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. 1 THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 18 1921 in e Conditions Aire Ideal in the Salem District for Building Up a Tremendous Seed Growing Industry to Supply Home and General Needs in this Important Line; ': - r . v ' I M REASONS W THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY 18 GOOD : FOR SEED PRODUCTION SCIENTIFICALLY EXPLAINED BV - F'ROF. I1VSL0P OF THE OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE "The Winter Conditions Are Mild; There Is a Long, Cool, Moist Growing Season in the Spring to Produce Plump Seed; There is a Fine, Dry Harvest Period for Putting the Crops Away With Good Color and Without Injury. t-ji. a. ' I Mo in Kb In oats or barter, or hay ermrl second erowtb. i hi., .,t. i a nn neeilltn ih states east of the Rockies. Another imoortant seed indus- growing In the Willamette valley, clover seed has a sufficient value try In the state is the growing of as "per your request c-r August 11. that it may be transported to the common of "Oregon vetch' and Ve are glad to provide material eastern states. . the new kinds of vetch. "Oregon nf -thin nor for vou and could On the fairly mellow and-well vetch" is sold extensively in Cali- t rohnhiv nut it In a little better drained soils. Red clover is the fornia and some other states;, uw ahape if you gave us a puu3 more time for it. Very truly. O. R. HYSIXJP, Profear-or of Farm Crops; . ,T s. C. D. Nairn. Amity, Ore gon,; is a successful producer of improved seed oats. best seed crop. For the soils that -;ng to high seed costs and attacks are flatter and heavier and not so of aphids, the acreage has been well drained as in certain sections decreasing for some time, but un- of Linn, Lane and Benton coun- doubtedly it will come back again, ties and In the French and How- as it is one of the very satisfac- ell prairie districts in Marion tory crops for most years, county and other section where The Oregon Experiment Station wirinnar TlarrT As- i tda land la inclined to be some- has introduced several new uunaiu uHbbwuvli i i . m - . k,h n: nr Pat, jj H. wiison what wet. tne Aisiae ciover is me a business in me vauey. rurpie and W. I. Locke of C!oryallis are I better of the two. Usually it Is vetch, Hungarian vetch and Tan- . -.. i n.sM inf puro a tutia cnror in needine tnan is i Pier neaa.ana last year. inrou?u mjr(XfiliUI (.lunvia w w i a nmv - - o i , ' - - . . . h , - in. j i , f .i rt tha stotinn a n im itnn Aian ts.nnn acre of wheat I It ia imoortant that the clover her of farmers secured contracts Lave ben certiOad- l la "eastern I seed crop be harvested as prompt- for growing Purple vetch seed for Oregon Ibis year. - i iy as possmie; inai u u uui me v,aniurui ,.nua Th rireeon Kxneriment Station threshed Dromutly that it be These, for the most part, have at CorvallU if experimenting with stacked up to avoid loss and Injury j turned out in a very , satisfactory Mnvor -tchr trass, wheat, oats I r.v wettlne and staining. Our rep- manner and the growing of Purple end barley peed production. utatlon as a clover seed producing vetch appears to oe esiaousneu as There need be no Tear of over I state is good, but It Is becoming la business in the Valley. Purple srruinHnr ptavnn ed In the. Will-1 vers- Imnortant for us to use seed I vetch seems only adapted to the amette valley Lr,O.R.H. I of Red clover that Is free from soils that are well drained, and it . s . i . i nnrinnrn ana niamain auu iui ui i usually uues " ' The Article of Prof Hyslop Alsike clover seed that are free early fall planting. It s used as .? rvtvarnmon Mrii iitM iiited I (,nm anmi ThMA vppHa are in- I a pnvor crnn in the orchards and I that the Willamette Valley is an creasing very rapidly in various vineyards of California, and, be- ideal Dlace for "wheat breeding I sections of the state and ara cause of its rapid early growth in bucu ioi wni( is mrtjij f i marneimg 01 iue wsu iinu uiuw iniucu uitcu uj uivi.. - y winter killing, by Insects, by states having fairly drastic s-jed that state. a . . J ,V 1 I T 1 . maAaKm VI A TV fY A , uiBvasv ur uy luugiuK, iuu mi laws. nuuanau .i, Various wheat characters are very " The seed offered for sale in that Is rather adapted to white much more strongly; emphasized many cases contains so much of land conditions, is being multl- 4ban in most other sections of the these two weeds that are difficult plied and it it continues to prove United States. This seems equally to separate that a considerable satisfactory will be "released from Jru for oats, barley, vetch, clover amount of Weedy Beed is produced, the Experiment Station in about f . The wheat, oats and barley of las It hurts our reputation and This is likely to be true also of this district are usually, plump ana market. It is verey difficult and Tangier peas, which will proDamy i well rilled and are of excellent l exnensive to comnletelv separate find a use in the iNortnwest tor ; quality. - j (these weed seeds from the good silage purposes. "Willamette valley clover seed clover. Of the grasses, Rye grass, Or- tSH iur yva.ru ueiu recviumvu uo-j truDaDiy me surest way ui kci-i cuaru ktbss, vtccuiuk ucui ?, ia.no cause of Its plumpness. Its high ting a crop of .Red clover aeed Is I Meadow Fescue and several others coloring. Us good germination, to pasture It back or clip ft back do well and produce good plump . m m . J . 1 J I. . . i . a '. l 4 1 I i m- . mi . 1 1. 1 t. a tna us ireeaom irom uouuer. nn tne spring ana iaxe oniy iue seea. iue une, piump, ungm grass ; While not much has been doner seed crop. In some of the years seed of the Willamette valley has fa lit. Una la&Aif niAllfl. 1 ,Vawa f v. a waKav .ftlnv I mii.h t r AAimmAntfl 4 , whan Arm .tlnn in tha WIllamAitA valley, ltl Jnnn a pmn nr hnv mv He Bar l oared witn erass harvested in a presents possibilities for a. large I vested and there Is sufficient ec-1 section of rainy summers. .Industry when farmers become ac-ond growth to produce good seed. O. R. HYSLOP, quainted with It. j I With Alsike, the first crop must Professor of Farm Crops, Oregon The reasons -why the Willamette I be utilized, as It does not make a Agricultural College. vsuey is gooa ior seea proauciion ' are: ' 1 The -winter conditions are mild. 2. There Is a long, cool, ' moist growing season! in the spring to produce plump seed. S. There Is a fine, dry harvest period for putting the' crops away with good color and without Injury. There Is a good local demand for good pure ' strains of. White Winter, Rink, Foise, Blue Chaff Club, Defiance and Huston wheat. While there Is a pretty good sup ply of the latter available, there a are so many fields of the other va rieties that are being grown mixed that it is really difficult to secure ; good seed, j There have been' only a few: acres of wheat, oats or barley "certified by the College In -western Oregon, as many had applied to leading seedsmen only to learn ttiat as early as August contracts had teen made for the fol!owin ysar. so that those having seed on hand could do no better than establish a seed trade of their own. In connection with seed grow ing, the possibilities of plant growing as a side line has wonder ful possibilities. Even if one is not equipped with a greenhouse. the mild winters make it possible to grow such flowers as those first mentioned, namely the Canter bury bells, pansies and foxgloves. during winter and have for sale fine bedding clumps of them in the spring. Then, too, the demand for many of our native shrubs is very great, and the Oregon grape, now shipped by carlots to eastern cities at holiday time for decora tive purposes and our wild sweet- briar brings 75 cents to the man who has such fine pictures and de scriptions in his catalogue. The rhododendron and the laurel, sword ferns and dogwood are all In demand by eastern people. Great Irf,ibilili-s Returning to the subject of seed, there should be some men tion made of the possibilities of supplying s fed potatoes to the civ ilized world. Eery. kind that grows elsewhere does well here, and certainly no country can eclipse this in producing mam moth beets, squash, beans, cab bage and broccoli. First, of course, in importance, is the fact that we have the soil and the climate to produce first class goods and transportation fa cilities that reach from the most humble hamlet to the, centers of commerce. Then we have the peo ple who know how to produce tnese things, and there remains but the final step to be taken and that is Market, or rather Duttine the grower in teuch with the buy er who will finance the market ing end of the project; one who could collect, classify, advertise and market what our valley can so abundantly produce. iu luano and Wasbicgton. Our dry summer and fall weath er wakes this a favored section for producing many varieties of garden and flower seeds. From a Kel Authority. Harley O. White, of the well- known firm of D. A. White & bo ns. feeamen and seedsmen. Sa- iem. in the course of an Interview- by a statesman reoorter vester- ciay. spoke substantially as fol lows: "Oregon has been known usu ally as a grower of field seeds, especially of clover, alfalfa and 1 vetches, but grows to perfection many kinds of seeds. "I might mention that In vari ous parts of the state there have been grown and ara now grown many varieties of garden seeds. especially cabbape, kale, carrots, turnips, rutabagas, cauliflower, broccoli, radishes, peas, beans, etc. PROFITABLE! SEED A GREAT Al A SUSW lilAY BE BUILT UP HERE Luthef J. Chapin, Former Agriculturist for Marion Coun ty, Says the Natural Conditions :f)btaing; In, This Section Warrant the Production Here of flower and Garden Seeds as Well as Grain arid Grass Seeds in Larae Quantities. -s - , Luthex J. Chapin is one of the best posted men in this section on our possibilitines in the produc tion of crops of all finds. He was formerly agriculturist of Marlon r NORTHERN MAR On COUNTY IS A SEED THAT SHOULD GROW FAST The country around Aurora and , have also been crowintr nonn? Woodburn and Hubbard, in nor- seed for the trade, contracting thern Marion county, has long with the Portland seed houses, DISTRICT the most valuable croD has I county,, A chairman of the arrt. oeen tne clovers; the Willamette cultural committee of the Salem valley producing the finest clover I Commercial club, he keeps in seed grown in the United States "The varieties grown in the valley are the medium red and alsike clover, with some White Dutch clover In a small way. "The crop of clover seed has usually brought annually hun dreds of thousands of dollars to touch with every section of our farming districts. In an interview solicited by a Statesman reporter yesterday, Mr. Chapin spoke as follows: Seed growing is an Industry which has not been given the prominence which the natural con- the farmers, not to nb nf , ditions obtaining In this section larger croDs made noasihlA hv th warrant. The Willamette valley crowing of clover which alone has ,a. wei.r "apted t production proven the best fertilizer and land of high Clas 88ed5- BOt onlyot the o lumuiun isriu crops, ur grains, but also of flower and grown a great many onion sets for the market. Prior to 1918, Hubbard shipped an average of h million pounds a year of onion sets. This industry, with the grow ing also of onion seed, is carried on in that territory now to a large extent, and it is capable of great expansion, with the right marketing conditions. The farmers down that way The familiarity of many of the residents of that part of the Sa lem district with the production of these essential things would be a real asset in the organization of a co-operative association for the building up ol a big Beed industry here; as the knowing how in other lines would be of great use in such an undertaking. FARM SALEM HAS THE LARGEST BULB THIS SHE OF II MISSISSIPP Perhaps It Is the Largset in the Whole United States, and if Not It Aspires to Be, and Also the Best Million or More Tulip Bulbs This Year The Gladi oli Are Now in Bloom Salem Is the Gladiolus City. FRDM A TO Z WE CAN PRODUCE ALL THE SEEDS IN THE WHOLE CATALOGUE It Only Remains for the Marketing End of the Industry to Be Given Proper Form, With Capital or Coopera f' tion Much Interest in Our Native Flowers and Trees and Shrubs. (Salem has the largest bulb prietors of Salem's great bulb farm west of the Mississippi riv er; possible the largest in the United States or in the western hemisphere. Its proprietors, while having the western urge to mak? it the biggest, are more anxious to be certain that it is the best. They are getting ready to mar ket a million or more tulip bulbs, this year's growth. They have also the narcissus bulbs in con siderable quantities, and they are growing gladiolus bulbs. Their gladioli are now in bloom, hold ing aloft their flaming torches of beauty at the bulb farm a naif mile out from the Polk county end of tie Willamette river bridge, on the Wallace rod. The gladiolus is Salem's official flow er. Salem is the Gladiolus City; the "Glad-' City, for short. Dibble & Franklin are the pro- , . . . . . . I i "u luiiuniu Ttrij will' ""'r.? ten article was turnished for this vear f Plera B,oean issue by Miss E1U . ?!"Vw? L!?;!!! Q,?a!itir-et f?ntZ MeMunn. Route 8. Salem. Oregon. - trru vicbuu nuwu..., m.cu irrer 1w ho. -ia - . l frnm hnlrttira : than that 1 - "" " '6'' v"' run of the western Oregon prod net. probably beciuso. there have been too few specialists In Seed wneac 'production. . seed barley and seed oats have received nom- " -what i more attention, and It. is possible la most eases to get good seed . Of the leading varieties- of oats and barley- without encoun tering a large amount, of mixture. . There is opportunity In western Oregon for seed wheat growers. . One of the big assets of wes-' tern Oregon Is the clover seed In r duslry. Both Red clover and Al- sike clover have given good yields and there Is nearly always a good market in the eastern states for all of the surplus seed. The advantage of the ? clover t seed crop as a business Is that It r provides a good deal of pasture ; , for stock and makes a cash yield I that compares favorably with that ! . of other crops. It will stand rail. way transportation for - long dis tances. . ; . " ; j !,Where It Is practically Tmpossl-- I. V study and cae tro the native Ore gon trees and shrubs and' flow fcrs:) Beginning with "A for arti choke or asparagus, clear down through all the vegetable king dom to "Z" for Zinnia, there is not a fruit, flower or vegetable in the entire seed catalogue-that we can not raise in the Willamette valley, and except with the late maturing varieties, are also enabled to raise seed. But if must' not be thought that a bitter, biting winter sets in early and stops growth on late va rieties, for exactly opposite condi tions prevent us from curing late seed. It is the warm, gentle, and springlike weather, with rain after a period of dryness, that causes vegetation to take on new life and a second growth or second crop of the vegetable instead of cured seed. However these varieties may be duplicated by earlier ones and so complete our vegetable alphabet The dryness of our summers dur- dates of Slogans in daily statesman (In Twice-a-Week Statesman Following Day) ' ' ... - -- s - Loganberries, QcV T.': farm. The editor asked W. C. Dibble to contribute something to this number of The Statesman on the advantages of Salem as seed center, and the following is the generous response to this re- Statement of the Growrrs. .It has been taken for granted in the United States until recently that the so-called Holland bulb could not be grown here com merclally, nor anywhere except Holland. And so we have gone on im porting $2,000,000 worth annu ally and growing some $25,000 wortn. Certainly the bulb was not the "head and front of our offending." And this despite the fact that (Continued on page 4) Dairying, Oct: 11." Flax. Oct, 28. - , - . Filberts,' Not. 4. ' - - -Walnuts, Not. 11. i Strawberries, Nov. 18. 'Apples, Not. kS. Raspberries, Dee. 2. Mint, Dec. . Great cows. Dee. If. Blackberries, Dec 21. Cherries, Dee. 20. Pears, Jan. 6, 1921. " Gooseberries and Currants, Jan 12. ' .- - ' ;Corn. Jan. 20. "Celery. Jan. 27. Spinach, Feb. 2. 5 Onions, Feb. 10. , , Potatoes, Feb. 17. Bees. Feb. 21. Mining, March 2. : Goats, March 10. Beans, March 11. Paved highways, March, 24. , Broccoli, Marcr 21. ': Silos, April 7. . , , ' Legumes. April 14. f : Affraragus, April 21. I ,' Cr. -v.ArrU .2t, wl,. Drug garden. May 5. Sugar beets. May 12. Sorghum, May 19. Cabbage. May 28. Poultry and Pet Stock, Jane 2. Land, Jun 9. Dehydration, June It. Hops.. June 22. Wholesale and Jobbing, June 20. Cucumbers, July 7. Hoes. Julv 14. City Beautiful, flowers andJ bulbs, July 21. Schools. July 28. Sheep, Aug. 4. National Advertising, Aug. 11. Seeds, Aug. 18. Livestock, Aug. 2 S. Automotive Industry, Sept. 1.' " Grain and Grain Products. ; Sept. 8. Manufacturing; Sept. IS. Woodworking and other things, Sept. 22. Paper Mill, 8epL 22. (Back copies of Salem Slogan editions, of The Dally Oregon Statesman are on hand. They are for sale at 1 Oo eat. - mailed "to any. aa area. ) leg the months 6t July and Au gust are Oregon's greatest asset when it comes to maturing seeds of grains, grasses, vegetables and flowers, for rain, even in small quantities upon a partially ripened seed pod, would result in the pod opening and scattering the seed to the four winds, while, with care ful cultivation and fertilization of the soil, there is always sufficient moisture for the roots to enable the plant to form seed. With sweet peas, poppies, pan sies, Canterbury bells, daisies, fox gloves and scores of other flowers, we might easily lead the world. owing to the faet that these seeds may be planted in the autumn and grow throughout the winter, being ready for a glorious burst of bloom in the spring and a full crop of seeds in July. Grains and grasses, such as wheat, oats, barley, rye, vetch. timothy, canary grass and hemp may also be planted in tne iau and thu receive many weeks ot moisture to Btart them on their way, and, on soil that has not been worn out with successive grain crops, the kernels are large, plump and numerous, so that no grains are imported for seed pur poses, but much of Oregon's crop finds its way to eastern growers and seedsmen. Many vegetable and tlower seeds are annually brought here from other states, for the sole reason that the catalogs of our friends In the large cUles contain much prettier pictures of melons and corn and roses than we have In our western catalogs, and, having a well-established business and tat pocketbooks trom the in dustry, they advertise in the lead ing periodicals during the gray days of January, clear on to the time of planting. Their methods are correct and we would do welt to Imitate them, but the expense of such an undertaking cannot be borne by a single Individual, so that the beginning must be small or It must be co-operative. There Is Much Interest . Following a series of articles by the writer last Eumer in the Oregon Statesman and Pacific Homestead on the subject of native herbs, and seed growing, something like 30 let ters were received from persons l'ving in Oregon, Washington and Call'ornta. all asking additional Information. A few Inquired about the preparation of seed for market, but most of them were more. Interested In the market H- aeu ABO-wnere ,xa aecuruyue, RAISE Sl VARIETIES OF NUTS FRUITS FOR THE SUREST SUCCESS M i garden seeds. The various types of soil, several of which may be found In a very, limited area, and the usually dry summers.' adapt to the production of- flower land garden builder that it is possible to ob tain. Good Crop nil Year. on account of the extreme high prices of grains, clover was somewhat neglected during the war; but the up to date farmer realizes that he must grow clover if he is going to keep his land in condition to pay him This year, the clover crop is good. We will ship from this dl3 trict "5 to 85 cars of clover Beed this year; the prices are 10 to 14 cents a pound: and so there will be $500,000 to $750,000 of new money paid to our farmers, for this product alone, which will be quite a stimulus in all the chan nels of trade. t,asiren uregon is now pro ducing iargo amounts of alfalfa seed, and the next few years will show a large increase in this very valuable crop as the new districts are developed. The prospects of a very large An Exclusive Field. walnut crop In the Salem district Western Oregon is the only this year are bright place in the United States where Knight and Harry Pearcy ot it has proven profitable to grow fearcy Bros., Salem contrae- vetches for seed, and the seed has I mS and consulting hortlcu! been shipped all over this country turlsts, took a run through from Oregon in the last few Pari or tne nut orcnaras oi xam years. I hill and Washington counties last California has been depend- weeK- They found that the trees ine entirely on our cron for horlwhich are being taken care of are supply, and a number of cars I recovering from the effects of the this locality high priced ; seeds. s - , '' To any one who has a knowl edge of this specialised line of agriculture. he Willamette valley ,V offers a great opportunity, as the. manufacturing , concerns and tne wholesale and retail seed houses ; of this immediate locality require annually many ton lor such seeds"' as beans, peas, spinach, onion, carrot, turnips, cabbage, pumpkin, squash, etc. '! " f' .' , 9 "AndN these concerns would gladly use local grown seed If It were available. , j h 1 ': "In fact, I feel j certain that CONTRACTS COULD BE SE CURED in advance; lot the total requirements of llese. concerns. , However this 'may jbe, the whdle country needs and jWUI use seeds M such as are produced .here. The market, howeveri demands VOL' U.MR and the fl assurance Of a CONTINUOUS SUPLY. Tt'J , 1 ',' " 11 ? , . 1 . . A RIIMPPR CROP nF WMNIITClir n uuiiii.lii uiiur ui iinuiuiu iiilu - BE 11STE0 1 IS 0IS1CT This Will Give an Impetus to More Planting, Which It Should The Walnut Enthusiasts of ! the Western Walnut Association to Have Their Regular Tour Soon. have gone to New York. Mary land, Texas and various points to supply the needs of these lo calities "Vetch has the same fertilizer values to land as clover, and as a cover crop is not excelled by any other green crop. "A new vetch, originating in Europe, called the Purple vetch, is being used in California, most ly for fertilizing purposes, and Willamette valley farmers are growing the seed for the Califor big freeze of winter before last in nice shape, in those sections where the freeze hit. They think there will be a revival of interest in walnut growing after this har vest. The effects of the freeze caused a -slackening of planting, but it will probably increase again now, although a uttie more care will be taken in selecting sites. In the Chas. Trunk orchard at Dundee they found a beautiful crop, lie win harvest perhaps 25 tons of nuts this year. Here, Inn rhevfmmri tho nnlv rani frnn nia people; about 100 acres being of prunea which they have seen IU13 year in ine I this -rear Dn a tw,nlT.,. tract That Is, if You Produce Each One in Commercial Quan titiesThere Are Many Advantages in This Method, Which Are Plainly Set Out by a Man Who Has Made'a Study of the Subject and ,Who Practices What He Preaches. (Knight Pearcy, a member of the firm of" Pearcy Bros., who plant and develop fruit, nut and berry farms, writes the following for this issue of The Statesman. The office of Pearcy Bros, is in the Oregon building, Salem.) A few years ago the tendency among fruit growers was to spe cialize. We had apple specialists, pear specialists, loganberry spe cialists and specialists in other lines of fruit growing. The the ory was that the fellow who de voted his full time to the study of apple growing and who equipped himself to handle apples exclusively would be able to pro duce this fruit better and more cheaply than the fellow who had to give his attention to several different crops and who had to buy equipment to handle each particular crop. However it developed that, de spite his superior skill and excel lent equipment, the apple grower often found himself with a short crop of fruit due to frost or other causes, and the prune specialist found that, even though he could grow more pounds of fruit per acre than could his neighbor who diversified his crops,, still untime ly rains would crack his fruit as badly as that of his neighbor. The cherry grower likewise found that he had his good and bad years and the peach man and the logan berry man found that frosts or hot spells or labor shortages would often destroy the profits (Continued on page 4) HALF TO 1HE-QUIRTERS OF HLL1 OF OR OUR CROP CLOVER SEED This Is the Only Section of the United States Where It Has Proven Profitable to Grow Vetches "for Seed, and We Have Here the Natural Conditions for a Great Seed Industry. Here are some of the high lights or the Salem district as a seed center: This district will ship 75 to 85 cars of clover seed this year; the price being from 10 to II cents a pound; and this will bring to our farmers $500,000 to $750,- the channels of trade here. Western Oregon is the only section of the United States where it has proven profitable to grow retches for seed California wants all the certi fied 'potato seed our farmers can send; and there Is a demand for in this clover Salem district. "Timothy is not grown In the valley for seed, but in various parts of eastern Oregon is prov ing a profitable crop. "Sweet clover Is also . being grown in the same section and has been a big money maker. "The different coast counties have soil and climate suitable for growing the various root crops. like carrots, turnips, rutabagas end radishes and produce a large crop of the very finest Beed, and will in a shbrt time supply large amounts as soon as the business is gone Into In a commercial way. "This section now is growing cabbage and cauliflower seed, and experts pronounce it the best sec tion of the United States for these vegetables "Several of the large seed houses have been growing garden seeds In the valley under contract, and with good results. Certified Potato Seed. "Both the valleys of western Oregon and the irrigated sections of eastern Oregon grow a very high grade potato that brings a large premium for seed purposes. "Quite a number of farmers and growers are getting into the business of raising certified stock, and In a few years will be able to supply a large trade with ex ceptionally fine seed potatoes. "Recently a few large dealers have been planting large acreages with the special purpose of sup plying the California demand, which insists on Oregon grown stock, if it is possible to obtain any, and is willing to pay a good premium over other sections for our potatoes. "The Oregon Agricultural col lege is doing a great deal to en courage this branch of the seed industry, and directions are free ly given and that institution has developed a system of potato seed certification which is bound to add much wealth to Oregon for seed potatoes sold, to say nothing of vastly increasing the produc tion of potatoes in this state. Pays to Select Seed "Many growers are now realiz ing that it Days to select their grain and corn,and are paying es pecial attention to Improving the seed stock. "It has been usually the cus tom to sow any old grain that they might have and never even clean out the weed3, but they find that It pays them to select the fin est grain that they can ooiain- in their fields and have it wen grau ed land cleaned. "From a number of tests that I have known of, the farmers do ing so have been able tp increase of nine-year-old trees he will har vest close to two tons per acre He also had a good crop last year. It Is an interesting fact that In all the orchards surrounding this tract and tracts j which had the very same ellnaa(Je conditions to meet, there is a light crop and this . one orchard has a heavy one. Should Ylfld More. 4 Knight Pearcy jsays:v "Our ton., to the acre average in th Balem. -prune belt Is tod low In other ' sections they are doing better.-In Washington county and in Doug las county the.befter orchards .run. .. t two tons with considerable reeu- Isrity. and sonre bf our Salem or cliards do-the safrie, - Most of the 4 resi buouiu, wiin,u- iiuprvvemeut in handling.;' i ; ; . "'' ' 1 1 " ? . , y '' The annual summer tour of th Western Walnut association will , . take place Sept. 1 and 2 this year. , The present plans Include Salem as one ot the towns on the tour, with a good chance that the night will be spent here.- On this tour usually 15 to 30 auto loads of enthusiasts spend two days visit . ing the best orchards la the country. ' ' . . i 'A,' ".. .' OREGON MI GOAT SECRETARY MO, ot new.jnQney,lo..stlmuIate.,Oregon.-growu. potatoes ,for.se$a Continued on, page. 4), "A goat on every acre of brush" Is the slogan of the Oregon Mo hair Goat association, of which Richard G. Scott of Sherwood, Oregon, is secretary. Under date of Augustr7, Mr. Scott wrote as follows: - "Oregon Statesman- Salem, Or egon. Gentlemen: it nas come to my attention since becoming secretary, ot this association , that you published a special edition of your paper on March 20, 1920, devoted to the Angora goat indus try. "You are certainly to be con gratulated In thus giving publici ty to one of the most important kinds of livestock, and the least appreciated. ' I shall call the at tention of the other newspapers C TES STATES!! nf th tt iiv vmir art inn and suggest that they do likewise. I think you fully I realise rthat In ' order to make room tot more set tlers we must get? j rid" of the brush which now encumbers, a large pro portion of our tarms ! am hop ing that you will j make It a point', to give your readers' news about ' the goat business from time to time. Would jrptt be Interested in getting original first hand ar ticles from me olce In a while?" The Salem Slogan editor wishes to thank Mr. Scott and to say that The Statesman will be glad to continue to publish all the In teresting and helpful matter It can get In regard to the goat In dustry.. If '''" SEED 1 - ' : r- : " TT -' ' ' :' ' . ' We buy and sell all kinds of seeds grown in this state having a large wholesale trfc.de as well as a good retail business. .. II : We carry in stock all the varieties that are suitable for the Pacific coast and are in a3 position to fill all orders promptly. 1 I A - Mail orders are given prompt attention and we ship to all parts of the United Stejtes, . ' We give especial, attention to See Grains, Clover seed, Vetch seed, and the different Grass seeds as well as a full line of Garden seeds. - Send for list when in the marked as you will find it to -your interest to do so. All feeds are thoroughly recleaned and graded and comply with the various State Seed laws of the different states. v D, A. WHITE & SONS " Wholesale1 and Retail 'Seedsmen, 1 ; SALEM, OREGON i - T - ji S " 1 t V 1 1 n