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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1926)
I , ! .1 1 . , " ' .. - .... ... .. - - ... .- ... - . - - - r- - V ll mm irrnJ t ft i 1 J4 BIST mmmmm - - . , i - - j ! ' - ' f l ! f f 'I. 0 1 5 r r t The Statesman will I publish and award a : prize each week for the' best . essay submittedj fey a, grade scnool pupil; on Scheduled on this UP KJ OUR CELERY m The Industry Has Had Won- dcrfur Growth, I hrougni 1 Patient Toil ;: Fhd principles - of . Bccessful relory rowinjt are in no place in thf. t wprld better' understood;- or moro strictly adhered, to-lhan hero in tne saiem aisinci, anu ": telUsentalW f hortmgh xpmenu - horn in the Salem district, and la throughout the, industry, jare con stantly carrixSBn .hre." lff ideal limati5iiffiiTdndiUon to Rtart vith. aH thcso patient and intelligent ef torts- promise much lor the future of the. industry hero. Inl the -way of producing a superior I quality, .sent. to thejmar- : v GH D h' j; -iSettingftheiyburig ,n . tte lst possible' -ways. i cultiyatpr, altlf bugh1 a tust amount 1 Vets - Hack, of -thl re ambition and - Jdealismi promising - the constant expansion of the industry. To give the reader an idea of the stages vt the growth of the Industry Is fro'ra -the "beginning nereT sixteen U years ago, 'and to coureya rcon i ception of the, toil and.cares and f study required to turn off a qual f Jty -crop, comparing more than lavoi'ablj with the best. produced elsewhere, . the f ollowjng excerpt? fromr former articles of Roy Fukudai the. pioneer of ithe Indus t- try here; and the largest of our ! growers now and alLthe. time;- are l glen below:) ; - , . Our ahowiag r-'Webmejnore , ! .creditable when I think of wha . we hd to start ' with, just mud holes i that required much work 1 to make into the wonderful pro- ducUre place ff vows. J&d Just j nere seems iouwqut opuiFiuniiy for ; deTelopment , and expansion f ' untiF wenay3ippe .to ejial.Catifri f i ornla'in tne ntt'mber "of Tafs sent . out when we hare UTILIZED ALL 1 1 : : - f' . i. i , II if TO 1 MII1I0II DDL 7. ! it fs'Grbwihg Every Year, and Vtil Keep on increasing ' Celery Union Expects Highway, for4he .Sale of 17 IFUD VCllDC CDn m in iu luuiuuiu VYonaerTUi Lamsn uaraensr i -4 Editor Statesman: r Beginning In 190?jtow 18 yeaM ego, with 5.000. eelery plant which coTered less than one-tenth of "an acre, the mareIous growth of the industry may be noted when I tell yon that our acreage f or Ihe year Just closed was 256 acres wiy a ahipment ofjjxore than 300 cars "from the Lake Lablsh dis trict, and -we could .easily hare sold 200 carsniore lf we tad Bad it. : t K :f - :v - "rfy the term'fwe, I" mean the flabish Meadows Celery Unit, t, of which I am theU presidents and Ronald Jones, the son of Hon. M: 1. 'Jones, is secretary. The land upon" which, we gre'w .the celery is largely that which we: lease from the M: L. Jones family., and oar .union, as has been stated many times in the Statesman, 1s com posed of about twenty grower, both - American 'and - "Japanese, while a great deal of the help we employ is American, especially in the work of trucking and hauling. i Bomethln? like 250' persons are VJCU lu tuts iuniU(, cuu vi ,4 the industries page. TH choUNb THAlf IS ADAPT ED fro! CELERY, few growers orn;land Most of them lease tho-! landjpiying from 125 to. $50 and more per acre.-" I ' i f I j ' : j Iethodsof CirowiuR i , Kpw something as "to the meth ods j of growing : the. crop. For eacJy celery ye 'plant the seed in the j greenhouse about i February 10 and when the .plant Jias attain ed half tan inch in growth it is re planted! to the! hotbed where it re is six ; Inches high mains until it when itlis placed in its permanent ted and which is-between April 20 May 10 The groun'd" has, of thoroughly; worked course, I been - - veral lIm8 " V " ' ; Iplowing. harrowing, clod smashing - sa tut there isfnot a t. weed or rough place to imeiifere w, ilb thetpfaftt which reauires extrej mely delicate hand- lineK from stirt to finish. TJe nlahts kre piacedi (see r.yt) six inches apart in the rows and the row are thre feet apart' thus al lowing room for a "horse-drawn -A of wbrW is done., by -a garden hoe I and j still mujch other work .by haad.r$nd If -yon; -hare noticed workmen and workwomen setting out the plantsstoopjing over the. long! rolws, .or carrying sprinkling pots df water,. 1 you perhaps realized that it was not as much fun aj 1 FOURTH, 't)F JUL.V PIC NIC . i- . 'r tTse Much: Fertilizer ; Afteif growth has started from this latt setting out, trenches; are made six inches from the. hills into which pitrate of soda is placed, at' the rate of 200 or 300 pounds per icrk thLs item costing $65 per ton. j Ajlso ve nse'20 wagon loads of barn! yard manures to the acre, paying Strom $3 tat SJ'per load (ol the -Sfarpaers' for . it, so that our fertilizer cost is' tl 60 per acre. Cultivation, must of course be con 4U)Urd Without an Jnerlude in or der to bripg the first celery into market by the Fourth of ; July. nrwi pei-sons working industrious- ly may care, for three -acres. The ;1" I MMIffi the Indications Are;That It r - rom;Tearto: Tearjnaeiinneiy to Operia : Store on the Pacific -Vegetables' thresh From the the fcr6p, .which is not counting thenumber.who find employment ajl. the way from' grower to cony sumer.i as' we: require the senrices of trucks, railroads, lumbeY niills. ribbon jfactores, paper mills,and a , considerable- actlf Ity along- the groceryj line tnay be noted when it if remembered , that our :2!0 ;rower$ must buy food for their j- A Million Doiar Indnsfry " , I jimesrei; mention these, things to . show that tbe-million dollars annually which the celery Industry brings ito this section of the; Sa lem jcountry, does not all go into our own pockets, but, is Tery wide ly distributed, all of it at home, except. What we pay fjr Imported celeify eed.- jThl cost us $15 a pound end comes from France, but it is ; not a eonsiderable item, since one ounce will yield 20,000 plants, and it requires only-25,000 plants to the icre. . ) ' - : At The White ITonso : As t , '.; i i stated very widely in the ContiauU on pare 10) 1. f SIXTH CONSEGUTIVE YEAR THE DAILY STATESMAN dedicates one full page each week in the interests of one of the fifty-two basic industries of the Salem district. Letters and articles from boosters are solicited; This is your page. Help boost Salem. I ! : main harvest begins just before Thanksgiving, and ' ends abour Now Years". Th Soetl From France pur s?ed we secure from France anil this1 costs us SI 5 per pound, but that is not a considerable item of expense, since one ounce of seed yiejds 20,000 plants. We set out 25.000 plant.i to the acre, se lecting only the strongest and best so! that it may be said that two anil one-half ounces of seed are. required to plant' an acre. The BleachinK Bleaching the finished product requires 14 to 21 days and. 10,000 feet of lumber to the acre,, which: costs i0 a. thousand feet. Oun fertilize for "the year runs into;, thousands of dollars, and this is i an expense that must be met ah-2 mullv. i for however rich thH grmind celery is a gross feeder. and fertilizer is one thing we can-1 nok. econjomize on. Paper and Ribbons ,ilany tons .of wrapping paper are used, the product coming from r - r. . the Salem paper .mill, as d pur chased through the Rodgers Paper company! f It also costs money. Wq also use what to the. trade isi known as "ribbons," a cotton tape ..in red find blue indicating the grade, which comes in spools of 1000 yards. ; r Ipney for Railroads , A car kent to Omaha, Neb., cost us $250. while $75 more is re quired t ice it, so that the rail roads get a lot of money from the industry- But the roads'or trans portation! f companies hare shown their appreciation ' of the patron- age we have given them. Particu larly Is this true with the Oregon Electric company, which erected tea magnificent warehouse at Quin ary, In sire 40x110. feet, and which has a capacity of 15 cars, built especially for us and leased to us for a term of years, and during the shipping season they .employ an .. exprfttWand telegraph agent which his "greatly facilitated our work. i - ,1' A Good Neighbor ; Now, Mr." Editor, 1 haye gone into detail in this matter of cel ery growing, from the purchase of seed to the time you find the crisp I whfte stalks on your Thanksgiving 1 .table, but it is big subject and bound t grow larger each year, j '. I try to be a good neighbor and j friendNand I have no secrets about f the. work that I wiabV to conceal, I thus giving my methods that have ; proven profitable and as you can : see the work pays money not only , to the growers, but; to the Salem saw mill.; the paper milK the rib-1 bon manufacturers, the fertilizer people, the . railroads, the auto ' truck factories, and the numerous' workmen; employed in, our fields,; who in j turn spend money with ( the grocer and clothier. " It Is a great industry, and I shall demote my life to making it bigger nhd better. - . ; Other. Industries and Experiments ' . (Som readers will be interest ed to know that, the group of peo ple responsible for the beginnings and development of our celery'Jn dustry have also built' up a large head lettuce industry, making car load andj other shipments, that is constantly expanding, and, has a fine- outjook for; large growth. Also, that they, are experimenting with asparagus, with various var ieties arid on different types of soil, with a view to large opera tions, both for car load shipments kndfor canning; which .may con ceivably even ' have a more stu pendous future than the celery industry., And the same grpnp of growers j are also experimenting with other -vegetable lines,' with. a view to. commercial expansion.-- Ed.) j . ' ' . ' Jj .. ... THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW that Salem is the market center of the coming most extensive celery growing district in the United States; j that jwe are already far ahead of any other section of Oregon or the Pacific Northwest in the industry; that our growers produce and pack here the finest quality of celery grown in the world; that they get $1 a crate and more above the price paid the California growers for their best celery; that this difference alone means a handsbme profit to our growers, and must of necessity result, in the steady growth of the industry herej that, for the man with the right kin.d of land, some capital, and a great deal of industry, there is room and certain fortune here in celery growing; that ther? is a welcome here I for more and more celery growers, and that celery growers in other sections can afford to abon don their places and; come here, where they tan grow quality celery commanding t$l a crate and more prem ium? !"""' i " " ' .! " - Dates of 'Slogans in Daily Statesman (In Twicc-a-Wcek Statennum Following Da3 ) (Vith n few pstble changes) LoganotTrles, October 1 IVuih-s, Ocoler 8 ' Dairying, Octoixr; 15 Flax, October 153 i FillMrt, tNtober S . Walnut. t, Nuveiaber R j . HI rmvtx-rrirf, Nomu ber j 1 2 -Apple, Xovenibr 1 ItnxplM'rriesi, November 20 Mint, l?cemh!!r 3 Iban.s, Ktc, Ilecember 10 TMackberries, iV-cerober 17 0errlc, llvcembfir iS4 I'ears, Ikvrmlifr 31 CaoONebrrtas, January 7, 1025 Corn,' January I 4 i Celery. January t Kpiiiach. Ktc., Jauuary 28 Onions, Ktc. February 4 Potato, Ftc, February 11 Bees, February 18 j Poultry and Pet Stock, Feb. 23 . City Beautiful, EUu, Marcb 4 " Great Cows. Slarcb 11 : Paved Highways, ftlarCb 18 Head lettuce, March 25 " " kiltn, Ktc Aprtl I " Legumes, April 8 j v ! Asparagus, Etc., April 15 -. Grafios, Ktc, April 23 Drug Garden, April 2U MARKETED OUR CELERY DIRECT IN TWETOTY DIFFERENT STATES LAST YEAH Besides Sending Someto tlie!Domiriion of Canada Ne braska, Minnesota," Iowa and Illinois Were the Heavi est Consumers, With California, Texas, Missouri, Montana and Kansas Good Customers We Grow Quality Celery j . Editor Statesman: T A great deal has beea" written about the celery industry,! but I wilt try to touch on so mo of the most important parts that bear on the growth of the industry in this section." ' j' . 5 ! "On the rich beaverdam lands of Lake Labish we have an advantage over every other section produc ing celery in Oregon, .fhere is mm m p mm i mm" i. . , Some llaibfshi Celery plenty of water In this-iauc! m the form of natural springs which will see' the crop through ahy drought that we have ever experienced, and celery takes a good deal of water during the dry part of the eum- S The best celery authorities tell us that with plenty of fertilizer and water any ground U,t hi cli mate' will grow celery; :but'i in or der to grow it for commercial pur poses it is necessary to, grow It where the cost of fertilizer and cost .of supplying water,? Js Jow as possible. m "", ' Produce Quality J(?clery .! While we have a natural ad- SENP AOPY EAST Sugar Reets, Sorghum, Etc., lay a Water Powers, May 13 Irrigation, May 2U .Mining, May 27 l-ind. Irrigation, Etc., June 3 Floriculture, June 1 HluMTj Cabbage, ICtc, June 17 WliolHaling and Jobbing, June 24 Cucumbers, Etc, July 1 ilogs, July 8 (touts,: July 15 School. Ktc. July 22 Sheep. July CO .National Adverth-lnz. Angust S &exln, Ktc, August 12 IJvrtock, August if Grain and'Grain Products. Aug ust 20 Manufacturing, September 2 Automotive Industrie, Septem ber 0 Woodworking, Etc, September .,. 16 Paper SIIIls, September 23 " '( Back' copies of ther Thofs- day edition of The Daily Ore gon Statesman are nand. They are fr aie at 10 cents eac, inailed to any address. current copies 5 cents). vantage over other producing sec lions in that we. can produce cel ery of very superior quality, we are so far removed .from the large consuming markets that .we . have a yery heavy freight charge .to bvercome. For instance, Colorado ships on a freight rate which "is about I 35 per cent of our rate. This makes it imperative that we -r ready foV harvest snip on;y the very best of celery, and like advantage' of the fact that our frost ; is delayed later than In other northern celery pro ducing sections such as Uichigan and New Tor k and come in com petition . more with California, which state has the same freight rate that we do. ! ' The Thanksgiving market is the best market that we can grow, our celery for In . this state, and our heaviest competition at that tim comes from California, which com petition is not very hard to meet, (Continual on page 10) CELERY AS SEEK BYTHE STATION ' FORCE AT BROOKS. SDIPRPOIFJT The Car Lots Go to. Twenty States and Canada in Cold Storage People of Florida May Eat Celery from La bish Meadows in Crisper Condition Than When It Leaves the Garden It Is the High Quality That Brings Repeat Orders From Far Places "Meadow Brand" celery is get ting a reputation. When it Is con sidered that car; loads of " this product went into' twenty- differ ent states and into Canada, many of which districts ' not-only are great celery producers, but pride themselves on their quality, it is small wonder that we take, a cer tain pride in having "the output move through our station. Upon every crate is a brand. This cannot, be said of any other Oregon celery. The brands, since the first shipments made in 1915, have changedisligjitly from season s 1 i 1 x f i . - y rt rr , . Loading a car with ceiery for shipment ; at the Southern Pacific station at Brooks to season, but the address. Brooks, Oregon, is always shown. Although no shipping point has xen established that would be an exact center of the Labish produc ing territory. Brooks is as . near that point as . seems necessary when the excellent highways "and roads leading here, already con structed and in the tnakihg,' are taken into consideration. ,' : ' The racxiities for handling the smaller lots which generally move by express have proven adequate. DW THE PUBLICITY MAN OF THE DAG GROWS CELERY FOR HOME US He'AdmitsThat He Has Made Some Failures, But He Will Not Admit That He Cannot Go Ahead and Do as Much as Any Other Man With Plants of Any Kind There . Are Several Celery Problems fBy C MclNTOSH) v; Production, of home grown cel ery certainly has- Its drawbacks, and It is one of tbefew: home gar den products likely to be inferior to the market . article. .. Another thing is" that" the Inexperienced grower Is likely to encounter an entjre failure or so before he learns the gentle-art -of getting the Tight eed strain, giving the plants the right t culture,; taking care of the health' of his plants, and blanching up the bunches for a first class product. The home gro-wn article has the advantage of being accessible in quantity de sired and in the freshest possible condition,:" It .may be 'produced at less cost than the market quota tions, and, most of all, its produc tion is a' challenge to the: ambi tious hqme gardener who if he is as epek-sure of his ability as the amateur .ought to be wilf never say die when it comes to compet ing with the professional. . r i ; As to seed, the home grower may make use of hi favorite seed deal-er--every real enthusiast ha k de For instance: Salem district has two counties growing the sacred myrtle the only place it grows on thisfcontinent. What unique fact do you: know about the, district? Address articles to Slogan Elditor care Statesman. Vii mmMitwMWMiiiiiin but although service and conveni ences for the car load business were quite all that was necessary, say.-two years ago, to such an;ex tent has thhrshlpping'grown'that it will be incumbent on the tym pany to Improve and increase both.' Some of the expansion has already been taken care of in the shape of an improved team track and driveway-which ranks, as far as good construction goes, with any on the division. It Goes on Ice All of the car load celery is shipped "under ice." That is, it ft is loaded Intof refrigerator "cars that are Im:lt with Ice containers bunkers in each end that will carry two and a half tons of ice. As the ice .melts out the car Is re-iced as It goes, guaranteeing the celery arriving ,at its destina tion really in better, condition than when cut. . To move these empty iced cars into the shipping-station and place them for loading where, and .when wanted, and then again to start them with the, Jeast. possible de lay when they are ready upon E pendable favorite and order from his catalog. In itself an additional thrill. Failing: this, he may con sult the vegetable gardening sec tion of the- horticultural, depart ment, at .the . 8tate college, or, he may ask his county agent if lucky enough to have one, . But however he gets the right seed strain he mu6t .get it or run the most ser ious risk of having all his efforts go to waste by reason of his plants going to seed Instead of - tender stalk. ..-... - ..'.-. . - Soil and culture are the ext problem. For soil I start the seed in last year hot . bed soil,, disin fected with hot water in case dis ease or insects' are suspected. 1 also use . a good , deal of this soil in the plant rowsenough to lie next, the plants and give them a soft,' rich clean contact. iThe oii within the growing area Is made light . with welt ,- rotted i manure sand and ashes. A light sprink ling of. salt completes the prepara tion., 7, . ' ; - -.- -. -The ; plants are kept growing steadily, as any stagnation In- :r. V ' their journey,' - , takes sefrvke," alertness and cooperation.. 1 , Following the Cars . It frequently happens tha when a car of celery is "rolled" tiat the jobber , to j whom it Is consigned wishes to place it elsewherb than originally intended when the car was billed. This information is given at once to the railroad at the shipping point, whereupon the car - is ; traced by - wire anl the necessary change made with no delay to the cargo, f The exlict lo cation of cars carrying thi type of freight Is known at all itimes, bo that a task that at first thought would seem : enormous- when one thinks of the thousands-of cars of oranges, ' grapes,; melons, lettuce -ahdf such like produce, is no such ai difficult, matter with the! mod ern System of 'efficiency. .1 a z; Is Interesting-Work ' :. "4It'i1s a; pleasing- experience to watch the' loading -of. a -car of cel ery. Coming up-from the fields crated in truck loads they are un loaded and checked according to their sizes 'and the grower's fn umber:- This, may be put int the warehouse! w-her'e . it is to. b$ re sorted or jdireetly, into the cr on the team track. ) Enough of hem are weighed to get a fair average, for it -ia impossible to i&sess freight charges, as the ice varying from time to time makes weigh ing the car on the railroad scale impracticable. A. tier of twelve crates is piled next the ice ii the end of the car, each row offour being strapped together bylspe Cially cut. lumber 2 In. x 2 in J and nailed soUhat they, will not $hifL Tier upon tier , comes ' until th doorway ; la reached,; where il left a small air. space for ventilation. As four crates do not fill the width of , the car, there is ajnpla space around each for the coll air to circulate, and , onej m'issid)i of " the; wood straps is to tkeep hese spaces uniform.' Across the lirger space in the center bracesl are nailed endwise so; that eveniwith the ordinary handling of thefcars during the many switching mores there is no chance, of the cates loosening and becoming damaged. ' i Gives Thanksgiving Thoughts ! Celery when confined, as ii the tight car 1 gives ; off a plelslng odor, -which. - with the dampness of the Icy air, makes one think, of autumn days and a Thanksgiving plate. : .-j f , -- -! 'f ; It. is remarkable how Jkmg a stalk of celery, properly cuts and packed, will retain its original crispness and succulency. Id the latter part ; of the - season Itf has been known to tstand two weeks or more in a warehouse, non too cool, without showing any deteri oration save perhaps a slights yel ;owing of the leaves. It Jsl this qu4j(itythat makes It possibll for tlofidlan to. taste real celery! the klM Krowit on the Labish Mead ows, , ' j? C. V: ASIIBAUGJI. , " Agent for the Si 1$ Co. Brooks, Ore.,-Jan. 19 19 2 1. r- ereases many' times the chance that celery vr ill seed Instead of stalk. I apply water as needed in ditches far enough from the 'plants to keep free water off of thera but near enough to reach the feeding roots. As soon as the top of the ditch dries out I rnn the rake on the wheel plow over it to prevent encrusting; It the sun get very hot I put garden benches over the rOWS. , I" . j.; i When nearly grown the plants are brought up for bleaching. ;Foot boards of convenient length! are put on each side of the straight ened plant and held at the -i8ht distance at the top by means of narrow cross slats with holes bored for targe nails dropped out side the - boards. The slats are nearly a toot long with -enough hole to j. permit bringing! the boards as close together a feasi ble without bruising the plants. The crop usually bleaches in about three weeks, so it la best to bleach In sections as needed,, I My experience twith disease! con trol ha not , been satlsfactorK as I have not succeeded so well :with the dust treatment which! in Igen eral has proved more satisfactory ban the liquid forms. 1 1t Is my be lief that failure has been du to imperfections that I might iave removed, by more careful vlork, and I am ; certainly minded tight now to proceed with the dust forms until I succeed with them or learn definitely that I cannot. And. what confirmed home gar dener such as I ever conceded that he could not do anything with plants that anyone else can tlot ' . " : v. t 1 j i t -t i. wh - . J