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Associated Industries, of Oregon.
Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman
; jf.' . .; .1 " .'
(la Twlce-a-WeelC Statesman Following Day)
(With a few possible changes)
Loganberries, October 2
Prunes, October 9
Dairying, October 11
!, October z
niberta, October 20 1
Walnut, November
Strawberries; November 12 ,
Apples, November 20 '
Raspberries, November 27 5
Mint. December 4
Great Cows, Etc., December 11
"Black berries, December a 8
Cherries, December 25 1 . ; .
i Pears!, January 1,1926
Gooseberries, January 8 ;
Corn, Januair 15 j
Celery, January 22
Spinach, Etc., January 29
Onions, Etc.; February 5
Potatoes, Etc., Feb-uary 12
Bees. February IS'
Poultry and Pet Stock, Feb. 28
City Beautiful,. etc.; Ma.ch &.
Beans,'Etc, March 12
Paved Highway. Mrrh 19
Head Lettuce, March 26
Silos. Etc, April 2
Legume. April 9 .
Asparagus. Etc.. April 1 .
Crapes. Etc., April 23
.Drug Garden, April 30
Sugar Beets, Sorghum, Ets..
May J
Water Powers, May 14
Irrigation. May 21
Mining, May 28 ' ,
Land, Irrigation. Etc., Jun 4 .
Floriculture, June 11
Hops, Cabbage, Eic , June 18 t
Wholesaling and Jobbing.
June 25 !.
CuCumbers, Etc., July 2
Hogs, July 9
Goats, July Iff., t
Schools, Etc., July 23 . -,
Sheep, July 30
National Advertising. August 6
Seeds. Etc., August 13
Livestock, August 20
Grain and Grain Products, ! Au
gust 27
Manufacturing, September 3.
Automotive Industries, Septem
ber 10
Woodworking Etc.. Sept. 17 .
Paper Mills, Ltc. Sept. 24.
(Back ccpiej of the Thursday
editions or The Daily Oregon
Statesman are . band. They
are for sale a. .lo cents each,
mailed l any address. Current
copies 5.)
VOREGON 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 provicje a
market for the products of our farms. Oregon farms produce a wider varietyof profitable
crops or Oregon Quality food than any other spot on eartn.
HUME O0HHS FOB PICKLES
LftTE BULLEHH OF THE COLLEGE
The Possible A veracie Yields Should Bring Around $225 an
Acre, According to the Author Picking Is the Chief
Item of Expense in the Growing of Cucumbers for the
Pickle Market .'
FALLS CITY WEWS OF THE PAST
WEEK RECORDED BY BUSY REPORTER
STHEWORK OF HDSEY BEE
SliSTIERESlGSLLRERWSYS
Thk Crews With Which to Harvest a Large and Profitable
I ( Annual Crop a Free Gift of God to Man, and He Must
. 1 T- Only Provide Intelligent, Sympathetic: Superintendents
Editor Statesman;
i There are so many different varie
. tnn. tUnf I l l 1 ,.r 1 tl U nAa.
v., . ... B,D,e tQ find-.Dne that will please
:thl3 arilcle on l,ee-koeping in tb?J everv appetite.
iPalem district for publication mi . .
.The 'Statesman, or as you may , mo ot aAm
wfeh. Vo will' find ItraetleallyJJonfy Sod and be3 are
:,he I rave at the Sale,!?" h"J"T.
Print. am much as yeu please of it.
j IlTtnoW of no snbject more tnW
' ijoresflng than bee fceep'nsr. An
fclpal hire containing possibly 100.
bees as this time of the year,
' fc pjii'tlculaIy fascinating. Al
tnbtlEh all of theoe bres will be
dead within about two months, for
'fhljls' the, life of the bee during
(the honer flow, there is not "a
j iooref in lae bunch', but each one
.1 active about some of the com
hinnity war!t---cleanlng house,
fur sing the younsr beeor gather
jlng pollen or honey, not for them
selves, but for the generation that
Is to follow.-1' Perfect harmony is
l. 'supreme in this big ,family-r eac"h
I .hoe has its task to do according
j 4o its 5 age; and, without or,der
. "jor confusion,' this bit of work is
done 'quickly, and cheerfully,
,- The most important of this
' Vroun is the "queen." for she must
keep the hive replenished with
,new bees that will take .the place
;of the older generation. . The egg
from yrlilch'a queen la hatched la
irxactfy the came as the one that
; 'produce the worker bee. Any
must admit tha-a-ftr!Hgtei9 d
wruld b4, a welcome improvement.
The writer remembers many hor
rible moments of the "pasl when
some ansjry be? was in the act of
taking revenge through some thin
place In the clothingi or impu
dently setting on the end of his
nose, but yet he -does not know
of any occupation in which he may
enpage without' the possibility of
getting "stung."
Imhietry in Nalem District - j
The Salem district about one
million acres tributary to this
city-produces one million dolr
lars' worth of honey annually
(which is. greater than our can
ned raspberries of one-fifth of a
million valuation or cherries of
the fame amount, or logans worth
a half million ), but we harvest
almost none of this srat crop
Ouite different from other Indus
trie. Ood has completed the pro
duction of this delicious; sweet,
anid ha. even given us the crews
with wIii-yT to harvest it. All we
need is enough superintendents to
manare these great armies of
workers, and we scan build up an
(Dated March. 1924, the follow
ing is a bullet'n of the Oregon
Agricultural college, the title
being, "Crowing Cucumbers ifor
Pickles," and the number. Circular
211.) ,
In view of the tfact that a set
contract price is paid' for the ton
nage of pickles delivered, it is
Important that the grower be able
to deliver as high tonnage as pos
sible to the factory. The 'follow
ing suggestions, therefore, are
made In reference to important
factors which affect the yield of
encmbers in the field.
Soil-Oucumbers will grow on
I a variety of soils, but the yield
will vary according to the charac
ters which each kind of soil pos
sesses. Land that is Inclined to
be sandy and Jight is usually de
ficient in humus or organic mat
ter, and also dries out more quick
ly during the dry months, with a
resulting short yield. On the
other hand, a clay loam soil may
become more packed and hard
from heavy late spring rains or
because of being tramped while
picking. It may, for that reason,
pe somewhat unfavorable. A me
dium heavy sandy loam or a clay
loam with plenty or humus In it
are soil types that ordinarily pro
duce the largest yields. Peat and
beaver dam soils on "account of
their being able to hold moisture
well produce large quantities of
pickles per acre.
Land that has been previously
well farmed, or .new land entirely,
are the types of soil hest capall
jof delivering good yields. Cucum
I bers are gross feeders and will
prove to he a losing proposition
on any land that is shewing symp
toms of .being .worn out.
The moisture holding capacity
of soil for encumbers Ms nne of
the factors that determines wheth
er the crop will be short or other
wise during the !. dry months.
Strong growing vines are neces'
sary for big yields and continuous
production. i
Fitting the Soil -Any so?l 'n
tended for cucumbers should be
the
works it in well, and .levels
ground.
Varieties. Chicago pickling Is
mostly used, also Boston pickling,
and Snow's Derfect ion. ; Seed is
usually -supplied by the company.
About 3 pounds of seed are used
per acre. ,..
Seeding. There are 2 definite
ways of ' seeding. , First, drilling
the seed in rows 5 JTeet apart; and
second, planting' the seed in hills
3 feed apart in rows placed 5 feet
apart. There are several ad
vantages in the drill method. First
there Is less labor in seeding;
second, the plants are better dis
tributed; third, there is chance of
a better and more e'ven stand;
fourth, more moisture is available
for the individual plant during the
dry season; fifth, the rows ara
narrower for cultivation, and
again there is more room between
the indiv'dual plant for hoeing,
rr.ther than when thev are stand
ing close together In the hills.
Eastern Star Chanter Receives Its Charter Personal and
. r . . ' t L III i. r ? -J t
fienerai News orine busy uiy ax xne wesi aiue ui
OldPolkl . ,: , M t ) :
Growers use both methods, with
a stronger tendency 'toward the
drill method.
Rhododendron Chapter Xo.
O. K. 8. i Kerelves Charter ! ,
Last Thursday night at j the
Masonic hall Rhododendron chapter-No.
152, order of the Eastern
Star, was constituted by j the
worthy grand matron? Mrs. Carol
ine Lewis of. Seaside. She was
assisted by the following officers:
Dr. 'Daniel O. Webster,, worthy
grand patron ; Miss Nellie MeKin
ley, grand secretary? Mrs. Lena C.
Peters, acting grand j chaplain;
Mrs.! Amy K. Webster, grand
marshal; Mrs. Jessie M. Darby,
acting grand organist; also- Mar
garet V. Hayter, past grand mat
ron and Dr. Frank Peters, past
grand patron. f J i .
After the chapter was consti
tuted the following officers were
installed by the .worthy grand
matron- and worthy grand. patron:
Maude Brown, worthy matron; Ira
C Mehrling, worthy patron; Anna
Mehrling, associate matron; Emily
Criswell, secretary; Loretta Starr,
treasurer; Abigal W. 'Watt-con
ductress; Dora LL Glaze", chaplain;
i This cot Is used by courtesy of the
Associated Industries, ot Oregon.
THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
DID YOU KNOW That Salem is becoming the head
quarters and market center for a great cucumber indus
try; that more cucumbers ought to be raised under glass
here, for the local and outside markets; that many more
acres will be devoted to the field cultivation of cucum-;
bers, for pickles; that pickling works already started
here will grow in size; with salting stations at various
points; that there is money in the raising of cucumbers
here, either under glass or in the open; that, in fact, this
is the best cucumber country on earth, and only awaits
the right men with the right methods to push it further
to the front in this field?
One rrower
Mary A. Pugh. marshal: 3larie O.
who I Lunnev. oreanist: Ethvl fcfidnald
has raised a very large amount of Adah; Eva Teal, Ruth,; Liziie
pickles per acre sows his seed! Trent iarvf Ariam
Martha; Florence Grant Electa;
.1. V. . V.a n UfA r
'!'u"r,u"i uc "7 "j industry that wiil keep many Sa
queerif. taken when the larva Jem dol!ar9 at-homePand orn)
l: -vwryf young aim piaceu
tn a
larger cell and supplied with . a
greater abundance of f'royal jel
ly." a food manufactured by bees
to' feed their babies. When she
j about a. week old, she goes out
Trom the hive for a few minutes
or nntll phe is mated with somi
'drone In the air. Shortly after
returning to fter family she. wiH
;beg a laying, and without again i
leaving her! home or mating will
'(Continue to lay eggs for several
years., the number being regulated
largely by the amount of honey
lelng brought; in.fh6t course
. aueens vary . ai to . egg capacity.
. 4ut good queens should lay about
,3000 each day at this time of year.
tThls lady can and does lay two
kinds of eggs one of her own
;blood which Is a drone, and the
other Is from fhe mating and will
he a -worker. (These eggs are laid
'In different kinds of (cells which
the bees lis vr constructed as they
. have felt the! r " needs to be, and
tnulte wonderful is the fact that
. th queen never makes the mis-
Jake of puting her worker eggs-In
tthe drone cells and very seldom
does she put, a drone In thework
- j Ifoney Is Good Food'
Ifoney is sone of the - oldest
, -sweet known, being. used . as
lUlnclpaP article of food In j the
early days, The Bible makes many
references ' to U as a gift for
kings and In describing the good
ness of God. Many of the primt
tire peoples used honey as their
complete dinner whenever It could
found. Doctors tell us that we.
oo, would be healthier it . we
would eat more honey and less of
the sugar sweets for honey has
'pone through one stage of diges
tion removing the harmful effect
pt ordinary sweets on tae system.
bring
many more to us. Bee keeping
can easily be made to be one of
our leading industries.
i Polk county had 112 inspected
apiaries containing 716 stands last
year, and allowing for bees not
inspected,; 'we probably had about
?0ft altogether. Marion county
as anout in same amount, or
less. 'than 2 (TOO for the entire dis
trict. This means an average of
plowed early and kept well work
ed UP until plantine time. This
s necessary in order to kill weeds.
conserve moisture, to keep the soil
loose and prevent packing, and
to make plant food in the soil, and
a fertilizer annlied more readilv
available for the use of the plant.
A finer and richer seedbed Is also
thus . obtained. The land should
be thoroughly worked down until
u is as near as possible similar
to a n ash , pile, so .that there may
be quick germination or the seed
and the moisture Xb& held well
during the dry, months, . .
with a seed drill, using about 3V4
pounds per acre, having the
ground furrowed out every three
and a half feet. After these fur
rows are worked well with a fine
toothed cultivated the seed Is
sown. As soon as convenient, the
young plants are cultivated, so'
tht the fnrrows are filled up,
thereby making the cucumber
plants deeply i;ootedr This would
be a very desirable method of
seeding where there might be a
lenaency ror tne sou to dry out
considerably during the summer
lime.
Dusting Plants for Insects.
The. striped cucumber beetle is
active on the young plants soon
after they show up well following
germination. Experiments in con
trolling this beetle show that
nicotine sulphate dust is effective.
especially when put on early In
the day while the air is still, by
means or a cheesecloth sack,, or
a small bellows hand duster. It
may be necessary to repeat this
dust two or three times, according
to; weather conditions prevailing.
It is especially desirable to put
this dust bn the young plants soon
after theyj are through the ground.
It is not advisable to thin all of
the plants in the row at one time.
Another t harmful insect Is the
twelve-spotted bean weevil, which
can also be controlled by' using
the same dust as above mentioned,
or there mays be an addition to
me nicotine sulphate of some ar
senate of lead powder, so that the
Fertilizers. No fertilizer gives grower would be In a position to
better results for cucumbers than
wen rottea stable manure. If it
plentiful it may be spread
is
one stand to approximately 500
acres. -
; Fruit Need Hoc ' -There
Is no argument as to the
value of bees to the fruit Industry.
Many growers are not satisfied
having bees near, bnt Insist that
they should be distributed around
on the farm, claiming that the
fruit raised nearest the bees Is
always heavier and therefore more
profitable. Most authorities agree
that fruit receives twice as much
value from the bees as the total
possible value of r !tbe i honey
Therefore wherever frultls to be
raised, our friend the "honey bee'
mast be Invited. Mariotf county
na large acreage of trait 1J,
322 acres of fruit trees, and 6688
of berries. On an average for this
total of 18,000 acres there is one
siand of bees for each 18 acres,
whereas there must be six .times
this nnmber to insure proper pol
linization.. We most have a big
boom in the bee industry if we
are to obtain the best results from
our fruit, and then we must re
member that our bees can not
live on the bloom in a strictly or
chard district. They will starve
if they can not reach outside pas
ture. Our blooming trees, such
as the maple, should be saved and
we should sow flower seeds with
a honey value in our waste spaces
broadcast and. plowed under, or if
the manure Is fine and short it
v uk uiuizea io oeuer aavantagolto a distance of about 12 inches
Dy being thoroughly disked in. , If apart in the row. If the, hill
manure is scarce it will have to method of seeding has been ised
pe usea by applying a fork full there would usually be about 3
IB each hill. . In some cases, the nlants left to earh htii io o
manure Is distributed in a furrow. I far anart an noasihle n th
which Is plowed out every five or plant may have as much moisture
six feet, but this Is ordinarily not as it-is possible. to get., and also
so common a method as the broad- so that the nlants can be hoed in
Anna Elle, warder, and Raymond
riswell, sentinel. j ;
1 Snppchoo nun made- Tiv - thn
worthy grand matron, the worthy
grand patron, the grand secretary,
acting grand chaplain, the grand
tparshal, and by Past Grand Mat
ron Margaret V. Hayter, and Past
Grand- Patron R. Frank Peters.
On - behalf of Naomi Chapter
No. 22,- of Dallas, Sarah Staats,
worthy matron, presented a beau
tiful boquet to Maude Brown,
worthy matron of Rhododendron
chapter No. 152. Mrs.: Rose W.
Babcock, worthy matron of; Chad
wich chapter No. 37, of Salem, and
Ralph Thompson, worthy patron,
spoke briefly. - j "
'.,: Mrs. Marie O. Lunnev gave two
song numbers. , i
Following the session Rhodo
dendron chapter invited; their
guests to the banquet room, where
dainty refreshments were Berved,
and a social hour enjoyed,; Ira C.
Mehrling acting as tpast master.
, A large number of visitors
were present from Chad wick chapn
ter No. 37 of Salem and Naomi
chapter No. 22 of Dallas, with
representations from, the state of
California;, Michigan and South
Dakqta. '
Tis chapter was Instituted May
24, 1924. by Daniel O. Boone with
a charter list of twenty members.
Falls Clty.nallaft ' Gam Fastart
Game Ever Played on Falls - ,
City Diamond
,- Last Sunday Falls City defeated
Dallas five to four In a twelve
Inning game, played on the local
grounds. Batteries: Falls City;
room, where a delicious luncheon
of sandwiches, salads, ice cream
cake and coffee.iwas served.
Besides members of the Rebecca
and Oddfellows a number of invit
ed guests "enjoyed the evening. .
Fire Situation Much Improved
Reports from Valsetz, Willam
ette valley camp, Daugnerty s
camp, and other points where fires
have been serious or threatening,
are that the cooler weather and
absence of high winds, have made
possible control of what at first
threatened to be dangerous fires.
Official readings of the United
States weather bureau j thermo
meter In Falls City shows the
highestMemperature reached to
have been 103 degrees on June 25.
Mrs, Fanny1 Branson, or Hazel
Dell Farm, the home ot Roquefort
cheese, had the misfortune to fall
on Monday morning, fracturing
her left ankle. Mrs. Branson will
be unable to attend to any part
of the cheese making for several
weeks. Fortunately the other
members of the partnership are
able to carry on,' so that no loss
will result from her accident.
CUCUMBER
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mr is mi a
DECIDED GROWTH IN
S
HEM DISTRICT
The Oregon Packing Company Is Installing a Salting and
Pickle Plant and Has Contracted for a Considerable
Supply for This Year's Pack Industry Needs Much
; Seasonal Help , ;
(Continued a part 9) ,
use a combined dust, which Is on
the market ready for application.
Thinning Plantg.-If the drill
method of seeding has been used.
it Is advisable to thin the plants Greene and Towner; Dallas, Moser
casting or the application of man
ure to each hill
Commercial fertilizers may of
ten be profitably used, either
mtxed together by the grower or
bought already mixed In the form
of the complete fertilizer, averag
ing 4 to 4 per cent nitrogen. 8 per
cent phosphoric acid, and 10 per
cent potash. Such a formula would
require an application of about
100 pounds of nitrate of soda 200
pounds of blood meal or died
blood, 300 pounds of superphos-
pnaie or bone meal, and 200 to
pounds of . potash, either
muriate or sulphate. Of this mix
ture 500 or 700 pounds could be
nsed per acre, broadcasted ovr
tne cucumber area In late March
or early April and lightly harrow
ea in u the grower does not
desire to home mix these materials
he can purchase a complete, ferti
uzer made up or similar : simple
fertilizera in a somewhat like pro
portion. . .
a most successful .grower of
yuaics w no uas raisea a very
large yield per acre, manures well
and before planting: applies 500
pounds of sood fertiliser per acre,
between
, Harvesting. Picking Is . the
chief Item of expense. Vines must
be picked clean in order to prevent
formation of large unmarketable
cucumbers. The highest price is
paid for the smallest cucumbers.
so a constant regular picking is
necessary. The area can conve
niently be divided into two or
more parts; one of which is har
vested each day. ' 1
and Evans. This was a pitcher's
duel with fifteen strike outs on
each side. . The : features or the"
game were the batting of Preston
of Dallas, who made three, home
runs, and making possible the
tourtn score for Dallas; and
Gould's home run for Falls City
This ties Falls City and Dallas for
third place in the Polk counly
league, with Independence fir$t
and vaisetz second. . A large and
enthusiastic crowd witnessed ; the
game. Umpires were Helgerson
and C. Boydston. f j
Itebeccas Entertain on Monday
-- U Kwaalstjcj.
On Monday evening," In their
comrortable lodge hall, the, ladies
oi Aiagnotia Keoeccas chapter en
Yields. These vary according tertalned, honoring the casfi who
to Individual. farms and different recently gave "The Old Maid's
soils. An analysis of farms nro-
ducing pickles shows that an aver
age of 10 best growers in a dis
trict was 7 tons per acre, the
variation be'ag between 5 and 10
tons; Of these yields there is
ordinarily about one-third of each
grade, with a slightly smaller
number of No.- 3 grades, and the
others when the fields are proper
ly picked. The average of 7 tons
would be divided somewhat as
follows:
No. .1. 2 tons; No. J, 2 4
tons; No. 3. 2 tons. From such
yields as above mentioned there
Continued oa ptgt 12)
Conyention." f The following pro
gram lollowed a social hour:
Music, Mr. and Mrs. Meyers.
Reading, Grant Adams.
Song "Peek-A-Boo, Georgianna
Lof tus. ' i
4-' Piano solo. "Melody of Love,"
Virginia Adams
Reading, "Little Boy Blue," by
Eugene Field, Lucille Mack.'
solo, "Just for Today1 Mrs
r . y-v v .
mane j. L,unney.
Reading, Mrs. Hatch, h;
Ylolln and piano, Mr. and Mrs
Meyers,
Games and characters followed
the I program, after which the
I guests were Invited to the banquet
Mr. John Hatch, and daughter
Frances, accompanied by Mrs.
Jennie Cobb, were Salem visitors
on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Crosby arrived
recently from southern Oregon
points for a visit at 'Hazel Dell
ranch, the guests of their cousin,
Mrs. jay uranson. 4
Ralph S. Wheeler is the house
guest of hfs uncle, J. L. Wheeler.
Mr. Wheeler is returning to his
bode in1 Abilene, 'Kansas, after
spending several years . in the
Orient, first in United States gov
ernment service, and ioter In the
employ of the Chinese govern
ment, j !,
Mrs. R. L. Griswold left last
Friday morning for a visit to her
old home in Michigan, with final
destination Cass City, the home of
her girlhood, which she hopes to
reach in time to enjoy the reunion
of the Pridemore family, an an
nual event. Mrs. Griswold will go
east via the Canadian Pacific, and
plans to be gone about six weeks.
She will probably return via Salt
Lake City.
Mrs. Jennie M. Cobb was pleas
antly surprised Monday afternoon
when Mr. and Mrs. Del mar Bills
oorougn. whose1 home is now in
aanta naroara, cal.. drove In to
visit with her. eirroute to Seattle
and other northwestern noints.
Mr. and Mrs. Hillsborough have a
married 1 daitgrei who Is now in
Santa Barbara, and are much con
cerned for her welfare in view of
the damage done in that city by
earinnuane. 1
C. D. Cochran and wife arrived
on Tuesday from Mill City for a
snon visit with his Barents Mr
"k v;. k. cochran. ' Later they
win, visit MarshHeld.
a. h. court er and son Clive
were Sunday visitors.
r. k. c h pin and O. L. Me.
Murphy are home from Toledo to
remain until after the Fourth.
Air. and Mrs. R. O. Brown, son
Claire and daughter Louise, ar-
nea irom vatsetz. Mondav. Mr
and. Mrs. Brown will occupy their
uome on tast Main street until
arteir July Fourth, rial mrtA
lJUIRp nl.tn tn lo.v. Inl. if -I
r . .. . uij & . uriT
10 V'ncmnatl. Ohlo. where they
"pert to remain i for at least a
year.
W. II 'P.eard din .vt... n..
u.6uicH .,1 ill
rart and Wilms. hav m..
w B v u w . J
uauas to reside. Mr. Beard goes
ior ousiness reasons. Both Mr
Beard and daughter will be missed
In all circles in Falls City. The
best wishes of hosts of friends
goes with them.
1 - . .'..- ..."
X Chnrch of Christ ,
,ible school at 1 0 a. m. Preach
ing service will be omitted next
kordsday on account of the state
contention at. Turner. The Bible
school will be held as usual for
those who do not go to the con
vention. ..;
Endeavor at 7 In the erening
and church at g as usual.
Midweek prayermeetlng Thurs-dav-
evening at 8. The Children's
day program was enjoyed last
sunaay evening by a full house.
trrol B. Sloan, pastor.
"The cucumber Industry Is hav
ing a very decided growth in the
Salem district. Especially is this
true on account of the fact that
the Oregon Packing company
decided last year to enter the In
dustry here. The operations of
tWs company in the handling of
cucumbers are to be carried on In
the immense building that was
the Southern Pacific company's
hop warehouse, across" the track
from its passenger depot,-where
also the canning of stringless
beans Is to bei carried on. - The
canning of beans requires special
machinery, and this Is being in
stalled there, as well as the
equipment 1 and machinery, for
handling cucumbers, the other
cannery operations of this com
pany in Salem being carried on a
couple of blocks south, on Twelfth
street. - . ...
he canning of beans will be
done on a considerable scale, suf
ficiently large to require the work
of laO women, throughout- the
season, and over 100 acres of
cucumbers were contracted for
last spring, to be grown for'the
salting and pickling operations
here. The company will make dill
pickles .here, and cucumbers will
be Baited here, fnd put Into bar
rels for shipment to other plants.
principally to San Jose., Cal..
where the finished pickle product
of the company. is made in large
volume. f
Three Sizes, Four Prices
There Is also a cucumber salt
ing plant a.t Woodburn,'. and a
pickle factory is being provided
for at West Stayton.
These plants take four sixes of"
cucumbers. No. 1 is under two j
and a half, inches. No. 2 two and
a half to three and a half Inches
No. 3 three and a half to fit
inches, and No. 4, culls. ,
The prices generally being paid
this year are $60 a ton for the
first size, $40 for the second, and
$15 for the third, and $10 a ton
for tne culls. ; , - .
Growers with the right land and
practicing the right methods
should produce five to seven tons .
of cucumbers to the acre or even
more. They are likely to get a .
larger tonnage of the No. 2 size
than any other, and some growers
here believe there Is more net
profit in that size than in ' the
others, even the small ones -that
bring $ CO a ton. L
This j year. thf "growing of
cucumbers for canning pickles is
pretty well scattered over the
Salem district. In former years -
they have been,, grown ; mostly in .
the Woodburn section. especially
between Woodburn and Mt. Angel,
around j Jefferson, and ; west of
Turner,! and in the North Howell,
section. -. .
The big , Item in cucumbef
growing for pickles is the picking;
getting, the pickers to gather them
at the right stages No doubt a
the industry becomes stabilized
this will be found less difficult;
just as our growers have learned
to handle other crops .ontfce land
requiring seasonal help in large
numbers.!
GOOD CUCUMBERS FDD HOME
USE IS UTTER M NEEDS CARE
It Is Largely a Matter of Keeping the Vines Coming and a
Fight Against the Various Pests That Are Ready to
Destroy Them . : j
Editor Statesman:
Starting cucumber vines In real
hot weather has proved to be a
pretty hard task on such garden
soils and in such locations as
I have ben able to get hold of.
Very young plants seem to suffer
from extreme heat and to start
very slowly, which is always a
big disadvantage, as slow growth
gives insects a much better chance
to work injury and to do pretty
well in keeping ahead of the
plants. Soil well fertilized with
organic manure stable manure I
have found to be the best avail
able for my use--and kept' well
stirred and well watered, are the
nest preventives : of hot weather
troubles.
While It is always best to have
a good deal of the organic mat
icr incorporated with the soil it
seems to have a good effect to
have some extra well pulverized
manure lying about the cucumber
hills, to supply a little liquid
manure at irrigation time as well
as to keep the surface of the soil
from drying out and cracking af
ter irrigation. This works well
and easily even by trench irriga
tlon, the only kind 1 know any
ming about by experience. When
me plants are small I just run
the water along the row on one
side, and with the shovel or other
trench making tool draw small
niec ultens one above and the
other below the . hills, and allow
the water to percolate through the
soil and the upper layer, of fertili
zer, which Is patted down Into the
water. Then the water has run
long enough it is shut off. and
almost Immediately soil Is drawn
back into the main ditch and the ,
small -inlet' channels. By. water
ing only one side of the row at a
fine soli to cover the trenches.
When water is put on again it Is
run ilnwn I Vi a nltinr i H A rf t VA
row,and handled precisely as be
fore.'' In drawing the dirt bade
into the trenches I take, occasion
to loosen the soil up well in the
old trenches. .' , f .
Keeping the roil .well -worked
up is -a slight measure of protec
tion from insects. It is harder
for many pests to find lodgment"
on plants In well worked soils. Of .
course ' slugs will crawl over
freshly worked soil, but even, at
that they leave plainer trails than
over hard surfaces and make It
easier to. trade them to their
haunts and kill them there. Bor
deaux dust acts as a repellent and
also as an Insecticide against slugs
so that dusting the plants . oc
casionally and sprinkling a little
dust about the plants will tend to
turn them back even' to kill them
in considerable numbers. A good1
companion remedy is a bait of ten
der leaves- lettuce, spinach, etc..
dusted with calcium arsenate.
Even a small bit of this bait Is
fatal, to slugsY It was Professor
Lovett of the Oregon station. I
believe,- who worked out first by
actual tests the principle that lead
arsenate is sot fatal to slugs but
that calcium arsenae Is. Hence
growers should be sure 'to get the
calcium arsenate for poisoning
slugs. ' 1
For protecting cucumbers from
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