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It Is Made Up of Enthusiastic Younfj Bee Keepers in the
- Eola Section Has a Leader Who Is Experienced in
, the Industry and Takes a Great Interest in the Work
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ized February 1." 1 920.; by H. C
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boys' and girls' bee club was the ,third to be organised liflhe state.
n-L - v. 1. 1 .itth
they hare a sympathetic and able
1. n of the leadinr men In the
.nA laarninr to txrform'
their apiaries, and therefis no doubt
I of themselyes in future competitions,, ana in meir earning capatu.
In- the accompanying picture, reading from left to right, are,
' firrt. Dorothy Mead; second, Maxine Ferguson, secretary, and treas
r "tirer; ' third, Edward Antrican; fourth, Lewis Hafterson, president;
J fifth, Roy Hafterson Ticej president; .sixth; 'Curtiss Jrguson, and
JiseTenth B. I. Ferguson club leader. Chas Wilson, a , member, was
..not nresent when the picture was taken. ' - .: d
' TIIE USES OF AGRICULTURAL LIME
!,., - If J T11E VAU.EY MID COAST GQUffTlES
I . . i .Hi''
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Lime Has Been Used in Crop Production Since. Early Agri
- cultural History The Chief Reason! for; vkk Is That
of Correcting Soil Acidity Practically ?AII the Soils.of
: the. Willamette. Valley and Coast Counties Are Acid
(Most readers of The Statesman
J knowthat "recently the state lime
v plant wai remered. f rom Gold Hill
S F'lo Salem, where v it was. Installed
v- - ! at" the Oregon - state penitentiary.
t : It is now being ', operated there,'
"and it is "turning out more agri-'
4:uimrt uuw i.u-.i- --
3 peciea. iu cyci.j ui iu y.-
I r-was supposed to be j-bout 30 tons
a day; - Tfle macmnery was bouq
over and, pt ln thorough -order,
with .hf resulti that its capacity
has been- iacreased" toJaboutn-40
4ons day v.practicallyi a car, of
lime- av day.' '-The - prices of the
lime at the penitentiary have been
fixed, for the" tlrtd being.' at $ 4.7 5
a ton, in bulk, and $5.50 in sacks,
' the sacks -tobe . returned. This
. makes the' cost much less to the
valley farmers, especially where
they call with their trucks and
haul . away T their ' supplies. The
jcost to tthem, ' including freight,
;was $8 to 7ta ton when the plant
was at Gold Hill, and they were
obliged tobu In carrots, in or
der to secure sren such costs.' The
ctate buys - the lim rock at the
Vquarry near, Gold Hill at 1.25 a
ton. , It pays. $2.05 a ton freight
! to the penitentiary; the .rate hav
, pg been reduced from 22.50 a
v ton, under. an understanding with
the state lime board iwhen nego
. tlations were on with Governor
Pierce for -the removal of the
plant to - the penitentiary and; its
operation there as one . of the
prison Industries. :.rThe response
of the farmers hasbeen gratlfy
i n it.'" They have been'taklng the
lime as fast as it has been turned
nutr and. there are tmany orders
al.ea1v: There is another -phase of
the matter that cheapens the sup-
rly further. The lime at Gold Hill
was 80 per cent purer ? That
turned out at the penitentiary is
5 S per cent pure, making a' gain
of nearly a fifth in Its potential
value. "Facts are being assembled
for an up to date and authorita
tive circular for, general dlstrlbu-
t Son, Soo ne pnea xt agricultural
lime, with directions for applying
it. In the, mean time, the follow
Ins excerpts from the circular pf
t:.a state lime' bof'-1 t" was
n-T-J while the pla: Gold
will be oMntt ? ling
. -ir.5 : ' of ' the
- o ! r.v lrcular .
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I . .a3 Lcea used I-
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first in Polk county.'was organ
Seymour, state club leader, Oregon
uWni4itt(i In t hfir Wftrk. and
local leader in Mr. FergusonVwho
industry in this section. The boys
the actual work of attending' to
but they will gire good accounts
auction r since early agricultural
history.- 'The chief reason for its
use is now recognized to be that
of correcting son acidity. As. soils
mature and age under: humid cli
mates, the degree of acidity tends
to increase. Soil drainage bins at
the ' Oregon . experiment station
ltd,. W it Tata nt frnm KA
to 100 pounds cf lime per acre a
year,
Good crops of legumes such
as cloTer and alfalfa remove - 200
to 300 pounds "of lime, per acre.
The decay of organic matter and
the. ageing pf mineral soil mater
ial also tends to develop acids
which require lime fotheir neu
tralization. (W. Ij.IPoVers).?
Acid Western Oregon Soils!
Practically all of the soils of
the Willamette .valley and the
coast counties are acidJ The soils
in southern Oregon are also found
to be acid to some extent, while
the soils east of the Cascades,' ex
cept In limited areas,- marsh areas,
are not acid. Excess soil acidity
will 'be corrected with - approxi
mately one ton1 of ground lime
stone an acre Applied to the na
turally" drained lands of the Will
amette valley floor or the river
bottoms. Wet soil types that re
quire , drainage, like our white
lands, may need 1H to 2 tons, of
grqund limestone as an initial ap
plication: ; Red ' foothill, soils may
require 2 . tons of lime as an Ini
tial application; to correct excess
acidity,' ' though ' subsequent appli
cations may be lighter.;' ;
The soils f department of the ex
periment , station or " the county
agent can test representative sam
ples of soil taken according to di
rections, to determine the approx
imate lime requirement, upon re
quest. - A rough test can be made
with litmus paper or by other
methods in , the field. (W. r I.
Powers). J.J.::; '
- Results From. Liming Soils
Unfortunately recent statements
circulated -Ja an eastern : agricul
tural Journal gave the misleading
Impression that westera Oregon
soils are abnormal in that they do
not respond to ' liming.- '-All the
exact '. experimental evidence of
the Oregon station has shown that
liming Is fundamentally important
for acid soils la Oregon and that
they respond to ; this j treatment.
Lime "Is : found: to? be helpful on
acd soils of poor fertility, par
ticularly where legumes ara to be
gr.iwn. At the home station on
" hite land " lime has caused an
Increase of one-half ton.Alslke
clover at' one catting and lime and
manure have increased the yield
by nearly a ton per acre at-one
cutting. In the coast hills vetch
has failed without lime and has
made -a vigorous growth on the
same kind of land when lirite was
applied. The lime at the Astoria
branch experiment station gave a
gain In vetch hay of 1.15 tons an
acre.' Lime has pa'id In a 12-year
trial on naturally drained soil at
the home station.. In liming trials
the percentage of clover surviving
has greatly increased. Moderate
increases have- been noted on the
other crops grown in rotation as a
result of liming, probably due to
improved tilth and f erttrltyjJ flTests
show Tthat liminic- hals corrected
hacidltybnUhese'tJlots, Improved
the soil structure aad aided nitrl-
ficatloh.? (WTL. 'PoWerrsi . "' ;
' KtaVi Itate anrf jletiiorf
Lime can, be applied .agr .con
venient time when the surface is
fairly, dry. Where clover is seed
ed on winter grain, lime will need
to be applied ahead of the grain
seeding. Lime can be hauled di
rectly from the car to the field
and applied with a ground. lime
stone spreader, or with a manure
spreader, which . is partly filled
with dry manure then coated with
lime,;, or with .'a shoveL Better
returns are realized from lime,
and from manure, where these are
used v together . than where used
alqne. From one to two tons an
acre .can be used, depending on
One year is not long enough to
demonstrate the value of liming
as the fullest benefit may not de
velop until, the second year and
will be distributed over many
years'. Lime will not take the
place of . drainage, manure, fer
tilizers, or the proper preparation
of the seed bed, nor can these fac
tors take' the place of. lime. 'Lim
ing is one of the necessary steps
in keeping up fertility, in our fer
tile humid soUs and In building
up; our "run down" acid soils.
(W. L. Powers),
,".-".:- State Lime Board - ' ;
j, To enable Oregon , farmers to
obtain agricultural lime at J the
lowest! possible cost, the legisla
ture of 1917 created a state lime
board, the. members of which are
appointed by the governor. The
legislature also made appropria
tions for the . construction of a
plant for producing the agricul
tural lime . whieh has been con
structed at Gold Hill, Oregon. ,
The state lime, board consists at
present of the following members:
Sam H. Moore, chairman, Corval
lis; A. B. Cordley, secretary, Cor
vallis; John Shlmanek, Scio: M. D.
Bowers, Gold Hill; C. T, Gilbert,
Shaw. ' ' "'IVr I
. : From Lime Users :v
I base mjA experience; of tl use
of lime, on prune and cherry-trees
on testLmade fo hi &S&bOi hi five
years, applying a
ground limerock and hydraled
lime. I.conskler Jlme a j good 'in
vestment for 'trees "especially
cherry ' trees. The'i thy-ton : fcar
referred' to I had ? spread over
twenty acres of my forty acres of
nine-year old prune orchard with
a land plaster spreader. ' I expect
to use another car next year. j ;
Gideon. Stolz, Salem, Ore.
The car of limerock was cer
tainly very beneficial to the land;
it has Increased the production at
least one-third to one-half, and I
believe it a very profitable invest
ment. . . ' " t .
' . John Benedict, Aumsvllle, Ore.
. I bought two carloads of lime
from . the, state lime board last
year and have secured better re
sults with lime than from any of
the commercial fertilizers. ' Lime
is the . only .fertilizer I have ever
used from which I have seen any
real benefit, . 1 , -
' f Homer Gouley, Shaw, Ore.
- The cars of lime that, we bought
were for our own use as a fertil
iser, and we applied them all on
our own ground. We paid 14.00
a ton f. o. b. cars, Gold Hill, par"
production was increased twenty
five pej cent by the , use of this
lime and we consider "It a : most
profitable - investment because
lime is the best fertilizer for our
soIL .
-' E. demons, Horst Co!,,
1 -" , V Independence, .Ore.
" ' H. N. Ord. Mgr.
We have used between 500 and
600 tons of lime bought from the
Oregon ; state lime board. -This
has been ; used on our farm one
mile west of Shaw, red hill soil.
The price tor several years ' has
been f 4.09 per ton f. o. b. car at
THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
DID YOU KNOW that the lands in the Salem district
are as well adapted to the growing of sugar beets .with a
high sugar content as the best beet sugar lands of Ger
many; that the great Salem fruit district, using and due
to use vast quantities of sugar annually, can raise its
own sugar beets and establish and maintain its own
sugar beet factories, and can do it at a profit; that,' in
the service of a self-contained prosperity and growth,
this ought by all means to be done, and done as soon as.
possible; that there is ample capital here now, If as
sembled cooperatively under the right sort of auspices
and leadership, to accomplish, this very desirable .end,
and that it would not be a difficult - matter to secure
sufficient, sugar beet acreage in the Salem district to
supply a sugar beet factory, properly financed and man
aged? . - " :- ' ' " 'r
1 pi Dates fo;Slo&ans n Daily Statesman
i - film TwIce-a-Week Stateemaa Following Day)
(With a few possible chanaee)
'Loganberries October 1, 1025
Prune. October 8 i . j
Dairying, October lttL'f
Flax, October 22
Filberts, October 29
Walnuts, November 5 , :
Strawberries, November 12
Apples, November 10
Raspberries, November 20
Mint, December 3
Beans, Etc., December 10
Blackberries, December 17
Cherries, December B4
Pears, December 81 '
Gooseberries, January T, 1028
Corn, January 14
Celery, January 21 ' , ? 1 1.
Spinach, Etc, January 28 -Onions,
Etc, February 4
Potatoes, Ftc, February 11
Bees, February 18 ' '
Poultry and Pet Stock, Feb. 25
City Beautiful, Etc, March. 4
Great Cows, March 11
Paved Highway; March 18
Head Lettuce, March 25 -Silos,
.Etc, April I , .-. -Legnmes,
April 8. .. . , ,.. .1
; Asparagus, Etc, April 18 - 1
Grapes, Etc, April 22 ;
Drag Garden, April 28
plant, freight S2.00 16.00 deliv,
ered at Shaw. We have secured
good results from the use of two
tons per acre and consider the
money paid for' the limestone a
good investment. Clover with- us
on land not limed is not very suc
cessful, but on limed land we grow
goodyvigorons clover and a mark
ed increase in grain yields follows
the clover. ' ''
C. T. Gilbert. Shaw, Ore.
I have used 75 tons of the lime
rock during a period of four years.
Production especially on the le
gume crops, was Increased on our
hill type soil, which Is very acid,
from almost total failure to very
good crops. - ETen the small grain
crops after the.' first ' year of ap
plication, were tfcacrea8ed from 25
to 100 jer cenCTTcertalnly con
sider limerock on acid soils one of
the vervrbest ' Investments on re-
mixture i otlturns the Willamette valley farm
ercaHmake ; The, rock wasj of
good' qaaiity,1 and' crushed to re
finement considered, desirable for
land distribution.' ? q
- J". J. Doerfler, Silverton, Ore.
This Can Be Done by Adding
i the Chemical Properties t
Which It tacks
(Fred Lockley, the well known
staff writer of the1 Portland Jour
nal,, who-'knows everybody, and
whqm everybody knows," and who
f ormerlyjworked for ,The. States
man and The Pacific' Homestead,
has been interviewing J. C. Kaup
Isch, of Canby, Oregon, who Is a
sort of Oregon Luther Burbank,
who breeds Chinese pheasants arid
does high class gardening, mostly
for the. love-of- this; work. The
work of Jtfr. Kaupisch is an Inspiration-
to :dny farmer jof this
'section Eollowlag 'Is one of Hhe
interviews . of ilr. Lockley with
Mr. 'Kauplsch, published in the
Portland Journal .of last Satur
day): -. . " . ;
. Recently-I visited the home of
J. -'C. Kauplsch at Canby. .. Some
men work because they have to.
Mr. Kaup!' --ks because -he
loves to.
k is" his recrea
Jill SOI
L n BE
UCM
0- A.CO?Y'EiSl
Sugar Beets. Sorghum, Etc,
May 0, 1020
Water Powers, May IS
Irrigation, May SO
Mining, May 27
Land, Irrigation Etc," J one 8
Floriculture, Jane 10
Hops. Cabbage, Etc, Jane 17
Wholesaling and Jobb ! m g,
'June 24
Cucumbers, Etc, July 1
Hogs, July 8
Goats, July 15
Schools, Etc. July 29
Sheep, July js
National Advertising, August B
Seeds, Etc, August 12
Livestock, August 10
Grain and Grain Products, Aug
ust 26
Manufacturing, September 2
Automotive Industries, Septem
ber 0
Woodworking, Etc, September
16
Paper Mills, Sept. 23, 1020
(Back copies of tie Thurs
day edition of The Dally Ore
gon Statesman are hand.
They are for sale at 10 cents
each, mailed to any address.
Current copies S cents).
tion. No golf bug is ever more
enthusiastic about getting "out
upon the fairway than is Mr."
Kauplsch in getting out into his
garden. No fisherman ever
whipped a stream more enthusi
astically than Mr. Kauplsch works
with his pheasants. ,
"I have eight lots here," said
Mr. Kauplsch. I use six of them
for garden. I dug a well 60 feet
till it came to the gravel. The
water never changes level, no
matter how much I pump. I have
a one-horsepower,, electric pump.
I have 14 hydrants on my place,
which enables me to control irri
gation. It costs me about $2 a
month for electric power. When
I took this place the neighbors
told me the soil was so poor I
shouldn't be able to raise much of
anything on It Look at the soil
now; it is as fine as flour, and
wonderfully fertile.7 I am a chem
ist. I analysed the soil and found
out what it needed. - I added lime,
sulphur, phosphate, bone ' meal,
nitrate - of " soda, sheep guano,
chicken manure and - barnyard
manure in proper proportions. No
soil, no matter how sandy or how
much clay it contains, but can be
made as rich as this soil, by pro
per treatment. Last year at the
Clackamas county fair I took 43
blue ribbons and nine red ribbons.
I , raise beets, carrots, pumpkins,
squashes, ; celery, roots, lettuce,
radishes., corn, asparagus,' onions
in tact,' several' score of j vege
tables. ,y ' , v... ,,; -; i ' ' ' '-.
VI guess the love of, the soil Is
natural to me. I attended a school
of agriculture in Saxony when I
was a boy. I was born in Saxony,
August-14, 1862. After attending
school "I went ,to the. agricultural
college, where I took a foor years'
course.- Later I took post-gradu
ate "wer k In chemistry" nd crop
rotation. When X was sr little boy,
no higher than so , high, I took
care of rabbits and pigeons and
had a Shetland pony. I learned
the creamery business in Saxony.
From there I went to; Switzerland
to learn to make Swiss cheese. I
also learned to make limburger
and. French cheese. In Holland I
learned to' j make' Edam cheese.
From " Holland I went to -Belgium
to learn; to make - Roquefort
cheese. When the czar of Russia
applied to the German government
to have an expert, sent to Russia
to teach the Russians how to In
stall creameries, I was selected as
the man to go. I went to the' ag
ricultural experiment station near
Moscow. That was in 1872, .and
I taught them -cheese-making and
also about creameries.''
"I served In the "Franco-Prussian
war but that la a long story,
and has nothing to do with my
work here in the United States.
Yea, my face Is somewhat scarred..
The scars under my eye, on my
cheek, on my chin and on my neck
were"' caused -' by- thrusts from
swords. In those days In Ger
many it was the custom to fight
duels and I have fought a good
many. When an army officer was
challenged to a duel he could not
refuse without losing caste among
his fellow officers. I do not like
to think back to those days.
"I Installed the first DeLaval
separator used In the United
States;' This separator was invent
ed in Sweden, and this particular
one was purchased at Hamburg
I installed It: at Elgin.Tll.; for the
Elgin , Butter company, owned by
Billy Hindee and John Newman.
I was '.manager of their creamery!
We also" made butter and cheese.
Because of my4 knowledge of
creamery i methods ''Gail Borden
ments fn condnsing milk. I start
employed me to conduct experi
ed the condensed milk industry at
Elgin. That - was the first con
densery in the United States. In
1887 I went to California and
started a creamery there. Later
I owned and operated one In Ne
vada. In 1892 I came to Oregon.
I ran a creamery at Vancouver,
Wash., for some time and later I
operated one at Portland. I start
ed the first pasteurization milk
plant in the United States. If you
will read the dairy and creamery
journals you will see I am looked
upon as a pioneer along these
various lines. I ran a creamery
at Gorvallis for some time. Later
I gave it to my son, who is now
with a creamery at Portland.
When T came to Canby. 14 years
ago, X bought a creamery here
and operated it , for some years.:
' "With my pheasants, my chick
ens, my garden, my cow and my
other outdoor enterprises I keep
busy the year round. I can hard
ly wait for daylight to come, to
get out into my garden, for gar
dening is never drudgery to me;
it is a keen delight. The alchemy
of nature is fascinating. Two of
the things that you must mix with
the other Ingredients in garden
ing, to make a real success, are
love for the, work and pride in
producing the very best product
possible." !
ROBERTS BUILDS
It is time well spent to visit the
fine new poultry plant that John
J.1 Roberts Is just having complet
ed on" his farm. First of all Is
tbpWltTythbuse with' a capacity
for 400 Jjens.." It Is a modern OAC
laying Jbouse , ' 7 f V , -r-
x. "rpbertA and. Will, Pettyjohn,
wio I ))the principal carpenter,
went to Gorvallis before construct
ing the .building and got the plans
from , the new, laying house Just
recently put up there. The one
on Mt. Roberts farm Is the only
one in Oregon outside pf Co rv alii.
The house measures 20 by 76
feet and Is built entirely of first
class flooring. ' There are : three
divisions.' ; The first Is a room for
feed and all poultry supplies, in
cluding a desk to keep accurate
accounts.' The - other two rooms
have each complete equipment for
200 hens. Many new. devices are
used tor' food hoppers,' roosts,
nests and green feed holders. A
track carrier which Is suspended
to ; the. height of jthe dropping
boards makes disposaFof all clean
ings an easy mater, An . acre of
ground around the poultry house
will be divided into three sections
and planted with,, green stuff to
provide runs that can be used al
ternately. , '':,
In ; addition to this equipment
for laying stock Mr. Roberts has
also had -built modern houses for
young chteksi ;ttnt after plans
from OAC. : A brooder house with
warm pipes and hovers takes care
ot 500 little Chicks. . Connected
with this is a run for. the chicks
which Is 60' by 120. feet. When
the chicks are partly grown they
are transferred to movable range
houses which have a capacity for
100 chicks. Three - of these . are
already built. ' ach one measures
about 8 by" 10 feet. The root Is
made ot. flooring and shingled.
The sides are entirely of wire net
ting. - The houses are built on
unaers so a good clean range can
provided easily. JS -: -J ;vi.
- AH the ' buildings are painted
hite andvery neat la appearance.
MODEL HI
TWOYEAHSOF
SU6I BEET
" T
ESTS MADE IHTHE SAIM DISTRICT
They ShoW That This District Can Produce the Beets-With
the Right Sugar Content and the: Proper Test of Pur
ity,.AIso! That Our Lands Win Grow Acreage Tonnage
High Eribugh to Make the Industry a Success for the
Farmers . ; -i : : .
Tests in sugar beet growing In
the Willamette valley have been
made over a j period - of "nearly
twenty years, j They, have shown
that we can produce the beets with
the proper sugar content and per
centage of maturity to make the
industry successful here, and with
high enough tonnage per acre to
make the growing of sugar beets
profitable to bur farmers, aside
from the cultural advantages in
rotation crops and the value of
sugar beets to! dairying and gen
eral stock breeding, with the tops
and molassea for feeding- '
Jndeed, there were tests some
fifteen s years ago " that 1 showed
beets with sugar content as high
as 25 per cerit, ; which Is a remark
able showing, i ;-, V;.;;
The past two crop years made
good showings! on several of the
tracts tested; and 1924 was a very
poor year for $eet growing owing
to a long dry spell in the growing
season.- : j-'" ..'
Last year a fetter showing was
made, on the average, one tract
producing beets with an 18 per
cent sugar content, 89 per cent
pure. ' ;;- -
Railroads Fell Down . -There
was a project to - grow
this year 500 acres or more of su
gar beets' ln the Salem' district, to
be. shipped to the factory at J3eK
lingham, Washl, belonging to the
Utah-Idaho Sugar company. - The
proposition was for the growers to
stand 50 cents a ton of the freight
rate, the company and the rail
roads to absorb the rest, the con
tract to be the same as offered to
the growers afound Belllngham.
But, after a lot of promotion work
was done, the railroads fell down
on their part of (the understanding.
Tney would not; absorb their share
OF COURSE THE FIRST DHEGOrj SUGN
FJpSMLDBEillTlSIILEfl
Prof. Hyslop of the Oregon Agricultural College ' Says It
: Should Be jn the Western . Oregon Farming District
, fiiioic Mici ca uarge
wHuiawuu ui runiei5
iVfrS, 100
.? z'..: -.
Projen'a statement given out re
cently by O. , R Hyslop, agrono
mist 'i at the Oregon Agricultural
college,-the following excerpts are
taken; Prof.- Hyslop being per
haps the best Oregon authority in
this field: - - .... .' ,
"Sugar beets were a very Im
portant topic in agricultural 'dis
cussions in the middle 90's in Ore
gon. . The experiment stations at
that time conducted a great many
trials on the feasibility of sugar
beeta in different fwtetinn nt east
ern Oregon, in southern Oregon,
and in the Willamette valley. A
very, few - tests were made in the
lower Columbia! and In ' the coast
district, - ! -
, Beets Practicable
These tests I were nrlnclnallv
small plantings of the best snrar
beet seed available. In some In
stances yields -Were secured, but
principally beetjs were ; gathered
and tested as to their sugar con
tent, A great many of these tests
showed that the various sections
of Oregon were capable of produc
ing beets of a good enough sugar
content for successful manufac
ture:; The sugar - content; was
Bomewhat higher in the eastern
Oregon districtj than in most" of
the, western ; Oregon district, but
in ; practically every - section the
sugar content was high enough to
make. manufacture commercially
feasible. .j .
- "These trials; were carried out
through a considerable number of
years. After that time a factory
was located at pLa Grande. This
factory was situated In the heart
of - a big" farra country,' where
grain, hay. and livestock were the
principal features. Practically no
farmers had had experience la in
tensive crop cultivation. It did
not prove to be j a satisfactory lo
cation becausa at notlna dU the
HIPI
of the rate. . Our farmers were
ready. iThey y would have , taken
the 500 f acres .and more; likely
2000 .acrfes. - . . -':h: -."' :
The flolowlng ar,e , the records j
for the testa made here- in 1,924
and last rear: -y.. 5 i"--V-i'-.w "!
",. ; The-1034 Results , .
Addrcg. jl - Pr.CC Pr.CU
it. o: HwM. srm..l:lJis.s t7.i
Bin! Rirkkrd. Jpnctioa City 1S-S, t S7.4
H. I Bck, Springfield.. 14.7 87.2
PnJ My em. 8pringfleld.. lS.S " S9.7
DLoiik A iSoDR,- Brodmd 14.2 , S5.3
G. O. Hirhbrrr, Hubbr4 14.5 , 85.8
C. A. Bri Turner 15.5 . 8S.S
8 H Brown, Oervi. u"ia.a ' S4
Q. P. HylP. Oerri .... 1S.S SO,
, -The 1925 .Results
Nana and i : - :
Address '.-If1 ' ' r , -
8arT Parity
fr.vu fr.vu
H. M. Standi far. 8s lam : 13.7
S4.S
1 84.0
4.7
85.9
85 5
9U.S
85.S
88.4
83.3
83J1
'81.S
81.3
, 8S.3
85.3
BO.S
Sl.T
O. F. Bate,- Salem 13.5
F. A. Doenfler. Maclcay ..'15.3
R. Jeaei, Salem ,.,,., , i9
C. J. gtupfel, Salem f 15.7
C. Jensen. Salem . , . 1S.S
Sam Inngen, Jeffersa, 15.1
ja. r. nunto, B lera la.T
F. A. Rasa. Orrrsis 15.7
R. C. Hsllberj. Independaaea 14.5
Simon Barnes, Gerrais. 15.3
Koyca Allen. (Ul.m . , ,, 13.3
Harold Elf strom, Salem , 14.4
Frank J. Klack, Sslem. l"5.0
A. Hchennacker, 8alem 17.1
A..W. Powell. Sslem 18.3
J. J. rVoertler, 8ilTrtoB 180
(There were records of tonnage
per acre made last year as high as
24. by C.J J.' Stupfel, Salem; M. P.
Bllven, $alem; and Sam Inguen J
Jefferson!. Royce Allen, on t, v "
beaverdam land, made p
16 - tons to the 9"
were made
V - WWW SHM i
J- , ins
factory., uer the
tests of j cUT8, he was
ready to c. .ct for 500 acres or
more' (ai m'uch , as rtbe "growers
wanted) J as stated above. An
other effort win be made for next
year, either to grow beets for tht
Bellingham - factory, If t the rail
roads will absorb their share of
the freight rate, or for one to be
erected Iti Salem). , !
rarm Area ana a Lcrge Total
- ana mere Are utner Reas-
factory have sufficient acreage to
give it a long sugar maklne cam.
-palgn.5 1 - -
' Wron'ff locations '
"Some -jyeara after. Its establish
ment the factory was moved to an
Irrigated 'district in Idaho where;
Intensive farming was carried out.
Later on another sugar beet fae
tory was, promoted and built In
the southwestern Oregon district.
Jackson,' i Josephine t and Douglas
counties contributed the beets for
this factory, but here again, while
the sugarj content was good there
were -cot enough intensive farmers
or total land area suf fident to
assure the factory enough beets
for profitable production. - "
Our District Best '
"In order to be successful a su
gar beet factory must have a
rather 4 Urge 'acreage of -beets.
The investment In the factory Is
a large One and It Is In use for a
relatively short period of .... time
during the year. Consequently
the production of " beets - Is only
feasible in a section where there
Is a large enough body of land and
a large r enough group ef f arm
era to assure a constant acreare
For this ;! reason it appears t,hat
probably .THE BEST PIACE w
OREGON FOR THE LOCATION
OP A SUGAR " FACTORY 13 IN
THE WESTERM OREGON FARM
ING DISTRICT where there Is',
large" farm; area and largo total
population of farmers. ,
Good Sugar Content
" 'The experiments carried out by
the Oregon experiment' station
many years ago, showed that in
the middle -90s the sugar beet
produced fairly good yields and a'
good sugar content, running any
where over . 15 per cent i sugar.
The sugar, content was amjly
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