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Newspaper Page Text- L i STEIAL ORE Son INDU PROD i i " 1 mm PRODUC UCES QUA -i t r ThiA cut is used by courtesy of the , Associated Industries, of Oregon; Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman (In Tvdce-a-Week Statesman Following Day) (With a few possible changes) Loganberries. October 2 Prunes, October 9 Dairying, October t Flax. October 23 Filberts. October 30 Walnuts. November r Strawberries, November 13 . .Apples, No Yember 20 Raspberries, November 27 Hint, December 4 -Great Cows, Etc., December 11 Blackberries, December 13 Cherries, December 23 Pears, January 1,1923 ' Gooseberries. January .8 - - .'Corn, January 15 'Celery, January 22 Spinach, Etc., ' January 29 - ' Onions. Etc. February 6 Potatoes, Etc.. February 12 -Bees. February 19 . Poultry and Pet Stock. Feb. 26 City Beautiful, etc.. March 5. Beans, Etc., March 12 -Paved Highways. Mrch 19 Head Lettuce, March 26 Silos, Etc., April 2 Legume, April 9 - ' I Asparagus, Etc., April 16 Grapes. Etc., 'April 23' ? Drug Garden, April 30 , - OitEeOrj PRESQJTS A WIDE RATJ6E OF ; . FAVORABLE UK FOB FIB Cascades Separate State Into Two Vastly Different Zones, Each. Presenting its Own Special and Valuable Fac . tors to Agriculture Diversified Farming ! Adapted to ; Each Section the Key to t(By EDWARD T. BARBER) - -.Oregon presents as wide a range of agricultural possibilities as it Is possible to find any place. Her valleys-and plains, her hills and mountains, forests and deserts ex tending in altitude from the sea level to the. many ...thousand feet present every possible combination of conditions to . be found on the 1 continent. . .. 'i;'.'.. ? ' ' - .The mlgbty Cascade mountains running north and south about -100 miles from the coast form a remarkable dividing line. . East of the mountains lie vast desert spaces. .Volcanic. ash soil on which grow sage brush and' desert grasses suitable for the sheep and . cattle ranges. C Wherever water is obtainable for Irrigation this soil and climate lend themselves most generously ' to agriculture in 4ts most Intensi fied form. A few localities in this part of the state have suffi ' clent rainfall to make so called "drjr farming profitable, espe cially wheat growing. 1 ,In tbV vicinity of Pendleton wheat growing has become a very Important industry. " Irrigation farming has been passing througban experimental stage and .some of these experi- :. ments have not resulted as fortun ately as anticipated. ' But this out standing feature has been demons trated beyqnd question. The soil . and climate are natural assets vcbjch will always respond to agriculture adapted to he vary ing conditions. Success depends upon the water supply and the planting of such crops as are suited to the locality. Practically all. the disappointments in irriga tion here have resulted from at tempting to grow crops unsuited TREND of theJ TIMES . nx, the life Atom v Dr. Calvin S. Page received the Noble Prize for research . and the book he has written. Is ' entitled. "Rx. , the Life Atom." la his recent book. Dr. Page says that his discovery, over throws the principles of physics and denies .' gravitation. His "theories have been scoffed at by scientists and near scientists, " still the awarding of the Noble? THie to him Is indicative of merit in his claims. If Rx. the Wfe Atom." has any value, it must ; be derived ' from the form of energy ! it -emanates. The atom is Invisible but we know.lt exists. .Its energy can be delected. Atoms emanate ctherial waves. , The Abrams Oscllloclast also emanates f an etherial wave and it is the ef fect that these waves have on diseased tissues that gives the oscllloclast Its curative value.' Radium's value no doubt comes , from its rays or etherial emana tionsthe X-Ray Is effective for the same reason. - - -Your Body5 Is Electricity 4 The following article taken i Sugar Beets, Sorghum. Etc.. " May 7 ' . i Water Powers, May 14 Irrigation. May 21 Mining. May 1 Land. Irrigation. Etc.. June 4 Floriculture,; June 11 . -Hops, Cabbage, Etc., June 18 Wholesaling ! and Jobbing, . June 25; - i " , Cucumbers, Etc., July 2 Hogs. July 9 Goats, July 16. Schools, EtcJ." July 23 Sheep, July 30 National Advertising. August 6 Seeds, Etc., August 13 Livestock, August 20 Grain and Grain Products, Au- guat 27 ; Manufacturing, September 3. Automotive Industries, Seytem- ; ber 10 Woodworking,' Etc., Sept. IT Paper Mills,, Etc., Sept.. 24. (Back copies of the Thursday editions of The ' Daily Oregon Statesman are on hand.- They are for. sale; at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current copies 5c.) ,, i . " : .;: : .. - Success .1 , I - to the locality, and overcrowding the available water supply. In short, trying' to-Irrigate more land under a given -system than the waiter supply would justify. . The result was short crops and fail ure. ' - The farmexjcomlng to Oregon seeking ii" irrtgated farm will be able to find' ideal locations under ideal irrigation conditions in most of the irrigated sections. Those irrigated sections where the water supply; has not' yebeen adjusted to the acreage are still in a rather chaotic stage , and . until -the ad justing process is completed, are to be avoided. ;: r " "J-.r- ; West -of the Cascades. Oregon presents a ' vastly different agri cultural aspect.' Soil, climate, natural products, everything en tering into .agricultural problems are on a different basis. - The Cascades parallel the Pacif ic coast about 100 miles Inland. Following the coast are the Coast range mountains.' While' some fine agricultural sections are to be found west of the Coast range, the most of the agricultural lands of California, Oregon and Wash ington lie I between these two mountain ranges. Occasional cross chains of , mountains cut " across this lntermountaln section like the rungs of a ladder" These cross chain mountains cut the space in to water sheds,; each havlngtwo drainage systems,, one sloping north.; the other sloping south. The San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers of California represent one system. The Willamette valley slopes 2 to the north and 'drains into the Columbia 'river through the Willamette river.' The north- (CenOanad on pact IS) .from the: December '.24,":1S24 issue of the Kirksville Daily Express comes Just as near be ing a bonified E. R.' A. news Item as ! possible. We do not know who the" authpr Is, but we do know he s has the right JdeaV When, the different cells or atoms of he body become electrically unbalanced we have ' a diseased condition r present? when the cells or atoms are electrically balanced, we are in; a state of. health. Read what the' unknown author has to ''say:.-' j - " - '..-'-'--Scientists assure us that all s matter Is nothing more than combinations of positive and negative particles of electricity. For instance (without going In to complicated . technical phraseology,) your4 body is solidified electricity, :t ' ."If bo, what is disease? "is it' not,. fundamentally an electrical disturbance? ' -' "The body is like a battery generating (-currents or. power. The drain on t -Is steady. In sleep, it partly recuperates and OREGON OUALITV our pay rolls they build market tor trie products crops of Oregon Quality food than, any other OREGOWICULTUHE ; PiUIISIL'e ATI War Conditions Have Been Largely Overcome and Mar kets Have Become Stabilized So as to Absorb the Present Supply Demands of Near Future Will i Re quire New Plantings (By EDWARD T. BARBER) Oregon agriculture Is just i at the dawn of a new and prosperous era. if all present Indications are reliable." :. . i This new era will see a greatly increased new acreage of , practically- every' crop produced, except perhaps that of the old stand by crops of ; hay end grain, i . r Pure bred dairy . cattle pre dominate in all parts of the state and the dairy business Is. facing the future with, a reputation established for quality production commanding - an , ever growing market. - . r. , .: The dairy business is not so well organized as other lines of' agri cultural : industry. There are a few exceptions to this statement. Noticeably at Tillamook where the dairymen have learned co-operation from the . bottom up. They specialize on cheese, and Tilla mook cheese has established its own market for Us superior qual ity. The producers discipline themselves by rigid rules, strictly adhered to, by which a uniform ly high quality is produced, and the quality , maintained so as to hold the market when it has once been captured. , - Poultry' growing has developed along individual lines more, than the dairy business. . Pore bred chickens and ' hundreds of flocks of high record t laying hens' are found ' all over the state. ; The production end of the poultry business .is highly developed, but l the markefing end Is. not so well in hand. Strong concerted action in , marketing. would greatly strengthen the business in Oregon. The poultry department : of the Oregon Agricultural college . at Corvallis is especially helpfuf to the poultry industry. ; It is largely through the influences from that source that so .many large flocks of pure bred chickens are to be found in the state. r 1 S ' ; Walnut and ; filbert growing have developed into' important in dustries which present a most In viting field for profitable produc tion. The nut land has been well determined; , the nuts v are f of proven quality ; which command a premium on the market;, "the trees are prolific bearers: the market is at the point where it demands more than the supply now rrown. So ? profitable ' are these nut orchards that norfe of them are for sale. But nut land may, be purchased at reasonable , prices and there is no other line ; of ! agriculture -offering as large and permanent returns. The . nut growing .territory i of the 'United States , is limited 1p area. . The proven, territory of Oregon is the largest; the most . prolific ..in re turns of any known territory,.' The nut growers , have a fine sales organization in 'active opera tion and the members . observe strictly , the rules, regarding : the grading and preparing of ,the nuts recharges. But gradually the battery Is 'giving out,' like the ; battery you use in your radio. V "Finally the radio battery la; .. dead. - r '' 'f : "So. too, the body dies, its power exhausted. " - i '. . 'i.'.". 'Max Rubner'a theory again - comes to mind. He - believed: 'For- every pound of weight of ; ; his body at maturity the aver age man produces and consumes-! 362,000 calories of energy before he dies7 Death comes Vhen he has consumed . that amount. Nothing he can pos- ; slbly do w ill make his body produce I more energy; and nothing can prevent his death when the amount of energy is produced " ! "Some of ua burn our current up fast, and die young. "If a way could be found to , recharge our bodily batteries., as we recharge a storage bat tery, the elixir of youth would" be in man's grasp at last. "If the human body is really nothing but an electrical device -or system, disease, logically' Is an electrical ; defect a ehort circuit, 'low batteries. poor In sulation, inductive troubles, and so on.'. - '' : '2 " . "Following this line of reas-. nroducts are establishinEr themselves m world our cities; they attract or our tarms. uregon FACES A MOST t PROSPEROUS FUTURE for market so as to maintain the high place now occupied. ' i - Fruit growing has - developed into the largest industry in agrIT cultural Oregon. Proven territory adapted to different kinds of fruits and berries have, been pretty well marked out and commercial cen ters have been established for the various kinds of fruits., ..Hood River , specializes In ap ples; also on berries shipped fresh to the markets of Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon and Washington. Pears are grown in several locali ties. The most important features regarding them is that the Oregon pears are remarkably free from disease, especially.: blight. . Prunes form the largest item in Oregon fruit production. Most of the prunes are- dried - at the orchard and sold to the packers or packed and sold through " a co-operative organization. Oregon prunes have been able to overcome the price depression , -caused by World war conditions and as there have been no plantings for several years, on account of the disturbed conditions of the market, it I fol? lows v that the present - prune orchards are on the verge of aeyf eral years i profitable- production ; The market conditions indicate that before new orchards can be brought Into bearing; the market demands 'for Oregon prunes WilH be far: in excess of the possible; supply available. i k-' n ': ' Berries of 'all kindS groW abun-i - dantly here..., Jganberrjes. bolq the., strongest place in point ' ioB production. ; : The loganberry in dustry has suffered from a variety of causes which has put lt ln bad repute with many Oregon growers. But the excellence : of. .the fruit and the . recovery of. stable mar kets conditions are gradually put ting the loganberry-business back on. its feet. ; It .has been hit the hardest by adverse conditions "of any of the Oregon fruit8dr"!beiV ries. - '.;. , j- : : Blackberries, . raspberries i and strawberries are exceedingly pro-, fitable crops grown either' fori canneries . or fresh i fruit markets.! Nearly every town in the Willa mette valley has a cannery which takes care of the fruits and 'ber rles for a radius of .ten to .fifteen (Contlnned w 12) t THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW that Salem pins: center of a considerable potato industry; that we can grow here at a big profit the seed stock for neighboring states; that, with; proper seed selection, planting, cultiva tion, rotation, storage facilities, grading and packing, we can compete with any market in the United States; that part of the surplus mar in some years be taken for dehy dration here, and we will surely soon get starch and potato flour and dextrine factories; that no farmer can make a mistake in growing - in this" territory the right kind of potatoes? -. ; ' i ' - ' j ' onlng. "you picture the future physician who, instead of pills and tonics, ' might , treat his pa tients electrically.' To a run- down person V he'd - say: Sit down In that chair and I'll start ' I the battery charger to' fill you, ; .with new pep. ... ". ' ; ' ,''. . ; "The nerves are 'wires ; -trough which flow mysterious currents. . J: "And what's beyond? The theory has often been advanced that electricity Is notpower but rather a carrier of power. 1 What - Will We IW Wtth All f:-'::y--- ".This--Noise.'"-The following clipping taken ' from the editorial page of the fLos Angeles Examiner 'male us wonder what would, happen to our ears if ? we I could : hear all that is going on around us. The fly makes a noise when ho walks across a' piece of paper; -trees make a noise when tkey: grow; our cwn thoughts could 1' be heard if our sense of hearing was tuned fine enough. The 'good Lrd ' must have taken, many: things into consideration! when bo made our ears, other , , wise life would be a continual uproar. The clipping is as fol lows: - , . new capital aiid new farms proauce a wiaer spot on earth. POTATO IWSTRY OF neEniiOiiitsouiiDFOOi.' Rpnwpps Must Ret ITonether of Orderly Marketing and buppnea tne Lnure season; noi i wan lor ruemng Prices There Are Three Editor Statesman . You ask us to -write an article for your; annual Slogan number on potatoes, telling about the potato industry as we see it. - Being growers, we will try and tell about that part of the indus try' pertaining to growing, and let some one : more experienced tell about the marketing end of the business, which Is from; a financial point just as important as the producing part. , ; x Tlirna Classes of Growers : The growers may L be put in three classes first, for commer cial use; i second, for certified or high grade seed; the third we may, call 'a plunger. One of this cla8splants hundreds of acres one year, none the next. - j ; -He 'is the. fellow that has as much or more to do wijth the over production and shortage as the season. ' If it wasn't for him the price would be more uniform- but now the' price has a range from the floor to the ceiling. With about two ; years of the f lotir price he quits and says never again. Then he studies' the zig-zag -price chart, and figures that next year is the tmie to hit it., so backf he comes And so it goes. I gjuess it has always been and always will be that Is why potato ' ' growing is called a game The Other Kinds Thetxommercial grower plants about , the same acreage every year; one that f Its ' in . with the rotation and size of the .. farm. lie is the fellow wh( makes It possible for you to "have potatoes on your table all the season and every year. He is in the game to stay and fixes up for tlje business; build, a storage, equips with the best machinery and cujs down the expenses to as low as possible. The seed grower is somewhat like ' the; commercial grower In the business to stay, and prepares for it. He selects the varieties that suit his trade. and soil best, and tries each year toi grow them to the standard of certification. - An Exacting Business To pass that standard in Ore gon, every link in tbej chain must be good i pure, clean seed ; good treatment; clean, fertile soil, and good management,! spell certlfica- is ".the marketim? and ship "There is no doubf there Is music or. at least noise, all around us, the hearing of which is beyond our faculties. . "A fly makes a noise crawl ing oyer a sheet of paper. Trees make a noise when they grow, atoms make a noisei of some kind when they unite with each other 'in forming different che mical compounds; but they are beyond the limit of human hearing. . j "A device has been perfect ed in the research laboratory of the General Electric Com-' pany by which we are able to", hear the effect of a magnet on a piece of Iron. ! It Is said' that when a magnet jis brought near a piece of iron, a roaring noise Is caused which .can be plainly heard from an ordinary radio loud speaker. "If this invention turns out to be a success, a Vide' field is opened before us. i f '';"' "Just as the microscope and telescope revealed toi us sights that are beyond the range jot human vision,, bo this new in vention - will enable :r us to be . present at those movements of matter which-make sounds too markets; tney maicq people; thley provide a variety ui jjiumau I ' I ' I " i - OREGOiJ IS 4; ii: I ' A- and Work Out Some Svstetn Keep Our Home State Trac)e Kinds ot Growers tion. One of these lacking brings failure. This failure doesn't, mean a total failure,! for: you still hate as good; table potato i and , a- f pir better seed stock than1 the com mercial ; grower; but iyou tf hare been to more iexpensei ! It takes work to rogue , a field and take care of it tor certifying and thjis work can be ; done by -common hired help. Yqu must' be on the Job and . know 4. what you a"e doing. .You deserve a higher price than, the commercial grower, 1 Oregoni doming Back j The demand for -good seed Is sure to ' grow1, since r the standard of the grading!; laws j has been raised. The! IJ. S. i NO. 1 grade is bringing Oregon back to tie place it once held in the Caiirosr nia trade, - which helps! the sefd; grower as 1 nothing else could. It makes a demand for straight; variety true j to j type. No longer; can the long, 1 round, flat shape! be all in the same sack. : ! , The consumer, when ; he buys a stenciled sack, knows what fie! is getting. The consumer pays for what he gets, and wants to" get, what he pays for. j ; 4 il j On Sound Footlnpr j "The .industry as we see it (Is; getting on a sound footing. : Tlte; growers j must get together aid: work out some system! of orderly marketing,' and keep lour home state trade supplied the entljre; season: noit to wait for: the ceiling price only), to Ind ouf-selves n; the basem,enjt floor inj.j May Wijth; all our .crop, on hand while, our neighboring $tajies hav been sup-i plying tbli tradW Yours for bfH ter 'potatoes. J ' js' ' N 'H ' . ;' j 1 - e j m: alderman & son; Dayton, I Oregon; , February ,9, 1?25. i I ! -1 ! (E. M. Alderman Is! one of the vice presidents of the Pacific; Northwest? Potato f prewera asso ciation, and the; Aldermang are 4X tensive 1 gfowets Qf potatoes . of quality jTo thejlmarkets-Ed.) Buyer i Gets All Contracts r-Hiea uuickiy in vicinity : A total" of jSO acres of straws berries J.ave been ! acquired bjr Bakeri ' Kjelly fa McLaughlin, aes cording) tb reports mdei here re cently. ; 2n addition the soft ber ries have! 1 bee n taken; I up arounil Woodburjx. arid the pool : at ti eombe with pther ; buys has en abled the firn to' ffll all thefr requirements n- thisi district, al though! tiey aire still jbuylng. jThis firm hais been (of real sert ice to the growers in (this district, and it has been often stated that their work alone kept' the berries of many : groVers from rotting upon the! -vineii in thi4 -fields.. (Ac cording to thie reports ' the : firm has bepns paying 6, to ! 8 cents for the strawberries. : j j small for the unaided. I human eari-".!...r;iV:-,. ;r.jf"4 ; Body Electricity Blamed for 'i MP Cancer '.t-l ! Speaking frcttn the E. R. A. . r standpoint-we say that disease is nothing more or . less than an electrical' unbalance of the ; cel or apm.i j The following news item Is of interest to all E. R. Aj rolks because ;it "talks nearly' the same languege. This H.what, Dp Robert II. MU wee ot !. Dallas Texas;' has to say: FjiJVj"-l '' ',''' - 4 "The 'ih5eory khat cell .friction'. T 1 ! renerated. by electrlcitv in th; "human jbody, was the! cause 'of cancer was ! advanced! by Dr.j Robert .jit" Mijwee :.', or "Dallas,!' Tex., at te fiakl session of the! convention of khe ; Radioloeiral; Society today. The i cause i operated where! the resistance' jof certain cells; was lowered. r..,Milwee saliUj and the theory! was in ' keeping! with the known facts .that can- cer usually was a disease of advanced! years and s attacked chiefly 'those who lived under s ! more artificial i conditions. ur. u. it. willTls. - h:.-- i: v :;irll rr:... ,: 'i I -This cut Is used by Associated Industries, i : Beginning about Janu.ryY M25. The Statesman will supple ment ita slogan article, on thU page with a aeries of .uriea of Industrial Oregon trom the pen of Mr. Edward T. Barber who is one of the most accomplished writers ang these lines in thejPacitic Northwest.. MiV Barber Is a painstaking and Wreful1 investigator.. His articles wiU be based PO the moat reliable information obtainable and written from a co utraetlre optimistic viewpoint. The following Bubjecta will be Included In these articles: vy:."V": ' ' . The Willamette Valley-Ita Physical, Historical; Geographical and General Features. Lumbering and Forest Products. ; . Manufacturing; industriea and Opportunitlea. Market at Home And Abroad. Fruit Growing Conditions and OpportuniUet. Commercial Nut Growing. Poultry and Its' Opportunities. General Agricultural Conditions and Opportunities. Labor Conditions. Irrigation. r Educational and Religious Resources. , Tourist Traibi and Scenic - Attractions. ( r Taxation and Financial Conditions. - , ; - General tilving Conditions. , ; ;, Dairying. Milk, and Milk Productl. Mineral Reeources, " ' f Commerce. , ' - ; . ' ' Hydrd-Electric Development and Possibilities. WORLD'S RECORD YIELD OF POTATOES III OBEbOiluiriil BUIIBfil.il Sttll Important Things to Make the Poato Industry Uniformly Reliable and "Profitable Here Are Selection Qf Seed, Rotation, Regular Crop, Right Soils, Varieties .That Are in Demand, Storage Facilities, Grading Oregon grown Burbank . seed was used Jn making the world's record potato , yield., . K was made last year, in th'e' delta district of San: Joaquin county, in . beaver dam or peat land, on the Rindge farm. The " yield was 57,752.75 pounds of , Burbank . potatoes per acre956:5 bushels. The previo usly ' recorded largest yield - was obtained j In' England 53,760 pounds, or :86, bushels, per acre. Last year,- Idaho shipped 13, 8 6 0 cars : of potatoes, Washington 7024 cars, Montana 611 cars, and Oregon 1309 cars. The Oregon points with more than .100 cars were Nyssa with 302, Ontario with 108, and Canby with 103. The rest of the car load shipments were well scattered over the state. We Should Produce More : The Salem district should pro duce more potatoes. Our people may do so, at-a profit, by. produc ing better potatoes. : - The following are eome of the ways In which our-growers may do this, according to Prof. G. R. Hyslop, farm crop specialist, Ore gon experiment station: "The Willamete valley potato. has come in for a lot of discussion and criticism the last few years be cause various factors have resulted In1 rather unsatisfactory market demands and returns. The real potato growing district of Oregon is jthe district extending FROM MARION COUNTY NORTH TO THE COLUMBIA RIVER; and this district probably suffers more than any other section of the state because of the . Inability to sell potatoes at as large a profit as desirable, '. . ; . : , : U Faulty Methods Y ' "The outstanding reasons why the potatoes have been dlsa point ing, to a number of persons are quite, numerous, despite the fact that indicates a steady but. grad ual improvement in potato yields. Reasons 'why the industry . has been under fire are: too much in ferior, and absolutely poor -seed is used; too many varieties are being grown; the industry has many Jumpers they" Jump In and low prices kick ' them out ; pota toes are not "grown regularly or made a regular part of farm rota tion -on a large enough -number of farms; many soils are put into potatoes when they are-unfit for proper development of the crop; faulty cultural - operations : hinder the crop in making a'maxlmum of production; inadequate andeven entire absence of storage facilities limit successful marketing of the crop: no grading and Improper, grading has hurt the industry very much. . " Good vs. . Poor Seed. : "The time is. approaching when folks will begin to purchase seed potatoes,- and a very large num ber will buy, ok -ave for. their own use. & lot of the small, "sin gle drop" - potatoes that weigh from half an ounce to two or two and a half ounces, and will use these for seed purposes. . "The whole seed is , the very best kind of seed to use, it Is con ceded, but growers should. know that these little potatoes that are sorted out of the ordinary crop courtesy of the oi ures. are small because of the presence of disease.. Some disease, like mosaic, or wilt, or some other trouble, causes them to stop growth quite early, in the season. Result that they are small.' These BmaJl, single drop seeds will re produce the disease and it is but a short while until the strain. of potatoes has 'run 'out. , Cull Spuds Make Cull Plants , "We believe In the use of email, whole seed In cases where 't-hi fields are absolutely free from dt V sease, but we know that the sort lag out ot culls for planting pur. purpose? is virtually certain to result in badly diseased stands ot potatoes. , "Your livestock farmer or your dairy farmer does not save out the scrubs for breeding purposes. It is equally true that the potato farmer should not savie oat the :t culls for reproducing the crop. J! j " Too Many Varieties Used A large number of people are growing too many miscellaneous varieties. If we were able to drop out of the agriculture of the Wll- amette valley all the p'otato varie ties except the Burbank, American Wonder, and Earliest of All, and possibly a few Giant Chilis for the California trade, we would be bet ter off. Many farmers are grow ing Netted 3ems being attracted to the - prices, of Netted Gems, as quoted in Portland;, but It is noted that graded Oregon Burbanks are going right along with the Netted Gems In every way. The experi ience of the experiment, station is that Burbanks give more bushels of potatoes to the acre of equally good variety. Too Many Jumpers; Too Few Re - turns . ' "The potato growing conditions of the Willamette valley would be very 'greatly improved if the pota toes were grown in, regular -rota tion. A rotation chould be a cul tivated crop, followed by grain. , followed by clover, and using corn v and potatoes as the uncultivated J crop 'would make possible a six; year rotation for potatoes. -This would keep the land free from disease and keep It in excellent condition for the production of maximum yields. Growing pota toes in rotation means less; loss from disease and some other ene mies, and a better yield of market able potatoes per acre. "The industry constantly suffers from the 'Jumpers-In" usually people who do not regularly, grow potatoes. They buy seed, rent land and put in a large acreage. - Then the total yield is large and market ing slow and prices are low. They drop the crop at once, having lost money and caused others to lose to some extent- Potatoes thouM be a regular crop. :. - - : Good Soils nequlred ; "A very large number of people are attempting to grow potatoes on soils entirely unsuited to potato production. Some are trying to grow the crop on very heavy soils, , and . these do not normally make f very good yields of potatoes. Oth ers let the potato II; Ids get so much dried out before tiaklag the spring preparation that :. there la (CorUcaeJ ea r; ) i v. ft ' ' . ' . . r :..' - .'--"..! i , ;:i s i 's. 1 -1 i : ' t . :