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I- 'V THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON DIVERSITY EDITION, FEBRUARY, 1 924 52 rMost Important - SXContlnjued. from page' 3)" There Is a good net profit in broc coli trowing, s BroccoH j growing will txlind the working , season, which-! an Important .matter, In keeping labor on our farms and frulj; tjract an n having money come in all the year through. Silo Center I!' Salem Is the silo center of Ore goo, Every. farm' having live stock ought to have a alio; a pas ture undercover; an insurance policy ; against . loss. . The farmer with. livestock pays for a silo every year or "two" whether he has on$ or ; not. '; There is a campaign on for ft silo on, every farm. and. there are .two or three on some of our farms. We will not have enough silos Is long as there is a farm with" livestock' without one. Legumes The legumes do wonderfully well here. No country can grow better -red or sweet clover, better vetches or field peas. Alfalfa does well on. some soils.. The orchard-. 1st can grow the finest cover crops In legumes; the dairyman the best legumes for his uses; the apiarist niay, raise, .sw?e.t .clover ,galore for bee -pajturerritt shor., the .farmer of this district now has the know ledge in his noodle of the great value of the nodules on the root lets of the legumes and the more legumes the mote life and .love, and light. ,S i The best asparagus produced in the " world f has' been and can be grown in the Salem district. It cad , be. grown here on almost any kind of land that Is rich and well drained? ,Vel CQW'ne'-fiai ln dustry can be and ought to be built op in asparagus growing; and no doubt twill be In time: It la needed in tanning and dehyj dratlng. White or green, we can beat the world. There is money here in, asparagus growing.. , W . need more asparagus growers," and they can get started esily on out low; priced lands. , -.':-'.':f:,;.?!?5SL-:'v;..- V ; Salem should" become the West- field of Oregon,Tjndrthiii district the Chautauqua grape belt of the pacific coast. The Salem-district Is a great grape rpa'ntry for; the America native, jriiieties; for the kind needed In the making of id les aqd jams, and for grape -juice. Our1 people should raise more,an,d jnre-f rapps,, of the popcord. .fam ily; There is good money .in, grape growing new."' One" of our most successful grape growers says that !I he had to give up all fruits' but one.i he would keep his grapes.' ' : :tr'''y i ' -trt't Crude- Drugs - Thla is a big' subject. This dls- irici is me native some ot , caa- i cara; sagrada'. f The" -world mast have ft.. There no'; substitute. So with . - the , Oregon grape. So with mint, l treated ..above1 .finder, it own heading!.; We i.ean i produce digital! to heal the: broken- heart off the ' worldia Prof: VA ; Zlefle, dean, ot .the? School of pharmacy of .the Ores bra. ; .Agricultaral..: cpk lest A says fdruga -can: be;grow- here at. neUonth the expense and t wl;e . the yield, that . th.ey . cfn be in Michigan f. rinrd'i.t; Minnensota,'.: The' sreat drag: gardens' ;.ot, ,the United State are in those state. The llat of drugs we may gjow;Is longr Blmost ; , all-lociuslve. rThe subject 'deserve rwideo? attention; there's millions In .the .industry. Salem has: the greatest crude drug buyer in. Oregon,.. Daar Fry the dru gglst.? htt'-;-. i1"K4-ti .k- '1 J .l ": Sugar and Syrup. ' .; The - Salem district will grow good sugar 'beets,' assign iu sugar content atMhe bet districts t . of ( Germany,. Salem onght to lave a beet Bugar factoir-ltTriiiTbrnple--ment our fruit apd fruit juice, in dustries. The iJtah sugar people, before the war, planned a beet su gft'r laclory ri Saltev"- They -hK'if tested the country for sugar beet "Jim ft & -..'..,......' ' V ' '" f - - McGlareu AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIES Service i ly ajultable. Our farmers. with warm, Handy soils, can taiBe good sorghum here. v. The industry ought to be developed; In the In terest of making us -more nearly self-contained; and for the money it will keep at home. Cabbage Every city gardener in Salem knows this is a good cabbage, dis trict; for he knows that, in a small plat,- he has raised cabbage that would go 18 to 25 fons to an acre. We should raise' more cab bage, and re-establish the Bauer kraut Industry, -that was largely discontinued here . on account of high wages and high prjees inci dent to, war times. . . Poultry ' The Salem district is ideal for poultry and. pet. stock. Tne greatest hens in the world were produced here, at the farm of the asylum for the insane. The Salem district produced the first -300- egg hen in the world. Also the first 335-egg hen. We have a poultry boom.. Many poultry breeders are doing well here. We have some and we should have many " more great' commercial poultry plants in this district, like they have in the Puget Sound cquntry. which -is not as wel adapted to poultry raising as the Salem district. Three-story farm ing means poultry, bush fruits and tree fruits; with bees for the attic, aid. that -is., the kind. of. farming we are coming to. Salem district breeders have repeatedly taken several first prizes in world lay ing contests. Land Salem is the-manufacturing and marketing and shipping center ot the richest lands In the world.' Her fortunes are tied up with the land and. if she does well her part, the city and the country must grow great and rich togeth er. More acres and more to the acre is the slogan Xor the country; and ' batter service for the men who produce , on .the, land should be the watchword for the city. This program will make Salem the Fresno ..and San Jose and: Ana-, helm and Petalnma and Belfast of Oregon all rolled into one; with a, lftt.OjLothera. tfl carryrt-rtor ..the r,airge of .basic industries here ia wider than that of any other city in the. country," " Our soils and our factories and. marketing facilities1 working together are drawing new 'money every month of the year from the four corners' of the! world,- 'with an, ever widening Caoge; and, such team work eani not . mean anything but a rising and ever rising prosperity. It is dew money alt the time, and in a stream that grows all" the time nd will 9ever dry up or pinch out. The Salem district has the potentially moat, valuable lands. iaH theT world and at" present" prices" they arejhg.heapjesX.la.uds in. the world, Jor .a. settled district with such possibilities of. earning ralue. M ';Jn ' Dehydration This is the biggest thing in the world: in. food :: conservation. .The subject i ; Covered . in . k Aarticie in this issue. .. Salem is fortunate in' vheing :tbe'' dehydration head quarterg. ;it meads7 millions to this i district million , anT. in creasing millions annually.1 ,.- - Salem has beesyfor a long time the greatest primary hop market front .first" hand In the world; Js yet. X Perhaps .wilti always V be. Hop have'j been Cdnring ;; many years aoaaaza Wop Aere. Tb;e indvstry- "Will I persist vaalong" as the ; world? has - -a taste . for maU drinks;, with either high -or 'low per; cent ot alcohol. '; : : '". V Wholesale and Jobbing , 1 f t Salem his . a "number of ,-whole- sallng , and 4; jobbing ' Concern. There -1 toom -lor- V-nu mbeV - et unoccupied lines. Our paved roads systems are making Salem more and more of a center for a very large -a"nd!veryHc1i-c"oua"try.' THe pioneering has already been done. 'mm r WATKINS PHone 44 fgTpwtn'g,. and pronounced It high T 7 Cncumbers There are a-uuuber of success ful producers, of cucumbers, under glass in the Salem district. Many are grown, in the field and shipped to outside pickle factories. There - is money in cucumber growing and we' should -have pickle factories in Salem. Swine Breeding Salem is the best hog market in the world. Prices of hogs are higher in Salem on the average than In Chicago- We have an up to date packing plant in Salem. Every farm. .should., have .gome hogs, and, of course, every dairy; and that Is -the Usual thing here. There is no better swine country. We have some outstanding, breed ers of purebred stock,' and we are getting more.viTwo litters of pig.? a year are practical here. The up to date swine breeder will find the Salem', district the best place in the world for him right now. Salem Beautiful ' This is . a, big. subject. There are 50 to 11)6 'solid bl6cks of rose hedges in -.Salens and miles and miles more on the way. Gladiolus is the officii flower. ;. The iris, the, poor uian'a orchid, does , wonder fully well in. ; Salem. ..' Tlie V. list might be extended pages long. 'The creeks running through .the city are worth millions, helping to make Salem the ' most .-teautifuT city in the world, which it will be. We have the largest bulb farm on the coast. The subject is too big for a paragraph. Read other ar ticles in this issue and come and see. The subject is too big for words, or even pictures. Kducational Read the educational articles. There is much more to tell, but rpace is limited. Sheep This is a great sheep district; medium wooled sheep are perhaps best for us. But all sheep do well. Every farm ln the Salem district ought to have some sheep. National Advertising ; National advertising has done and is doing much for Salem. We have several national advertisers and will have more such as the Oregon Growers' Cooperative Association with its MISTLAND and pther, . . brands . of fruits and Huts. 'Others pre coming: ' Na tional advertising is a great sta bilizer. It builds up distant mar kets and brings money from far places to be expended here. ' Seed Growing We produce the best clover seed in the world. Ours is the only district that can grow vetches seed. This is the best place in the world to grow cabbage and cauli flower seed; in fact, this stands forall of the bras-sioa family. In neariy ail the known garden and flower seeds, this section excels. There, should be, organisation and cooperation hers in., this line". It can be. made, to., bring millions t.o the galejn. district.. It. brings lirge suni. now. The Hubbard district produces 1.000,000 pounds of onion sets a year, and the Lab ish' dlslrlcf TloOO.VOO poundsT' Sev eral, districts are r.aisjng ,; poppy seed for the general market. ' IJvestock The Salem district should grow more hprses. and cattle and hogs and sheep and goats, and poultry. tV should raise "baby" beef The Valley Packing company has one of the most complete and up-to-date, meat handling plants in the entire country;, located at the northern , edge of Salem; employs about'75 men and women, and is doubling its" capacity.'! Stabilizes our markets and insures high pri ces for livestock. Automotve Industry There are about 1000 people employed in the Indrfstry. The ; automotive .industry is decidedly on the up grade here, and it will move 'taster with the completion of the state and county paved roads program. Salem is' a' great motor and motor stage center; growing as such very fast. Grain Industry Carload3 of Willamette valley oats are constantly going to the eastern .' breikfast food factories, whose managers have., found out the gret superiority of the product in this section for their purposes. Better methods of selection and cultivation, and grading, and or ganization of . the 'growers, would get still higher prices. The Wil lamette.' valley "oats run' higher in weight than' any other. lThis is tlsd a good wheat and barley and rye country. Better than 100 bushels of oats to the acre has been raised In the. Salem district, and, the. yields of all other grains will compare "favorably "with the best districts in the world. ' - t An Industrial Center - Salem has industrial dinner bucket-brigades drawing .about $3j000.000 a year; "and her total payrolls, including trade and state and government and educational payrolls,' 'are" perhaps above 18, 000,000; perhaps - exceeding any city in the country In her per cap ita wage earnings; her population being somewhat above r22,000, and 'perhaps5,000" In hat the census people would call the met ropolian district, including the su burbs. The capital, investment of SalemV iuust'rles is1 VeCWeek I, 000.000 aM 110,000,000. and an nual output above' r 1 20,000,000 J White-coat1s-the biggest ' thing anx.cjtx; anLlhts. 1 being. ac centuated more every day. Edi son says electricity is 'the only tDlng tne w9r,d Vnat. 18 fil ing cneaper. uur, nouses wuj soon be heated by electricity; and they will be cooled by it, and lighted, and everything hat can be done mechanically wilVbe per formed by the currents that come over the wires. There are al ready m appeal" out available unde veloped water powers In streams near to Salem amounting to I30r 21$ horsp power. Some or these powers will cost oom pa natively little to develop. Thfswill mean cheap power for Salem" The big gest thing that can happen to Sa lem is the harnessing of these powers; an-l' the time Is not tar distant. Salem -is bound to be come a great manufacturing city There are many other reasons, but cheap hydro-electric power is one of the biggest of them all. Wood Working One-third of all the undevelop ed water p6wer 'in' tlie United States' is located in the Columbia River basin. '."Half th water pow er'.of this country is In the three PacUIc coast states. One-fifth Of the standing tlinber in the United States ; i In Oregon. Manufaclur ingDlants will have to tome where the Hniber is; 'and they aro bound to como.vhere the wter .power, Is,' No factory can ritn without wood: even steel mills, have to have box es -and crates:" Salem Iras 'a num ber, of flourishing , wood working plants, and she is bound to get many more; including furniture factori?s. Our Paper Mill Salem has one of tlve most up-to-date paper mills in tne world. The first car of paper was shipped September' 30, 1920; and the mill was in full operation after 15 months of building. However, more and mora machinery. is being added, to niake"tbe, finest grades of fancy papers; sulphite process es only for the present but wood pulp process probably to be added before long. The Oregon Pulp arid Paper company Is the corpor ate name.' and a great deal pf the capital, for both common and pre ferred stock, is local capital. One of the builders of the Salem paper mill says Salem is in the center ot the greatest wood pulp supply in the world. So we may confident ly look forward to. constant ex pansion of this great mill; and to the construction of more paper mills. Irrigation In some seasons little or no Ir rigation is needed in the Salem district; but there are few seasons when It cannot be profitably em ployed in the raising of some crops; especially the late straw berries and late bush fruits. .So irrigation is being employed more and more here, and, the time is coming when it will be'tjnite gen erally "used over a"!irge portion of the Salem district: to the insuring of larger total yields and the add ing of' greater -certainty and sta bility. In Conclusion In conclusion: This Is the country of diversity, the land of opportunity, and Salem Is the city of welcome and the newcomer ill also find the, glad hand in all the- surrounding cities and towns. We have the potentially highest valued and the present lowest pficed: lands on earth, in a settled community, with all the advant ages of a progressive American civilization. It the above array ot facts could be impressed upon those who would find their for- L"68 bere' If ,the var,,Us ,ines- if they came, Salem would "be very soon a city of 10.0,000, people, and only then started in her great growth that is bound to come; and the ' central Willamette valley would soon contain several . mil lion people the most prosperous, contented and' progressive in all the wide world. Salem Is the gooseberry center of the United States, for goose berries of quality.. Salem is loganberry headquar ters for all the world, and. will always, be. , . ,, MATHIS fc I Growers of choice fruit trees,! plants, shrubbery, vines arid! general nursery stock. - ' p i . S Consult us on your next j m " ' ' ' 3 1 Nursery order MATHIS a NURSERY CO. p Besidtuce Phono 10F NmSEgY J " ' ' r. r . v. REGISTERED RS SHOW UE W it Mortow, All of .Whkh He Saw and Part of Which He Was . . ... . . . ....... . .- " ... Editor Statesman: , An industry rises or falls on its rea mrits. It stands the test'ot long use only when it rests on the real foundation of real efficiency. That many industries succeed as long as we are prosperous, and tail ii times of depression, does not stand true with dairying, as has been proven by our late read justment. While darrymen have, along with other industries, been linancialiy embarrassed, they have been able to weather the Btortii better than the frnlt, berry or straight grain grower. The Beginning Hack to and befoVe the year of 1900 very little commercial dairy ing was done in the valley. There were but few pure bred dairy cat tle, and grades of any particular breed were few and low in price; also the dairy product was low in price. Butter fat. in, the winter would range , a round 28 cents per pound. In the flush season of production,-April , to , July, 10 to IS cents per pound. It was rather discouraging to dairy with the class of cows the average dairyman possessed, and the knowledge the. most, of us pos sessed ot dalryjng. for a profit was certainly very limited; for out was fortunate to own a herd that produced $50 per head per year That., was' considered a large in come. The man who was fortun ate enough to get such returns was heralded as being a great leader in the dairy industry. He was joyously sought out by others striving for 'an existence, for knowledge as to hovr he had achieved such wonderful results. The average butter fat production for the better, herds was close to 150 pounds per head. Improved Methods With the. advent of more dairy ing, the call was naturally for better methods of dairying, also more economical methods.. How ever, the writer doubts whether the more economical method is practiced yet. As time has passed by increased cost of land, build ings, .feeds, help, machinery, texes and. living appears to about offset the increased production per cow. There is but little dif ference, in Me. net receipts. , Xow for Pure Hred.s With the advent of .the pure bred dairy cattle increasing won derfully in the past 15 years, there has been a steady increase in average production per head. Taking thp large output of one creamery as a basis to figure from, the average has gradually risen from about 150 pounds of fat per cow in 1900. to 225 pounds per cow in 1923. Figur ing o.n a SCO-day lactation period, this shows a very substantial gain. Yet the gain is not enough to ad mit of a fair profit. j , Take, o,u the other hand, the man with the registered herd, he shows almost three times the sain over the average run of. cattle. TakinA one Jersey herd of li cows, which were mostly three jears ojd, for the year 1923, it shows ah average of 446 pounds of butter fat per head. I . - 'I - 4 GOOD SIGN Soon Pays For Itself ' - i - . W. S. DUSTIN Of .tEveV Kind 170 SOUTH LIBEBTY PHONE 1888 H Jt i 235 N. Bicycles and Bringing up Fertility In 1900 the soils of the farms were very much depleted in fer tility. . In other words, the soil was poverty stricken. There had only, been the one crop system; practically no clover or other le Kume crops or diversified farming being handled on a farm, poverty of the soil naturally caused the r "'Typlcar Htrlrtg f iw Salem farmer to seek some other method of handling the farm. With the advent of the creamery the dairy cow seemed to offer the most tcasible method of rebuilding the poverty stricken soil, and often the farmer's cash account was very much depleted. With such a turn in farm management, there has been a marked increase in crop yields; smaller and better tilled farms; more modern homes; in many places electricity has re placed the modern I gas engine; Kood roads and telephones have brought the rural districts and the cities in closer touch of each ether. -'- Woicls of Caution ' Yet the inexperienced should use care and. discretion in em barking into the dairy business, for the dairyman's path is not strewn with roses, but rather long days and considerable rieL Many of the dairymen and would be dairymen do not understand the necessity of producing a bet ter, higher and, cleaner grade of milk. It works against their own interest to be careless, neglectful or uncleanly in producing and handling milk. It is also regret blc that many city people do not understand the value of milk and ether pure dairy products as a food in their homes. It is a well known and undisputable fact that milk is the most valuable and nourishing food the human race has access to; yet by far too many children are denied the . use of plenty of milk and butter, that nature provided for them. So Substitutes On the other hand too many mature people have the false idea that there are substitutes for milk and butter. However, up to this day, there is no known substitute. Hut there aie made and sold in this state, some 1,500:000 pounds of oleomargarine, which has no real food value, as is well known and has been proven in practical tests. Oleomargarine i3 a product ot tho cocoanut. The nut itself is High a Repairs clean and wholesome, but it Is the method in which it is handled; the meat is separated from the shell proper la its native land. It is then handled about the same as coal; piled in great heaps and 18 shoveled into ships and from fchiP4. to wharf. ...The result ia.it sets very rancid in its long tran sits and dirty. Hut few if any 4 - District Jersey Buttermakers LA CREOLE REGISTER OF IoW JERSEYS Established 1 90Fam!r9 itiiles w6st of ' Salem oii Dallas Paved HighyraV bI - t. . ..'. ....:. . '-' - -. J '- -- '." --.'.' - : "- We took a little recess In 1920 to catch our breath and recup erate but are now operating full, swing . under lease, wjth a. full herd of 33 head ot the choicest cattle. . Our Quality is the aamKu that of our. former herd which vi uvv u uijjH piuuiivuuu. we wre urteuers.ramerinan ae ytlopers of high production and, tisually: a yoiing: 6ome Of our herd have made world's records' and besides' all having 'h high average production, have TIia T n n"l n 1 1 T - vnuic mi in uieu .icisejp were awarueu- nrst prize mree year-old a well as age cow. Grand Champion prizes' at the'. 1 $3 5 Oregon State Fair. At the 1923 Pacific. International show first prize aged cow, threerycar-old, cow with of ficial record begun, at five years or Over, first cow with official record, under five, years captured first, and second prizes. " Register. ,p Merit- cow .with, progeny first and fourth prizes. Ve are now. developing a splendid individual in the' way of imported In dam,' bull, to bead our herd We anticipate tome wonderful results with this' tnatihg.; ' lie la royally bred along a long-list oij Island record; and prize-winning ancestors. ' We hope through our almost quarter century of raising Jersey cattle that we, haye been ot some , service, toltbe Jersey, fraternity and to the young breeders, In particular, yet we believe that we. are. in a position.. to ie.n,der ex9elent. serYiCf to JJuejaldCX breeders by infusing some of this blood into their herds. We aim to be abreast of the times in keeping an up-to-date; herd". We advise the prospective, buyer to inspect oUr herd tot '''new 'sire as the success of a herd depends almost wholly" Upon the 'proper sire. "' ". " ." ".i-rrrz". ZVt.Z- .r.r;--;?!j We extend a cordiaal invitation to you and to all' new acquain tances to visit our Jersey farm. . ,' : " t ' W. O. - MABEL' A. MORROW c ItOl TFM, BOX 71 IXDEPKXDEXCE, OREGON world's JERSEYS " r"V JUNE, 1924 : . "i . (The exact date to be announced later) ' ' Thirty-five head. World's Record Medal ot Merit cow sev eral Gold Medal cows, a Gold Medal bull, nd oong stock,' both sexes, from these parents. The offering includes: " ','? ' . ' ' r Lad's Iota, 1048 pounds fat (Medal of Merit record) cx world's record. Lad's Little Pauline. 941.59 pounds fat, class' AA (Medafof Merit record). Betty's Lady Fern. 8C0.56 pounds fat (Medal or Merit record ) . La Belle Girl. 901 pounds Tat (Medal of Merit record). St. Mawes Lad, a Gold Medal bull, and others of world's fame. There are but few Jerseys in the world with records as high as these and never before has there been a Jersey cow offered, at auction whose record wa8 in excess of 1000 pouhda. ' ' This is a complete dispersal of the herd. Watch for later announcements. Send name to either sale manager or owner and catalog will be mailed when published, S. J. McKEE, Owner ftlgnifW QREGON E. A. RHOTEN, Sale Maiiar' t l'A'X Register Jerseys Among our heavy producing cows is St. Mawes, Ma esty .Bess. ex-worJdJs. champion prQducer Jn class AAA. ' Record 834 pounds fat in 305 daysand othV rccordi Including the world's class records - ' v - Herd sire: Sophie Oregon Torono.'hc out of HclniaV of Ashwoqd, 903.S6 pounds lat, class-AA'tMedai of Merit record). Special for Sale Young bull, dropped October 30, 1121. Sire: Sophie' Oregon Torino. Dan,: St. Mawes Majesty, Bess., . This hull is guaranteed .snre and active and Is pfieed for less than his value. Write today. PARKER BROS., Monmouth, Oregon th.cy.couJdRtfa.UconWWnOjat the copra is inwhenlt reaches the factory forln extfactipn pf the oil fpr the- manutacturtjug or the varlpfls iSjalleduttr Bup Ktitutes. the handling and mak Idg, .of sucb only , Tieaulres j the services of avery few dL our 'clU r.f lis, whereas- tlve'jdairy industry gives employment to' thousands oux citlzensu ., ...,.4...... , Dairymen Are Builders Our dairymen tarebuilders and supporters, of our, '.grea.t! cjUcf ; therefore In, return we., appeal tto the people, of, the (ciUes',to"8lud thflr own conditions letter "as consumers, and learn the true va lue of food products, thereby as sisting -the dairy - Industry, ' by using more dairy prod acts In re turn for what dairying' ii' doing for the city. ' ' - ' . There should be 2,000,000 more pounds ot butter and many thous ands of gallons ot milk used .In this great-state for -the. betterment of the health of the people, ii. f ; wt o. MOiiaow. ' Salem's street railway - system serveq the needs, of the. communi ty . admirably.., Its. lines extend, to all thie ; residential sectiqn. both within and. outside the city limita. affordng; a cheap -method" or tra nsportatipn f or, the, c.it j's t ork er. . Itfis the best, sy?tui ia.tha world in a cityvOf, Salem's ize .' . " .' .1 M .". ' :. ' Because of its. hortjcujtural de velopment, Salem i is. the. h.ome ,ot an ample number of nurseries. ! recplved praise for jts, excellency been' persistent show ring 'WlnhenC Ai ' . ' i 11 " mmm ' -1 of Merit f