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i 1 THE DAILY STATESMAN dedicatee two or more hundred bic ;industn your page. Help m Ml ' .I.' es each week and articles in tne interests or one or me nrcy-iwQ ro a p6jple"vith vision are? solicited This is emgrow. t t " ; -v- ir 1 V OREUDPSWILLB vmoiri E PRODUCED THIS TH Fuggles Variety Will Have a Shorter Crop, But ;the i f vu'tloolc fs for id Lai-ger Yield of the Cluster Variety, j'Aartd -There Has Been a Slight increase of Acreage for . J J v "the ' doming Crop-iJhe Prices Range a Good Deal -iTie Slogan ; man eielx . year ii 'clrtl yaluable Inforriallotr on th ' jndits(rr for the aonoaliop Slogan ionijof the best postid men In i thlid oil this coast J s He works at ftiU the tune, i . ij.utbln jk Cornoyer afef exten . slT; fcojp'dealert T. jst. Durtlh is I the othet ,ianiber ct - the' Ann. ThlaBTcRMcea ar JntihVUTbln ftbuildtng in Balenv. They represent 5 sottft ut the leading flfms In both ? th.-iofeiin and -Ajmerlcan-trade. , TheV.'also fatse hops.? They grow , thettf rln and turn out quality hoWJT.TherniVe the Curtis ranch v .with a 3ft acre yard at Talbot, the , ' I)Uf tifl yard on the SUrerton road, n"; Howell prairie, with l5 acres, andf (he 120 .acre. M'iioma ranch - nVe miles north ot Independence. ' 'They, hate a model ranch in the ; Aiitohia.' - They hare fine buildings aud u&e thorough jnethods. - They hate irHgatei Jill fhelr yards;, did lft year.' Are prepared to do so i Wheheve'rf n-ecessaryvr ihd it " a fret.fcelpi jsm season!' - J Thelf : kjfdma ranch. , wai oad tciaitwB .arr s k fcorjt of . hcadQuirterV! vtbr- the migrant oriflrB-actlylUesViVCThii W the , OTgahitiklOTt iboklnr ?out for, the : trelfir'ol the families' amoni the , I'icWetl In tthe ; hop tardi - of? the . jtHeyFheV httd'a'-greaVleOt on . na, Miioroa- rancq na carriea on a modet wdi t,:14lly with the . ..VLat Will lie Price?.". : Mr. Cornoyer has no prediction as to ' the- probable; price- that will be recelted for the .hop crop of this year- . It one Wished to con tract now, he would be df?ered 2 to 1$ cents Dound. - 2 '- ' (There iay pr raay hot'belt god market "in England for p'art t btif faops?;?f ht ,4Mr tontr'dl thai lasted for-re '-years- in that'icountryN ek pired: Aug 15,rl?r . During the Une of the qontrol 'American 6ps were admitt d only as needed by the: brewing itfduatry.; The ; thing to. 'take -the- place-ef- the-control -is a tariff, .and, that amounts to about 1 8 cents ', a pound 1 in -, American money. It has cost about 6 cents a pound-for" freight,, commission and 'marine 'Insurance to get hops from Oregon to England. Add 15 cehts, the" cot ;of growing, to the tariff and shipping costs,' and' you hare. 39, cents.. , In. 1924 the con trol set the. English : price .at ,SS cents.' ,It ranged last year at about 17 cents a pound. " . I -; Drpends piv Home Productioit -.Jhe-English demand for Oregon hdps depends largftly oa the home pfodactioh.' If. they have a short cfop, ihey all;wknb-aconiderable trmnagb of Oregbniops. -r. ' T But thet high class English brew- er? aftt 'Stme -Orcgoii. hops . any waiv to Kelp, the , weak. English hop. Oregon gro x better hop. f ot the nurBoie than Calif (!-nia does. Bet ter- f hAh- TVishtngton?. too.- And - the.same brewers will take -a larg er, tbhnage' .if they.- can ? get the highest quality. : They want clean picking..- They Want, & first class pack. The price, to say nothing of any .demand at sllaboTe bare necessities, in. England for Oregon bops In the futdrer.-wlll depend largely on. pick and pack. ;-, ;. . ' American Demand Increases " Mr Corncyer 4 says -- there has been a.rery large growth of k late in the American defOand for h6ps. and. the. same -may: be 3aid- Of; the Canadian demand. Both of these demands 'have grown In Ihe -past year. If this thing kfteps up,' the hop' industry v of , Oregon will-soon be oa a -solid looting again. ; Part of the Increase" Is dne ttf a larger consumption of the brews ith less than half of one'.pet eeilt of alcohol.,; Jflkely there- is a gdod deal of the old fashidsed.beer be ing made; and the Increase of the real beer manufacturing in fcaiiiida has.Talely bce.n "rapid, v.: f; '' . -Ihfreare only about lJOObses of:hop8 of thevi925icr9Pfef.l1!ii the hands of the ST.owers.'jandtb cr Qvk pf f or mer years, are -now -beg? Hgihle. protiabb: .500, balespJthe hands of growers. -. "P.lcked by; Pound Xqw: -, : Hops in Oregon "were picked: by the pound last year, , will be here after. 1 The price will be- around 1 cent a pound, though no action has been taken. . '- . ; 4: I There .will be need for over 26, too pickers.. It takes about; 40 pickers for every 1 5 acres 6( hops. The .big ; thingi : Caution Mr. Cornoyerls to pick cloafll.tb pack propefjyi'to give thfe market hop of the highest: quality. ' The future pf the Industry jh -Oregon depends largely upon. this, i ; !L.' . ' . Vltrtt it Costs r' V VIt . costs .the. grower ljS'. cents a "pound to" produce? hops -b.er.e7 if,'he hirer all jhfe wor dbfieTais'al lows nothing .for "4S0 or, rent of land or tiTewtori.mjney.iikeded. If the grower does Inot cbUnC his Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman i u;, y .. : weekl Stateunaii) y.v (With -a few, possible chSnircs'i LoKanberrJes, -October-1, 1925 Pntnea, October 8 ' - r Dairying, October . 15 t Flax, .Ot tobcr 22 . FUbei-ts,. October 29 -w Walnuts, November 5 . "-'. Strawberries, November 13 Apples,-November 19.i" ' Raspberries, Xovember 36 , lJnt. December ft. ; . :t Beans,- tc4, December 10"?v-fci Blackberries, December-17 " -. Cherries, December 24 - . v Pears, Doccmber 81 , .. Gooseberries, .January1 74 ,1926 Oorn, January 14 S , Celery, January 21 Splnacb,. Etc Jahdary 28 . Onions, Etc., February 4 ltUtoes, Et.i Febmary 11 , Bees, Febrnary 'l . - 7 Poultry and Pet 8tock. Feb. 25 City , Beautiful, Etc.,MArcfa 4 ; tJrea't Cows, farcH 11; Pared Highways, March 18 Head Lettuce, farch 2& tsiios Et;, April 1 . 1 : .. Ijpumefli April 8 i : ' Asparagus, Etc., April 13 -v Grapes, Etc., April 23 J Drug Garden, April 29 - W . Sugar, Beets, Sorghnm, Etc., - Iay 6, 1926 - . Water Powers, May 13 Irrigation, May 20 Mining, May 27 -Land, JrriRationt Etc., June 3 Floriculture, Jane 10 , Hops, .Cabbage;, Kte., June 17 VI"boIe8aling and Jobbing .. June 24 . Cucumbers, Etc., July 1 Hogs; July 8 Goats, July 15 School. Etc., July '22 Stieep, July 29 National Advertising, Aagust 3 Heeds, Etc., August 12 tJvatwlr. Alienist. ID I Grain and Grain Products, Aug ust 26 Manufacturing,' September 2 . Autemotir4 Industries, Sept. 9 . Woodworking, Etc., Sept. 10 w- Paper Mills, Sept. Kl 1926 . '' (Back copies of the Thurs day edition of The Dafiy Ore-, gon Statesman are on , hand. ' They are for sale at! 10 'cents each, mailed to any address. Current. copies .5. cents.) - ' THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOVy That for man y years Salem, has been the greatest hop baying center from first hands in the - world; that Oregon is the grreatest hop growing state in the Union; that the industry will persist 'permanently in ,e Willamette, valley, . owing'; to the fact that there is grown here a superior,' strong hop, for which there is a demand from fpreign as well as domestic buyers; that at the prices thai generally prevail few things that can be grown on the land are as profitable, and that the acreage of hops in the Salem district is now increasing and. will likely grow slowly from year, to year? Telephone 1 5 Capital City, Laundry I' -The'liundry -bf pure materials: '"TVe give -special at tention to alt home laundry work. Telephftn and" ire will' call ( ) Crown J3ru. Ej9re, S3 2 State St., has many hew' articles to show yco Every conceivable thing in the way of drags and drug store specialties are there. ) ji ' "- j ;'., ' I' - . : 1 V "r-.-S''- -' .!..' Abput $300 an Acre Each Year Must Go to Labor ir Cul- tivating and Training and Picking and Drying This Product That Is, About 15 Cents a Pound Must Go to Labor Before1 tbe Grower, of the Hops dets Anything , f pr.the Use of. His Land Money or Work in Putting His Product onto the Market. Last year - H.' W. Ord, who was then in charge of the E. Clemens Horst Co. hop yard,, the largest In the world, and -who Is now in charge of the yard of the Livesley interests being put out near Chili-wack.-'B; C.; wblch 1s to be the largest yard in : the world, wrote an article for the annual hop Slo gan number ot The Statesman, of wliich- the following is a review of fii outstanding" Ideas: i!Ie proposed this slogan: ''ICS' - " Jla .growing and harvesting th " hop',," The grower gets most of the crop. "Verification : Growing...harvest ing and curing an acre of hops, the grower gets 2.000 pounds; 2,000 times 15c is $300. This $300 is the workers' part of the crop. We do not know of any other crop in the world that 1h grown on a large scale where the worker gets $S00 out of every acre of that crop that is grown. The . best future; con tract that can be obtained at pres ent Is 16c per pound for a term of three years. If the grower can possibly reduce his expense' of growing, say to 13c a pound, his share of the: crop. profit is $60 per acre against $300 that the worker gets.' These figures Were true for 1 f 24 "and, are -holding their, own for 1928. The growers1 worth while profit only .comes from 'one of those rare years where in all other countries- hop crops fail and ours does not. This is what the grower is holding on for. "The proportion of the grower's earnings, , com pared.tote . work er's eprningy- on? aatcrer.f1fhopS, is one Jire.'-in. favor f't&atYork cr. : No'Jttiatter vere 'theprice of bops XSh the worker's $ 3 0 0 per acre AlwayaYs ;assarPMtI ;Weneed t he bop -industry" In our state. ; ? "This 3 00 thai the worker gets aar hi part of the profit from each acre f ' "hops grown in our state is i4. payment for his labor, and commences to be paid to him In January and. February when all work $5 scarce.. March, April and May are the peak months of the field Vork, .with .June, July and August. '(when berries,, lumbering and other Oregon industries have a demand for the worker's time) only requires, a small number of workers. 4 September; is the , har vest. mpn,th when the worker and his entire family are paid more l'or their labor-than in1 almost any otherjliffe'of work, excepting per haps cherry picking, and it is then that thousands of families provide a winter nest egg. "There are "about 12.000 acres of hops id Oregon; 4300 Irom each arfe f ttiese hops,- or vtbree mil lion, and six hundred thousand dol lars, annually go io-the workers of our etate from the various hop fields of the state J Let's keep the hop industry." ' iWgress of Year .Mf.Mri Ord wore writing now, ,e might takel 6,0 00. acres as the basis, including the. new yards coming into bearing this year and next,' and that would, give him $4.S00,000tor the share of the workers. . , Also, he wonld say that the market outlook has improved. ne would, be : offered now. for three jear contracts, perhaps, one 23 and 20 's. That is, he would bo offered 23 cents a pound for this year's crop, and 20, cents for the crops of next year and 1928. i The Dixie Bakery leads on high class breads, pies, cookies and fancy baked supplies ot every kind Best by test Ask old customers. 9ciuirt st.f; v'-'it;!;;' o nttf ve ydu tried Better ;yt Bread Sureyou'il like It. It makes your cbUdren healthy and sturdy 5 APk your grocer, . f : "6 WETS. RAPP5l:r AGAIN WASHINGTON, June 14. -Tbs wet blocs group of proposals for' modifying the -dry ' law . were as sured tiday of a place on the sen ate cafei dar but they will go there accompanied' by an adverse report from the judiciary committee. Af ter nearly-two hour's of. debate in committee today, the measures wfere . adversely reported with an accompanying " recommendation that action on'tbem be definitely pbstpofaed.-J '' ' S Parker & Co., 444 S. Com'L Don't fall to sed Parker about re pairing your , cart Expert me chanics at your service. All work guaranteed.- - - A' I How .long, since you. have had a good slice of breadv; Ton. will find the Better Yet Bread very.appi tiling and;healthul. For sale bj all grocers.- ' v () Bftsic in rausiii mmm beiieficiil ; : .1 USES OF AGRICULTURAL LIME lHV.IIIiAlfiETTE VALLEY ' v. HCOISTPIIESOF 0BE60H MM. MM TOLD tTTTj n immette im(lCdastiCdun y-;.!3gil8 Soil Is DecomDoied Rock; Inert Mineral Matter When by Nature Enough Oecayinfj Dr . panic Matter Is Added to This inert Mineral' Matter ?to Make -an Active Medium or VHofne for Soil Bacteria to Live and Thrive Within and Upon, We Have a Fertile.Soil .t '-futTTiere Is No Way to Correct -Soil Acidity; Preventing the Living and Thriving '-.vtotSdHBacteria,,; Excepting With ume. . , Harem '-i't v. use ,of lime, h'o weyer, will inevita bly result . In many disappoint ments. The question which con fronts every farmer Is whether his soil. is. in -need of If me, and if so, inhatauanUties.' : '- Soil is decomposed rock; we "call It inert mineral matter. When by jhiture enough .decaying or ganio "mater Is added te this in ert. mineral matter to make an ac tire, medium or home for soil bac teria to live and thrive within and upok-we have what we call a fer tile soil. Hence, we keep in mind this fact; A fertile soil- is inert ' mineral matter, incorporated with dec4yihg organic "matter. - Every tiller of the soil should keep this simpler but "truthful statement foremost in his mind. 1 ; N,ow let us add a fewv more of -te necessary ; adjuncts -. to - .the abde I. e.: a fertile soil is inert minefai matter incorporated with decaying organic matter, lin a rea soTUvbly. neutral condition... This Is to. sa,' should, the soli : be too strongly alkaline, or too strongly acid, the condition wilt nave to be remedied," or the soil remains" un fertile or, unproductive of deslra- bleT crops, the: farmer, wishes to raise. It is the tendency for soUs arid regions to become alkaline, and In humid 'regions to become acid." We have a typical illustra tion of. this in Oregon: eastern. Orrgoa 'has the. tendency to be cpmf alkaline, ,whlle la western Oregon the tendency is for the soil to"" beconw sour or acid. Fortun ately.: however, only; portion -of western Oregon hare reached t&ls ...... . a v - - ;' stage. ., - - - - - - - - In western; Oregon, with our beavy winter rainfall - which baa been going on for centuries, the tendency U to leach or wash away f rom'l.he sJtl the i'asic materials. 1 TlaA none he soil is farmed with Edltor.tatesman The' stkle of OreeOn ed,to aid the farmer, in applying J modern methods of tillage an,d Utne. to the western Oregon lands J marketing, tne more tne tendency repairing It. TheiW.iscr1nUiate.pfa- tTOSeVce the organic matter of our. son; me resuu DeingNioqe priv dif 'bacteria ror soil organ isms' of their home and their food, and to allow the rainfall to pass V';4 through the 'soil' more rapidly) or unchecked." permitting hetai&fall to be even more etfectlve-.in'; the Ieachings of the basic materials of the soil. Hence our acid -or sour soil conditions In many regions of western '. Oregon. 1 , Z No Bacteria; No Life every .-tliler of the.soll, or pefnaps we would bettercall it for every one who grows crops or plants,, is the fact -that all forms of attnos pheric, organic, and mineral plant foods are made, into -"available forms so that the plant can assim ilate them through the activities and work of bacteria or soil or-, ganisms. . And it is this most im portant phase of farming soil fertility and plant fdods--that the importance of the basic materials of the soil becomes paramount1 la 4ts necessity. Without the bac teria there would be no atailable plant food; without the available plant food there wonld - be no plahtsr-'without the vegetation-on earth' there -would be no other' life. Calcium or lime being the most practical basic material for --" the farmer to obtain and -use upon his soils, brings us to -the Importance of our iapply of calcium, lime.; br agricultural lime', as we may de sire to V;all. it.. And we are indeed sens have-bad the. state of Oregon 1 phorus", potassium,--, and . sulphur, supply our needs. , and then j the soil falls to raise a Let the bacteria Live ! full ctod until the miasine 'ele ment or lts missing portion is sup-. Another .important thought for fortunate that .well meaning citK Remember, the plant derives its requirements of carbon, hydro gen, oxygen, and nitrogen (mostly combined , from air and water, and the, energy from the sun; and its mineral calcium, iron, mag nesium, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, chlorine, manganese, silicon,- and sodium from the soil! But also remember, all these at mospheric, organic and mineral plant ToodS are broken down or manufactured into forms for plant use by desirable forms or species of bacteria or soil organisms, and where the soil is too strongly acid these bacteria cannot rllve , or ' do not thrive, and we have the con dition present of an unproductive : or infertile soil. V, "And Let Them. Thrive Some soils are by . nature de ficient," 'others become" deficient, in their content or their available forms of nitrogen, calcium, pbos- plied. And again, some plants, or most plants, , desire , an abundant supply of one or more of these mentioned elements.- Hence, the reason for the-existence of the commercial fertiliser industry. Having had close touch with the situation, we have . observed' In cases -in -which very liberal 'and proper 'applications of manure to the soil have Called to produce the desired and - expected results even though the neces&ry decay ing organic matter, was supplied, and in addition quantities Of plant foods were supplied in-the manure the extremely acid soil condi tion prevented the existence- and the well being of the soil bacteria. To break these down into forms 3iat the plan could use, we have a umber1 of these. -experiences to check.' up on. - However, fortun ately, when Agricultural lime was used and given time to accomplish its work, wonders have been per formed. The plants or trees have come! to a healthy and productive stage and Jiave continued to keep so foif the past three or fo'ur years, and In some cases longer and we have 'every reasbn to believe and to know that as long as the pro per balance is kept, as Indicated in the early part of this article, "these results will continue. LLime the Prerequisite We have in western Oregon soils that are seriously in need of morej decaying organio matter. The practical-way to secure this is to raise cover crops' and ; plow them junder. ' : However, 'some soils are so sour -and impoverished, that without lime and. fertilizer, the soil .is unable to produce a desir able jcover vcrpp ,ail, because the acid or sour soil condition retards or prevents the work' of the "pro per bacteria., I Even where' a 'pre donderance jof Iron" 6r aluminum compounds exists in the soils, or 1 j "' "' " "" : 1 ) ; V t' ' - . 1 r J y ! i f ! i s ..' r . r . .j --- i . -, - - - . . '.. , ... I ' under early fall sowed Tetch and rye to add decaying organic matter lb llrCfioi!Cl)rTparatoTyJ to planting potatoes on irrigated I and of Brace Bowrie"ai Turner OreirorL lIc- taken TIaj:a8tn,,lv25. . Xhi3 crop turned tinder is equivalent to about 25 tons of manure neracre: when lime Is txsed to neutralize tne. soil acidity: br addinir the neerfeH riomu and crop requirements in fertilizer. By proper tillage operations and by intelligent seed selection and treatments; who may say. what the limits will be with mir unerreiip Plowing tore the soil malic conditions for crop pre i where toxic, soil, conditions exist, the libera use of lime will correct the wrongs.- Afany regionrr Oregon have reached the cxfndi tion where intellgent thought and effort will have to be made to ef fect a favorable, cycle. j Li me has the tendency to ren der stiff, heavy soils more mellow and friable, so that more perfect seed may be made, and to cause light, 'loose, .and "sandy soils to become more compact. Both of these are' decidedly beneficial to the tiller of the soil in his efforts toward successful crop produc tion. .''.V.: "V ' , ' i Cro Needing It Most Experience In western Orcgoii, with the use of the state agricul tural "lime,." Shows' ". cdnclusiTely that special consideration may profitably! be ; given to -the ,llme between the crops of high Ume re quirements and those .. crops known tQ .be of -medium, and low lime requirement, 'Some crops in. western Oregon known to be of high lime requirement are hops, beets, sweet cldver, alfalfa, peas, re4 clover vetch, barley, cauli floWr, rape, kale, cabbage, aspar agus', broccoli, mus'kmelon, celery, lettuce,' onions and spinach; while crops knownto be of low lime re quirement are: white" clover, rye, oats, hairy vetch, buckwheat wat ermelons, strawberries, pumpkins, rhubarb, cucumbers, beans, flax, com and potatoes and buck corn or (plantain and sheep sorrel as weedsT ." .- . , May Be Applied Any Time .1 - k.l.Un4.l .llii ma ha all- plied at any time the land is in condition, to work upon. How- fVJ ever it is preferably applied upoiK plowed soil," early In ' the fall, so thai the lime' fday be incorporated with the upper layer of the soil this being the ideal condition tn . exist. About two tons per acru ,. are ordinarily bsedi However, i crops on that portion of the fieM j across whlcb' double this' quantity . has, been occasionally, put." tnaVes the' farmer wish his 'whole farm could bp. thni. treated, especially for Jeguminous, crops, - The bene (fit of liming ordinarily shows up f Within a. year ..Sometimes, ho- I ever,(.'.it take's two' years to show. Results then are plainly visible forefront six tdjlO years and sotm- j times longer." The farmer should t have his soil. tested. by the Oregon Agricultural 'college at CorvalHs. his County agent,4 or some one fTj lime requirement is below 1wf toris" per acre, the profitable us of lime-is questionable, except lor the legumes and other high lima i CvStlsstd es pift 11