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award a prize each week for the
best essay submitted- by a grade .
school pupil on the Industrie s7
scheduled on this page. ; ;
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each week in the interestb of one of the fifty-two basic
industries of the Salem district. Letters and artHes
myrtle the only piace it isiuwoy
J this continent ; What unique fact
do you know about, the district?.
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Editor Statesman
i Recently the enclosed page from
: the "Belfast Weekly News" came
to mt hands through Mr. Thomson
-nlth the article In It about saving
tlax,eed. I am sending it, to you.
witvUie lddrthat : perhaps yon
may find tit to.. be goodreadlng
for echieof 'the farmers of this
section of -the country. I I
.. Some of the figures in the ar
. tide would, need to be translated
into our usage, a stone being- 14
, pounds, and the dollars and Bng-
' lish money of 4 course " you are
familiar with. -v " '
' The subject is of Importance to
the north of Ireland in that they
have not been in the habit of say
ing their flax seed. They pull the
flax while It Is still more or less
green.' and allow the seed to
to waste; in their retting ponds.
The reasons offered for this are
that the quality of flax is impaired
" when it is allowed to stand In the
field long enough for the "seed to
mature. They hare felt .' that Jhe
. quality has been sapped out of the
fibre' in order that the seed might
be completely developed. We know
tat this is largely what happens
in other plants, where the whole
eftdrt. of. the Jpl'ant is to produce
the mature seed." ' ; .!
. This has meant that they have
had to secure fresh stocks of seed
each year. They bare tised largely
a" seed 'grown In Holland-, which
1 turn lias been raised" from a
seen grown in Riga. The Uriah
call the seed the Riga Child. The
British gorernment has been try-
, lng to encourage the growing of
raore 'flax, and the saving of the
seed. Durin gthe World war, when
prices were set by the gorernment
they -required the farmers to save
- the seed, since they released . the
control they have, been doing all
they could to find ways In which
the sed could be eared and still
not injure the quajity of the flax
la any way. -.. r .
Through the government, dl-
. rectlon the strain of flax seed
'known as J. W. S. has been pro
duced. This.. is v. pedigreed seed
' that has exceptional length and
quality, which' when' used by the
farmer greatly increases his yield
per acre.' an important matter to
the farmer,, and at the same time
gives him fetter . quality "in f his
fibre, a matter also of importance.
This seed is srown very carefully.
Thea4sijth.?sed In section
where no other flax is raised, so
, that 'there Is no chance for cross
fertilization. The seed is raised
in the county of Somerset In Eng-
v land, - but ; the fibre is raised j, in
northern Ireland. Of course the
government supervision, cannot
carry on after the seed is once
sold" to an Irish farmer, but they
are urging that the farmer should
try and save the aeedc -H; .'.. !r ;i
. The 'Linen Industry Research
association, ' an organization - re
cently established by the govern
ment and Cooperating linen manu
facturing establishments all over
the British Isles,, has been work
ing on a great many-problems in
connection with flax. They ' have
been recommending that the flax
should be pulled as green aa pos
sible and yet as Tipe as is neces
sary In order that the seed can be
saved. The association evidently
thinks there is something o the
idea that has been in the mind
of the Irish- farmer when, he has
let , the seed go to waste, but at the
same time it sees. that the value
of the seed Is worth saving if It
can possibly be accomplished. '
jThe enclosed article describes
the waythey,are recommending
that this be done. ; The process of
cattinc off the seed bolls and let
ting them mature separated from
the parent stem is more or less
rovel, but if it can save the item
of quality for the Irish flax farm
er, and at the same time care the
need, ft will be quite worth while.
The process, a I understand from
the article, is something about the
Erirae as rippling.: ; j
Of course one has to recognize
t! .at the rest of the world: saves
t'.ii seed, from the straw without
r v f rnn YAc ZkTA tSlI ortma nthar
r ,:t? of the world yroduce better'
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inDTu nn iDti urn
tUIIHI UI HILUiUU
,,uiaitne Seed in a Way That
flaxf than Ilrlsh flaxes. The en
closed article would indicate that
In he Baltic province flax Is
handled In the same " way as in
northern Ireland. S
i The point in the! whole article
tbatf makes'he . appeai1: to me 1st
that of the time or harvesting?
Evidently ; flax 'fibre loses its
strength and qnality? every day it
la left In' the field after a certain,
point has beea .reachedy; Pnlllns
needs to . be . done promptly, and
with our hot summer weather the
straw should cot be left in the
fields too long, - j V .
' There is one thing I like about
the f flax business here in Oregon;
and is that none of . us , know!
enofugh about the thing so that we
cani tell the rest just how It Is to
be done, and I feel that if we can
all Steep that attitude we can learn
a great deal more about'the' busi
ness as a whole and some day be
in a. position to really do some
thing. : M"':W;: :
i ; 5 " ROBERT H, DANX.'r
'3 CSaiem,' Ore.,. Feb.v4t7 1826
: it Mr. Dann is one of the mana
gers of the Miles ' linen' mftl In
Salem; -V manufacturing 'Miles
Made" flax salmon i twine, - shoe
thread, harness;, thread and: .gill
spun yarns. The article In the Bel
fast News ' Is principally Interest
ing here as showing the defferent
methods in flax growing between
the Salem district and the Belfast
section of Ireland." Cultivation
of. Flax in -Ulster, is the .heading,
and the following 1s ' the article
ini full, excepting the cuts:)
i .The marked decrease in the
acreage ; under flax in ? Northern
Ireland ; is causing t deep j concern
and no little anxiety tb all Inter
ested In the linen Industry, upon
which the prosperity of : the pro
vince to a considerable extent de
dends, and the question that is ex
ercising many, minds at the mo
ment Is what can be done, to. im
prove : the situation . which each
season is becoming more and rhbv
acute. According to the -statistics
dealing -with thl subiect, recently
published by the Northern- Minis
try of Agriculture, the acreage un
der flax ln the Six Counties area
last year was 37.812, as'compared
wltb 42.S3S In 19X4. whilst the
average acreage In the ten years'
period. 191 5-1 9 2,1' was, 6 J.82 0. Not
only has there been this serious
decline In the total area f flax
Under ; cultivation, 4t the' 'yield
of fibre per acre has also 'shown
a: falling off. The. trouble arises
from a "number of factors, some
of which ar and come are not.
under the control of the growers.
and there is a wide divergence or
opinion as to the f methods that
should be adopted Uo make flax
growing a more "profitable .busi
ness than it Is af'present. 'r
f There are approximately 1,40 0,
00 acres of land in . Northern
Ireland at present under cultiva
tion excluding. " of course, per
manent i grass ; lands and in ; a
seven years rotation it would
therefore, ; be v possible: to have
about 200.000 acres annually un
der flax. Assuming a return of 20
stones of flax to the acre-r-a very
moderate estimate and the price
at not more than 10s per stone,
the ; flax crops of the Northern
province would be worth 2,000.-
000 to the producers.-
1 The average farmer . will no
doubt, say that .that' looks all yery
well on paper, but that there is no
use" growing flax In this, country
under present conditions, as tt
does not yield, a sufficient finan
cial return for all the trouble and
labour involved in its cultivation,
f r'- Caww of the Depression
I It will be admitted that the
primary cans of the depression
is lack of balance between labour
costs and selling price of the
fibre; but if the economic factors
cannot be altered at the moment.
what can the producer do In order
to. increase ; the financial return
per acre If he continues to grow
flax? '
It was an answer to this ques
tion that a "Belfast Weekly News'
representative sought in authori
tative circles on 2nd Inst., and the
conclusion he came to from the ia-
formation ; plaeed at his disposal
was that flax growing can, in spite
of the unfavourable economic con
ditions, be made a paying proposi
tion by (a) Increasing the yield
of fibre per acre; (b) handling
the flax. in a, better manner, so
that it will comnfand a maximum
price- (e)rnak ins use o: fthe by-I
of i better varieties of - flax and
partly on. the the farmer's ability
to : Improve his methods; of culti
vation. The possibility of intro
ducing;: nw'ijrarietjea .ofr flax Is
considerably sparer the actual ac
complishment:, than appears to be
generally; recognised. There -Is at
present l sufficient -.fieqA .tf : the
'.rwS'r variety q 'nearly
2,000 acres this year, of which
Sufficient seed for at least 500
acres has been offered to I the
Northern Ireland Ministry of Ag
riculture for sowing in Ireland. A
concerted effort by ; farmers to,
save seed from this variety when
it is distributed would very soon
pause it to become widespread in
cultivation. Lack of seed saving In
Ireland will mean that It will be
well " nigh Impossible to provide
the 4.000 tons of pedigreed seed
necessary to supply annually the
requirements of the Six Counties.
No central seed bulking V station
ebnld ? hope to approach " : this
amount. ; v - ; ' .. , I . " :'
' . .The desirability of handling the
crop so that it will fetch top price
is obvious,' but ' the - question of
making use of the by-products in
such way that they will pay for
the labour involved opens up a
subject about -which there has
been considerable controversy,
particularly in relation to the sav
ing of the Beed. All concerned with
the production of flax will no
doubt be Interested" in" the results
of the . exhaustive experiments
which jaave been carried out by
the Linen Industry Research asso
ciation at the Lambeg Institute. A
detailed i description of these ex
periments and the result obtained
has . not ' yet been published,; but
through the kindness o fthe di
rector of the Institute a mass of
material was' placed at the. dispos
al of bur representative when he
paid a visit to Lambeg on the 2nd
Inst. ,
' Saving the Seed .
' Briefly put, " the experiments
proved that de-seding by the me
thod used -at Lambeg does not
harm the fibre; that the seed
taken off is in a suitable condi
tion for sowing; that a yield of
about 2 cwt. per acre can be ob-
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FBLin I8T00
Ps Golden' Vuf: Daffodils
k -Are in Full Bloom, Others
Coming On Fast.
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W. C. Franklin told the Slogan
editor yesterday that he had re
ceived bis" letter asking htm to
write for the Salem Beautiful edi
tion. ' But he said: he' was too
busy- j .: .
That tho-Golden Spur daffodils
are now In full bloom,' and the
later ones. are coming on fast. " ;
Mr. Franklin is rone of . the
pioneers In Salem's tulip industry.
He ' has: . the same place, on the
Wallace road. just o'utside tha
suburbs' of -West Salem, that he
and - WtTCvi Dibble ; had to start
with," eight to-nfne years ago. They
were the first to-vision the' fact
that this Is the best district on
the western" hemisphere for 'the
production of bulbs;- to find out
that .we grow as fine tulips' and
tulip bulbs here as are produced
in Holland. Mr. Franklin makes
a specialty of Darwin, tnlips. r He
ia making a decided success of
his business, and annually; at the
height "of: the tulip blooming time
thousands of .people, visit "The
Tulip Farm. - - '
'The Tulip Farm" is the way
Mr. Franklin and his associates
advertise the name of their business-jt
or "Mr. Franklin I now has
two associates. The name under
which, Jthey operate Is the Franklin-Young.
Bulb Co. . Fredv; M.
Young; I.Portland florist, ia the
Yo.ungr and Tommy Luke, Port
land, Is the company. lie is with
he Smith Flower Shop, Portland,
one of the largest concerns in that
line In the metropolis.
lOIHlTE
THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
v DID YOU KNOW That Salem
of rosehedges; that. better, tulips can be ?
grown here than in Holland ; that thr Jus,
- Salem's official flower, waves lits b ictory
-lMiftia wid b..! tawdrtuAtrvnth'pur meandering streams
through the city and our wide streets and hills and rich
soil and splendid setting, Salem is weH on the way to
wards becoming the world's most beautiful city, and that
her progressive people have ambitions and plans to make
It such; and that devotion to' the ideals of "Salem Beau-;,
tiful" will enhance the value of all property here, and
' make Salem the' best home city on earth; and that the
people here generally are now awake to the commercial
: value of making Salem annually more beautiful? ! s -
Dates of Slogans in
(In Xwice--week Btateamail ouowug vr)
(With a few p"fble chaH
Loganberries, October 1, 1923
Prunes, October 8
Ilrjing, October 15
Flax, October 23 1 '
Fllberta, October 2
Walnnts, November 5 '
Strawberries, November 12
Apples, November 19 . .
Itkspberrles, November 26
Mint, December S ,
Beans, Etc., December lO . J
Blackberries, December 17 ,
Cherries, December f&t , '
Pears, December 31
Gooseberries, January 7, 1020
Conn January 14
Celery, January 21" ' i
Spinach, Ef, January. 28 '
Oalona, Etc February A
Potatoes, FtV, Febroarj 11
Bees, Febrnary 18
Poultry and Pet Stock, Feb 25
City BeauUfnl, Efccu, SfarcJi .4, -Great
Cows, March It ' '
Paved Highway, March 18
Mead Lettuce, March 25 '" "
SUos, Etc April 1 ' '
Legumes, April 8
Asparagus, Etc, April IS "
Grapes, Etc April 23 .
Drug Garden, April 29
BEAUTIFUL
BUB ASSETS IN iiG JMOHE
The Capita! City Has Not a Foot More Open Public Park
Acquired by Civic Enterprise Than It Had Forty Years
1 Ago Several-MillionZ Dollars of Assets in Beautiful
; Trees and , Watmays ';Neglected--A Gentle Calling
: Down U
: When. "y wttl TJatem , peoIeve
awaken to a realization thatthis
-city has an unrecognized and un
developed asset of several million
dollars in beautiful -' trees and
"waterways. Beautiful ! , What a
hackneyed "term.' So. oft repeated
and yet .meaning I so little to, the
average person, -j ; Ijook .np . any
street and at the end stand groves
of magnificent ornamental trees of
St least twenty varieties. , Drive in
any direction' and 'yon come to
beautiful waterways. What are we
doing to protect them against van
dalism in many forms? Nothing.
Railroads, telegraph and telephone
e
lines, state and city paving, con
tractors, builders, of dwellings and
business blocks, all. slash into
them, more or less. Few if. any
ornamental : or : shade trees ? are
planted on ? residence ' grounds,
along parkings or permanent hi gh-
ways n.rri; " -f ;;'.- G
A At a low estimate this-rlty-and
suburbs has half a million; trees
and flowering shrnbs growing, on
vacant grounds, public places, and
along street parkings. A survey
should be made of our wealth of
beautiful trees- and native flower
ing shrubs along our ' waterways
and creeks and; river, banks, and
an improvement plan adopted. In
coming from Polk county into the
Capital ' City have you ever cast
your eye np and down the river
and seen what nature1, hasdone to
preserve the banks and beautify
the streets fend grounds adjacent
to the river? It is natural beauty
and nature in its least artificial
but most beautiful netaTeT 'Ten
years hence more than, likejl van
dalsi ; tree - butchers.woo'd Gutters
and private tree destroyers will
have" cleared them away, unless
protected now.
has miles of s-'
e far and
grow all the
glorious I native
Daily Statesman
Sugar rteets. Sorghum, Etcv,
May Of 1026
Water Powers, Hay IS
Irrigation, May 20
Alining, May 27 .
Land, Irrigation, Etc., June S
Floriculture, June 10 .
Hops, Cabbage, Ete Jane 17
Wholesaling and Jobbing,
, June 24
Cncumbers, Etc July 1
Hogs," July .8
Goats, July 15
Schools, Etc, July 22
Sheep, July 2
National Advertising, August 5
Seeds, Etcu, August 12 ,
livestock, August 19 ,
Grain and Grain Products, Aug
ust 26
I) tannf actnring, September 2
Automotive Industries, Septem
ber O
Woodworking, Etc September
: id" : .;,
fPaper Mills, Sept. 23, 1924
(Back copies of the Thurs
day edition of The Daily Ore
gon Statesman are c hand.
They are for sale at 10 cents
eac. mailed to any address,
current copias S cents).
CITY: COL. E. HOFEB
will not be seen from the opposite
shores; and what la a river that ia
not bordered by arboreal beauty,
doubled by Its mirrored beauty in.
the watery? j A river or, creek with
out, trees is -an ugly, sash in the
landscape. The pioneers did. the lr
nit br giving us-Marionr- Stroare
and the great" plaza v from nigh
street to Twelfth and' between
Court . and : State . streets.' ' Read
Sam Simpson in - his lmmortaJ
poem, dedicated to the most beau
tiful river ; In the .world, flowing
through our -city, In bis poem
Beautiful Willamette:
"Spring's green witchery is weav-
:'k Braid and border for thy aide;
.Grace forever haunts thy Journey,
'v. Beauty forever dimples on thy
. - tide - 4 i
In th'y crystal deeps Inverted t
.'i -Gwings a picture of the sky,"
, Like those - wavering hopes of
Aldenn, '
Dlmlv In hopes that lie.. "
j. Good care has been taken of
Kv i 1 1 s o n ' avenue and Marlon
Square by the - city and state.
Think of what might be done tor
the enhancement of ctVic beauty if
the banks of North and South Mill
creek and other waterways within
the city could be taken over and
systematically improved by the
magic of landscape art and engi-
liteerlng -skill ? Hare yon ever
been In ; Denver. 1 SaPt Lake and
other cities having stub. ' Improved
waterways?" Have you seen Cherry
dreek In the Capital oZ Colorado,
Us banks held by concrete retain
ing walls, planted with' artificial
trees and flowering shrnbs, lined
on each side with a sidewalk and
comfortable benches, where pedes
trians can rest, and; then a thirty
evard 6n each side of the
winding through the city t
t could be done at Salem and
all ' the adjacent property
most desirable for residents an e
add i substantial values, to thf
wealth pf , the city and i privaU
property. J;
The municipal authority vestC
dTX
In . Denver every ; drop of water j
u sed in the city is' brought long
distances by irrigation ditches,
and here it runs to waste in the
river. About all we do with these
streams .of mountain, water -, run
ning trQu.gh he city .Is, to .allow
them 16 be poll uted.v'f,4w touch
es of improveing ' the ' grounds
along tbeiianka'of these streams
have be'entnt,on by enterprising
citizens,' boL eewhat fine results
they have .obtained. . But we need
to approximate wholesale what a
few individuals have erected ; as
object lessons in retail. We are
suffering from, an excess of water
and a shortage of enterprise. The
moss Is slowly growing over our
ptetensions to having, erected a
City; Beautiful, and the moss will
completely , hide or destroy the
great natural j beauty that has
been our undeserved blessing. All
pretensions to larger park areas
have been voted down and de
feated, i. The City Beautiful will
never arrive with . a nickel-pinching,
i everybody-build-hiswn-pasTk
Idea, of a -city beautltuU .Some
enterprising thrift advocate : will
probably enjoin the city acQuiring
the proposed Tom Kay park. The
Capital City has . not a foot more
open public park acquired by civic
enterprise than it had forty years
ago. The City Beautiful . that
Salem ' should ' be will not come
into existence until . a broad im
provement policy is adopted and
modern ideas- of city planning On
a generous line are adopted.
I f ICOL. E. HOFER.
Salem, March 2, 1926.
Square Deal Welding in New
Location, in Better Shape
Than Ever
. Tho Square Deal Welding com
pany has moved from 349 Ferry
street to 345 Ferry- Charlie Dun
can, proprietor -of the. company,
claims vthatu this new: location
gives him better room to give bet
ter work to. his patrons. He states
that the .eaulpment which be now
has Is; the; best in the northwest:
He is afiJff to handle any sized job.
There- are-nonetoo? small -or' none
to large tor hlmi'i'If I cannot weld
so that I ft wilt stay I do not ask
mypatrons tot "bring the. work
back and let me try again, said
Mr. Duncan. "I do tho Job right
in the first place and guarantee
all my work." If he does not suc
ceed, : he
back.
will give the money
SPEfiOS IIS LIFE;
ii
Greenhouseand Floral Shop
Conducted by People :
V'With Sympathy..
Hector , Adams,"" who has been
four years in the floral business
in Salem, - purchased the- green
house at (1120 North Liberty
street last fall, where he now has
hiscomplete stock of bedding and
potted plants. Ur. Adams for
merly operated the Graber green
house 'j at :1196" D street. .A.Mr,
Adams has; spent the greater part
ot his life working with flowers
and V understands his 'business
thoroughly; He came from Al
bany four years ago, where he was
in business for ten years. . .
, Mrs. Adams operates the retail
storo at 4 5 3. Court 'street. The
shop is known ', as the Adams
Floral shop. Here is the sales
room for: the greenhouse. Cut
flowers, funeral designs, bedding
stock and potted plants are their
specialties.' . . , . .,;
ihieSest
WITH TIIE f MS
a0FFTOTIIEII,a,'ilI.0F
; C0I1US, GREATEST IH IE WORLD
November, 10 to November 9, Ending
r on That Date ot Last Tear r.ir. nanson nas seveiiii
Other World Records for His White Leghorns ; '
A The"' Slogan editor wants : to
make an apology. He is very
glad to make it. In the editor
ials of the annual poultry Slogan
number, last'Thursdays Daily and
last Friday's' Weekly, he said:
i "The first! 3 3 5 Leghorn hen in
the world was hred ahd is owned
n the Salem district; 1 the record
being made at the ' "Western Wash
ington Experiment Station at
Puyallup, the breeder and own
er being H.'-'M; Leathers of Wood
land, Wash.", near Vancouver and
Kelso, In what amounts to an ex
tension of the Willamette yalley.
This "world's? greatest hen is Lady
jewel, a White Leghorn. . She
produced more than 600 eggs in
two years.' - . . : "
That was all right, up' to No
vember 9 of last year. . But on
that date, or rather the day be
fore, Lady Jewel's nose was out of
joint. A greater White Leghorn
came on the scene;' also a Salem
district .hen, o named ."Hanson's
Pride," ot Corvallls, of Hanson's
Leghorn Farm of that city. - jlc
J. A. Hanson, owner of Hani
son's Pride," last Saturday, wrote
to a friend of the Slogan editor as
follows: . A ;;. . . , -' v?:S : .r s ;
"Inclosed .find a clipping from
The Statesman just received , this
week. -With our hen No. 4 3 lay
ing last year 33? eggs fn Washing
ton contest in 365 days, also' beat
ing Lady Jewel for value of her
eggs to the amount of about 31;
also a hen with more beauty and
better size, I cannot understand
this editorial in regard, to Leath
er's hen. could he please explain
this, or correct this statement?
" Indeed Ho Could '
The "he" referred - to is the
Slogan editor. Indeed he could
correct the statement
. And is very glad to do so, be-,
cause Corvallls is more intimately
a part of the Salem district than
is Woodland. Wash.
The Whlte. Leghorns' of Mr.
Hanson, and the hens of the Han
son strainr hare been ' taking
world's records right ; along. .
This ! alt conjirma. the oft -repeated
statement of the Slogan
editor that the Salem district is
the best poultry - country jia the
world.:.'' v;yri
SALEM'S OFFICIAL
DIHEGTIQ
; V'-'
It Is a Good Time to Plant When the Ground ts Suitab!a,
and Planting May Be Done Well Up to the End of June
the Flower Needs Plenty of Water and a Great Deal
of Sun Very Plain Directions -
Editor Statesman:
. ' Gladiolus planting, time is at
hand again, and I have been asked
by the editor of The Statesman to
say something again in. regard to
this wonderful flower. Perhaps,
with the constantly growing inter
est In this flower of flowers, some
simple directions as to . planting
and culture may be as' welcome as
anything' to those who plan to add
some gladiola Salem's official
flowersto their garden collection.
;t Planting here may. be done at
any time the ground is In good
condition Generally speSklng the
ground is . in condition when a
handful fef "dirt; squeezed in the
palm. Will granulate and not roll
into a sticky ball. If ground is
worked too early, when it is too
wet, it will cause trouble" almost
throughout the growing season.
It must also be remembered that
the gladiolus bulb is planted three
or four Inches deep, according to
Its size, and It welcomes; warmth
as well as moisture. A number of
good sim baths are required before
warmth penetrates to a point
where it will accelerate tha germ
in the bulb. However, early plant
ing may cause early rofot growth,
evenjlf it does not cause sprouting.
This early root growth may add
strength to the flower later. Plant
now if -you wlsh-r-always remem
bering that the ground sioutt be
- There a another reason why
the Slogan 'editor is glad to make
this correction It - Is. because
Mrs. Hanson is a former 'Salem
Ite. She taught English in the
Washington Junior high 'school In
Salem in -1915 and 1916: Her
maiden -name .was Lora Milam..
She i a sister ,,pli Miss. Ava ,-B.-Mllamwho
isdean. of. the- school,
of home economics, of .the Oregon
Agricultural college, ? and there
are other .members of the family
who have done and are doing big
things In -the world xf . affairs.
ThoMilam family is a worth
while family, and not the least of
these .worth while things is the
work, of Mrs. Hanson, ; with her
husband, in building np the great
est White Leghorn . strain In the
world, thus attracting all poultry-
dom to the Salem district., becausa
this is the best poultry country
on the green earth,tproven so by
actual accomplishments, and by
facts, that pile up as the industry
develops. .... '. ...''-:;--:
When the Slogan editor wrote
the editorial in question, he had
hot -the. information at hand re
porting the result of the last egg
laying contest at Puyallup, Wash
ington In which No. 43, bred.rnd
owned by, Mr. Hanson, compel
her egg.,laying, year with'337 eggs,
to her credit which ' was two eggs
more than "Lady Jewell," laid in
365 days. ". "
..Another victory for the Hanson
henkinttb1Is contest Is the further
fact thai, .he laid a larger ; per
cent of standard size eggs than
any other champion hen in this
contest,; Tier eggs in value exceed
ing those! of "Lady Jewell by
nearly jl. 4 ' -
y- The ' Hanson strain .has been
bred for;: large 'standard eggs
longer than any other strain. He
has the world record for a two
year individual "laying hen, and
for the four year laying hen; 614
eggs in two' full seasons,' and
1014 eggs In four years.'
He, is making .world ' records '
right along in contests through
out the United States, with his
trapnested pedigreed White Leg-,
horns.;. ;0 j
FLOWER , BY: UP J OIL"
t rfable. If - your land is of the
heavy clay variety by all means
wait . awhile t and save yourself
trouble later; as well as assuring
yourself best results.-
Planting may: continue on well
up toward the 'end.vof June for
continuity of 'bloom. v Plant a few
bulbs every week or ten days apart
and bloom will continue weft up to .
fr?st - -
Different varieties have differ
ent blooming periods. The aver
age length of time required - for
blooming is 90 days from the time
of planting. Some. varieties," how
ever, will bloom ih 70 days, some
in 80' and. so on up to as long as
120. By proper selection of .var
ieties planting of all may be made
at the same time and the blooming
period "lengthened." The later T""
planting, and thus the warmer.-
weather andt ground conditio! -l
the faster will the blooming perldSi
elapse. . . . . ,
In. plantlngr your, gladiolus bulbs
select a sunny situation, if poss
ible. The better the ground, of
course, the better the results. Do
not allow manure tb touch the
bulb. If your soil is prime, fert
ilizer is br no means an essential,
in fact is not absolutely necessary
in any soli that will raise good
potatoes. If fertilizer la wanted
for top size Jiloocia, bone meal or
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