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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1921)
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM.' OREGON THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 31. 1921 it WILL BE A BIG C 'All Prospective Growers ard All Others in Any Way In terested in Getting the Industry Started, and Started ' Right, in the Salem District, Are Expected and Urged Jo Be Present. r There, will be a meeting of the Salem Broccoli association at the Salem Commercial club ruooms at 7:30 on Saturday evening.. April 2, to which all people interested in any way In the proposed industry are invited. The Salem Broccoli association was temporarily organized at a meeting at the same place on Fri day afternoon last, and at the meeting Saturday evening it is ex pected, to effect permanent organi sation; with the idea that It is to be a working body of growers only to help all growers 1n get ting started . This action was brought about through an address that was made at the noon luncheon of the Salem Commercial club a week ago last Monday, by C. C. Russell, broccoli grower of the Waconda section be low Salem. Mr. Russell was also present at the Friday meeting, with valuable sccze&ticcs and . formation. r He will be present on Saturday evening, as will other experts In the Industry. Prof. Bouquet Will Attend v Through courtesy of the exten sion service or that Institution. Prof. A. O. B, Bouquet of Oregon Agricultural college will be pres ent, to Jhelp la every possible way. Prof. Bouquet has assisted In the Industry since its beginnings on a commercial scale in Western Ore gon. He is the best broccoli an- thnriiv in the TTnited States. In the field of the commercial develop ment of the Industry m western Oregon. Likely Laree Acreage. Up to date, through the efforts of this young association. 48 acres m tfinrmt for broccoli rrowing this year, in the Salem district, not counting the proposed acreage in the Independence neighborhood. where there will be a largely in creased number of acres in broc mil. One Salem man Is considering the putting out of 40 acres to broecoll which would make him the Oregon broccoli king. There are many others who are considering going into the Indus try. Among these are I. R. Utter back. Albert Stetler, Fred Stetler and Albert Wulfmeyer, lall on route 9, Salem. The following are the 22 men who have definitely decided to put out broccoli, to a total of at least 48 acres; which Is eight acres more than the 'number to atart with' in the Roseburg district, eight years ago. C. C. Russell. Gervals, Route 2, 12 acres. K. B. Kugel. Salem. Route 2, three to five acres. M. C. Petteys, Salem, Route 2, three acres.' H. E. Rideout, Independence, Route 1. three acres. L. W. Magee, Salem, Route 6. three acres. Savage Brothers. Salem. Garden road, three or more acres. J. M.- O Neil, Salem. Route 8. one acre. D. A. Hodge, Salem. 158 North Twelfth street, one acre. Henry Lynch. Salem. Route 2. one acre. Albert Egan, Gervals, Route 2, one acre. U. J. Lehman, Salem. 267 South Church street, on acre. Jacob Idlewine, Salem, 2123 North Broadway, one and a half acre. C. A. Dowd, Salem, Route 6, one acre. C. C. Armstrong, Salem, Route 6, one acre. P. W. Woelke, Salem, Route 9, one and a halt acre. J. R. Bedford, Salem, Route 2, one acre. Ross Hammack, Salem, Route 8. one acre.- , G. W. McLaughlin. 2557 Lee street, Salem, one acre . - J. A. Crabb, Salem, Route 5, two acres. F. D. Webster, Salem, Route 8, three acres. F. T. Moss, Salem, Route 8, two acres. Mr. Smith, Salem, Route 8, two acres. Back hurt you? Can't straight en up without feeling sudden pains, sharp aches and twinges? Now listen! That's lumbago, sci atica or maybe from a strain, and you'll get blessed relief the mo ment you tub your back with soothing, penetrating "St. Jacob's Oil" Nothing else takes out sore ness. 'lameness and stiffness so quickly. Ton simply rub it on and out comes the pain.. It Is perfectly harmless and doesn't burn or discolor the ekin. ; ' . Limber up! Don't suffer! Get a small 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 never hurt or cause any more misery. It cever disappoints and has been recommended for SO years. Adv. BROCCOLI IS AN ARISTOCRAT (Continued from page 3.) eastern shipments . been sent to one or two points, very little profit would have been left to the growers. Broccoli from Rose burg and Independence this year has gone to Boston, taking 14 days to make the trip. Cars, have also been sold in New York City. St. Louis, Chicago, Seattle, Butte and other points. . rOne of the first things neces sary in entering the broccoli game is to plant sufficient acreage to meet carload shipments. It Is doubtful if less than 20 acres should be planted in a commun ity. The next step necessary is to draw up good grading and packing rules. The broccoli must arrive in the market In splendid shape, if it is to bring the top price. , ' It must be cut at Just the right time, rapidly graded, quickly packed and promptly, loaded and shipped. Precautions must be used to see that the gas escapes In transit. A car of broccoli holds 4 85 crates. These .are what Is known as the 24-inch crati, and have only one layer. They will hold from six to 16 heads of broc coli. The crates are known as the California flats. The old crates were practically .t V t SPECIALS for To-Bay, ay aed Saturday v Oar sale will be dosed Saturday eyening,. April 2. Yon hare only thref raore days m which to take advantage of the exceedingly low . pncei at which we are offering this high grade stock of ladies' wear. r - To move as cinch merchandise as oossible we have nut ont a hi? W ...Arhni A( cprriAi c t iV-r i act Tuorr iVavc ; v t . DONT IUSSTHIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE BY SPENDING. m OOTW EAR Lot rfo. X $1.65; 2nd pair 35c 11 Lot 4 Pumps and Oxfords $4.95 Lot No; 2, Shoes ... tl $2.98 Lot No. 5, Skqis. l..$6.95 SUITS aid COATS OUR TODAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY SPECIALS in the Ready-to-wear line are absolutely the BEST VALUES you have seen for many months. ' In many of the lots you can get TWO SUITS or TWO COATS FOR LESS THAN THE ORIGINAL COST OF ONE. T . Remember There are only three days left r FULLERTON 415 State Street Salem, Oregon 114 liberty Street about twice as large and had two Layers, but they do not make as attractive a package. In plant ing broccoli, you can count on from 4500 to 6000 plants to the acre, depending upon the dis tances used. - Do not conclude that there Is no competition in the broccoli game. In fact, like every other industry, it has its competition and sometimes extremely keen competition. . - - The southern states produce an early cauliflower at this time of yar, which competes with the broccoli. Also there is very strong California competition. At Col ma, a point 15 miles south of dan Francisco, 365 cars of broccoli were shipped out last year. 135 in February, 225 In March, five in April and in addition about 100 cars were dumped owing to the xreignt embargo. This year there has been about a 25 per cent increase over last year's pack at Col ma. but- the quality has been rather poor and me size bas run small. T 1 a . oroccon is 10 ie taken up as an Industry In the Salem dis trict, it should be taken no on a scale to guarantee carload ship ments, instead of competing with the Oregon Growers' association, which now has the industry well in nana, and which is selling pracucaiiy so cars this year at top market prices, the growers snould affiliate with this organi zation, as it offers machinery for maraeung. distribution, and ad venistng which, no small local association could ever hope to se cure. For example, this cast vear tb Oregon Growers' Co-operative as sociation sent their fresh fruit salesman back east In Jinntrr. where he was able to line np the uuyers ror mis year s broccoli nn terms which could not have pos- ioiy Deen obtained otherwise Yet all this service and sales of me oroccon will cost the rrowm eniy a per cent. The association stands reari tn be Helpful through Its various personnel at any time. In giving auvice as 10 tne growing and marketing of broccoli. The ques tion of securing seed is a serious one. poor seed la worn than noiung. The Orezon Orown have taken steps to secure for its members for. this cominr -r sufficient high grade seed. This is a prime requisite la successful oroccon culture. (rror. c. I. Lewis, who h.. kindly written the above for th. oenent or beginners In broccoli giuwiug, was ior many years neaa oi tne Horticultural denart- ment of the Oregon , Agricultural couege, and he is now at the head of the promotion department of the Oregon Growers' Co-operative association ) . THE BROCCOLI INDUSTRY IN DOUGLAS COUNTY (Continued from page 2. able tor the purpose of -visiblr placing before the member th a financial returns t that might be expeciea. tne number of plants that could be grown to the .acre and other dta that require fig ure io prove one's argument. ine romona grange had al ready decided that the local fruit union was the logical orranlza tion to handle the shipping end ot me venture, purchase the seed etc.. so mat all . growers would produce the same product. that by May 1 following, with aDout -o acres assured to th planting of the erop, the move ment was launched. (in HE HOME mm --rni. iJrCmyWilhont d Garden ? (Articles in this series are furnished oy tne xxaxionai vmc xsureauj ', VaVw 1 n '. i '-' J. Xlli'lyAr -OxnrrAb THE CHARLtSTOH. ' ' 1 V J?'"-' !y. ' A . T'VA w a ,1 a. L. w 1 T f-3tMtUH FIAT tXTTCM. CMIMCCS. oq. FlTAAt SAVOY. Cabbages and Tbrir Enemlea Do you visualize flocks of white or yellow butterflies and proces sions' of velvety green "worms" or caterpillars when you buy your cabbage seed each spring or get a dozen or two plants to set out? If you do, why not buy the seeds of death for these maraud- ers when you buy the seed of the cabbage and then youll be ready for them. Thousands noon thou sands of cabbages are lost or ruined because the owners of them haven't the poison ready to combat the pests. First come the butterflies. There Is no way to poison them for they eat nothing at the time of their visit, but are merely intent upon depositing eggs in some snug nook on a cabbage leaf where their devastating families of green caterpillars -may begin life. But the life of the green caterpillar may be ended quickly by a dose of arsenate of lead. Later, when there might be a possibility of danger" in using powerful poison, white hellebore either in powdered form or mixed in proportion of an ounce to three gallons of water la effective. It the early crop of worms is kept in check, later ones are-not likely to do .to much damage. Cabbages and their relatives, the cauliflowers, kales, kohl-rabls and others, are easily grown in almost any situation provided that they have full sun and moisture. A hot. dry. soil, sandy for the most part. Is really the only hope less soil for cabbage working. and even then with care to furn ish plenty of food, good cabbage mar be crown. The cabbages, of course, need to be started early In seed boxes of hot beds for an earlv croo. The Jate crops can be sown outdoors as soon as the rround is ready to work. Two feet apart In rows Is the minimum distance that cabbage should be planted, to permit cul tivation and spraying. In email gardens only a few dozen heads should be attempted, because they take no considerable space. The cabbage is reasonably hardy and one mistake in raising plants indoors is to coddle mem too much and not giving enough cool air to harden them off. ' The result is spindling seedlings, which seldom will make good beads. ' The aim should be to raise the plants In tolerably cool atmosphere and harden them off by giving them plenty of air. VFjfiETARLE PLANTING CHART. tjttZtt euitif towo firtiNc a rut Ctl 4rtrr E5 COM-SAM EE 01! 1 m. NosuToex 3 nrr. rtrr j rt rr I FOOT s rtrr i root 10 INOtS. IS XO 74 IWCWti artrf s rtir I WOT rur CtC y MOT 1 HCV.Lt 2rnt B4CKtS 2 m4JH SftlT j rtrr SflfT- 4 XHCMtt IfOOT s rtrr A IMCKtt fUXT TWOCAMO THW pj Kami cc, 4cI77-r-' .wqc unit fVAHT TWCX AJtQ TH OVt nrt w.tr Mma w vrrTl oatnatc m mux fiAKt Thick amo Ttri a- rOT TrTIS QJTaXP TASTE OX CX?TCZ) V ttTTZXl. Good' Garden UTiirt - iXmbilBf and KoUowlnjt Com Dan ion and succeeaioo. plant ing are propositions that are too often hurled at a. gardening be ginner to his confusion and the detriment or bis .juuo garuea patch. The answer la, don i try u anrint before you ve learned to walk. Companion and succession planting certainly should be osea and practiced in order to get the full return from me soiu o " isn't bad advice to aay to the gar dener without much experience: Go slow and experiment. Try ont only a few companion or succes sion plantings until you see bow they work. Don't try to oouoie crop and succession plant a whole garden If yon are Just starting out on a gardening career." A lew simple companion plant ings are indicated herewith: Radishes and pa rue y in mixture in the same row. Tne reason, tne radish comes up quickly, matures quickly, and is . soon out of the way. The oarsley germinates very slowly and the radishes have brok en the soil so the parsley can come through easily. The parsiey win have plenty of time for maturity when the radUaes are paUsd ts will be none too thick. Eadishes with early cabbart U. tween the rows. Radishes between rows of txf.j peas. parsnips or beets between roi of spinach. . A few aneees&Ion erena- t.4 lahes followed by string t&&, ij O. cesses ton' crops the iaetv t crop iMigwi siier ui nni ubie has been used ana rr.oni In companion planting thrr t put In the ground at the time. : Early peaa followed by lirt!rv carrots, or beets. , Tiarly beans followed ky ku cabbage. Spinach followed by sweet con. tomatoes, or beans. . Tonng onions from sets faski. ed by egg plants or peppers. It Is a matter of experiment r experience and after a aea-3 or two of observatioa. aay tiring can companion and saccmiDa cron so that the garden ecu every minute of the grovisg a, son and 1 with kale, parza!? til saiaify do wlntsr work aa vtX ropplee From Flanders Fields The 5 scarlet-fired - poppy of France haa attained a sentimental value since the great war. which bas brought it Into many gardens where it never grew before. Near ly all seedsmen this year have a sufficient, supply of the scarlet "Flanders Fields" poppies to fill the demand.. The poppy has been designated as the official - flower of the American legion. Poppies grow in any soil., but they must have full sunlight.' and it is almost useless to try to trans plant them. Sow them where they are expected to bloom and as the seed is fine there is enough in a single packet' to make a big bed. a private note to the edi tor, Df. Bailey says: "As this is the busy season at Conleycott Or chards and the time allotted to me for an article on broccoli Is ratner short, I am sending you some ancient history of the In dustry In Douglas county. If you do not care to use It. it will not nurt my feelings if you consign it to the waste basket. I thought, however, the plan adooted to make broccoli r row lne a com mercial proposition In the Urap qua valley might Interest grow ers in other sections, and" help them in getting Into the game on a commercial scale. Probably there Is no other erop in Oregon that depends so much on co-operative effort for its successful mar keting, for broccoli beads np ir regularly, making a considerable acreage necessary for ear lot ship ments at tne commencement and end of the harvestinr season." Dr. Bailey and his son are fruit growers as well as broccoli pro- aucers, near Roseburg. and thev call their holdings Conleycott Or chards.) How to Make Flats. Soap boxes are the most con venlent material for making flats for seeds and the most readily oh tamable from the grocer. . Saw the boxes Into two and one-halt inch sections and nail bottom on them and the flat Is ready to be ruled with earth for planting seeas in the bouse, the green house or even in the hot bed, if it is deemed convenient to have A 1 , . i ue (Mini m snape to be moved quickly. . It is a good plan to store the flats after they have been used so that they will be handy and there won't have to be any time iui ne year wnen tney are needed. It would seem that all there was left to be Invented in the to mato line would be a worthless one, but this year two distinct novelties are offered, th most striking or which is a white to mato. It is the counterpart in all respects of the ordinary tomato except, its color, which is a bril usnt cream white. John Baer seems the most striking of the nw red varieties because of the profusion of its yield and the nn! formity of the fruits which are or the round, salad variety. Is not -quite so early as Earliana but a much heavier bearer, will be found a winner. Rea'd Ihe Classified -'Ads, With seed aa fine as popples' it is a good plan, in order to iacul tate sowing thinly ana not to waste seed to mix it with two or hree times its bulk of sand. If thoroughly mixed the sowing is an easy matter and there is not1 the danger of getting It as "thick as the hair on a dog." It is possible to transplant pop pies if a lump of earth- can be taken tm with them so mat the roots are really not disturbed or broken, but It the soil is shaken off the roots., transplanting .is doubtful task. Some of them will come through but the greater portion of them are not likely to survive. me man rt it ' rl I lH fvi ' place In the green gTocera dls- Lplay.for the greater. part of the year. Spinach and lettuce should be I in the ground now and the let tuce getting pretty nearly ready lor transplanting, in u murv southern districts these crops should be well above ground by this time. Manure is. plant food and plant food is manure. Anybody . mat tries to grow plants. I don't care whether they are vegetables or flowers, without manure Is wrong. Good manure -la the kind to dig Into the ground. Get stable man ure It yon, can. and It yon can't do tne next best tnmg ana turn under dead leaves and put the rest on top In commercial fertil izers. Manure somehow or other if you want to grow good plants. Yon can t grow beans unless tne bean can find bean food. There isn't srfy dirt In the world. I don't care how rich, that doesn't need manure of some kind. Plumy cockscombs and wool- flowers not only are brilliant and easily grown plants for the gar den, but they have been found very effective for porch decor ation in pots. A few of them potted up when the seedlings are being transplanted into their beds and given a little liquid fertilizer now and then, and plenty ox m 6 1st u re, make stately specimens with their plumes of crimson. rose and gold, rivaling .ostrich plumes in delicacy. Their dec orative value in pots hsa been made much use of in flower shows tor the last year. They are as easily grown as radishes. Home Garden Havings Are flOO a Vcsr NEW" YORK. March 21. The average American family can grow one-eighth of Its food and rave at least 1100 a fear by plant ing a home garden, according to O. S. Morgan, proressor of agri culture at Columbia university, who has last completed a survey of agricultural conditions which led him to urge the resumption of war garden work. "Successful gardening depeneds particularly upon perseverance and versatility in knowledge," the professor said. The demand for help In borne gardening, pratlcularly strong this year - has led the Columbia department of extension teaching to arrange to present eight bi wekely lectures, from March 1 to March 29, In vegetable and fruit raisin e well in advance of the planting season, by Hugh Find lay, lecturer In horticulture at Columbia. Stress will be laid on crops and methods with which success In the same season as plant in r Is most probable. , "Within the metropolitan dis trict are many people interested in the farm outlook who wish to try farming on a small scale and this coarse Is punned for them "Hard times are threatening the farmer now. He is not buying an extra truck, a new silo, a 'bar gain' SI 0.000 sire to head his herd these difficult times. He Is In the large company of city and factory people who are suffering affliction, in the pocketbook re- ;lon. The city folk, however, are not like the farmer. In position to cut production and yet live com fortably. . Hence many vrar gard ens will be resuscitated." The new cactus flowered zinnia which made 'its appearance last year, achieving much favor, is on general distribution this year. Its petals are quJUed and . twisted much after. the manner of a cac tus dahlia, from which it takes its name. Its chief advantage 1s that the twisted petals relieve the stiffness characteristic of the flower. However; it will not by any means displace the gorgeous colossal strains which today are the most brilliant of all the zin nias. Kale as a fresh gfeea vegetable for winter use Is slowly but surely making Us way Into favor. It is the'only green that may be picked from the . garden witn ireexing weather and snow on the ground. Frost ' gives it its most delicate flavor. The kale is a member of the cabbage tribe, and tastes much like mild cabbage or cauli flower when cooked. The leaves are finely cut . and curled and some varieties are grown as prn amenta! foliage plants.- It it is not relished for the table it is particularly valuable as green feed for. chickens, as it may be picked at any time and thrown to them. One or tae enter iauiis to be found with kale Is that plant lice are fond of it. but a few ap plications of tome nicotine Insec ticide puts them to flight. Be fore cooking, soaking la strong salt water speedily Mlslodres sny lice. The same method slov J be employed with Brussels t;rct'4 which are also isTorUet c: tit ajhls. Florists windows all wtr. have been gay with aa' eli-fv loned annual la several variou s which was popular in the of onr great grandmothers v i always had bouquets of ttra the winter the everlasting new er. " Two varieties hare bees t s played more than others, me I , phrysozn and the rbodanlhe. 1 former has a fine line of fcrc: '. maroon.' and yellow shades. T 1 latter la the most dainty ar J i -cate of all the ever last iij c: straw flowers. It is often frevi am am au,s vtlsnt Ira flAaea , mm m (rvi y amu w t a aw e. , nodding and a delicate tom t'-t- f All the are as easily grows tr-i j seed ss a zinnia or sweet alyu.. The 'blossoms should be cut via half open, suspended head dc To ward cntll dry, and may tbes U made into boa quels ' wtka w'J last indefinitely and lose aon t& the brilliancy of thir color. First Young Lady Do yos b lieve that this was a war of cct? quest? Second Young Lady TTe3. I know a lot of girls wko rot hu baads by It- National Trtssae. A BIG LOAD OF COM Isn't necessary to prove trst kind's superiority. Only a it trial will convince yoa that coal bans better and cleaxtr and lasts longer thaa erdlaarr trades. When yon lave tl this proven to your own sail taction we shall expect ths tf der for your eailrt lapplT. ,j 1. LARMER TRANSFER mora ti ' Pink and scarlet are the fov- orlte ahades In verbenas, beds of the former having attracted much attention In some of the big parks of the country last summer. These beautiful pink shsdes were the strain known as the Mayflower verbena. A packet of the May flower strain will furnish a bed of beautiful big clustered, frag rant pink verbenas of various shades all summer. . In order to keep lettuce arrow ing at top speed, the only way mat it can be made to head satis factorily, expert gardener usual ly give some quickly available fertilizer at the start, and there is Just one. nitrate of soda. A1 light sprinkling of finely-pulverized nitrate just- after transplant ing or within a few days of It will start the sprint towards the head. The lettuce must be kept cul tivated and the soil finely stirred. If an unexpected dry hot spell for the season sets in, don't hesi tate to water It, give a good soak ing at the roots and not an over head sprinkling. Try this record on your lettuce bed and see if it doesn't head. . 1 oung carrots are a compara tively new vegetable In popular use. the carrot having been the object of prejudice for many years as "cow fodder." New re cipes for cooking the carrot came into vogue through foreign chefs and they have achieved a popular When in need of Lawn Mow ers, Grass Catchers, Lawn or: Garden Rakes, Shovels, Hoes .... , . , . . and Garden Cultivators Garden Seeds, Hose, Nozzles Sprinklers, Paint and Oil, Nails, etc. ' Try SALEM HARDYARE CO First 120 North Commercial St.