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8 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALET.I, OREGON THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY. 19, 1025 INDUSTRIAL RE P ROD U C ES QUALI TiY : I'' PRODUCl iMaMi GGN' ' y .- f r j - r This cut is used by courtesy of the' -Associated Industries, of pregon. ; Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman : (In Twice-a-Week Statesman Following Day) . (With a few possible changes) Loganberries, October 2 -'Prunes, October 9 Dairying, October 16 . Flax, October 23 Filberts, October 30 . Walnuts, November 6 -- Strawberries, November 13 Apples.. November 20 Raspberries, November 27 ' .Mint, December 4 . Great' Cows, Etc, December 11 Blackberries, December 18 . Cherries, December 25 Pears, January 1, 1925 Gooseberries, January 8 , Corn, January 15 Celery, January 22 Spinach, Etc., January 29 Onions, Etc., February 5 Potatoes, Etc., February 12 : Bees, February 19 Poultry and Pet Stock Feb. 26 City Beautiful, etc, March 5. Beans, Etc., March 12 Pared Highways,' lrch 19 ,t ; Head Lettuce, March 26 I Silos, Etc., April 2 . 1 :- Legume, April 9 Akparagus, Etc., April 16 Gfapes. Etc., April 28" Dj-ug Garden, 'April 30 ID EAT IIIEEIf EVERY DAY 10 KEAII, SAYS 0. AC. SPECIALIST 1, The Family Should Come Naturally to Use it as a Partial and Very Desirable Substitute for Sugar, and All Will Be the Heathier and Happier for it j - - - - - . - . (The following is a special ar ticle by H. A. Scullen, assistant professor of entomology and spe cialist In bee culture of the Ore gon" Agriculturatcoiiege. It con taina.jmatter that is of Value to ;everf one ; who has ; a regard for his or hef'heaJthV'aa well being interested in , the development ': of Oregon, and especially of the Sal em district: ) : ." . ? Strange as it' may seem, many people do not fully understand the source of honey .. or Just - what ? honey is. r Tet the time is"not far in he past when man knew nq other sweet. At the present time the average individual consumes aoout sv pounds or sugar in a yea j with a relative decrease in the amount of honey eaten. " Honey is- first collected from various flora, by the bee in the form of a thin nectar. This nec- -tar (consists of about 60 per cent of water and 40 - per cent of f -sugar. The . sugar is chemically similar to cane sugar. Two chan- -ges,however take place in nectar to form honey. In the first place . the: bees evaporate the bulk of the1 ' 'wifer, thus concentrating the. so lution anqJocidentally improving s thej flavor. Secondly, , a chemical change takes place similar -to the process which goes on in the hum ' n jXspk&ch after eating cane, sug ar. "As "result the sugar is ina ', ' fornVwhich can b readily absorb ed By the most particular digestive system..-,,.; w. , y ' Why Iloney Is a Superior Food i Honey is a food of superior val ine jnot only because it is so readily absorbed by the digestive 'system -but for several other reasons. Not the least of these is the natural - flayor brought from the flower it- self which no other artificial sweet can ever have. . 231 N. Hinh 1EGULA Sugar Beets, Sorghum, Etc., May 7 - .' " -.-Water Powers, May 14 . Irrigation, May 21 - r Mining. May 2 I Land, Irrigation. Etc., June 4 ' Floriculture, June 11 Hops, Cabbage, Etc., June 18 Wholesaling and Jobbing, - June 25 Cucumbers, Btc, July 2 " : Hogs. July 9 Goats, July 16. I i Schools, Etc.; July 23 Sheep, July 30 j National Advertising, August 6 Seeds, Etc., August 13 Livestock, August 20- - Grain and Grain Products, Au ' - guet 27 - i - - Manufacturing, September 3. Automotive Industries, Seytem . ber 10 Woodworking, Etc.. Sept., 17 Paper Mills. Etc., Sept. It. " , (Back copies of the Thursday editions of The Daily Oregon Statesman are on hand. ' They, are for sale at IV cents each, mailed to any address. Current copies 5c.) - '-- . ' " ' Furthermore we find in ' honey some of i those' little known bit extremely ' important : elements known as vttamlnes, which are en tirely -lacking in sugar and the common syrups, due to ; the high temperatures to which they . are subjected. Also we find honey contains most of the valuable min erals which modem processes have so frequently ! eliminated from many forms of food and 'especial ly is this true' in rgatd'ltq sugar and the syrups made f rofm sugar. Why. Honey DlffT' In Color and u. c'i? : ;A, Flavor i f ' j l: The color and flavor of . honey depends on the plant from which the bees collect the' nectar. For tunately the bees prefer to work on flowers which produce the bet ter grades of . honey, when sucn" flowers are available and are se creting nectar. The leading honey producing plants of Oregon all fur nish honey of superior color and flavor. They are: clover, alfalfa, sweet clover and wlllowherb. As s rule the darker honeys have a slightly 'stronger flavor. . Honey Not Adulterated " ... Honey1 is so rarely adulterated that one might almost say it nev er is. This is due'to the fact that beekeepers recognize the practice would only curtail their market and furthermore'that the " pure f0od law forbids itJ The consum er, often fears there is adultera tion because the honey granulates or is almost white. - Yet if " one could Secure honey' from any one of the above named honey plants with no nectar .from, any other plant the result vewld be practi cally water white honey In each case. j f.. -; . ; 'Honey contains two sugars (dex (Continued oa pft 10) E It Is a Business Asset. ..: O: "OREGON QUALITY" products are establishing themselves in world markets; they make our pay rolls they build our cities; they attract new capital and new people; they provide a market for the products of our farms. Oregon farms produce a wider variety of profitable crops of "Oregon Quality"; food than any other spot on earth. ' . ' j . WITH AMPLE LATE BEE PAS1URE SALEM ; DISTRICT 1ULD BE A DEE PARADISE :.v. ' - - ' - '! - v ' I" ' ! Give Them Plenty of White, Alsike and Sweet Clover, anl Other Well Known Nectar Bearing Growths in Proper Seasons, and We Can Beat the World in the Pro duction of Honey Here i Frank M. Alley, an employee in the freight office of the South ern Pacific, is the best posted man in Salem on bees. He could write a book about bees. He has con tributed to v the last five annual Slogan numbers of The Statesman, and he told the Slogan editor yes terday that the main requirement is what it has been all along, late bee pasture here, in order to make this section a bee paradise. The growers here, and especially- the fruit growers, must realize more and more fully the necessity of providing bees with late bee pas ture, with white, alsike and sweet clover, and the other well known nectar bearing growths. Where there is plenty of late bee pasture, this will be the best bee country in the world It will be a verita ble bee paradise. Difference In Wintering , Mr. Alley accentuates the differ ence In favor of the Willamette ralley over the east, and most other bee sections. In getting bees through the winter. This Is a very easy matter here, compara tively.; . . Also the abundance of spring flowering plants and shrubs, many of ; them producers of the finest honey. - Our - numerous small streams are lined with willows of different varieties producing an abundance of early pollen' availa ble many times 'In mid-winter, so that the feeding of artificial pol len in this section is an unheard of thing. Next in order of its im-t portance in the spring is the blos soming of the maples, and there is no finer honey than that pro duced by the scrub trees known as vine maple. Closely following the maples we have an abundance of shrubs and plants; one of the most valuable from a bee keepers' standpoint being the shrub known as Scotch broom.. While It is a worthless pest, it is generally found in unused land and - along road sides and waste places. This plant is a legume, and,' like all members of that valuable family of plants. Is a source of much pol len and honey at a time when It is most needed to build up the col-ony- It will produce both nec tar and pollen for several weeks and' Is a never falling supply year affer year, - : , Feeding Problem The greatest problem here, con fronting the keeper of bees in this section Is the summer 'drought, and until such time as additional necta rl producing -plants such " as the white and yellow sweet" clover get a start. It. will be necessary to adopt a system of looking , after your bees that will f carry l them over this period. It, therefore, re solves itself Into a question of leaving them stores to carry them over the winter or providing them with a substitute in the form of a syrup made from white granulat- O "..T.; r -- .!,:-.-' ,T -v--' ' :i ' .-. I jeammg.se It Prolongs the Life of Your Clothes. It Retains Them ii) Their Original Shape. It Keeps Them Sanitary. 7 : 1 ; ea sugar in tne proportion of two sugar to one of water by measure. This is best fed to the bees kln Oct ober and should be given within the hive preferably at night. I . In "certain favored" j localities, there is no summer probleiaifoV the reason of the accessibility of . the mountains and the burned over waste lands, which is covered with an abundance of i fire weed ."'(also called Elk weed and Indian Pink, etc.,) which is a producer of what is considered one of .the finest honeys In the world. " It is a pure almost white honey of the most delicious flavor and brings the highest price in the markets of the cities where it is - offered for sale, 1 This plant grows wild wherever timber land has been burned over, hence Its name of fireweed, and all efforts, to culti vate it or propagate it have so far failed. . ; :; -"..:";' -k ' v i , May Move the Iies Fortunately, it is jan 111 wind that blows nobody good, and while we deplore, the loss of the. fine timber by fire, it is possible for the. bee keeper to reap some ben efit from the calamity, land, there are but few locations InUheWil lamette valley where a bee keeper cannot successfully winter his bees', harvest i the early crop -of honey and . Incidentally., build up his bees, then move them by auto truck a" comparatively' jshdrt dis- tance to where be can pasture the mountain sides ' from July "1 st till frost puts an end to the! Jtlow, i "I k It Is the practice of many Calif ornia bee keepers to move their bees many miles to the orange- groves and when that Hovf stops, move them a fong distance to the sages on the mountains and des erts, j If they can successfully do it, so can we, now that we have so many hard surfaced market roads leading in all directions. In many cases to the mountains them-: selves. , , ' -I A Bee Paradise. The following were among the conclusions of Mr. Alley's article of last year: "The' question na turally comes up-if such-a bee paradise exists, why -has""it -not been taken up before? 7 "This Is a (Continue on pze 'r, THISWEEK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW tb&t Salem kcm irccikcrpiiif; muusiiy, uiai me eariy noney now nere EXCEEDS THAT OFUNV OTHER SECTION; that, wfth intelligent and industrious . tre, this can be made a veri table bt paradise,Tby-providing bee pasture. for the. late summer, which can be one, and which must be done, in order to make fruit growing more stable by being rendered more-certain of pollination; that fruit growers can thus harvest three sure " crops by providinjr bee I pasture and keeping, bees the sweet clovers and Hungarian vetch, the 2 A 1 1 1 L.f j lIJ! i it. :: ifl'i J fruit and the honey; besides the soil with the legumes mentioned? WESTERN OREGOrj FIIS ilDATION .! BOTH PRACTICABLE AND Experiments Covering a Seven Year Period Demonstrate fi That Irrigation Adds an Average of 65 Per Cent to All ;;i Crops in Western Oregbn-rAlreadV Six Districts Cov- , ering 50,000 Acres; and Many Smaller Units Are in Operation Diversified Farming Demands Irrigation Metnoas (By EDWARD T. BARBER) ! Irrigation methods are being adopted; In western Oregon on a rapidly Increasing scale. v vS 1 This is due to the transforma tion ; which has taken place from era in erowine in a. more Intpnfil- jfied and diversified form of agri culture.! ' '.- -i - ' .. ' : ' ; The ljainfall for the Willamette valley averages 44 Inches, for the Umpqua 35 inches and for the Rogue river valley 26 inches. j j ; This jisj sufficient! moisture to mature 'any of the crops grown in those; v411eya if it wore evenlydls- tributed during the growing sea son. Bjit such is not the case. The average at Salem for the past 25 years; months si ve, lis April; . May:j. . tor j tne arrowing crop April to October, inclu as' follows: f : . ., .2.63 inches I . L .2.20 inches Jnne . - .t . . . ; July:!.-. , ;L !j 4 August?.: X . . . September . . . f 1.30 inches .i,,:o.48 inches 0.41 inches' . . . . . 1.S4 inches . . , , .2.85 inches Qctober! This distribution of rainfall H not favprable to most crops; and; tb$ tisej of irrigation water As a supplemental j factor- ; is rapidly gaining! favor j among the large; number of farmers engaged in the intensified farming, such as berry and -fruit growing,- vegetable and truck farming.! : : . , ' , '1 AH belter; understanding" of the value! of 'Irrigation and the meth ods oj fvvWn&li will still further increase the emDlovment of thin ?v8tem lof farming, j - ": " :; i The trrlgatfon farmer becomes a manufacturer, rather than a growT er of food products! He must know certain f facts, relative to the hab itsj of growth and "development of each different product, which the farmer! depending1 upon rainfall doesi hot know,! or if he does know lt,j the knowledge is of small value toj bimj.;4U-h; J; j' : : . jEverjy plant passes (through cer tain s't&Kes of growth, just as ev ery animal on the . rarm passes through different istages of devel opment and roQTijres feeding anil care adapted o each stage if maximum development lis secured- Moisture - is the , solvent of thie js Ihe center of a potentially! j building up the fertility of CITY CLEANERS T E chemical elements of the soil and the medium thrdugh which these elements is carried to the parts of the plant. . All plants are greedy feeders. By supplying or .withholding the plant food at the proper time, de termined by the stage of develop ment then in progress, the irriga tion farmer determines the qual ity and amount of ; his product. within certain limits, at his will. A : field of wheat has reached the stage wnere It ' should begin to head. A rain falls and supplies the plants with a super-abundance of fresh feed with the result that the plant continues growing straw. Later it heads but the heads are smaller than they should be and the grain is of inferior quality. It was all "luck." The rain came at the wrong time for that particu lar field. A delay of a week or ten days would hare made a won- nfrfu difference in the value of " irrigation larmer produces me rignc conditions at will. He withholds the water un til needed and then applies it in just the right amount and at just the right time to produce' maxi mum crops. Potatoes are especially suscep tible to control by irrigation meth ods.. At any time after the pota toes set on the plant a lack of moisture sufficient to check the growth of the - plant results in a mass of second growth; rough' and knotty potatoes. , : July and August are the importr ant months in potato growing, and these are the two months of least rainfall in western Oregon. Experiments by the Oregon Ag ricultural college at Corvallis. car ried on over a 7-year-period show that Irrigation increased the yield of potatoes 100 bushels to the acre; carrots increased 10 'tons; beans 6.94 bushels; beets 4.636 tons; clover 5.3 tons. from other sources it is learn ed that irrigation increased the yield of strawberries 4 tons per acre and other berries in a like proportion. ! The experiment station con cludes that general irrigation in fthe Willamette "valley Is not de sirable or practicable, but that wherever water is available irriga tion fwilf-be profitable for: intense diversified farming 'operations. .. .Tbe; numerous , streams in the valley ' present exceptionally fine opportunity for 'securing ! irriga tion water, either by direct pump ing from the streams or by reser voir dams frpm. which the water may be conveyed by gravity to the fields. . Kr;.-V-;;::":'-' A number of such systems are now ; in working "order. In the Rogue River ! and Umpqua valley six different; Irrigation districts fCoBtinnatf op pig 10) AM O: ! This cut is used by courtesy of the Associated Industries, of Oregon. Beginning about January 1, 1925, The Statesman will supple-' raent its slogan articles on this pae .with series of stories of Industrial Oregon from the pen of. Mr. Edward T. Baroer who is one of the most accomplished writers along these lines in the Pacific Northwest. 1 Mr. Barber is a painstaking and careful Investigator. His articles will be based upon the moat reliable information obtainable and written from a constructive optimistic viewpoint. The following luhjects will be Included In these articles: The Willamette Valley,- Its Physical, Historical, Geographical and General Features. Lumbering and Forest Products. Manufacturing Industries and Opportunities. V Market at Home and Abroad. '..' '' Fruit Growing Conditions and Opportunities. - r Commercial Nut Growing; Poultry and Its Opportunities. v . General Agricultural Conditions and Opportunities. Labor Conditions. . V Irrigation. ' 'v..- Educational and Religious Resources. Tourist Trails and Scenic Attractions. Taxation and Financial Conditions.' - v t ... a General Living Conditions. t i j f V i ' Dairying, Milk, and Milk Products. - Mineral Resources. . . - Commerce. ' , - .' ..;;:',::.:'-.:.. ;.. -,... Hydro-Electric Development and .PossiblHtlesv.'iC.'i 4 ioi RRIGATiONHASDEMOnSTRATEO ITS ABILITY TO SERVE OREGON F Irrigation Has Spread its Magic Wand Over a Million Acres of Productive. Oregon Lands and They Blossom as a Rose Willamette Valley Lands Yield 62 Per Cent In . crease Under Irrigation (By EDWARD T. BARBER) ... The process of irrigation Is old er than recorded history. All the great nations of the ancient world, Assyria, Babylon, Ninevah and the valleys of the Nile based their prosperity-on irrigation. - ' : -The prehistoric races of Ameri ca left records of enormous irri gation systems in the very sections of the continent where we are to day building irrigation dams and ditches. - r - - . Irrigation farming is scientific production. It applies science to securing maximum production of the land. ' . - The arid sections of our conti nent,-wherever a sufficient water supply is to- be found, offer the most ideal conditions for irriga tion and the production of super crops. . - .: . The irrigator controls the fac tors which enter into the growth and development of the plant at each stage of its life jcycle. The arid lands retain the neces sary chemical' elements which in a rainy section are washed out by excessive rain and carried to the sea. Arid lands are the original virgin, soils of Oregon. " "Irrigation laws and practices are practically the same in all our western states. A few irrigation terms defined here may be worth while.- . ' All or the old time irrigators measured their .water by the 'min er's inch." While this, term ad mits At some variations " In its meaning it generally means a con stant .stream of. water having a cross section of a 'square inch, a rail or 4 Inches in 16 feet, under a head of 4 inches. Under the general custom of the old time irrigation a miner's inch was con EGOMOM Odorless Cleanincr. Prompt Service. We Clean Rugsy We Clean and Block Hats. ' IS sidered the right atnount for an acre of land,' - This was supposed to flow for use from April to, Oc tober, Inclusive, as the Irrigation season. The amount of water actually necessary to produce a maximum crop is termed . the "duty of 'wai ter." . Determining the"dcty of water" la the cause of 'much litigation where large corporations, or th United States reclamation service construct the works end the time comes for the operation of the sys tem to be turned over to the water users. The courts, use as a basis of fixing the "duty of water" the amount that can be beneficially nsed on that particular tract. The amount of water necessary for maximum crops varies consider ably, with the different soils" and conditions. Hence the "duty of water" fixed by the court for one ; system may not apply, in equity, to any other system. The construe- lion company is interested in spreading the water over as much land as possible, for. their profits are all from -selling water rights . on the lands within reach of their system. ' : n : i . T"he flow of streams ?s 'measur ed by the "second foot' This means a cubic foot of water pass ing a given, point in a second br time. ' A stream recorded as hav-" ing 1000 second feet means that 1000 cubic. feet pass a given point inc each second of time. .The contents of reservoirs '.s measured by "acre foot" units. This means enough water to cover an acre of land a foot deep. From 2 to 3 acre feet are con sidered necessary for an Irriga- Continued from pf 9) Phone 934