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; a in il" " i ;:rrS'.--j:--H o) oaa . I MR: M01SATJ SAYS PR ODUGTIOr OF L' : i i HlllflT 0 L 18 (!lAPj inn "And He .Says It Bids Fair toi . Become One of the Most important Industries in the State in the Near Future, He Is Secretary of the Oregon Mint Growers Co -operative1 Association. . . 1.4 Editor Statesman: r .- - i The production of mint oil la rapidly Increasing In Oregon and yds fall to become 6ne of the most important Industries to the , &ate In the near future. . An in 1 creating number of farmers are becoming Interested in Its pro Auction, and a considerable num ber hate already decided to plant mint upon their lands. , Tne ac- eare now planted to mint upon tbe Lake Lablsh lands in Marion county is 200 acres or more, and bids fair to be increased substan tially this coming; spring. . Most all mint slanted last sorter yield ed not less than 40 pounds per acre, and much of It produced 60 bounds. The one-year-old , m.nt all Droduced 60 oounds or . more ur own field of 40 aeres going 15 pounds per acre. . The quality of the Oregon oil is far superior l' ' to the Michigan and middle states f ells; this has been, proven by ac V" tual; tests.-,, ; . ' .... Farmers are attracted (o mint raising because it provides a max " ' faim return tr acre With tain . 4mum of care and" expense, and ;. , with the element of chance almost tomnletely eliminated. The piat I is hardy, climatic conditions - In ir t)regon are ideal, for Its growth. I ' It is easy to cultivate and the crop "i not DeniDiDie. lob u'iul uu ps produced on the farm may be stored for several years without deterioration in . quality, or losing its strength; moreover!: the Ore gon oil is superior to that grown anywhere eiae in the ..: United States and is equal , to any pro ' duced in the world; Oregon oil Jias established a reputation for high quality in the; market and la in demand. I expect to aee regon oil sold at a premium In . tlis market in the future. Judging from testa of our product... A Crop The First Tear A 'crop of mint is establisbed in one year; roots planted in, the spring will bear a harvest the fol lowing September or October. The t first year the mint roots are planted in" rows three 'feet apart and tour ' inches deep, - and are Cacultlvated like potatoes. It laes- senuai iQi mo M3iu wo n . sp elean from smart iweed, pig -weed. dog fennel and other auchweedi, for these are very detrimental to .mint oil .aa. wel as hindering the wAvswfth nf mint.. . " ' 1 Th aecond year the m'nt field Is plowed under four to Hye Inch-i ley growers of mint need close co operation. They need to protect themselves, and they need to maintain standards of quality, and they need ai refinery in Salem. In these ways; they will get all there is in their product. And, quite as important, they will not be bidding in the markets against one another. The dealers are taking advantage of this sort of a situation right bow. It is well known that there is no pepper mint oil surplus in the world now; but, by bidding low and snapping up a supply here and there, the dealers are whipping the prices down. The Oregon growers ought to feed their mint into the. mar kets, at reasonable prices and they should know where It is all going. : ; . t . Han Many Tses ? Peppermint: oil has many uses. One single manufacturer of tooth a rieen and cultivated with dra harrow frequently enougn tn kill all weeds. This dragging may continue until the vntnt ia six to eight inches high. After this about one band weeding will be sufficient to keep the field amply clean for, flrst-claBS oiu , , i nis process of cultivating may ce continued - from - five to seven years before replanting is nec essary. -. '' : The. Process, of Harvesting The crop is ' fcarrested with a mower and raka like hay. The mint after being cut Is allowed half enre before beiug hauled to the vats. If allowed to get too dry there will be a loss of leaves,' and thar is whero the ol comes from. When placed in the vats and thi lids are bolted down air tight,, then hot steam is turn a1 in frnm the bottom of the vat Thi steam bursts the small oil bulbs in the leaves. The oil then. vaporizes and passes off through I Through the courtesy of O. J. ?JSl.!ie?JiilXd,SSlS MoUan of lGervals. secretary of cuia -vuuiui"j paste uses 30,000 pounds a year. It is used in many liniments. It Is used extensively in chewing gums. It has a large use in can dies. It Is used in many drugs. The consumption of peppermint oil is growing fast in this country, and all over the world. Since our growers can produce the best quality known; with the highest menthol content; the best flavor, and .the most to the acre, it is but naturaal that the industry can be stabilized here and made one of the most reliable and profi table crops we have, year in and year out ! In short. Salem has a chance to increase Its lead ' as the pepper mint oil center of quality from now on. And the big thing is cooperation; close cooperation and complete ! understanding between all the people engaged in the industry. LIST OF iTHE PEPPERMINT GROWERS IN THE WILLAMEnE VALLEY GIVEN FALL UK THE LOGAfJBERRY This Method Is Advised for Growers Troubled with the Die-back. Half of Them Are in Marion County, and Perhaps More Than! Half the Acreage, and Salem Is Already the Mint Center of This State, and Will Rapidly Become More So. I running mw thonfl coils . of galvanized .hM iron. The water and oil Kii nn f fom the coil together Into a container where the watetf goes to tne Douom o iu iuuu. er and the oil 3tays on top, where it ia dinned by hand from this container and placed In glass bot la. nr rnn made for the pur Dose. Twenty-pouna tin or gai- vnnizAd cans are standard pack ages for storing or shipping the oil. To bring the oil to a higher standard it Is again distilled through almost the aanid process, but Instead of using the wooden it m In the first process. A howl of an oval shapes which varies in size, is used, the; oil being placed in this copper Kni and hot iiteam being forced through which relieves the oil of any weedy substances that .nia, have been leit in auring mo distillation Although mint 1s a hardy plant it n he easily destroyed in case the farmer :wlshes ;to put. In- an- other crop- t J The world market for mint o . : : mi tti..1 Ciataa ia increasing. iu umou bi- Is now) using more.mnt P1 l5a ever before, the Eurqpean market ta rrrfnaHr rominr back, ana the Oregon Mint Growers Co operative association, The States man enabled to print below a list of the peppermint growers in the Willamette valley. It will be seen that there are now 42 of them, and that half ct them are In Marion county, the balance being In Lane, Linn and Benton; counties. This may not be a complete list of all the growers in the valley. It will be considerably extended. next year, in the Salem district, in Marion, Polk, .Yamhill, and perhaps the other counties. The Statesman will be pleased to have corrections of or additions to the list; as ! a matter of information. to the different farmers who are making j Inquiries concerning the Industry. The publication of the slogan issues . of The Statesman- of the past two years has caused these farmers to direct their in quiries in person and by mail to this office. : It Is very plain now that Salem haa become the central point of the mint industry in Oregon, and that this is the place for the re finery that has been . proposed when the, exchange ; conditlow Ve-, ;i aQdltlonal prorlt t0 on, AtYJSLiSu- People, and the better stfcndardl nected to increase Its aemana. , a rA nrvals.' Or. Oct., 14i 1921. ...... - ? . M t IFilR. TODD LOOKS FOR BETTER THIHBS : lilOILMKETS III COURSE OF TIME v. sing the product, and tending to Secure . lor the growers better prices, i - . ,, The Industry needs co-operation of the closest, and most thorough kind in every way for its protec tion Following is the list of growers mentioned above: List of Peppermint Growers . R. E. Brown, Monroe. Terry Anderson, Monroe. Paul V. Brown, Monroe. J. A. Brown, Monroe. I. L. Thomas, Monroe. Henry ; and Fred Hinton, Mon roe. Dodd Brothers, Monroe. Bird Rickard, Monroe. R. R. Rust, Monroe. Frank : Wigle, Monroe. Fred Moisan, Brooks. Sam Weese, Brooks. L. D. Brandon, Brooks. R. H. Russell, Brooks. W. H.i Gibson, Brooks. Mark Aspenwall, Salem, route 9 S. D. Manning, Brooks. G. W. Thurmon, Gervais, route 3. . W. H. Egan, Gervais, route 2. E. D. Harrison, Eugene, motor route B. C Roy Ltoomls, Eugene. 27Z Seventh avenuej;fM ' 1 Ji H Tttrnadge . Jefferson. , il; Hi Turnadge, Jefferson. t J.1 M.! Bennett,1 Brooks. n$ i William Gasklll, Brooka. i ,4 3t ffiTj Rust, , Blachly;- 'tUI'. i T.j 'AA To4d. Jefferson. '!w.' JJ Turnadge,, Jefferson. it Arthur 3.u Irvin, Springfield, route 2. ' A.- T.- Van Gleave, Brooks. E. B. Wallace, Albany. ' Paul Gerbig, Albany. T. Q.I Green, Coburg. ; 'M E. Coburn, Eugene, motor route B. ( George Malos, Coburg. Louis Stas, Coburg, R. Stoneberg, Eugene, motor route B, M. J. Ward, Brooks. J. M. Lesher, Brooks. G. J. ; Moisan, Gervais. J. M. Stewart, Gervais. A. B. Miller, Aurora. Following is part of a bulletin just Issued by the Oregon Growers Cooperatives association: During the last season a great deal of die-back was in evidence in many loganberry yards throughout the Willamette, valley. So many-appeals were sent to the Oregon Agricultural college con cerning the trouble that special work on the problem was taken up by Dr. S. M. Zeller of the ex periment station. It was first thought that the die-back was caused by the action of a fungous disease. In making a thorough study of the situation Pr. Zeller has learned that die- back was prevalent only in those yards where the vines had been allowed to remain on the ground throughout the winter. Where the canes had been trained up in the fall the vines were In a very heal thy condition and die-back was almost entirely absent i The contrast was veryjapparent in adjoining portions of the same yard where a part of the canes had been trained in the fall and the rest allowed to remain on the ground till spring. Other care was tne same. Berry growers who have been troubled with die-back on their vines will do well to' train their logans in the fall. There ia some danger of losing a crop during an especially severe winter like the one of 1919. but one grower has stated that he could lose every fifth crop entirely and still make money by training his vines in the fall. stories by Octavus Roy Cohen." The following new volumes of the American Nations Series com plete the set on the Salem lib rary shelves: I "Preliminaries of! the Revolu tion 1703-1775," by George El liott Howard. "The Jeffersonian System 1801 1811." by Edward Cbanning. "National Problems, 1885 1897," by Davis Rich Dewey. "Jacksonian Democracy 1837-J "Jacksonian Democracy, 1829-' 1837." by William Mac Donald. "The Confederation and the Constitution, 1783-1789." by An drew Cunningham McLaughlin. "England' in America 1580 1652," by Lyon Gardiner Tyler. "National Ideas I Historically Traced 1607-1907,' by Albert Bushnell Hart. "Antlytic Index,! compiled by David Maydole Matteson. For the Children "TJncle Zeb and His Friends," by Edward W. Frentz. "Little Heroes of France," by Kathleen Burke. ' "When Buffalo Ran" by George Bird Grinnell. "Tell Me a Story lot Jesus," by Mary Stewart. 260 North High Street Phone 1995' Boost This Community by Adver tising on the Pep and Progress" " 1 Pages , . - -.4 . Talkative Old Gentleman (to fellow-passenger) r-How fast we travel! But. young man. have you ever thought of the flight of time? Think of the fleeting hours of youth, the golden days that swift ly pass away. Have you ever counted the mlhntes Victim ( suspiciously) What ere you trying to ido? Sell me a watch? Cut This Out It Is Worth Monej Cut out this slip, enclose wits 5c and mail it to Foley & Co., 283 S Sheffield Ave., .Chicago, 111., writ ing your name and address clear ly. You will receive in return s trial package containing , Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs, colds, and croup; Follej Kidney Pills for pains in sides and back; rheumatism, backache, kid ney and bladder . ailments; .and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a whole some and thoroughly cleansing cathartic for constipation, billious- ness, headaches, .and sluggish bowels. .Sold , every where-r-Adv, . uV cave Wh'eniM World Recovers from Its' War Mad- , . ness and Commerce Regains a healthy Tone, We 71; May Expect Fair Prices No Surplus in World. TOE WORDS OF 1 me one Editor, Statesman. v ' ; ' ' . The present , situation of tne peppermint Industry in the Will amette "valley cannot be consid ered satisfactory. The long con tinued drouth of last summer re- suited in a lighrerop on all upland planted tp mint, and the universal depression in . the . price of farm products left the average mint grower with : little or no profit above the cost of production. The great bulk of the mint oil produced is consumed by candy makers and gum makers as a fla voring ingredient in their wares. In the present hard times, little candy or gum is consumed by the ' .nr the neonle and as a consequence the manufacturers of these articiea ao noi require wvu oil.' '. - - . . : i .itn. 4tiln RormatiT and Russia were formerly good cus- Wha E. B. Wallace Of Al- tomers for our on oi peppermint. and spearmint, but now, through w wisdom of our government. rh ' markets are pracucaiiy closed to us. About the only f or- nlirn markets tor these oils we now have is South America; Aus tralia and the iBlandsi of the Pa cif ic 'Ocean. There is no surplus of oil of peppermint in the world, but there la decided under con sumption." Some time in the fu ture, when 'i the world recovers from Its war madness and com- merce regains a bwuuj muo, mar expect a fair price lor ou peppermint oil, but till then 1 se lime nope iur uinwiucm. ? O. H. TODD. I F.ugene. Oregon, Oct.. 17, 1921. v bany Had to Say of Pep . permint Last December - GLOSE COOPERATION IS. HEEDED BY : SSIEI thp.v Can Produce the Highest Quality of Peppermint Oil, and the Most of It to tne Acre ana mey uan ow " bilize the Industry Here ; by Standing Close Together AH Down the Line. ; , : - 'i The peppermint oilproduced in the Salem district was gelling around S6 pound a year ago. It is around $2 a pound now; being Quoted a shade less for some, and a shade"more for tbe4qtter Quali ties., .. "' , While $6 is a high priee for pep permint oil .A price around $2 is low, as compared wlth the Tange of prices .before the war. At one time during the war the price ran up to $14 a pound Or more. ' '' ; The Iliirbeat Ottality- !- f There is no doubt now that the Salem district produce! as fine a quality o peppermint oil as the - world can snow equal. io mai ui TT.n eland. Saxony and Syria; and nnprinr to the mint '' grown . in rjAw Tork. Indiana and Michigan; the latter being the greatest mint growing state. Ours ia higher In E. B. Wallace of Albany is one of the pioneer mint growers of the Willamette valley. He is an enthusiastic booster for the in dustry. On December 1 last Mr. Wallace , wrote a letter to The Statesman, from which the fol lowing are excerpts: "The 1920 peppermint crop was a great success, for several reasons "First, we have a natural mint growing country. ? 'Second, an ideal season though, in early spring mint was rather alow to get started, due to I a cold, backward spring; in fact, it was about June 1st before mint started growing, as it should, though it made a very rapid growth till harvest, after that time. f'Xew .(meaning last spring's planting) did exceptionally well, Crop around 50 pounds per acre. had some old mint this year was the eighth year from one plan ting--which made 40 pounds per acre. by a complete cleanup of the 1918 crop, though the 1919 crop sold around $8.50. which was about as good, as was ever heard of to the farmer. This year the mar ket opened up at $6.50, with a good chance to go higher, though when prices started to tumble mint gave way to around $5.50, and is Just about holding. "Even at $5.50 and 45 pounds per acre, expenses at present prices of labor would be right at $1.60 per pound, and this would grve a net profit of $3.90 per pound. "Mint is a non perishable crop "Excessive rains won't do very much harm at any time in har vest. "Oil is marketed in tins hold ing 20 pounds each. At present prices one can market a $2000 crop in a common 'Henry' at one trip." f I AT THE LIBRARY New Books 'Europe, 1789-1920," a history by the professor of European his tory in the University of Michi gan, aawara , naymona Turner. "Agricultural Economics" in cludes the subjects concerning crops, equipment, labor, profits, land tenure, marketing and coun try life, written by the1 chief of the office of form management, Henry Charles Taylor. "The Psychology of Adolesc ence." by Frederick Tracy. community organization, a study of our social problems from standpoint of the community as a whole, by Joseph Kinamont Hart. "Islands and. Their Mysteries," by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill. "Ralph Waldo Emerson. How to Know Him," by Samuel Mc- Chord Crothers. "The Traditions of European Literature from Homer to Dan te," by Barrett Wendell. "Oxford Book on English Verse 1250-1900," by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch. "One-Act Plays by Moderi Authors," edited by Helen Louise Cohen,. "The Hall and the Grange," H novel by Archibald Marshall. "The Son of Power," by Will Levington Comfort and Kamin Ki Dost. "Scattergood Baines," by Clar ence Budington Kelland. Come Seven," seven negro menthol conteht. of "a" better flat or when.' pure; and it - produces mnr a to the acre. , - :.i The dealers of Micnigan, now- ' " a. a A J . , ' . I A. ever. are. telling me iraae inai their mint has a better -oouquei, meaning a flavor--or anytnmg to imnress the i consumer.! But it Is now pretty; welL known that thesie same .dealers 'get the betterr part of their "bouquet" from tne Ore gon, Oil: that, they substitute ore- eon olL and -mix it with their own Ther have an established trade tor their pepperintntoiland they axe trying to hold it, of coursed It Is like the Or?gon Jruits that form erly went to the markets under California ' labels; - still does, to some eatent.' s ' Need Close Cooperation i 'J ...For this reason, and for many other reasons, the Willamette. yal-J It seems a mystery to me; can't understand why people don't: raise more mint; especially those who own small river bottom farms. . ; 'Should you raise a rrop and have no market though I never have had such an experience you haven't lost it; you may hold it I as long as you are financially able, and still your oil is O. K. A great - many people are afraid mint will ruin their land. That Is a great mistake. It 'won't hurt it. In fact. It will build it- up even better than a clover sod-. J have tried potatoes and corn and most all other garden crops on mint sod, and always get The Packing Plants of the Qreon Growers Are Running at Top Speed -iOOpWs even , better , results than on my other land-L : V .-i':.. "Prices are extra good now. and I think will be for years to come. "Peppermint oil . in the spring of 1919 went as high In price as $16 per pound. That was caused The following is a bulletin of the Oregon Growers Cooperative association, Issued under date of j the 15th: j Prune Packing Being Pushed In an effort to fill the early orders for prunes as soon as pos sible the Oregon Growers Coop erative association Is packing in all of the prune growing districts. The plants at Salem, Dallas, Riddle, Myrtle Creek, famhill and Creswell are worklns at top speed! in an effort to get out at least 35 carloads this week. The first shipments have already been made and 12 carloads have rolled up to this time. Eight of these cars are for export to England ana Canada. ' Due to the car shortage caused by the heavy movement of "fruit from the Pacific coast at this time It is probable that ship ments, may be retarted consider ably and the association is at present laboring tinder the diffi culty lot securing cars as fast as they are needed, Quality in roofing is what gives it resistance to inn and rain the two worst enemies of roofing. Quality in Mal thoid is built-in. That's "why it lasts so long why it's the cheapest roofing you can buy. There is no better protection for house,' barn, shed, fruit warehouse, shop, garage, etc Comes in three thicknesses. Cement, nails and directions in each roll. Alf skt &mt UaltkoiJ ShimgUtrtd mnd grit Spaulding Logging Co. No paint necessary for ten years. i.n . ,' j Eyesight Specialists MORRIS OPTICAL CO. 204-11 Salem Bank of Commerce Building Salem, Oregon A call today may save need less pain and Suffering in the future. s Statesman Classified Ads. : ; Cost Little But Pay Big ! 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