I hi fx t i V t '.ttd celery there Is no limit 4sder the shining iiin. ; f -: The pioneering, has been ' done. It proofs i are , aC band.' ' V Our growers eaa . produce celery and make Ita. profitable crop ; on vide areas ahdj what; la'- more Ie; extant, they 'can produce cel ery of the best quality growa in the United. States; which .mean the best in the world J. V They sent three cars of It to Califoraia last ' year, and sold It it dollar a crate above the price ot Calif ornia'a best. s They can beat even Kalama 100 on celery. "- This - Is another case of ' tak ing "the 'line of least resistance; ot getting above competition; ot producing the things we can pro duce better than any other dis trict, or at a lower coat, or at a greater., profit; ot - doing the things at which we excel. L A J- , i One concern Is asking for con tracts tor .500 or more tons of spinach to bei anpplied by Salem district. growers the coming. sea son - , I V'-i ' - - .. . This f for i dehydration at the Salem plant v V :.j ": '., '' "And the King's Food Products company managers say they bare sever had enough spinach; that It. has been sold out every year, within 60 ; days after, Ibe price was announced. - 7 There 1s nio telling bow - 4ar this thing may go It may ex tend to gigantic proportions. And because better. Quality of . spin ach ' cin be produced here than lcewhere, alem is due to be come the world center of a great spinach Industry. v ;For the iron In It. and for the vitamlnes and other requisites in dietary schemes, spinach la com- I. r . V lig into more and .more, general use not j only In , the hospitals t bat alio . in ' the homes of ibis country; of the whole world.' Our , iplnach has 10 times as much Iron as carrots. ( There should be no question ' whatever of the supplying here 2 by ' our growers of all the epln ' ach that the manufacturers and ( .Tuckers will take and pay for. It, la one of our best leropg, tak-. I lag Into account that It may ae ; followed by. another' profitable vegetable crop; or eren a third, on the same land the same year. : Spinach is nearly as important la the dietary as milk; and every tip-to-date man ana woman now knows that a. virile race cannot be sustained without milk, nor, healthy children raised, nor old people kept in proper condition. One of the greatest arguments la favor of spinach growing com mercially. In the Salem district Is the fact that the spring crop tarnishes a cash return early in r.r J ' ' - V Factories: ' Portland, Oregon Salem, Oregon '-..I . the season . when money Is need- eu xor ima i cultivation of other crops. And; In the same way. it adds .materially a to. the net re turns from any given .number of acres of land under cultivation. ; Hie Onion Industry . Salem la the market; and man ufacturing .center of a great on ion Industry; tbe world does not grow better onions. On our leaver dam land?,' 400 sacks; lUv pounds to the sack, can be raised. The market for ten years has averaged $1.75 a sack.. A net profit of $100 an acre and up ward can be made. Dehydration lends an outlet, for any surplus crop. So Salem, with her'bea verdam lands and her great de hydration plant, will always be tbe Oregon onion center. -'" - ; Thd Potato Industry r.. The Salem district leads Ore gon ; in . potato ; growing. Our growers should pay no atention to the thousands 'of possible new varieties. j They should confine their growing the B urban k. Gold Coin and Peerless for late, and Early Rose and " Earliest of All for early varieties. ',, And they should attend to seed certlflcat tlon. Washington, I California, and ,. 'some other : nearby states cannot grow their , 1 own seed stock. Oregon growers can dou ble their Income by. growing feed for these states. With good seed, and proper cultivation, grading and packing, our - growers " can compete with any : market in the United States. In fact, we may lead the world in the potato in dustry, f - Bee Keeping1 Salem is the center of a poten tially great bee keeping industry. Average yields or the Willamette valley will exceed those . of any known region excepting southern Oregon.' This can be made a veritable-bee. paradise; by pro viding bee pasture .for the late summer, which can be done; by raising ' more sweet clover, and scattering Scotch' broom every,, where. Every farmer here ought to have bees;: every orchardist must have bees, to be . sure ot proper pollination. And there will he big! money in, bees. 'for themselves , alone, when plenty of late bee pasture is provided. The early bee pasture la abundant now; ; bo j better In -the wide world. .. 'I l ... , : - j Mining i The great undeveloped Sant lam mining district la Just at the back door I of Salem; "the Butte City of Oregon undeveloped," and "one of the best undevelop ed allverlead , prospects fa this or L. M. TARR, President W IL C. FROST, Vice-President C. D. STARR, Secretary-Treasul r MARASCA BRAND ! ROYAL ANNE CHERRIES . (Maraschino Type)" j F rait Prodi ue (Qomnipsiiniy Manufacturers of PRESERVES JAMS AND JELLIES ' Packers of i CANNED FRUIT VEGETABLES BERRIES 'IT- any other country, say good mining : engineered. 01 T f : i Great : developments are on the tapia in that mlnins: district. where there are yerilable- moun tains of rich copper, gold, stiver, lead and other ores, s. - Cioata r Our breeders have developed a higher type of tbe Angora goat than Asia Minor can produce; larger, longer fleeced; finer ? ttb ored mohair. The Angora is the great standby, in land clearing; but he Is more than' worth his board on. any of our lands. Prac tically v all the ''chaps" of North America are made from Angora KOat . skins tanned in Salem, Ore gon. , And "' then, too, Salem is loading in mfik goat , breeding, which Is " an industry that' Is growing all over the country by leaps and bounds. Beans. ; -h 'During the picking ; season, 5000 bushels and more a day of stringlesa beans come to Salem, to the canneries and dehydration plant. Tbe big thing In the Sa-1-m district in the line of beans is goisg to be salad beans. : Sa lem is bound to be tbe green bean center of Oregon for all time, and there is and will al ways be money in growing beans here;, and some farmers have made money here in the dry bean industry. vy Paved Roads Oregon is being made, over by payed roads. Oregon's paved road building system is the beat in the world itl rests, upon money received from license tax es paid on vehicles using trac tion other than horse power, and upon gasoline and distillate tax es. These taxes will retire all tbe road bonds and flnally pay for all of the payed highways and for extending them : and keeping them in repair. There will never be k direct tax. j The State Highway department' repair shops are in Salem, and the sur plus equipment, and will always be; to say nothing of the admin istrative, forces of the State High, way department making a large and ' increased annua expenditure of money here from that source. And Marion county is , building county market paved roads, with the county shops here. There will soon be 150 miles of these county paved roads here. So Mrion county is beng made over, toot with paved highways -getting out of the mud. 4 . Broccoli Industry ' : Western Oregon raises the best broccoli in the world. There is an increasing demand for -the ARMSBY'S CODE PHONE: EAST 0194 ff it aurr 1 i - . f" I ' , i . ! Main Offices: f : Portland, Oregon produet. which can be supplied ONLY FROM OUR SECTION. There is a" arood net nrofit In broccol growing. Broccoli, grow ing win exiend ue woraing sea son, which Is an important mat ter, in keeping ; labor on our farms and furlt tracts, and. la having money come In all the year through. Silo Center . Salem Is the silo center of Ore gon. The Chas. K. ., Spaulding Logging Co., la manufacturing here and shipping silos to all the States of the Paeifc coast.. Every farm having1 livestock ought, to have a silo; a pasture under cov er; an Insurance policy against loss. The farmer with .live stock paya.ifor a' alio "'-every year or two whether he has one or not. There is a campaign on for a silo, on every farm, and there are two or three on some ot our farina. We. will not have enough silos as long as there Is a farm with livestock without one. ' Legume rT. The legumes do wonderfully well here, No country can grow better red or sweet clover, ' better vetches or field, peas.- Alfalfa does well on some soils. ; The orchardist can grow the finest cover crops In legumes; the dairyman the best legumes his uses; the apiarist may raise sweet clover galore for bee pas ture in short, the farmer Si this district now has the know ledge In his noodle of the great value of the nodules on the root lets ot "the legumes and the more legumea the more life and love and light. . e , ( Asparagus The"-, -best asparagus produced In the" world has been hud can be grown In the Salem district. It can be grown here on almost any kind of land that Is rich and well drained. A great - commer cial Industry can be. and ought to be built up In asparagus grow ing, and no 'doubt will be In time! It is needed in canning and dehydrating. v White or green, we can beat the .world. There is money here in asparagus growing. We need more aspara gus; growers, and they can get started easily on our low priced lands. ' ' , '- ; V '" j 'GrapoM. Salem should become the Westtield of Oregon, and this district the Chautauqua grape belt of the Pacific Coast. The Salem district is a great grape country for tlte American, native varietes ; for the kind needed in the making of Jellies , and Jams, and for grape Juice. Our peo ple should raise more and more 1911 , i t s grapes, of the Concord . family. There is ',: good 1 money in grape growing here. One of our moat successful s grape grbwera aya that if he had ,to glve up all fruits but one, he would keep bis grapes. . ' Crude Drugs - A 4 t ,; :V Thls s a big subject.- This dis. tiict . is the native home: of cas- cara si grada. The t world must have it. There is no substitute. So with the Oregon grape. So with mint,, treated above 'under Its own heading. We can pro duce digitalis to heal the broken hearts of the world. Prof, A. Zief le, dean of the School of Pharmacy of the Oregon Agricul tural College, says, "drugs can be grown here at one-tenth the ex pense and twice the. yield that they can be in Michigan and Min nesota. The great drug gardens of the United States are in those states. The list of drugs we may 'grow ' is long; almost all-in clusive The subject deserves wlde attention; there's millions In the industry. Salem has the greatest crude drug buyer in Oregon. Dan. J. Fry, the drug Y . . Sugar aW Syrup W The Salem district will grow good sugar beets, as high, in su gar content as the best districts of Germany. Salem ought .to have a beet sugar rfactory; t will complement our fruit and? fruit juice industries. The Utah sugar people J before the war, planned a beet sugar factory in Salem. They had tested the country for sugar beet growing, and pron ounced it highly suitable. I Sorghum ' Our farmers, with warm, sandy eoils, can raise good sorghum here. The "industry ought to fbe developed, in.-the interest of making us more nearly self-contained; and for the money it will keep at home. Cabbage Every city gardener In Salem knows this is a good cabbage dis trict; j for he knows that, in t a small plat; he has raised cab bage that would go 18 to 25 tons to an acre. We should Talse more ; cabbage, and re-establish tbe auer y krauts industry,' that was largely, discontinued here on account oT high wages and high prices incident to war times. . ,-v. - ...... .-.'.. - Yf; - 1 - Poultry " ;- ' -"; ;The Salem district Is ideal for poultry and pet stock, r The , 14 greatest hens In the world are here, at the farm of the asylum for the Insane. Many small poul try breeders are doing well , here, OREGON GROWERS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATE! in-; - . . . -. i and some large plants. We should '. have great ' commercial poultry plants in this district, like they have In the Puget Sound country, which' Is -not as well adapted to poultry raising as the Salem district. Tbree-st ry rarming ; , means poultry, bush Irulta and tree fruits; with bees for the attic, and that is the kind ot farming we are coming to. Salem district, breeders nave tecently taken several first prizes In world laying contests. Land -Salep Is the manufacturing and marketing and shipping cen ter . of' the , richest lands In the world Her fortunes are tied up with the land and if: she does well her part, the city and the country must grow great and rich together." M"ore acres" and more to the acre Is the slogan for the country; and better ser vice -for the , men who produce on the land should be the 'watch word for the city. This program wilt make Salem the Fresno land San Jose and Anaheim ;and Peta luma and Belfast of Oregon all rolled into one; with a lot of others to carry for the range of basic Industries here is . wider than that of . any other city In the country. Our soils and oar factories and marketing, fatui ties working together are draw ing new money every month of the year tfrom the four corners of the world, with an ever widen ing range and: such team work cannot mean anything ' but a rlsins and ever rising prosperity. Ij; is new money all the time, and in a stream that grows all the time and will never dry up or pinch out Dehydration A This Is the biggest thing in the world in .food conservation, a The subject is covered In an article In this . ssue. Salem is fortun ate in being ; the - dehydration headquarters. It means millions to this district millions and In creasing millions annually. - : Hops ; ' . s Salem bas been'for a long time the greatest primary hop market from first bands in the world; is yet. Perhaps will always be. Hops, have "been during many years a bonanza crop here The industry will persist as long as the world has a taste . jor malt drinks; with, either a "high or low per cent of alcohol. Wholesale and Jobbing Salem has seven or more wholesaling and jobbing con cerns.' -There is room for a nnm. ber ot ' unoccupied lines. Our paved roads systems are making An Organization of 2300 growers, owning or controlling 35,000 acres of fruit dedicated to the following tasks: " V . 1 Standardizing Oregon Farm Products ' 2 Adopting a Planting Program to Meet ' Market Demands l i r ; 3 Secure better arid uniform returns for the growers through increased consumption of Oregon grown foods by1 the following sound merchandising methods: . (a) Improve Quality i : (b) Maintain a fair, but staple price (c) Giving Publicity to Oregon Quality Fruits ' a-i: ( d ) Increase Marketing Outlets (c) Establish new and more attractive methods of package General, Of fices:, :SaIem, Oregon VA . " A A A A i A. A,. A A Salem more and more of a cen ter for a " very large and very rich country. The - pioneering has already been done. - . Ciu-wnbers There are a number of success- ful producers of cucumbers under glass in the' Salem district. Many are grown in. the field and ship ped to" outside pikle factories. There is money in cucumber crowing and we should have pickle, factories In Salem. I Swine Breeding .','. ..Prices of hogs are higher :Jn Salem on the average than in Chicago. We have an up-to-date Iiacking plant In Salem. Every farm should have some hogs, and of course, every dairy; " and that is the 3ual thing here. There Is no better bwine country. ' We have some outstanding breeders of purebred stock, and wo are get ling more. Two litters qf pigs a year are . practical bere. The Up- to-date swine breeder will find the Salem district, the best place n the world for n:tn righ. uow. Salem Beautiful - This is a big , subject, There are fifty to 100 solid blocks of rose hedges In Salem, and miles and miles more on the way. Glad lolu? is the official flpwer. -The iris, the poor man's orchid, does wonderfully well in Salem. - The list might be extended, pages long. The creeks running through the city are worth milions, helping to make Salem .Le most beautiful city Iri the world, which it will be. We have the 'largest bulb farm on the coast. vThe subject is too big for a paragraph. Read other articles in this issue and come and - see. ,The subject is too big for words, 1 or even pictures.""; Elocutional f Read the educational article. There Is m.uch more to tell, but space. Ij limited. - . .. ..: ' hecp ' " j . -.. ' This Is a great sheep district: medium wooled sheep are perhaps best for us. But all sheep do well. .Every farm In the Salem district ought to have some sheep. ' '- 4 - :i'" National Advertising - National advertising thas done and is doing much for Salem. We have three national advertisers The PheV Co., loganberry juice and jams and jellies; King's Food Products Co.; dehydrated vegeta bles and fruits; Oregon Growers' Cooperative association, M4stland prunes ' and other products. Oth ers are coming. The Salem Iron Works makes a drag saw that is nationally advertised and soldJ ' -; r -1 AA A A .A a aaa.a a A A aaaa National advertising is a great stabilizer. It buiUs up d'itant markets, and bring money frou far places to be expended tere. . . Seed Groiring We produce the best clover seed In the world. Ours la the only district that can grow vetches seed. 'This Is the best place in the world to grow cabbage and cauliflower seed;' in fact, ' thU atanda for all Pf the brasslca fam IJy. : In nearly all the known gar den and flower seeds." this section excels. There should be organi sation and. co-operation here' in this lino It can be made to bring millions to the Salem district. It brings large sums now. The Hub bard district produces 1,000.000 pounds of onion sets a year This district is raising poppy seel for the general market. . . Y . Livetock ''..'.'.:' . The Salem district should' grow more horses and cattle and hoij j and sheep and goata and poultry. Weahould raise "baby" beef. Tt Valley Packing Co. has one of tt most complete' and up-to-date meat handling plants In the en tire country; located at the north ern edge ot Salem: employs about 50 men and women. Stabilises our markets and Insures high prices for live stock. Amtomotive Jndnstry There are nearly 10 concerns engaged jn some form of ,the au tomotlye industry in Salem- ex clusive .of .he four big ' gasoline and oil companies, represented here. ' There are nearly C00 peo ple . employed In the industry;' wages and profits upwards cf 12000 a day, approaching a mil lion dollars a year; not inclndii:.? the county and. state paved road plants. The automotive-industry is decidedly on the up grade here, and it will move faster 'with the completion of the state and' county paved roads programs. ' "' Grain Industry V Carloads "of . Wlllametta valley oats are constantly going .to the eastern, breakfast food factories, wboBe managers, have found out the great superiority, of -the pro ject in this section lor ttir purposes.--' Better methods of ttU tlon and cultivation, andcgradit and organization of the growe: i. Would get atlll higher pricci. T a Willamette valley oats run hlgt r in weight than any other; This fa also a good wheat and barley a I vye country. 'Better than 1C-) bushels of oats to the acre 1. -t been raised in the Salem distric t, and the yields of all other grat is fContlnued on page ) - Aaa.'a - -