THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 26, 1921 More Cabbage Ought to Be Produced Here in This District, and a Gresit Cabbage Shipping and Manufacturing Industry Ought to Be and Can Be Built Up in Salem V'GIK M MARKETINb It LUTE CAW OF E, By THE 0. L G. it is Important That Good Seed of Approved Strain Be Planted; That uare be uiven io neseuing ana inai Soil That Will Hold Moisture Well Be Used, As There Must Be Large Yield for Profit. Pnlnir Is Circular 86 of! lie In a rough state during the I a ..rw-uiiiirai f'nllece I inter. In thU wy more moicturc tktf Oregon AfcrltuUuri College. hed than other txteDKlon wrrlce. by O. D. Center. I A.ise ,n he spHng at thft f,rSt director of the department oi veg- opportunity tho land should be euble gardening, the dato being woed down and manure at the February . . rate 01 ten tons per acre suouiu De Soil This crop is not auapieu eVenly scattered over the soil and ... .nil which does not hold mols- n,htiv niowpd or else thoroughly tsrewell during the summer and digkert ,c Many growers make a fjll monins, umcso iuvic , I practice or using pome commercial possibility of irrigation. Moisture fertilizer as well as the manure, holding capacity, therefore, is an jnasmuch as the crop is a very important essenwai. en neaT). user or potasn as wen as tolls U1 produce a crop that can J nitrogen and phosphoric acid. The t marketed longer in the fal I solidity of the beads is very large- TV and winter than where the crop My dependent upon the amount of tarromwn lower iuiuuu. ",v" i minerHi element in mo sou. mosi i 0f the late cou6 Oregon sous., nowever. are won this state la produced on well fer- supplied with this phosphoric acid tiliied upland soil, having a capa- and potash. In a good many cases, ett of holding moisture in the cabbace yields may be Increased mmrnet. Large yields are ob- ny tn6 application of lime, not less Ulned from many different kinds than one ton per acre being sp ot bottom soils and swales, that pned. It is very important that wi.ll drained. There is also a tne gon De worked down in as fine Urge acreage of dyke lands which condition as possible in the spring art capable of producing large jn oro;er that as much moisture as onantltles of cabbage in profitable possible may be retained for the yields.-Soils which are high in or- crop during the summer. The cost rinlC mailer ui uuu; v 1 i oi sou preparation u noi lar cabbages which gives a 8iTe and if more time were put on tnis pnase or tne worK Detter re sults would be obtained. After the time of transplanting in the latter part of June, the soil should be constantly stirred to keep a light mulch on the surface or stirred as soon as the ground is in working condition after a rain. tons before expenses for growing are paia. Average returns are us ually from 10 to 18 tons per acre. Some yields from 20 to 25 tons per acre are sometimes reported, hut these are obtained only under unusual conditions. Cost of Production The vari ous items in producing cabbage will total from $75 to $90 per acre. Some of the least expensive items are the most important, such as seed, preparation of ground and the growing and set ting of the plants. Especially im portant is the question of the strain of seed that one obtain, in growing the crop. The price for sufficient seed for an acre is noth ing compared with the results that are obtained where one uses r high yielding strain. got, the flea beetle, the cut worm, grass hopper, cabbage aphis, and slugs or snails. The department of entomology of the Oregon Agri cultural College has a complete list of sprays and dusts that can bo used Icr successfuli combatting the various sucking and chewing inserts. This may be obtained from the College Exchange. It is ordi nariHy impossible to successfully giow a crop of cabbage unless one fUhts these pests or m some cases the soil conditions may be of such a character as to produce a very rjpid growth in which ca.-e the growth of the plant may bo so rapid as to offset the work of the I inserts. ! Bulletins Available on Other Vegetable Crops Besides these note? on the cultivation of late PETITIONS OF Mill IP RTMirn lUHLLu LULU Accident Board Turns Down Request For Lower Rates To Operators -Injects Affecting Cabbage and cabbage, gardeners may obtain Control of Same There are quite a number of important insects that feed on the cabbage and in most cases these can be success fully controlled. The insects of greatest importance are the green cabbago worm, the cabbage mas- notes on other important vegeta bles as asparagus, tomatoes, rhu barb, cauliflower, broccoli, etc. These pamphlets may be obtained by writing to the College Ex chance. C'orvallis, Oregon. OUR UNCLE SAMUEL TELLS US HOW TO RAISE CABBAGE III OUR GARDENS keavy v tonnage. uannage lanaa .hould oreferably be free from acidity, applications of lime cor recting this conaiuon in me ti i not wise to plant cabbage on land which has a steep slopo or which has been farmed for a long time to various Jtlnds of field erop8.'tbe fertility ot which land, therefore, is somewhat ran down. The siccess In growing the crop Is largely dependent upon the mnnnt Of available moisture in the aoil, and hence where there is bo posiibility of Irrigation especial care must be exerciseu tn tnt lands for this crop. Varieties and Plant Growing rnithe main fall and winter crob Danish Ball Head Is best Oregon grown strains of this rariety seem t xi mnerior results as com. pared with those from imported feeds. ' Danish Round Head Is an Late Cabbage May Be Planted July First in Some Sec tions and Mature Solid Heads Before the Storms of The Winter. NEW ACT IS BENEFICIAL Employers Affected Are Lumber Manufacturers in Eastern Oregon 1916, was $509,597.12. The total cost of accidents to em ployes of firms in the same group was $445.8c.76. leaving a balance of $63,716.36, or about 12 per cent of the receipts. I Severn v (iet Reduction .. ' ... u was louna. under tne new amendments effective July 1, next, that of 9 5 employers in the dis trict making payments during the present year, 70, or 73 per cent, will have reductions as follows: "1 tirms, 30 per cent; tour iirma. 25 per qent; nine firms, 20 per cent; 4 firms. 15 per cent and two firms, 10 per cent. The remaining firms wll have increases as fol lows: Four firms. 5 per cent: two firms, 10 per cent and 19 firms, 15 per cent. Reference was also made to the fact that as the rate for the year commencing July 1, next, is de termined by the accident experi ence of the individual firm during the past five years, this will con tinue to be a potent factor in maintaining a reduced rate for five years. ticket for Chicago sold him the ticket the agent was told the man was a leper, and also the conduc tor on the train was informed that he was allowing passage to a lep er. The opinion is in reply to at inquiry by Secretary Strieker of the state board of health who wanted to know If the railroad would be liable under the law Can any dear reader recUe tbe thtrd verse of the "Star Spangled Ban.n er" ? ' 3a. Myjj -fr te J y, ' 1 1 - ' ' " -. Its' '"&&:M'F5i-':r The req-icst of employers en gaged in lumber operations in eastern Oregon that their insur ance tates under the workmen's compensation act be reduced has ucfc-i denied by the state industrial accident commission. In a letter forwarded Tuesday the commis sion points out that the amend- Law is Violated by Road In Transporting Leper The Southern Pacific Railroad company violated the law in trans porting a man afflicted with lep- rrwv fmm Crra Tlo.. tn Tsrttn1 mmit In tha air i,ffn,.lho In v 1 i J TransDlanting From the Seed Ped to the Field This work kbould be done preferably in cool weather. The plants are best when about six inches high, al though it is better to observe good weather conditions rather than the site of the plants as to a definite height,' The season of the year at which the cabbage plants are set in the field Is usually about the 20th to the 25th ot June, np to the first of July, depending upon the weather conditions and the moisture in the soil. If the weather i. Ar ami sAttlAri It vnnld be best early strain of Danish Ball Head. to get jne pianta in the afternoon One ot the best varieties for home I h..innln. -f.r three o'clock. The - use tor winter Is the Olant Green plant8 ghonld be protected from savoy, woicn is an eBi"j tne hot sun an(j before Deing uiiea eeDeat eabhae lor coia siaw ana f the bed ghouoid be tor eooklne. ' 1 rhnrmi ffhlv wetted down In order Methods ox want growing vary .,- nme noil mav adhere to the WMiderabiy witn mamauai grow- rootB Ag far as to the distance en.' IB Order that the plants may ..... ?ft nlants is concerned becnltivated and kept clean when u g cgtomary to have the rows n the seed bed. tbe seed should aDOUt threB feet apart andthe U sown about May 1 in well pre- -abbaee plants about 30 to 36 und out door beds. In some lo- inches aoart in the rows. For ealitles the seed is sown broadcast Bmall to medium heads tbe rows which is more difficult to do prop- may be, three feet apart and the eriy than sowing the seed In piants set from 20 to 24 inches straight rows. Seed which is sown apart In the rows. The dletanco iroadcast should be on as clean apart the plants will he set will jrond as possible, otnerwise me depend very largely upon tne rer plaata cannot be cultivated or tllity of the ground and the abll weeded out. The soil In either ty to hold moisture during the ems should be worked down fine summer time. and smooth following which the Cultivation Cabbage land e can be drilled in thinly so should ha a light mulch during that the plants will afterwards the summer which Is kept npby itiad about an inch apart In the cultivation every 12 or 14 days or row. and tbe rows from eight to more often If there be summer tea Inches aDart. Crowding of the showers. There will be very little flint In the " rows causes a re- hand work necessary In hoeing. itrlcted growth or the roots ana (The following is the matter under the heading of Cabbage in "The City Home Garden." being Farmers' bulletin 1044 of the t'nited States Department of Ag riculture) : "Early Cabbage Only a few heads of early cabbage should be grown in a small city garden. The plants should be started in doors, but may be set in the gar den nuite early If hardened off littl before setting them. In ; inches apart in tne row. caDDage certain sections of the south, es- ' may be Btored in a cool, dry. well pecially near the seacoast, the ventilated cellar or Dunea in an early varieties of cabbage may be j outdoor pit in the garden." ttarterf In October, slanted out in i (The fcaiem slogan eauor can Vovember. and matured in April ; testify that all of the loregoing or May of the following spring. 1 will apply to the Salem distrist, as The Jersey Wakefield and the well as to any part oi tne souin rhariontnn Wakefield are the i or north, as to tne growing oi leading early varieties. They may early or late caooage; or win ap- be set In rows 24 to 30 inches ply tetter. it lanes corner w-eamer apart and 15 Inches apart in the than we have here more than row ! once In three generations to kill Late Cabbage Late cabbage 1 cabbage.) can be planted between the rows of early potatoes or after snap beans, so that double service may be obtained from the soil. Late cabbage may be re-planted July 1 in some sections of the north and will form solid heads before the weather becomes cold enough to injure the crop. The late Flat Dutch, Danish Baldhead and Co ppiihagen are among the best late varieties. They should be planted ii. rows 26 inches apart and 18 next, automatically adpusting the rates, within certain limits, of in dividual employers will afford a reduction in rate of from 10 to 30 per cent, to 73 per cent of the lumber operations in Eastern Oregon now under the law. Industrial Cost Letts In addition, the commisison re fers to the reductions in wages that have taken place and states that the cost ot the insurance to the employers is reduced in the same proportion, although the cost of compensation to injured workmen only partially follows Buch fluctuations. The study made by the commis sion shows that the total net pay ments from employers and work men in lumber operations in that part of the state since July 1. g to an opinion of Attor ney General Van Winkle, for the reason that when the agen at Eugene where tne man bought a THE eMl OF THE MI CROP OF CABBAGE. BY PROF. BOUQUET Some Valuable Suggestions to Farmers and Gardeners Who Wish to Raise a Good Quality and a Large Ton nage to the Acre Given By This Authority on Gard ening of the Oregon Agricultural College. 0 Horse gi Races Today at "The County g! Fair" Summer Excursion Rates To Eastern Points Through CANADIAN PACIFIC R0KIES Tickets on sale June 1st to August 15th inclusive. Limit three months from date of sale, with final return limit October 31st. For full particu lars write, telephone, or call at office. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY E. E. Penn, General Agent, Passenger Department 55 Third St., Portland, Oregon C tf &VAVAVA C ' ; -I - '"J a' -r i -at. am a i -ii Pierce-Arrow Furniture at Ford Prices Is What HAMILTON ALE REALLY OFFERS, AS HUNDREDS HAVE AL READY LEARNED. OUR STOCK CONSISTS OF HIGH GRADE, DEPENDABLE MERCHANDISE, THE OUTPUT OF AMERICA'S BEST FACTORIES, REFLECTING IN ITS CONSTRUCTION ART CRAFT Special Daily AND EXPERT WORKMANSHIP. THE UNEQUALED ASSORTMENT AND VARIETY OF STYLE OFFERS EXCEPTIONAL SELECTION WHILE OUR READ JUSTMENT SALE PRICES ARE MOST ATTRACT IVE. DURING THE REMAINDER OF OUR SALE WE WILL OFFER ' Attractions there will be a less stocky top. It b nsaally advisable to : make at feast two sowings of seed, the one ' about May 1 and another one bont ten days or two weeks later, hi srder that there may be plenty of slants for use In an emergency. Thi teed should be covered only lightly, not. more than one-half an lock. It is best to sow cabbage e4 after a rain rather than be lors a heavy rain because of the ossikillty- of the land being pMksd together it the rain fol io! Hhe seeding. It is best to .ow about twice the amount of d as will ordinarllly be re ttlred so that about one-half of : pound of seed should be sown tortvery acre of cabbage which Is Jpected to be set. If there is a wrpltti of plants these can usu !y be sold and there is a much btter chance of making a good Section of good healthy stocky ts if there are a large number Hants from which to choose. totr Preparation and Fertilita tl0 Cabbage land should be fall plowed It possible and allowed to Harvesting and Marketing In marketing the cabbage crop it is a good thing lo divide up the land so that a wagon road may be laid out in order that the cabbage may be quickly loaded from the field Into the wagon. The demand on the market Is usually for four or five-pound cabbage. Solidity of heads Is also an important fac tor in tho question of marketing. If the cabbage is going to be sold to a contractor it may stand in the field longer than if it is going to be sold on tbe open market. Also there is very little necessity for Trading if the cabbage is to be sold to the factory, but where the cab- bare is to be sold in the fresh state on tho market it Is neces sary to have the beads- graded for site. Canneries and kraut lac torles usually' will contract on an average price of from ?12 to $15 Der ton Yield of Cabbage per Acre This factor will depend very largely on the soil conditions and the earn that has been given to the crop. It Is necessary that cab bage land yield from six to seven DATES OF SLOGANS IN DAILY STATESMAN : (In Twice-a-Week Statesman Following Day) l2aaberrles, Oct. 7. Pruned Oct. n. Pitrytag, Oct. 21. ttw.Oct.28. filbert, Nov. 4. Wilnnta, Nov. 11. lrwberries. Nor. 18. Wles. Nov. i5. Raspberries, Dec. t. reatC0W Dec. H. - rk.krrles. Dee. 23. Cherriea, Dec. 30. eaiVJan. 6. 1921. lJ.ueb?rr,es and Currants. Jan. lnacb., Feb. 3. Oniona, Feb. 10. Potatoes, Feb. 17. JJ'nlng;- March 3. Cotta, March 10. 5caP, March 17. raved highways. March 24. f.HvMarcr.31. SUos, AprU 7. Legumes. April 1 4. Asparagus, April 21. April 21. . Drug, gtarden. May 5. Sugar beetH. May 12. Sorghum, May 19. rahhaee. Mar 26. Pmiitrv and Pet Stock, June 2. Land. June 9. Dehydration. June 16. lions. June 23. Tirhniovnle and Jobbing. June 30. Cucumbers, July 7. Tfnra Jlilv 14. nt ' rtpa.itiful. flowers and bulbs. July 21. Schools, July 28. Sheep, Aug. 4. National-Advertising. Aug. 11 Seeds. Aug. 18. Livestock. Aug. 25. Automotive Industry, Sept. 1. Grain and Grain Products, Sent. 8. Manufacturing. Sept. 15. Woodworking and other things, Sept. 22. Paper Mill. Sept. 29. -w nt Saiflm RlocanXnroduced from mature (The following, on "Growing the Main Crop of Cabbage, ia by A. G. B. Bouquet, professor of gardening at the Oregon Agricul tural college, written primarily for this week's issue of the Pal- clfic Homestead, the farm paper published from The Statesman building:) The northwestern states are na tural cabbage growing sections, and there is as fine cabbage grown In Oregon as can be pro duced anywhere in the world- But There is a very big difference in cabbage. Just as there is in bogs. A lot of cabbage that Is grown is not worthy of the name just as some hogs are razor backs. Many fields of cabbage are unprofitable, even if there is a fairly good market price, be cause of poor seed strains, miss ing plants, poor plants, insect eaten plants. Inferior soil, lack of soil moisture, etc. All of these things, enter Into the question of cabbage profits or losses. How High Tonnage Is Determined Cabbage to be profitable must return a high tonnage per acre. This tonnage is obtainable by having a good seed strain grown on good laud. It costs almost as much to grow and market an eight-ton crop as it does 12 to 15 tons. In many cases the lower yield per acre can be traced to the lack of solidity of the heads and lark of uniformity of plants in the field. The seed strain and the time and manner of plant setting determine those things. When ybu get heads in each row that are consistently hard, one after the other, uniform in size and shape, yon can count on it that there is a high class seed strain back of that field and yield. Choice of varieties is nothing, in my estimation, unless it is ac companied by some consideration of the strain or the variety, Two of onr best Oregon strains ar? personal, home grown selections, having Ball Head characters, more or less, but yet having defi nite characters which make them difitinrf from regular Danish Ball Head strains, good ai that vari ety may be. Some cabbage fields one sees j.re plainly grown from s-ed of little selection, for there is a very evident lack of uniformity in size, shape, interior solidity and gncral' characters. Good, care fully 'selected, acclimated .see?. head editions of The Daily Statesman ari on hand; They are Tor sale at 10c each, mallcdto any address.) j . . . - - other band, it Is possible to grow a crop of cabbage from selected seed beads that will make 95 per cent marketable heads; in face it is being done by some every year. Suitable Cabbage I .ami. Two vital things atout cabbage soil are drainage and bumus or organic material in the soil. Some of our bent cabbage lands are low lying und have bumus but lack the drainage - Again, soil that is so well drained as to be safe in that respect will often lack hu mus. Typically high yielding cabbage land is found along the rich bottoms of the Columbia river, both north and aest. and also adjacent to the Willamette and other streams. Some splen did cabbage is grown, for exam rle, in the Blind Slough district of Clatsop county because of the naturally large amount of humus present. Consequently it Is plain that where moisture ran be well held in the summer and humus hi na turally in the soil or can be sup Ilied through manure or a le gume, cabbage should thrive. Seeding. It is usually the custom to seed during May in seed bed rows wide enough to permit of hand cultivation. By this time all seed will have been planted. Insects may affect the seed bed. such as aphis, green worms and maggots. Dust the plants for the first two and give the beds, if possible, a good drenching with bichloride of mercury solution for the maggots. Fertilizers for the CaT)ge Soil. Besides manure, which should be applied in the spring. If well rotted, some commercial fertili zer is usually beneficial in stim ulating a larger growing plant with greater solidity of the head I would recommend a complete fertilizer having not less than to 3 per cent of nitrate, to 10 per cent phosphoric acid and to .". per cent potash; 600 to S00 pounds of this per acre is recom- mendable. How the feltilizer would be applied depends on the amount of cabbage grown. A local aDDlioation to each plant would be permissible on a small scale or a broadcasting for cabbage on a larger scale. Some have used land latiter with good result using 'lf0 pounds por acre. t.own broadcast and harrowed In. mm Regular $45.00 MAHOGANY BED at Special Reduction for this week $34.50 Regular $65.00 Genuine Leather Upholstered OVERSTUFFED ROCKER $38.50 Regular $14.50 Mahogany MUSIC RACK Buy it this week at $9.75 Regular $110.00 Wayne ELECTRIC WASHER Terms if Desired $90.00 Oregon which have been Individually chosen, will not produce an ir regnlar looking cabbage patch such as just mentioned. On the Hob Do you exercise before or after your bath in the morning? Matty After. I usually step on the coap when I get out of the tub. JUNE BRIDES Should take advantage of our Free offer of a $10 Mattress with Home Outfit J Regular $8.00 WICKER DOLL CART $4.50 Regular $2.00 IRONING BOARD , $1.35 Regular 30c Itottle OXEDAR POLISH 19c Regular $5.50 Mahogany SMOKING STAND $3.75 Big Assortment PICTURE FRAMES HALF PRICE Regular $13.50 COIL WIRE SPRING $9.75 SBBSBSSSBBBBllBSBBSJlSSSSSlSlBBSSSlBBSBSiBSSSSBBSBSSSSBSSi Regular $7.50 Solid OAK ROCKER $5.25 Regular $10.00 Mahogany SEWING CABINET $5.95 Regular $5.00 Bread and CAKE CABINET $2.95 Regular $5.00 BOYS' and GIRLS' VELOCIPEDES $2.50 Regular $25.00 REED ROCKER Upholstered Seat and Back $17.50 Regular $35.00. Solid Oak 8 ft. Extension DINING TABLE Special, This Week $27.00 Regular $87.50 OPAL RANGE T Polished Top, Nickel Base, large OreiC If Sold This Week - J $72.50 Regular $36.50 OPAL HEATER A beauty and a bargain, now $21.50 Regular $35.00 REED TABLE frice special for this week, only - '5 r r $24.50 Regular $1.25 OXEDAR MOPS .Special 1 95c "VN V- w i . J - M