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'Afcl;ln-:::iUlbisitig Them Hclpf ul to Your Wonderful, iLCiij. and v Soction e mm. Dili0 mot mp um. mes r-'""T;.:: :; ' -SEVENTH ji " .'; , ' ,' ' THE DAILY STATESMAN dedicates two or more, pages each week in the interests of one of the fifty-two to a hundred basic industries of the Salem district. Letters and: articles from people with vision are solicited. This is your page. Help make Salem grow: : , - - J c on il BEGOilHG yiPIPBf RY . STATE. P.IARKETlilB J CITIES EASTEH i ft ; " 'h Very Complete and Able Article for This Annual Celery : Slogan Edition of The Statesman by the Highest and Best Authority We Have, Prof J A. G, B. Bouquet, Head of the Department of Market Gardening at the Oregon r; " Agricultural College : ; - i f 'Editor 8U(esman:' ; ' ' Oregon tLa unusually faTorablo - conditions tor- srowlns excellent '--celery, and while the industry of " producing and shipping has ' not 'yet, " reached!.. .th proporUon of - - some other ; states, yet the busi- -nefes la growing - and the crop is; ;inaint: creAter ontlet and .yider. i recoaniUon each year. . The: bign quality of the.prouettJargelyiatnployed. ;.-Now sprays, are being minnn iUbllshing a reputatlpn for, Oiigh class and excellent quality- celery rfoat will cause business to expand pjfcd sales to increase has been the anVbttion of celery growers of the stAte. That this object has been ' attained is attested by the fact that in bnt a few years the grow- Ing- of celery has developed from ' express shipments to the - present volume of business that now ron- slsts of shipping - many hundred ' cars yearly to .eastern markets. - Three Celery Districts The celery growing areas of Or egon ara divided Into three dis tinct sections. Lake Labish. near Salem in Marion county; i Trout - dale on the Columbia slough land ' of Multnomah county; and Mil r waukle, eight miles south and ad jacent to the Willamette;' river. ' The soil types in these threeplac- l es are distincujr auierenr,-tne j , Troutdale soil being ; a i dark brown, sub-irrigated sandy loam; tne Milwaukie land being baostly , - beaver dam. while the Salem soil is' a drained lake bed with a typi- ) cal peat substance.. ' - The KbEht Soils ' , - There are many- thousands of acres In the state- of Oregon cap able -of growing ftoC celery, bnt the acreage "should not expand in such a way . as to hinder the possi bility . or satisiaciory marsBuus. C jrtain kinds of soil jprodnce; the test results, particular ly3 the ; type ot soil mentioned as prevailing in the districts as mentioned' above. Tn soiltype-haa a very definite, - bearing on 'the size and quality and "ability. of the product to stand ; uju.'wHcb i? necessary If celery is to be shipped any long distance. One often hears of cel ery men discussing a certain lot f celery as being large and well alanched but they also many say that Undoes not stand up as It "should and therefore loses a lot of i it value. vf i-'f" .' -w I ni riimatlc Conditions I i ' Climatic conditions must be f I '; fight' io produce celery ol the best I 1 1 flavtor - and "quality. " In sections L of western Oregon freezes seldom ,faccur before Thanksgiving. There 3. a noticeable lack iQf extreme ?ujMmer :. temperatures, and tne cohduerve to the formation' of fine 'TSuality celery ' . s - ' ? Growing high class celery Is i r.rgely dependent on the quality, v. iwBM null , nniformitv o. the ' -iiT!lvtralnf--ioHie growers, hae ' iraae ti a practice w try ,T)iriuuB -a A am tit rinlon : Alf-hlAff4hintr ' "d Golden Plume In order to as-. 4 ce rtain what sources of seed wui g?e the best satisfaction. Gol-tfr-n Plume Is grown but little in mtintriion with the Golden self- - bl-nching. which 4s mostly of the . ta'l strain. A good strain of seed f"-st produce celery that Is large, firm, , very compact, erect, vlgor : Manrhlne well With a flni. rolden heart. It should also be free from excessive suckering v ' Produce -Two Crops ; There are usually two lots of olrv. crown so ; far - as season is rarmxl (ha earlv and the main J won. -Tof the early crop, seed " ' fihonld be ; sown about February -13tU to March 1st under glass and the plants - cared, for under glass . , until aooat-tna -lirsi-oi May, wnen f the field. jfettlns begtSllTQe maih4ery-fn4he erajte-ls very much more 4e--te-started bout April 10th f aUfaclire" thatf-tharwhichris par i .th in AtitAitor ieea neai uu the Plants ; are handled but once. r.amcir into tne iieia aanns aunc r - m't tka f trt 4ftt elerv is set 'be latter part of May, Seed "or the main "crop are man nd the top soil is usually v m order to have a fine I t! Rnil VitaL Srtllixatlon is a vital factor ucing fine celery. - Most ;plow under all .celery from the rear before -15 tons of sheep manure ;e and an additional ap Dt 500 pounds of super land 200. to 300 pounds 3 of potash. Some grow- - dress with 1 09 pounas of soda, and in other 0 pounds of .salt pet esslty of blight control lv utAsres of the rrowth on is beinr realized .by nore each year. Seed ljr or spraying which a ITS CROP l THE ON ITS HIGH QUALITY few years ago was not siren much consideration la now a regular practice.. The , growers maintain that if they-hare good clean plants to be set 'that theyhave started ut right "to control the blight. Growers, hare raried their Might control between spraying and dost- tng. The. former was used several years ago and,, dusting. .was later Used neain. hftlntr ratted htaner and fnlly as effective, "NIcodust" is used to control aphis, which were j comparatively; sparse ' in 1926, but in some past years have been almost as deadly in their work! as the blight. ' Wherever blight Is doing 'damage one can usually attribute the presence of it to failure to spray or dust early enough. Some frrowers .have not yet learned the lesson of preven tion being better than enre. When the blight begins to have the up per band it is a long, hard fight to cope -with It. 'and usually the grower loses. Thorough spraying of plants In the seed beds follow ed by others after the plants are set out is more than half the bat tle for cleanliness. Blight plants are reduced In1, vigor, In site and market grade, and themselves are, a menace to adjacent fields: which may be clean. , - ;; Our Celery lTnlform " It has been a noticeable feature of the ce!ery produced in these districts that it is exceptionally uniform in height and growtii.. This may be attributed to several factors, among which is that the plants are e6 oat-smaller than In other growing areas, which tends to & greater : uniformity, , and again, plants are Selected for their uniformity and Tigor when they are transplanted. ; 1 The average crop receives about six to seven cultivations, -f There is also some necessary hand weed ing and hoeing, which are listed in cost items to be found elow. 1 As to Irrigation; ) ; Tlllnn illlrv ftoldit eOm- prises three methods sub-Irriga tion,: over-head and ditch or tur row system. . Land that is situat ed low enough can oe very niceiy sub-irrigated, which is the most desirable form of Applying the water. , Open ditches which are four : rods apart receive the water from springs and the water seeps through the soil snb-surface per meating, the entire area. THIS mattirwi la' ideal, for keeping the leaves dry and the roots well sup plied with moisture. : Overhead pipes axe"- used for areas that are too high to properly sub-irrigate. Th n'noR are usually set UP about if bur times during the season, the water running -about twelve nours at each. setting.;. The overhead T-at-mm maies It imperative that a complete program of ; blight- con trol be earned out. .-. I---': Ther BUnrhlnff. : ' Ttianrhina- celerv with lumber is almost a universal practice. The important factor in the work Is to closely .watch the length of time necessary for 1 the ooarus to oo against the plants. Too. early re moval of tne ooarus jtb outer stalks partially green; This Is an undesirable coioroi ' mo product and .shows-, . up piamiy when it is cratea. on me ome hand too late removal ? of the boards gives av partially , spoiled product. Fourteen to. ; eighteen days are usually sumcient- to pro duce a finely blanched color and to make the heart lengthen and become an attractive golden yel low 'The fcunch is still -very solid and In fine 'shipping condition. One by ten inch , lumber . is used tor the early.1 shorter celery t and for the later celery one by twelve Inch lumber.; "Well blanched eel- tialiy green.1 ana tne graae on iu itt la red need accordingly py the government Inspectors. ; The Shipping, k - Getting the; celery out of the intA tit a crate f requires certain definite sOperationst;, first, the separating oi tne ounca . v aa. tnii twlnv, -.the Kround (,. ims nf the stalKt next the rapid.' puTlins' oft the,sucker$ and undestraoie ihuu w r - bi tiBhUr fitting bunch. Most cars of celery that are ! ahlppei rolL in cratea. rough or unwashed witn tne ru .iimi tn wasMne and tying i- iojttinatlon by the .hAiuin and retailers.. ;. Suck ers are very much worse on some strains and ' varieties than others .-.a Viat-a . th are :- numerous they enUll an added, burden and cost in trimming praa me num- of grade one nuncnes is rwmwu. Celery thai is xo ne saippeu packed In the fleld-tdirectly :fol- -i -,'. '. i i" '.-.'- '4'f ''-..-' : il - UCoatiaudil ta aea 12.) Dates of jSlogansi in Daily Statesman ; ' ln Weekly ' Statesman) , . T (With a few possible changes) Txesmberries,' OcLber 7, 102O Prune, October 14 : -- Dairying, October SI : Flax, October 28 Filberts, November 4 - -Walnuts, November 11 Strawberries, November 18 Applets November 25 . t '7 Raspberries, December 2 ' Mint, December 9 Beans, Etc, December 10 Blackberries, December .23 r , Cherries, December 80 Pears, January e, 1927 - ' Gooseberries , January 18$ "Corn, January 20 ' i : -Celery, January 27 Spinach, Etc, fetraary 8' Onions. Etc February 10 Potatoes, Ktc February 17. V Bees, Febrnary 24 ? ; 1 " Poultry and Pet Stock, Starts City Beautiful, Etc., March 10 Great Cows, March IT ..; Paved Highways, March . 24 Head Lettuce, March 81 Silos, Etc April 7 " t ' .Lefrumes,' April 14 Asparagus, Etc, April 21 r ' Orapes, Etc April 2S J 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; that we 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 handsome profit to our growers, and must of necessity result in the steady growth of the industry here; that, for a man with the right kind of land, some capital, and a great deal of industry there is room and certain fortune here in. celery growing; that there is a welcome here for more and more celery growers, and that celery growers in other sections can afford to abandon their places and come here, where they can grow quality celery ommanding $1 a crate and more premium? ' LABISH CELERY INDUSTRY GREW FROM 2010 PUTS IN 17 YEARS TO OUTPUT OF It Is Headed to the Stature of a Million Dollar Annual Cash Return Industry, With a Great Deal Larger Yearly Cash Turnover Before Very Long Preparing the S6il and. Making It Richer Much Painstaking LaborThe Industry Is Starting a Celery City By ELLA . MclIUNN ; When President Coolidge ate Oregon celery, or. more specifical ly, Labish Meadows?: celery at Thanksgiving time, and pronounc ed 4t "Most delicious,"' the dream of more than a score of years 'was realised in this culminating honor which, drew" the attention of the wor ld' to this million 'dollar Indus try , that has sprung into being upon' what was -once t abandoned marshes. :.--Ht6 ? Beginning in 1909 with 2,0O(H plants that covered possibly one third of an acre, ; there are now 256 acres under cultivation In the Brooks section, from which point 300 cars were shipped of the 19 25 crop, going to markets in twenty states and Canada; several of. which are celery growing districts embraced Inthe country between Montana and Texas, and as far east as Florida. The .192 6 crop totalled 367 cars. ' : Prohibition and the, decline of hop . raising were important fac tors in the growth of the industry, since some of the most skilled of those raising "beer berries', turn ed their attention to more remun erative forms of agftltnreirATia here it was found that the cele brated stone that the builders, re jected became the cornerstone of the industry; for marsh and bear-J er dam lands, too hopelessly soggy 4 for anything else, were found to be Ideal for celery growing, as the underlying meosture I from - hidden springs supplied the element to Hunt's Quality Fruits Hunt Brothers Packing Company j 'Canned Fruits and , Vegetables " . Bain Office f 2 Pine Street, San Francisco I California ., Canneries: - - " S California Haywardi San Jose, ' . Los Gatos, Exeter .Oregon Salem. McUinnvUIa, - - " - 'Albany : 1 Washington Puyallnp, Eamner Drug Garden, May 8 ' ' '' Sugar Beets, Sorghum, EtCf, ! May IS, 1927 1 " Watnr Powers, May 20' Mining, June 8 . . liand. Irrigation, Etc, June 10 llori culture, June 17 . llops. Cabbage, Etc, Jane 24 Wholesaling and Jobbing," July 1- ' ',;v Cucumbers, Etc, July 8 --' Gats, July 22 Schools, Ktc July 29 Sheep, Aug. 8 National Advertising, Aug.; 12 Livestock, August 26 Grain and Grain Producta, Sept. 2 . . Mannfacrnrlng,- Scptemher 9 Automotive Indnstrlcs, Sept. 18 Woodworking, Etc., Sept. 23 Paper Mills, Sept. 80 ; Summary, Oct.. 7 - (Back copies - of ' the" Thurs day edition of tThe Daily Ore gon Statesman are on hand. They are for al at :10 cents each, mailed to kny; address. Current copies 5 'centk) 36 MRS LflST.YEAB 7F j make the product superbly crisp and delicious. .. . A Big Undertaking. - j: . The marsh, however, had to be drained and tiled; and this was no inconsiderable task, as the several thousand acres in the area known as iAkeGaoislt require a eanal 'of sufficient depth to carry of fthe wa-ier poured mu H irom tne tat eral ditches and tile drains to keep Air Painting DONE WITH A GUN . i M. B. Sanderson . 1144 North Cottage ' O a k j arn d Pont i'a c Sales and SerTice ( ir" ' ' ' VICIC BROS. , High Street at Trad 'f jgjENp; A CQIPY -EAST 7 ' g--f -' " iV -: 'f J Setting It moving toward Pudding river, a stream of such slight fall to it that it frequently runs "the other way .when. highY water from the mountains puts an impediment of driftwopdf across it. :Nor wasj a-surplussage of water the. only element to be guarded against, for fire was as ready to fall upon it as was the Water, since the soil is composed of veg etable matter, and while resemb ling soot in blackness and weight, many acres lost a component part of its vitality in the early days when farmers, burning stumps or brush; allowed dirt fires to go un-, checked. Preparing the Soil. The ground for celery growing is all -but sifted, being very thor oughly plowed, harrowed and disked, after which it is rolled in preparation for the plants which have' been started in a greenhouse about February tenth; and which are ready for the open ground April first, although outside seed beds of vastly greater dimensions and capacity are used for the later plantings. These outside beds are covered with burlap, and kept moist by sprinkling, until the seed sprouts, since only a thin film of dirt. Is ever put upon the seed and this could not retain sufficient moisture for germination. .. When the little .plants have reached about an inch and a half in height, they are set out in rows, six Inches apart in the row, and the rows made three feet apart to allow for a horse drawn or motor propelled cultivator to operate, al though hand tools, are a general favorite in dealing with this most delicate, yet supremely delicious vegetable, i - Painstaking , Labor. Previous to the setting out of the plants, which is done entirely by hand, owing to the brittjeness which makes machine distribution impossible, the ground is : thor oughly soaked by an ingenius de vice consisting of a forty-foot gas pipe, plugged at ' the tend3 and holes . made for sprinkling the yonngjipjants, or rather the space to be "occupied hy-them in the row. Water i ik pimped, , into the con trivance from thf drainage ditches by means os the gas pipe being -supported at either end on wheels and propelled by j man C. J. PUGH & CO. . , : ' Jtamuf acturers of ? Canning Machinery; Grad .' era, Trucks, Etc f 550 S. 21st SU, Salem, Oregon ENp Tow Mor MoBUwanf Made Ui Orcgoa Bay at Stlam,' Onon , carrrax koitoicbstax. woixs V JT. O. Jonaa fc 0 Proprietor an Kind af Monamintal Work raetory and Offleot f 210 g. Com'1, Oppodto X. O. O. T ' ' ' -. Oomotory, Boa 21 Fkono SS9. .'. ' , HT.TTM. OMOQW : GIDEONfOLZ CO. Manufacturers .of . VTXEGAR - , SODA WATER ' C 'i Fountain Supplies -;. - - Phone 2d ' . .: Ore. DIXIE ' OREAD. DIXIE HEALTH BREAD '. . Ask Yonr Grocer . the young celery plants in power, "since horse's feet would make unsightly boles In the ground at this time. All this, of course,', is only upon the larger plantings, as the . smaller growers still depend upon the' hand water ing : pot, which requires a contin uous line of laborers moving with five gallon sprinklers toward the men (and women) engaged, in placing the plants in the ground. After growth has started in the field, trenches are made six inches from the hills." into which ni trate of soda is placed at the rate of 2,00 to 300 pounds per acre, this item of fertilizer costing $g5 per ton, and to jthis expense is added twenty wagon loads, of barnyard fertilizer, secured from farmers at the rate of from $3 to 5 per load, and which brings the enriching element up to $200 per acre. " Cultivation is continuous from the time of setting out the plants, until the first crop is ready for market about the Fourth of July, and continuing until New Year's, with the heaviest ship- ments just previous to Thanks- giving. When the plants have reached a height ot 18 incnes, wmcn tney do In the first three months of their growth, they are bleached. this process requiring about three weeks' time. . Boards, an inch thick and ten - inches , wide, are used, and being a considerable item of expense, but which needs to be repeated only at intervals of several years,, as the boards are used repeatedly. Five tons of wrapping paper were used to pre pare4 this crop for shipment and 60,000 yards of ribbon or cotton tape for tying purposes, blue be ing': first and red indicating- the second grade or size of celery Seed Comes From France. ' The seed is the only thing not "made in -America," although some Philadelphia seedsman is of fering, the growers an opportunity of testing American-grown seed in W. W. ROSEBRACGH COMPANY Manufacturers of Warm- Air Furnaces, Fruit Drying Stoves, Smoke Stacks, Tanks, Steel and . Foundry. Work, Welding a Specialty 17th and Oak Sts., Salem, Ore. F. G. LUTZ NURSERY We plan and plant (free of charge) , - for homes, large or small, all kinds of ornamental shrubs, perennials and rockery plants. Landscape work. 1809 Market St. Phone 1608-R CAPITAL CITY CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY BUTTER-CUP BUTTER -Known for its QUALITY Buyers ot Best - Grade Cream Our Method: Co-operation '-"Our Ideal: Ths Best Only , 137 South Commercial Street .Phone SS99 , SI1IP BY SALEM; 1 . OPERATING ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE Handling Merchandtss and Carload Shipments , f ,i . Between SALEM and PORTLAND and Way Landings . Leave PORTLAND 0: 00 Jeave SALCJ1 Care SUIPLIES DOCK PORTLAND Phone SL1ST B7I : r it 15 the' field a small way. France has thus far supplied the seed, as the germinat ing qualities, have been considered higher than that raised elsewhere; f or this ; importation : lo- : per pounds is" paid, but as one -ounce will produce 20,000 plants, jpr almost enough to plant an . acre. this item .of expense Is not . con-, siderable. : - 1 Trucks convey , the eelery to lo-i cal markets, while Uhe steam and electric roads' look aTler the Ion g er -hauls. - Iced refrigerator cars going out from .the little village of Brooks, and. with .Only stops long, enough for re-Icing moving as fast express to all. the metro politan markets in America. Tokuto City. . , All of the celery grown in com mercial, quantities' in the Lake Labish region' is by members of the Labish Meadows Celery union, J a Japanese-American . organization composed of 40 men. of which Roy Fukuda is president, Charles Ogura, treasurer, and Ronald E. Jones, manager." Between Brooks and Salem -there has sprung up a little town of, the workers, known as Tokutv City,, where there is a OIL-0-MATIC What Is It? '.' BKE. . THEO.M.BARR , Phone 192 , Xfc B. StTVSMOOB . . Salem Wicker Furniture . Manufacturing Go. . : --Wo Son Dtroet oaolao Battaa Boed Qnaltty ' .Fuxnttnxo ; Xopsirtec Brinlilijg, tTpbUUfa 8818 Stoto St, Salen. Orosoa , 1 V . T. A. Livesley & Co. Largest Growers; Shippers and Exporters of PACIFIC qOAST HOPS , . v.--. ' ! . r . . Offices: Salem, Oregon' and San Francisco, .;-"'-'-" California Oreg oil Pulp 1 : ; ti- . r; Manufacturers of C BUND LEDGER GLASSLNE -1 GREASEPROOF TISSUE " r ;- .' ' : ."L . V " - - :: - - - " ' ' ' '! Support Oregon Products ,:t- Specifyalem Made" Paper for Your . I .Offica Stationery WATER and SAVE THE DIFFERENCE : NAVIGATION STEAMER "NORTHWESTERN" SCHEDULE ' I A r Bl. 8nndars. Tneadavn C:00 A. Mw-7-JIondays, Wednesdays and Fridays ROUTE YOUR SHIPMENTS baseball park, while a hall for so- Tial gatherings Is planned. 1 The five great railroada'of the Pcif ic northwest, .namely: South ern Pacific, - Nohftn Pacific. Great northern, Spdkane, Portland and Seattle, and Union: Pacific all use Labish Meadows celery on their trains, the Southern Pacific having issued a most attractive menu ,card bearing a photograph of the celery gardens near Brooks and' a description of the famous product; the artistic production being the work of Cecil Vare Ash baugh of Brooks, i Not a bunch of celery went to waste last year., The store on the Pacific highway, operated by Roy: Fukuda. disposed of hundreds of bunches direct from the gardens to tourist travel. But, satisfac tory as have been the sales, the manager, Ronald Jones, is now making a trip through the east and south looking up new markets for the 1927 crop, which will equal, if not exceed that ot 1926. Cbrvallls. Oregon Agricultural college has 3665 long course reg istration. Whe-Ta-Lon A Superior Breakfast Food A Trial Will Convince You Whe-Ta-Lon "Cereal Co. 31. A. BUTLER, Manager Telephene lOOO-W ;5 Chiropractic For .I;:; Typhoid Fever I :f Under Chiropractic Adjust ments lven f according to a NeUrocalometer reading the di sease does not run Its regular course of 28 days, and in fact, if the adjustment Is given in itlme recovery is so rapid that often the affection would not be recognized as Typhoid 24 hours after an adjustment. "UNDER CHmnPBAnrm a t- JUSTMENTS there are neJtbcrfW Complications nor 'any b a d I erter-errccts. if you are threat ened with Typhoid see your Chiropractor at once and get a jNeurocalometer reading and, if necessary. Chiropractic Adjust ments according to this read ing. . ; . . . Remember this: f The Nenrocalometer Locates j Nerve Preesure Chlropractle Adjustments Be-f-- move ; Nerve Preeenre :'- Neuroeaiometer readings j . by appointment only :Dr.O. L. Scott, D. C 250 North High Street ' Phone 87 or 82S-R & Paper Co. CO. . . and Thnradava SAIX3I DOCK and WAREHOUSE i FOOT OF COURT STRXZT ' Phone 997 j i ) 'SHIP BY;WATZ2 tsd GAVC.ini DLFFE2T2ICZ: