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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1925
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The Statesman will publish vand
award a prize each week for the
best essay submitted by a grade
school pupil Ion the industries
scheduled on this page.
THE OREGON WALNUT EXCHANGE IS .
. IBS ABOUT 31 18 YE5P,
The Salem Unit Is Supplying About, Fifty Tons of This
' Crop, Which Is About Double That of Last, Year, and
. About Half the Tonnage Here Comes From the Skyline
1 Orchards Five Cents a Pound Differential Over Cal
ifornia on Medium Grade Nuts 1
j Editor -Statesman:
i" The Oregon Walnut Exchange
( cooperative has made consider
- ahle " progress'fn the 192., season,
f and we are glad to be able to re
, port af very : large increase in
membership over the state, and
two new, pack In? units" of the ex
change,' one at Dallas and one at
Dllley. . !....
- (No one knows how many wal
nut growers there are in Oregon
or just how many tons are an
nually produced, but we believe
we are safe in saying that the
Exchange now controls about 70
per cent of the total walnut crop.
The, Dundee unit now has about
160 members, or an increase of
,0 since last season, and will pack
this year close to 200: tons of
, nuts. it- ;
-v The Salem nnit will nearly
1 double its 1924 tonnage, and is
? . "expected to pack about 40 to 50
tons. About half of this amount
. -Comes from the Skyline Orchards.
. south of Salem, which is the larg
' ' est single producins walnut plant
" ing in Oregon. .
' '. We shipped a twenty ton car out
""of" Saletn last week' to Spokane,
: i
Wash,, which contained some -"
bags oi tne, anyiine r rancm-iiur. rcjzg
"It had "the highest valuation on"
MUhfi Exchansre has ever I
h1nnPri: artd our tnsnector. Mr. i
' neorce Trunk, of Dundee, con- f
side red it contained the-finest col
lection of walnuts he had ever
' Veen called upon to Judge for the
Exchange.
" Mr. Ferd Groner. whose well
''known; orchard at Scholls consti
tnte one unit of the Exchange, is
" expected to have around 30 tons
of Franquettes. f The Amity pack
ing unit, operated by W. H. Os
borne, has doubled its output and
, should have between 13 and 20
. tons. The Dilley. Dallas and Le
' banon units are producin some
50'tons between them. Altogether
the Exchange will this year be
called upon to market from" 300
to 350 tons of walnuts for a total
of about 225 grower members.
The Market Is Good
The market has 'been fcxcelleat
i again this year, and the Exchange
4 nas been aon to make deliveries
I to buyers a rapidly as the nets
can be packed. This means prompt
returns to members, who are j
.again receiving 75 per cent of lift
total graded value of their crops
f exclusive of culls within thirty
days or less of delivery date! The
Dundee association is today distri-
f buting about $30,000 as first pay
ment to those of its growers
t whose crops . were . gTaded in the
i month of October. The Amity
, unit, was an early shipper this
j year, and is now in receipt of pay
t ments for three-fourth of its crop.
The Excellent Qaality
sirs richd u.
won 110
T T IB 1 00 YEARS
That Is, at Present Rate of Walnut Planting, It Would
Take That Long to Shut Off the Foreign Supply .of
Nuts Our District Is Destined to Outdo All the Fanv
ous Walnut Growing Sections of the World
Editor Statesman: '
Climatic conditions of the north
west are similar to those of France
and Germany. California walnuts
do not com Da re with those crown
here, neither does. Calif ornia pro- i
duce the quantity per acre. ; Ac
cording, lo Dr. Satchellor. now in
France for, seven months to study
French walnut growing; at the time
of their greatest crop in history,
ho' can find nothing there equal
to Ferd Groners orchard near
HillBboro, which be found loaded
to the guards a year ago when he
was np here. The famous Isere
valley is as well loaded with nuts
as It ever is, -but the Willamette
and "Colarahia rirer valleys art
destined to outdo the greatest of
.
One condition that has contri
buted to speed in grading and
delivery to buyers this yeari has
been , the excellent quality of the
Walnuts themselves: very few
showing .the" shri veiled kernels
which caused so much" grief in
some districts last season. Many
growers were afraid of a recur
rence of the shrunken meats this
year on. account of the dry gum-
mer, but all doubts were dispelled
when the harvest developed.
; Almost all crops will pass a .90
per cent cracking test with ease
and that means a great saving in
time and expense of grading, since
ft is not often necessary this year
to put the nuts through suction
machines, wh'ch exhaust the un
filled ones out of a crop.
SmnlVr Sien TliLs Year
In addition to the ruts being
well filled they ara in most In
stance quite plumps mealed with
very white kernels. They are how
ever, universally running to small
er s?res than last year and instead
of the Exchange pack being; abou
?.T, per cent Jumbo size as.it war
In 1924. ft. wiJkntohably go. about
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pr cent Jumbos, r0 per cen'
ltar?e gze and Z: percent medium
Some of the OlcTs
Some distriHs of the state were
badly hit by the cold wave
las
winter, and ttioush iu most cases'
the trees were not badly affecte-'
the fruit spurs and catkins were
sufficiently frosen to seriouslr
curtail the present crop. And in
all sections, our old friend the
walnut blight made Ms appearance
this summer with unusual perse
verance, and caused many a grow
er to revise his ociginal croo estim
ate several times before harvest.
But even so. the walnut tonnage.
as a whole is a little greater than
we had last year In Oregon, while
rrices remain practically the same
Jumbo FranquetCes arte a cent,
above last year's figure, being 3?
cents' this year to the jobber. ' &t
medium size seedlings ); tluv nrice
of 20 cents pound was maintained
this year, by the Oregon Wa'nut
Exchange, in spite of . the drop
made hy the California. WalWu
Growers' association. on tfii
grade. They opened this yeara
13 cent a pound. Their- 1924
price was 1 6 cents k pound. Thu
Oregon medium size" walnuts are
new en toying a 5 cents1 per pound
premium over the corresponding
California grade, which we believe
to be the biggest differential ver
paid "on Oregon walnuts. Very
sincerely yours, ' , vi" v .,
W. II. BEXTLE Y.
(Mr. Bentley. is the manager of
the Oregon Walnut Exchange "(co
operative) and ls.jwell posted on
all phases of the industry. Ed.
all walnut growing districts. . ,
lioss for Land and Care Too "
To give the necessary impetus
to the industry we find the low
land values in this district tempt
ing to grab for ourselves i and
plant to one of the finest of God'4
foods. ' Too many suitable arree
lying unused and undeveloped
prevent the sudden , raise of . land
values to the detriment of those
who would niake their living by
letting their tree make it lor
them. $600 to $1000 per acre for
suitable land for walnut planting
is the rulo fl California',' while
$50 to $250, will buy similar land
here much better situated and
liable to much greater profit. Not
only does the land cost less here,
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THE DAILY STATESMAN dedicates one full page
each week in the interests of one of the fifty-two basic
industries of j the Salem district. Letters arid articles
from boosters are solicited. This is your page. Help
boost Salem.!
but it costs less to care for the
orchard afterr it is growing and in
bearing. " ;.
" Hearing a( Six Years
Hearing Is commercial at six
years on properly cared for and
well located land. Myths have
been regularly exploded since
growers hate taken to grafted
trees and good land, leaving seed
ling trees and red hills trailing in
the dust. 1000 "pounds ner acre
is not at all unusual at present
and Is to be expected when the
planting is on good soil. Whether
v man is able to bring his orchard
into bearing without other expense
than 4Jie cost of the trees and their
planting depends on many factors',
chief anions whinh is experience
nrd business ability. That we be-j
lieve we are able to do this with
our walnut orchrrdJng company
b because we have known it to;
be done and are willing to back
our experience acainst the pioneer
ing of our more illustrious walnut
men. .
Marketing depends on demand
which in turn is based on getting
value received. Tha't in 1922 our
'mnorts of walnuts reached 70.
808.65 pound and that the value
of all nuts imported had reached
$137.625. 249, while in 1911 only!
43,634.224 pounds of walnutri
were Imported and the importa-l
tion of all nuts wa"s valued only
at $14 263.240. goes to show that!
fhe demand for walnuts is greater!
han the supply. That this year
of the greatest walnut harvest in!
he history of the world there ha?j
been no weakening in the price o
walnuts and an increase of 80 per
cent in the price of Brazil nnts
30 per centMn the -price of fil
berts, 27 per cent in the price of
almonds, and 10 jer cent in the
price of wild pecans only goes tp
show that the demand for nuts is
increasing rather than diminish
ing. At the present rate of inr
creased consumption the preseni
rate of planting can go on FOP
HUNDRED years without catch
'ng up to the point where we can
do without our nut imports.
The walnut association will at
ways be a factor in the distribu
tion of that product on account oT
service to producer and consumer
alike. On account of the larg-
scale of its services the cost of
that service is uncommonly Ugh
- something less than 2 cents per
pound on walnuts marketed.
Suegested improvements in that
--ervice are that the washing and
drying of walnuts be under the
auspices of the association, in rf
circulation b-n type dryers. An
other suggestion-is that the water
bleach of sodium chloride be used
n an 'endeavor to7 provide a still
more farorabV reception for our
walnuts both at home and in the
ea'stwhlch would bo "glad to get
awy, from the white bleach used
in California.
Still another, suggestion is that
big, unwieldy, gravel type graders
be disposed 6f for the. tnore ccoh-
omical pecan i .type grader, of in
elmed -reyolying bars such as is
belg used at JUcMinnville.
Thanking you for the opportun
ity, to express myself on a few of
my beliefs. I am. your sincerely,
., RICHARD H. TURK.)
Vancouver, Wasru Fpurtyfirst and
Main streets, November 2, 192i.
OWNER OF OLDEST
Mr, Page of Jefferson Thinks
the. Marketing Is Bein
ft I
Well Done
Editor Statesman: - - i
" Your request for a letter oh the
walnut Industry finds me at a loss
for new ideas to relate; so much
has already been said in you
other Slogan numbers. ?, v 1 .
Professor Schuster Is progress
ing in his search for a better va
riety for our climate and will, no
doubt, bring out new varieties in
a few years that are as good I or
better than anything : wc have
now; : , .. '- " . "
Nature is eliminating the plant
ings ou wet and shallow ground
leaving little excuse lor - anyone
planting on these types of Koiis in
tho future. A short trip through
any walnut district' will show' the
prospective planier what toil to
avoid. : ; vA : : -y ;
- Martct log Well Done - j
The marketing problem ls.aluo
giving way to moceravtrcatment
(Cutittutd 9U j)s X3)
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THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
DID YOU KNOW That Salem is the center of a great
and growing walnut industry; that the super nut is
grown here the highest quality and the highest priced
walnut produced in the world; that our walnuts have a
superior flavor and texture; that our walnuts are perfect
as they come from the trees, needing no bleaching, and
will never need any; that Oregon is marketing an in
creasing annual crop of quality walnuts; that our wal
nuts sell at 2 to 5 cents and more a pound higher than
the California walnutsf that plantings are being made
and will be made indefinitely, as fast as sood nursery
stock can be supplied; that this is one of the most sub
stantial of aH our industries here; and that the returns
to this district Will soon be for our walnut sales millions
of dollars annually?
Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman
(In Twlcc-a-Veek Statesman Following Day)
(With a few psible changes)
Loganberries, October 1
Irunes, October 8
Dairying, October 15
Flax, October 22
Filberts, October 20
Walnuts, November 3
Strawberries, November 12
Apples, November 10
KaspbeTries, November 26
Mint, December 3
Great Cows, Kt December 10
BlacklM?rrles, December 17
Cherries, December 24
Pears, Decemlwr 31
(jooMtberrkti, January 7, 1923
Com, January 14
Celery, January 21
Spinach, Ktc, January 28
Onions, Ktc, February 4
Potatoes, Ftc, February 11
Does, February 18
Poultry and Pet Stock, Feb. 2."
City Itcantifui. Ktc, March 1
Resins, Etc., March 11
Paved Highways, March 18
Head Lettuce, .March 23
Silos, Ktc, April 1
Legumes, April 8
Asiaragus, Ktc, April 13
t;racs, Ktc, April 22
Drug Garden, April 20
WE GROW THE HIGHEST QUftLiTY
WII
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Dr. Powell Gives Some Practical Pointers Taken From His
Own Experiences in Growing Some of the Finest
Walnut Tree Roots Must Reach Neither a Hard Pan
''nor -a Water Table Every Citizen With Bight Land
Should Raise Nuts
(Dr. Powell, in a note to the
editor, says: "I had a force of
men out here today to look after
and am very tired: but since I
am a native booster I wrote oat
the enclosed brief article for yo'slj
on Planting Nut Trees." Follow
tns is the article: ) , -.j
i-uiniuu; auc i rvs r
Editor Statesman: ib ' q
Briefly, will state that the, nut.
industry of the Willamette valley
and Clark count y, Washington,
has proven Us worth and is receiv
ing greater consideration.
Soils and climatic eonditions of
this section of the country are so
varied and likewise so .favorable
to the successful production of a
wonderful variety of products, not
exceeded by any other country.
The; bottom lands, prairie lands,
and the hill land are each spe
cially ; adapted to certain classes
of products, that is vegetables,
berries, hops, etc., for the bottom
lands grains, clover, grasses.
flax, etc., for the prairie lands
but the bench and hill lands are
best for fruits and nuts.
- The walnut tree requires a deep
pervious soil capable bf retaining
moisture to a .depths of ten or
twenty feet for best results. 1 '
Masting holes tor deep rooted
long lived trees- ia not advisable
t resulting in ati economic Iofs.
The filbert tree is an immense
feeder as well as the walnut tree,
but due to its Fystem of lateral
roots does not require as deep
-oil. Howpvpr, no tree should le
planted where the root system
reaches a hard, pan of water -table,;
ItolliuR lands with free air and
wate drainage, above the hivy
frost lines are essential. Thus
under favorable cond it fmis. good
grafted walnut "trcci -and - well
rooted thrifty nursery, cultivated
filbert trees, should develop ra-
pidly, bear young; and soon bring
SEND A COPY EAST
Sugar Beets, Sorghum, Etc.,
!ay o
Water Powers, May 13
Irrigation, May 20 v
Mining, May 27
Land, Irrigation, Etc., June 3
Floriculture, June 10
Hops, Cabbage, Etc., June 17
Wholesaling and Jobbing,
June 24
Cucambets, Etc, July 1
Hogs, July 8
Goats, July 13
Schools, Etc., July 22
Sheep, July 2t)
National Advertising, August 3
Seeds, Etc., August 12
Livestock, August 10
Grain and Grain Products, Aug
ust 20
Manufacturing, September 2
Automotive Industries, Septem
ber O
Woodworking, Etc, September
Paper Mills, September 23
(Dack copic-s of the Thurs
day edition of The Daily Ore
gon Statesman are c:. nand.
They are fr oaie at 10 cents
each, ,nailed to any address.
j current copies 5 cents).
FILBERTS
tm
forth profitable returns, riant
ing walnuts 40 feet apart, oni
filberts . 20 to 25 feet apart, the
filbert grove will bring earlier and
greater returns, per acre for sev
erai xeata,than walnut trees,
reckoning at the same average
price, per pound for the nuts.
My-next planting as planned
will be in separate groves, as 1
have already experienced many ill
effects of a mixed orchard. Sur
face crops receiving an all season's
cultivation couW well be grown
in a j'ouny orchard. My experi
ence bas also been with cherries,
prunes, and pears, but my nut
trees have produced the only
crop, that has saved aiy orchard
from deficit returns. While this
coast has walnut trees- enough
when in full bearing to supply the
amount of present consumption in
the United States, yet. due to the
increased consumption of our own
high quality nuts, it will be many
years before we have a surplus of
walnuts to export. As to filberts,
since this section vonly of our
country produces the highest qual
ity known, not half of the people
of the United States and Canada
will get a taste of our Barcelonas
by the time they are all well sup-,
plied with our coast .walnuts.
" Suffice it to say that this sec
tion of our country produces the
highest quality of walnuts and fil
bert yet i known. Every citizen
who. has a afitable location' should
be a genuine booster for this at
tractive and profitable industry,
by planting the trees, and selling
Ms surplus acres ' to i the " new
coiners for the patr-e purpose.
; J. M POWELL, M I).
Monmouth, Oregon,
November 2, 1925. ' ' ;
Consider the mosquito as an
example. He vrarely gets a slap
on the back until he goes to work.
in mtm
WILL TEST OUT PflOMISmS SEEDLINGS
AND KEEP ON REPORTING TO GROWERS
If We Had Two or More Varieties Equal to the Franquette,
But Blooming at Different Times, We Would Have Very
Near the Ideal Condition for Resistance to Climatic
Conditions Other Suggestions From Our Highest
Authority on Walnut Growing
Editor Statesman: !
If one had been going around j
among the walnut growers and?
soon-to-be-walnut growers of the
state of Oregon during the past
few years, he .would have presum
ed that the vital point in success
ful walnut growing was the ques
tion of grafted versus seedling
trees. More heated arguments
have been heard on that question
than on any other single question.
While we favor the grafted
Franquette as against the seedling
walnut trees, we find seedling
orchards that are very successful.
With the grafted Franquette the
crops will vary according to
reason, for the using of one single
variety increases the danger con
siderably, as the blooming season
is restricted to a very short time,
instead cf spreading this season
over a longer period of time as is
usually the case where more than
one variety is used. If we had
two or more varieties equal to the
Franquette, but blooming at dif
ferent times, we would have very
near the ideal conditions so far
as resistance to climatic conditions
is concerned during the blooming
season. The .Experiment Station
's. carrying on investigation with
this in mind, and if anyone has
seedlings that they consider valu
able, we would be very glad to test
them out along with others that
we have on hand, and report back
s we did to the growers of seed
lings last season.
(ii-attofl Xut For Future
There is no question but that
ho seedling orchard does not bW
'ain the efficiency possible when
vnu consider the number of trees.
When you consider the number of
worthless trees found even in the
est of needling orchards, and the
ost of working them over, when
ou see the variation in the nuts,
he number of sleepers found in
'he orchards, and the other weak
levses you cannot help but believe
n grafted nuts for the future.
Especially will you believe in the
Tr&fted nuts for the future when
-ou consider the competition that
"vill become keener as the or
hards now planted' come into
bearing.
Of Vital Importance
Another factor in favor oflthe
grafted tree is its resistance to
mushroom root rot. The writer.
aw one orchard thi3 fall with 40
per cent of the trees killed by
mushrooms root rot These trees
had recently been grafted on
Northern California b-ack roots,
but were planted by hired help in
the absence of the owner. These
trees were set deep with English
walnut wood below the surface of
the ground. The rhizomorphs of
the mushroom rot climbed up over
the black stock to the English
walnut wood and there girdled the
tree. u;. evidence of damagel
?ould be noticed on ttie black root,
as apparently the fungus was un
able to attack the Northern Cali
fornia black stock. Where the
owner planted the trees himself
and set them at the proper depth
there was no damage seen to any
of the trees, as the English' wal
nut Wood is above the ground, re
moving it "from the source of irf
fection.i This has been noted in
other cases and is a thing of vital
importance to those people plant
ing on newly cleared land. -Soil
Alo Vital
He that as It . may, the choice
of the kind of tree has had lesd
influence on the walnut industry
than, many other things. People
have gone on looking at the tops
of the trres and paid little or no
attention to the soil on which they
were walking, whr.the soil was
far uore the most important con
sidcralion. One would almost be
lieve that if the proper soil and
location had been chosen in the
beginning, almost any kind of a
tree could have ben planted and
more money would now be coming
into the state than under present
conditions. At least, a far greater
percentage of the trees would be
alive today.-
It would not be euca aa im
portant point If present day plant
For instance: Salem district has
two counties growing the' sacred;
myrtle- the only place it grows on
this continent. What unique fact
do you know about the district?
Address articles to Slogan Editor,'
care Statesman. i
ers were learning from the mis
takes of the older planters, but
it 'seems that but very few are
giving it any attention.
It Is hopeless to attempt to de
velop a paying orchard on soil
shallower than five . to six feet,
and for the best results the soil
should be deeper than that. This
depth of soil is determined by
rock, impervious soil layer or
water table, some material
through, which the, roots cannot
penetrate, or if once penetrated
are killed off at a later time.
The last one, the water table.
is probably the worst one to con
tend with. During the spring and
summer -the water table may be
low", and the subsoil can readily be
entered by the roots. However,
as soon as the rainy season starts
the water table rises and we have
the killing off of the root system
This water table or layer is just
as impervious in the long run fo
the root system as any rock layer.
Water-logged soil must be
avoided, 'and that designation in
cludes so' much of the Jow-lying
flat land. Young trees may start
well, but as the root system en
larges; it is restricted, and we
have a great many trees that are
-stunted and weakened, readily
succumbing to any unusual con
dition. Avoid Shallow Soils
. Contrasted to this type of soil
is the shallow soil as found in the
foothills in many cases. This soil
is made shallow by rocks or im
pervious layers. The size of the
trees and the crop of nuts is de
pendent in part on the moisture
supply available and for the crop
In particular, that moisture avall
able -during late summer. A shal
low soil simply does not have the
moisture holding capacity to sup
port a .large, .tree and its crop.
Nothing is " more disappointing
than to have a good crop of nuts
and then to see a large percentage
of the nuts thrown out as blanks.
due to lack of moisture in the
latter part of., the. season! The
soil depth ts oqe thingx we cannot
get around no matter how we feel
ourselves by outlining special soil
practices of by hoping for seasons
of extra rainfall. The moisture
cannot be supplied in', quantities
demanded bv the tree. The wal
nut is one of the most exacting, of
our fruit trees, out repays' abund
antly if attention is given to . its
needs.' . . ... ...
- AvoW Ixw Lying Ground
Another year, of unusual winter
weather has shown the. danger of
placing orchards 'Off the low lying
levels. ' , Orchards on the flats
where the cold air settles were the
ones where the trees .were split
wide open and the shoots killed.
Little " damage was noticed , by the
orchards located above the. low
lying grounds, from where the
cold air could settle away to a
lower level.. ,
;.If orchards are placed from 50
to 100 feet above the low lying
levels 'this -will give them protec
tion against. the cold in most sea
sons' and will automatically elim
inate much of the wet. lands now
being planted. The. remaining of
the wet lands would only be those
where seepage occurred from the
higher level, .
'The claim is 'made that larger
trees can bo produced on some of
the richer, more-fertile and well
drained valley tsoIIs. ; It may be
true, but considering the damage
that has occurred in the last ; six
years during the winter time and
then also the danger from late
nnring frost and early fall frost as
they occur on the lower placed
orchards, economic production of
walnuts would seem to demand
lhe"plac!ng of orchards on eleva
tions. - Many of. the. older and lower or
chards are profitable, but may
they -not have .been more so if
placed on deep soli -where, they
could have fruited regularly with
out damage from cold winters and
frosts? It la the production of
regular -. annual crops with the
minimum oMqss from the normal
crops that will determine the pro-
fit or lack of profit In the future.
Many other factors will enter
into walnut production, (all of
which will have to be considered
carefully, but the most frequent
outstanding defect of the walnut
planting program has been the
placing of good high priced nurse
ry stock in soil entirely unsuited
to walnut production.
C. E. SCHUSTER.'
Corvallis, Oregon,
November 3, 1925.
(Mr. Schuster is associate pro
fessor of pomology of the Oregon
Agricultural college. He is one of
the very best authorities in this
country. Ed.)
LARGEST GflflPTED
it lo u oi,.. i ni j
it ii iiic oty Line uiunaru in
the Liberty District South
of Salem ;
The largest grafted Franquette
walnut orchard in Oregon is locut
ed in the Liberty district a few
miles south of Salem. It is own
ed by Clarence W. Noble o
V'oungstown, Ohio. Mr. Noble
looked over the country for two
years before buying the land for
his orchard. , He purchased the
chased the raw land and has built
his orchard "from the ground
up." He has 212 acres in wal
nuts. Italian prunes are planted
between the walnut trees. Lat
year, the prune product was 124
tons. This year it .was only U
tbns, this being a veryshortcroi
prune year.
Had there been no prunes, th
walnut orchard would have corn
into commercial bearing sooner.
As it was, at eight years there
were a few sacks of walnuts; at
nine years 1,500 pounds; at 10
years, a ton and a half; at 11
years, eight tons; at 12 years. 11
tons, , and "at 13 years, which wa
this year, 22 tons.
Outlook for Future
The nrnnp trneit on the Skv
Line orchard- will be allowed to
bear one more crop, as; they now
etand.- Next year, a third of the
nnnA i rond wilt ,K AhnM Vi
nally, all will be taken, out.
How far will the increase of the
walnut crop gp? That is a mat
ter fnl" onanloHnir Tint ic c&fa
to predict that, with good care,
the same as has been! given-tbe
orchard, the yield will be 75 tons
at 25 years of age. It j will likely
be more and more as, the years
go by, lor a walnut tree never
grows old. There are walnut
trees in Europe known to be 1600
years old; arid still young.
On a Finn Basis
Moses P. Adams is tbe present
manager of the Sky Line orchard.
He is also secretary-treasurer of
the Salem branch of the Oregon
Walnut Exchange. Mr. Adams
was too 'busy. yesterday to respond
to the call of the Slogan editor for
an article for this issue. But he
said -some things last year that
will bear repeating, especially to
those expecting to get into the
walnut industry. Below is what
ho aaisi
. ''Possibly it is as well fr the
wainm industry oi
ette Valley that its development
haa been no faster up to the pres
ent time. Had it had a mush
room growth the damage lone by
unscrupulous purveyors of worth
less trees and worse locations
would be 'much greater than at
present ' -
Now Well Kt.tab!Mn-d
"Thanks to the courapc of sa
cral of the pioneers in their un
ceasing struggle agaipst seedling
trees, -coupled with the assistance
of the Oregon Agricultaral col
lege. In matters of soil, elevation,
air drainage and scientific anai
sissis of other phases pertaining
to walnut culture, the industry i
now well established as a safe,
sure and remunerative investment
for anyone who will follow the
trail that experience and rescarcn
. i i j . . . . i. i - i M '1 TTl -
hs blazed, V ? - .
"it is needless to expound tne
superiority of Uie Oregon walnut.
Wherever it is sold the super ex
cellent qualities are apparent, and
. :.,m nvpr all
tney commana a premium -others
in price,"
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