1
WMS$. I NDUSTRIAL ' OREGON
: PRODUCES QUALITY ;
HIP ;' PRODUCTS r j 1
-This cut Is used by, courtesy of thei
Associated. Industries, of Oregon.1 1
' Dates "of Slogans in, Daily Statesman
1 (In Twlce-a-Week Statesman Following Iay) i
.i " i - " 3 a " I . - -'14. -. ' .
' (With ft few possible changes)
Loganberries, October
2
Prunes. October 9
Dairying. October 16
V
Flax, October 23
. Filberts, October 30
WalnnUs, November 6-! - i
j Strawberries. NoTember 13
Apples,! November 20 ?
Raspberries, November 27 ' i .
Mint, December 4
Great Cows, Etc., December ii
Blackberries, December 18
Cherries, December 25
Pears. January 1. 1925
Gooseberries. January 8 i
Com. January jl 5 . j
Celery, January 22 i
Spinach, Etc., January 29
Onions, Etc., February 6'
Potatoes. Etc.. February J 2
Bees. February ;itj j: i j :
Poultry and Pet! Stock. Feb. 26
City Beanlitul, etc.), Mr$h 5.
ea3,,itc., March lZ
Paved Highways,! &SrtH
Head Lettuce, March 28
Silos, Etc., April 2 i
Legumes. Ant II 5 U1
9
Asparagus. Etc.. Aprij 1$
u rapes. Etc., April! 23
Drag. Garden,, April 3
BOOSTERS FOR
A Letter From the Pioneer
THE LAKE LABISM FARMERS ARE ALL
MUUiailUNO riuiu hii unci view Ul
"Million Dollar highway" I Will Before Long Be the
? Way to Market for a Number of Tides a Million Dol-
iars in products Annually
Editor Statesman: ,
fhave been raising onions for
everal years and have , always
found them a profitable crop.
. f Lablsh beaverdani is par-
." ' - fly suited for growing
TV is. f
. y have' to use some commer
cial fertilizer, unless we can get
; stable- manure. T . j . 1
An ordinary crop is 300 sack
per acre, and. often times more.
We are producing a fine quality
onlon.;Yellow Globe Danvers, and
have marked up a reputation for
growing long keeping stock, that
commands a ready market.1
ROYCE ALLEN.
; Falenu -Ore.. Rt .9,
I "February 2, 1925. 'I
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. IVrsonal Intcrriew .j
Mr. Allen says a lot Jn the a bo ye
innwer to a letter sent to various
onion growers. But the Slogan
e it or talked with him personally,
seeking lor still more information.
Mr, Allen said the increase in
acreage in onions in that section
for this year over last will be at
. least 20 per cent. He' satd that
some of the growers there fare
going into asparagus on a con-
. eiderable scale, having- made -periments
thatave'' proved stf
cen?ult Jtproduf jnsr a higb floaV
Ity article. Mr. Allen himself has
for a, number! of jyearSj produce.
an ahiniaT-?r01ficrn a ismair"lj0f
of very fine aspargus; never fall
lag in this. :'!:!!: I ' -j '
i . Same as l-nt Trar
" The Slogan editor last year cor
nered Mr. Allen, and secured an
interview, and he said yesterday
that what he answered a yea'rlago
wag reported correctly, substan
tially as follows:
Mr. Allen came to Oregon from
San Jose; CaU In 1914. He had
known E. A. and J. O. Hayes
there. They are the publishers
of jthe San Jose Mercury, and had
' 6,000 me. owners of a large tract
of the famous beaver dam ; land
OT the Labish district. Mr. Alien
was the FIRST man to whom they
t oH an Individual tract, j fie
bought 2." acres of this land, land
be did the first developmeni
work In that particular section of
the Labish district. Mr. Allen
paid $350 an, acre for the bar
land; the raw land and it was
very raw. being covered with jtim
ber and brush and what looked
tike a hopeless tangle, of under
growth. 1914. Mr. Allen employ
ed a gang of men to help him
clear his land, which was a big
- task; lt was "some job."
Mr- Allen harvested his first
crop in iM5. He raised two
acres of onions, a lot of stringless
beans, and a number of other
kinds f vecetablea 1nf
One year after that he raised a
nccossftil crop of spinach, and
he contracted for tome carrots
tth the King's dehydration
people and the carrots produced
a such" large- sizes and In such
quantities as to make It a problem
to get rid of them. Oh. such
Carrots! They "surprised th
THE OREGON iSTATESMAR, SALEM. OIIEGOII
Sugar Beets, Sorghum, Etc.,
; May 7 ! -Water
Powers, May 14.
Irrigation, May 21
Mining. May! 28
Land. Irrigation. Etc., June 4
Floriculture,' June 11
Hops, Cabbage, Etc., June 18
Wholesalingi and Jobbing,
:l June 25 I !
Cucumbers, Etc., July 2
Hogs. July 9 j
Goats, July jl 6.
Schools, Etc.! July 23
Sheep. July $0
National Advertising. August 6
Seeds. Etc., August 13
Livestock, August 20
Grain and Grain Products, Au
gust 27
Manufacturing, September 3.
Automotive
adustries, Seyt em-
I ber 10
Woodwork In
. Etc.. Sept. 17
paper Mills,
Etc.,. Sept. 24.
(Back copjes of the Thursday
editions-of.
The -Daily Oregon
Statesman are ton hand. They
are for ale j at 10 cents each..
mailed to any address. Current
copies 5c.)
THEIR GREAT DISTRICT
Among ThemMr. Allen, and
Last Year The
natives," and
prised Mr; Al
especially they sur-
en. s
910,CK0 iirow In m Year
Two years
jago J .Mr, Allen sold
n of products from
$10,000 wort
his tract. Th
at yiear he had only
12 acres qf hil laid in onions.
, Mr. Allen (was asked by the
Slogan editorl wht was his net
profit tha ye4r; ihat-he himself
had left to represent his "salary"
in working foil hihiself. ' He said
it was close tt J6)00.
Of last I yea 's drop. Mr. Allen
has already fio 1 nine cars of on
ions, and he tas three cars yet
on hand. I He thinks they will
average him bout 600 a car,
or betteK i; trhfe jhjghest price he
received ; for) ja4t; year's crop was
expects to recede for what he has
left perhaps ti. 2 5 to $1.30 per
hundred pound
; depending some-
what upon the
Texas crop, which
will soon begin
to come in. Asked
why he did uo get the top price
for all of his niohs, he said he
sent them out & fast as he could
harvest them, while) the price was
up, and quit sHiinig when there
was a drop Tie: outlook is a lit
tle better Jst Aow j for the, grade
of onions he hsc lft
1 Mr., and Mri , Allien have'no
Children vith liinmi Tho.. ,VA
two daughters fa California and
Mrs,1 Allen '"father is a member
of the household here.
They of course have some of
their land j devted to pasture;
keep a cow or two. and horses
and other farm animals, and Dro-
i duce the feed lor them, besides
the usual vegetable or kitchen
garden for thei own use.
h They find enough to keep them
busy on their 2 acres; with sea
sonal employment for other help
which they imusthire at times.
Mr,1; Allen; has no! regrets, over
transferingfhis hoDi from Calif
ornlai to Oregon j lie Is In fact
an Oregon booster; and especially
has he always a good word for
the great things tfiat imay be done
on the Labish bearerdam land.
Constant experiments being made
will no doubt shpw up possibili
ties that have not yet been count
ed upon. That is a great district,
and growing greater every year.
h-
Tho IWl Oop
Mr.
Alien produced last 3'ear 10
J cars of onions.
The cas4 of. Mr. Allen Is not
peculiar.1 th4 onion growers
of the Lake Lab
;sh Section have
made money, j j A
enthusiastic boost
1 of them are
erg for their dis-
trict; for their
'Mlllion Dollar
Highway."! That
is, their; propos
ed county I markfet ftaVed road
along which they
will produce a
million dollars in
crops annually
They are jin fat almost doing
this now. jlmtlm
e, it will bo ten
millions annually!
Eliminate ! Eu
ropean foulbrood
cross bees by 're-
in Oregon iand
placing all in
ferior. queens with
good Italian q
uefns. This is one
of the biggest H
eps toward sue
cess. Bays the
experiment station, t
'OREGON QUALITY" products are establishing themselves in world markets; they make
our pay rolls they build our cities; they attract
market for the products of our farms. Oregon
crops of "Oregon Quality" food than any other
no no
J HAVE DIED IN OUR
BIG HON
Eat Onions and Live They Are Good for All the Things
That Ail You, Including Even Corns Have You Read
the 0. Henry Romance About the Onion, in Which
They Lived Happy Ever After?
Editor Statesman: For a cough take Jhe juice of
I used to4 know a dear lady j an onion and put it with vinegar
who belonged to the Methodist I and syrup. And when you have
church, and who got up regularly J some potatoes that you cooked
at the Wednesday evening; meet
ing -or was it " Thursday and
said that there was nothing she
could add to what had been said
by others, but ; that she felt It
her duty to speak. - She said that
the Devil often made it hard for
5:rn,!bUieei; th- patent vegetable vase-
had made her little speech she al
ways received a great blessing.
Yon know how many of those
dear Saints there are. I suppose
they don't say "damn" twie in
a month's time, but they feel ter-
t. , , . :
rl!y responsible and apprehensive (
iwi i-y iaii in no tneir miTv
. "
out of the Kingdom in
conse-
quence.
"Well, I feel just that way about
onions. I should Drefer to sneair
of the violets, the snowdrops, the
crocus, the daffodils just coming
into bloom in our yard: the frozs
croaking merrily in Lake Labish.
and the kildees T heard r:iiiinv
last night when I went out to shut
up the hens, just as they sing on
a summer evening. Rut T fi
that it Is my duty to speak of
onions, even though, "I can add
nothing to what has been said."
so far as acreage, and tons, and
dollars are concerned
I only know that we raise more
and better and bieeer l a n d '.
STRONGER onions th an anvwhere )
else in the world, and having made
is cry conservative statement
I can proceed with my knitting.
In the twenty-six years we have
lived at this place not a child
has passed away, and by "child.
I mean no person under the age
of 21. At times the Perkins
school has had 40 pupils in at
tendance, so there was no scarcitv
of material for the ' grim reaper.'
and if eating onions-didn't save
them I don't know what else -n
was. In may own home we have
never, in all our lives; had a con
tagious disease like mumps and
measles and whooping cough. The
answer, of course is
And when the "fin me-oH !
.. jrun ;
remember hnw ifvhti. t tn.,Ai
o j - luuucu - - - - - - - ' . ici; -
Salem, because, at the time thelkeper ,s abIfl to determine by i.
King's plant was busy drying 'wp,p1,t tno amount of stores the
onions and the delicious, i health-I bfe na7e- j
giving, germ destroying fragrance
lined the; air. One household,
where the three members were
quite as ""fluey? as people ever
become ;' was ; paved by burning
onion skins on the, stove. a precau
tion that ajso saved the nurse.
Well; thata 'etfough "flue." :
, If yon have corns on your feet.
Just? forget'. for. th time being
how daint ah sweet and fasti
dious you are and rub onions on
the calloused places. For soft
corns between your toes, put i a
slice of onion at night, and sleep
with your sock on, to hold it
in
place.
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G. A. Roberts
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Sheet Metal
Work
and
Furnaces
I Specialize in
GUTTER WORK
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DISTRICT
IS
for dinner, and which taste as
flat as a chunk of baled. hay, but
w'nich you espect to spring on
.'
if
your helpless family 'for" supper,
why. just jazz them up " with a
few slices' of Vnion. air fried to
gether" In good hog lard. (None
lines for me.)
And if yon ever get hard up.
or your husband is too drunk to
take the car to town and get
something from the grocery, just
' nt nidi an in w
have a sack of onio-
leraeraoer mai an is well if you
in the
utfuse. Kjne onion, one notato
potato
jtwo cupa of water and some salt
and pepper makes such a grand
mess that even O. Henrv wrote
a story about it . I wa a nno
story and they lived "Happy ever
after," the lovers havincr become
acquainted over an onion.
AN ONION ADVOCATE.
nvhile the above correspondent
has chosen to parade under a
nom de plume, the Slogan editor,
if he had only one guess as to
his or her identity, would name
fciia McMunn as the party, and in
cae he is correct, the Kinnn
he is
editor is WllDnr tn t-nmi -fA
truthfulness of , all that is above
written. -Ed.) r " "V
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MAW liKXKFITS tF IIOTATION
Cron rotation where oterwis
NY
practicable on Oregon farms neipa a different localities. They also
to eradicate weeds, avoid Insect experimented with different varie
pesta and plant diseases. nd re- ties of nuts fand with methods of
duce toxins. Other advantages planting. Thfy experimented with
lifted by the Oregon Agnctiltural ; needling and grafted trees. They
college are conservatior of soil tried grartiag on different root
fertility through the diffsrent de"-' stocks. '
- ui ii n toy
inands of root systems of different
crorts. and by allowins recunera
tion after crops that make heavy
demands on the soil.
Beekeepers are urced to hot
that the entrances in late winter t
are free of dead bees and rnhhish
Onions."'."0 that bees can have free flight so successful with seedling trees
red vnn ! n flinny days. Bv liftino thnlao tn !lirn..a .i..ti ji,
"n nunnv days. Tlv lifting ihi!
- v -iuc
buck end of th hivsc t.
THISVVEEK'S SLOGAN.
II VOU KNOW that Salenf is the mafkeV shippin-j and
rnanufacturin-? center of a great ortion 'and onion set indas
tryr that .the world does not prow belter-on'ons; that, on
ur beavrdam lands, 300 to 600 sacks of 100 pounds can
be grown on an acre: that, year in and vear ouC taking
average range of prices for ten years, the raising of
onions here is a very profitable line of intensified agricul
ture, and that there is room here for many more onion
growers who will give that important branch of intensified
agriculture the intelligent attention and arduous labor it
deserves?
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I MANUFACTURE THE
ROBERTS FURN AGE
The Roberts Funace has stood the test of ten
years' service in Salem homes and public build
ings. It excels in high heating capacity, low fuel
consumption, long; life, comfort and economy.
Burns either wood br coal.
If these point intcrcot you, call and inspect the
furnace . !
Business Phone
new capital and new people; they provide a
- farms produce a wider variety of profitable
spot on earth. j
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OREGON
DUALITY
NO COMPETITION 1IU THE MARKETS
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Oregon Presents a Most Inviting Field for Nut Growing
By its Wide Extent of Proven Nut Producing Territory,
Onalitvlnf Nuts ' Prnriiirtivitv nf Trppc anH FctahlichpH
PositiorJ in the Markets
:
ot several uenis
(By Edward T. Barber)
America has developed an enor
mous appetite for nuts, especially
Envlish walnuts and filberts.
Oregon ; has demonstrated that
i . - , -
both of these valuable nuts may
be profitably! grown in the Willa
mette valley;ar.d that these Ore
gon grown'imts are of such 'so p
erior quality as to command the
best markets, . :Ui
For the pst few year the
United States has consumed 50
million pounds of home-growp
walnuts and 80 million pounds df
irported nuts. The imported nuts
come mostly (from southern Pra
ce
Pome fi'ty years ago the wal
nut indllStrv WSa Introducer! tnin I
California. Interested parties
went to France and studied tie
nut growings problem from every
standpoint. They decided that
California presented as favorable
conditions as France and accor
dingly began planting experimen
tal orchards.! The industry flour
ished in California. Today there
are 60 thousand acres of walnut
orchards in that Ftate producing
practically 0 million pounds of
nuts annually.
Thirty years ago the California
walnut industry attracted the at
tention of Oregon men who were
interested in developing the pos
sibilities of f heir state along all
lines. Theybegan experimenting
with walnut igrowlng. They tried
different soflls. slopes, altitudes,
air and wafer drainage st a uroll
- - " "
This beinffan experimental peri-
od in the development of the In-
oustry it would follow fhnt nt
first the failures outnumbered the
successful experiments.
vtuue natyrally different men
drew
different conclusions from
itho Pinorimant. c,r,, .
o. i.t j., '
s io auvocaie planting seednnjrs.
,.. j
Uiiicib virucguueu seeunngs were
worthless and advocated nothing
but grafted stock,
The geueral result of the Oer-
1011 SOUTH COMMERCIAL
1375 ! Residence Phnne 19AR
THURSDAY. MORNING, !
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They Command a Premium
i
gon experiments is that itoday
there are 16 thousand acres of
walnuts In the state
The proven territory includes
the entire Willamette valley and
extends across the Columbia Into
Clarke county, Washington.!
This is the largest proven wal
nut territory known in the (world.
The conditions of soil, climate, al
titude, drainage and other factors
entering into the production , of
walnuts are so favorable in this
territory as to produce a hut of
very superior quality whicH com
mands the best markets wherever
it is known. !
The trees in this territory are
prolific bearers.
The cost of walnut land tiere Is
less than any other known walnut
land In America. , (
The low cost of the land, the
prolific bearing and the high Qual
ity of the nuts are the chief fac
tors which make walnut growing
In Oregon an especially attractive
proposition. These enable Oregon
growers to produce a superior
product at a less cost than Call
fornia can produce a nut f of in
ferior quality.
California, at present, has 60
thousand acres as against -16
thousand acres of walnut orchards
in Oregon. But California nut
territory is estimated to be Jimited
to 200 thousand acres possible in
the state. Oregon has many times
that amount of proven territory.
These facts point indisputably
to the possibilities of the "industry
In Oregon. In addition to pts vast
territory adapted to walnu grow
ing, are the favorable factors of
low cost of land, high quality of
nuts and prolific bearing qualities
of the trees. j
Those now entering the field
have at their command jthe ex
perience of the pioneers ) of the
industry to guide them. Thev also
have the assistance of the;Oregon
Agricultural college at Corvallis.
This institution has given nut
growing a very extensive and in
tensive study. It Is In position
to advise growers as to the best
methods. There is no necessity
now of walnut growers making the
costly mistakes of the past.'
The industry has reached the
stage where it is ready to enter
the field as a great commercial
asset to. the state. , j
The conditions most favorable
to large production of high qual
ity nuts are well known, j
The localities especially -adapted
to the industry are krown.
The high -quality of the nuts
has been demonstrated toUhe ex
tent of establishing a . market de
mand tor Oregon nnts in! prefer
ence to other nuts. " j
Quantity production is jthe one
factor needed to make ! walnut
growing the largest anl most
stable of all lines or Oregon agri
culture. STREET
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FEBRUARY 5, 1925
-This cut is used by courtesy of the--Associated
Industries, of Oregon.
Beginning about January 1, 1925, The Statesman will supple
ment Its slogan-articles on thia page with a series of stories
ot Industrial Oregon from the pen of Mr. Edward T. Barber
who is one of the most accomplished writers along these lines
in the Pacific Northwest. Mr.. Barber is a painstaking and
careful investigator. His articles will be based upon the most
reliable information obtainable and written from a constructive
optimistic viewpoint. The following subjects will be Included
in these articles:
The Willamette Valley, Its Physical,, Historical, Geographical
and General Features. . - !
Lumbering, and Forest Products.
Manufacturing Industries and Opportunities.
Market at Home and Abroad.
Fruit Growing-Conditions and Opportunities.
Commercial Nut Growing. '
Poultry and Its' Opportunities.
General Agricultural Conditions and Opportunities.
Labor Conditions. - . -
Irrigation..
Educational and Religious Resources.
Tourist Trails and Scenic Attractions. . ..
' Taxation and Financial Conditions. - , ;
General Living Conditions "
Dairying, Milk, and Milk Products. '1 ;" " )
' Mineral Resources. rT..- .
Commerce. ; ! v "w ... j . - ,
Hydro-Electric Development-and Possibilities.
"OREGON HUM"
WORTHY MATES TO
Filbert Growing Holds Promise of Most Encouraging Future
Possibilities in Oregon Nature Lends Kindliest Assist
ance to the Industry Nut-Growers' Selling Organiza
tion Is Highly Efficient r
(By Edward T. Barber)
During the years that Oregon
has been experimenting with wal
nuts she has also been busy with
filberts and with the same pheno
menal sucaessk
Filberts- have adopted Oregon
as the place' for their highest de
velopment. The same extent of
territory so favorable to walnuts
is also equally lis favorable to fil
berts. .
Oregon filberts are of superior
size-and quality.. -,
Oregon filbert trees are proli
fic bearers and rarely fail to pro
duce a crop. -
Oregon filberts, have establish-i
ed their own place in the markets
and have no real competitors.
Imported filberts are smaller,
they are . often stale and rancid.
there are-many blanks in them.
Oregon filberts are large. They
3re never "stale and rancid. The
growers carefully sort and grade
them before placing them on the
markets, floatine out the blanks
and selling only well filled mature
nuts.
Filbert territory has' been well
proven in Oregon. The soil, alti
tude, air and water drainage and
other conditions of location and
climate have been determined so
that persons how entering into the
industry need not suffer loss by
improper, locations. Information
regarding the best, filbert condi
tions Is obtainable, in almost every
community, also al the Oregon
Agricultural college at Corvallis.
Filbert trees do not grow to the
size of walnuts, therefore - they
may be set more . to ; the acre.
About 200 filbert trees to the acre
is the rule. They require more
attention than walnut trees.' They
are prone to sucker and need con
stant care and attention when
young, to prevent wasting their
strength in that way.
Filberts come into bearing at two
to three years and at eight or
ten years are in full bearing. They
are a long lived tree and the man
with a filbert orchard ten years
old will have as much of a per
petual pension as the man with
a walnut orchard.
The filbert is a hardy tree and
less easily injured by; frost than
the walnut.
Oregon filberts are of such
high quality, and are put on the
market under such careful Inspec
tion calculated to maintain their
reputation for quality, that there
j is practically an unlimited field
for their market.
It may take some little time to
cultivate a nation wide taste for
Oregon filberts, but the opportnn-
The 16 thousand acres now in
bearing should be multiplied by
ten. v; I ; . . , ; ;'-. 5 : . .
Making Hew Orchards :
The first step in planting a
new orchard is to carefully select
the location. "
Walnut trees are rather parti
cular about the depth of soil, the
air and 'water drainage and the
altitude. Information as to these
polnta fs readily obtained from
walnut growers also from : the
school at Corvanis. ' -
FILBERTS
ARE
1 ity is here and those growers now
in the field are more than satis
fied with present results and fut
ure prospects.
The filberts imported from
Europe are small in size, they
contain many blanks and many
nuts with soar and rancid meats.
Since these have been practically
the only filberts on the market. in
commercial quantities they aro
the only ones the nut eating
public know anything about. Thej
have not created a very great
desire for filberts.
Oregon filberts are the largest
and best on the market. Orego
filbert growers have been careful
to properly cure their nuts, float
out the blanks and put their
product on the market in a form
to tempt the appetite. This
method has established, a high
reputation for Oregon filberts
wherever known. To increase the
demand It is only necessary
to
continue to Inform the public
of
Oregon filbert facts in order
to
open a practically unlimited mar
ket for a product so superior that
it has no competition.
, Selling . Organization
Oregon nut growers have a very
thorough and-efficient selling or
ganization. This includes both
filbert and w alnut "growers. It is
co-operative system., The mem
bers have carefully 'studied the
market conditions f rbm A every
angle and govern " themselves ac
cordingly. They plan to produce
a product which will meet every
requirement of the most discrimi
nating public demand. They work
to educate the public to appre
ciate the high qualities of Ore
gon nuts. Their success Is indi
cated by the fact that Oregon
nuts command a premium in the
markets which puts them above
competition.
Oregon nut growers are a ihost
enthusiastic lot of producers
They realize that the .nut grow
ing areas of the world are limited
and that Oregon not onlv has th
largest area" but Dossessea other
conditions of Boil and rllmatn
which can not be matched bv anr
other nut growing section. This
is the factor which gives Oregon
nuts their quality that commands
the market. There is an unlimit
ed field here with a most pros
perous and attractive future
based upon factors which stimul
ate the faith of the nut growers
in the permanence' and stability.
of the Industry. The field opca
for expansion seems to be one of
the most inviting of all the many
profitable industries of Oregon
Walnut trees root deep. They
do not like wet soil. They are
easily damaged by early frosts In
the fall or late frosts In the
spring, so air drainage Is a very
essential factor.
The concensus of opinion seems
to.be that the Frannuettn I
the best commercial nut. It is
large, long, smooth, well meated
and sort shelled with a very fina
flavor. "
While some very rcmarkatla
(CoaUaaed eat yg). . 7
'5k .