl,pn m t c " . -..-; - i it-id may run as hi ot ,ic2l orancn oi inausiry ior a lime, dui ne is uohisj in Again, ana . tin ion ' tract The Story of His Ups and Downs in. Currant Growing . , , . t: ' - -- - --' ----- - " : - ! t'ly D. jR Ruble, Salem, Or.) . learn about currant worms thera i pounds to the bush is plenty, a ' ere only two things to do :-.J when producing that amount o la the tan oi iwa i ouugu. ej'ther' destroy the e-irranf plaiv i)t?(Hyear-Old London Market jor 0ff the fruit and "Mestr: in4s " orwl aof them rmt i it htfore lr Slot hXlfize. i SDrav- 0 inches apart eaci way. The gJ o uncertain. 1 therefore mi inn"- t ttook the sure plait anl lUs.rayed bushes cost me I16...0. Thejxm-, u m)- rnrrant hnih xpetin$ don Market wa new kin ami , t(j ftart lm c, UmM 1 had' much to lepra to pet the , lh roiin -n freeiy W wn.l.tv 1 propaffated rrom in a), dirert,onJ. , h jll?t wok the iUMi aa In three or four . lo lhft fgpl that 1 lacked the year 1 had about one cre ini,,,,, And plants are hearing The price In those days . and hish priced, and I am wa very low, about 4 cents per ( ofrmd 7 cert8 md 0 5 tio.inrf. Hut about even years ir.u, . rt,Mv, after 1 planted the price began to J Thf3 oftef , t.;nsU!er a SHMJ one, and a. very safe undertaking. m. M . ' -mJU VVM rtl iiriitr- aim- wucj iiwir on? inlprht expect the yield to continue uniform, while Is pounds means, a shy crop the next season. f The Wilder is a currant that ei looked. It U hd I think the sweetest .of all currant:, making it very desirable Tor fruit juice or for wine. At the national pro Li bit ion law allows each family ' rhooli! not levovc i veri' iiralific, ah' Tiie yield ou ! to cooseberTie? :iry vldely. if the plar.ts are .-"ct in rows -:"v feet apart and four f ot le- tne row. tue h as from on to Jitit bushel? per acre which nieann 12.0o to 2.0H pounds. Four to eight quarts t berrie may be taken froirf indi- Muat lushe- nndtr good con ilitioiw. . ' , i The thorns are a source ot trouble In gathering the fruit. ?onie growers use ;t wire framo with flange. like a comb: other literally trlp the berries, from the branche.a with heavy leather gloves covering: their hands. Vhen the berries are fathered they ,-ho-ild be ran through a fanning mil! to remove the leaven and small twitrs. berries did ui fall below loreutj a pou:id. or ihre pounds for 2" Ctlltg. j Canneries are always In the market or ,oo!elerries at price that will pay handsom? net prof its to the grower. ''The trade is being stimulated by the trowing fondr.oss of Am ericans -for gooseberry pie. sauce or other table preparations or this fruit. . A favorable featuie oi the plant If its extreme hardiness. Neither the buds nor branches are af fected by freezing temperature. Uu.shes beein bearing full crppa RED CURRINTS ARE WANTED AND BLACK ONES, TOO, A HUNDRED ACRES OF EACH And the Poyallup & Sumner Fruit Growers Canning Company Will Be Glad to Contract for a Series of Years for the Red Currants at Seven Cents a Pound and the Black Ones at Eight Cents a PoundDirections on How to Put Them Out not been a very heavy demand in the Northwest for red enrrant. tor the reason that none of our cannnig plants have been deeply at four to five years old and will i concerned in the manufacture of cortime to yield profitably for 110 year?. j The bushes need pruning and I careful cultivation foj- best re- l $ults, . around 7 cenU at Portland, wb'. b gave me inucli tncourage;nent. Thf next reason 1-hacJ even ' eighths of an acre in folt bearins and a most remarkable crop ot extra fine fruit, and as I seemed to be the only person with much of a crop, J had no trouble in findiii? a suitable price, avenrs ing around 10 cents per pound. Tortland, with ; commissaion and express added. ! ily experience ;with the commission men that 4-&Kon was more than satisfac tory.1 wnen I roi inrougn wun i the crop my receipt! totaled 1 605. j - That p'Jt an oter-supply of pep j into iy -malceuP: and I -t out more currents and . . propagated several tboueand fbr the trade; which I readily sold. " ' : The next neason 1 bad another fine crop and .conditions were much reversed from the former season. The rains did not cease until the fruit was ripe for pick ing. an4.it.did seem strange, but 1t was almost impossible to get the fruit into the express without the Juice leaking from, the crates to make and -use fc-n.unted wine ror family tue only, the Wilder d before they become ripe, may, play an important part in The present marke t demand supplling a suitable article for them at thl tap:e i ney Oooseberries should be gather- I'lait-ry: Intending to rrow a srecession of small fruits should cive careful consideration to the I have contracted for all my surplus ground. Vhat appeals to me in currant growing ;is the "ease with which they" ar- -"handled.;- I planted the row?KPveu fff-t apart ar.i th liianff five feet apurt in the row t-o as to allow for cultivating ea-h way. Most alt, the worki,is done in the warit'Wejtber and if one keeps the fertility, hv the land the- -u?od; will surely : deve'op. Perhaps the i tost" vital point in currant culture .i ftot iOfallr-w ! too much woaI to deveiop. ! be lieve eight Hew ch - per- ear Uhould 1 the limit. Again, when it comes to pieklnq: currant.i. everyone likes the Job. Just -it down in a chair and pick. It fa surely a picnic. As for varieties :o grow, I have taken the stand that the London Market is the best, all things con sidered. It Is very prolific, long- lived, and plants have a straight are then most readily fathered and can be helet for a Conffderable time without inj'.try. i PeSng the first fruit of the Ljseakon. conramers are reaay to ,lny gooseberries at a price that spells profits to the grower In the spring of 1919 the lir-st goose- gooseberry. It precedes th strawberry and, is out oi the way before that fruit n-ed his attention. .It being the first fruit ready for market, the gooseberry as sures, the fruit grower an income whlrh at that season ot the year usually; most welcome. HARRY E. WHITE, GROWER, , ON THE GOOSEBERRY INDUSTRY that purpo:e. One thing also about the Perfection currant, they would die under the mot.t favor able circumstances. Possibly I eot a poor strain, as I know of one man who has discarded the London Market, as he prefers the Perfection.' it giving Wot better resultf. AV to the future of thp rurtant business: My advice g 11TffTnnri nntfTTPn - J outd be. play sare; contract while cemtractins; is good, or else rn slow. It 1 f haidKrpad to (tavel when j you h?'.ve- f fiio erop and no ui'ar J ket. However, jast M this time ?" XS? VW" He. Thmks All Frhit Grower, in We . Salem. Dulrict jellies. Rut the growers of the Willamette valley are interested in diversified crops so as lo pro tect them selves agalnitt any unus ual conditions that might arie daring the various growing years. For example, it air of the logan- terr growers had had all of th-ir canes on the wires daring the win ter., ot 1 919-1320, .there would have been very little doing In loganberry way the season of l'.20. but some of th growers had their cane on the ground while others had their canes on the trel li. .with tne result that the cold weather did not affect the canes that were on th ground in the Kame war it uit the canes that roes, and buy much oi their sup plies all ready Tor the table. This will strengthen the Jelly market if it keeps up.' -In th? citie do mestic ?clence seem tp be. on the lull, and many of the young rir!s expect to marry the felloi that can bur the stuff for the table till ready, thereby allowing them more time to gad-and to go! Should Raise Some Gooseberries and They Will Find It Profitable; Should Average 8000 Pounds to the Acre . Up to rery recently there has I Quantity of red and black cur-1 rams, some sirawDerrie. som red raspberles. some loganber ries, some black raspberries, as well as any kind of tree fruit that will grow a crop .that can be sold at a profit. It is the part of wis dom to have a diversified crop, re gardless of the fact that some por tion of that crop may not make as good profit as other portions of it. so that on the whole the entire enterprise Is safe from aay unus ual frost or cold weather condi tions. Very largely for thU reason we urge the growing of a consider able acreage of rel and black currant. Id fact, when Ur. V. II. Paal hamus of the Pnyallnp Sc. Sumner Frnit, Growers'- Canning company was in Palem a few days ago. he advised tWat the Pnyallnp t Snrti ner Fruit Grower-Canning com pany woald b delighted to con tract with the growers for at least lOO crr of red cnrraat and a simitar quantity of Mark ewrraaif. ('nrranta should be propagated from the tips of the kshe rather than front suckers. were on be wire. This should teach the rrower a leson In that it 1.4 not alway adrUable to have all of yoar egg In me basket. Jbis la one of, the reasons why our growers should plant a rea sonable - amount of rhubarb, a . , ..- - -. The growers should take tlpj currants. about nine Inches Ions and with the point of a knife destroy each one of the bads except three or tour at the top of the slip, then stick !a the jrrotind about three Inches; the result will be a car rant tree. After these plants have rooted sufficiently they can be trans planted five feet apart both wiys andfkept well cultivated and clean with the result that within two years the grower will have an or chard of currant trees, either red or black. By keeping the anas of the currant plants pinched back daring the growing season, so tbat the currants will be produced next Lo the body ot the tree rather than four or five feet from the tree on the end ot a limb, it will require mica " !eg groucd. males tfc patch muck easier to cultivate aad a vol n tne of crop can be pro4ce1. Mr. Panlbanins adviae that fcl company U willing to enter Into a contract wtth the growers for a aeries of Tr oa rt4 currants at 7 cents pet poaad and black ra-r , rants at cewtsped poaad. Tb;s is certainly, a deirable price for to eight tons' per acre and market jreased leases ' to M6nrn his lose, price range from Ho to $ perjhls' wife-, his father-.and mother. growing habit that is net equalled l to the movies. (Poor Things. ) in any other kind I ever saw. j as for currants: They are the About the time I got fairly start- put as I had. been . to Portland Jed In the currant bufisess I was and Instructed, the; commission men to keep. me 'posted at my ex pense if anything i aras going wrong. I did not worry much about conditions at that end of the line, but after I had sent ZV ettracted by an advertisement about the Perfection currant. 1 got one for a trial and I at first I wps completely , carried away will' what seemed to me to be th Ideal currant. Accordingly.. I .frrates, and. had received, butJIttle I bcu&ht 120rt two-year-old plants i word or money;' I thought 1 had from . the. originator, and for tll i :fcest call -up the firm that han died my main output and see 1 what was .doing. : He" replied that , Bomething' w'a "wrong "with the ! Currant trade; said people were i ot calling for them, and they ' vere being forced to sell at a very ' low price.' and advWed me not to I "planted them on different kinla of land, they, never yielded the pcod3; fove pounds was all I ever got from one plaat at one picking., and many only gave three pe.unds. while the Londott Market; cm the same ground and sam conditions yielded f roan threes to 1 S pounds king of all fruits for making Jelly;, and perhaps the currant will never fall below its present renntation. However. I am In formed that a new Competitor In small fruits, has -appeared on the hGrizon that may shako the pres rot standard of some of the lead ins berries. It is claimed to yield ffom . li to 40 thousand Bounds a season and can be picked at 2a cents per . 100 pound - I have met men who have grown It and they . tell me the story ts a mat ter of fact. I wrote the ongina tor asking ten advice about plant (By Harry E. "White. Field Rep resentative, Oregon Growers Co operative Association) I believe the gooseberry to be one of our best small fnii crons.l because; the gooseberry Is reaay for harvest before any other frnit crop, the returns coming at a time when It is most welcome to the small fruit grower. The fact that the gooseberry can be harvested early is a very material advantage in getting practically defoliated by midsum mer, which tends to devitalize the plants. ..Anthracnose can be controlled hy spraying with bordeaux mix ture first when the buds are swel ling in the spring 6-6-50 strength. The next application"" should be applied Just before the bloom 4-4-50 (summer) strength, and at least one more application sbxuld be applied after the blossoming stage, summer . strength. ThU ton. with a five year average of $1.0 rr ton. , "Gooseberries are now in great-' er demand and growers who de cide to grow them on a commer cial scale will find , an enlarged market. , Gooseberries excel,, on heavy loam and river bottom soils. If in doubt about ; your soil, write us.- " . - . Mr. and Mrs. A. Crown at talm thtv Norma ford of Xyssa, Or., and two sis ters. Mrs, Etta, rirns Of saart. and Mrs. Fred Young of Nyssa. besides numerous relative ru'l friends. lie wa married to Mls Maude Ann Mills of Star Cliy. ill h in-ciry v k-w cedsievy. help to gather the crop. It fc should give practically a complete end any more nntit the demand 1 to the plant at a single picking I have had a number of plants jild 12 pounds, one right after another. However, eight and nine the least perishable or all our small fruits, as it may be left in the boxes several days before delivery without any serious in Jury to the fruit. 1 The gooseberry does well on several types e f our soil, but it seems to do best on our hill lands. Ing one acre. He advised rae to Em on the noorer hill soils it pifcnionry ivwoorin inRt-amoirai until I get better acquainted with Its habits and demands, t 1 ac cepted his advice and expect to give.it a, good trial. Oscar Brown Funeral to be Held Friday GOOSEBERRIES AND CURRANTS PROFITABLE; MORE ARE NEEDED kicked up. I went to the riem i nd told the v picker what was m and they took the disappoint meat In good grace and picking topped and stayed stopped. No price either In the market, or th jelly factory plants. I H The nexf . season I was able to find market tor the 'fruit, but not at a satisfactory price. The next eason the public market opened nr Yamhill street. Portland, and IZrilZ Scheme Being Practiced in the Salem District the next season, 1915, I had the largest cropof my experience. ; I sold ahout "400 " crates-on the Yamhill street market, hut all at once people quit buying; the de .nand was supplied, and the jelly factories bad thousands of gallons of currant - Juice stored away in five gallon cans and sell the rest. I could not. i l .don't think they would have amoved -at .5 . sol he produces heavily, th-c-ugh'' "not making the wood growth it makes on the richer soils. About the only diseases that give os much trc-uble are mildew and anthracne-se. Mildew can usually be controlled by one ap plication of lime and sulphur, diluted one to forty, when the fruit is about one third grown. Some 'years it will not be neces sary to spray for mildew at all. The writer has followed the prac tice of waiting for the mildew to make an appearance, and then spraying immediately. Anthracne-se has made its ap-M pearance only in a tew patenes, of Having a Succession of Crops Following Each Oth- I tlM : n.JA. UM 14raAt rIU f but it will give the grower con uui u vriuca iw aauw clderable trouble if not control More Gooseberry and Currant Acreage; and These Fruits Are Needed hy Our Factories' cents per crate. The gooseberry will do no good in the southern atates nor -is it ey stayed on profitable -as! a commercial berry the bushes. Had I had but the I throughout the prairie section .400 crates ,1 'would have .'been I west of the Mississippi river. iffiirlr wVH tonipensated.ltbr my I This berry is most prolific in -trow the ones I did not harvest heat ot tho aun js not sufficiently as It did the onethat made ?ood. I intense to cause discoloration of In the meantime a goodly numlthe tissue on the exposed side ter of farmers were considering I : We have here Int the Salem dls- mv cood success' and were nlant- I trlct and In the whole Uillam ing currants. There was much I ette valley favorable climatic and comment on Ikes ipablic market soil conditions for growing goose- how fast my currants sold, as I berries prontaoiy on com me r eomDarcd with other berries, etc. I cial scale. The ' soil selected One ofjhe Portland papers gave t should be or a tieavy, moist, yei me a verv flatlertne writenn. and I loamv texture. , vrnt cnflroi In ontl Via lha inr. nrnin.IPe IS tinnortam. US !.- rant kinir' However. I eould not I aIko soil fertility. A nortnern accept this degree of .ioyal high- exposure is preferable to a south- n with tka tuimn that V nun am clone lor location Ul iur pomp generally display on such oeca- i-lons. as I realised, that my king eiom was. shrouded . with muc.i uncertainties, and Was fast tot tering to the' worst, notwith standing."- liproducetl more cur plants. - ' Gotxl air drainage n impor- i tant. - - "' ' - . . . Iaw depressions into whicn fog or damp air is likely to set tle should be avoided as sucn the. only gooseberry found profi table under our. conditions is the Oregon Champion. This berry, though mnnlnr a little small, is in active demand as a canner and for making jellies and jams.- It is also good when used in combination with other fruits in' imparting that .sprightly Ecoseberry; fiavtr. now gaining in tavor with- -American consumers , Growers find the Oregou Cham pion a suro cropper and a heavy yielder. i One grower tays he has never been troubled with either leaf jpot or mildew, yet he has never used any spray to prevent these diseases One or the very good features of the Oregon Champion Is that this yariety .'Ii 'quite resistant to led. It can be detected by a yel lowing of the foliage, and upon close examination of the Infected leaves, small black epots about ene thirty-second ot an Inch in diameter will be seen. Where no control measures are applied to infected patches, they will be control, depending upon how ser ious the infestation was The writer believes we w!ll make a serious mistake if we do not encourage more diversity in cur fruit Industry In this section Rather than to carry all our eggs in one basket, as does the grower who sticks to one variety cf berries, wa ..should - eneoarajra the growing of berries which do well here, bat are not generally planted. ' An Ideal planting: for the berry grower would Include the goose berry, strawberry, loganberry and blackberry. By having all cf these varieties the. grower will hare a, strong drawing card' In securing pickers, in .that he will be able to keep his pickers busy from the first of June until some time in September. The Oregon Growers' Co-Oper ative Association the past season handled my crop, securing eight cents a- pound. This Is four times as much as I received for my crop threcor four years agff. Gooseberries In full bearing should yield about 8.000 pounds an acre. This is a fair average. While I do not expect to get such a high; figure the -coming season, the prospects are that a price will be secured that will be satisfac tory to the grower. The funeral of Oar E. Brow t who died at Grand Prairies. .M berta. January 1 V-.11 be held from the Webb donga parlors Friday arternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by H. N. Aldrich or the Le.!w Methodist Episcopal church. D- ; OVT of thi: nXtK. . When, a persoa wrakes sp with a Miff back, has pains in muscles aches In t!s Joints, or has rhenra-utle- 'twinge, he lacks ambttlo and energy and . cannot do his test. If yo feel out of the race, tired and laagUd. or have other! symptoms of kldny frpnfcie, yonjj should -act prompt ryV Foley Kid-,; ... v mil. haln f K k-M n-vr A is Iheir v.vjrk and get cut of tne system the poiionons matter "that ca?fl io much trouble. Thf 'give. re lief from tleep-dUtureiag bladder dlstUi-banctea.SOll everrwiere... . 1000 EGGS IN EVERYHEN "i l, .' -e i VAliTED! xsoa u yTtiuit ta . ...SALEM . U attaal Ck Tfix2Lt af CilAtiSt SCH00LH t ta OrKti ,Titni "! Kex-maiay-- " . - WA.UULCC axxn. ai. GOOSEBERRIES FROM FACTORY VIEW; HOW TO GROW THEM The Phez Comnanv has nublish-1 establish merit -of canning. Jelly ed a pamphlet on "P.erries .andl and preserve plants, gooseberries How to Grow Them." and that will find a ready outlet at a prof- part of this useful pamphlet which 'refers to gooseberries fa as follows: -' "Gooseberry culture 'has not been developed very.bicbly in this state, no doubt attributed to the limited market demand which has existed in past years, but with the ruts at thnt tfrrtnthin an von a T I locations are favorable to mildew- had heard or.: .The worms had and leafspots, two oi me ...mwi ce.me from my neighbor's depict- trouWesorae fungous diseases. -ed planting, and from all I could' Comrnerclally speaking. ;aPoa DATES OF SLOGANS IN DAILY STATESMAN v . (In Tvsice-a-Week Statesman vFoUowiOaT 7) Drujf garden,- May 4. Sugar, beets, Alay 11. j Sorghum, May is .Losan berries, Oct 7. Prunes, OCL 14. ' ' Dairying, Oct. 21. F.ax, Oct. it. Filberts, Nor. 4. Walnuts, Not. 11. Btrawberries. Not. 18. Apples, Xot. 25. ; Itaspberriesr Dec. 2. , , Mint, Dec. 9. Great cows. Dec. 16. Blackberries, Dec. 23. ' ; Cherries. Dec. 30, Pears. Jan. 6, 1921. . Gooseberries and Currants, Jan. 13. Corn, Jan; 20 Celery. Jan. 27. i i Spinach, Feb. 3. wtiiuuo, reu. -iv. Potatoes, Feb. 17. Bees, Feb. 24. Mining. March 2. Goats, March 9. Bean?, March 16. , Pared highways, March 23. Broccoli, March 30. Silos. April 6. Legnmes, April 13. Asparagus, April 20. Grapes, April 27. GOOSEBERRY ACREAGE WAS OVERLOOKED BY ASSESSORS .But Some of the Deputy Assessors in Marion County Filled in Miscellaneous Crops Not Provided for in the Regular Blanks Which Were Furnished to Them I I Hew Bystest of oaItrr KtekUf 0t ' DeUar A Daea Xif raaiaaa reoltrymaa J TELLS HOW TH tmX trotl llW Ike phrjr ia aaa lwy b IMI C i1r n( a Wa ll too art" ller Trflrd. lnlmMnl VmnV.ry Expn ant HmA'T. for rr1r r:rUtrn yr Th aims uiirt Ur ! err. kpt U r. kc T Ur aor. Tftra Im tm Ck'l. Vr t ba hrrn -Bftt-al!y rihl'. thai every pnllrt Ifc hr r hate wi'h ' Ht funojie r; aera i hrr r.t au vrtl! 'tar m a hlablr profuabU kavia Trr a t"0 ,onr .it .r. iua, if rim nropcr rare. How t wrk I fl 1.0 f frata every hrm: how t-o rt pullet tajmr early, biw ta waVe the M k-tie lay like polleta: fcew f eo aa seaer, tX Pr dsrlMa H tbaaaaa. eo4 iaier' aiitJa , mrr IuiIihi: triple rtc prtxar- tii: make aJaker fcea hatile; f.OO profit front errry , la 1 w'er aicmlis. The-ln SsaSy etW aer niakina- poaluy aeerrla are enstaine4 la f. Tr.fi.n'i l.riQO YXtKt IIKN" aya- t,n nf ponliry rakviaC e rty f wtK- all! he aeat ahaolntey free 1. ay rrader ,h,. ..j., m 1.4 kei aia teoa r aaere Vr. .bonia mm 4lUr or mare a 4i- en U. in!er. Thi aa" ti VnVit to k- knrr tkt eela Ihe er. Mr. Traffari lelU a. .If Jm keep rbiriena and aast. tkeia 14 awke Bioaay.. for yea. eat out tfci at ent et it ih r aaice. aa Ur., I Uenrf TWfK Suite Te KMC BiaeSartUm. . a4 a free repy mt "TMK 1.mi -.. nr. a will He eat by retara mail. i asw -BaW . SB1 1 ... jm ml el i : a" " - " b. -f try T-' .U It" . ft t - T aiaslOCu) ana Planters Cuide2) A aW CU ta Qaaary a4 Taar fiica OkaT Catat- la the standard rctrranca far ffieili af 11 aro" era. Lexana aur can. Hcte Locacrf ?es. I pert and Jfe-. FertiS-en, fWUry end Ex wrUjca. htrrr ami Sprer era. tVr Sucyfaea aaai ffeiatta. . ?2r Faaaalana) Tavahait rfrin biarWrM as te leaiaav seal aJkal cTx Put your IcLiu Zjl work for profit You can't aTcrJ to tic yoor land or apend time and labor on afty but tfa best stock. OrJr DiarnCB-adQualCy -odn and t rure ct ccttirsS the finest strains and the ri-ht varxrtica for your purpose. Get the Dl-ir-oJ uMy Catalog in your pcrssciiian ml eraacVJy you can. U pay you!. ArV for Cataloa KeC - Yafe.u CaatHral Alie Sea. and 10. Cabbage, May 2 5. m " ; Poultry and Pei Stock. June 1. Land, June 8. Dehydration Jane 15... Hops, June 22 , Wholesale and Jobbing, June 29. ' - ' - . ' encumbers,' Jfuly.. 6. Hogs. July 13. City beantlf ul, flowen ; bulbs, Jnly 20. Schools, July 27. Sheep. AO. 3. . A.. National Advertising Anf. Seeds, au.. - Livestock. Aug. 24. ; Antnmntive Industry, auk; Grain and Grain Products. Sept. 7. ' '. Manufactnrtng. Sept. I-. Woodworking and other things, Sept. 21. - - raper Mill. Sept. 28- (Back copies fit 5alero Slogan edition of , The jmilf rJ SUtesman are on hand. They -are for ealejU ICC pacji.. mailed to si. The gooseberry will no doubt j And In this report are the follow- in time be regarded as a good Inf.- gooseberry growers: v monpy maker for the small acre- Klixatr-th Siddals. route 9. Sa age, but there are no statistics to lem. one and three-fourths acres, ahnar that this industry has tak- R. B. Duncan. Salem, one-half an en a verv 'firm hold on the gTOw- ?rg in the Willamette valley. - For the past few years, a few growers in Polk county have been receiving: roost liberal returns from gooseberry growing and found a ready market ia th can neries in Salem. But trhen it comes to actual statistics as to gooseberry acreage in the 1920 report ot tne star? lax commission, there are non. acres, m u'lmii th hianks were made oui imps, i Dr the use of assessors in eecur n& a report of crop acreages, th? gooseberry, along wun tni onmn. beans, garlic, kale, onion vset. mint and even flax, were lert out. But in Marion county, in their endeavor's to get the correct crop acreagesa. number of the deputy assessors wrote In their i reports an aereaga list for the plants that itable price. Gooseberries thrive on loam soils and stand consider able clay; they grow exceptionally well on river bottom lands. .They nrefer. however, a . . cool location as against a very warm one. As Is true of all f?mall fruits, they te- soond Quickly to intensive culti vation and heavy . application of grwn or stable manure. 'Plant' are easily propagated. "Wood" cuttlnrs about elkht Inches long, heeled In the ground, will callous over and take root hy I spring and be ready for trans-1 planting In the fall. For spring handllncl cuttlnss can bo made In February, stored in damp sawdust until time to set out in nursery row nxt s!rInThe distance anart for olantiug will depena up on whether cultivation Is prac-! tlced one or both ways, the soil and the rigor of the plant. It cultivated one way. the rows can be set out 8ix ffcet apart and the plants four feet apart in the rows. When cultivation is desired both ways, five feet ' V five feet Is often found to be satisfactory. ere. . "QnrrMi in handling aooseber- That's all. As to the qtiiet . Aetntrn.r-in no 6mai way upon r ' . C m. V n .l.rtA viftl kale 23 acres. were girett jia-paxticuiar -columnMaripp county. crowers of aoiseberrles. In Ma Ion county, the deputy assessors fallen to take note or the acreage. Other farm product that also were reported with small acreage in Marion county by. the deputy assessors are as follows: Onions. 13 acre?, garlic 2 acres. acres, onion sets :i',s nt 112 acres, peach seed acres, squash acre. rhubarb J acre, buckwnsat i acres. asparans 7 acres, arti chokes 9 acres, poppies, grown near Wood burn 3 acres, tomaioer 3 acres, and pumpkins 2 aer?s. This acreage Is not at all com plete, as many larmers did not think of reporting such crops. Bo this Is the official record as found in the county assessor's office oi nrunine. They may be started with either the bush or tree form. In pruning remove all weak sprouts and remove wood which has been bearins over four years. Remove excessive canes, confining the bushes to only the strong and vig orous shoots to the number of four to eight, depending entirely anon the viror of the wood. should the nlants show signs of weakness, bead thera back In br der to produce larger frnit. and In ih fall sow vetch or fertiliser with a heavy dressing of v stable man n re. , 'rUw. standard variety of goose- nion. . "Gooseberries are prolific bear- iers. yielding all the iray from. flTe At the Electric Sign "SHOES" AT THE- PRICE RE-AD J USTWl ENT SACRIFICE SHOE SALE EVERY PAIR IN THE STORE CUT -TILL IT HURTS At the Electric Sign "SHOES" b--J-i.- ... -1a-. - -