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BY U. S. DEPf.BTMEr(T DF SGHIGULTIIRE
Prof. Hyslop of the Oregon Agricultural College Furnishes
: Information That Is of Interest to Every One in Any
- Way Concerned With the Hop industry .Here "The
Situation on the Whole Does Not Seem to Warrant Ex-
;: : pansion of the Industry at
lijrh.R. IIYRIXP, Agronomist,
Oregon Experiment Station
For many yearn Oregon, has patajWe,-for? this year, are un
b&nione of the ; leading Kop- hOU-M. bVln&general tbey agree
growing states of tbe,eountry, ana
the crop has entered to a consiaer
able extent into the export' busi-
BftAs of the "United i States. The
hop crop appeals very Btrongly to
farmers who have been in the hab
itat growing it. and the acreage
lias varied uite materially with
' the" periods of good and poor
"prices. At times when the price
Has been good and hop , farmers
hare been prosperous, there has
been an over-stimulation of the
. industry an, on the other hand,
many people have dropped out ot
the growing of the crop when the
conditions have been Tather unsat
isfactory. Probably the biggest shrinkage
In acreage took place Immediately
' after the passage of the prohibi
tion la wJn the United States that
. restricted the brewing of beer.
" However, --the acreage in Oregon
has Increased since that time, and
.there has been a large Tolnme of
esport business. Sometimes pro
duction has been on an exceidPR-
If narrow margin, but during cur
rent season yields' and prices are
tilth aa to have madewgood many
. Iron.; gtowers rather optimistic,
because of the fact that the ex
penses of becomlag established
lit hte hop industry are very great
before the yards become produc
tive, folks undertaking it should
know the facts in gdvance.
In view of the general tendency
among people not established in
the. business to increase tne acn?
ag materially after seasons-' oi
reasonable prosperity, the Allow
ing; data are - presentfed-' These
would tend to indicate that the
expansion of the hop acreage in
Oregon is rather unwarranted at
this time. In view of (lie British
nop' situation. It "would appear
that the 1925 prices, .which are
lather good, are the result, of a
substantial decline In production, I
and that with better conditions in I
I other ot the hop-producing conn-
- tries that the yield may be sub-
stsntially Increased " without sub-
v ataatlally Increasing the acreage.
r-ISlnce Great BritelaV ntiiixes r
! considerable number of .Oregon
- hope, the tariff that they have
. -"-taffosed. together with-the pre--;
. ierentlal tariff that Canada fenjoyi
f may make some difference in the
price of hops in the United States.
We hare usually been able to un-
V dersell Canada in this business,
4 hut with a tariff as high as is in-
- dlcated in the statistics that fol
low. it would appear to be a ser
ious factor. It is noted tfeatjhe
fcritlsh hop farmers are organU-
in a cooperative association ot
some sort.-but there are not suf -
ficleat data available to indicate
whether it wilt be any mere ot a
,-r factor in the' marketing situation
than many of the ones with which
we hare had experience in the
United States."
, The material below is quoted
from "Foreign Crops and Mar -
' kets? put out by the Cnited"Bftates
Departmentof Agriculture. It Is
the best, data I lure seen for a
long time. It reTlsejpata of Oct
ober and brings it up to aate:
1 ;-. SUMMARY i
V 0 Tbei World Hop Crop
The. world's bop crop this year
larobably between 15 'and 17
smaller- than the good crop of These estimates giye a total sup
1924, according to reports re- ply of English hops of about 62.
ceired in thee Department of Agri- 000,000 pounds or more (n addi-
culture up to October 26, These
reports include estimates tor an
countries normally reporting, ex -
cept Canada. Most of the de-
crease is accounted foe by the re -
ductfon In the English crop from
. i ? " r n
inw. recuru ytria. vi arani
000,006 pounds of last. year, to
one of 39,760,000 .pounds this
year. v Czechoslovakia and France
are the only other important pro -
ducers to report large decreases,
The crop in continental Europe
this year is estimated to be be-
tween 17 and 21 below that of
J924. The United States crop is
nUATl
This Time":
almost equal to that of last year.
UoU f-the t&pQt ts on
Toreign
pin report: oi i&e conaiuun oi
tnA-'BrowintfVfcrop previously
re-
celvcd. .,;tt ,
Tbe decrease in productiou in
England would seem to be espec
ially significant to American grow
ers, with a large part of the t'nit
ed States crop being marketed n
that country, but It should be
borne in mind that the English
crop last year was a bumper crop,
and that this year's crop. accord
Ins to the present report,, although
below that of 1924, is above the
average of the three years 1921
23, and slightly above the average
production In the pre-war years
1909-13.
HOPS: World Production, 1924 and 1925
Country
L'aitrd States
England v
CiwholoTkia ...
Belgium
I'unw
Germany
Aiutria
Hungary
Ynro'.Uria
Rumania
Poland
Australia
and Xew Zealand
To a! a!ov rountrio
'
Tntal all round i reiiortin
1924 -e
The official figorr as quoted here Ik
ii.wo.vuu pound tor tue iZ4 erop md
eM.m.i. r mu totm ooes not
rniuiaie I O croo Will DrOBlDu tafldBt ta IU Dfln lumtiilL V A.,;mn,
-Til.)le for 1924.
Statistics bplow also quoted
from Foreign Crops and Markets
on the British bop situation show
many. Interesting things including
imports and British prices to users
as compared with ours to growers.
. The . British Hop Situation
The probable British demand
for foreign hops during the coming
year and for the next few-years
to come,' is a question of no small
interest to American hop growers.
who market the bulk of their crop
in the United Kingdom. The
British hop: control in effect dur
ing the wfir and post-war years.
has -recently expired, and a duty
bf (our" pounds sterling per hund
red weight (about 17c per pound
at exchange prevailing or October
'tf.trasTteen" Imposed upoa im
ports of hops from foreign coun
tries. Whether this duty will en
tirely shut out foreign "hops dur
ing future years, is as yet impos
sible to determine, but present In
lications are. that.tbe United King
dom will continue to import Amer
ican hops during the coaming year,
although possibly in small quan
tities, and there are some reasons
I to belieye that-the, British market
I will continue to be considerably
I dependent upon foreign countries
I for future supplies of hops.
I The new season starts off with
I large supplies of both domestic
I and imported hops in the hands
I of bewers and the hop trade. E
I A. Foley, Agricultural Com mi s-
J sioner of London, states -that the
J surplus of English hops on Sep-
I tember vS8. aside from the crop
Just harvested has .been estimated
at about 29,000,000 pounds;' The
current English crop is estimated
at 39,760,000 pounds dr more and
the quality, according to all re
ports, is excellent," one ot the f ln-
I est evet-igatBered In Eoglgnd
Itfon to the supplies of foreign
I hops. The English crop, while
1 much smaller than the bumper
crop of last year, is a full aterage
I yield and one of excellent quality
I In spite of apparently plentiful
tl J If jl -
swuuues, iuu uiuiipcnie 01 an
import duty, the United Kingdom
has continued to Import ' hops
since the tarift became effective
Ion August IS. Imports from Aug-
ust 15 to September 30, in fact,
hare been largerhan for 'both
August and September of last
yearv , It la quite likely however,
I that the very low prices-prevail-
ins on Pafiric Coast hops, are re
sponsible for imports in spite of
the tariff. An importaut factor In
the situation, is the proportion of
foreigu and domestic hops used
by Critish brewers. Before the
hop control went into effect, Brit
ish growers were using about one
thirl Imported bops and two
thirds domestic hops, according to
Mr. Foley. During the control. ,
in effect for the past eight years
the proportion was dropped to
about one-sixth foreign bops and
about live-sixths domestic hops.
It is expected in many quarters
that brewers will now return to
the pre-war proportion t oue
t'uird Imparted hops and tw'o-
! third. domestic, at least until the
stocks of foreign nops, are ab
sorbed. Whether brewersiwill; re
turn to these proporHomi perm
anently remains HoiHje seenl.f tout
with hops still being .imported,
there is some ground for'-hope in
th!s direction.
The hop situat'on is considered,
quite favorable from the stand
point of English growers. The
duty now in effect appears to be
generally satisfactory, and over
H0 of the British hop acreage is
now controlled by a recently form
ed growers cooperative associa
tion, which is expected to do much
in the way of stabilizing the in
dustry by the control which it
proposes to exert over the market
ing of the crop. The organization
192
1000 pounds
1923
Preliminary
10OO pounds
.: 23.3U3
49.840
21,970
5,478
11.187
..." 12.41
o
10S
4,820
..-t "220
. S.240
2,42".
137.127
24.801
3.7flO
15.432
Vnotficijl estimate
3,584 to 3.696
6,720 to 7.504
'14,336 to 14.974
157 to 974
78 to 90
. 4,26 to 4,368
190 to . 224
2,240 to
2.68
3,240
113.794 116,001
.137.40
ronaidprablv lower than ih. vti.n.t. f
hv fe official Ko.iroe quota! for tha
inriuae KntMi. Aorordinjc to an unofficial
will, attempt only, it is said, to
secure a fair and reasonable profit
for growers of an average crop
Present information is to the ef
fect that no attempt will be made
either to increase or decrease
acreage.
While it is still too early to
judge the permanent elfect of the
tariff or the success or British
hop growers, it "is of Interest to
note that some European trade
reports indicate a, belief that the
British tariff will be practically
prohibitive to the importation of
American hops. In forming an
opinion as to the lonfpie effect
of the tariff, it'fs necpsajry," however.-
to: ta ke liltn aftU&e&Wn
British production and consume-
tion of hops, "ih-the JU years,r
1905 to 1914 IncrusiveT'the Uiiited.
Kingdom produced an average "olj
about 42,'do.OOO pounds of hops
from 38.500 acres. Net imports
during the same years' averaged
about 18,500,000 pounds. Con
sumption therefore, was over 60,
000.000 nounds.
Consumption during the year
ended March 31. 1925 is estimated
at approximately 47,000,000 lbsJ,
or about 5,000,000 greater than
the pre-war average production.
Production during the past' five
years, including the bumper crop
of 1924, has averaged about 35.-
000,060 pounds or 12,000,000 less
than the present requirements.
The indications are, therefore,
that the present British acreage
would have to be increased from
35 to 50 to reach a status where
.it can supply domestic require
ments with consumption remain
ing at the present level. ' Vj
Trade has been quiet for 1925
hops not included in the scheme
for collective selling, according to
the . British Agricultural- Market
report.' As a rule these are taken
by the firms who took the growth
last year, and supplies for general
business are therefore very re
stricted. - Prices asked are usual
ly based on last year's values, and
the range, so far, is from about
$33.85 to $50.80. A trade report
states that some English hops
were apparently being bought tor
$54.00 per hundredweight forvex
port to Germany. The only indi
cation available of the price bf
American hops in England is from
the returns of value of tbe im
ports quoted In the 'official trade
statistics given" further on in this
report. . .
y Whatever the long time effect
of the tariff may be, the present
outlook in general is not encour
aging to American hop growers al
though some circumstances indi
Cate that it is not as bad as it ap-
pears. In'Canadak ffowever, the I
close of the control and the pass
ing of the tariff law. is viewed with
disfavor by hop growers, in spite
Of the preferential rate which they
enjoy, according to Consul H. S
Tewe at Vancouver. He states
that the hop growers say the pref
erence of about 5 cents a pound in
heir favor is not enough to pro
feet them since growers in the
t'nited States can still undersell
them. . !
HOPS: Acreage, Production, Trad and
Yra'r
Ac reuje
r redaction
, Aet-es
...18.967
,,.32,886
' 35.676
.::irt,66
S8.5I8
. :;i,744 .
31. 35 J
16,626
: l."..B2(!
. tC.7.0
...21,000
j:..i!:f
. 26,330
.24,893
. 25,897
,.;6.25ti
IrtOO fhAV
77.946
33.899
28,032
.50,813 .,
42.202
J 8,459
.",4,480 ,
25.285
15.511
2I.A3.1
1905
1910
1013 .
1914
.Trajre
19(1-1914 .
1915 ,
191S
1917
1918 a'
1919 a
lfl.'O a
1921 k
1922 a
1H23 ....
19i4 a c
19.-.-,
2S.901 i
26,451
3,94
25.618
52.640
39.760(
Tiie llrewers' Alnianac, 1923,'' 120.
Acr,earf. production and ftrivf during tliese vearg are' ficures ao reported hv
the llop Contoll. bt Imports on laree rale wee allowed bv the Hop Cont oiler
these year-t. , f Kxeludiiig Trih Free State,v '
HOPS.'
I m porta Into tlit TJni'.ed Kingdom Daring August 1924 and 1925
-r
Ton n try from wliidi.
1921
1000 lbs.
t'nited States
Other Countries
Total Imports
488
493
Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom, AugUKt 1925.
i Compiled from estimated quantities supplied to the ruatoms by importers and
are ubjet to t"r',tior when s nffwial account has been taken.
HOPS: Imports into the United Kingdom, By Countries, 1915-1924
Year
Hading
ler. T'nited
State
Belgium
France
i.ooo
lbs.
13.101
1 2.039
13S
.' 9.311
b19,121
b 1 4.084
12.998
181
...... 8.116
1 .600
IU.
. 3,;;0
1.947
COM
0
2.054
1 1.987
1.3G1
173
Vi
1915
1916
1917
1914
1919
1920
1921
192i
1923
1921
Nether
lands Cseehni .
Slovakia
1.000
Ihk.
AO
38
O
0
126
1.6i5
28
14
0
a!
1.000
II...
1015
1!16
1917
1018
1919
1020
1!21
1922
1923
1921
.721
338
20
ai
fJiS 7vr'!f' .Statement of the Trade of the Unite.1 Kingdom wuh Koreisn
tountriea and Br.tish , I'ojaevsions. 1915-1923. and. Aerounts ltetatin; to Die Tra.U
and Navigation of the I nited Kingdom, December, 1924.
m If any. included in ''Other Countries.'
in 19... IMS JWa-r.arasttfallT WKtneed Hetft eor.tfg to'the Brewer' A-lmanae.
3
thfef or
ganization of the English hop co
OpraCTyysQcigty V jtas "been fof
warded" by'C6fisUlaTClerk Nutting
at tftrdod. "I'if 1 ' I , -"The
organization for ttle co
aperative - marketing of hops,
which have ceased to be under
Government control since August
16th last, has been formed under
the Industrial ana! Provident, So
cieties Act, 1893, andvis on the
National. Farmers Union Register
of cooperative societies.
"The name Is English ;Hop
Growers, Limited, and tis objects
are: "
(1) To organize-te mar
keting of home-grown hops
by their sale through a single
agency. . .
(2) To carry on business fi
as wholesale and retail deal
ers In and agents for the sale
of hops. . '
(2) To carry on the busi
ness of purchasers of and
wholesale and retail dealers,
and agents for the sale of
' . ?.'.
hops. .
()i To carry on any other
trades, industries or business
es which may seem calculated
to further any of these ob
jects. , v " :
"A member who is a hopgrower
must sold at least one transfer
able share in respect of each acre i
or part or an acre he has unier
culUva tion for hops, and a society
or company admitted as a member
must hold not less than ten shares.
Joint owners of a share or shares
are to be considered as one 'mem
ber. Shares are transferable, but
not withdrawable, af d aVe of the
nominal value of 2s each, pavable
on Issue. . No transfer win he val-
id unless the consent of the Board
Jias been first obtained.
"The management is vested in
not less than 13, nor more than 17
directors, the first eight of whom
are the signatories to the applica-
tidn for registration
Xo person who is a director or
manager of, or holds any other
controlling position in a firm,
company or society competing in J
business with the society, is elig
ible for election as a director.
"The payment of interest at 5
per annum on the paii-up share is
to be the first charge on the net
profits in each year, and the bal
ance remaining, if any, is to be al-
Consumption in the United Kingdom 1905-24
ln:poi1s
F. sports j ,
Available
for
Consump.
Nlim3led
Conump.
lOOO lbs.
87.273
52,167
34.334
05,075
60.704
55,458
49,643
25.783
16.257
37,999
79.539
50,461
48,912,
24.535
47.381
1 1000 lbs.'
GJ,31
61.740
62.911
62,655
62.781
52,320
511,429
36,885
30,240
42.560
54.880
49.280
43,680
: 44.800
' 47.040
t , 9VU27
18,268
2!302'
. - 8,2M i;
" :;18,592
21,399
15,163
408
7 46
10,966
h(50.638
1.J24.010
13,fVi8
1.113
5.259
Mouto ending Adjust 31
1923
Under Hop Under a
Control Tarift : Total
. 1000 lbs. 1000 lbs. 1000 lbs.
438 253 7- 691
-95 82 177
33 333 - 8C8
Oermany
Canada
Austi.-i.-i
Hungary
1.000
ii.s.
2,941
1,365
0
0
2,055
5.0H0
2.908
160
0-
!
1.000
11S. .
fi
0
0
4
295
5,639
60S
0
O
l
1,000
lh.
KO
762
212
0
1.773
3.01 ()
2,138
91)6
1,177
as
1 000
lllK.
0
II
, o
0 .
0 J
J.72 -. j
i
0
o
ai
Kew
Zealand
Russia
Other
Countries
Total
1,000
lbs.
293
358
16
0
7.1
4
72 '
O
DO
I
1,000
lba.
15
84
0
O
o
124
O
O
0
I
i.ooo
1I)K.
80
29
43
O
9 SO
78
. lot
1 1
0
o 'no
I. 000
II. .
22,43
16.K22
1,017
6
17.299
h1,471
i24."4
14,fiOO
1,500
10,lil8
lodaiftoie?
rveor dealt with by
theixcjpegubiect to approyaU.iJ1ad-uJ.iC they ever are made
(try" Iir paying to members.iror"
whom the, ooiety shall make. any,
safewWcB' sums by way of banus
or rebate in respect of such sales ,
on such terms andconditiOHs"and
generally In such manner as the
directors shall think fit. (b) In
extending the operations of the
society. .
J".The society has power, before
I unaertakrng on behalf of a mem
ber the sale of any produce, to re
quire Aim to enter Into a contract
to deliver to , the society for sale
bil the terms and conditions of the
contract such definite proportion
of the produce grown or produced
by him.!
HOf g: Averm Prlcti of Eagliia
Enfliah Hops
Crop of
Control price as
officially reported. b
Cent Ter Pound
t!oo :
1905 .,
1910
--tttS
11 .
1917-
IftIS
1019
32.90
70.04
76.5
57.16
.18.88
41.52
5U73
3451
1B24
1923
1821
the rr! Tr .P - the Control Price officially reported i. the pifee to
i?5" r " te of the roaketing prweaa srhilo the other 1.
di?,2t?- ? he brewer or aome other price at later atige of the. proceni aiwe the
different ' 'tently higher in the latter re. , '
bl Kenort of the Minivlev At An.l.. t.l , ,. ' .
eL"r Pre4u.- ." Rnirement. in
I H V Z,ITn,mCi ,1 P)5t- "P Controller figures..
i . K. Itepartment of Agncultnre Yearbook. 1924.
- .These data show Canada to be
ur imiiuruui competitor now.
Also they indicate considerable
spread between the growers and
brewers prices. The situation on
te whole does not seem to war
rant expansion: of the Industry at
thlstlme
siieiiES
WELL Oil SIM
Vines Bear From May to No
vember; . Good Filbert
District, Also
Editor Statesman:
Your letter of November .", re
ceived. I said about all there was
to say about this district in your
paper a year ago. I came here
in October 102'!, plowed my land
set my plants that fall and winter.
I finished setting plants the first
week in March, 1024. I put out
19,100 plants, mostly Clark Soed
l&gs. ' f have some Oregons, Gold
Dollars!' nmi Magoons. I picked
and softl $34-95 worth in Septem
ber" and October, 1924, CJarks and
Ma goons.
I started picking for market
May, 11, 1925, and have sold
$109S.ll on this year's crop. I
shipped tAvo crates of berries last
Saturday, November 7, one crate
of Magoons and one mixed crate,
Magoonrf, Oregons and Clarks.
There are lots of berries still on
the plants also new bloom. I
could be picking and shipping now
if this rain had not stopped me.
There are a lot of people who
will not believe this.
Strawberries from May till Xov
ember every year; commercial
varieties such as Clarks, Ma
goons and Oregon better quality
and larger quantities than any
other place in the world, I call it
Strawberry Paradise. I have a
little less than two acres and wil'
put out more as soon as I can.
I am here t stay.
I believe this is Roing to be a
wonderful place for filberts there
are a few- that are trying their,
out. The trees have made' a won
derful growth but have not come
into bearing yet.
This is also ideal for chickens
hirawnerncs, filberts. ano
chickens make a good comblna
tion.
H. W. PROUTY.
Canary. Or., Nov. 9, 1325.
Canary is in the lower Sius
law country, near the ocean, and
on the line of the Roosevelt high
way. Ed.)
THE BIGGEST PM
BV DU(1 CANNERIES
The Starr Cannery Will Be
Kunmng on Apples for,
U About a Month Yet ,
ll lYfceBj:the records are finally
uprtt-will be found that the Sa
lem, district canneries for 1925
haVe made, the biggest year's pack
in their history "s
mat they will be shown to
have used about twenty millions
6f cans or a third of all the cans
used in the Pacifc northwest tor
putting up fruits and vegetables.
Till Gooseberries
All the Salem canneries are
shut down now, excepting- the
Starr cannery, which is still going
strong on apples, and will be go
ing the same way. for about a
month yet.
The apples are how coming
from the Hood River and North
and American Crops, 1900 to 192
, a
Price for: season
September to March as
reported bv Tahrum and
Son. c
Centa IVr Voend
2.i.7
12.SO
, 23.13
' . ' 27.39
e 37.14
e TO.firt
el . 79.91
el S3.70
el 57.0ii
e ' 47.45
59.22
e . 40.3
American Hops
fn Fran rue o
Cents Per Pound
10."
50.2
01. ti
24.4
17.B
17.3
24.2
Enel.mt and'W.lea . 19IT iT .M
Yakima districts. They
are can
ning culls. The Starr people have
used ; some local apples, but they
are getting none now. They are
all gone. . ;
; All canneries " here will open
next spring on gooseberries. This
is always the earliest fruit here
fo rthe canneries. - a
THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
DID YOU KNOW that Salem is and will always be an
apple center; that this is a natural apple country; that it
is one of the best apple markets in the Pacific Northwest
because of the great demand for the small and cheaper
grades and the culls and by-products in manufacturing
here; that for the fancy varieties and grades it is as good
as any, and in a few of the fancy varieties our growers
excel those in the best advertised districts; that for
these reasons Salem will maintain her lead, and some of
the greatest commercial apple orchards of the future
wilf be located in the Willamette vaHey, because we pro
duce the best flavored apples in the world; and that
there is room for more intelligent and painstaking apple
growers here?
Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman
i(Jii i; TrircnVrek Statesman Following; Day)
(With a few possible changes)
Loganberries, October 1 '
Irunes, Octuber ;'jl:,
Dairying, Octolier 15'
Flax, October 22
FilWrts, .October 20
Walnuts, November ft
Strawberries, November 12
Apples, November 1 9
Ileans, Ktc, November 2i
Mint, Pecemlflcr 3
Great Cows, Kte., - December lO
Blatkbeiries, December 17
Cherries, Deeemler 24
Pears, December .'It
Jooseberries, January 7, 1025
Com, January 14
Celery, January 21
Spinach, Ktc, January 28
Onions, Etc., February 4
Potatoes; -Ftc, February 11
IJees, February 1H
Poultry and Pet Stock, Feb. 25
City Beautiful, F.tc, March 4
Raspberries,, March 11 ,
Paved Highways, r.Iarcli 18
Head. Lettuce, March
SUos, Etc., April 1
Legumes, April ,8
Asparagus, Ktc, April 15
firapes, Etc., April 22
Drug Garden, April 29
THE SUCCESS DF OUR
L. .
This District Produces Some
n - i m
DEPENDS ON QUALITY MD VARIETIES
uuaiuy, laKen i-rom Any btanapoint, But tne Average
Is Not High Enough The Man Who Has a Good Apple
Orchard ShouId Stay With It and Keep It Coming in the
Best Manner Possible .
E. S. Biehn is one of the best
judges , of apples in the Salem dis
trict, and one of the most enthus
iastic men in any way engared in
Hie apple industry iiere. He has
been buyingv" apples, for various
concerns, for a long time. This
year-he has.hjpen buylngiAnd ship
ping and sejuing ajiples on his own
account, with .headquarters at the
'Salem Fruit- t'nion "building.
'p Heboid tlie ?'lgajt? editor yes
terday: '"Ae man-with a good
apple" orchard here was somethine
worth keeping and keeping up."
He said the 'local .demand now
takes practically all the eood ap
ples raised he,re, and 4t is grow
ing fast; and if the growers had
facilities for keeninsr their fajicv
grade apples and feeding them in
to tne market as needed, the local
markets could take -a great many
more of the home grown product.
As to the culls, there are not
enough produced here to supply
our canneries. All of the con
cerns patting up apple packs bring
in culls from lone distances: manv
car loads coming each year from
eastern Washington and from
southern Oregon points.
- Finest Grades Sell Well
During the Dast season, the Sa
lem canneries have paid $12 to
J1S per ton for culls. Orchard
run prices paid by dealers have
been from $25 per ton up.
Hut the Roth Grocery compajiy
in Salem Is receiving $3.50 to $4
a bushel -right now at retail for
some of .the high quality. Delici
ous apples , grown by Hon. I. I
Patterson oh his Eola farm on the
Polk county side of the' river four
mues aDove Salem. The Koth
people alwava fake the fnll eron
of his Delicious apples from Mr.
Patterson, for their-fancy trade.
Best Flavored Apples
Mr. Blehn declares that the Sa
lem district, the Willamette valley,
produces the best flavored annleB
grown that the flavor of our best
SEND? A f COPY EAST
Sarghum. Kfe
ZZay U
Wafer Powers, May 13
Irrigation, May 2o
Mining, May 27
Iritnd, Irrigation, Etc, June 3
Floriculture, June 10
Hops. Cabbnge, Kte., June 17
Wholesaling and Jobbing,
June 24
Cucumbers, Etc, July 1
i log, July K
Goats, July 15
Schools, Etc., July 22
Sheep, July 29
National Advertising, August 5
Seeds, Etc., August 12
Livestock. Aucust 19
(rain and Grain Products, Aug
ust 20
Manufacturing, September 2
Automotive Industries, Septem
ber 9
Woodworking, Etc., September
10
Paper Mills, September 23
(Back copies of the Thurs
day edition of The Daily Ore
gon Statesman are c:. hand.
They are fe- oaie at 10 cents
each, mailed to any address.
i current copies 5 cents).
APPLE INDUSTRY
.
Apples That Are of Superior
a m bbk
apples ih finer than can be pro
duced in apples grown in the ir
rigated districts; that the irri
gated districts get the size and
!the color; but we get the flavor;
'that God's showers and sunshine
; and soil, as combined here. Rive
better shades of flavor than man
lean . put into apples binder the
j conditions of man's malting in the
dry districts that must have water
i brajfght onto the lacd in ditches
insieaa ot "ianing on tne piace.
beneath" from high heaven. And.,
in our favorite varieties, we also
get the size and the color, whpre
the aDDles are erown bv real
apple men grown as a business
and not. as an incident; not as a
side line-
Make It a Slogan '
At this point the Slogan editor
wants to renew a suggestion. It
is this: Our apples ought to have
a slogan, to give them distinction;
to help in marketing them. It
should be a true slogan. This is
suggested; "It Is The Flavor."
Make it shorter, if you wish;
make it "It's The Flavor." Or
change it any way you like, only
use the word "Flavor," and make
that wordatand out.
Such a glogan, hammered into
the minds of the people of the
world persistently, will be worth
millions of dollars to our Salem
district apple growers. And there
is no patent on the idea; no copy
right; yet. It is free for the tak
ing. Take it and use it.
That's that.
Oustaritling Orchards .
Returning to the interview with
Mr. Biehn. He said the outstand
ing orchard of the valley is that
of the Oregon Apple "-, company,
Monroe, under the management of
B. W. Johnson: nearly 400 acres
Markets under the OACO brand.
fin a former Slogan issue of
The Statesman, Mr. Johnson rec-
(CoatinncA a pact 11)
Sujca'r ' Iteets,
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