THE OREGON STATESMAN; SALEM, OREGON
THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1924
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Planning for Canning
Plan four garden tills year with
a view to : bavins surplus reseta
bles for canning purposes. It Is
a simple matter now that-the can
ning of vegetables at home . is so
thoroughlyunrersto64 ..and on
each' a practical basis for every
housewife to stock up with string
beans," sweet corn, peas, asparagus,
tomato and other garden products
of as : fine . quality.1, if not finer,
than the beat than can be bought
frorat,he .grocer. Thecoldjiack
methods and others make this
work very simple and thousands of
households each year now can
their own produce at great saving
in money and advance In quality.
Add enough space to the garden
plot to provide for more of these
easily canned vegetables than will
be needed for use on the table
during their season. A few cans
put up each day during the season
of productivity will soon . provide
a sufficient supply to last through
the winter season. Canning Is es
pecially necessary In communities
where etores are notl-convenient.
la gardens of some extent, root
Key Jo Your Vitamine Needs
Malnutrition Js a subject that
has received a great deal of atten
tion "recently since the discovery
of vita mines or the vitamine the
ory ha been expounded. It has
been discovered; that while there
may be a sufficient quantity ot
food it is quite possible to be un
dernourished with a full stomach
three times a dayl j The reason Is
the absence of yitamines, accord
ing to the vitamine theory and the
other end of the argument is the
absence of mineral salts necessary
for the proper nutrition of the
body. Whichever it may be veg
etables, furnish the needed factor
in proper nutrition. "
" The , A vitamine is a promoter
ified as A. D. C. and D.' are con
tained In milk and fresh vegeta
bles, particularly the leaf vegeta
bles or those the leaves of which
are food articles. It is also known
that the vitamine content and val
ue is greater when they are eat
en raw.' ' ;"! -:.', .
The A vitamine is a prpmlter
of growth and its absence is the
frequent causes of malnutrition,
particularly In children who are
backward in growth and subject
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Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman
(In Twice-a-Week Statesxnan Following DajX
Loganberries, Oct 4.
Prunes, Oct. 11.
Dairying, Oct. 18.
Flax, Oct 25.
Filberts, Nor. 1,
Walnuts. Not. S.
Strawberries, Not. 15.
Apples, Not. 22.
Raspberries, Not. 29.
Mint December 6.
Great cows, etc., Dec. 18. .
Blackberries, Dec. 20.
Cherries, Dec. 27.
' Pears. Jan. 3, 1924.
Gooseberries, Jan, 10.
Corn, Jan. 17.
Celery. Jan. 24.
Spinach, etc., Jan. 81.
Onions, etc., Feb.. 7.
Potatoes, etc., 'Feb. 14.
Bees, Feb. 21.;
P0UU17 and pet stock, Feb. 28.
Goats, March' J- T
Beans, etc.,VMarcb.l3. -Pared
highwaj"Sr.larch 20.
Broccoli, etc, March J7.
Silos, etc., April 8,
Legumes, April 10.
Asparagus, etc., April 17.
Grapes, etc., April 24.
PACKING C&i
IM Without a
vTl vara en
crops are usually harvested to
store in the cellar which with the
canoed garden output will give
sufficient vegetables to bridge the
gap between the fall and the
spring. -
A rery little extra space will
suffice to produce surplus crops of
string beans, which are heavy
bearers during their season. In
canning for home consumption it
is a simple matter to .pick the peas
and beans young enough to have
them tender and of the highest
quality which Is not such an easy
matter to discover in commercially
canned vegetable's. The small
tender peas' command very high
prices in canned goods, but they
are as easy to secure from the
home patch as the more mature
peas. "
Baby beans, sold at fancy prices
as "haricots" may be canned sim
ply by picking the string beans
when they are half grown. There
are no vestiges of strings at this
stage which are often found in the
store canned bean,
to various ailments. Vegetables
furnishing this element are string
beans, cabbage, carrots, com, let
tuce, Swiss chard, beet greens,
green peas, spinach and tomatoes.
The B vitamine Is important in
that its absence from the diet in
duces ntomach and intestinal trou
ble, neuritis and other ailments.
It is supplied by cooked vegetables
as welt as raw, beans, beets, cook
ed cabbage, carrots, cauliflower,
raw onions, peas, potatoes, in
short, most. of the cooked root
crops.
Vitamine C has considerable to
do with. the temper. Its absence
leads to irritability and in extreme
cases leads to scurvy. Cabbage
and the cooked root crops also
furnish this vitamine. The vita
mine D is a yeast growth.
Green and cooked vegetables if
eaten as a regular part of the diet
will furnish the vitamines neces
sary for good health and develop
ment. It the vitamine theory is
not accepted they furnish the min
eral salts which are equally essen
tial and without which the human
machine cannot be kept in repair
and1 in efficient working order.
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Drug garden, May 1.
Sugar beets, sorghum, ate..
May 8.
Water powers, May IS.
Irrigation, May 22.
Mining, May 29.
Land. Irrigation, etc., June B.
Dehydration, June 12.
Hops, cabbage, etc, June 19.
Wholesaling and j 0 b b i n gj
June 26.
Cucumbers, etc., July 8t
Hogs, July 10.
City beautiful, etc., July 17.
Schools, etc., July 24.
6heep, July 31.
National adrertlslng, Aug. 7.
Seeds, etc., Aug. 14.
Llrestock, Aug. 21,
AutomotiTe 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 ot , the Daily Oregon
Statesman are on hand. They are
for sale at 10 cents each, mailed
to any address. Current copies,
5c.)
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.Vegetable Patch
Our great grandmothers would
have considered the -feeding of
spinach or beet greens to a year
old baby nothing short of murder
ous, but in the light of modern
scientific research we know that
babies and young children in gen
eral must be furnished their green
vegetables for their proper devel
opment. Every family with a baby
or( young children should grow a
vegetable garden to provide fresh
green vegetables ot the highest
quality which can be obtained only
fresh from the home garden.
While the necessity of vegetab
les in. the diet of thef adult is
well known and receives more at
tention with each passing year,
provision for the dieting of chil
dren s a matter of more recent
understanding. A very small gar
den patch would provide spinach
or beet greens for the baby all
summer.
Quality Is the most important
reason for the home garden. While
fine vegetables can be bought in
the market in almost any city and
are offered in greater quantity
than formerly in the country
towns, they cannot be bought of
The Farm Crops Department
MION HEN OREGON S
CORN COUNTY SINCE 1920
College Furnishes a very .uompieie Amcie un uui i
Growing in the Willamette Valley An Article Intend
ed fnr thp Annual Corn Sloaan Number of Last Week
Is Too Good to. Hold Over Every Farmer Ought to
Read It
(The following, furnished by
the farm crops department of the
Oregon Agricultural college, was
intended for the annual corn Slo
gan number of last week:)
The last official figures given
by the bureau ot crop estimates
for the crop year 1920 shdw Mar
ion county with 6675 acres and
213,600 bushels ot corn and Lane
county with 6363 acres and 190,
950 bushels to be the leading corn
counties in Oregon. Of course, for
the past season these figures may
be greatly changed, but they are
changed for the ' better, because
corn has won its way in the Wil
lamette valley. The 10 23 figures
for Oregon show 71,000 acTes pro
duced1 2.485,000 bushels, an In
crease of 49,000 acres and 1,825,
000 bushels over the season of
1914, or an Increase of more than
200 per cent. It Is estimated that
nearly 75 per cent of the corn
grown in the state is used for sil
age and fodder.
Ha High Farm Value
Corn has a high farm value in
Oregon. In 1922 the average
price on the farm in Oregon was
91 cents a bushel, while the price
in Iowa was but 56 cents. Kor
the year ending September, 1923,
there were 1812 cars of corn In
spected at Portland and Seattle.
These cars, tcgether with cars re
ceived at points where no Inspec
tion's made, make a total of more
than 2000 cars shipped Into the
Facltic northwest in one year.
There is not much danger of over
doing corn growing for the pres
ent, at least. For tbe ten year
period from 1913-1922 corn had
the high acre value in Oregon of
$36.65 an acre while winter wheat
had an acre value of $28.22 and
spring wheat $20.65.
, - Can Stand Expansion
Cora is the one cultivated crop
that can stand muck expansion in
? THE QUALITY'S THE THING
In celery growing !
Ai least in celery growing on a commercial scale, the
quality's the thing. .
Quality has made Salem the center of the United
States in the celery industry; for the quality product
Our growers last year sold outside of Oregon 200
car loads of celery sold it at $1 a crate higher than
the price of the famous California celery, whose grow
ers sent to market 4000 to 5000 cars.
The Salem district will send to outside markets this
year at least 250 cars of celery.
They, will keep on sending more and more every
year
The industry will become a gigantic one. It must,
because of the fact that we can grow quality celery,
here.
Celery brought from abroad over $100,000 to the
Salem district last year; and gave the railroads about
$65,000 in freights.
It will bring in $1,000,000 a year soon; and it will
then be only fairly started.
CASCADE BRAND HAMS,
vs. Medicine Chest
as high quality as when gathered
fresh in the home garden. No
matter how careful the attention
to selection and shipment, a fresh
vegetable loses with every hour of
delay between the gathering and
the cooking or the serving if it is
to be eaten uncooked.
Green peas and sweet corn can
not be purchased with their sweet
ness unimpaired. String beans
never are quite so tender and well
flavored as when gathered in the
home garden a few moments be
fore they go into the stew pan.
Radishes are never so crisp and
Bnappy as when fresh pulled.
The care of a garden "Is a small
part of the day's routine once it is
started. And a small patch will
grow a surprising quantity of veg
etables properly planned for suc
cession and companion crops. The
wielding of a hoe is as valuable
exercise as swinging a golf club
and there is something to show for
it besides a score, card and argu
ment. Weeding will replace the daily
dozen bending exercises to excel
lent purpose. 1
of the Oregon Agricultural
acreage, and a cultivated crop is
of prime value in every section
Instead of one-third to one-fifth
of our western Oregon acreage in
cultivated crop, as would be the
case if we were using good rota
tions, our entire state acreage of
all inter-tilled crops is only equal
to a strip about two and three
fourths to three miles wide extend
ing from Corvailis to Portland.
This little strip is not enough to
control weeds or provide the early
fall grain seed beds which are so
productive of small grain and
which pave the way for good clo
ver stands.
Of course, it is true that corn
growing requires special machin-
ery and every corn grower should
be equipped with- the proper im
plements such as planters and cul
tivators to take care of the crop.
But the price ot corn is holding
its own, and it always will as
long as the following facts hold
true.
High Values In Vnited States
Corn produces more food value
per acre than any other crop. A
35 bushel crop gives nearly 150
pounds of protein and more than
3,000,000 units ot energy. Corn,
consumed directly and in the form
of meat, dairy and poultry pro
ducts, is the principal source of
food of the American people.
. Corn has never been used, as
extensively for human food as
wheat. However, millions of the
poorer classes in Mexico. Italy,
Argentina. Spain and the Balkan
states eat far more corn than
wheat.
The value of corn in the agri
culture or the United States is
well known. In acreage, in mul
tiplicity of uses, in production and
in value, it exceeds any other cul
tivated crop. In the decade. 190S
to 1917, the acreage devoted to
corn 4a this country was 4.8 .per
no
POLK NEXT
BACON AND LARD
SALEM, OREGON
If you have a flock of noultrv
save the droppings, but keep them
dry. Store them in barrels, a lav-
er of sifted ashes over each six
inches of manure. Otherwise it is
likely to form a solid mass and be
difficult to handle.
Look around for a stable to se
cure fresh horse manure for the
hot bed and make an agreement
with the stable owner for it.
Horse manure is getting scarcer
each year and hotbeds cannot be
operated without this fermentins
manure except by artificial heat
and it is a little late to put in a
system- now.
Poppy seed may be sown now
if you neglected to sprinkle it last
fall. It gives a good follow crop
for the early spring bulbs.
Send in your seed order early.
The catalogues are now issued and
early orders assure getting the
varieties you desire before any of
the stock is sold out.
Get flats or seed boats ready,.
ifo not make fiats lor indoor tis
too large, especially the wide way
The plants at the back will be'
drawn from lack of light. Hoxes
7x4 for the window are a conven
ient size. Cigar boxes are excel
lent seed boxes.
See that seed boxes have holes
in their bottoms for drainage.
cent greater than the combined
acreage of the crops of wheat,
oats, barley, rye, rice, buckwheat
and flax. The value of the corn
crop for tha same'period was 2 4.3
per cent more than the combined
values of these crops.
Cool Mghts Xot Always Object
ionable
It is a common belief that corn
will1 not grow satisfactorily in re
gions where the nights are cool,
though the days be warm. Usual
ly, the true explanation why corn
is not grown in such sections is
something else. In South Africa,
where corn growing has expanded
at a phenomenal rate since 1900,
the minimum temperature at
night during the tasseling season
averages only about 60 degrees,
and in some sections H is as low
as 55 degrees. Cool nights reduce
the rapidity of growth previous to
tasseling. but if the season is' long
there is no definite proof that cool
nights (55 to 60 degrees at the
low point of the night) reduce the
yield.
Many Varieties
Corn, in its distribution over
the United States, has been chang
ed in many ways by nature and
by the plant breeder and farmer.
The corn crop has shown especial
adaptability to differences in
length of season. At the present
time, there are at least 1000 var
ieties, some ot which mature In
SO days in the north and others
In 150 days or more in the south.
Because of Its wonderful adapta
tion to conditions, the crop is now
growAi with success in every state
of the nation, from sea level to
plateaus a mile above.
Minnesota 13 is a standard medium-early
Bllage variety for
western Oregon. It is leafy? pro
duces a medium-sized stalk and a
good ear. Golden Glow and some
other varieties locally elected for
several years are excellent on the,
river bottom soils of the Wlllaw
ctte .valley,.. . - -
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DID YOU KNOW that Salem is the market center of the
coming greatest celery growing district in the United
States; that we are already far ahead of any other section of
Oregon or the Pacific northwest in the industry; that our
growers produce and pack here the finest quality of celery
grown in the world; that they get $1 a crate above the price
paid the California growers for their best celery i that this
difference alone .means a handsome profit to pur growers,
and must of necessity result in the steady growth of the
industry here; that, for the man with the right kind of land,
some capital, and a great deal of industry, there is room
and certain fortune here in celery growing; that there is
a welcome here for more and more celery growers, and
that celery growers in other sections can.af f ord to abandon
their places and come here, where they 4 can grow quality
celery commanding $1 a crate premium? '
Kind of Seed to Use
Ordinarily, it is a poor practice
to buy seed corn. The average
farmer should rely chiefly on seed
grown in his own field or , hi?
neighbor's field until he has prov
ed by actual test in his own field
that a certain strain from outside
has greater yielding power.
. Farmers have observed the 'su
periority of well adapted,varletles.
This superiority is demonstrated
When good home grown seed is
planted in comparison with seed
imported from a distance. The
value of home grown seed was
shown in two series of five year
tests conducted by the United
States department of agriculture
in cooperation with 28 state ex
periment stations. Equivalent
lots of seed were grown each year
at all the stations. These experi
ments indicated that, varieties
which, produce best at home often
yield poorest when tested under:
T other environment.
Too many will send away for
seed when better seed may be
found at home than can be ob
tained anywhere else. It is air
ways uncertain to buy seed from
a distance, and this is doubly true
when good seed is scarce. One Is
likely to pay much more than it
would cost to separate out the
good ears by means of the germin
ation test. If seed corn must be
purchased, it should be obtained
from a locality where soil and cli
matic conditions are practically
identical with those of the place
where the corn is to be grown.
The price of seed corn, is not Im
portant. The cost of from two to
five dollars a bushel, the average
price of seed corn, is small as com
pared to the loss of a large part
of the crop. At 50 cents a bushel.
the produce of a bushel of seed Is
worth $150. The loss of stand,
immaturity, etc., resulting from
unadapted seed corn may actually
cause a loss of $20 or $30 per
bushel of seed planted.
Test and Grado Seed
To be safe, every farmer. In
February, should germinate 200
kernels of corn from 200 ears tak
en at random. If less than 90 per
cent of these kernels grow strong
ly, it will almost certainly pay th?
farmer a dollar an hour for his
time to make a thorough ear by
ear test of ail the ears which he
expects to plant.
Shell the seed corn by- hand,
discarding the tips and butts.
Shell, each ear in a pan by itself
before dumping it into the sack
with the rest of the shelled ear.
As you shell, note the kernel type.
Throw out ears the kernels of
which show decided signs of
Btarchiness or dull color on the
backs of the kernels; also throw
out ears with kernels showing blis
tered germs or other signs of im
maturity. Watch for moldiness
around the tips of the, kernels.
Moldiness is one of the most ser
ious teed corn defects, and all
ears showing a sign ot it should
be thrown out. Discard ears with
shoe-peggy kernels which do not
come out full and plump to the
tip. Moderately large, well-ma
tured kernels, with a plump tip
and with a shiny, horny back, free
from starch, seem associated with
yielding power more than any
other factors which we can tell
about merely by. looking at the
seed. Shelling corn by hand
gives the tinme required to judge
the kernel type effectively. It
also avoids a few broken kernels.
although this is really not Import
ant.
After shelling. It helps a little
to run the corn over either- a
cheap hand grader or a cylinder
machine grader.- Some experi
ments indicate that size of kernel
is one of the most important
things is determining yield. The
light, small kernels are especially
likely to be poor ylclders. The
oretically, therefore the elimin
ating of the small kerhcls with a
grader should be decidedly worth
while, And, of : course, ' kernel
uniformityris of real help in get
ting the best results out of the
corn planter.
Fertile ' Soil Desirable
Corn does best where the soils
are well drained, rich, mellow, and
warm and where moisture is avail
able through, the growing season.
Sandy river-bottom lands ot the
Willamette valley as well as the
mellow rolling and hill soils pro
duce good corn. Usually smaller
and shorter-season varieties must
be grown.
Corn Is the rankest feeding and
the most destructive of soil fertil
ity of all our common cfops. Only
on the very richest soils can corn
be grown for more than two years
in succession with assurance of
profit. In hnmid regions., corn
yields may be maintained or in
creased by the. use of (1) rota
tions, (2) barnyard manure, (31
clover, (4) crop residues, (5)
good tillage, (6) commercial fer
tilizers. .
.Get a Good Stand .
Plowing should be six to eight
inches deep and EARLY. The seed
bed Is worked early and if so
loose a3.tp. cause too .deop plant
ing it should ba rolled. Late, work
ing previous to planting should be
a shallow .harrowing to kill weeds
and maintain the mulch. Late
deep workings as disking, or
springtoothing bring up new weed
seeds. Where the seed bed is in
good tilth it is best to make the
late workings shallow. .
When cora;is planted in cold,
wet soilSf germination is slow and
weak. Soil fungi attack the seed
before it gets started and rot it.
When planted right,- in mellow.
moist, warm soil, germination is
prompt nad the stand is. good.
Many people bury ratter than
plant thejlr seed corn. Plant It
just deep enough to cover it in
mellow moist soil. One and. one
half to (wo inches on loamy soils
is deep -enough: slightly deeper
is better on sandy soils. A good
stand of corn usually means , a
good yield. No field full of miss
ing or. vacant hills can produce
Next Week's Slogan
SUBJECT IS ,
SPINACH AND OTHER THINGS
Licensed Lady Embalmsr
to care for women and
children la a necessity la v
all funeral homes. We are
the. only ontj famishing
each service.
TerwUliget
Funeral Home
IT ChemakeU St.
Phone 74 Salem, Dregoa
The Salem district has become within a
few years the leading celery growing section
of the Pacific northwest; 1 t; 1 ' -V.
Manuals, School IIclps and
L Supplies
Tour order will be given
PROMPT attention ' t
.The J. J. Kraps
Company ,
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Salem,
Oregon
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Buttercup
Ice Cretin Co.
P, M. GREGORY, Mgr.
S40 Soeth Commercial Bt,
,: Salem
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welL Poor. stands are the result
of: .-.--j. . 1
(1) Poorly prepared seed leds. 4
(2) Dead seed. .'; ' " ;
. . ( 3) Poorly - graded seed. " '
(4) Planting when too cold it
or wet. i . i .
,(5) Too deep planting. .
Harvesting; tbe Crop -
When corn Is becinnlnx to ear
oat It Is ready for green feed, but
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Tfce Largest 1 fcnd; ilart;
Complete Hostelry in
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DRAGER FRUIT
COMPANY
Dried IWt Rckerix
221 8. High SW Salem, Or.
Always in the market for
dried fruita of all Idndj
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NOW IS THE TIME!!
To look after yonr heat
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In good order, or If yon are
going to need a new one.
This . Is the' appropriate
;Ume to toy it " " pv
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Selected Carefully rarked
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