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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1921)
' 1 r I . : :. . . 1 3 Jo I,. I V ! t 1 t ' 'I i -'I I . - .; i :llfi UP THE UI6H LIGHTS ABOUT : OU GROW VIED IIS The Association Has Sold the Oregon Crop of Filberts at 20 Cents a Pound, Against 12 Cents Received for the Forein Nuts Received Almost Four Hun- dred Thousand Dollars Last Month. : " ft. reporter visiting the offices of the Oregon Growers Cooperative tssoclation In the Masonic build ing yesterday, and making Inquiry for news of the activities of that most Intensely active organiza tion, "as able to glean the follow Jbk Interesting high lights: The association a. fw riava n rn fcJilpped a car of prunes from Dal- mat Drougni oacK a check for l',800. They, were 20-30's. and tlwy brought 18 cents a pound in New York. Most readers know, of rwrse, that 20-30's are very large sized prunes. The 'association has sold some small lots of prunes as nigl as 20 cent a pound. They recently sold a car ot hajiana apples,' going out of Sa lem, for $1870. That meant J 2,. 2 5 to 12.75 a box. And, from Salem also, they re cently sent a car of. Gravenstein ajfples that brought $1656. They have sold their dried cher ries with pits in them, packed in :fr-pound boxes, at 22 cents a pound, f.o.b. Salenv .Their dried loganberries, pack ed In the same way, brought 30 cents a pound. ,. i They are now distributing 2 cents a pound, or about SI 40.000. on the 1921 crop of prunes to the ifowers. There will, of course, be icveral later distributions. . They ahve paid 4 cents a pound to their gooseberry growers and there will be another distribution They hare distributed 3 cents impound to their strawberry grow ; ers, and there will be at least one isiore distribution, when the last tff the canned strawberries are delivered and paid for. i ' ' i They have paid 1 cents a ; jound on all their loganberries. Uad will soon pay another cent a i pound. They canned and dried isome loganberries; sold some to Wthe juice 'factories and the dehy- i .RABBITS FOR THE IIIT II TIE Fl. t 1 - A Washington Man Tells the World About trie Growing K Rabbit Industry ' ' (The following article, written hy Harvey Norris, a Washington (state) man. appears in the cur . I rent issue of the Farm Journal, of Philadelphia:) I It is advisable not to -market frabbits that are over five months fold two or three-month olds iwould be better. At the earlier age the rabbit Is In its prime, but Rafter it reaches five months the I meat toughens., It seems to be common belief i I that the rabbit is fit to eat only during the winter ' months. The truth is, the domesticated animal is good for meat the hottest day of July as well as the coldest day f of fn Ik foe December, in fact, it is gooa food the year around. While the oelt commands a better price dur ing the winter, the summer pelt brings profitable returns. " Instruments needed for dress-1 ing, are a sharp small-bladed knife for the actual skinning, a gambrel that may be purchased from any rabbit supply house, ac rnratft grates, one heavy skinning I knife to cut. the tail bone, sevet the head and cut off the front fleet, a heavy wire stretcher, and a dull knife to scrape on tai auer I the skins are dried. s To kill the rabbit, hit a hard Mnw with a. nhnrt round stick.- f placing the blow Iq front of the ears, and by doing this the car- F eass will not be bruised. Bleed. nd then hang up on the gambrel and skin Immediately. I .... ; To skin start the knife as far up on the hind legs as possible, and cut the skin' down the middle ol tach leg to the base of Ihe tail. Cut the tall bone and then -pull the skin, not using the knife, as far as possible to the head. Cut the skin loose at the neck and the Job ol removoing Is completed. ' To dress, begin at the base of the tail and slit down the belly, being. careful not to cut into any of the organs. Cut off the head and front feet. Remove the or gans,, leaving thekidneys Intact; save the liver. Soak the carcass In water for an hour and trim It tip a little so that it will look neat. Next hang it np by the hind legs in a cool dry place until morning. ' When shipping, wrap each car cass In parchment paper and In clude the liver, also v carefully wrapped np and put in the car cass, i .. , ' ::- r - Having marketed the rabbit, at tention should . be, paid to .too skins. Having previously placed the skins on the - wire Btretcher. bang in a coop dry place for about a week - or .so until, thor oughly dried. Then the fat must be removed with a dull knife. These skins must never be dried prllfictit hat nor by the fli- dration plants, and sent some fresh to the markets and put some in barrels. In all, they handled two and a half million pounds of loganberries. During the month of October, the association received from pur chasers of the products of their members and deposited in banks $393,160.48. This whole sum, of course, has been checked out or is in process of being checked out to the growers, to whom it be longed or belones. The receipts for November win he about as much, and the money received for the current year will be something like $2,300,000. They have packing houses at 23 to 24 different points. Cars of apples are still rolling out, and they will continue to go till well up towards the end of the year. Shipments have already been made to 20 states, to Hawaii, China, Great Britain, including Scotland, and to Mexico. vV hen the finish for this year shall have come, they will have shipped about 300 cars of apples from western Oregon, exclusive of the Rogue River valley, and over 1000 cars in all. They will ship about 10 cars of walnuts and filberts from their Salem plant, where they are being graded and cleaned and packed. They are receiving 20 cents a pound for their filberts, against 12 cents a pound being paid in New York for the foreign crop. This is because the home grown article is better and fresher; and partly because it is home grown. The reporter might ramble on through several columns, con cerning the activities that center on the fifth floor of the Masonic building; but the above high lights give at least a glimpse or the big things that are being done by the Oregon Growers coopera tive association. pounds such as alum and salt must not be used on the skins. Store the skins where they can not be reached by mice, and sprin kle them with insect powder, or use moth balls. Furs stored dur ing the Bummer should be wrap ped separately In newspaper to prevent sweating and injuring each other. (It would not be profitable to raise rabbits simply for their pelts; the price paid for them is not, at the present time, sufficient to make it worth while. But as a by-product these pelts are worth considering. Farrington, in his book on practical rabbit keep ing, says if the skins are to be salable, they must be obtained when they are in the best condi tion. During a molt they are worthless, unless a market can be found for them at a glue factory. The skins are at their best in the winter, say, between October and March, and rabbits which are kept in out-of-door hutches are apt to develop a better quality of fur than those which are housed in warmer quarters. Sherlock, in hia work on the care and manage ment ot rabbits, says the fact that the domesticated rabbit has a thick, tough pelt when properly matured and cured, has caused many furriers to turn to It as a source of supply in replenishing the loss occasioned by the smaller catches of wild fur each season. Editor Farm Journal.) Advice by the Biggest Farm Paper There is on Ail Important Subject The biggsst farm paper there Is, in point ot circulation, is the Farm Journal, published monthly at Philadelphia. ' The first and leading article in that paper for November is under the heading. "Keep Your Head," directed, of course, to farmers, and the auth or is "Farmer Vincent." The ar ticle is well worth reading by all farmers though perhaps the far mers of the Salem district need the advice less than those of any other section of the United States for our farmers and ranchers and fruit growers are generally working and pushing out to the extent of their working and fin ancial ability in some cases to the limit of t .e nursery trees and plants to be bad. Following is the article nrentioned: -: . When t'ne horses "are running away, it Is no, time to drop the lines and Jump out or hang on to the dashboard. You may hol ler "whoa!" till you are red in the face, but if you don't grab the reins and "saw 'em down" for dear life, it won't be lohg before there will be a bigxua-upi There are'farmers In thlscoun try at the present time who are UK (ho llnM ((own IS TO FARMERS KEEP YOUR HEAD and the team running wild. Let's stop a minute and think what will be the effect of this runaway sort of farming if; we do not pick up the lines and get back to the only gait which wjll bring us through to safety. j This is a hungry world. There are more mouths to feed just now than ever before in the history of mankind. ! What will it mean if any considerable number of men stop producing? It makes one dizzy to think: of it. Somehow the world must be fed. And It can not be very long that prices will be below the cost of production. Just now we are in a stage of transition. But the needle will surely swing back to the north star if, we release it a,nd give it a chance. The heart of the nation is right, and it knows what it owes to the far mer and Willi pay it willingly and cheerfully if jit once understands the right and the wrong of things. It is a time for producer and con sumer to get; nearer together, not farther apart. To know each other better.j instead of striking each other down. What, then, is the part of wisdom, so far as the farmer is cobcerned? In the first place, let's not think or feel I that we are in water that Is too deep for us. If we have thought we were In over our heads maybe we have not straight ened up enough. Let's hold our heads high. . Carefully f and conservatively twe may step; out into deeper waU er, all the time holding our heads up like men who know their worth and are proud of their pro fession. ; Have we done our best with the old farm? If not, let's do better this year. Let's make every foot count. Brush lots do not feed starving men. Let's im prove our methods wherever we can. Let's work for better mar kets. Let's? work shoulder to shoulder with each other to do it. Let's not expect ;too -much right away. Let's- remember that Rome was not built in a day, and that, like the oak, anything worth while takes time to grow. The most contemptible thing on earth is a quitter. ; And then, if we have brought the old 'place up to Its best and really feel that we might use a little more land, let's add a bit from the adjoining farm that may be Iq the market at a reasonable price. Land never made any man poor. It is poor management that does that. ;. Then we can grow better crops. Then we can add a few good' cows to our herds and let sojne of the poor ones go. It is a good time to swap cows. And let's keep a level head and not drop the lines! A PIPING PAEAN This Editor Says You Can not Fool a Man Who Knows Thei Real Article Of all the delectable dishes ever set before a king the Amer ican pumpkin pie is the beet ot all. Poems should be written about the pumpkin pie, its worth set forth; in song and story and recipes for its making stored in the bureau of standards. With the first touch of real fall pumpkin pies have made their annual appearance in Wash ington and something really ought to be done about some or them. To- any one who has ever tasted a real pumpkin pie some of these local efforts are a suaro and & delusion, i They are no more pumpkin pies than apple pies are. Cinnamon pies can 4 masquerade as pumpkin only to the unknowing. As in everythtmg else in life, one must know first the real to be able to detect the imitation.; So it is with our oil friend of the pumpkin pie. Those of us who have eaten of the golden brown pie, made of real pumpkin, pecompanied by a glass of cold, sweet milk, 'cannot be fooled by a dark brovn pastry that gets Its flavor from the spice Jar. Washington Star. Making Them Right At i the i dehydration plant of King's Food Products company, down on ! North Front street in Salem, they are now grinding up and packing into tin cartons 75. f00 pounds of dehydrated pump kin for pumpkin pies- If the Washington editor wll use this tilling, j he .will never go wrong on the real pumpkin pie? like his mother used to make or better. ; The King's Food Products company: would have used a great many tons more of pumpkins if they i could have been supplied with thsi! right kinds: for they must! be Just ! right, in order; to, come! up to the dehydration stan dard, Their reputation is si Ftake. They must look to the fu ture for in the years to come the demand ffor pumpkin pies made from dehydrated pumpkins will grow enormously, as housewives and other cooks: all over the coun try com to.know thst they can plwavs depend ;upon this filling; that it will always be the same; that it will never disappoint them if they o their part well in pro viding the crust, and doing tee proper baking. ! The pumpkin crop of the r'&bt kind of; pumpkins was not as large a? it should have been the rast; season, i Hut the 75,000 pounds i bf dehydrated , pumpkin f rom the Satero plant will go a i little way, at least, in advertising tneinepenaaoie oenyarateu smu in such -a way as to dispose of irrr on a c titles in future years. Ml POULTRY FIBS ! em A MESSAGE The Hens to Discard and the Hens to Keep for the Highest Profit The Wisconsin United Statea! Agricultural Experiment station has published a message to com mercial egg farmers, and it is so pointed, brief and sagacious that it is not only worthy of wide pub lication, but the suggestion is wisely given to all so-called util ity men. who are increasing in number in the Salem nUtrict (and ought to increase much fas ter), that they cut it out and paste it on the inside of the door to laying house So. 1, where th? caretaker will have it as a con stant and general reminder: Discard: 1. Poor layers and all old hens. 2. Cripples and hens with broken down abdomens or frozen toes. 3. The sick, quiet, inactive hens that spend much time on the roost. 4. All "crow heads" with long, slim heads and beaks. 5. The. large, coarse-headed hens with sunken eyes. 6. All very short, stubby hens with feathers extremely heavy for their breed. 7. All late-hatched immature pullets and these that are early hatched but much undersized. 8. All hens that molt before August 1. 9. The persistent sitter. 10. All hens with solid, fat abdomens- 11. AH hem having bad hab its (cannibals, feather-pullers, egg-eaters.) 12. All cockerels not needed for breeding purposes. Retain: 1. Strong, healthy vigorous hens with short, neat heads and fitrone beaks. 2. The hens with long, deep rectangular bodies and parallel top and bottom lines. 3. The hens with large, bright eyes, active appearance and short, well-worn toe nails. 4. The hens with dusty, worn feathers, especially worn tail feathers, but having a bright. healthy look. 5. The hens that molt late. 6. The noisy, happy friendly hens. 7. The early risers and those late to roost. 8. The vigorous hens with the faded beaks and shanks. 9. The" hens with the soft plia ble abdomens. 10. The hens with the thin pelvic bones spread wide apart. 11. The early hatched, well grown pullets. 12. Large. strong. active. Quick-maturing cockerels of de sired variety, type and high-producing mothers. They Are Good Foragers and Will Garner Good Portion of Their Food A correspondent writes for in formation concerning the Indian Runner ducks, both as to their table values and also for egg pro duction. This breed is by no means a stranger to Oregon land scape, having been bred in all sec tions of the state for fully 23 j-ears, maintaining a popularity more as an egg than as a flesh producer. This is due chiefly to the fact that it is a smaller bird than the Peking, which is the popular market variety in this state. As the name indicates, the breed Is presumed to be native to India, though even on this point history is not perfectly clear. In dian Runners were introduced in to England somewhere about the middle of the last century, whence they found their way to America. In the hands of English and Am erican breeders the breed has been much Improved, and while originally there was only one var iety there are now two, the fawn and the white, with possibly a i third, the buff. In the original ' variety the head is grayish fawn in the female and bronze-green in the male; the neck, wingflights and fluff are white and the rest of the body fawn; the bill is green in adult birds, with a black bean, in ducklings, yellow; legs and toes, orange color. Weight: males, 4 to 5 pounds; females, 3 to 4 pounds. As an egg producer the Indian Runner is in a class by Itself, and If we are to believe the rrint ed word, there are records of ducks laying ovr 300 eggs per annum,, while ISO to 200 eggs Is quite common. The laying period is also of some duration. oft?n covering five and six years. Thej eggs 'are smaller than is usual with ducks, which allows market ing with hens eggs. The meat ot the Indian Runner Is juicy, aad of good flavor, but the bird being small, (as already intimated) is not over abundant, though it Is said that breeders have during the past decade somewhat ln creased the size of the breed. They are' classed as non-setting, hence the ducks cannot always be depended on for maternal duties; ill RUB DUCKS ARE G 0 0 I they are good foragers, however, and where range is available will garner a good portion of their food. In spite of this, Indian Runners stand confinement well, requiring, of course, some atten tion as to feeding and care. From these brief discursive notes it will be observed that as a utility breed they have much in their favor, but when it comes to exhibition specimens, more attention must be given to mating and care. Ja cob Tomlinson, an English breed er, advocates mating four ducks to a suitable drake and penning them up separately. By this means it is easier to correct any finlts. Birds penned up thus should be fed in the morning on coarsely ground feed and beef scraps, and in the evening hard grain one kind only being given at a time, but varied frequently. Peas, wheat, oats and corn are suitable, but care must be exer cised in the use of corn, as it is liable to make the birds overfat. A sufficient supply of water Is also essential, not necessarily for swimming, but to eitable the birds to keep themselves clan. Pratum Methodist. Church Now in New Conference Last Sunday is one long to be remembered for its community interest and spiritual uplift by the Pratum Methodist Episcopal church. The little country church was crowded to the door3 and 32 adults joined the church. This church was recently trans ferred from the German Meth dist conference to the English f peaking Oregon conference and John A. McNevs, a student of Kimball college was appointed as pastor. Dr. J. D. McCormack assisted the pastor in th services of last Sunday and Misses MrCracken and Walker of Willamette uni versity were prpent and sang a duet, "Sweet Peace, the Gilt of Cod's Love." On Monday nisht Dr. B. E. Gilbert, the dis-itt superintend ent conducted the business ses sion. The formal organization was effected and the following officers elected: Recording steward. William Dc Vries, district steward Fred De Vries; reserve steward, George Kleen; community steward, Mrs. Lydia Meyers; director of social and religious life. E. W. Tlranch. Other stewards: Melvin Lien, Os car Meyers and Archie Bowen. Trustees: Alfred Meyers. William De Vries, George Kleei. Paul Selhe, Herman De Vries. Chor ister, Mrs. Ellen Selhe. Organist, M-s. Carrie Branch- Next Sunday the services will Ve devoted to the interests of the children and the junior choir will sing. Sermon, "The Child in the Church,' followed by a baptismal jervics for children by tiip pastor. HULLT XEW.S HULLT, Ore., Nov. 9. The neighborhood was well represent ed at the road meeting held at the Porter school house Saturday. About 100 were present. A tax of 13400 was levied. Mrs. A. W. Smlther of Salem is spending this wek with her moth er, Mrs. P. Mais. Miss Emma Evans spent the week-tnd with her parents at Donald. O. J. McCoy of Newberg. was up to attend to his sheep Sunday. Mr. Van Goder wil lcare for them this winter. Mrs. Lilile Burch and daughter Gladys are spending a few days in Silverton. Mrs. Bachler and children and Mr. and Mrs. Phillips spent Sun day with A. J. Hullt. Mrs. Art Buell ond daughter visited at the Van Gorder home Friday and Saturday. R. Sk Blodgett moved his family back to Salem Sunday where they will spend the winter. "Dear, do you remember where you were in 1910?" asked the bride of a few months. "No. dear: I don't remember exactly," re plied the voung husband, "Why do you ask?" "Why, 1 wa reading today in the paper that in 1910 one person in every X00 in Britain was in prison."- Edin burgh Scotsman. mm M UILJH H If -id Qamtity in roofing Is what gives it resistance to ran 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 ia each roll. AU est ut about Ifaltlmi SkinfUi rti 04 Spaulding Logging Co. No paint necessary for ten - 4 - I . years. E Local Firm Succeeds in Ef forts to Exceed 3000 Box Day's Run A new record for speed in pack ing prunes has been established. In eight hours of actual running time 3011 boxes of prunes were run out at the Oregon Growers' Salem plant, an average of 375 boxes an hour. It has been the ambition of J. L. Tucker, who has supervised prune packing at the plant for several years for the association and the old Salem Fruit union, to put out 3000 packed boxes in a single day's run of nine hours, and his efforts have at last been rewarded with success. The largest single day's run. according to R. C. Paulus, was made several years ago to fill a rush order. In a 10 hour run 3500 packed boxes were put out. Packing and shipping (oper ations have been made from nearly all of the association's plants in the state.. - The trouble wtth "flyingr up" rasilv is that you so often have to fly down hard. 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. . N BREAK I OREGON. PULP & PAPER CO. SALEM, OREGON "V Manufacturers of " iT High Grade Wrapping Papers and 1 Paper Specialties A. C. Bohrnstedt Realtor Life, Fire, Health, Acci dent, Auto and Indemnity Insurance. Bonds and Mortgages, City Building Loans 407 Masonic Bid?., Salem. Or. OUR TREES Carefully Grown Carefully Selected CAre fully Packed Will Give Satisfaction to the Planter SALEM NURSERY COMPANY 428 Oregon Building Phone 1763 Additional Salesmen Wanted. Peerless Bakery Makers of Peerless Bread ' 9c13c u Try Our Doughnuts 20c 170 North Commercial St. Webb & Clough Co. Leading Funeral Directors Expert Embalmer Cor. Court and High Sta Phone 120 i Silverton Foundry Co. Iron and Brass Castings Sawmill and Logging Re pairs, Hop and Fruit Stoves, Castings I of all kinds SILVERTON, ORtGON Phone Green 931 260 North High Street Boost This Community b& Adver- tising on the Pep and Progress J; Pages ) J Statesman Classified Ads. Cost Little But Pay Big 1 Furnace for jour home- Buy the Ore gon Made. W. W. R0SEBRAUGH CO. Foundry and Machine Shop 17th and Oak Sts., Salem, Or. Phone 886 SALEM TILE & Phone 917 FAIRMOUNT DAIRY Schindler Bros., Prop. Dealers in Milk and Cream Wholesale and Retail Phone 725 Salem, Ore. New Hardware Store Wants Your Business Hardware, Stoves, Cooking Utensils, Dishes, Tools, etc. W.COHEN 220 N. Commercial St. Formerly. Patton's USE BUTTERCUP BUTTER Capital City Cooperative Creamery 137 S. Com'l St. Phone 299 Our Idea: Our Method: The Best Only Co-operation DRAGER FRUIT CO. Dried Fruit Packers 221 S.High St Salem, Or. Always in the market for dried fruits of all kinds THE CAPITAL BARGAIN HOUSE Buys and Sells Anything Associated with CAPITAL JUNK COMPANY 215 Center St. Phone 398 Phone 1995 HOTELIilARIOti SALEM, OREGON ' i . The largest and Most Complete Hostelry Ore gon Out; of Poijtl&nd ; Dodge Brothers sedan i Bonesteele Motor Co. 1848 S. Com'l St. Phone Alt' Build your modern home with burned building blocks, cheapest and best for durability, absolutely fire-proof. j r A. Drain Tile of All Sizes fc&: Manufactured by MERCANTILE CO. ..' Salem, Oregon "Where The Crowds Always Shop" ,-. THE PEOPLE'S CASH STORE SALEM. OREGON "SIBLOCO" , Pipeless Furnaces ' $79.60 And Up ' ; Send for circular Silverton Blow Pipe Co. SILVERTON, OREGON W. T. Rigdon & Son .; Progressive ; Funeral Directors I SALEM W. Hi Grabenborst &Cq. REALTORS . Farm and Fruit Lands Small Tracts and Invest- '" j - ment : Telephone 515 -275 State St, Salem, Ore. 1 .THE,-;::&: BOY SCOUTS' deserve the support of " everyone who wishes to inculcate high prin ciples of manhood into the youth of our land. This space paid for by ' Thielsen & Rahir