SELLING SALfcM DISTRICT.
Eat Plate Day
Weatlierly;
Ice Cream
OWPCO
' . ;i
' Broom handles, mop ban
i dies, paper plugs, tent tog
gles, all kinds of hardwood,
handles, manufactured by
the . r
Oregon Wood
Products Co. i
West Salem
Oar Id1: Oar Method:
. "Th B Onlj" " Cooperation
Capital City
Co-cpcratfye Creamery
A aoa-preflt rgaaiiatloa WBd
atirl7 by ta dairymta. Qiv
trial. . , .
Maaafactarera of BntUreop BatUr
"At 7r Orocar"
Phona 209
1ST 8. Com' I St.
VALLEY PACKING
PREMIER GREY OUT OF THE WEST IS
GROWI IN UILl COUNTRY HEREABOUTS
This Is the Verdict of the Oregon Cooperative Grain
Growers Good Wheat Raised in the Salem District,
and Better Methods Are Being Adopted toJmprove the
Quality Some Barley From Here 1
Editor Statesman:
'. The farming: sections surround
in': Salem hare for the last half
century been constant producers
of grain. While it is true that in
recent years the raising of hops,
poultry ' fruit, and other . crops
have decreased the production of
grain there yet continues to be a
considerable amount of wheat
fr6m the Waldo hills, the Howell
prairie country. Mission bottom,
and the Polk county hills finding
. Its way onto the world markets.
- - The Willamette , valley is . pri
marily a soft wheat territory, and
the quality of this grain produced
in Marion and Polk counties com
pares ; extremely wf 11 with the
general quality of wheat raised in
the Willamette valley. '
IWMer Methods and Culture '
( The tendency of the farmer of
today is for better methods of
culture, a careful selection of seed
wheat, and for the . development
. of their own marketing system.
Due to the favorable soil and cli
matic, conditions In the Willam
ette valley, weeds are very pre
valent and It is a matter of con
v slant effort in western Oregon to
- produce wheat which is free from
! a large percentage of weed seed
or other dockage. .Vetch, a plant
which is extremely useful In its
own sphere, is considerable of a
detriment when the seed la
" threshed with winter (wheat.
Good Work of College,
The Oregon Agricultural college
fa as done some splendid work in
the matter of seeding recom men-
dations for the Willamette val
ley, and the program which they
are at this time advocating for a
standardization of Willamette val
ley wheat to some , six or seven
-varieties would be very advanta-
geous to the grower. The sugges
tion of The Statesman toward
. raising better grain is a valuable
one, audi of course, the use of
standard varieties would be a bis
. step in that direction. j
There are still lands in the Sa
lem district that are - untduched
- by the plow. Present low prices
do not stimulate the breaking of
new ground, but without doubt if
carefully selected seed could be
planted in new ground 1 would
'be a foundation for more pure
; seed distribution which would ul-
' J 1 J TDRAlr TILE, iiiiWMHIit
'Salem Brick x M&X"'W
r : and Tile Co. Nr'V
( ? g Salem, Oregon fVitz J
Dates of Slogans
(In Twice-a-Week Statesman Following Day).
Loganberries. Oet. I. 4
Prunes, Oct. IS. '
Dairying.' Oct. If.
Flax, Oct.
Filberts, Not. .
Walnuts, Not. t,
'Strawberries. Nor. It.
Apples, Not. J.
Raspberries, Not. St,
Mint, Dteembtr 7.
Great cows. ete.. Dee lla
Blackberries, Dee. IS.
Cherries, Dee. St.
Pears, Jan. 4. ltll.
Gooseberries, Jan. 11.
Corn, Jan. 18. ,
Celery. Jan. 2S. .
Spinach, ete.. Feb. 1. x
Onions, etc. Feb. 8,
Potatoes, etc, Feb. IS.
- Bees, Feb. 21.
Poultry and pet stock. Mar. 1.
Goats. March 8.
Beans, etc, March II,
Pared highways, March 11.
Broccoli, etc, March S 9.
Silos, etc April S.
Legumes, April 13
Asparagus, etc., April It.
Grapes, etc April 26.
timately tend to better qualities
of, wheat. !
The " prairie districts now pro
duce oats of feed quality. Wild
oats and weed seeds appear in the
samples of these (grains whfch
are coming into the market at this
time, but eastward in the Waldo
hills we find the peer of the fam
ily, the grey oat. . A horse doesn't
know about the 'grey oats because
it is generally. reserved for mill
ing purposes. The cereal millers
of Oregon have a great preference
for these grey winter oats, as the
are heavy, thin hulled and perfect
ly' adapted as a raw material for
rolled oats, oatmeal, etc. While
the grey winter oat does well in
other places ! cheat is apt to ap
pear in the field and as It Is a
most difficult weed seed to clean
from the oats, the hill country Is
looked to lor the millers' supply.
In this connection, It is worthy
ot note that the Waldo hills and
the "Skagit river flats In Wasn-
inston are the premier territories
of the west for the production of
the grey oat.'
Some barley appears on the
markets from the Salem terri
tory. It is a valuable feed grain
and might well receive more at
tention from the farmers of west
ern Oregon, j .
.. Very truly yours,
OREGON CO-OPERATIVE
GRAIN GROWERS.
A. II. LEA, General Manager.
Portland, Oregon,
Sept. 1, 1923J
FARM REMINDERS
FROM THE COLLEGE
Useful Hints Broadcasted By
the 0. A. C. for Benefit of
' Men on the Land
(following are Items from a
current bulletin of the depart
ment nt industrial Journalism of
the Oregon Agricultural college:)
- Oregon growers of brambles are
fconfronted with a group of diseas-
in Dafly Statesman
Drug garden. Kay S.
Sugar beets, sorghum,
May 10.
Water powers. May IT.
Irrigation, May 14.
Mining. May 11.
Land. Irrigation, etc. J una T,
Dehydration. June 14.
Bops, cabbage, etc. June SI.
Wholesaling and Jobbing
June SS. .
Cucumbers, etc, July I.
Hogs, July IS.
City beautiful, ete.. July It.
Schools, etc.. July St. . ;
"' Sheep. Aug. S. J
National adrertlslng, Aug, t.
Seeds, etc., Aug, II. :
Livestock, Aug. 11.
Automqtlre Industry. Aug. SO.
Grain- Sand grain products,
Sept. 6. . ; . . j .'
Manufacturing, Sept. IS.
Woodworking, etc. Sept. St, "
Paper mills, etc, Sept. 27.
(Back copies of the Thursday
editions of the Dally Oregon
Statesman are on hand. They are
for sale at 10 cents each, mailed,
to any address. Current cop
ies, 6c.)
;co. x
. S. Inspected
es for which no fungous or Dac-
terial organisms have been found,
although - diligently sought on
other places tor many years. They
are known as systemic, s infec
tion diseases, as ! they devitalize
the entire plant system and are
also transmitted i from diseased
plants to sound ones. Prevention
is the "cure." Diseased plants
are destroyed and new" plants got
from sound stock.
Bees are tempted to more fre
quent swarming when located near
tall trees, which;, also make the
recovery of the bees more diffi
cult and uncertain.
Ioganberry shoets are vigorous
growers frequently running 18 to
20 feet. -If allowed to take their
natural ways they incline to
spread out on the ground where
they are in the way of pickers and
are often damaged. It is best to
train them along the rows during
the growing season. " Short: sticks
or. wire hooks, three or four to a
plant, wilt keep them in place.
Copper carbonate dost treat
ment of seed wheat for smut caus
es no injuifr to seed or seedling.
It can i be t applied to the seed
months, ahead of planting time
with no effect on the vitality of
the grain during; storage. Hence
the treatment . favors perfect
stands of promptly germinated
and vigorous" plants. ,
DAIRY BREEDERS
OBSERVE THE LAW
Registration Act Brought Up
to Date Is Generally Ac
cepted in Oregon;
The dairy bull registration law
has been very well observed by
Oregon dairy breeders as a
whole during the life of the law,-
reports H. X. Colman of the Ore
gon Agricultural college t dairy
staff, secretary of the registration
board. Certain violations I could
not be prosecuted because of
flaws in the original act which
have now been amended and set
right. : . 4 1 " 'l
The measure provides that no
person or firm in Oregon may sell,
give away, or offer for public use,
or buy or accept for use any dairy
bull that is not registered, pure
bred, and licensed to be sold. Pub
lic service is defined as breeding
any cow in herds of five or more
cows not owned J by owner of
bull. - -
The dairy department at the
college constitutes the dairy reg
istration board. : '' '
Responsibility and penalty for
violation of the act was placed by
the last legislature on the receiv
er as well as the purveyor of ani
mals sold or used illegally.? Per
mission tvbbtain a temporary li
cense to 'sell animals meeting the
registration requirements but not
yet licensed," may be granted by
the 1 board, . made up of P. M.
Brandt, head of dairying at the
college, and members of his staff.
Interpretations! by ithe attor
ney general's office, permit much
of the "red. tape" to be cut-and
the law more readily and effec
tively administered.
The board depends j upon breed
ers, count agents," farm bureaus
and -others Interested in raising
the standard of dairy livestock,
for information on violations or
attempted violations of tho law.
Specific information as to cases,
names, dates and other ! legal
points is etsentiaL
RAISE MORE GRAIN; FEED MORE
TO HENS AND HOGS
The Salem district will never raise too
much grain if the growers will feed a
large enough proportion of theywheat to
the hens and hogs ' - 1
And they will always have a good sale
for their milling oats; for they can raise the
best grown in the world. j 1
They cannot raise too much corn, either,
for silage,' and for the hens and hogs. ;
They should raise better wheat and bet
ter oats, on the average, in which case they
will grow more to the acre, and get higher
prices, thus making the growing more
profitable. j ;
This is a good grain country, and it will
always grow some grain; especially in rota
tion schemes carried on intelligently. .
CASCADE BRAND HAMS,
OUR FAMOUS GREY
NEEDED IN MUCH LARGER SUPPLY
Certified Seed Ought to Be Used, and Buck Cheat Should
Be Killed Out, for the Good of the Reputation and
Value of This Famous Product of the Salem District
Interesting Theory Exploded .fr
Editor Statesman:
Grey winter oat is the premier
oat for milling purposes. It ias a
thin hull and a large, plump, sweet
kernel, which gives a high j per
centage of the manufactured pro
duct and which has an exceptional
- -i ,
flavor and quality. i
Oregon grey wfnter oatsj as
milled at a number of Oregon
mills cannot be excelled anywhere
in the UniteoV States. The oats
have a distinctive flavor and are
good with sugar and cream j just
as they come from the package or
sack, or after cooking in the usual
way.
Xowuere is . There Hotter
The oatmeal and other Datapro
ducts from the grey winter oats
in addition to exceptional fjavorj
hold their, texture well ana pre
sent an unusually fine appearance
because of the large size of the
oatmeal flakes. Nowhere is there
a better milling oat than the grey
winter oat and nowhere has the
wyiter seen oatmeal or rolled; oats
equal to that manufactured by the
oat millers of Oregon. j
Back Whmt Not Good j
When you have your 'morning
rolled oats, whether you eat them
fresh or cooked, have you noticed
occasionally a small, black kernel
with an ofr flavor? You thought
it was a black oat, but it -wasn't.
It was a buck cheat seed. This
weed has become mixed with some
lota of grey oats. Thisvis a mem
ber of the rye -grass family but
has a large seed that looks like! a
small barley seed. It thrives un
der wet, cold soil conditions and
in many cases has volunteered an'd
become mixed into the seed of
grey oats. -
The very best price for oats In
western Oregon is always paid for
good Krey oats of milling quality.
However, literally hundreds of lots
of the "grey oats especially from
the low lands are unfit for mill
ing purposes because of the pres
ence of large or small quantities
of this buck cheat.
Denvtnd is Increasing : )
The demand for milling oats is
increasing steadily and the oat
millers are becoming concerned
over a supply of grey oats good
enough to maintain the remarka
ble quality of the northwestern
product. The Oregon Agricultur
al college through its seed certif
ication program is attempting to
pick out fields of the grey : oati
that may be certified for seed, but
as so few fields have been reached
that are good enough to certify
it is important that other lots of
seed be examined previous; to
seeding this fall.
College Will Help
Any farmer' having grey oats
that he expects so sow may take a
fair sample from the seed that he
expects to use and send" It in to
the Experiment Station at I Cor
vallis. and a careful analysis of
the seed will be made to deter
mine the quantity of buck cheat
present. This will enablo a good
many folks ,to choose the best
seed and to reject the seed j that
Is unfit for milling because of
buck cheat.
A Theory Exploded
'There is an interesting sort of
theory that has been advanced by
quite "a number of people; name
BACON AND LARD
SALEM, OREGON
WINTEB DAT IS
ly, that the grey oat under certain
unfavorable conditions changes to
to buck cheat. This is absolutely
impossible. , Buck cheat is an en
tirely different plant with differ
ent habits of growth and it is
producedJrom its own seed. It is
no more possible for an oat plant
to change to a buck cheat plant
than' It is for a Jersey heifer to
give birth to a Poland China
steer.,-. ' ''
The 'reason why a good many
people believe that the oat changes
to. buck cheat is that in some
places or in some seasons the land
Is too cold and too wet f,or (the
oats and theV 'Jtill out and the
many 'buck cheat seeds that 'were
in the field or that were sowed
with the seed will continue to
grow. Buck cheat will grow und
er water ! conditions and s.Vijnd
somewhat more cold than the grey
winter oat, which is pnly semi
hardy, usually hardy enough for
all ordinary western Oregon con
ditions but npt .as hardy, as the
buck cheat.' The only way to get
rid of buck. Cheat is to plant seed
that is carefully cleaned and free
from buck cheat; plant it on land
that has' not hadi any buck cheat
eo to seed on it the preceding year.
Seed samples may-be sent to th
seed laooraiory ax me iiperuucui
Station fer, analysis. The Exper
iment Station is" ready to help
with just as! many analysis as ne
cessary to get good seed planted
this fall so we may maintain tn
quality and - get the better price
for our famous grey winter mill
ing pat. ' '.
-rG. tt. HYSLOP.
Corvallis. Oregon, 1
Sept. 4, 1323'. t
.1
Hr ITvRlnn. the writer Of f the
above, ,(is the farm crop special
ist of ' the Oregon Agrtfctiltaral
college Experimen-t Station, and
he is, recognized as a nign auin
ority in his field. Edf) , 1.
The .Santiam Project of tlie
Uregon ueveiopmeni kjo.
Is Being Pushed ;
; "Construction ,of irrigation
ditches on the Stayton, West Stay
ton and Mehama irrigation pro
ject of , the Western Oregon De
velopment company . on the north
fork of the Santiam river, in Mar
ion county, has been , begun and,
according to John It. Britz of the
company, is progressing favora
bly. .. r ft".' ".-
"About days will be requir
ed for the completion of the con
struction work, it Is-, estimated,
after which platting of the 4000
acres involved in thej project will
be begun.? ! ; i
"Permission to Issue fr.00.000
of bonds' for 'the j project was
granted several weeks ago by tho
state corporation ' commissioner.!"
The above three paragraph appeared-
in a news item in the Port
4000 ACRES UiER
' IRRIGITIONSOOII
260 North High Street,
Boost This Community
by Advertising on the Slogan
Pases
DID YOU KNOW That the Willamette valley produces the
best oats in the world, for milling purposes, and the heaviest
oats in the world to the bushel or sack measure; that the
great breakfast food manufacturers of the east know this,
and would pay still better prices to bur farmers if they
would organize and improve the quality still more; that this
section ought to raise more wheat, too, and more barley
and rye, always in rotation with clover and corn and other
crops; that there ought to be more general selection of
seed, and more drainage j practiced, and more tiling; that
Salem is now a good grain market, and ought to be a much
better and bigger grain market? , V
land Journal of a few days Ago. ;
Wallace Huntington of Kelso,
Wash., is President of the devel
oping company; L.'E. Benhairi of
Portland is vice president, j and
her of nrominent people Jn
Portland, Sajem and the Stayton
district are interested. ,,
Will Hcli Salem District
Garfield B.i Datson, an engin
eer, who has! offices in Stayton
and will shortly open offices in
Salem, who is connected withj this
development project, was in Sa
lem yesterday. He was formerly
in government work, with j tne
Alaska bureau of nublic roads. He
Is now connected with the A. L.
M. Engineering, Service, survey
ors and dealers In bonds, real
estate, etc. , .
Mr. Datson expects to see this
Santiam irrigation development
project go ahead vigorously under
its new reorganization. He says
half of the bond issue has already
been sold, and that there will oe
a campaign carried on persistent
ly for the sale of the balance, oi
Putting the water on 4000 ac
res of land of the Santiam dis
trict will be a great thing for Sa
lem. It will be likeadding such
a tract as the Labish Meadows
to the productive area of this dis
trict. ; It will mean aaea tonnage
B AKE-RITE
BAKERY
Two Stores
Main Rlnrf and Ilakerv
Opposite Oregon Theatre
on bate ot.
Branch Store No. 2
Salem Public Market
There are no substitutes in
our products.': We use home
grown grains, - fruits and
nuts. j. -A J
OUR diplomatic, po
lite services meet
with public approval.
The beautiful dignity
that characterizes . tho
accomplishment of
this organization Is a
symbol of respectful
regard. '
Webb & dough Co.
FUNERAL DUtECTORS
499 Court St Salmn. Fkona 1320
BUY AN
OVERLAND
' AND v
Realize the i
Difference;
VICK BROS.
QUAUTYCARS j
HIGH ST. AT TRADE i
Phone 1995
of, products from highly developed
a? res ; to the manufacturing and
marketing totals of Salem will
mean ' many thousands of added
tons annually of the fruits of
diversified and intensified agri
culture. CHERRY CITY
MILLING CO.
Manufacture
FLOUR
CEREALS
MILL FEEDS
POULTRY
and
STOCK FEEDS
Carried by 1
Most Dealers
Auto Electric Work
B. D. B ASTON
171 8. Commercial St.
Next Week's Slogan
SUBJECT IS
M l CT 1G
A Licensed Lady Embalmer
r to care for women and
children is necessity In
all funeral homes. We are
the only ones furnishing
such senrlce.
Terwilliger
Funeral Home
77 Cheosketa-fit,
rhone 724 Salem, Oregoa
Salem will always be a good grain market
because it is a good grain district.
THE
BOY SCOUTS
deserre the support ot
everyone who wishes
to Inculcate high prin
ciples of manhood Into
the youth of our land.
This space paid for by -Thlrlsen
A Italia
SOLD EVERYWHERE
' Buttercup
Ice Cream Co.
P; M. GREGORY, Mgr.
240 - South Commercial St.
SALEM
Dodge Brothers
Sedan
Bcnesteel Meter Co.
184 8. Ooml St. Fhone 422
OUR TREES
Carefully Grown Carefully
Selected Carefully Packed
Will Give Satisfaction to the
Planter
SALEM NURSERY s
COMPANY
. 428 Oregon Bulldlni;
" PHOXE 1763 " '-'
Additional Salesmen Wanted
Willamette
Grocery Coi
WHOLESALE
.Groceries, Fruits, Candies,
Cigars and Tobaccos
Phone 424, P. O. Dox 379
; Cor. Trade and High i
SALEM, OREGON
HOTEL
MARION
SALEM, OREGON
The Largest and Most
Complete Hostelry in
Oregon Out of Portland
DRA6ER FRUIT
COLIPATIY
Dried Fruit Packers
221 S. nigh St., Salem, Or.
Always in the market for
dried fruita of all kind
NOW IS THE TIME! I
To look after your heat
ing plants and see that It is
in good order, or It you are
going to need a new one.
This is the
time to buy It!
appropriate
THEO M. BARR
164 S. Com'l St,
OUR TREES"
t Carefully Giws j
i Carefully Selected
i Carefully Tarked
WIU Glre Sattafactloa to the
Planter
SALEM NURSERY
COMPANY
428 Oregon Building
, Fhone 178 i
Additional Salesmen Want3
is.