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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
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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
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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)
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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
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OREGOiJ IS
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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.
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(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.
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-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
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