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ELLIN G S A LE M' D ISTRIGT WeWffl Give Our Best Efforts Hunt Bros. Packing Ccspany Ja ; ; Salem,1 Oregon- it i i. i ft a. k 1 1 :1 u 11 II It ' i . i . 1 i f ' I e e t ? t 1 i I 1 Quality Fruits, . Proper- growing, ; .Proper packing, Intelligent selling, v Courteous treatment, Community service, : ' :,'- v -. - I ' - ' "1 "Ari the atepa to' business . success- bJ)EH YDRATED FRUITS ANL VHUHlAKLl! - Oregon Products King's Food; Products Company - Salem Portland The Dafles r . I Oregon ;".;-. idsch'StoIz Company Salem Oregon i i Eue Cidr Vlnejfar Carbonated Beverages, j r UliieiSulpbur Solution f-1 X'-'" :t .- . ... Tnck allTry t n pa of tha . WUUiaeUa VaHej WflleUaYalleyPnini . : Assccfatioa HN , . ".,.'11 f Tbe oldest Association In tbS' Northwest. ; W.T.JENKS - - - Secretary and Manager Trade", ft .IHgb Sta. ffetjfj Oregon M v , ' P- - - y - v f ami JLlr :. Purnacas, pltunblnf btiac and ibet atatol work, tin aa4 ', grTl totlng. garl iob- tkiag' ia tia att4 sloUd iro Jr. - - 3S5 OhasMketa St. Phaaa 10 :..- Deris Health Bread Ask-Your Grocer - Always Ride the ; v : If- f Trclleyr fe.j Convenient ; Comfortable Safe and Economical, too Tickets Have Time Rold in Htripa of 3 for 30c Southern Pacific Lines AND YEARS TW-fitatesaiav-tiat brn aiippTT-, lie th wast of tba critical ivb 7PfBprtrad- , - Proof poaitWa wa r prlntrs of worth o4 roriW '-. . X, i. .s- v -. - Modern aqulpnetit aad Ideaa ara ! taa onea that cat . STATESMAN . PUBLISHING COIIPAIIY . -i I Fva sas, . ei a. : I t: s-. : I ' Devoted to Showing Salem District People the Advantages I v ; and Opportunities of Their Own Country and Its - Cities and Towns. The Way to Bufld Up Your Home Town f . ; The Surest Way to Get i Is to Patronize Your Home People Industries Is to Support and CANNED SPI1CH GROWING II SPINACH : FACTS i FRDWl OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE The Increased Demand During the Past Few Years Makes It a Desirable Crop to Grow, Either as a r Fjeld and Succession Crop or in Greenhouses. ; ' (Following is. in fall Circular i 185 of; the department of iregeta- j ble gardening of the Oregon Agri cultural collage, entitled "Spinach Growing and Marketing." the au thor being Prot. A. C" b Dort quetr) Spinach is one of the most im portant vegetables grown for "greens," being of particular val ue during the spring, the fore part or tbe awnnierTTall and win der. ;-.;r:, - ,i. ., : There has been a considerable Increase In the! demand of this vegetable: duriiig . jttjp past- few years. If f reah,. larget clean and dark green spinach Is offered 'on the market, there Is, a tendency to t increase-: tbe consumption, but small, wilted, d.frty spinach, which often appears I when shipped : in from a distance, causes an unfav orable market condition and cur tails "constrn4pUon.f Debydrators demand this crop quite largely, as if makes a very fine vegetable for drying. . .' ' - . : Spinach 13 valuable for an in-, tensive farm garden In that it can be used as a first crop, preceding late vegetables, such as celery, late cabbage, cauliflower, late beans, fall lettuce, etc.,. or it can follow as a fall Ctop such vege tables as are removed from thp We have a few galjons of BASS-HUETER ,-; and ! PHOENIX PURE , . PAINT "Which we are closing out at $3.00 Per Gallon Call : and see ' our stock of paints, ! leads, oils ' Falls City-Salem , Lambert Company A. B. KcUaft JJrr. 349 S, 12th 8t. : Pkona S13 Ed. CHASTALN CLOTHING CO. 305 State St. Men's and Young Men's , Clothing and Furnishings Use my stairs. It pays SALEM IRON WORKS bUbliiW 1869 " -T- "'" " $ - ; - a. V Founders, Machinists and 1 . Blacksmiths ' ' - -- : ' Corner Trant A Stat Sta. 11 anofactarara of tha Bhand pump for Irri Ration and other pnrooaea. : Cerreapondenre ao lie it rd. Irrigatian informatioa , aup plied. .' .'sv . ' " - ... - Makera of . Salem Iron, Worka Prac 8awa HOTEL BLIGH lOO rooms of Solid Comfort A Home, Away From Home " 1 , Selling Salem This campaign of publicity for community upbuilding has been made possible by the advertisements placed pn these pages by our public spirited business men mn whose untiring efforts have builded our present recognized prosperity and who are ever striving for greater and yet greater progress as the years go by. ground by August 1 to Septem ber!.; i 1 ' Climatic Conditions Spinach is not adapted to hot weather conditions, and therefore Is most successfully grown during the seasons of the year above men tioned. It has a tendancy to run to seed very quickly during warm weather. Climatic conditions in western Oregon are Ideal for spin ach growing, and wherever cool, moist weather prevails, the best quality of spinach will be pro duced. ..." : Soils There are a variety of sells which can produce satisfac tory crops of spinach. Probably the largest' yields i are being ob tained from soils which have an abundance of humus In them, Such as the muck or beaverdam soils. Rich, sandy loams are "also valuable - in that they can be planted early and" make . a good soil for an early crop, to be fol lowed by another vegetable later in tbe season. Any. soil which grows -spinach must be one that can be pulverized to a fine degree so that "proper seeding may j be made. The essential characters oi any soil for spinach are, abun dance of organic matter and free dom from clods, or ability to be finely pulverized. The fall and winter, crops must, be grown on well drained ground. Land that is not normally- well drained can not be planted until some time during: April, which oftentimes brings the 1 crop into a period of hot weather, which is not suit able to it.- 'i .'. -: . ' v -f-Preparation of tbe Ground -Inasmuch as all spinach is grown from Seed and sown with .a hand drill, it is necessary to have a One well-pulverized and- smooth seed bed. In order to obtain a good even stand of plants, the land must be free from clods and finely worked down. Manures and Fertilizers The Buy tbe Oregon Made ; Furnaces W. W. ROSEBRAUGH CO. Foundry and Machine Shop 17th &. Oak St., Salem, Or. Phone 886 W An Out After Two MilUoas W are now paying over three qnartera of a niliion dollars a year to the dairymen of thia aeetion for. milk. ' , ;, "Marion KxAizt" L '" X 'tha 'Bast Batter y' , ;"!. Mora Cows and Better Cows la . tne crying need MARION CREAMERY & PRODUCE CO. Salem, Ore. Phone 2488 Salem Carpet Cleaning and RUFF; RUG WORKS- All sizes of Rag and Fluff Rugs Woven ; Old MaCtresa ' Steaming and . , . Remaking ; ; Otto Z wicker. Prep. ' Phone 1154 13 H & WUbur Street " IBnnBiSMaiaMSSV' District is a continuation of the Salem Slogan and Pep and Progress Campaign extent to which a spinach field will yield in tons is largely depen dent on the amount of organic matter in the soil, or on the sup ply of manure which may be available. If fine, rotted manure is on hand, it should be applied in the spring and thoroughly worked into the ground. If manure is somewhat scarce, a light coating will be better than none. Manure should also be applied prepara tory to seeding the fall ?crop. . During the final preparation of tbe soil with the spike harrow and planker, an application of ISO pounds of nitrate of soda may be made, or as an alternative, 600 to 800 pounds of tankage. . , Varieties There are a number of varieties of spinach, differing in the shape and color of the leaves, also the crinkly nature of the same. Probably the most widely used variety Is the Victoria, having a deep green, pointed fo liage; also Thick Leaf with a round thick leaf of rich green col or. Another variety which is sometimes used is the Savoy Leaved which has crinkly dark col ored green ' leaves. The variety Long Standing is also used by growers who are producing thia crop for the cannery or dehydra t)or. - .;... . . '. Prom tests which have , been: made It is very evident that there is great difference in the pro ducing power of different strains of spinach of the same variety, and therefore one must not only en deavor to choose a suitable varie ty, but also to obtain a high yielding strain of seed. " Seeding--Spring seeding begins as early as the weather and soil conditions permit. The plants are,! hardy and will stand average spring frosts. A hand drill Is used to put in twelve to fifteen pounds of seed per acre with the row i2 to 14 inches apart. Depth of seed ing should be aboutne-half inch. . Cnltivation inasmuch as tbi rows of spinach are close together, all cultivation has to be done by hand. The tools most widely used are the shove hoe and the wheel hoe, which are useful in cutting down small weeds between tbe rows and keeping a mulch on the surface. It Is especially impor tant to keep -"Weeds out of the rows, otherwise ', they will cause considerable bother later oh when it becomes time to harvest the crop. ; , Harvesting -A sharp 'shove hoe Is used for harvesting ppinach, or the two-wheeled hand hoe iwith the knives reversed, can be used. If the spinach Is not 'going to be washed. It Is best to wait until it Is thoroughly dry, or the dew is off the leaves, before It is cut; other wise the spinach will h,ave to be washed before going to market. It is customary to cut the spinach off 'with i about an inch of stem,' so that the blades of . the knives should go just below the surface of tbe soil. If this is carefully done, tbe spinach will be laid over systematically to one side of the row and easily picked up and put Into field ' boxes, which are open slatted crates or orange boxes. Grading The following grades are not standard for Oregon, but are used elsewhere and .offer. sug- , gestions to growers In jthls terri- iury; Grade No. 1 Shall 'consist 'of spinach which IS of one type and free from decay, which " la practi cally free from dead, yellow or coarse and stemmy leaves and seed stems, and danrage caused by dis ease, insects, or other means. The roots should not be more than 1 inch long. ' J Grade No. 2 Shall consist Of spinach which does ; not conform to the requirements of Grade No. 1, but It must be free from decay and serious damage. r Added to the above grades Is the suggestion that green, fresh, washed spinach Is attractive, but that dirty, wilted spinach Is un desirable and causes a glut on the market. V-. : -.y : : j .;: YieldThe factors which large- SPINACH WILL SAVE Ml UNDERNOURISHED , New Food Values for Babies Found in Experiments with ' r This Vegetable, the Use of Which Is Successful in , Restoring the Little Ones to Normal Experiments Carried on for Years. Saving the lives of thousands of undernourished babies annual ly and raising 'the type of Am erican manhood and: womanhood Is expected to result from years cf research by pr. J. F. McClen don. University of Minnesota, who recently announced a dis covery in infant dietetics. Experiments made with under fed infants, whose mortality rate las be on high J have proved his theory,, Dr.i McClendon asserted. At the Jean Martin Brown home in v St. Paul a baby gained 23 ounces in one week. The diet has a foundation of pewdered ; dehydrated spinach and dehydrated orange Juice. ""Zf" Eperlmented fojr Tears Mr; McClendon came tp tbe university in 11914, and since that- time has been deeply in terested In dietetics, and has for many years been conducting experiments in i dehydrated foods. Only ! recently he completed his tests and I experiments to such ah extent that he considered his findings of sufficient com pleteness for formal announce ment. . 1 Dr. McClendon felt that im proper nutrition In infancy and adolescence resulted in subnor mal " mentality ; and physique in adults, and, with the approval of; Dr. J. P.' Sedgwick, eminent child specialist, and Dr. Jeanette McLaren, attending physician, be gan the study of nutrition of the Infants in1 the Jean Martin Brown home in St. Paul. . Infanta in ; the home were largely orphans . and under weight. By feeding thorn about two : teaspoonfuls of powdered spinach and one-twefth of an ounce of dehydrated orange juice 111 .. fm ly determine the yield are the rich nss of the soil and the uniform stand of plants In the field! Soils which produce an abundance, of leaf growth are apt to produce as many as six to eight tons per acre, especially if a good stand is ob tained, but three and a half to fire tons per acre Is probably nearer the average for a number of areas producing spinach. Value of the Crops- Dehydrat ors and canneries usually offer a price of about $30 per ton. Tha average market price in cities, etc., varies from 5 to 11 He per pound, depending largly on th sea son and tbe availability f the crop. Being a short-season vege table, one must figure that the land can be utilized soon after the removal of the spinach for anoth er vegetable, thus making It pos sible to double-crop , tbe ground during the season. Y . Use as a Greenhouse Crop Tri als in the growing of spinach, as a substitute crop for leaf lettuces in a greenhouse, have shown that this Is one of the best vegetables that can be produced during the fall, winter, and early part of the spring. It makes a rapid growth of fine, vigorous, dark green leaves arid sells readily : on the market during the seasons above mentioned at an average price of ten cents a pound. ' Literature on Spinach Grow ers who are particularly interested In spinach culture should write for a copy of Farmers Bulletin 1189 of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, entitled "Han dling Spinach j for Long Distance Shipment.'! f Write to the Division of Publicaflons.iU. S. D. A.. Wash ington, D. C. ; r - i l THE LIVES OF a day ha increased their growth rate to about three or four times what it had been previously. Tbe pr'xe baby gained 23 ounces in a week. Evtri a baby with marked rickets gained in weight. Much Iron in Spinach Spinach contains 10 times as much'; iron as is contained in cerrots, and, since milk is mark-, edly deficient in Iron content, spinach is a valuable addition to a milk diet. ' The powdered; spin ach and orange juice contain all classes of vitamines in abun dance, and a .large amount of necessary mineral matter. "It .Is , difficult to get adults to change their diet," said Mr. McClendon. "It has been proved that bread made 01 per cent of powdered spfnach and 10 per cent of soy . bean meal is ex cellent in taste and highly nu tritious." Dr. McClendon's " experiments with dehydrated spinach in con nection with baby feeding: are of momentous importance to every housewife. Th iron, mineral salts,- and vitamines that makes spinach so valuable in malnutrition of in fants Is equally well adapted tor building up physical health in adults. . . . , 1 King's Dehydrated Spinach was used In Dr. McClendon's experi ments In the usual . whole-leaf form, being ground In an ordinary coffee mill. King's Spinach con tains all the elements of fresh spinach. . , THREE CROPS IN A Beans, Cabbage, Carrots or Potatoes Between the "Two Spinach Crops (Luther J. Chapin, who! was-formerly 1 agriculturist of: Marlon county. In 1920 wrote an article for the. Slogan' editor of The Statesman on spinach, from which the following extracts are taken: ) ''Splnachjs a cool," wet weather crop.. It is grown In the early spring months or late summer and autumn. It requires under favor able conditions,, from 45 to 60 days to mature. ' ' "It requires rich garden soil to produce a profitable crop for com mercial purposes. . "If the soil is poor it produces only small leaves and shoots " to seed. .- ' . "Since it la - the leaves which are used for food; a luxuriant, rapid growth Is de-tired. " "It produces on rich garden soil or muck land " from two to five tons to the acre. This affords a reasonable profit at the present price of $30 per ton since the cost of production does not exceed $30 per acre, and it Is harvested in ample time to plant corn, beans, cabbage, carrots or potatoes. -- "Gardeners In the Lake Lablsh district are'eagei to contract at the above price, as the crop nets them from $30, to $90 per acre t?id the ground Is Idft In the best condition 'for their mala crop one of the above mentioned crofls. "Spinach is a 'very wholesome - - . , ; IMS More and Larger Those You Have Why suffer with 8tomch Trouble when Chiropractic - will . Remore the Causa food arid should be eaten -freely by all. .: , "It contains a large percentage of Iron, and for this reason Is used and recommended by hospital phy sicians.' ". :.f'-,.;.r- "In its dehydrated form it Is convenient to keep the year round in any climate. : ' ; i "The spring, crop is - used ' at present for canning and dehydrat ing, but no doubt the fall crop will also be- la demand. . i r f "Tbe fall crop may be planted after many, of the summer crops have been harvested. Three Crops In a Year. "In fact, it will be possible to produce three crops' In one year on the same soil by growing both a spring and an autumn spinach crop. Such a cropping scheme, however, would require the ap plication of the most intensive methods of cultivation and the in telligent use of fertilizers. In oth er words, it would require the ap- E TONS OAlE COIWPAIW The Growers of the Salem District Can Produce Thiw Vegetable at a Profit, Especially as a First Crop Followed by Stringiess Beans, and They Should Supply It. - . The. managers of the King's lood Products company want ?.t least 5000 tons of spinach for the SaTem 'dehydration plant, this year. - ' , Contracts are now being made. Some have already been made ijhe contracts call for $25 a tori - ' . - Suitable land. In . good condi tion. In a normal season, ought to produce three to five tons of spinach jto the acre. Royce Alien, down on Route 9, Salem, has pro duced six tons to the acre for a large acreage. V Then Stringiess Beans . ; ' Spinach is a short season cropl It will -mature In 45 to 60 day a from the time of planting. It mav be followed with stringiess beans, and the dehydration people want the beans at $55 a ton; and; one ought to raise three tons of beans to the acre, after -spinach, with good land and proper cultivation and with a favorable season. '''One grower told the reported that he thinks he can count, on at least $100 an acre net, with spin ach and beans at the present con tract prices. " Vred Kurtz, buyer or products from the farmers for the dehy dration Deople, is going to take seme of his own medicine. Kurts & Mankertz. on . the old Kurtz farm just below Salem, are goin; to put 15 acres In spinach; just a fcoou as they can safely get onto thu land and, -they propose it follow this with"; stringiess beans. Luther J. Chapin says Intenslva farmers may raise three crops in one year spinach first, then Prospective Home Builders ".'" - - . i -:,. -' ; ASK US for your copy of our booket, "Your Next Heme." ThFa booklet contains photo graphs and plains of sixty beautiful homes ' every one has been built and lived in. A copy is yours free for the asking. Let us help you with your plans and demonstrate " the value of burnt-clay products for permanent 'home building, . . - . Salem Brick and Tile Company Salem. Oregon - , ; I Phone 017-" At all timet to assist In any posible war tbe davel opment ot the fruit and berry lndoStrie. Tn tills ral-' ley. ;- Orescn Pacldhg Your Health Begins When Yea Phone 87 j for u appointment Dr. SCOTT & SCOFIELD P. 8. O. OUroptsetors '; Bay Laboratory 414 to 419 U. S. Nata Bk. Bldg. Honre 10 to 12 sum. and 2 to 6 pan. plication of the best business methods to farming, k v "While1 three crops In one year ' are possible on certain soils un der, favorable conditions, it Is not expected., in general. - It- should ' be the aim, however of every f ar mr, to keep his capital working to' its fullest capacity, as bis net ' returns kre thereby Increaded."- u; :' fThat. VM tho TrirI ruttil in , v " ; ..v. . 1920. The contract price now be ing! offered' by the King's Food Products coin pany for supplies for i their Salem dehydration plant is $25 a ton, and no doubt labor and other costs are enough be- i low what they were in 1920 to make this as attractive as '$30 a ton was then. Mr. Chapin was , asked a couple of days ago by a Statesman, reporter, if ; tha facts as be stated them in 1920 about spinach growing were good for the present time. He replied In the affirmative. Ed.) , OF SPIIIII FOB WANTED FOR THIS YEAR - ? - : . : beans iorseme other vegetable, and .then a fall crop of spinach. -- . The, World Wants It This :1s'. the situation: 'l"he ' world i is demanding 1 more and iuore spinach: and will keep on urmanamc sun more, ror the iron in It; and the vitamines, etc. Tb farmers around: Salem can pro duce a little better spinach than any one-else can stow. They can produce It at a profit; especially hi two-cropping or three-cropping system. And all these things being Urue, they should furnish the 500-plns tons wanted- thi year, and 4s much more hereafter as the markets will take; 100.00 t tons a year. If ; necessary.. Thev n do It-,,-; ;a:-V' - ' The King's tfood Products company managerai-,will. famish to growers the " necessary and proper seed at wholesale prices, and they will give every possible Instruction and help to the maa with suitable land wishing to con tract. " " ' ' 'i ' The Tiger Fights a Duel When an officer of the war council expressed doubt of Cie menceau's truthfulness . In denial of that charge about' the .death of two. generals, a duel resulted. After the officer) had fired his shot and .. missed Clemenceau said: , "I ".will., spare your life because you are I an officer of France. I will j merely break your leg above tbe knee. It is less ' dangerous tct be wounded there than . below the knee." And bis bullet broke the bone above , the kne.4-Silas Ben in New York Times.