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THURSDAY -MOVING.- FEBRUARY 22, 1 f,: .1 Farm Loans , S3 YHI13 6 Per Cent Eat a lltta L THE OREGON STATTIIAN.-BAiniOHEGQ:! - !" jiulw i ... iii , 1 1 1 1 " " " ' T " 1 1 " 111 " .!... i- ii -.- - .... 1 ' MWWWMS m tH.-AW i. . . . "il . :: . ' ' ' " ' " ' "-- ' " - - - - - - l - i t r ; - ' ' - - , - -. . h - i v .. a . . ' ' m m r m . r - ' ma m - a a i. a a mm i a - m j . r v a t.imv - r v. II I V' . j 1 1 .1.1 , 1VX f . iA , : 1 P il TV : :S V II i J) . I : . LI i :1L" I 3 ;V 1L . lI1V Li j. V Li-J i 1 V . 1 ; NL . ' - ' r - ' - i - -! Interest A. C-Boirojtcdt Iteprcaentliig Portlad Joint i Stock lnd Bask ' 407 BImobIo Temple Salem, Oregon ScIcm Hct Yatcr J Bottles, tad , Combination Syringes Gkraa teed .not to Leak 5 Prices frcia $1 up a ! v..-.j. f -l . iSrevver DrugCo 405 Court St. Phono 184 Ou UmI: ' Ow MitM: Tki Btt Ovly - - Cepntia : " ,;Cs?ilaL City f Co-cparatire Crczeiy - - 1 . -. - . r - a Boa-vrofit rgm8ist1a w,4 , Vaai mfMtvxtn ! Bvttwtcy BUtair . ' "at 1ST 01 . p,finio;dF:iiiE.Fiiu;:E. is vjoied ir The Author Began Laying His Plans in the Fall of 1916, and He Has Developed Them to a Point That Should . interest Every Man Engaged in the Prune Industry in This District The Problem Vas a Complicated One, : ' and Kr Stolz Has Given It Much Study, and He ' u JJow Tells ther Whole Story of His Practical .Work. ;.:i - i :.!! . 'EindT'StatesraanV i"-- ;:5';; VtA&i' fall'-yott solicited" ma'-to wrlJLe ,up. my, experience ., in the work - of derclopins my r prune cryr. ' Waht bf' time and the act that I lh'4n ' planned a trip to California orerented me from taking b. this task at. that time, llowerer, now that we. are Jook4 Jng forward to .the .1922 .prune crop, : I will "attempt - to gixe the subject, k'm.r besi-$.endearor, be ,ades.. l.anV onlr-itoo glad to con-; trihate' ta your.'fcmamendable ei fort, Jn, , boosting the great Indus trie of ti-WtJlamette Talley in 'AVAinflf a ! mnchi snace to dis tributing kaowledge, that-1 know ia ;Ot rast benefit, especially to . th beginner. A. This, term might properly Include almost all who are now engaged, in the raiding of .prunes and berries; at least I am -In -that class. . : t ;'; it-M ln'tnft nnn? 01 ilia that 1 1 fist got Into the growing of 'a prune orchard;" I put out - 40 acres one-half a' mile west of " the; Keizer 'school "house,- which has since been 'known as the Ram bler Prune Farm.'. My trees made good gfowth.each year by good -xuttiTatlon and "r liberal fertilisH Ing. soby the fall or 1H6 1' be-1 gan to lay my plans to build a dryer the' f 6!loWlng tyrtA At first J thought this aneasrfAsk, but I'had not "Visited many'' dryers WMvaa awiu "Sfr va vvuiivavw " and needed muchstudy for1 me to reacn anything like,-,a'ts4ferTpro- 1 cednre, ' for5' $ had ' neVer' f given fruit drying any thought: ' - I set myself to the task, for in r my search I found many dryers that were not giring perfect sat isfaction to' their ' owners; . ' In fact, prune drying, 1 as well as prune dryers, was so ' in Its 'In- . fancy , that " almost ' erery other man held different ideas. In De cember of that year, 1916, there was . held a : farmers' and fruit growers', convention or school of instruction , by - the Oregon " Agri cultural college at Corvallis. This was a free for all and lasted one week.1 This was naturally attrac tive to 'me at my stage of . the ' prune game, so I spent four days . a .. ' in inas scnooi ana got muca Dene fit, for fruit growers were there from all parts of Oregon as far south as Ashland- and- some of the best ' growers from Clarke county, Washington, and it was ' a, great privilege or meet these men and hear them ,give ;, their experience. : ?; v'-'.:.-i -u'-f :; One entire day was given to the discussion of drrprs. and tn rnt great disappointment here also I found - a vast difference of ex. perience; staunch advocates of .the longjand short, innnels.sIn one coaia noi neip dui come to one conclusion,' and that was that we had no standards ia a prune dryer, and teo ? far . aa f i know this largely prevails ' today uiiu is ue oui reason mai i nave consented to .write ithis particle, ;, thinking that I . may contribute something , toward - a" 'standard ; principle on which prune dryers can be built. " .. - My four days at Corvallis were Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesmah , (In Twke-a-TYeek Statesman Follawins Day) i Prsnca, Oct. II. . Dairying, Oct. It. , Flax, Oct. 3f, " Filberts, Not, S. Walnota,N0T. Strawberries, Not. . Apples. Nor23. 16. . Raspberries, Hot. 10. Mint, December 7. Great cows, etc. Deo, 15, '- Blackberries, Dee. 23. h Cherries, Dee. 29. Pears, Jan. 4, 11I. ; Gooseberries. Jan. 11. Corn. Jsjw.M,r . -x::: - Celery, Jan. 25. , Spinach, etd., Feb. L. -' Onions, etc, Feb. t. Potatoes, ete4 Feb. 15. -. . Bees, - Feb.;: 22.-,-'Vr - Poultry and pet stock. Mar. 1. Goats, Marcn 8. . v Beans, etc March 15. v PsTed highways, March 22. . - Broccoli, . cte ifareli 29. , v Silos, etc., April 5. ' ' ' Lestunes, AprU12. . Aspararns, etc., Aprtl 19. . . Grapes, etcv April 28. bj gioeo;i stdlz Of great benefit as stated because; I got point that-were a f guldei to. me and I also took note of -the troubles some' had, such ' as - some' of the tunnels drying faster and the upper and lower trays drying different. 'J: drying 1 e better " by day time - than'? "night, or lack ; of draft when thVweather was "Stormy" Or, foggy. Here wiis my task to meet and correct' all of these in " one,' effort. Well. it was too much for ' mO at one ef fort, but now after operating my aryer ior six. years, i-ieei mai hare fully met and overcome .ev ery .defect ' and feel that I hare an approach to the perfect dryer ,1 cannot pass thll point with out giving due credit to my friend Otto' Hansen, late business man of Salem. He too; was in the prune game and had built: and operated a. dryer and was, overcoming its weak points.. I got many valu able points from him; before I builti Then the man, Charles Weathers, whom I i have on the Rambler farm j was faithful to note down from year to year ev ery defect so we could make cor rections the next year, i The First Dryer.lV. - . , ,4 will now . briefly describe my dryer as first built. I was handi capped by' having perfectly level ground to build on. s A slight hillside Is preferable, so I excav ated three feet. ; My. main foun dation.' wall Is concrete 44x66 on which sUnda the dryer fully; in clbsed with, rustic siding, so we have perfect control of air cur rents that is ; necessary but not the practice..'' Heating chambers, two , uteits, each supplying five tunnels 18 feet deep and 16 feet wide inside measurements, 6 feet high at the back, tapering to 10 feet at the mouth of the tunnel. all concrete up to the bottom of the tunnel, , hence , are as near fireproof, as can be had. , Exper ience ; has .since given hollow tile the preference, as it holds heat better than concrete. ; For, each unit of five tunnels we have one of the largest; box stoves made, 32x32x6 feet,, each unit equipped with 27 feet 20 Inch. 60 feet 16 Inch, 11 feet 14 Inch, pipe.jthe two units leading to one brick smokestack of proper dimensions. I had these measurement taken recently in order1 to be absolutely correct. This, gives us 98 feet of pipe to each unit and is none too much. 4 Better increase the. : heat ing chamber and pipe especially in . height, which can be done where yon have a hillside, for the uniform drying; of your tunnels depends upon how Veil "yon . mix the heat and air and a, large heat ing chamber has a decided advan tage. To get the air-, properly mHed, we suspend large sheeets of iron over the 'stove and first sec tions of pipe - and guard: against a; direct current to mouth of tun nels, all for the ;purnose o uni formity. -1 -v :. - yyy -i'," , - i We have ten tunnels S 6 feet long; 15 trays'hlglC 12 trays deep, trays 32x37 .. inches,. cafryiBg about 30 pounds of'green. fruit to the tray.: Tho tunsels hare two Drug garden, Uay .S. Sagar beets sorghum, ate . May 10. . Water powers. May 17. nimgation. May 24. . v . Mining. May SI. ' Land, irrigation, etc, Johe 7, ' Dehydration, June 14. Hops, t cabbage, etc. Jane 21. Wholesaling - and Jobbing Jane 2S.- - -. - -' Cacambers. etc4 July 5. Bogs, Jnlylll. City beautiful, etc., July 19. . 8chools( etc July 2f. Sheep, Aug. 2. -i National adTertlslng, Aug, 9. Seeds, etc, Aug. IS. LlTestock, Aug. 21. - ; AntomotlT industry, Ang. SO. Grain and Sraln products, Sept. Manufacturing, Sept. 12. r Woodworking, etc. Sept. 20, Paper mills,- etc., Sept. 27. (Back copies of the Thursday edition of tho Daily Oregon Statesman are on hand. They are' for sale at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current j cop ies, 6c.) Inches :riaa to fthe -foot, 'Spaces' graduated. ; . ; . : ; 1 We found it necessary toibulldl an addition to the sorting room, so we now have a sorting 1-oom of 32x44 feet. At the Intake we have 20x44 . feet with sufficient outside room to handle green fruit and trayer, all under cover. The dryer faces east, as our pre vailing .winds are from the south rend west. We think this a de cided advantage. That is, the upper , end . of the tunnels face east.' . ..... ,. "-. . . . : . . It was 'at Otto Hansen's sugges tion that my division end outside walls are made . of two inch ma terial. At the time it was adopt ed, to save space ; . however,: It no doubt is a great element of safe ty, for there are no.pockets where there is not a full current of air or places where a ; pitch seam might be. .superheated and cause cembnetion. .1 had this material cut by- a v sash f and door t actory out of bone dry material, tongue, and groove placed horizontal and fitted Into a grooved '2x4 for top and ' bottom' on a .two- Inch run to the ' foot. ?.Thls makes easy con struction; as the .top 2x4 supports the decking. . Our lower' and op per deck- as well as the sides are double-: with sheet asbestos as a lining. ' Each tunnel is a anit of Its own and separate to the top of ventilator shaft. , - After Two Seasons - - This' represents:, our first con struction. . However, ' after oper ating two seasons we found : our tunnels too' long; . for . one stove for five tunnels was seemingly not sufficient. , We. got the required heat at the lower part of each tun nel, namely 170 degrees, : and could even raise that If desirable, but our prunes did not get proper drying for some four, trays at the upper end. so it was up to us to find a remedy.' To overcome this we raised our ventilator stack ten i feet to get a better pull or draft. Then on top of our heating cham ber we carried the outer walls of each, unit up tight to the bottom of the tunnels with hollow ; tile, thereby creating an upper heat ing1 chamber, conserving practi cally all the heat we had been losing.. . . . v. . , , Lt. . In addition to this we cut two 6 inch holes through .our ; decking in which we put an iron stove pipe with a T on top to spread the" 'heat. Then ' we cut two 4 inch slots across each tunnel so we had a new Intake of heat abouf midway of each tunnel with no decrease of heat at the lower end. , This- practically overcame all our troubles and so far as we could see we got as good : results as a 22 foot ; tunnel,.' and every part : of our tunnels was ' drying alike.-- r: i: :lr:-- -- t .'f Re-drculatlng System - I I felt that I wo - were through making h changes,! then k:ame the agitation for re-circulating fans. The Oregon Agricultural college made great claims what could be done, ;' and as V always want to keep abreast, with the best, I be gan to study this system and soon bad the agent who sold ; fans on my hands. He had: been out at my dryer v taking measurements and was fully prepared to tell me what I needed and in fact what I must have- to make re-circulation anything like :, a success. hI pro pose to give this new source t of experience in some; detail as know many are persuaded to fol low the promoter's -specifications to their loss, not alone for an un necessary investment; in , convert ing their dryer over to adopt this system but the unnecessary added expense each year . In I operating, and I might say right here that economical and proper drying of prunes Is one of the biggest items BEES BOTH NECESSARY AUD PROFITABLE ,The fruit growers izzst have honey bee- They must have ihem for pcUinztlon psr- pbsefe;"!; To insure their frxdt crops i - . And they can make beekeeping profitable; ' they can harvest two crops, by attending to their -bees intelligently end faithfully, end providing late summer bee pasture c i ; X I . , This its' the best country known, outside of southern Oregon, for the early honey flow; so all that ' remains to make Salem o: great commer cial Koney district islctebee pasture, end this can be provided, in white clover czd other crops, that aire themselves both profitable and. good for the land. - , . : - n? - .r? ? - ; , . As we must have bees, why not make a vhtue of necessity . , , . And a profit of heiessHyi 'too? ' ; - tp tte 'considered In constructing a ity 'dtyer.-orststem 'of drying prunes that cannot dry at a net cost of 1 cent a pound Is not a perfect dryer. . .v It .would be better if ' many of our. prune dryers were remodeled before adopting the '. re-circulat ing-systems . . Economy of operating was one thing ! considered and was large ly why I selected the long tunnel plan, for It must be apparent that my ten tunnels of 36 feet long have nearly the capacity of twen ty tunnels 22 feet long with ether dimensions the same. v. j Another - point I kept; in mind, in my - construction was to make my dryer as near fire' proof as possible.' . 1 .: Coming back to "the installing of. the re-circulating system, I was up against scientific knowl edge as against my inexperienced Judgment. However, as there was! a difference of some $2000 in the installing of what I was toid , I must have and, what seemed : to me ' was . necessary "by adopting only a - partial re-circulating sys tem,; I bucked. v, However, before I placed my order "for my fans, I made a trip to the Oregon Agri cultural college at Corvallis where they , had Installed a fully" equip ed system under the plans that I was i advised to ' adopt. V. Their model had but four tunnels of 22 . feet with a stove fully , as, large as what I use for my laVga five tunnels and nobody would doubt that it would work perfect ly, but it did not seem economical to operate; not to me. Plana His Own. ' ' i I. laid before the professor, the size fnd capacity of my, dryer, the' perfect draft, and how I could ndt .tfee tmy way; clear to : discard km tsat 1 1 1 had gained1 and Install tifeJ 3-fooiLfana that, f would re, quire two 1 0-horse power motors to operate, My idea was , to In stall two f 2 4-inch fans-, oej"foir, each unit,; and .close "up all In-' takes which were ' not weeded. 3. found no encouragement at O. A, I C. for this plan; In fact, I was. told I was wasting my money. However, I came home and placed my order - for the 24-lnch fans, hadi them installed and got them to . operate about ten days, after drying began. . They" were a per fect success from the first- f Wo operated the - two fans from a counter ; shaft ' with " a six horse power motor V, and reduced . our. -time of drying fully eight hours with a decided savingof fuel. We also had a perfect and even tem perature of heat and I think a de cided safety -fom fire,' besides we have . overcame atmosphere ef fect, hence have a decided gain all around by the added capacity to our dryer- In' fact, there ;were only i,Ive days that i we could have enough " fruit f to keep the night shift fully employed. . We cut an' opening of two feet in the bottom of each tunnel and inclosed each unit into one cham ber below with galvanized- Iron from which the fan draw's through a ' 24-inch galvanized pipe. The fans are placed close to the cen ter of the . heating chamber,, and blow directly against t ha pipe and stove, .deflecting ' on either; side. We left our Intakes as they were, using the center as Inlet for fan, and closed . all our opening! In front ; with -brick '-' and mortar, leaving only the - opening .around the stove, as this is necessary to keep the stove from burn ing out. I might say In passing that ' I doubt If the fans could be Install ed as successfully, where a small beating chamber ... is . used and short tunnels are operated We AND LARD SALEM, OREGON FRDMTHE COLLEGE It Is Time to Begin to Think About Spraying ; Spray Calendar Really. (The following are notes from a current bulletin of the department of . Industrial journalism of the Oregon Agricultural college:)' ' , Spray Calendar. Kow Ready An orchard spray program for Oregon has been : preparetd by A. t Lovett,- entomologist, and H. P: Barss, plant pathologist of the OlA.C. experiment station. - The prb'gram gives the time and meth od for control of ' pests and dis- close the traps In the ventilator m'pre than one half. . . - h now ijoag.io 7i v The question may be - raised as to ;how -many hours it 'takes to dry prunes' This sometimes is misleading. Seasons " differ and we differ In our ideas of a per fectly dried prune. We: could low er twenty ;hours"If that was de sired. In interest of quality, we dry f on .twenty ; to - twenty-two hoqr time ) under, i our -1 present equipment .: and could lower ; this so tar . as having . heating . capac Ity. t- i i 1 1 Before closing I wish , to T give Mr. Harry A. Broad due credit for assistance In planning the in stallatlon of my fans. While he stood.' out' to the last for, a seven foot 'fan, "he cheerfully ; gave " his time and? ability to adopting a proper plan for Installing.1 . After we had the; fans In working order, he cama,sdcarefully .tested each Intake, . measured : the- volume , of air 4aken . through the fans and atUoinio Intake and after 4 care- ful tesj, sll.round, he turned to me an .eaid,' "You winT By this i he meant -tbat; I got practlc ally the same results with an in vestment of. $ 7 2 0 . instead of nearly 13000. The t?720 given is without motor. - Our ; fans take co air except what Is taken from the npper end of the tunnels and puts It back Into the. ; heating chamber - at about ; 140 degrees. The ... little moisture Is a benefit. ' The point X ' make " Is," -why operate a ' fan large enough - to take In . all the Sir" when . natural gravity '' or I draft wlir take care of that, and by a little experience you have a perfect' balance T Now I hope I have not Imposed on your good will, but I could not tell a cmplete stor of my exper ience with a prune dryer and cut cross lots. ' ' ; ' U ' OIDEOM STOLZ. : ' Salem, Or., Feb. 17, 1923. ' BUY AN OVERLAND ; I. and;'.' - :5s Realize the : Difference, V ICR BROS. QUALITY CARS - - ti - - ' . IHgh S at Trade 1 M rr TT ' 'kf 77 77 ' T ST 260 North High Street .- Boost This by AdTertlslng: on the Slogan . e Pases- DID YOU KNOW that Salem is the center of a potentially great beekeeping industry; that considered for a period of years, average honey yields of the Willamette yaDey WILL EXCEED THOSEOF ANY REGIONEXqEPT SOUTHERN OREGON;, that, with intelligent and industrious care, this can be made a veritable bee paradise, by pro vidirtj bee pas-, turage for the late summer, which can be done, and which must be done, ihrder tomake fruit growing, more stable by being more certain of pollination ; that fruit growers can harvest two sure crops by providing bee pasture and keep- ' ing bees fruit and honey? - ? eases of apples,-pear, peach,' prune, cherry, plums and apricots. , , A special feature of the bulletin is. a, section devoted, to the arid and semi-arid ) regions east ot the Cicada mountains. -This bulletin, xiensvou outieua w. uu, uia be obtained free . ot cost at the J-Clerlcal" Exchange, room 1, com- jrieirce building, O.A.C., Corvallis. , Aphids Change Spray Tue. . The delayed dormant spray , is applied too' early for maximum efficiency in aphis control, as Indi cated by evidences accumulated during the last two seasbns by the OJLC. experiment station. The standard control for apple tree aphids has - been the. addition; of nicotine at the ' rate of three- fourth of a pint to 100 gallons of the regular delayed dormant llme- ulphur application. - The ideal Ime of application for maximum phis control is apparently at the very early X pink stage. Where aphis control is -a most- important factor" It seems desirable- therefore to delay the regular delayed dorr mant application somewhat or else to apply the pink spray v some what earlier than normally,; ad ding the nicotine to the pink ap plication, making it the aphis spray, rather than the delayed dormant. ' r - .' - -'; : Spray Must Be Early : . ' The pear and apple leaf blister mite is best controlled with the dormant application of lime-sulphur. .Indifferent results in con trol are due principally to careless application. To : be ' effective It must be put on before ' the... leaf buds begin to open." The true- function of dramatic art Is' to . hold before bur. eyes the mirror ot humanity.' For the au thor the world Is the theater; for the spectator the theater is the world. . ' Tested Seeds ; ...'. We Have Bee Supplies , of All Kinds D. A. WHITE & SONS Salem, Oregon ' i: Insist on . Better-Yet Bread O - -IT'S BETTER - OWPCO , Broom handles, mop han-. dies, paper plugs, tent tog gles, all kinds of hardwood -; handles,' manufactured by r Oregon Wood s ' Products Co. '' , t ; ' West Salem' r Anto Electric Work II.D.BAIITOH f , 171 8. Commercial St. H, i 1 - Co tor Phone 1995 Qomsmnity - a. Leather Gocj cf . Qaality, H: Bags, Suits Cases, Puttees "HARNESS F. El Shafer Phone It; - 1TO 8. 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