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THE OREGON STATESMAN SALEM, OREGON
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1925
INDUSTRIAL ORE
PRODUCES QUALITY
PRODUCT
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This cut Is used by courtesy of the
Associated Industries, of Oregon,
Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman
(In Twlce-a-TYeek Statesman Following Day)
(With a few possible changes)
Loganberries, October 2
Prunes. October 9 : L
Dalrying. October 16 . . 1
Flax, October 23
Filberts, October 30
Yalnuta, November 6 I
Strawberries, Nqvember 13
.Apples, November 20
1 Raspberries, November I 27
II! I
K Oreat Cows, Etc., December
Blackberries, December 181
Cherries, December 25 ; ;
, Pears, January 1, 1925
Gooseberries. January j 8
Corn, January 15 ;j
Celery, January 22
"Spinach. Etc, January
29
Onions, Etc., February 5
Potatoes, Etc., February 12
Bees, February 19 i j ! l i
Poultry and Pet Stock. Feb,
26
City Beautiful, etc.. March
Beans. Etc.. March 12 i i
Paved Highways, March 1
5.
Head Lettuce, March 26
Silos, Etc., April 2
Legumes, April 9"
Asparagus, Etc., April 16
Grapes, Etc., April 23
if!
Drug Garden, April 30
SEVERE CfSE OF
Jhat Is What Mr. Robinson,
: -A WONDERFULLY GOOD
' " 1 ' ! JH IsiM;! li .r; K 1 '
the North End, Says He Has, and He Predicts Big Things
in this Industry : the Next
Plant at Aurora
Editor Statesman?
I have seen a number"
of
QUOr
.and
tations from j your: paper
through 1 many mutual friends
have been told that ybu:afe en
thusiastic over the flax! Industry.
As I have a severe case of ; flax
fever, 1 want to keep up with jthe
industry and would ; like youi to
. send me your paper for one year
; and send your bill along with it.
i 'We have about 63 acres con
tracted in the 'vicinity of 'Aurora,
; ' reaching out as far ag Woodburn,
, and as far north as Canby. I am
acting as the state agent in the
distribution of seed in this- vicin
' Ity and want to make It as con
venient for the farmer as possible
.to get his seed! for a trial acre.
Our idea is to get a farmer here
. and there and yonder j to j put in
i one acre to try out one 'year. Then
j If thia acre proves satisfactory this
i !yiear. and a fair return can; be
4 made, we hope to go strong next
, year and to promote a jscutching
, p'ant at Aurora. The business
'men here are; as enthusiastic as I
am. On February 14 we had one
1 of the most enthusiastic! meetings
that was ever held: in the valley
I among the farmers for flax grow
1 ing. I believe jthaV you jhad some
i .notice. regardikrthat.:. I '':'iif4j j
I am president of the i Aurora
.Community iub. in and ;IC Isj i my
.""intention to put flax over th top
tat have 3t&oodf i! reason for not
doing jt.'" I haven't 'seen that
reason yet. We are going to keep
track of each farmer who puts in
( flax and insist on a record of
what 'he has done and how he
has done lt,l so that j In Janotber
year we will have a first-hand
record I, in company j with! Mr.
t McShane of Hubbard, : visited the
scntehing plant at Turner' and In
terviewed several farmers In! that
t vicinity. Mr. Crawford l of. I the
. state flax industry has been i a
gTeat help in promqting; thls, and
we could not have' dope much
' without his able assistance.
My belief Is that within five
1 years ; flax gTowlng will be the
staple product of the Willamette
valley. It seems almost ; impos
sible that Oregon could have
taken tbe world's prize for; flax:
i growing In 1876 and that we are
I t just now waking up to its possl-
Mlities. Had California taken
. this prize at that time, by now we
: would all have been eating the
, Sun-KIst table cloths arid wiping
' our mouths on Sun-Kist -napkins.
t am going to do All that I can to
' awaken this community to the
possibilities of what in my Judg-
? went will be a paying crdp for the
I farmers and a profitable industry
' for the small town. As I see -It,
the scutching plant is jpre-emtn-ently
a small town proposition.
At present all the straw we grow
, this year will go to Salem. Very
truly yours. "s-"" ' !' I ,:
i ( :, . . E. O. ROBINSON.
Aurora, Or., April IS, 1925..
tMr.. Robinson Is the 'president
and general -manager of the Mo
l lalla Electric company, supplying
! light and power to Aurora, Bar
,r low, Butteville, CanbyJ Donald,
Vnre a and Wilsonville. rEd. !
OJr. Robinson did not Intend
Sugar Beets, Sorghum. Etr
a May 7 I i i - il -
Water! Powers. May 14
Irrigation. May 211
Mining. May 28 i
Land, Irrigation. Etc.. June 4
Floriculture, June 11 i
Hops, Cabbage, Etc., June 18
Wholesaling
and
Jobbing,
June 25.
Cucumbers, Etc., July 2
Hogs, July 9 l - - '
Goats, July 16. j
Schools, Etc.. July 23
Sheep. July 30 i
National. Advertising. August 6
Seeds. Etc., August 13
Livestock, August 20
Grain and Grain Products, Au-
i gust 27 . I
Manufacturing, September 3.
Automotive Industries, Septem
n ber 10 " j
Woodworking, Etc.. Sept. 17
Paper Mills. Etc., Sept.24.
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FLAX FOT IS
the Light and Power Man of
Five .Years, With a Scutching
letter for publication, but It is
worthy of it. and of wide circula
tion. He has the right Idea for
the development bf the fine fiber
flax industry of ttis valley. There
inust be threshing, retting and
scutching plants. These will pro
vide the growers with means to
market their fiber and their by
products. t This will help .dairying,
too, in- localities where the plants
are conducted, far the bolls are
fine stock . fled, especially cow
feed. It will provide employment
near home for the people who
grow the flax, and for others
f And 'It is notja far step from
the fiber stage to spinning; from
the. fiber! to be! yarn. There is
a world market for the fine fiber.
It is aa-"good as wheat." There
is anoraer world market for the
yarn. It is better than wheat, for
its spinning furnishes profitable
employment. !
And: then it Is not a far step
from spinning to weaving, and
to specialties and the various
higher, departments of linen man
ufacturing. '
But! there can be no progress
at all without the threshing, ret
ting and Bcutching , plants, and,
with their warehouse room they
will cost perhaps $25,000 for each
plant, without taking into account
the working capital. These plants
maybe established by the grow
ers,, cooperatively. That would
usually '., be the J best way for a
neighborhood of growers. ' . -it
CAlIfOIIA GETS 1
TS
Salem 1 Men -Supply Sister
btate b rowers With Some!
-of -Their 'Asparagus ' 1
l i Weeks & Pearmine have for
several years been supplying Cali
fornia growers! with asparagus
plants, produced In the Salem dis
trict. -;- -";. .. ,.
! They, supply (them on contract;
that Is,'j they are sold before they
are planted. j . ... r;
f They have out now about 50,
000 plants for this year's growth,
to be shipped (this fall. This is
a very ' small showing compared
with .the number sent In some
recent past years.
The i members of the firm are
W. H. Weeks and Lester I. Pea r-
mineJ These local men are very
large j growers ! on contract of
strawberry plants, which they
supply in car lots to the Califor
nia growers. !; ! J;!j!. j! :; -1
The 'asparagus i plants which
they send to California are about
equally divided between t the Pal
metto and the Washington varie
ties, j if-l :! r-!,;V'rrr !' ;
Mr. Weeks told the Slogan man
yesterday that, ,,.for; Willamette
valley conditions the Washing
ton (green tipped) variety Is
much to be preferred over any
hisother. ,
li, TO HAVE
SOffi H I
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"OREGON QUALITY" products are establishing themselves in world markets; they make
our pay tolls 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
WILLAMETTE
TO GBOWIKG OF
That Is the Kind That Must
Increases, in Order to Comand the Favor of
Markets, Where the Surplus Will Have to Go
Editor Statesman: S
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' It .Is my opinion that the Will
amette valley is well adapted to
the growing of asparagus. I do
not mean that it can be success
fully grown! in all parts of the
valley, as it requires soil of good
fertility as ; well. as good drainage-
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Most soil that .will grow other
vegetables will grow 4 asparagus,
with the proper .fertilization. This
can be. accomplished by . the addi
tion of barnyard manure or com
mercial fertilizer, i
I believe that the asparagus in
dustry can be overdone especially
as there is very little, ; if any.
being canned in this vicinity. Our
only demand, at the present time.
Is for. the home markets. ; Unless
we secure outside markets, with
our present rate of Increase in
plantings, an overproduction will
be probable.. However, the people,
realizing the food value bf aspara
gus, are using more of it.
I Quality Product Important
The future of the industry will
depend largely upon the quality
of . product grown In the valley.
This will be especially important
in the establishing of outside mar
kets.' : -My
advice for planting is to use
good roots that are either one
pr two years old. Rows should
be at . least five feet apart, and
the plants not less than one and
a half feet apart Jn the rows. It
takes from one t& three years for
the plants to produce a market
able product. This I depends a
great deal on the condition of the
soil and the age of the plants.
Hoping this is of a nature that
you desired, : '
E. E. SETTLEMIER & SON.
Woodburn, Or.. April 11 1925.
("The Hollylane Farm. Settle
mier avenue, Woodburn. Oregon,
vegetable growers and diversified
farmers, E. E. Settlemler & Son,
proprietors." is the way their let
ter head reads. They are already
sending some asparagus to mar
ket; but their extensive cuttings
will begin a few days later. The
writer understands that they now
have ten acres In of asparagus in
full bearing. The following ex
cepts from the article of last year
about their operations .will, the
writer believes, bear, repeating: j
"They have been successful
growers for the past 13 years, and
their knowledge along' that Tine
has been acquired largely by ac
tual experien2E7growTng only In
a limited . wayp- to years ago.
since which time they' hare com
mercialized Ibitftpatch? "'
Market 'Through Pacific Fruit
"Thus far they" have had no
trouble in disposing of their crop,
but they have taken great care
in the handling of it. endeavoring
to have good quality, full weight
bunches, and market it while
fresh. They market entirely
through the Pacific; Fruit com
pany.
This is found practicable I
on account of the large surplus
during the flush season, requiring
wide markets.. Their asparagus
goes principally to the Willamette
valley towns, but during the flush
season It is sent over a : wide ter
ritory. - ' ' '
"In the warm weather they pick
over the patch daily, starting at
6 a. m., or earlier. This is done
for several reasons; first, it en
ables them to get their asparagus
on the market for the afternoon
trade; second; by,: gathering it in
the morning it is much more crisp
while in the afternoon It is usual
ly hot and wilted; third, as most
of their work1 is done by school
boys it enables them to get in
more time before school.
Sandy? Ixmuu Rest
"They say asparagus will grow
tn most any good soil, but prefer
ably in deep sandy loam soil and
well fertilized. For best results
it should be started new every 10
or 12 years, as after that it be
comes badly root bound and the
crowns spread, making cultivation
very difficult.' ! :'!.
"They - say that all of their
plantings hereafter will be in rows
of five feet apart, the plants two
to two and one-halt feet apart in
the rows, and -six to eight inches
deep. -!'.! -. . .. ' "; -; ' K ! '
! "Their former planting war of
the Talmetto variety. Half of
WELL ADAPTED
QUALITY ASPARAGUS
Be Produced, a
s the Acreage
he Outside
their later plan
ing j was made
with the Washl
ngton, and half
with their own
metto. So far
train of the. Pair
they can see no
nee in the two
material differ
varieties. This
ig in the nature
of a valuable ex.
periment.
"Mr. Settlemi4r thinks there is
a possibility v of developing an as
paragus canning; industry in this
district. . . : . j' .
HonieCanninjr ofj Asparagus
"The Oregon Agricultural col-,
lege a couple of ,years ago prepar
ed for Mr. Settlmier a reefpe'for
canning asparagus. Mr. SeTtle
meier says that jthe 'best time for
home canning is usually in May,
as later when itj is dry and hot it
is more inclined to be seedy.
"Following is the recipe re
ferred to: ill
"'It is of th greatest impor
tance that aspatagu
a for canning
be fresh and tender
Select tips
maturity and
of uniform size and
wash them well.
Cut In right
lengths for the: jars and tie in
bundles. Blanch by Immersing
the lower ends in boiling water
for 2 minutes,! then the entire
stem for 2 minutes longer. Plunge
into cold water ior an instant only
drain and- pacjk carefully into
glass jars or enamel-lined tin
cans, with the tips up. Fill the
jars with brine (44 ounces salt
to 1 gallon of water.)
" "Put the rubber and cap of the
jar into position and partially
seal. .(With th$ vacuum seal jar
put on one clamp; with the clamp
top jar, put thej
but do not lowr the clamp.)
" 'Processing
pressure for 30
under 10 pounds
to 4 0 minutes in
a steam pressure cooker is the
safest, surest method. If a press
ure cooker is riot io be had the
water bath orj water seal may
often be successfully used. Process
pint jars intermittently for three
periods of one Hour each with 12
hour , intervals between the
periods, or process in boiling
water continuously for three
hours. At the end pf the process
ing period remove the jars from
the canner and seal at once.
When cool, store in a dark, cool,
dry place.
(Prepared for Mt. E. E. Settle
mier.)"
IOUSTRIAL WOTES
FOR CURREJ
rCurrent Weekly Review
ibnows rrogress in ah -Lines
Overstate
Following are excerpts from the
current weekly! industrial review,
issued by B. Hofer !& Sons, Salem,
Oregon, publishers, of "The Man-
ufacturer" and Industrial News
Bureau:) t
" Oregon prune m
arket declared
to be good and 1924 crop being
closed out.
PortlandAddition to Martha
Washington hotel will cost f 85,-
000.' , j
Klamath, Falls -4- Survey start
ed for O. C. & E. railroad to Lake
view. ' ! i
Marshfield -f-' Western White
Cedar company opens three new
camps. ,
Portland Chamber of Com
merce receives 4,776 Inquiries
from prospective settlers during
March and settlers definitely
pledged have $1,301,600 capital.
Yoncalla School district No.
79 will build j one-room school
house. j "
Marshfield j- Athletic field and
addition to Harding school will
cost 135,000. I ; ;
Roseburg bounty road crews
starts heavy rock work on Tiller
Milo road. 1 1
Portland City will !call for a
282,000 yard fill to replace East
32nd street trestle. ,V ' -:
Grants Pass! Construction
will begin at once on Redwood
highway cutoff, 8.2 miles.
Linn county j farmers will raise
from 300 to 5d0 acres fiber flax
this year. ""' f :!, ,
Modern railway station opens
(Continued on j?ty 18)
S
ALEM
STOT
MUST
BIG ASPARAGUS
We Can Produce Here a Superior Canning Article, and It Is
Likely That We Can Produce It at Such Low Cost as Will
Justify the Caning of Itj
ments Being Made
Editor Statesman:! j
I set out a plot of asparagus
10 years ago. to see what it wpuld
do on beaverdam land, and it has
always done fine. .! ' I
Have known it to be under
water five"weeks at a time Tn
winter, butfjhat does not hurt i
We usually begin'eutting about
the 20th of March and cut it uiu
til Jaly 1st.
By salting to keep the weeds
down; It requires very little atten
tion. ,
While I did not put In a com
mercial plot, we always have some
to ; spare, and it always finds
ready sale. ..-,
I am sure it can be grown here
with success. I think the quality
is equal to or better than ' that
grown anywhere.
ROYCE ALLEN.
Salem, Or.. Rt 9, Apr. 10, 1925.
Mr. Allen grows the green tip
ped asparagus. Most of the ex
periments In asparagus growing
in the Iabish beaverdam land
district have been with the green
tipped, I' !
Most, of the nen' plantings have
been with the Washington variety.
Mr. Allen yesterday presented
the Slogan editor with a generous
sample; of his asparagus.. It Is
wonderful in size, and In every
other way is a product that is
a credit to the Lablsh district.!
Some of the Orower
There are a number of rrowr
in the Labish district who a
now supplying the Pacific Fru't
and. Produce company with ship
ments of asparagus. Jim Vada
has a couple of adres. Paul A rata
on the Lord place, has about' fi
acres. Mr. Bennett has about V
same amount. ' W. W. Weiner
on the Hayes lands, has five acre
There are several other smal
growers. :
The shippers are distributjnp
this asparagus over a wide terri
tory, and they find a good deman
for it; selling on!
quality.
Looking to the , Future
The Slogan editor o'
Statesman has had a d-r -several
years, of a gigant
agus Industry here, requi- ,i.g 1
canneries.
Some of the
asparagus ever
most wo.nlerf'
marketed wa
grown In the Aurora district years
ago. by the Muecke family. Pat
rons of Portland's leading hotels
are still talking about .that wfiO'
derrul asparagus " ?r
The Lailsh- asparagus lirfn?
marketed"now Is! attracting much
favorable attention.
Rot Roy K. Fukuda, represent
ing the group of celery and head
lettuce growers In the Lablsh
Meadows district, who have been
growing asparagus on the beaver
dam lands for a long time, and
have ben producing a good ar
ticle, and have been carrying on
experiments constantly' in this
field, and in others promising
profitable commercial crops, be
lieves that the canning stage will
be reached through development
of, the asparagus industry on bot
tom lands; on lands that have a
sandy soil. He has in mind such
lands as are found in great tracts
ajong both sides! of tbe Willamet
te river, like those j of Miscior
bottom, and South b'ottom.
Mr. Fnkuda believes the green
tipped varieties, Jike the Washin?
ton. will prove the best for thl?
district the best flavored. He
says the white tipped varieties,
like they grow f for canning In
California, look nice; but they are
not as tender as the green tip
ped; nor as, well flavored. (Tb
Anrora asparagus. mentioned
above, however wag white tip
ped.) "' '.- .
Mr. Fnkuda says that np to a
few years ago f most consumers
preferred the while tipped kinds,
but that of late there has been
a great preference for the green
tipped kinds, on account of the
better flavor.
Mr. Fukuda expects to- see a
great asparagus canning Industry
built. np here, and his people ex
pect to keep on experimenting, as
they have done so- successfully
with celery and head lettuce.
iinanirni ta ! nna f tttA aw
A
CIS INDUSTRY
on a Gigantic Scale Expen
if not the only vegetables or fruits
that are improved in some ways
by canning. The proper canning
of it renders it more - tender,
without! materially depreciating
the quality. This refers especial
ly to the white tipped varieties,
lrospoctiv' .Canning
The Hayes interests have al
ready taken up the matter of a
prospective cannery for taking
care of! the Lake Labish surplus,
in case their V experiments shall
prove entirely satisfactory, as to
quantity per acre and reliability
year after year. (They have no
question as to quality. That
has been proven. t But a cannery
would have to be sure of a large
annual supply, furnished at prices
that would give a margin for can
ning and marketing.
Already, the Ilayes people have
assurances of the canning of the
product, in case a reliable and
cheap supply can be assured. The
price may be the crucial test, for
the early prospect of the canning
of asparagus here, at least on a
large scale. The price will have
to be below that of the fresh mar
ket price: else the asparagus
would all go to the fresh markets,
unless! contracts were out for the
special growing of it for canning
400 Little Chickens Are
Burned in Brooder Blaze
SILVERTON, Or., April 14.
('Special to The Statesman.)- The
brooder house containing 400 1 it
le chickens. -was burned ina fire
it the A. Torgerson poultry ranch
Monday morning at 3:30. It is
thought that the fire caught In
Tie manner from the lamp. Al-
hough the entire fire department
m ned out quickly and got the I
're under control, the alarm was
jrned in too late to save the
U:ilding and little chickens.
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THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
DID YOU KOW that in the Salem district the best as
paragus produced in the world has been and can be grou n ;
that it can be grown here on almost any- kind of land that
is rich and well drained; that with these natural advant
ages a great commercial industry can be and ought to be
build up; that every farmer and gardener ought to raise
seme asparagus; thati with half a chance, it will grow and
produce crops for 30j years or more, though it is good
practice to renew it every 10 to 12 years; that it ought
to be canned and dehydrated here, and that in this dis
trict land can be bought cheap that will raise good as
paragus with less preparation and more surely than the
average land in any other state or section of the country?
COLLEGE Ml GIVES DIRECTIONS
TRE PROPER METHODS WITH ASPARAGUS
Late Circular by Prof. Bouquet Tells the Beginner the Way
to Prepare the Gro'und and to Put Out the Plants A
Hundred Plants Enough for
ily, He Says
(The following is Oregon Agri
cultural college Circular 84, on
"Asparagus Culture," date;d Octo
her, 1924, by A. G. B. Bouquet,
professor of vegetable gardening
of that institution:)
Variety The Palmetto, j or any
other well known variety would
be suitable for planting. - Good
one or two year old plants can be
secured from any seed or nursery
firm in-Oregon, or the plants can
be grown from seed, but o course
this will delay the permanent set
ting of the plantation for one year.
Planting -For i quick returns
from an asparagus plantation, it
is best to fall plow the lapd, ap
plying a- quantity ofvmanure at
that time. An asparagus planta
tion should be put on land! which
Is somewhat sandy, as asparagus
produced early in the sea
son is worth more and ;,has
straighter stalks. The plantation
should be put on a piece of land
where it will notbe disturbed, as
it will remain there a good many
years. The life of some lot the
asparagus plantations in the state
may be twenty or twenty-five
years. The soil should be as rich
a3 possible so the plantation ! may
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FAIR FMCES
South Commercial Street
. Try -
the Use of the Average Fam
make the greatest growth posFil)l'
'during its early staRes. Larp'v
quantities of manure should bt)
applied not only in the fall but ,
also in the spring.
li the manure Is to bo applied
in the spring as well as in. the
fall It will he necessary lo make
a trench which will be about
twelve inches deep, in order that
a small" amount ' of well rotted
horse and cow manure may b
thrown in and covered with an
inch of soil. The crowns should
then be planted on this, setting
them, as mentioned before seven
or eight inches below the surface
of the soil.
In setting the crowns in tho
spring, the root system should h
spread out, not' allowed to grow
vertically, but horizontally, m.
that therown lies somewhat flat,
upon the, surface in the trench.'
These trenches are made by plow.
Ing twice in the same furrow an4
throwing the dirt out of the depth
mentioned above.
When the land is ; in suitable
condition In the spring it should
be furrowed out so that the rows
are four or five feet apart. Fur-
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