THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON
THURSDAY MORNING.5 AUGUST 10, 1925
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This cut is used by courtesy of th
Associated Industries, of Oiegon.
Dates of -Slogans in
f"(In Twlee-a-Week Statesman Following Iay
(With few possible changes)
Loganberries, October 2
Pnu.es, October 9 !
Dairying, October It
ivax. October 23
i Filberts, October 30 ! , ,
.: Walnut. November 8
i Strawberries, November 12
Apples, November 20
J Raspberries, November 27
j Hint, December 4 1 ;
;Great Cows, Etc., December 11
Blackbtrrles, December 18 f
1 Cherries, December 25
'Tears, January 1, 1825
I Gooseberries, January 8 !
Corn, Januair 15 j I
v Celery, January 22 i i
; Spinach, Etc., January 29
: Onions, Etc., February 5
J Potatoes, Etc., Feb-uary 12
Bees, February 19 j
Poultry and Pet Stock. Feb. 26
j City Beautiful, etc., I Ma.-ch 5. ;
I Beans, Etc., March 12
Paved Highways; !rch 19
Head Lettuce. March 26
Silos, Etc.. April 2 j ;
! Legumes. April 9; " ''
Asparagus. Etc., April 16
j Crapes. .Etc., April 23
Drug Garden, April 20
MORE LARKSPURS FDR
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SilH
infirm! Mining
'UllllimiLLIUIIU
Merc Larkspurs for More
Pansy Seed for the Pansy,
ol Gtner Questions Are Passed on to the Budding Bur
bar.ks of Tr.is Section
Some ictciestins th.!ns have de-. vrorktra' and has a monthly pay
eloped In the search 0f the SIo- rollor ?2,50, i
pan editor tor ram Toni?ern?nK tfco , The firm jjrows pansWTor fcfcil
various wci erowiag projects in oniy aii;l sell-? (4 he seed ,at whple-
the Salm district j palp exclufiivel direct to craimcr-
t jAnd liOthinK mere interest'n: iai . jrrowers or seed -Sealers;. A
than the fmt that K. J. SlcM. frr-!ery efficient .'system is used in
meri cdin ator,. jso-.v tlm; Orecbn handling the crop, pood care being
pansy: KinK, hSgh. class fctude'nt-of' exercispd right" from the very lc-
jnaturt', h is wade a disclavcry that ' g'.nning of harvesting, each variety
mpre larkspurs will give! him more ' being tagced with a specific col
humblc lccs. and that more bnm-:ored label which eliminates likclt-
ble bees w !ll give him more pansy
fseerts; i 1 00 per rent more, and per
haps even a much larger increase.
To the red clover growers of the
Salem district this discovery of
Mr. Steele may have a sreat sig -
nificance; it may be worth millions
'to; them annually, for hipney bees',
can not work in red clover, yhil?
bumble hfes can: The reason Is,
in. the language of the layman,
that; the tongues of the lhoney bees
are too short, while buimble bees
have lonser tongues and can reach
.the; nectsr. With wfliite clover
'i bloQm.'lt'Ljs'liffer(nt; lioney bees
can get at the nectar. I
"Mr., Steele is positive cpacern
- Ing the value of h' disicovery as
to pansy see 1. But he has a cou
jf pie' of other problems which he
r submits to the budding Burbanks
ol the Salem district, as will be
hwB by hi letter below. . The
r tVo I following articles; will be
fuuud or great interest-to most
readers: '.',
I ! i i Stwle'a I'ansy Gfltnlt-ns
By ALBERT BYIIRS
! An Oregon grower, ifurnished
.tlie ; Panama Pacific Exposition
ja' tu-irter of a million pansy
plants. ; !
1 That grower was E. j Steele of
i Portland. Oregon,1 the map who de
veloped ! the wonderful "Masto
dan'li variety of pansy, the seed ot
which., in some of tire choicest se
lections one writer "claims is
.worth its weight in gold
r , Steele's Pansy Gardens, located
, at! East 42nd and Powell streets.
.Portland, Oregon, cover six acres
of valuable la-nd and havebeen de
veloped from & tiny bed ot pansies
t which came into Mr. Steele's pos
: ftssion along with a small garden
f ' fruits and flowers. Today the
firm H i employing . over thirty
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Daily Statesman
Sugar Beets, Sorghum. Kt-'i
May 7 . - .
Water Powers, May 14 .
Irrigation, May 21
Mining: May 28
Land, Irrigation, Etc., June 4 '
Floriculture, June 11 ''
Hops, Cabbage,1 Etc., June: 18
Wholesaling and - J o b b i n g.
June 25 f
Cucumbers, Etc, July 2 ,
Hogs, July 9
Goats, July 16. 1
Schools, Etc., July 23
Sheep, July 30
National Advertising. August 6
Seeds, Etc., Angust 13
Livestock, August 20
Grain and Grain Products, Au
. gust 27
Manufacturing,! September 3. -Automotive
Industries. Septem
ber 10
Woodworking Etc.: Sept. 17
Papr Mills. Etc.. Sept. 2.
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are -for sale a lg cents each,
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copies 5c.) , :
HOME BUMBLE
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Bumble Bees Do Make More
King of Oregon A Couple
hood of mixing. Soeffieient has
been J.he system followed that af
ter SO years of shipping seeds the
firm has yet to make its first mis-
take in filling orders.
' f 1.000 annually is spent on fer-
. tili'er, and, intensive methods of t
culture are followed which return;
three to four times more seed per
acre than famous Eiifnnpan srnw.
rs obtain. " "
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pursuits, successful pansy growing
depends upon : adequate polleniza
tion, and the common, bumble bee
has proved the most satisfactory.
'However the pansy- is a hard
flower for the bumble bee to work
(the honey bee can not work the
pa?sy at all and in -order to ob
tain a sufficient number of bumblo
bees special Jsdncements have to
W offered," states Mr. Steele.
This year hss seen the culmination
of an experiment which according
to Mr. Steele lias . solved their
problem of polleulzation to the ex
tent that they have secured a crop
of Feed just double. the size they
would have had in the ordinary
way. This. Increased vcrop was se
cured by planting a small bed of
larksruir as an attraction to secure
the bees.' The'., results obtained
are sj definite , that no other : ele
ment can be credited with the in
crease than the attractive power of
the larkspur. Beds adjacent to
the larkspur plantings' and grown
on ground that has been in use for
years will, at the close of the pick-
ing season, have j produced Just
double the amount of seed that
beds ph comparatively new ground
not provided with plantings of
larkVpur will produce. It was
found ' thaf) "the" bees even over
flow ed the j adjacent beds and a
substantial tncreastf .in seed crop
was found In nearby beds.
From Mr. Steele Himself
Editor Statesman:, v .
Since ours is a product of the
soil, our problems, except in the
matter cf marketing are the same
as those of the farmer. Market
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us, but thijt
ics no longer confront
ts nnnlhvr alnrv
iMie anu iiwieiure we are proniDii-
1 ed from glng into the open mar
kct to purchase stock' to fill -or d
ers; we a te forced to seekmeth-
f oils of increasing our output per
acre in adattion to expanaing our
acreaee. e
Insufficient pollination is ' bur
trouble and a' truly serious one,
and It may be sfelyv assumed that
it Is likewise a menace to the sue
SI
cess of the producer of any kind
"ORECON 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
GREG OK 'S GREATEST ,
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Elia.McMunn Thinks the Industry of Producing Seeds,
Bulbs, and Trees Will in Time Make Up the Biqgest
Thing of All in Making Oregon True to Her Motto
Sne tells bv Name Some of Our Shining Lights Now
in the Industry '
By ELLA MeMUXX
In the maMer or bulbs, shrubs
and trees. Salem hs done i verv
well thank you. and should ' have
an honored place in the seed, sec
tion of The Statesman, for truly
bulbs are merely flowers that pro
duce "seed" at the bottom, in
stead of the top, and 'shrubs in
crease from root! division or cut
tings. ;4 -
The, Oregon Bulb company was
the first to bring fame to Salem,
or as it was in the beginning the
Dibble & Franklin Tulip Farm.
Three acres on a picturesque hill
side just, west of the long bridge
connecting Marion and Polk coun
ties, attracted thousands of' visi
tors and Hnally grew out of all
hounds. bil'os, -work and respon
sibility, until a reorganization took
place and the Oregon Bulb com
pany was formed about three years
ago, Mr.' Dibble remaining as a
stockholder', officer, and adviser,
of the new company who purchas
ed acres on the Pacific highway,
five miles north of Salem.
This -place has now become
widely known, and has establish
ed a wholesale trade" throughout
the world. . M
V. C. Franklin retained the or
iginal tulip site in Polk county
and to his many rare tulips he has
added other bulbs, as has tlhe Ore
gon -Bulb company, among them
being daffodils and dahlias.
Donald Upjohn is. the leading
grower of gladiolus bulbs in Ore
gon, having four acres of rich and
rare bulbs within the limits of Sa
lem, on the Fair Grounds road,
lie too has added other bulbs and
a cut flower branch to his enterprise.-
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Luther Chapin i is ' the newest
grower of bulbs, tulips and other
rare flowers, on Rural Route 8.
are self-pollinating, and therefore
practically all pollination" must be
the work of insects mostly bees
1 7'u our ta!e mu5v ue """""
uees. uuseivauun cuuvincea us
jot two facts: ,
1 1. There are not enough bum-
bees tQ dQ w0fk Dimln.
ishing sources of suitable food for
them was reducing both the size
and the number of their colonies.
and, since they were just as neces
sary to our industry as those as
sistants on the pay roll, it was
very evident that unless our staff
of bumblers was cherished and
protected there would soon be no
field., staff, payroll .or, profits
nothing but a vanishing industry.
Years of experience showed that
practically bo pollination was to
be had on early blooming plants
because that fickle dame nature
deposited scarcely any nectar in
the pansy blooms and bee scouts
inspecting the fields found noth
ing to eat. hence no early colonies
of young bees could be hoped for
It was therefore necessary to
find some flower that would pro
vide an abundant supply of food in
the early summer, furnishing food
so that the bumblers could "stand
by" and produce early colonies
ready to pollinize our crop In the
later summer. ,
We found that the annual lark
spur was a prodigious yielder of
nectar, but, rather skeptical, we
planted one row across one of our
fields, and the bumblers flocked to
these in swarms. Young colonies
were hatched a month or more ear
lier, and our pollination in this
field began a month early, j The
actual results of the harvest indi
cate not only a 100 per cent in
crease In crop in this field but ajso
show strong., evidence to support
the theory that they have over
flowed from this field to othr
fields, and have undoubtedly saved
us from a threatened shortage that
would have been disastrous, ta say
the least. , ';
I Fact N'o; 2 to us Is a mystery
Why is it that at times, the noc-
tar for the bees is plentiful in our
flowers, and then, all at onrc it
disappears and again returns to
stimulate pollination? Who can
answer? Here Is another question
?"Is there any food we can give
these plants to stimulate the se
cretion of nectar In the blooms?
; It takes a long time to learn the
game of agriculture, doesn't It? v
- E. J. STEELE.
;Portlaad, Ore., Ang. 10, l25.
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WEALTH PROD U GER
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out of Salem, on rich river bot
tom soil, j '
The Coin Dahlia farm near Jef
ferson is brlngins glory to its own
er, and no doubt a more substan
tial reward. This easonv all dah
lias (unless purposely held back
for the state fair and dahlia
shows) are in bloom from four to
six weeks earlier than usual, and
all dahlia growers please take
note that this year they may enter
the seed growing list, because their
plants will mature seed on account
of the early start.
From the Florists Review I
quote a California grower, who
might just as well be an Oregon
grower:
"Our long rainier summers
make it possible to produce hy
bridized dahlia seed of the high
est quality. 'Two mouths after
sowing. . Price fnow listen to this)
price 100 seeds J3:00 and 50 seeds
$1.30." They sell at three cents
for each seed, in larse or small
doses. But they were no doubt
worth it. for that particular grow
er publishes a letter from a man
in " Pennsylvania who bought
enoueh seeds, to plant one acre, as
i is only though seeds that new
varieties are produced. J
I Just south of the South Com
mercial street car line. Jay Morris
has a peony Karden. There must
be half an acre of them, and when
in bloom in May are a rare sight.
Peonies are the old fashioned
"pineys" of our mothers' cardens.
hut so improved and Klorificd as
to bear little resemblance to the
old flower that generally grew in
some uncultivated corner.
Although not a professional
grower. Dr. II. C. Clement has
brought fame to Oregon by his
wonderful iris, many of which, he
raised from, seed, a most remark
able and rarely attempted per
formance. Iris roots do excep
tionally well in Oregon and it is of
interest to know that orris root
powder, of such delicate- and yet
lasting fragrance is iris root. (The
writer confesses with shame that
some thirteen' years ago she ex
tracted from her mother's garden
a sufficient number of roots to try
the" experiment, putting them
throngh the meat grinder, and the
faint violet fragrance that still
emanates from the powder, is a
constant reminder ot her crime.)
Dr. Fairchlld, another Burbank
on the plan of Dr. Clement, who
creates beauty for beauty's sake,
has raised some wonderful lilies
from seed, rare enough that he re
ceived personal thanks from Mrs,
Warren G. Harding, for a bou
quet of them when she passed
through Salerrf with her husband,
the late president.
If we wished to go two hours
travel by rail or motor from Salem
we could make a monumental list
of nurseries growing roses, flower
ing shrubs and trees that would
(Continued on page 12.)
Upjohn fs
Gladioli
They are growing this year
at Twenty-first and Chem
eketa streets arid starting
to bloom nicejy now
llrive pust ou 21st Mrert ami
look them over
Incidentally we have plenty
of cut flowers at 961 South
Liberty street, pcores of va
rieties of exquisite beauty,
unavailable from ?ny other
grower in the valley. We
supply them at reasonable
prices
Delivered at your home if
you wish
D.H.Upjbhn
964 South Liberty -Phone
1700 '
PREDICTS WRITER
PLUi UNDER VETCH
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ORCHARDS
Have Made Growth in Seven, Eight ar.d Ten Years; That
Would Otherwise Take a Man's Life Time We Should
Be Growing More of the
Salem District
Tty Klla McMunn ;
Something like twenty years
ago a man from Texas walked
into The Statesman office to mak
a few Inquiries concerning the lo
cation of farmers who might have
on hand some vetch seed, j He
was in the market to buy two
carloads for shipment to his own
state, where it was to be plowed
under, after making suitable
growth, for the purpose of restor
ing lost fertility to the eoil. I.
being the "farmer" of The States
man family, he was turned Over
to me. and after learning that the
D. A. White Seed & Feed company
could assemble his order more
quickly than if he attempted a
personal canvass of the neighbor
ing farms, he gave ns a story that,
while it lacked thrills, was noth-
:ng short of a 'Ncoop."
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At that time Oregon farmers
were not plowing under vetch.
rnlera it might be a short, second
growth, a little tough for hay.
Such a waste would have been re
garded as almost criminal al
though our land had been wheat
cropped, year after year, ever
since Noah discovered America.
A few brave souls had plowed un
der a little clover, but vetch, they
said, would have to be cut land!
distributed,1 owing to its greater
length, in order to j
the. top layer of soil.
;et it under
Now, every
orchard in my neighborhood
(Quinaby) where some of the! fin
est and fairest are located.! rn
nually plow under a crop of 'cli.
and these orchards have so grown !
and thrived, that in thHrilf I
years of life, seven, right and t n J
yeard, they have made the growth
it took the old orchards
:d a man s
wo c;t lo.ids
lifetime to acquire. T
of seed: now, would not he an or
der to excite anybody, for t'hrr
must be tons galore used ri&lu
here at home, to say nothing of
shipments elsewhere. Planted i'
the fall, it is
aiways ripe j am .
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, r luresn.ng uui aur.ng,
pur rainless summers, which j
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of in the matter of seed growi.ig
The Californians, who hnv :
most remarkable way of um;iin
in and doing just" what we tro-'?ii.
n HaU . M ft m I ;...
wiu8 ol sum i. me a- v ? uan
laiiceu about It long enough. ir.I
got rested and good in tbi- aoiioi
of going to work, planted 2 l'i
acres of purple vetch in 1921.
largely through the effort of ih"
United States department of sr;'l
culture. The seed from this vast
acreage was used to sow in thei:
own orchards, orange, olive,1 Hr.
pear and nut trees, for. even
though they may employ irriga
tion there, and ard water in time
prove a weak diet for a bearing
tree. Oregon also sold them som
seed, receiving' fourteen and
half cents a pound, which gave
them a profit of $200 per acre.
according to ,an estimate of the
Seed world, in addition to the
btraw, which has some food value.
but mostly as fertilizer, being ex
tremely dry when cut. But, even
if no gren vetch were plowed
under, it seems to enliven the
roil in much the manner that
clover does. j
- Speaking of clover puts us on
familiar ground. Fortunes virtual
ly have been made in the Willam
ette valley in the paat.few years
growing clover seed, and every
yearlt goes out by the carload to
less favored places. Oregon grown
clover ranks so high tn germina
tion that a year or two ago three
carloads, grown in Marion and
Polk counties, were sent out from
Salem to' a "Well known clover
growing section In the south, to
mix with their own seed which was
so bum It wouldn't grow, but it
could make bulk, and the Oregon
seed could do the growing. How
ever, there is Just one fly In the
ointment, and that is wo cannot
continue the clover business longer
than two years at most on any
piece of ground owing to the weeds
being tn preponderance, and an
overgrowth of blackberry vines,
which makes it Imperative j that
the ground shall be planted to a
crop requiring cnltivation. i
In addition to clover and vetch,
Oregon Is growing oats, wheat,
canary, hemp, onion, and a few
other things, so that It would seem
HAS I
DEVELOP FAST THERE
Seeds We Use Here in the j
there is little danger of rluttins
the market with our field! seeds
just j-et. let me quote yon some of
the arrivals of seed from foreign
countries to the United States a
year or two back. I quote from a
copy of 4he Seed World of another
July than the one Just ended: ! I
"The following imported seeds
arrived at the port of New York
during the week ending July 2:
33.000 lbs. of alfalfa from East
Africa: 22.000 lbs. of red clover
and 9.900 lbs. of white clover
from Germany; 73.000 lbs. : of
f crimson .clover from France: and
16,500 lbs. of rape from Holland.
No arrivals were reported at Balti
more." ' j !
We are 'not strong on alfalfa
seed, but we should never again
let it be necessary to send to
France and Germany for clover
seed. Flax seed at $3 a bushel
should be fairly profitable since
we can use the fibre also, and jit
would mean getting rid of some of
our weeds, since it must have clean
ground.-
E
H GREAT
That Is, in Attaining tl
High Places in the Realm
of Perfect Flowers
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P.y imiKI It. FflXEK
In the Florist's Kxchange '
To florists in general, the Port
nrl strain of Petunias lis well
fcn although the Swisil Floral
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i found it necessary to boost
hm by continuous advertising,
h a measure this is due j to the
I: ct that the crop is never ;a large
Growers all over the coun-
i irv. ana seeasmen neemn eiir
regularly obtain the
,.ortllllld Beed,as their experience
cas taught them that J. G. Bacher,
the originator of the strain. Jeal
ously keera each variety up j to
Htandaid- In all, he has been
wo-king with petunias for 13 or
i j jars. the first variety intro-
Iluciur 1'ortltfiu
duced being Pride of Portland, a
brilliant rose pink, which prob
ably has been renamed on more
than one oecadon. I f
The chief characteristics of the
Portland petunias' are the fringed
petals, large .size and almost j in
variable truojiets to color.l In all.
Mr. Bacher "nas Introduced nine
varieties, . namely: Elks' Pride.
rich purple, the most striking of
all petunias; Pride ot Portland.
deep rose-pink; Irvlngton Beau
ty, varying shades of pale pink;
Lilac Beauty, lilac deepening to
heliotrope; Apple Blossom Beau
ty, delicate pink with veins or
lavender; Scarlet Beauty, vivid
red shading to maroon; White
Beauty, pure wui'e with yellow-
throat; Miniature Beauty, a dwarf
pink and white variety, and Port
land ICeauty, a. late variety with
magenta icd. deeply fringed flow
ers, j
Mr. Bacher, who was born in
Switzerland, bad. as a boy, two
consuming passions, one a love for
plants, which led him to the world
famoua gardening school at Ge
neva, Ecole Cantonal d'llortlcul
t ire de Chatelaine, where he spent
three years, graduating with hon
ors; the other a hunger tor trav
el, which lured him. at the ags ot
PH REQUIO
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Petunia
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- -Thin eat Is usd by courtesy of th
Associated Industries, ot Oregon.
THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
DID YOU KNOW That Salem is a seed growing center
cf increasing importance; that our soil and climate com
bine to give advantages to seed growing; that our long
and dry and late summer seasons are ideal for the ripen
ing and curing and gathering of seeds, as our earlier
weather conditions are fine for the best seed develop
ment; that there is large profit in the growing of seeds,
though the industry requires painstaking work and in
telligent care; that if the industry were properly organ
ized here it would attract wide and favorable attention
and furnish remunerative employment to a large unm
ber of people and handsome returns for the investment
of a vast amount of capital; and that there is no more
favorable field anywhere for either the investment of
large capital or intelligent and competent cooperative
organization workers?
SOI IIS II PE11TIES SUGGESTED
FOB TOE PB0TEC1! Of OUR FORESTS
they Will Have to Be More
Statute Books A Tree
Quinaby That Is 60 Feet
Old Make It Native by
Planting
Editor Statesman:
With the country annually
swept! by fire; with mills turning
logs into Jumber with the world
calling for paper faster than it
can be manufactured from the
waste1 rags of the nation, it is
mallj wonder that the far-seeing
man has set himself to gather
seeds of treea wiTh which to re
forest, the earth, that those who
come !after him may not be ush
ered Into a barren and unlovely
worldj
How long Oregon may make its
proud boast of one-fifth of the
standing timber in the United
S'atesj is uncertain, but the forest
prttroU the railroad warning, the
hoy S'-out training, beneficial .as
fill this has been, has not appre
ciably! stayed the ruthless de
struction. Somo day. of course,
jaws so strlnfu-ut as to really pro
iost the timber will be passed,
with punishment so terrible that
fco culprit will err twice. No
iian will be allowed.' to smoke
any place except in a cave going
back Into the earth a( least 100
feet. No uncooked food will be
allowed to enter the forests, as
uch may be presumed to.be the
forerunner of a camp fire; no
person found "carrying a match
on his person at any time or
(dice shall thereafter be allowed
io vote or 10 own property or
jncrry or get a divorce; any per
son cutting a tree, -to get it out
of the road," shall be compelled
o live in central Nevada and se
rr.re what comfort he can from
shade of a sagebrush.
I P.ut with Jndepe.iJent. freedom
loving American it is quite evi
tfei that "the barn will not be
focked until the hor.e is stolen."
so. the next best thing is to grab
a few eeeds from the mighty for
ests and perpetuate them in some
sheltered spot that promises im
munity from man in his mad mood
bf destruction.
"Uncle Sam" hts begun the
good iwork. and throughout the
timbered sections of the United
States, in the reienres or else
where if permission kj granted,
therej are organized crews work
ing to secure seeds of pine, fir,
redwoou or whatever is available
SEEDS
We buy and sell all kinds of seeds grown In
this state having a large wholci-ale trade as well
as a good retail business.
We carry in stock all the varieties that arc
suitable for the Pacific roast and are in a position
to fill all orders promptly. .
Mail orders are given prompt attention and we
ship to all parts of the United States.
, We give ef pedal attention to Seed Grains. Clover
Seed. Vetch Sed. and the different Grass Seeds as
wU as a full line of Garden Seeds.
Send for lint when in the market. as you will find
It to your intercut to do so. All seeds are thor
oughly recleaned'and graded and comply with the
various State Seed laws of the different states.
D. A. WHITE & SONS
Wholesale and Retail Seed men,
SALEM, OREGON
Severe Than Any Now on the
ot Heaven lAiiantnus) wear
High, and Only Twelve Years
Adoption and Generous Seed
But the government I nt
handing out these seeds tf tV
and adapted to relorestation pur
poses. private individual, although in
some Instances federal aid is fu
sible here and in Canada in the
natter of. securing young trees
for windbreaks. It is the work
of the nurseryman to make plant
ings of tree seeds, after securing
them at infinite pains and ex
pense to hims?lf. He it Is who
ccin'.s reliable men on long Journey-!
into iouh coutJry wh.-r-the
trees are climbed, or chopped
down and thousands of reeds
gathered that, with care, develop
Into trees, which left to them-
selves might never hape sprout
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Besides trees lor reforestation,
which is devoted chiefly to look
ing out for lumber in the future.
Oregon cedar is having a tun of
popularity that threatens its ex
termination. unl3 some far-seeing
individual shall plant every
available tract to that variety cf
evergreen.
Among the uses to which It It
put are the following: Airplane
timber, lead pencils, moth-proof
chests. Christmas decorations,
branches for distribution to the
members of every Catholic church
in the world on Good Friday, ex
cept in the tropics where palms
are available; lastly, what most
vitally concerns farmers, are fencH
posts and loganberry posts.
So slow growing is cedar that
it takes twenty years to make a
fence post, but the next twenty
years' growth would enlarge it t
the iz- where twenty posts could
be made of one tree .while th
newest hedge is made of younc
cedars, with small danger ot ever
becoming "common' or overdone.
Tdr while the oeedi quickly sprout
end are as beautiful it ferns even
in their first and second year ot
grow th, there are very few spring
ing up around the parent tree,
whose thick branches prevent suf
ficient moisture from reaching
the seedling. k
But to pass on to trees of more
rapid growth we firid that the
Ailanthus tree. or "Tree of Heav
en," had a record never broken or
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of seed or -fruit. Very feir plants
that we are "on the way, bat that
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