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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1923)
11 T THURSDAY MORNING? DECEMBER G, 1923 OWIJCO Broom handles, nop han dle, paper plug, tent tog gles, ail kinds of hardwood handles, manufactured by Oregon Wood Products Co. ISBL'LING: SALEM DISTRIOT EAT A ri:.:i a 'Weatiierl;, 1 - 'i 1 r ill' ) BUY AN -ij'; . j OVERLAND Realize the Difference VICKBROS. QUALITY CARS HIGH ST. AT TRADE VALLEY PACK MIlJT INDUSTRY IB THE WILUMETTE VALLEY III A FLOURISHING COiUi The Growers in This District Received Two Dollars, and Sixty-Six Cents a Pound This Year for Their Pepper, mint Oil; Against $2.65 Last Year, and $1.50 the Year BeforeThere Is Good Money and Easy Money in the ; Industry V I ' " : : - 0 ;- . j ' " "i i The annua! -Slogan number-of V The Statesman for last l year, treating of the mint industry, re ' ported about 600 acres of , mint in - the Willamette valley.K There has -been some increase the" past year; but there will likely be more each year from this time on; especially i In Marlon ; county; , in 4he; Labish - t JUaadew istrict,-an aiwdelf-i V -V? It waar, reported last : year-; that G. J. Moisan and S.I. '-'Manning, - the largest mint tgrowers; In the Labish Meadows district, with 40 acres, averaged 6Q pounds of oil to the acre; and that- on - two acres they averaged 85, pounds to the ? acre -ah immense yield; about ' double the average in the mint fields- of Michigan; - and a 'superior oil; an oil with about 51 per -cent ot menthol content, against the 36 per cent f Michi gan. And the Oregon: oil la su perior In flavor, too. ' A grower reported to the Slo gan man - that the yield in the Labish ' section was" about the same this year as last; the yield per acre. . The growers In that section so far as heard from "are all well pleased with the outlook. They are '(gclnff to stay with the Industry!'- Some of their neighbors will .put out mint the coming spring. The growers there have plenty of taint roots for sale. y It costs about 20 an acre for the roots, and about $3 an acre to-plant them. They get ai erop the following 'autumn. The mint will . persist in this locality for ten-years.- . ; ' ; , ; In the Monroe district, some of the growers cultivate every year; not so In the Labish Meadows district. There Is very little over head after the first year; com pared with onions and such an nual crops. , , The Prices '" The reader will find something about the prices of peppermint oil in the Interview In this Issue with . Dan J. Fry, the buyer. The price for the past 15 years has aver aged about 1 3 a pound. It was down to 60 cents one year, and it was up to $10 or more for a short time during the war. 1 No Overproduction - J, , ,A 'well informed grower, ' de clares that there will be no over HERE, MR. HOMEBUILDER Is the BEST, SAFEST STRONGEST, and. In the long run, the CHEAPEST Material oat - of which to build your - hotae. ';-.. , ( -. . : , i It Is BUItXED CLAY nOLLOTF BTJILD- I ivn ititp ta 47rA Health and Comfort. Ask for Catalog and Booklet of SALEM BRICK & TILE CO. Salem, Oregon. Phone Ilfrs. of Burned Clay ITollow Buildlns Tile, Brick, ' and Drain Tile Dates of Slogans i f (In Twice-a-Week Statesman Following Day) j i Loganberries. Oct. 4. ; - Prunes, Oct. 11. Dairying, Oct. 18. Flax, Oct 25. Filberts, Not. 1, ; y "Walnuts, Nor. 5. t . -;.f ' Strawberries, Nor. 15. - Apples. Not. 22, . ,J"'V - Raspberries. Nor, i . 1 r - Mint, December 6. j Great cows, etc., Dec. 13. Blackberries, Dec. 20. Cherries. Dec. 27. ' Pears, Jan. S, 1924. Gooseberries, Jan. 10. Corn, Jan. 17. Celery, Jan. 24. Spinach, etc., Jan. 31. Onions, etc, Feb. 7. I Potatoes, etc., Feb. 14. Bees, Feb. 21. v ; . Poultry and pet stock, Feb. 28. Goats, March 6. Beans, etc.. March 13. Pared highways, March 20. Broccoli, etc, March 27. Silos, etc., April 3. ' Legumes, April 10. , Asparagus, etc., April 17. . Grapes, etc, April 24. supply; j that - the use of pepper mint oil is increasing in the candy and gum and drug and other trades, using the mint flavor; the menthol. This grower: said the Oregon oil has not been advertised. But he said it is going to be, and the Inrinsti-r- stabilized, so! thatit will bitewnt iit reliable as pruares or walnuts, or pears or wheat. He believes that no section or thn United States can stand up against the Salem district in the mint industry! r owing to the natural ' advantages here allowing of the production of the finest oil produced , In the world, and the high average possible to the acre. FilUIHBS The Head Lettuce Industry, Spraying Hints, and Sug . gestions on Pruning . (The l following paragraphs are from ,a , current news bulletin of the department of industrial jour nalism of the Oregon Agricultural college:) V In pruning the. orchard, bram bles ornamentals it is well to watch carefully for small waxy rings of eggs on the twigs. These are theieggjof the tent caterpil lar, a defoliating worm, unusually abundant last season.: Remove and destroy twigs containing such egg masses, whenever found.. Tomato mosaic, uncontrolled, may cause the complete loss of the crop, depending on the tem perature and season of : the year If this disease appears, immediate ly remove all diseased plans and fumigate the greenhouse with nic otine ! or dust all the plants throughout with nicotine dust to get rid of all aphids which may carry the disease from plant to plant, i ' - . Peaches may be sprayed " for peach leaf curl any time between i Plans. 017 FROMTHF COLLEGE 7 'Sl I in Daily Statesman Drug garden. May 1. Sugar beets, sorghum. jetc. May 8. Water powers, May 15. Irrigation,' May 22. Mining. May 29. : Land;- irrigation, etc, June 5. Dehydration, June 12. Hops, cabbage, etc., June 19. 4 Wholesaling and -Jobbing June .26. : tCucumbers etc, July 8 j Hogs, July10. I '4 ' !. City beautiful, etc, July 17. Schools, etc., July 24. Sheep, July 31. National advertising, Aug. 7. Seeds, etc, Aug. 14. Livestock, Aug. 21. AutomotlTe industry, Aug. 28. Grain and grain ' products, Sept. 4. : : ... ' Manufacturing, Sept. 11. Woodworking, etc., Sept. 18. ' Paper mills, etc, Sept. 25. (Back copies of the Thursday editions of the Daily Oregon Statesman are on hand. -; They are for sale at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current copies, 5c) , ING CO. If Inspected December 1 and February 1. Bor deaux mixture 6-6-50. properly made at home, is much superior to life suit uror tHe ready mixed commercial Bordeaux for this pur pose. Every twig and bud must be covered to insure cdtnplete pro tection from this disease. The first favorable stretch of weather should, be utilized for this Job. The growing of- head lettuce is well suited to Oregon conditions since the climate and soil are fav orable and unless the season is unusually dry irrigation ; is not generally necessary. I Production of uniform, solid heads depends largely on the variety and espe cially the seed strain. Barnyard manure is the best fertilizer, as poor soils mean small heads. Makes $100 An Aero Net On Mint . (Continued from page 10) man that they have on their farm four "acres in peppermint, and that they get 40 to 60 pounds an acre annually of oil. They belong to the association.? Mr.; Van Cleave things the average yield per acre on the kind of land they have in peppermint is about 50 pounds of oil.; He said thplr net profit is about 9100 an acre and it is the easiest money they get. la Little Trouble The cost of distilling the oil is about 25 cents a 'pound. The har vesting is about on a par with the harvesting of clover hay. The ex pense In cultivation and general attention is very small. Mr. Van Cleave regards the growing of pep permint as a good industry for this section; but thinks the grower must have suitable ground: landj with a good deal of moisture; the beaverdam land Is Ideal. i -There are three or four distil leries for the peppermint around the Labish Meadows district. One of these distilleries can handle the peppermint from about two acres of land each day; depending on the abundance of the crop. ; mm up half ILLII 1 VALUE That Is Being Done By Farm ers of Western Oregon, Says 0AC Authority Every ton of straw s burned sends up in smoke enough plant food to cost;$3.84 if bought at present prices of commercial fer tilizers. In western and southern Oregon. Vet more than i 100,000 tons Is actually burned each year to get rid of it In. te districts named. , It is the difficulty of spreading it on the fields that is mainly re sponsible for the burning.' Where it can be used as feed and bedding by livestock it can be applied eco nomically by the manure spreader. Otherwise it is bulky and difficult to handle by the usual means. Spreading the straw by means of an attachment to the manure spreader is now possible, says F. E. Price, soils specialist of the Oregon Agricultural! college ex tension service. The attachment can, be bought for 145. The humus' value of the straw, making the soil more mellow and easier to work, added to the plant food value, brings the amount an nually burned in these districts to nearly a half million dollars. s THE CASE FOR THE MINT INDUSTRY The mint industry is on a solid basis- . The growers are The outlook is for ing demand And what is needed for its expansion is 100 per cent organization. Evey grower ought to be in the association, and the asso ciation ought to build a refinery in Salem. Then this district will be ready to ex pand the industry as fast as the demand for peppermint oil shall incease And there are great possibilities; it may grow into a vast industry, bringing big an nual sums. It is worth boosting; it is one of our best and surest bets; one of our natural franchises. CASCADE BRAND HAMS, SOIL AND CLIMaTE TO GRDVv BEST PEPPERMINT (El WORLD SAYS MOISAN The Secretary-Treasurer of the Oregon Mint Growers' Cooperative Association Says There Should Be More Thorough Team Work, Leading to the Building of a Refinery for Peppermint Oil Editor Statesman: The Oregon Cooperative ' Mint Growers Association have had an other successful year; but what we need mere than anything else at this time is cooperation. Only about half the growers of mint in the valley belong to the associa tion. ; ' . . - It seism 3 hard to convtnte the growers that "cooperation is neces sary to make this fine industry a success. Through the efforts of the as sociation this year, we raised the price from 2:40 to 2.62 per pound, which meant quite a nice addition to each of their checks. Xon Members Profited The non members who had not sold before we did received 'the '1TOTI in .ThjrfAJrecbn 3110 1 Plant benefit of this rise without con tributing anything toward the maintenance of the. association. The overhead cost in mainten ance or the association is very small in comparison the increase they receive, and, unless we have the united support of the grower, I am afraid that we, the associa tion, will have a hard time to make a real success of our under takings. Large Acreage Xear Portland The-mint acreage has not In creased to any extent in the. val ley the past year; however a company recently organized under the name of Portland Peppermint company, at foruana, nave piam etd 50 acres to mint near Portland on tho Columbia slough this spring, and we are informed that they harvested a fair crop on the first year's planting and expect to increase their acreage quite . ex tensively next spring. . j Best in the World i After several years' experience tin the growing and culture of peppermit, I can safely say that we have the soil and climate to grow the best mint in the world. Let us cooperate, push together, get a refinery and make Oregon peppermint oil the best in the world. . , : G. J. MOISAN, Secretary-Treasurer Oregon Cooperative Mint Growers Ass'n. Gervais. Oregon, Dec. l; 1923. (The president, of the1 Oregon Mint Growers Cooperative assoc iation; la E." P. Wallace,. Route C, Albany, and the vice president, is T. Q. Green, Monroe. Ed.) Prominent Growers t Among the prominent mint growers are: 111J; iri the Salem district making money a constantly increas- ? BACON AND LARD SALEM, OREGON W. H. Gibson, J. J. Lesher, R. H. Russell. J. M. Ward, Fred Moisan, Sam Weese, M. L. Jones, Mork Aspinwall an F. X. Moisan, Brooks. , S. D. Manning. "W. H. Tgan and Fred Manning, Gervais. .. Bird Rickard, Frak Wigle, Jake Brown and Hinton Bros.. Mon roe. - . ... T. Q. Green, Clinton Hurd and Dodd Bros., Coburg. C. A. Myers, J. H. Turnadge and J. D. Turnadge, Jefferson. ' Paul Gerbeg, Albany, and E. B. Wallace, Albany, Route 6. A, T. Vancleave. and R. A. Van cleave. Salem, Route 9. E. D. Harrison, Eugene, Motor Route B. Tom Lowell, Harrisburg. J. W. Rust. Blachly. Hartley & Craig, Salem. FOURTH DF HENS' FEED IS FOR EGGS If She Is Not Given Good At :;tenlbn She Will Use Egg .Food to. Maintain Body u ? i Hi : ! Much!aa4fteen said and written on the chemical constituents and the nutritive values of the differ ent grains and their combinations and .conversions into manufactur ed foods for poultry,; but we know little of the laws of assimilation and of the various chemical chang es that take place during the pro cess of digestion. Likewise, we are more or less in doubt as to why changes of weather, environ ment and physical conditions re tard or check the assimilation cf food. Touching on Just one angle of the problem, the publish ed records of the sixth annual egg laying contest at Mountain Grove, Mo., furnishes some Interesting data on the amount of food re quired by the hens lor physical maintenance and for egg produc tion. We read: "The Indications are that the hen uses three-fourths of the feed to supply her body and one-fourth to make eggs, and that from each one-fourth of feed above mainte nance, she makes two eggs which weigh one-fourth of a pound, thus oroducinz a pound of eggs for each pound of feed above main tenance. Data showed that the average hen weighed five pounds, consumed 75 pounds of feed and laid 150 eggs. 'The hens had feed before them at all times, and as the average hen consumed 75 pounds of feed, which is 1200 ounces, it will be seen that the hen's digestive ca pacity is 100 ounces per month, and that she averaged seventy-five ounces for her body and from the other twenty-five ounces she made twelve 'and one-half eggs, that weighed' twenty-five ounces. "Although we believe the hen's digestive capacity . is about the same at all times, yet she does not j produce the same number of eggs WalleYMoiorCb. 260 NortE High Street C, Boost This Comiaunlty : by Advertising on thf Sksuf . Hi V t DIDTOU KNOW that in the facturing of oil of peppermint there are decided advantages to the growers of the Salem district; that our farmers have what amounts to a franchise, because they produce the best mint oil in the world, besides the highest in percentage of menthol and the best and purest in quality, consequently the highest iri price; that this industry has already assumed considerable proportions and is growing fast and willwith out doubt grow much faster from now on, and be better organized and stabilized; and that there is a great field here for new people wishing to engage in a profitable line of production? ;. , . , " w.. each) month, which is accounted J lor dj ine propornoa oi iceu re quired for her body at different ii'mVs If the weather i3 pleasant and pher conditions right, the hen raay; use only fifty ounces of food for her body and make twenty-five eggs from the other fifty ounces of feed, but if the weather turns dold and her house is not what it should be, so that ninety ounces of feed are required for her body, she can enly make five eggs from the other ten ounces, and if the weather changes suddenly so that 11 0 ounces of feed are needed to sup port her body, "she can and does ar rest the eggs which are partly de veloped, turns the egg material back into her own system and uses it as food, which explains why hens stop laying on short notice follow ing a sudden change in the weath er." POLL SWEET CHERRIES It May Be Done in Orchards of Bearing Age by Top Grafting the Trees . (The following suggestions on pollenizing sweet cherries are from current" bulletins of the de partment of industrial Journalism of the Oregon Agricultural col lege:) " Sweet cherry orchards of bear ing age which need pollenizing may be top grafted with other va rieties such as Black Republican, Black Tartarian, Centennial, or Governor Wood. With old trees only part of the tree should be grafted at a time, as grafting over the whole top may injure the tree. It fsr well to graft half of the tree the first year and the remainder next. Limbs containing the pol lenizer in full bloom placed in each tree will help obtain a crop of sweet cherries in some cases. . , One to Nine Is Ratio f Proper pollination Is tho main limiting factor in sweet cherry production. In planting cherry or chards pollenlzers are best includ ed In the ratio of one pollenizer to nine other trees. This . ratio will vary In different sections ac cording to weather conditions. Since pollination depeuds upon in sects their efficiency as polJen- Izers depends upon favorable weather conditions that will per mit them to visit the flowers. ASSOCIATION OIL He Paid Two Dollars Sixty. Six and a Half Cents a Potind ifqr Best Oil i - . x t 4' . ... l -4 " Dan J. Fry,4 the Salem wholesale and retail druggist'ahd, buyer of crude drugs, bought the pepper mint oil of the Oregon Mint Grow ers Cooperative association this year. He paid $2.66. cents a pound for the best of the oil. This means that the trade calls the "water , white" oil, which Is clear like pure water. Most of the peppermint oil produced here, especially In the Labish Meadows district, is of that high quality. Some of the oil of the members of the association was dark, and some still darker; running as low as 2.35 a pound in price. Mr. Pry also , bought some lots of growers outside of the association. The Finest Oil Mr. Fry said yesterday that th Labish Meadows district produces a very high quality of peppermint oil, and so do several other dis 1ZMGTHE I FRY BOUGHT Fb'cst 1535 til raising of mint lor the manu tricts' in; Linn, Lane and other val ley i counties. S fchjfe! distilled oil turned puerf la called the ?'nat ural oiiy by tha :rade. Part of the bil'bbught byftjr. Fry goes tbsNew York, Where' If Is refined., Some of it" Is held here in the Salem warehouse of Mr. Fry for sale to other ' wholesale druggists and manufacturers throughout ' fne country. Peppermint oil goes in to candies, gums, tooth paste, per fumes,: toilet articles, etc., and the demand for it Is steadily growing.-" -' ' --' The natural oil ' comes to Mr. Fry- from . the growers In 2 0 pound galvanized Iron cans. , He ships it out In barrels, in order to prevent "wabte from leakage or evaporation. It is very volatile, and subject to waste. Tho Run of Prices Natural peppermint ' oil was quoted in New York yesterday at $3.15 a pound. On the same date last year it was $l.55. The war peak price was f 9, and before the war it ran around $2.25. As most readers know, Mr. Fry Is a large buyer of. crude drugs, including Oregon grape root; chit tern bark; Oregon balsam fir, and when there" have been markets for them, wild cherry bark, skunk cabbage,' fox glove,' etc. When la bor conditions adjust themselves all- over" the world, Mr. Fry ex pects to i- see a large crude drug business grow up here in western Oregon. . . - -Should Have Refinery . Mr. Fry thinks Salem shduld have a refinery - for peppermint oil. Every grower should be In the association. If this condition can be brought about, and with even a small increase of acreage, the association, itself will be jus tified in building a refinery here. There was a difference In price yesterday in New York in favOr of refined peppermint oil over the natural ; oil, such' as is .produced here, of 30 cents a pound. A handsome profit could be realized on the operations of a refinery here, under the above conditions; and this would jielp to standard ize our product, tending to higher SUBJECT IS GREAT OREGON C 0 IV S Licensed Lady Embalmer to care for women and children is necessity in all funeral homes. We are ,', the only ones furnishing such service. Terwilliger Funeral Home ' ; 779 Checneketa St. ' Phone 724 Balent, Oregosi - The Salem district permint in the New more. Manuals,' School Helps and Supplies Your order will be given PROMPT attention ' The' J. J. Kraps: Company Kent S. Kraps, Mgr. -Box 00 Salem, . .. Orr-ou V r SOLD EVEItXV.iIi.r.13 Buttercup Ice Cream Co. P;L GREGORY, r:r. 30; South Coitmierclxl t:. Dodge DnoTi:;::: Sediii" 184 8. Coml Et. RiOiJ Z prices-j-and then our grof would 'tet all there Is in tt-3 I iness. t-u 1 i . The big thing is to build V ? association; make it 100 r ' Then build a . refinery; around $5000. Then incre- acreage as fast as the C . will justify. There is a 1 1 for the Jteaustry to assume t mona proportions, bringing i vast sum annually. The Cr crdp is! now worth soma: around $20,000 to $25,000 a j V Auto Electric Work n. d. cahto:; 171 8. Commercial St. ' HOTEL' llARIOIJ ; SALTTTI, OUTGO:! The Largest fend ITc t Complete Hostelry i,i Oregon Out of Pert!; :. : DItAGER FRUir ;co:ipaiiy Dried Fruit Pzdizzz 221 S. High St., Ealcm, Cr. Always in the market f :r dried fruit of all klr NOW IS THE TILIH ! ! To look after your heat V Ing plants and see that it li in good order, or if you era going to need a new one. . A This Is the trjrcprlita ' time to"buy it! " -. theo n. DAim! 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