II 1 llrco. Pnclirzj J , , Calea, Oregon . .. Quality EfttUs, Proper growing; -Proper packing,' Intelligent Belling, - Courteous treatment, i Community . seryice, 'Are the steps lo business . - success , 4 i DEHYDRATED and CANNED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES . Oregon Products' King's Ibd Prodiicts Company SaleaPortland--The DaHea ; ; - I ; . ; .;ltidfict4rcra of,-'j J r 1 UepentlLIo ' rand -.,' ' I Jjne-Sulrhnr Solution' The brand ' yo pan append on for pjrlj Jf ad Jest Prices upon application . . 1 FattsrjCitiear-corser. oliu'l Summer and Mill SU Salem, Oregon t ' 'i l- ' " The oldest Auoclatton tn tLo Northwest. . Secretary and Utup; TraJa & h. bta. .. lilzxi. Ore'on ' u LSOU BROS. . t Wra Air 'Tnrniee.:' pluinblnf lUnf and shet mUkl rsrk, tit , nd stt roAllac tnra! -t 1 i ff , la ' tla and flTaii4 . ira work. : ' Vr ; "" ? - i '. --'5 PhoB 190S - - I J Climket St. .-..nr-pn,. a- 4 ': Yc "ir Grc: T r a i t M W Mi ;k.i. 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COIIEGE BY IVESTtRfJ OREGOFJ PARIVIERS They i are Told That Filberts May Bring Fifty Millions a Year to Our Districtr That Hungariarv Vetch Is Worth i the Whole Experiment Station Costs; That 3000 to , 10,000r Pounds an Acre May Be Added to Sweet Cherry lCrcps By Proper Pollination; Many Other f.lost Important ! and Valuable Points for Farmers 1 To . Inspect experiment station methods' of growing crops, frnlt and " Vegetables. lirestock - -and poultry,' western Oregon, farmers are this week rfsltlng the Oregon Agricultural, college In ' groups from . the various counties. .The extension! serriee has charge" of the ' inspection, , county agents heading up delegations in most of the ' "counties. The dates set for the" different counties follow: i , Columbia. Hultnomah, CUcka mas, .Washington "and .Lincoln, Jnn 11; Benton, June '1 2 Linn. June 13 and 14; Laneand Doug las, June 15 ; Polk, JJarion ' and Yamhill,- June 16. : i . : Through the kind cooperation of trie department of 'industrial journalism of the, Oregon Agri cultural, college, The Statesman has been furnished the; following report' of this "close-up" of the farmers of. western Oregon in specting the methods -employed at their experiment station: Fruit InrntlgationsHPromised Work to maintiin .Oregon's 11 to 15 million dollar' annual fruit 'SCREETIDOOnS" ' ' ' .-.:- -';. v Vv, Wire. Screen, Screen Hard ware, Screen En ameW and paints wllf brighten up and preserte yourold screens.". -. FdCity-Salca Lemper. Co. 349 15. J2th St J'i - t n.ohe 813 Ajlielsay; Mgr. g I aoiflu;3co. - 303 Stale SU' : Men's ancT Young MerVs Clothing and Ftirnishinjrs : Use my stairs. It paya - SALEM IRONWORKS ElUbUskad' 18SO : Founders, Machinists and Blacksmiths .... Ct Fro W- 8U. ".. ManvUctareiv I thm Bhamd pump for irricaWja . mnd t Uir.. purpoavt. Cnrraioa(lora aoli-!!.'-lrrisioa iafottmatraa, p Ukrt of Saleto,.Iroa T7orks Df ttav.. f - - - HOTEL' BLfeHwSt-: SOO rooms of Solid ConSort " . . .., v . r ; A cn Aira Fr6a - Devoted to Shbving Salem District People the Advantages and Opportunities of Their Own Country aha Itc Selling Salem This campaign of publidty for community upbuilding has been made possible by th6 advertisements placed on th;e pages by ; pur public spirited business men men .whose untiring efforts have btiilded our present recognised prosperity and who are ever striving! for (p-eater and yet greater progress as the years go by. 7 crop, .improve its quality, and lqwer rcoat of production by get ting more marketable fruit ' per tree, was inspected under direc tion of W,J3.; Brown, chief of hor ticulture. It shows that 'Orchards and small fruits must be fertilized occasionally if they continue to bear profitably.. ; Old prune trees hare had-their yield increased' 25 per cent Jy use of nitrate of soda Gala to the atate of $2,000, h 00 al year. JTse of fertilizer has In creased the total r-crop ' value In Hood River country some'$700, 000 annually. Berry .yields have been 'brought up1 10 per cent by ferUlitars. ' ltThe Filbert Industry The filbert groves show that the filbert is well adapted to Ore gon conditions, and some results of propagation, pollination, and c re of tries. The big problem has been' to .find "varieties .suited to market demands and able to pol linate each- other, as they cannot pollinate, themselves.". jFroni the station Investigations it! appears that the following varieties : can be recommended tor (planting: Barcelona for, major crop, Du Chilli for pollenlzer, and Notting ham to pollenize Da Chilli and be pollenized in. turn by . both Du Chilli and . Barcelona.: : It looks like this '"triangle" would ".take up. the slack.; : I .r "f-"- ?! rim "There is, no reason why Ore gon can , not supply most of the 1 million pounds of filberts now Im'pqrte'd annually into the United States," said ' Professor.' Brown. "Disease ' in the eastern United States seems 'to lfmit the profit- r Buy the "V -Oregon juaae rnrnaces I s XL V. R0SEBRAUGH . co.: Foundry and Machine Shop 17th & Oak Sts.. Salem. Or. v Phone 886 Wa At Out AIM Two Millions We are now payinc over, tfarea vaartors -t a million .dollar a yeas to tbe dairrmaa of this aactioa lot milk. . t . , r "Maricn.Bcilr?,r - Is to' Bast Batter Cora ' Cows I and Bettor 0ws is r.IARION CREAT.IERY & PRODUCE CO. Sa1m, Ore. rMie 248S Salem Carpet Cleaning and, Fluff Rug 7crks ,Rai; and fluff rugs gwoyen say sizes without "seams. New mattresses made to order. Old mattresses . remade. 1 . Feathers renoratod. 1 buy all kinds of old carpets for fluff rugs. : Oi!o F.Zwickcr. Prep. Phone 11S4 - . - 13 and Wilbur Streets : District is a CQntinuation of the Salem Slogan and k Pep and Progress Campaign - ; able production area to western Oregon and parts of -Hrestern Washington. ' . Consumption of fil berts Is r ridiculously ; low only onefojurth pound per capita. By good 'advertising the filbert In dustry ought to bring 50 million dollars per .year to the state of Oregon In due J time." . r ' :J Sweet Cherries Popular Specimens of - sweet cherries such as .are" grown in Oregon the best " In the United States- we.re inspected. Many s; cherries have bVen tested and some new rarietles originated - s TMs . shows the necessity of continually testing, out . varieties to I ImproTe .thosewhleh we 'al-l reaay nave, says :r r o i e asor Brown. .."All but one of our Im portant commercial varieties were originated on the coast." i ; : How good "marketable cherries may be planted so as to pollinate each other is one ,of the big ques tions being worked out at the college station. ' AH ' the sweet Cherries are self-sterile and the three leading Yarieties Napoleon or Royal Ann, Bing, and Lambert refuse, to pollinate each other; Most of the commercial cherrjr orchards in Oregon were planted before this fact was known and low yields result.: The station's investigations, now. complete. In dicate, that from ' 3 0 Ofl to 1 0,0 00 pounds -per; acre may be added tp' the present yield by top working trees' to Vtrlefles that will pollln ize' the commercial sorts. ' ' Some new Tarieties developed at the station are now-12 years old and.ehova considerable promise. ? Similar breeding work In sraW berries was ' inspected, showing good results. " " , yort cultural Products Section The pruning studies, conducted by Dr. E.M. Harvey on' apples at tempt to determine and regulate the carbohydrate-nitrogen' ratio requirements. . A Heavy nlfrogen ration indicates vegetabje. growth larger trees and a! carbohy- drate," fruit, production,,'.. It has been found that pruning, may. be made to .'influence the ratio and hence affect the growth and' pro duction "of the jtree. , Some trees ha ve been pruned t In J? winter some" In'' summer, and 7 some in boih . seasons, v The effects' on g'rgwjth J and i bearing " are clearly seenj-JjT-.-t'.'. I ';f:,4 . f In! studies on caring for "fruit the station has established a her? ticultural products j section , In which ..investigations are made Via new methods of drying dehydra tion canning, juice, jell, ; cider,' and vinegar making. ! E, It. Wle gand, in charge "of the work; has developed a recirculation, drier, a model of which was seen--also a commercial-size drier in action. This system circulates the air- by means of a fan and Instead of be-t jng allowed-to escape, wasting itsf heat, jit la charged with the right degrefe of moisture snd made to serve again and again in drying out the fruit. " It . dries the frutt much more rapidly at; about ''' cent a pound less, cost' and leavea it in much better condition. ' He thinks . the savtng ; in cost alone; applied to all driers in the s"tate, would net a halt million dollars. The Pacific northwest produced 1 1 million r dollars', worth of can- nedt foods last year and progress is being made at the station la bettef, faster, and cheaper meth ods, of canning. , ' .;- ;-;4; Vi'A Great Vetch ; : ; j Hungarian 4veteh, a . fiue onl- standing variety j with white ' in-i stead of the customary blue flow era, has been selected and develop ed at the station until it is now considered the most a promising vetch. crop, for flat, wet lands. It looked' fine and j chowed '- heavy growth of, food that was -said 'to be palatable and , nutritious. It- Is excellent for forage, either as hay, silage, or pasture. ; Being . a let game, it also adds nitrogen to the soil. 'It Is a good seed producer, yielding a fourth"more' seed per aero - than common vetch, and shattering but UtUe. ,.' . , , and Toynb. i 'V- The new vetch is winter hardy; adapted to poor lands where other crops will not thrive,: Veslsta the aphis attacks, makes an excellent bee pasture. Seed, was distribut ed to a lrdndred farmers in west rn Oregon last jau ana. to several tperimenti stations in Oregon and her states. . i .--. i i . Only One Failure fnanaatlAna Vawk linae Mala 9 aUaUvVWVIU UV3 UIAUO Vi ost of these," said G. It. Hyslop, btet of farm crops, "and only one failure wag found.! Much of the land was of: the poorest. Much feea wiii tpe grown irom mese rials and "practically all growers visited ; intend: to use the whore rop for seed , and sow a larger creage next fall. Where the win. er was ; very Bevere " Hungarian etch, survived where other varic es i were winter killed from 50 to 100 per 'cent. More than 9S per cent of the' trials in Hungar ian vtch, were successful the first year," x "HnngaHan vetch is worth more to Oregon every year than the whole experiment ! station costs," said one of the farmers.- . ' 1 ' Bprinfr Wbeat Don't Pay , Grain plots ' visited showed that spring, parley and wjnter' wheat are best grain crbs arfj that neith er, spring ' wheat nOr spring oats can be made to pay with average crop yfelds. .'Of ; the ' barleys. uanncnen sonng. barley, an . , ex periment station Introduction, is generally grown and the best White winter, a variety .of wheat handed down from pioneer xdays, has been proved by; the station to be ' 'the best winter- wheat. - The fields show j that early plowing, in the fall with the disk plow and medium pearly seeding give 'best results. -' Yields from tEese tianes of ..plowing and rates of seeding were ihown on various plots.' . ; Work Is being done to standard ize the crops and many new yarle-J ties, stilted for special conditions hive been developed ojr intro duced. . . . - Some New Ones The horse beans, which .offer promise of a concentrated cattle aa4 hog feed, give excellent yields and have been doing so, the farm era itere told, since ;1 91 4. At the station, OAC No. 7. was- fne best variety of winter barleyJfor this district;-; ' ; . :. s-,.... . 'J"More seed -crops if rightly sel ected would prove profitable, the farmers were laid. , Among1 . the possibilities mentioned and ; seen wcre'fpnrple Vetch and . Tangier peas, to , be' sold v to California Orchard growers as cover .crops. J 5 'A number. of, these crops, includ ing the horse beans, refused' to grow profitably for a number of yearst -sTests showed the trouble was due to lack of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The bacteriology 'de partment took up the problem and grows pure - cultures of the var ious; kinds needed for each of the important 5 legume -crops. -Since this ras undertaken the crops have succeeded admirably. ; TA few: days ago I saw about ISO acres that.. had: been plowed and 'worked to an excellent seed, bed; at a cost for, labor of iot less than SS an acre,'! said Professor Hyslop. "Red clover had been seeded on this at the cost of S3 an; acre. , For want of inoculation the whole planting'; was doomed loi UUure., : ; - : ' . . A new grass, the Reed Canary, has . shown excellent- results r for many years.- It is a! new forage blant,very hardy, and! makes good hay'and pasture. . v y: -An alfalfa field was seen In Its fif.h year. ' It I has been, yielding most Ot the time about .-4yl-2 tons per acre. Even ,last ear. which was especially dry this field gave 3 1-2 -..ton per . acre. '' The crop waa recommended by Prof essor Hyslop as one of the best-forage legumes for light, well-drained soils In western Oregon. . . , : The potato field ; ( showed f the value of seed, treatment in better potatoes and more to the hill, and the" Increased , yield from saving and planting the blossom r ends, I The Surest Way to Get : ::i '.'.' "'..V- ., ., f( ' '.. Industries Is to Suppprt which adds 15 bushels -an acre" to the crop almost clear .profit. In the 'potato variety plats the Bur bank showed up the beat. .-. J Soils: Work Extensive ',: Many"- plots and fiefda,. were shown to illustrate! the" handling ot soil to get the best .out of It and still keep it ' fertile, paolBt, and workable. Drainage of wet lands, adaptation of crops to soils, and rotations - changing crops eacti Tear for a series ; of y.ea.rs in the ! same order. and use of manure1, green crops, and com mercial fertilizers,, were seen as handled by s. the station apeclal ists. . ; ; ' y. .:: . ''Soil is the source of all agri cultural wealth," said W; . L. Powers, chief of soils. It has so far supported and must continue to support, all life. It represents two-thirds r.of the agricultural value of the state, and Is too val uable fo waste.. The wise' farmer farms for the soil and not for the, crop alone," ' ' , Some Drainiagje Facta Shown . Drainage is the first step in reH claiming a million: acres almost a third of the Willamette valley floor." It Is essential td put the "white" land wet and .heavy day and?; silt into shape. Tiles should be laid -below, the blue clay, .impervjoua 1 layer -often about '3,, feet.' They will then draw for two rods. ; Size depends j on grade, but should handle a, half, inch of rainfall a day. Drainage pays, and lime and manure made a ton more clover per acre on the station fleld. -. Vetch was - a good first crop, followed by :: winter grain, followed by clover disked in after liming. Communities need ing outlet ditches may apply, for preliminary: surveys , to learn cost and methods: -. ; . ; v A drained field labeled to show the tile lines and growing a good stand of corn was found back of the big grandstand. Visitors were told it was once and not so long ago something of a duclr pond, Various plots have been retreated with lime, manure; and "green manure, .., to . make them work easier and yield better. Some of the things learned here are: " .- Beans grown every year for nine years averaged only a little more than 9 bushels per! acre, but grown in a ' regular rotation ? of grain, clover, and beans, the aver age yield was more lhan 18 bush els just twice as much. Barley straight for nine years went 48 bushels, in a barley-clover-corn rotation R7, and a barley-vetch ro tation, added 11 bushels per acre to the barley crop. The crops used less water per given amount in rotation. The" average net profit t"as bigger. : 1 Profit Makers Other profit makers as detected by the tests a're farm manure, straw disked in lime on certain soils, phosphorus and sulfur ' on some types. The .manure Increases net profits as well as yield, and the same amount of moisture goes further, with: it, . 'in one expert mentlt was spread out, then disk ed well and plowed In the best way. All Important soils in . many TV fill a.a... . . v iiiameiie vauey counties nave beeni surveyed and located, itna zed Snd classified,1 and plant V requirements listed Resni were seen, but definite - detail must be: had by looking the soi up in, maps and reports, of which some nave y been i published ' and others will be as, soon as possible. These reports intolllgently used wlUigo "far, it was said, to make farming a definite business 'in stead of a chance gues., r : Phosphorus helps seed yields. sulfur makes better and more le- gonte crops, and potash pays on deep peat eoils, V' Farmers Interested can learn more of the soils work by sending for station circular 44, hot off the press. "-.,:.. - - - Detection and control of live stock and poultry diseases were explained by Dr. p. T. SInuns of:' More and Larger Those You Have Why anffer with Btomaclt the veterinary : medicine depart ments. ' Infectious abortion was paraed as the worst of teader ot &Alty cattle in 'Oregon lftsse run ning a million- dqllars a year to OregOtt'dairsmen in; decreased: milk production, besides losses' from failure of reproduction.. , cnarts snowed tnx r:eq s two herds of the same Heeding land kept, under similar conditions, the abortion-free, herd gave an aver age of, 25j pounds of milk a day to '"ayerage of 2 d 'Vo'unds for the infected herd. Other herds showed comparable: figures. ". ' . : Testing, the blOod is the- only satisfactory Vay , to detect the dis ease,' and Oregon dairymen have sent in 2300 blood samples al ready this year. No methods of ure have been found but control by application of the blood tests la under way by. the-station and the . disease, aliaa been eliminated completely -fro m jBome herds. C leaning up whole communities is being? undertaken with- pros pects bf success. : f; . - ; : Poultry nas its diseases ; too, some of which were ' observed. Seventy-six specimens of diseased poultry came to the station In May alone. ' Loss ; of chicks' be tween the Incubator -and thelay lng 'house runs from ; 20 to 1 30 per cent. Another 15 per cent die the first. year-in, the. laying house. This 'brings the . loss up to a mil lion dollars annually in Oregon half of ; which is from unknown causes. The stataion is at work on' them. m . - ; - ,5Vork With Pigs Seen X Pigs on feeding tests were, in spected "-tO'see: how- they prosper on . different forage and on . gar bage. ; one lot was on clover, one on .sweet clover, and one. on b ac tive grasses - The ' lot on red clover showed good condition and indicates that it is profitable "as pasture.. . ', " The , prosperous condition Vi of Pigs tfed on garbage similar to table scraps and refuse from ho tels and homes indicates "v that considerable use can' be made prot itable. . ), Dairy Feeds Investigated ! - Mineral feeding experiments are under way 'with , dairy cattle And .some ' of the results were' explain ed s Results as far as obuihbd were -pointed out, and' hold prom ise of showing the way to better and more conomlcal feeding with consequent ' reduction in cost of .milk production. : : flfl 'L The silage work shows? defin ite results with corn, oats, arid vetch and sunflower silage. ' ) Visiting women not wishing ta Join . the I field parties inspected the work! of the home economics school to see sosaethkig. of what their daughters 'learn "and hoW It assists 1 them. Cooking, sewing. housewifery, applied design and household decoration were view ed as worked "out by staff and students. Equipment tor modt ern homes of various types was studied," including labor-saving equipment. ;,:!- K ' Making the home attractive by simple articles such as lamp shades, cushions, table, covers, and the like, attracted favorable com- arid Tfle Col J vWs4 Salem, Oregon 5 - - L 1 " 1 i. " t . . ,j , i.i . . . . . - We iva . Give Our Becif. '.. Efforto At all time to ftulat la any poclbla way tb -rt:. opment of tha . fruit ir.2 oerry lndaitnes In tiJU tiI ley. . Pac!ziif ; TrontTe whea Ctircpntctla r:: Yccr llzzllh BerfsjThta Yea . ; PHS22 87 for .an appointment Dr. SCOTT & SCOFIELD . . J. si O. CUrepraeton Ray Laboratory 414 to 410 U. 8. X?al Ei. - Bids. . Ilonra 10 to 12 aan. and 2 to O pua. - mfent. So did the power sweE?--ers,; pressure cookers, -power washers, and the more expt-.ive utenalls. j The tea xoota as seea in banquet and individual tab! ana: ' "''-'- - -. . - ljuncbeon was eaten on "the caca aCfcrtubokirf thTBtu:Ietts' .fame " Tfiyswpg' treeiT f tta.'ccesa pre vidian I hot . ctfiee and cold rallii .Th'a,wpmen'gf stafr also, poured tea5 fo Che women visitors. 'The North Pacific 'dia j ter cf the American Library " association was In session and attracted sens of the guests. About 300 boys and'girl3 clab members who had won scholar ships at the college for sunnier work were on the campus, etcly ing their chosen projects la the college way. A number of farmers and thdr wives reached the campus early in thf morning ttnd made a .-short tour of Inspection of the most Im portant college bnlldinsx Atr.ons the places visited after TlewJng ine rarm crops laboratories and the: soils exhibft," waj the depart ment of ! industrial Journalism where C. J. Mcintosh, farra naw3 writer for the college, "exj-lained so'mer of the methods of distrib uting information, of value to farmers.,. .i , 3 ' "Here Is a story of a world" champion barred rock hen which Was syndicated by the Hearst t -- lications and sent into three ar i one-half million homes," he tali. We are assured-that fully 10 mil lion readers hadaccess to this in formation., We not only tell of the good work d5ne by the station in .breeding .poultry but -Indicate the. favorable poultry productions Of the state as well. This infor mation is correct and ." reliable, since we could have no purpose in deceiving anyone." How "Farm Pointers" and 'Farm reminders- are produced was explained, and the coopera tion of the country newspapers la carrying them to the persons in terested. - - - . '. . (There is a later news dlsratch concerning fi inspection week at the Oregon ArriffnUnral mIIs f in anothar column of The States- raan of thia- morning, under T.ie heading, "All Aboard for OA'C, SatUrday,". which treats of the' v&it -'scheduled for the Marion" Polk and 'Yamhill- county farmers. P13lf DItATED APP.il5 . IXi ;' A fi ge letter recently to reach the. King's company was the fol lowing from Joseph's Cafe at Dal las, Texas,: which "caters only to the best tsade. It follows: "We have been ulng King'sade hydrated apples and laganberriea the past four months., and find them superior', to other products we have previously -used; - "Apples and " loganberry pie:?, also our apple struddle made from your products are proving a good seller, and theUme as fresh. "We shall be glad to give your Texas reresentative. Mr. Cook, a pice order for fail delivery on his ; next visit to Dallas, which" we un derstand will be about May 15." Iw .- r :- . tri