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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1922)
THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM OREGON THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 23 1922 t: . . il ' ' i. 1 h I . X Get Your Farm Loans Under the government plan - Without. Red Tape Without Commission Without Stock Sub scription Without Liability on : Other Loans. No loans less than $5000 ; None Larger than $50, 000. C, ppHRNSTEDT tera Orffon Renre- -.eentatiVe Portland Joint Stock liand Bank, 407 "Masonic Temple, Salem, Oregon. Oar Idl: Our Method: "Th Bet Only" CMpmtln Capital City Co-operative Creamery i . - A non-profit orfaniiktlon owned entirely by tba. osiryoiea. Gi u, trial. Vanuftrtoren of BatUrctip BotUr , "At yonir Oroew" ?bon 299 137 S. Com'l St. tut! 1 i hi. i ' THE TEN IRE APPLE M IO KEEPS A. H. Pohll of Creswell Tells - ? - LIUM VAI-I RY chard and What He Gets n Returns from It Looks Good to Reader, But Mr. Pohll Thinks He Does Not Get His Share of the Returns. Editor Statesman: , -" Some 12 or 14 years ago one it could hardly pick up a paper, es pecially a Sunday paper of Chic sgo, but what It was full of glow- ing reports sind' advertisements of the wonderful returns received - from the apple orchards ' of the S' Northwest. ' Oregon and Wash ington were lauded to the. skies as the home of the big red apple, and the big financial returns any. body could make from a 5 or 10 acrej apple orchard. The work was! pleasant, 'outdoors amongst , fragrant blossoms, the air was " laden with? the jierf ame ! of mil :J lions of sweet," ' lovely pink apple , ' blossoms with. ar balmy, mild cli- mate, and surely the next Sunday : Issues of the metropolitan papers H would v contain the same glowing ' ads only a little more alluring, the1 returns per acre of apple , - orchard a little bigger, until they got ao big that the whole darn thing busted. Did It pay Oregon? Did It pay the Willamette - -valley, to be v boosted beyond all reason?' f- Surely Oregon and the Willam ette valley have many advantages to offer without resorting to tro circus posters. , ' Many of those who came in on that ill-advised, unscrupulous campaign of orchard advertising, have disappeared; went broke, got discouraged, lost all they had Some are still here, sonewhat d'sappolnted. but not yei dtscour tiged. r , Tey(hjive !coked tbfi sltua'.ion THE QUESTION OF VARI ETY IS VERY IMPORTANT I (Continued irom page zj ' would give his preference in the order named. That is, he places the Delicious at the head. i Good Ones and . Dig Ones In the article of - Prof. Lewis, i mentioned above, , he says: r "There Is a decided drift' in this - country at this time favor of i quality fruits." He urges quality fruit growing. He em phasizes the thinning of apples ' f as do "all other good authorities And spraying. And the other X essentials- fprjopec; horticultural t husbandnr. ' ! ' f' . ' I - t t iaAw,,1Wmrhasises th innnrtaneei . ot nutting out. ahhtial. , boaringj 'appre, trees;: for ne says, "jox 'are , in nesa to make money." ' . "Wi 'amiuUhtff'Ortler.' the De ba JTnnathAn and the Winter Banana, among the an nuil bearers. ' And he Bays that ih nrniuir . rare. the Grime3 I Golden and the Rome Beauty ! may be classed with the annual I bearers. 5 tt classes th. - Gravenstein riaidwins. Red . Astrakhans 1 TrU.nat-anta and the Russ'an varieties . aa among those tend fine to , bear only every two r jHe says also that It Is import - n niant trees which have a ' tendency to bear young, and he : ment'ons In thia Jlst the Ortley. Grimes Golden, Delicious and practically all the Russian varie- M tie's vv fU;.'V-V;v, -I I jHe says heavy yWlders are also ; ' imnortant.: and, he , mentions In l hi. the Ortley. Grimes t Golden, Delicious, Jonathan, , etc SELLING SALEM. DISTRICT Dates of Slogans in (In Twice-a-Week Statesman Following Day) Loganberries, Oct. 5. Prunes. Oct. 12. Dairying, Oct. 19. Flax, Oct. 26. Filberts, Not. 2. WatttoU.'NdT. 9. Strawberries. Not. 16. Apples Not, 23. Raspberries, Nor. SO Mint, December 7. Oreat cows, etc. Dee. 25. Blackberries, Dee. St. Cherries. Dee. 39. Pears, Jan. 4, 1913. 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. n ORCHARD. Blf RECORDS I ONE How He Cares for His Or squarely in the face. They dis covered that it took 10 years in stead of 5 years to bring an orchard to the bearing stage, and perhaps they sat down, took pad and pencil and figured and found that it would take from $800 to $1000 to brins an acre of com mercial apple orchard to the bear ing stage; and, further, they are not yet ready to admit that the apple orchard does not pay in fact, on that point, they are from Missouri, and will have to be shown. Most of these men who have stuck to their orchard for these past 10 years believe and are convinced that the apple tress in the coming 10 years will pay a good dividend on the Investment. and in addition will repay for all the care and labor during the 10 year period of development an-1, mind you, the orchard is going to pay in exactly the proportion to the care it has received. Many orchards are receiving indifferent care; rest assured they will repay in kind. Invari ably the orchards that have thrif ty, healthy looking trees are owned by men who have a liking for trees; they find it interesting and often spend an hour even after working hours amongst their trees, noting the effect of cultivation pr pruning or. thin ning of .fruit, etc. , .Cultivation and Management As to cultivation and orchard management will briefly state what I did in my own orchard of about 9 acres of apples. The orchard is planted to Jonathans, Spitzenbergs, Yellow Newtown Pippins and Arkansas Blacks. Those are also- the prevailing varieties throughout this district. Besides these there is a liberal sprinkling of Rome Beauties, Winter Bananas, Grimes Goldens and a few others. On March 24th I sowed one ton of nitrate of soda in the orchard. Orchardists pooled orders for nitrate with' the county agent. thereby getting car lot prices The nitrate cost the growers I CO f. o. b. car at Eugene. I sowed cover crop of oats and vetch, 10 bushels oats and 200 pounds vetch, the previous August. I plowed 1 this under, harrowed both ways, double disced both ways, then Kimballed four times during season, and then about the beginning of August packed with corrugated roller. I thinned the fruit during July and August to about 4 to 5 inch es, but do believe that I did not thin enough. The fact Is, thin ning is one of the most Important operations the orchard requires. It takes courage to pick off per fectly good apples. Most men are inclined to leave too many apples on the tree. That has been my weakness. Prof. Long of O. A. f . while conducting a thinning demonstration here at Creswell. said to the meeting: "Now when you go home and start thinning, pull off all the apples yea can induce yourself to pull off. and then go Into your neighbor's orchard and let r JTmr neighbor go, .into your orchard and pull off half what's left on the trees, and-then. yoaUl-have PACKING Daily Statesman Drug garden. May 3. Sagar 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' June 28. Cucumbers, etc., July 5. Hogs. JulMl. - Zzll 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 band. They are for sale at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current cop ies, 5c.) CO CASCADE U. S. Inspected plenty of apples left on- the trees." Spraying I covered the orch ard six times during the growing season and one fall spray for an thracnose. Returns: Packed out 1541 box es of apples. Eugene Fruit Growers' associa tion packed and sold my apples. Cash returns 11080.83 Apples sold in orchard. 23.00 Packing house charges and material such as spray and incidentals. 687.60 Net returns $1416.23 In conclusion I want to say, and I want to say it from the standpoint of the apple grower marketing his fruit: He has two k methods to choose from, both are unsatisfactory to nim. If he Sells hia apples individually he is at the mercy of the transporta tion company and tba broker and the commission man. If the grower joins a cooperative asso ciation he is a drop in the bucket; the overhead expenses are all out of proportion, nine times out or ten the grower receives the least consideration, whereas his Interest ought at all times be paramount. The grower is the ioundation upon which the super structure of the association is Duut. ir tne Erower does not get fair and reasonable returns, the superstructure will soon top ple over. Last Christmas in Wonewoc. Wisconsin, Jonathan apples sold for $3.50 per box. I received for my best Jonathans J 1.45 per box. Who got the difference? A. H. POHLL. Cresswell, Oregon, Nov. 20, 1922. ED APPLE VARIETIES Would Plant Delicious, Jon athan, Yellow Newtown and Winter Banana (John F. Forbis of Montinore Farm. Diiley, is one of the out standing appie growers of Ore gon. He writes under date of November 18. He tells the edi tor he may cut out the last para graph; but the editor wants all sides and opinions on every ques tion and industry. Following Is the letter:) Editor Statesman: I planted an apple orchard in 1904, and since up to the present have given it care. First and last, I have ; grown the summer varieties, and the Gravenstein, Jonathan, King, Grimes Golden. Baldwin. : Rome Beauty. Yellow Newtown, Spitzenburg, Northern Spy, Winter Banana and Delic ious, i have no reason to doubt that each of these varieties can be successfully grown, here in the Willamette valley. The Jona than Is the best yielder here, and I believe it is wherever it can be successfully grown. It is a very wonderful tree and apple. Owing to the absence of frost In the early autumn the red varieties are not highly colored here, usu ally, and therefore we may not produce so great a proportion of the extra fancy class, as do the arid districts. Otherwise than this, I do not believe larger or better apples can be grown any where than are grown here. Cover Crops and Spraying , All apples should receive thor ough cultivation, and I believe in a. vetch cover crop every year; If SALEM WILL ALWAYS BE THE CENTER OF OREGON'S GREAT AND GROWING APPLE INDUSTRY Salem will always be the center of Oregon's great and growing apple industry Because this is the market center s, Because the factories that use apples are toy cated here r: ; So that the small apples, the culls and the by products can be utilized here, all of them. Their cry is now for more and more apples And they will be run as long as apples can be had. ' r Then, in the case of a few of the best known commercial apples, the Salem district, the Willam ette alley, can raise a strictly fancy pack that is superior That looks better, tastes better and is better than the pack of the same varieties produced in other districts. BRAND HAMS BACON AND LARD this is followed no other fertili zer is necessary. An early spray for the scab is absolutely necessary. Especially is this true with the Yellow New towns and Delicious, both of which are particularly prone to scab. The Jonathan Is practically immune! Five sprays for codlin moth are advisable, though in some years four may do. If the first of these is given about the close of the blossoming, practically clean ap ples can be insured. Without them, especially the first, the crop will be worthless. Thinning and Pruning To secure good sized apples, thinning is essential. The com mon' error is, not to thin enough. I have never known of an instance where the thinning has been too severe. The pruning of the trees Is necessary, but just how to do it is questionable. I am not sure that I know the best way. But even poor pruning will do better than none. Must Control Anthracnose Anthracnose will, sooner or later, prove fatal to any apple orchard In the Willamette valley. It can be controlled, and must be, if the orchard is to be worth while. If the orchard becomes infested, not only the trees but the apples will be ruined. This is particularly true of the late winter varieties, such as the New town. If Infected this apple will break down with anthracnoce rot about the first of January, and cause much grief, if not to the owner, then to the purchaser of th fruit. The fall and early winter varieties will generally be consumed before the rot shows up. Four Favored Varieties Were I to plant another apple orchard I would plant the four following varieties: Delicious, Jonathan. Yellow Newtown and Winter Banana. These are the best yielders ,and sellers in this valley. If I should conclude on fewer varieties, I would give my preferences in the order named But, do not understand me to recommend to any one to plant any kind of apples. My apples have cost more than they have ever yielded. Unless conditions Improve very much over what they have been for the last ten years. Leather Goods of Quality Bags, Suits Cases, Puttees HARNESS F. E. Shafer Phone 411 170 S. Com'l Salem, Ore. Compare These Prides with the ones you have been paying for tires and you will buy Oldfield the next time you need a tire. 30x3 Fabric. .$ C.95 30x3 Fabric. 7.95 32x3 Cord 11.95 32x3 Cord 17.21 32x4 Cord 2135 These are a standard make of tire and all fresh stock. We bny in carloads and are giving you the benefit of our buying price. See us ttrhen you need Tires VICKBROS. , High St at Trade SALEM, OREGON FARM REMINDERS FROM THE COLLEGE Some Suggestions for the Poultry Raisers, and Some Ayrshire News (The following items are from a current bulletin of the depart ment of industrial journalism of the Oregon Agrieultural college:) Mixing wood ashes or any form of hydrated lime with poultry droppinps is not advisable, as it liberates the plant food nitrogen in the form of ammonia, which is lost. The best procedure is to add superphosphate, which pre vents the loss of ammonia and in addition Increases the phosphor ous content of the droppings. Where superphosphate is not available land plaster can be used to prevent the loss of ammonia. A. C. Experiment station. Manure containing shavings is not as good as manure containing straw, as the shavlpgs break down a man could not elect to pursuo any kind of productive horticul ture that would require more la bor and trouble, and yield less money, than apples. Respectfully, JOHN F. FORBIS. 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 Hillman's BUTTERNUT .BREAD Auto Electric Work R. D. BARTON 171 8. Commercial St. Auction Sales Co. lOO 8. High St. Opposite Oregon Electric List what you have to sell with us. We will advertise and sell It for you. Public Auctions Every Saturday, 1 p. m. COL J. B. GABLE, Auctioneer falley Motor Co 260 North High Street , Boost This Community by Adrertlsing on the Slogan i Pages DID YOU KNOW that Salem is the Oregon apple center; that it is the best apple market in the Pacific Northwest because of the great demand lor the small and cheaper grades and the culls and by-products' in manufacturing here; that for the fancy varieties and grades it is as good as any, and in a few of the fancy varieties our growers excel those in the best advertised disrticts; that for these reasons, Salem will maintain her lead, and some of the great est commercial apple orchards of the future will be located in the Willamette valley, and that there is room for more intelligent and paistaking apple growers here? very slowly in the soil. This is especially true where the shav ings contain pitchy materials which resist decay. Where shav ings are used for litter smaller quantities of this type of manurr should be used than in the case or straw litter. This is particularly true when the manure is used on sandy soils. O. A. C. Experiment station. Oregon Panetta K of the Ore gon Agricultural college herd, was awarded fist prize three-ear-old, grand champion and -senior champion Ayrshire female at the Pacific International Livestock exposition at Portland. This same animal with her full sister Oregon Panetta RMwon first prize as "produce of dam " Cacapon Major Douglas, also of the college herd, was first prize two-year-old Ayrshire bull. His offspring won second prize as "get of sire," two of them winning first prize in their class. The old-timers who have a derby hat in moth balls some where ooght to spruce up. King George wore one of the contrap tions at the races the other day. The "topper" and two-galon af fairs have been relegated to lim bo. Seamless Hot Water Bottles and Combination Syringes Guaranteed not to Leak Prices from $1 up Brewer Drug Co 403 Court St. Phone 184 MillWood 5 loads 16-inch inside mill wood, ' $15 Good wood, prompt de livery. SPAULDING LOGGING CO. Peerless Bakery Makers of Peerless Bread Try Our Doughnuts 170 North Commercial St. Webb & Clough Leading Funeral Directors Expert Kmbalmer Corner Court it High Sts. Phone 120 Phone 1995 ,!t "JACK" DOBRFER ? i for General Automobile Repairing I Specialize on Motor Work Phone 590 410 S. Com'l. "Where The Crowds Always Shop" The People's Cash Store SALEM, OREGON OREGON PULP & PAPER CO. -. i .... i. -. SALEM, OREGON 7 - Manufacturers of High Grade Wrapping Papers and ; Paper Specialties A I SAY IT WITH BRICK j The Home is the foundation of societymake It per- ' manent by "building the bouse of clay products. See- us and let us show you how you can build with clay -products a cheaply as frame. - " SALEM BRICK AND TILE CO." A Licensed Lady Embalmer to care for women and children- is a necessity in all funeral homes. We are the only ones furnishing such service. TerwiUiger j Funhral Home j 770 Chetneket St. j Phone 724 Salem, Oregon Every slacker apple tree should be given propert attention, grafted over, or grubbed up. " ; THE BOY SCOUTS deserve the support of everyone who wishes to Inculcate high prin ciples of manhood into the youth of our land. . This paca.. jmid for by Thielscn A Rahn - Eat rut Day Weatherly Ice Cream SoU Ererrwbeiw - Buttercup Ice Creamy P. M Gregory, Mgr. 840 Boat Commercial,, St. Dodge Brothers ; t . . . ' : Sedan r Bonesteel Motor Co. 184 8. Com'l St. Phone 423 FAIRMOUNT DAIRY If - f r Perfectly Pasteurized MILK AND CREAM Phone 725 HOTEL 4 MARION SALEM, OREGON I The Largest and Most Complete Hostelry .in r r a i- xl 1 Oregon Out of Portland IffiACTR FR1I1T 1 Dried Fruit Packers ! 221 S. High EU, Salem, Or. Always in the market for dried fruits of all kinds; i i We carry the following lines of PAINTS: Sherwin Wil liams Co. and Bass Huetr. Co. Also I . - Everything la BsdMlng Lumber Company A. B. Kelsay, Mgr. S49 S. 12th St. Phone SIS 1 OUR TREES Carefully Grown. 1 Carefully Selected Carefully Packed p Will Give Satisfaction to tb4 'Planter! SALEM NURSERY COMPANY 42S Oregon Building Phone 17CS - ; Additional Salesmen Wanted