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r i' . -4 I V V 7S. ? ' " t V V l FOR YEARS AND YEARS Th Statesman fcaa ! supply iaf tha want of tba critical job printing trade- Proof poaitira w ara pr in tars of wort and merit. Modern eqnipmcat and idea ara tha one that get fcy. STATESMAN PUBLISHING Fnoaaa 83 613. 215 8. Com'l St. Oar Ideal: ! Our Method: "Tba Beat Only" j Cooperation , Capital City Co-operative Creamery ; A non-profit arraniiatloa owned entirely t na a trial. tba dairymen. Gira Manufacturer! of Botterenp Batter "JU your Oroeer" JPhOM 29t 1ST I. Com'l St. VALLEY HE CLUBS WE A GREAT SHOWING i - ' Pig. Calf and Sheep Clubs Had Over .300' Animals At Oregon State Fair (Following Is the way the de partment of Industrial Journalism at the Oregon Agricultural college In Us current I weekly bulletin , writes up the work of the calf, pig Hi and sheep clubs at the recent Ore gon state fair:) n ' 1. . ' More than 306 of the aristocrats of the livestock fraternity in Ore ; ' gon wor1 piloted through the state fair exhibits by boys and girls members of calf clubs, pig clubs, and sheep clubs, all working for the scholarships to the two week summer session at. the , Oregon Arrlcuttural college, offered as first prizes. '.The largest number of animals ever entered previous ly was 182 last year. A compari son between the exhibits of the boya apd girls 'and the adults is possible this year in the light of a total of two championship prizes: 17 firsts, 18 seconds, and 19 other places taken In the open class by , youngsters. !; Lester Barrows, of Shaw, Mar lon county, awarded the Oregon Farmer cup for ' having highest scoring exhibit f of club member, was the outstanding club member among the winners In the open classes. He bested his, elders for one championship prize, seven, firsts, and two seconds. He has had four years of club work, and ; . was a .state . champion v for two years.-" 1 '( . : -; - .'. f Homer, Bray, of Salm,j fire year veteran in pig club work, won three firsts, - five seconds, three thirds,' one fourth and 6ne , fifth in open classes at the state '- lair. His cash prizes amounted to 1193 this year. . ij- v ; THE PRUNE INDUSTRY IN HISTORY AND GENERAL ;; (Continued from page 2) ' Salem concerns will market pretty well up towards lf O per cent of them, from the present outlook." With a bumper crop for 1923. the prediction will be realized. The Oregon state tax commis sion In Its summary of agricultural and horticultural statistics for 1920 gave in acres of bearing prunes for Marion county, 6,907, 60; Polk county, 3883.75; Yam - hill county, 3963.75; and, for th three 1 counties In the order named, not yet bearing,. 1974, 3042.76 and. 3241.75. or 14.755 acres bearing and 8078.50 not yet bearing of prune trees tor these fhree counties, with 26,222.75 acres bearing and 13,657.50 not yet bearing for the whole state, or a total for Oregon of 38,880.25 ' acTeg In prunes. Make it 40.000 acre3 In full -and it is mote, for the writer knows of facts that . cioke''lt cortanl ih?t tho report was not complete and new -plant-, i, logs haTe been going on very ex tensively since . ' - Well, County Fruit Inspector S. . II- Van Trump, of Marion county. says a young prune orchard ought to yielil better than i ton and a . half of dried, frutt to the-aero, and full grtim orchards ought to yield five tons. In rhls locality. Multiply 40,000 acres br 10.- 000 pounds, and you Have 400,000, 000 pounds, for Oregon alone not Including ' Clarke county, Washington. And prunes are still going out In ' the Salem district abottt 4a fast as SELLING SALEM DISTRICT V - 11lMMnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnlnBnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Dates of Slogans (In TVice-a-Week Statesman Folio wins Day) Loganberries, Oct. 5. Prunes, Oct. 12, Dairying, Oct. 19. Flax. Oct. 26. Filberts, Not. 2. Walnuts, Nor. 9. ; , Strawberries, Nor. 16. Apples, Nor., ,23. Raspberries', Not. JO. Mint, December 7. Great cows, etc.. Dec. 15. Blackberries, Dec. 22. Cherries, Dec. 29. Pears. Jan. 4, 1923. Gooseberries, Jan. 11. Corn, Jan. 18. Celery, Jan. 25. Spinach, etc., Feb. 1. Onions, etc., Feb. 8. Potatoes, etc., Feb. 15. Bees, Feb. 22. Mining, March 1. Goats, March 8. Beans, etc, March 15. Pared highways. March 22. Broccoli, etc., March 29. Silos, etc., April 5. Legumes, .April 12. Asparagus, etc., April 19. Grapes, etc., April 26. PACKING COl trees may' be had from the nurser ies. As at present planted, 108 trees are needed for an acre. In 1919 and 1920 nursery Btock was high as high as 75 cents each for young prune trees. They are much loer now and so are wage scales. " However, it costs some thing to start a prune orchard. But they will still go out and we are, going fast to the halt bil lion pound prune crop for the Salem district, including south ern Oregon and CJarke county, Washington. Even for the Oregon crop only. This is the best prune district in the world, and our people have learned a great deal about grow ing and curing and sending to the market the best prunes produced in the woVld; and they are con stantly learning mpre. So Salem Is the permanent prune capital of the world, and it will profit enormously ..from, this distinction and this' fact year after rear. Some Things Needed Before leaving this subject, the following words printed in an is sue of The Statesman some time ago ought to be reprinted: 'County Fruit Inspector S. II. Van Trump, of Marion county, told the writer that the old prune orchards of this district, most of them at least, need three things: '1. Thorough pruning. 42. Fertilizer. '3. Spraying. 'Not one of the three should be neglected. And, fourth and al ways, of couse, good tillage. 'In the past several years, dur ing war times and consequent shortage of labor, some or all of these things were neglected by prune growers. 'Mr. Van Trump says Provi dence has been trusted too much of late, without , being back.d up with brains and brawn. (At least. he said something to that effect and he was right.) 'He' says land that la good for prunes may be had here for $7a to 1300 au acre owning to dis tance from market. 'In fact, there is no better prune district on earth, and our marketing conditions are abso lutely the best." By An Orchard Export The following article was writ ten for The Statesman of October 14, 1920, by Knight Pearcy, of Pearcy Bros., horticulturists, who are engaged In developing several walnut and prune and other farms in this district, and .whoso offices are in the Oregon building in Salem: ) The rather disastrous- prune season which we have just passed through serves to emphasize the need of a certain amount of diver. sification even among those who grow the prune as a major crop. We all feel sorry for the grower who stakes hia all on a ' crop of prunes or of cherries, and Is hit by an untimely rain, just as we feel sorry for the farmer who has planted his whole acreage in pota toes and is hit by a heavy freeze before digging time. It is good farming on the- part of the far mer to have another crop or two along with his potatoes. In the same way the prune grower who has part of his acreage in logans. cherries, strawberries or walnuts will not notice the effects of a dis astrous season to the extent of the fellow who has specialized In a slngio fru!t. The grower who has several kinds of fruit, all growing in com mercial quantity, win have a much more stable business than the one-crop grower. In the yejrs that the prunes are damaged, or when the crop Is light or the market poor, he can fail back upon his berries or other. crops to carry him through to the next crop. It eldom. happens that all in Daily Statesman Drug garden. May 3. Sugar beets, sorghum, May 10. etc.. Water powers, May 17. Irrigation, May 24. Poultry and pet stock, May 3L Land, irrigation, etc., June 7. , Dehydration, June 14. Hops, cabbage, etc., June 21. Wholesaling and Jobbing Jane 28. Cucumbers, etc., July 5. Hogs,. July 12. r ; City beautiful, etc., July 19. Schools, etc., July 26. Sheep, Aug. 2. National advertising, Aug. 9. Seeds etc., Aug. 16. Livestock, Aug. 23. Automotive industry, Aug. 30. Grain and grain products, Sept. 6. . Manufacturing, Sept. 13. Woodworking, etc., Sept. 20. Paper mills, etc., Sept. 27. (Back copies of the Thursday editions of the Daily Oregon Statesman are on hand. They are for sale at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current cop ies, 5c.) thfese fruits faff the same year or that prices are low on all of them the same season. Too, the labor problem is less of a problem to the two or three-crop man than to the Bingle crop man, who can give em ployment to a large number of hands but a short period of the year. We find that the better class of prune orchards are not priced high when we begin to compare prices here with those elsewhere. Cali fornia prune orchards that yield no more per acre than ours sold at S1000 per acre and upwards, even before the war prices began to be realized for dried fruits. Surely our orchards are worth as much now as were the Califor nia plantings before the war. Clarke county, Wash., prune or chards have been changing hands at $1500 per acre. It is not neces sary that an orchard yield a profit of $300 to $400 per acre in order to make it a good investment at $800 to $1000 per acre. We do not have to receive war-time prices for our fruit in order to justify purchases at these figures. Nei ther should the loss of so great a part of this year's crop discourage the Investment in Oregon prune orchards. California growers lost from 50 per cent upwards of their immense crop of 1918 without lowering the sales value of their orchards. . HACKNEYED SUBJECT Again hobs up the question of selling eggs by weight instead of by the dozen. A quarter of a cen tury ago, before eggs were stan dardized as to size and quality, there was some reason for agita ting the subject; but under pres ent conditions one really can see no valid reason for the change. Besides, the custom of selling hen fruit by count has become so thoroughly grounded, that a change is now almost Impossible. And to be successful it would have to become nation-wide, be cause, hen fruit is in a very large sense a product of inter-state busi. ness. Some twenty or more years ago, Iowa enacted a law that eggs should be sold by weight, but it only led to endless contusion. Of course, if hen fruit was generally, sold by weight it would entail some changes of economic import ance. There would naturally be a tendency on the part of hotels and restaurants to buy the smaller sizes, because a larger number Would constitute a pound. Two boiled or fried, or ham and eggs, would meet all contingencies and purposes to those engaged in feed ing the public. It is pretty plain that those who advocate the change are wasting their powder; it won't go with the mass of ulti mate buyers and consumers. Monuments and Tombstones Thia ta the only monument worka in Salea Big Stock on Display Capital Monumental Works' 2210 S. Com'l Opposite Cemetery Phone 689 OWPCO Broom handles, mop, han dles, paper plugs, tent tog gles, all kinds of hardwood handles, manufactured by the Oregon Wood Products Co. .West Salem Big things are happening in the prune industry of the Salem district New varieties promise to treble the profits of the growers. New markets promise to keep the demand ahead of the supply. A great advertising campaign will help in this development of new markets and the intensifying of the old markets. New ways of preparing and packing are help ing wonderfully in expandinftht markets. New methods of drying are helping. More on this sub ject in fature issues. 5? The prune industry is being stabilized as never before. The outlook was never before so bright for the great and growing industry. BRANP """gigg NEW OF TO LU SIZS IEIS The Coates Date Prune and the New Oregon Italian Are Among the Leading Candidates for Favor Among the Orchardists of the Salem District A Promising Petite of Large Size in the Liberty Prune District Near Salem. - As every prune grower knows, the high prices for prunes are for the large sizes. Every market Quotation on dried prunes com mences on the 20-30's as the top price and runs down to 100-120's. For Instance, if there were any 20-30's this year, they would be worth 18 to 20 cents a pound. But "there is no such animlle," anywhere, this year. There are a few 30-4 0's (very few), and they are worth perhaps 13 cent$ a pound, and the 40-50's around 10c; 60-70's around 8c; 70-80's 7 1-23 80-90's about 7c, 90-IOu'b about 6 l-2c, and 100-120'j about 6c. So the reader can see for him self why it is that the leading growers are working for large sizes. They mean the difference between profit and loss, small gains and handsome profits, or good profits and bonanza crops. What Market Demands Said a leading prune grower re cently: "Maybe the big fruit is not actually worth the difference in selling price as compared with the smaller sizes. But neither is the porterhouse or the sirloin of beef 'worth the difference In price be tween that and the neck or the, shoulder; yet the market fairly howls for more sirloin, and re fuses to eat necks at any but a Auction Sales Co. 160 S. High St. Opposite Oregon Electric List what you have to sellj with us. We will advertise and sell It for you. Public Auctions Every Saturday, 1 p. m. COL J. B. GABLE, Auctioneer Leather Goods of Quality Bags, Suits Cases, Puttees HARNESS F. L Shafer Phone 411 170.S. Com'l Salem, Ore. Compare These Prices with the ones you have been paying for tires and you will buy Oldfield the next time" you need a tire. 30x3 Fabric. $ 6.95 30x3 Fabric. . 7.1 : 32x3 V Cord 11.95 ' 32x3 Cord 17.21 32x4 Cord 21.R5 These are a standard make of tire and all fresh stock. W buy in carloads and are giving you thf, benefit" of our buying price. See us when you need Tires V1CKBROS. High Sti at Trade . PRUNES IK IE ON THE WAY ruinously low price. The public wants big prunes, at high prices, and turns up its stubby or its pre hensile ,nose at the smaller prune that has the same actual food value. The man who can invent a prune that is always big and attractive has a lead pipe cinch on tho market." The point is well Illustrated by a. California expert who recently said that in one year, when the cop of that state, which is all Petites in name and mostly in size in one year recently when the tonnage was 39,000, would have sold at about three times the amount received by the growers. had all their prunes run to the largest size. Hillman'a BUTTERNUT BREAD Eyes Tested Glasses Fitted f f : ' Lenses accurately duplicat ed. Optical repairs care fully and promptly made. Hartmair Bros. Jewelers and Opticians Salem, Oregon Auto Electric Work fe.D. BAETON 171 S. Commercial SU The Only Real Cider Works la Salem Special for ThU Week Sweet Cider 25c gallon Bring your own container Commercial Cider Works III. J. Walling, Mgr. flOlO X. Commercial The LOGANBERRY Is Now More in Valley Motor Co 260 North High Street Boost This Community jj f . by-Advertising on the Slogan f Pages t - r DIDYOU KNOW That Salem is the largest primary prune market in the world for Oregon ("Italian") prunes, which are the prunes of quality; that this long lead is being in creased constantly by our packing, canning, dehydrating and other concerns, and by additional setting out of prune orchards ;that new and more profitable varieties are coming in; that prunes for the grower "Are as good as wheat," a3 reliable, and much more profitable; and that there is plenty of cheap land yet to be had in this district for the growing of prunes, and new growers will be made welcome? Some of the Comers Just now) in Oregon, the grow ers who arte looking to larger Bizes, and are pinning their faith partly on new varieties -. o help them in their request aro jroing in for the new 'Coates.l 4117 prune. which is a Petite that grows large on the trees; and the New Oregon, which is of the Italian or tart sweet family, which also runs to large sizes. The Coates is a California pro duct: the New Oregon a Salem district product. The "Coates 1418" Leonard Coates, a California orchardist and experimenter of many years' experience, a long time ago began to experiment on Petite prunes. He found some promising new sports on the im proved trees that he had been cul tivating. He isolated the one out standing budded branch that he found on one of the trees; it mul. (Continued on page 4) Seamless Hot Water Bottles and . 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