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.1 , .1 ll -. THE OltEOON STATESMAN. SALEM: OltECON THURSDAY MORNING, JANIAUY 20, 1921 - Seetdl, 011, h .the VMERFULIWOVETJENT IN SEED IN 15 YEARS A. It Southwick, Across the Willamette in Polk County, Gets 50 to 60 Bushels of Corn to the Acre, and He Is a Corn Enthusiast Look Out for Him at the Next Corn Show : " " EdHor Statesman:-- 1 hare had about 15 years ex perience In com growing in Ore? rrn. Recently I found some corn that I bad raised the first year, and compared it with some of this rear's seed. I 'The improvement was almost unebelievable. This was made possible mostly by ac climatization and careful selection of .seed. ' i -: Corn In Oregon reqnires more ealtlvaticn that in the states com Drifting the corn belt, on, account of dryer summers. It is import ant to hart the ground in good share before planting. On the hilly grcund I find the best time to I plant is from April IS to about: May 5, depending on the weather I at this time of the year. In planting, the rows should be 3 1 1-2 or 4 feet- apart sod the seeds planted - singly a beat It Inches apart, or two or . three seeds about twice that dis tance apart. More than that , bus 6er is A . waste and are apt to cause small, inferior ears at maturity, i - After planting, the crround should be tent cultivated often enough to keep plenty of mois ture around the roots and care should be taken not to get close to the roots after they begin to grow and spread. The corn plan ted at the time we plant is gen erally about 2 feet high by the 4th of July, arid it not advisable to work it after this. The ccm matures about- the first of October, and good ground win yieia ou or en bushels, to the acre. When the corn is be- 4-. A I . . i us samereaai me time to mane your selection or seed and prue ears. Much care anould be taken In keeping your seed dry and fer ine. 'I I could write much more, as I am very enthusiastic over corn prospects for Oregon and the Wil lamette valley, and I wish to say that the corn at some of the shows rivals that of the middle western states. A. R. SOUTH WICK. Rt. 2. Box IdS. ; Polk County. , Salem. Ore.. Jan. 17, 1921. should be ready to put In the shock by the last of September. I like to cut It as soon as it is well dented, while the fodder Is still green. As soon as it is well cured it should be taken in and put where It will keep dry. It should be dry when taken from the field or the fodder will mold. I like to stand it upright Just as it stood in the field, then on rainy days I husk it and throw the ears in the loft. The floor of the loft is ma tie of six inch boards laid one-half inch apart and the whole loft has a free circulation of air. Any soft or Immature ears go into the feed box and the pigs and , chickens keep them from spoiling. 1 use no drier and my corn keeps from one year" to the next. a : No annual crop will bring-me I spend 2 few days at the home of! her prother, Arthur Olsen. Ludwtg and ALthea Meyers are on the sick list. Miss Aim a Hansen has been spending a few days at S.lverton as .the guest of her parents. Miss Hansen is employed at Woodburn. A I vln Williams, who has been on his farm at JIubbard for some time, returned to Silrerton Satur day, , . . Word ha been received that Arthur Hansford who ha.- been at the.HarlsoQk studio at Seattle far several months . has returned to Portland . Mr.; - Hansford is-well known at Silrerton, having been at, the Drake studio for several years.' more than my corn. I get several tons of green feed; several tons of cured fodder, be sides an average of 40 bushels of grain to the acre. I hit the H. C. L. by keeping a little hand mill and grinding my 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 gener ally plant a small patch about the first of June. The ears will get hard' enough to make good feed and the stalks give me green feed after the earlier corn is in the shock, j -A. N. FULKERSOX. Salem. Ore., Rt. No. 4. izations are : located is exempt from taxation.: - , . Senator Ellis today introduced a measure which would make the annual appropriation for the Har ney county, experiment station $$0y0 Instead of 14000, begin ning January 1, 1921. THE SALEM SECTION IS A CORN COUNTRY; PROOF ITS good rlit cmuRKX. Mrs. C. E. Schwab. 100? 14th St . Canton. Ohio, writes: "We ue Foley's Hooey and Tar for coughs and find it on of the best remedies on the market, es pecially good for children's roughs, as it does not contain any drur that ' i - harmful KHrm State Senator L L Patterson of Polk County Makes the 'ieM fo,low "wring Above Statement, and He Offers Proof From His Own JDld' nd dls!;l -. I riving sleeo. and ttii Mlmn Experience in the Eola District Across the Willamette th? UmA ? if- r ease cannot be warded off. Take ly ex" r Foley's in time. Sold erery- WHY CORN ' -The con plajit will produce the largest amount of feed per acre of any plant grown, r i ' Corn and corn only will supply the necessary carbohy drates to make an economically balanced ration with clover, alfalfa mixed hay, vetch or mill feed. Corn silage is the best, roost economical milk making stimulant known to the dairy industry. 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 ma nure than any other crop. ' ; i When the ground is properly prepared and the crop cul tivated as it shoufd be, it is more profitable and satisfactory fin cleaning a xiela irom weeds than summer fallow. . It is the best, most economical and satisfactory crop to 'Tow for a green feed to supplement dry. pastures in July, Au mist and Sentembcr! ' ' . ; : h . An oM n win tvnAnfa mn m4 tuWa tin aUowlsst it Is better to slant later in .w -L N " order to avoid frost, but we have ; i Good, well grown, properly cured corn silage, to the amount of one-half the daily ration, is one, of the best known i feeds for dairy cows, young growing stock or fattening steers, it It has been successfully, and practically demonstrated . that corn can be grown in every .county in the Facilic North? west. : . . ;- : . s: ' Editor Statesman: " You tok for my . Ideas of the Salem section as a corn growing country. . . - We hare, grown, corn in Polk county . ye'ry . successfully for sev eral years and have found it prof itable. It is not io-be, expected that as good results will be ob : tained at in a climate where the nignis are warm. - However, we have grown ever 4& bushels to the. tcre on a. field containing 1.9 acres; this not guessed at, bet shelled and weighed, and. this corn was grown on. upland, . la fact, wa have been as successful with com on' this character of land as .on river bottom soils. Of first importance is seed. If selected and artificially dried and kept dry until planting time, the germination wiU be better and the growth more vigorous than If left In a place where it will be subject to dampness '. in thjs winter. Many growers of corn seem to think it should be plant ed about the , tenth of May, but our. experience is that .better re sults are obtained in this district by planting, if possible, between I April 25 and May 1. Some will H rt.LT PEIUjOXALS Harness Returned to 9 -Serve Unexpired Term Rev. Chester Harness, who es caped from the penitentiary wood camp at Aumsvllle. was returned to that institution Tuesday to till out 22 months of his unexpired three year sentence for larceny of $1500. When that term is completed he" wlU serve three years in the federal penitentiary at McNeil's island and pay a fine of $200 for perjury in connection with two homestead entry con. test cases. N ? Harness" was traced by opera tives of the department of Justice from the ranch of a friend near Vale over the trail that leads in to the waste places of Nevada. i 172) on Prison Equipment Goes to House rapid and the results much better than from late planting. Of i ecraal ' imnortaace is . the orenaration or cultivation of. the IILLLT. Or.. Jan. 18. (Soec land before plaaling. We like 1 11 to The Statesman ) Another deep 'tall plowing. When asked i inches of snow fell Saturday now we succeea in growing coru "Hl " " unj cvq iutm. successfuUy. w frequently say uranuma muiu is Tinning at to prepare. your ground. in first p-naries Kings la the silverton class condition far til ant In 1 then hills. ' " f continue and do aa much work winter, newiy appointea on It as red have, already dona. Patrolman for road district No before planting: Ja. other words, ". .was in saiera uraay traa da mneh of roar cultivation be- "Cuttf road bualaeas fore olantina and then vou will D. Smith- lost avaluable have a seed bed that will hold borse-- last. week. This 1. the moisture with reasonable cultl aa horse they hare lost this I winter. MUA "I rultlvaMnn w 11V ni MISS Emily LOOSI Spent tbl harrow the corn with a common with her parents near tA hrrn a Hmr ( I. (tiro. A. I SaJem. ton inehM hirh. thon MmctimM . Bachler and famUy spent r.n it with . mMth rti.Sunday at the C. F. Brown home ln ) with T An wi.l A. Soother was a Silverton tIs- vation and after this ahallow cul- ltor on?yA. 111 casavaa 9 wyi swi uvi W U 1QV a S 0 Saap - r " (The above is from the "Corn Primer published by C. L. Snjith, agriculturist of the Qregon-Washingtori R. R. & Navi gation Co. Ed.) . j'f'T 'fuv.--.: HERE E WI10 HITS v ; OIJ) H. C. L. TITH CORN How filr. Fulkerfoa Grows Corn Successfully by tie One Hcrse Zbn, and . tbe Different Useful j Purposes to Vrlich He Puts ffis Prodact . !. had heavy frosts . after, the corn was up wlthput any perceptible damage. Our theory is that even if the weather is cold; tb root growth continues and when grow, ing weather, comes the growth Is inter and family spent Sunday at the John Itelc- hart home. - . 'TJ J sad. news last week, of the death . The governor' Is given- author ity to direct the 'choice of employ ment at the penitentiary and the expenditure of the appropriation under a - bill Introduced in - the bouse yesterday which carries an appropraltlon of $30,000 to be used A for. .the purchase of equip ment and . the Insulation of ma- chiaery and autbomiac the em ployment'ol convicts. Representa tive Gordon' of Multnomah Intro duced' the bill. ;: . - f $40,000 Appropriated lor - Expenses of Session The state- legislature is 'now a nancialty fortified for the entire session.' House btll No. 52. appro priating $40,000 for the expenses of the session, with- emergency clause attached, was passed by the senate yesterday. roots. We have never . used a cultivator more than three times believe that failures In this trict. if there are any, are ' due to lack of care and attention. W have; found after growing corn, if the: field is sown to grain, we always! hate a larger .yield than on other lands, another and important fact; which Justifies us in making the statement that the Salem section lis a corn country. -L L. PATTERSON. Rt. J. Salem. Or., Jan, 15, 1821 7" of her father. T. E. Blakley. la VAiiiVi uia. ui.'nic v ai em former resident. oL SJlrertoa but bad lived at Willows. Cai., . (of the past S'or 10 years. UKELESMl-OflSWEr CORN INBOMEGARDM Unlmiecbjtbhv Ir you were to see the unequalled volume of un impeachable testimony in favor of Hood's Sarsapanna; yon would pbrAld yourself for so long de- laying to take this effecthre medi cine for that blood disease from which yon are-suiienng. STAYTOX NOTES (The following communication on the soil and the weather, but - Is a year old; it was printed in the Salem slogan Issue; of last year; ! bnr" the new reader 'will be inter Vte4 la thf ;way It present d iff er eat angles of the advantages' of corn f rowing and the old reader may receive real benefit by look ing it over again:) Editor Statesman: This is the ay I grow corn by the one horse . plan: " ' T ; 4 ,f -I I plow early, generally in Janu ary or February if the soil is richt, not too weC I let the ground alone until It warms up and weeds tart; theuj I work the surface down with the drag harrow to kill the first crop of weeds and smooth the surface. When It is about time to plant I take my garden culti vator and work the ground thor- ' oughly, then harrow it and go over it with the clodmasher to firm the soil and pnlVerbe the clods so they will not interfere with the first cultivation. u I plant, so that I can cultivate both ways, rThe time of planting depends Is about the first of May ' If the ground ' crusts or the weeds start before the corn comes up I go over It with the harrow. After the corn comes up I use the barrow again if the ground is clear of trash and clods. Other wise I use the harrow tooth culti vator that will work right up to the row and not cover the corn. The next cultivation la made with the common garden cultivator and is made deep, I like to cultivate about every two weeks, but the last work should be shallow no as to not disturb the corn roots. I commence thinning In July, leav ing two good SUlks In the hill. I take out each day enough for my two cows, and generally manage to have green corn to feed until the first of November. As soon as the staks become woody I, cut them with the feed cutter. ; When the ears begin to dent I commence feeding to the pigs; taking out the ripest, first and feeding the atalka to the horse and the cowis.' Corn planted the first of May Farmers bulletin 1044, by the; United States de Artment , of ag- rlculture, on "The City Home1 Garden," - contains, under the heading of "Sweet Corn,' the fair lowing: "' " : ' "Sweet corn requires plenty; of space In order to produce enough ears to supply an average family, and for that reason finds its proper place in large city and su-- burban . gardens. -- 'The rows should be spaced at least ' three feet apart, and the Individual plants should stand . 15 to 18 inches' apart In the rows. If the corn is planted in hills con taining three stalks each the hills must bo at least 2 feet apart in the row for the early dwarf; growing varieties and three feet apart for the later or ' larger growing sorts, v . "Corn requires a rich soil and should .not be planted until; the ground has warmed considerably. A pint of sed .will plaatr 400 to C00 feet of row is either drills or in hills. Cover the seed y to 2 inches deep and thin to three stalks in a hill, or to ' single stalks lit or 18 inches- apart In drills, If a large, number. of off shoots or suckers appear at the base .or Jne plants at the. grpund. these should be removed.' as they draw : the strength of, the plant. ISbne but these, shoots, that ap pear very near the ground should be j removed, as some of the vari eties-bare their ears quite low oh the stalks and tbe-ycmng ear, looks very 'much 'like. , sucker1 nt the 6ilk, appears: ("The Golden Bantam is the leading early tariety. Th Coun try Gentleman, StoweU's Kver- Car Badly Wrecked C in Accident at Dallas DAYTON. Ore.. Jan. If. (Spe cial to The Statesman) A second automobile accident, within one week occurred on the bridge on Main street In' Dayton last night when a Chevrolet " car under driver's license in the name of 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 Soil llethods .and SelcctipnAdyice Is a Year Old, jut Still Good . ..By JESSE HUDEU. i Scces In growing corn In Or?-! gan drnds largely .on the selec tion of the- right variety. , If the crop is to be worked into si la re then the UU," learning corn should be planted..-Th? ear on the learning stock Is scarcely medium In size, but the maximum quantity of fodder is produced. For ccm tuat .will mature on the ear there is nothing better than the flint t Tarrjtle. The yield is not so great as the dent coin, but as flint corn ripens in abost 90 days from planting, it can be gathered before . the fall rains Mart. It La the coo), moist air following the opening of tha rainy season that seriously bin-. drs. the dent varieties of corn from curing. Of course; the meet desireIe corn Is either the white or yellow dent. i.-i.. t i The White dent corn Is slow In coir in c to fall maturity. It does net do "weir under the. climatic condlUfyts In the: Pacflle aorth wt and can-Te relied oh oaly la favored places'. ! - . . - Au early, maturing variety of Yellow Dent' Is the most desirable kind to plant If thoroughly accli mated.: . . Careful selection of seed for a r umber of years should not only supply 'the grower with a dent corn. that is a good yi?lder bit also fairly certain to mature early enough, to be gathered' and stored. -' . I bare grown Vorn Ja. Ohio: alto in the Willamette .valley. My tTipcrience ' leads me to - be lieve that, If acclimated "corn is pianted early in May on good soil and given ' proper cultiration. . a yield as high as the arerar? crop of eastern corn" can be matured here in Oregon. Otto TJunow of Dintoa, Ore., ran sons In the car. no . one was hurt into the railing of the bridge and! beyond a few scratches owing to was badly wrecked. . . Hue fact that the car did not leave Although there were, three pr-llhs-bridge." -. . ..... Kill That Cold With . - ,1 FOX - fCVr-Sr--S CASCAirpf0fJ!WIKI: Keglected Colds are Dangerous - Take no chsnc . this fftaa4arf rmdy bandy foe b l ' ' Braaka vo'm odd la 24 hour RUt-m . "' '- Oripp In J days Eacrltoot for HaaWrba ; -. - ;: - Qoinloe ia tfcte form doe not affect tha basd Caacara la tM( Tode t' Laxailve Ka Opiate la HOl'a, : - , ft ' - t ' Mrs. Henry Junwlrth and lit tie daughter, of Jordan, were here the first of the week visiting the former's paTenta, ' Mr. and Mrs. John Brown. ' Mrs. It. Len groan and some lady friends were here from Sublimity Tuesday. - ' " W. L. Harris and wife returned to-Corralli Sunday, after attend ing the funeral rites of Sam Pat ten who died last week at North Santlam. Mr. Harris and Mr. Patten were brother and sister. Mrs. Kate Holder and daughter, Marlon will leave soon for Juneau. Alaska, where they will Join the husflndand father who has a po sition' there. Mrs. Holder and her daughter have made many friends hern who regret to see them leave Stayton. G. R. Thomas ' baa leased tne green. Mammoth Evergreen, ana 1 Gardner building on Water street Ohio Sugar are also among thelajid Is preparing to open up an leading medium andJ late' varie-1 automobile painting establishment ties: For a - continuous supply. plant' Golden Bantam as early as possible. - then follow" In a few days wth a planting of Country Gentleman. - Two weeks later plant . StoweU's Evergreen, and follow with." additional plantjnga of some good ;Iate Variety every three, weeks until mid-summer." STAnONVILL DATES OF SLOGAIfcHN DAILY STATESMAN (Ia.Tric9-fr'V7e43c Utesnum Tollowlnj: Dsy) . - uQganherries, Oct. 7, Prunes; Oct, 14: - : palryiBg. od 21. . Kit. Oct. H. Alberts', Nor, 4. . Walnuts,- Nor. 11. ' Strawberries, Not. IS. kot. 25. RarerrlM. pec. J. j Mint, Dec. t. . I 3""' cow. Dec. l. i wrrie.Dec . Cherries. r. ta Pears. Jan, C. nil. Gooseberries and Jan ' 12 Cora, Jan. 20. ' . Celery, Jan. 27. ' Spinach. Feb. 5. Onions. Feb. 10. PoUtoes. Feb. 17. Ilees. Feb. 24. Mining. March 2. Goats. March , Beans, March 1. ' Paved highways. March 2J. Broccoli, March SO. - -: Silos. April 6. Ugu met. April 12. Airptrarus, April 20. April, 27,. - Currants, prug garden. May 4. Sugar beefs. May 11. Sorghum May IS- v Cabbage, May 25. Poultry and Pei S$ock. June 1. Land, June 8. DehydraUon, June 15. Hops, June 22. . Wholesale and Jobbing, Jane 29.'- v . Cucumbers, July 6. ; Hogs, July 13. ' - . . City beautiful, flower and bulbs. July 20. Schools. July 27. Sheep, Aug. 3 . National Adwertising, Aug. 10. Seeds. Aug. 17. Livestock. Aug. 24. " Automotive Industry. Aug. 21. Grain and Grain Products. Sept. 7. , : ; Manufacturing. Sept. 14. Woodworking and other things, Sept. 21. t Psner Mill. Sent. 28. (Back copies of Salem (Slogan editions of The 'Daily Oregon Statesman ara cin hatiL' They are for sale at 10c each, mailed to NOT DEBATE Cancel Contest With Saiera - Negative Team for January 28 Word was yesterday received from the principal of the Stayton high school that they would; be unable to take part " In the state debating league and would1 be forced to cancel their debate with the Salem negative team which was to have been held in Stayton on Jan. 28. This withdrawal will necessi tate a change In the triangular schedule for this district and it may be possible that Salem will be unable to secure another op ponent for this first1 triangular contest, and will be forced' to hold a dual with Oregon City. Mr. Nelson, of the local school, sent a letter to A. E. Youel; in whose hands is the responsibility for the schedules, requesting that an effort be made to secure an other opponent. This will in no way interfere with the debate to be held! here Jan. 28, between .the Oregon ity negative and the Salem atflrma tive. questing that no change be mida in the present teacher's tenure in Portland. The petition was signed by Mrs. Jennie Richardson a lepre&entativ- of the council. Only ICS of the Portland teach era were not. parties' to the peti tion. : : . SILVEHTOtf WEWS in the- near future. While tearing out a cress walk la ihe dOF town section yester day, workmen found goia Imbedded in the drt under the walk. P .P.'Crabtree. farmer who resides near Stayton, had the m la- fortune to receive-a broken arm this mernmg while attempting to crank his Ford. Mr. and Mrs. John Kimsey of Macleay were visiting at the home of C. C. Nott and wife the first of tha week. Ptoperty Escaping Taxation May Be Cut cn vppTnv n-. T. t 1 Vacant nronertr belonging to (Special to The Statesman ) Mrs. churches, hospitals and other sim Teachers Request No Change in Tenure Law Alma Tarvend who has been 111 at the hospital for sometime, was re moved to her home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hatteburg motored to Jefferson to spend' the week-end as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Tingastad. Alfred Jensen and WUie Bybwik motored down Sunday morning and all re turned to - Silverton Sunday eve ning. . Mrs. S.; Lorenzon Is , III at the sanitarium at Portland. Mrs. Alvln Williams went to Portland Tuesday morning to liar Institutions, will not. escape taxation as freely as at present If a bill that has been Introduced by Senators' Hume, Strayer and Jones becomes law. Property be longing to there Institutions on which.no buildings are located is now subject to taxation. bat as sessors are in the habit of leaving it off the tax rolls. The bill pro vides that assessors roust put 'it on the rolls when requested to do so by any taxpayer. The prop erty on which buildings of church, hospital and other similar oraan- fxSi! Lame fecit Rnb backache. IoxrnBaga. Soreness j and stjjjncjs away-Try (his! A netitlon from the Federated Teachers' council of Portland, rnntainlnc 1191 names was'ure- Back hurt you? Can't straight-1 the pain. It Is" perfectly harmless ana aoesn t ourn or atscoior iu skin. i ' . " Limber up! Don't suffer! Get a smsll trial bottle from any drug store, and after using it just once. you'll forget that you ever had backache,- lumbago or sciatica, be cause your, back will nerer hurt or causa any more misery. It never dhisppoints and has been .recom en . up . Without sudden pains, sharp aches and twinges? Now lis ten! That's lumbago, sciatica or maybe from a strain." and. you'll get blessed relief the moment you rub. your back with soothing, pen etrating '"St. Jacobs Oil." Nothing else" takes out soreness. lameness and stiffness so quickly. You ' Xv. "' ' 3 Daysl " V),: ' . Stir&'Xbdiy '; 1:1 '. - - V . I rrs. r Ti . . . v " . , v i ! .... --' - ' . ' " - I Mors Thrill and Stunts Than You See In a Dozen Ordinary Pictures . Y "HappjrDaze'V; 4 .f jiiNmWMlcW. ' II A Knnckout Comcdr : r ' : I ' " I I m mm mm a Wk I ill . L.iman flictiroy uunt on our xew iiope-joncs urean . . 5 ill i GRAND THEATRE IMdJhXtcjiUatilftjrt l.t.oa.aAd out pmea mended for. 6Q. years, I.