THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1923 07FCO X2AT A PLATT3 A DAr THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON mmmmmmmmmwmmmMmmmmmmMmmwmMmmmmmmmmmwmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmammmmmummmmm ' t "" 1 , - - - - - - . i f ! ; ! ; t r j I : Erooa fcanilta, raca taa Cleg, paper plasm, tent tog gles, all kind ot hardwood handles, manufactured by the . (DregonUpod Products Co 1 J7e galena . BUY AN ' ' AND' Difference VICKBROS. QUALITY CARS t man st. at trade . ... -1 ... TIIESM1 CCEBIES VALLEY PACECING CO EIE BWBEilES THIS YEAR TIIArj T1IEV PACKED IfJ THE YEAR 1922 The Pack in Marion County This Year Was 120,543 Cases, .of. Which Salem Put Up About 89,543 Cases, Against the 85,000 Case Pack of in Salem Last Year Can neries Outside of Salem in .the County Packed This Year About 31,000 Cases The Salem canneries, packed In the present year about 89,543 cases of Evergreen blackberries, against the 85.000 case pack of lat year.; ; Last year, was consid ered a wonderful year; was a won derful year, in the packing of Erer green, blackberries in Salem. But this year has made, a small gain, and there is no doubt that 1924 will see a big gain. ;r. The canneries of all Marion county packed this year 120,545 cases of Evergreen 'blackberries; the canneries In the county out side of Salem : accounting . for about 31,000 cases. 5 , 1 Evergreens run 30 pounds to the case. That means 3,616,290 pounds of Evergreen blackberries put up for the canned trade mar ket In Marion county this year for the great pie trade. A good sized mountain of cans of Ever green blackberries. ' ' ' Probably More Than Halt ' That is probably, more than half the! Evergreen blackberries put up in cans in Oregon this year. It is sot far from half of the number of cases of salmon 'rut' up on the whole Columbia river. Some s Evergreen' , blackberries were also -put into barrels in Sa lem the past season; not many. But the barrel pack and the pack in froren shape in cans will likely assume steadily larger proportions frdm year to year from this time on. The Prices Paltl . The Evergreen blackbcrrr. growers received this year 3 to 4 cents a pound for their berries. Last year, they received 4 V to 5 cnts a pound;, mostly the former figure. ; . , A ' j t ; ,The Fnturo . -i " . - Six canneries operated in Salem this year. There will be seven next year; perhaps eight or more. , If there is any great develop ment in a frozen berry, trade, as seems highly probable now, with a consequent widening of the mar ket for , this great . pie berry, the outlook for Evergreen blackber ries would, seem good: a steady and , sure growth, L with always prices high enough, to yield some HERE, MR. HOMEBUILbER 1 Is I ho 11EST, SAFEST, STIIOXGKSt', ; and. in the Ions' row, the CHK.WCST ' Material out f which to build your ' home. " - - ' ' It Is BUnXED cLY HOLLOW BUILD-' I ISO TILE It Insure Fire-Saf ctj licalth and Comfort. Ask for Catalos and Booklet of Hans. ' SALEM BRICK & TILE CO. Salem. Ore iron. Phone U17 Ilfrs. of Burned Clay Hollow liunoins iur, arf j pud Brain .TUc : ' L m - mm - -v w .... Dates of Slogans I (In Twice-a-Week Statesman Following Day) Loganberries. Oct' 4. Prunes. Oct. 11. 'Dairying. Oct. 18.! Flax, Oct. 25. Filberts, Nov. 1; .Walnuts, Nor. . . f Strawberries, NotJ 15.' Apples, Not. 22. i , Raspberries, Nor. 29. Mint, December C. Great cows, etc., Dec. 12, Blackberries, Dec. 20. . Cherries, Dec. 27. Pears. Jan. 3, 1924. Gooseberries, Jan. 10, , Corn, Jan. 17. . ; j Celery, Jan. 24. m Spinach, etc JanJtl.v Onions, etc.. Feb. 7 Potatoes. etc., Teh. 14.' -Bees, Feb. 21. r ' Poultry. and pet stock, Feb. 28'. Goats, March1 6. t ... . Beans, etc., March 13. '! PaveH highways, 5 March 20. Broccoli, etc, March 27. Silos, etc., April 8.; . Legumes, April 10. Asparagus, etc., April 17 Grapes, etc., April 2. PJICfflliE profit to the careful growers v A. Conclusion If any one has told you that the bush fruit business 'of the Salem tr 4 would, likely be on the down grade, you may safely discount the statement or the prediction. ' .There must be thorough organ ization ' oli. the loganberry indus try, but with"' that action taken, the loganberry will have a great future. Several recent surveys show this. : 1." - . ; Were is something bran new: The berry-; representative, of the Oregon Glowers Cooperative asso ciation, now in the i east, reports a great deal of interest in both frozen loganberries : . and frozen Evergreen blackberries , ., 4.nd another: There Is a revival of thp loganberry juice interest, In this country,' andxalso in Great Britain. L . GREET J FEED TDLD Demonstration Shows With . out Shadow of Doubt Fowls MustVlave It - The poultry breeders of the Sa lem district have a great advan tage over those of many 'sections in the fact that they may Lave at all seasons1 of the year plenty of green ' feed. Most of the time, natural conditions provide well for this, and the other seasons a little thought, and care and labor will fill in- the deficiency, witi very slight cost or effort. The experimental work al the Southern California Farm Bureau egg-laying contest j conducted at Pomona, Cal., the past year,; in cluding work carried on- separate ly from the contest pens, demon strated conclusively thj necessity Of green feed in tho poultry ra tion, according to the management of the annual "laying marathon." - - Wl HTHEOF in Daily Statesman Drug garden,' May II" Sugar beets, sorghum. etc.. May 8. Water powers. May 1. Irrigation, May 2 Ir Mining, May 29. Land, irrigation, etc., June 5. Dehydration, June 12. ' Hops, cabbage, etc, June 19. ' x Wholesaling and Jobbing, June 26. t , Cucumbers, etc, July 3, Hogs, July 10. City beautiful, etc, July 17. Schools, etc, July 24. Sheep, July 31. - National advertising, Aug. 7. Seeds, etc., Aug. 14. ; Livestock, Aug. 21. - AutomotiTe Industry, Aug. 28. Grain and grain products, Sept.' 4. '" i ' 7 Manufacturing, Sept. 11. Woodworking, etc, Sept. 18. : Paper mills, etc, Sept. 25. t. " (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) : U. S. Inspected Two of the pens were fed in iden tically the same manneaj with' the exception that one pen. received plenty of agreed feed dairy : while the other received no gren feed The pen receiving green feed laid almost twice as many eggs during the year as did the pen receiving no green feed. . ; The cost of production of eggs in the pen receiving green feed was only 56 per cent of the cost of the eggs produced in the pen receiving no green feed. ; This proves conclusively, the ; contest management says, that it is pos sible to reduce the cost of egg production by giving Ikying hens plenty of succulent greens. . . There were forty birds used in each of the experimental-pens. It was interesting to note . that in the pen receiving green feed daily only one hen died during the ex- perimeBtar period wtrtle-rtrteen birds diea, in the pen receiving no THUS BOTH THE 111 W MID EVERGREEN WILL BE IHEY MAKERS j F . - -.-.. v - .. j... -: .....:.,:..,.. . ... .- Every One Every Where Knows the' Blackberry and Its uses, inereiore 11 is in Fills a Succession Place Editor Statesman: ; - In selecting a kind of fruit to grow for profit, it is. necessary to consider, first, the market value; second, the quantity that can be produced per acre; and third, the cost ot production, due regard be ing given to the labor item and the time required for ; bringing the plant into fruiting. When thinking of the market value It-is well to remember that well-known and commonly-used fruits are more readily sold to the consuming publieHthan a new kind. The loganberry, suffers because of the unfamiliarity of the general public, to its uses. The cannery man does not know how to can it; the jobber does not know what he should buy, 'nor does' the grocery man, nor the householder. And when the loganberry has finally reached the kitchen the cook does not know how to prepare it for the table. So to make this berry go a costly campaign of education is re quired.! ' i . ? Is Known Everywhere But how much better favored, is the blackberry. ? Everyone ev erywhere knows the blackberry and its uses. Therefore . it is in constant demand. - ' As to the quantity of blackber ries that can be produced, I think three to fire tons per acre is a con servative estimate. ' Comparative Costs. ' . It costs no more to cultivate a blackberry patch than it would a loganberry patch. The training some more per acre,: but probably not more per ton of berries pro duced. - The time of bringing the Evergreen blackberry to fruiting is about four years, while the Law ton. KIttatinna and Himalaya may bear a good crop in two years. ; My preference of these varieties is the Himalaya, while the Ever green is preferred by the cannery man because of its firm holding up quality when canned. I am in clined to believe that in time the public will prefer the" Himalaya because of its excellent flavor and freedom from hard seeds. I like the time of harvesting of the Him alayas. They are finished before the prune picking and nearly over before hops.: At present the ob jection to this is that there are not enough of theso different early varieties to keep the canneries op- A MOUNTAIN ' Marion county canneries packed this year 120,543 cases of Evergreen blackber ries Salem canneries alone about 89,543 cases. I That means a pack in Marion county of 3,616,290 pounds of Evergreen blackber ries alone Against about 30,000 cases of fruit all told put up in Salem in 1911. . The outlook for Evergreen blackberries is good i It is good for all bush and other fruits, with the proper oganization and coopera tion. ; I1 I Salem had an increase in pack of fruits taken as a whole this year over last year . But the growth will go on from year to year . ,. .ri-! And it will be big; with proper organiza tion and cooperation : CASCADE BRAND HAMS, green feed. The , percentage of mortality In the pen receiving green feed was 2.5 per cent, while the mortality in the pen receiving no green feed was 40 per cent, On the basis of the above figuresV 4 During the spring months addi tional i experiments were carried on to determine the hatchability of the eggs produced in the' dif ferent, pens. The hens were mat ed and several settings of eggs were taken from each of the pens. While the results showed that the percentage of fertility was- approx imately the same in both pens, the" green feed pen being 90.4 per cent and the pen receiving no green feed 90 per cent, there was a very large difference in the percentage of eggs hatched. A total of 69.1 per cent of the fertile eggs; was hatched from the green feed, while only 29 per cent of the eggs from 1 the pen receiving no green feed were hatchable. uonsxani uemana nimaiaya in scheme ot crops . erating full time. There is a slack period between loganberries and Evergreen blackberries which I think could profitably . be filled with these same varieties ot black berries. .. :. -: . : I would recommend that in set ting ont the Himalaya they be set 10 feet by 10 feet. When posted and wired, the post should be long enough to support two wires, one on each side of the post, five feet from the ground. I believe the Himalaya especial ly fitted tor the hill land; the Ev ergreens do better in ' lower wet land. Either I believe will be a money-maker. . C. A. RATCL1FF. Salem. Ore., Rt 5, . Dec. 17. 1923. - Heavy Bearer, Long Lived, Free From Blight, and Is Well Known Berry Editor Statesman: . : The blackberry Is coming to the front as a canning berry and as a money-maker. Men who have been raising the cultivated berry, claim it is easier to, handle than the lo ganberry. It is only a matter of time before the canneries will not buy the wild berry, on account ot the thistlo down and other things that are found growing with the wild berry. I have seen them that were worthless from thistle down alone, for it can not be washed off. The-Evergreen stands up better in canning than other blackberries, and has less core. ' How to Plant and Train ' In planting, most growers be lieve it is best to put the. rows 8 feet apart, plants 14 or 1G feet apart in the rows. I know of one patch of eight-yea r-old plants that are planted 9 by 16. There 'are 1500 plants in this patch, and. the owner states he picked 17 tons the past yean As to training, methods differ. Some use one wire, othors o vies DF THE EVERGREEN QF, EVERGEENS and marketing. BACON AND LARD SALEM, OREGON two. . In the first place all the vines. , must ,be trained -one wav from the plant as soon as they start in the springThe wire Is not placed the same as with, the logan, where one wire is used'. All the vines are all taken up at one time and wound around the wire, going one 'way. "When you come to the next hill cut off any you have left, pick up the next vine and keep on as before. . The two wires, I be lieve to, be the best. .Place cross pleceson the posts about 40 to 48, inches from the ground. The cross pieces are best, about 20 inches long; -2x4 are best. Take short pieces of 1x2, a little longer than wires are apart; take a brok en fork handle or something of that, kind, ran unde? the vines, close to plant, raise up to the wire, place cleat under the vine and on top of wire, move along about threfeet, jlace a cleat on top of vines and under the wires.; Keep this system up. When you come to next vine," cut off what you have left and pick up the next vine. Give them the same cultivation as the logan. The old vines are easy to remove, s ' A Warning s M wish to give one warning: Don't go Into the blackberry too hesfvy; one -or two acres' will not hurt any berry grower, but It can NO BERRY FARW1 COMPLETE WITHOUT H EVERGREEN BLACKBERRY ACREAGE This Is the Opinion of Jos. Nibler of Woodburn, Who Says That of All the Crops He Grows, the Ever green BLack r i berry Is the Best Paying Has Grown Them Since '1912 . .. ...iiA. ..-a a.:- (Jos. Nibler is one ot the most successful' of all the farmers of Oregon following - intensified and diversified agriculture. The Slo gan editor wrote him, .a few days ago, ; for an article on blackber ries. His daughter writes, saying in i part: "Father Is visiting in California and it will be impossi ble for him to write' the article on blackberries on such short notice. Josephine Nibler." But Mr. Nib ler wrote for the blackberry -Slogan number of 1922, as follows, and the article is worth repub lishing:)'1 ;;v ; Editor Statesman: -Being a grower of gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries and Bar celona filberts, Jt naturally sought a crop 'that" would fill ! in the omission ' of ' harvesting between the raspberries and filberts. . The Evergreen blackberries answered the purposo. With the , addition of this - crop, 1 my - harvesting ' sea son lasts from May till the mid dle" of October. ; In 1912, after preparing the ground by plowing it very deep. I set out three-quarters of an acre ot two to three year old plants that , had been gathered from the woods." These1 plants were set 8 by- 10, but a few years after I discovered that I had them too close, and that 9 by 14 was the right distance. With intensive cultivation all summer and favora ble weather, the canes made a vig orous growth, many of the canes growing 12 to ; 14 feet long of course this ground had been high ly fertilized with barnyard ma nure. In February, 1913, these canes were all, cut back and re moved from the patch. With thorough cultivation in the sum nier' of 1913, the canes made a good growth. In March. 1914. I eet posts' and wired th patch, putting the wires 3 feet 10 inches Wley Mo 289 Nortfi HIzK Street Boost This Cocracalty by A4 Yertislnj on ifcs Slosa DID YOU KNOW that Marion county has over half the Evergreen blackberries in Oregon, that Polk county is next, Yamhill county third and Linn county fourth, giving the Sa lem district nearly all of the acreage of this most important crop ; that there are chances for immense ' development in this great pie berry industry here; that it is an important link in diversified agriculture; that there is profit in grow ing Evergreen blackberries, and an empire here in extent suitable for their growth, and that new comers will do well to study the importance of this berry in their schemes of production? be overdone the same as the lo gan. A one-berry crop will not do. Mix them up. Put in less and try to raise a better berry. The logan has been overdone r the acreage in creased faster, than .the -market. The canneries could not handle them. The same is ahead ot the gooseberry and blackcap grower unless planting is held back. The man with a big acreage will soon be up against the question that is bothering the logan grower. Don't plant all your acreage in to one crop of fruit or berries. - If you have several you will hit a good market on some of them. As to Harvesting The question ot harvesting must be taken into consideration. Too large an acreage of evergreens will make trouble then, for they will come along with hops and prunes. The harvest will last about four weeks. The evergreen Is very near ly exempt from' blight, borers and others diseases that' attack other berries. Further, the plants are long Jived. I have some wild plants that I am. told have been In the same place for 35 or 40 years. They come into bearing slower than other Terries; they are not at their best until about four years old. V The blackberry is known the world over and will not have to be advertised to find a market for the canned goods. G. W. BROWNING. V Salem, Ore., Rt. 8, f Box 193, Dec. .17, 1923 from the ground, one wire on each side of the post. I then trained 6 canes from a hill- three each way on , cross pieces 8 by 10 inches lone, notched about one Inch from each end, into which the wire fit. The canes were woven on these cross pieces which were about three ifeet apart. The yield in lj914 from this patch was a ton and a half, for which I received 2c a pound. In the tall after the crops were har vested these canes were : removed from the patch. In February, 1915, the new canes were trained as they had been heretofore. The yield was 3 tons and a half. In 1916 we received 6 tons from the three-quarters of an acre, receiv ing for them 2 M c a pound. By intensive and thorough. Cultivation and fertilization this patch has yielded about S tons each season since 1916. The costs of har vesting are about $30 a ton. The patch is fall plowed about three Inches deep, plowing the ground to the plant. In the spring the ground is plowed away from the plant. The ground is cultivat ed immediately after plowing to prevent the moisture from escap ing. The implements used are one- horse harrow and clod-masher. At ter the ground has been worked down I use the 5-shoveled cultiva tor, but the shovels are removed and weed cutters-are attached in the place of shovels. This method removes all sprouts and weeds be tween the rows. The patches gone over every week with one of these Implements. ; One of the many good features of the evergreens is that they do not deteriorate qnickly after being ripe but can be left on the vines a week or 10 days.'. There has been a good market for them every year since I har been growing them, and or all the crops that I $row, tho- blackberry tor a Plica ISS5 lit5 ' ' , V- is the best paying." "No berry farm is complete without an acreage ot evergreen blackberries.' " (The Evergreen prices this year were 3' to 4 cents, and for 1922 the price was around 4 cents a pound. Ed.) E (The following are some para graphs from a current bulletin from the department - of Journal ism, of , the Oregon Agr'cultural college : ) . v . - - Seed Growing Ksplainetl The latest in growing Oregon farm crops -preparation of the ground, selection, treatment and planting of seed, .cultivation and harvest will be explained ; to farmers' In the short course at O. A. C. beginning January 2. ' This applies . to general , and special grainf and seed crops, to forage and other - special field produce. Emphasis is placed on legume for age and other pasture crops, and on the new and fast growing seed production business. Crop Grading' Stressed '"' Oregon has some new farm pro duce grading laws said to be of; the greatest importance in suc cessful farming. The principles and - practice of Inspecting and grading grain, hay and potatoes will be given the farmer students at the short course, O. A. C, Jan uary 2. - - - i -! Good Animals Recognized In the process of getting good animaIa;Out of a poorer founda tion selection" ot- preeding mates plays so Important a part that the principles -;of stock Judging" will have a 'big place ' in the short courses at O. A. C beginning Jan nary 2. Thorough drill in pick ing out the good - ones in - cattle, sheep, . horses and hogs will be provided under men who coached high lights of OH T N0t Kfeelft Slogf.n SUBJECT IS I THE CHERRY irJDUStRY A Licensed Lady Embalmtr to care for woman and children is necessity in all faneral home. We are the only ones furnishing such service. - Terwilliger Funeral Home , 779 Chemsketa St, . Phone 724 Balera, Oregeat The Salem district is the greatest. Ever green blackberry country of the whole wide world.- - - - Manuals, School Helps and Supplies ,Tour order will be given PROMPT "attention The J. J. Kraps Company Kent 8. KrapsK Mgr. lku 09 Salem, , Oregon 4 Ice Cream SOLD EVEXirmiERX: Buttercup Ice Cream Co. P. M. GREGORY, Mzr. 240 Sooth Commercial Et, D0D5E DnoTiiEns Sedan .. . . . . . Dcnt:h:l LIctcr Cc. 184 S. Coml St. - Fhoa winning teams in the state , and regional fairs, . , . . - - Managing Dairy Herd Told Dairying" seems' slated to be the hub around which the wheel of Oregon "diversified agriculture Is to be built, and how to manage the herd most effectively' In such sit uation will be told at the short course" ht the 'college' 'January 2 to March 19. Breed, types,, dairy type, testing and" marketing milk and cream.will be stressed. - - Anto Electrio Work " ! !LD.IlflJlTO f JTl S. Commercial Bi. 'HOTEL UARlOIl sat.kt.t, ohcgo:i The'; Largest and licit Complete Hostelry ia Oregon Out of Portland DltAGER FRUIT . 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