THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1923
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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
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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
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Dates of Slogans
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(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. "
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Statesman are on hand. .They are
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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
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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
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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.)
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(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
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Ice Cream
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240 Sooth Commercial Et,
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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.
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Always in the market fcr
dried fruiti of all kirdj
NOW IS THE TIIIE!!
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To look after your heat
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In good order, or It you are
going to need a, new one. .
J ThU Is the
time to boy it!
appropriate
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