"THURSD AY MOnNTNCj, FEIHtttAflS 17; 1 027 ddt. Hi of 4- ffi e Slogan7 : WM: SffiBjicf Tl-m tlie Potato ustrv OOWHOESiElOmpDMBP;! aaisouGiiTiras'TOBESo tan Be Made So, if There Is Proper ee8 Selection, the Uiit'Sbilsi'Cood Cultural --Methods; and Grading and Storing and Marketing With the Supplies Fed Into the 1 Markets fn Regular Order College Authority U., S. , standard. No 1 potatoes worth here w 11.75 a hun- fed pounds. That Is a very good ice. "There is good money in Itatoe at' this price. U. S. stand- id No. potatoes re worth $1.25 hundred pounds. Even that is fcood vice. : And good potatoes bra the farm, at th Salem gro- ries, ve not as strictly, graded f the U. S. eUBdards rtall tor, are Inging the" growers ft'. 50 a nun d poiHKls; f r: jThoao prices i-wtH sot always ievall, but the grower ,wb will Iserre. the- rules .laid ' down by je Oregon Agricultural college thoritfes wIU always '.get a re iinerative j price and this puld b -the" general tiling, year ter year. :t tne industry -were sulated at It should be, and. or sized, and storage faculties pro led. and jaUlthe other things Be that -.ought to be done for a stabilization of the Industry 4 it shefold. be Stabilized. . It puld fee takes out of the Jilt and fs, haphazard class.' It should made safe sod sane. 'J .More Thogtr iterfter The Salem district - should pro ee more jiotatoesy JbitX , nly fough prefacing and marketing jtfer potatoes;..' ' , ir ;The following are someot tie fys in- wMek tonx growers vaay this.necondiag to Prof. G. R. plop, yrq -crop specialist Ore Jn experiment station: -f"The. WTillaanette yalley potato 'M eomenox a lot of discussion Id critic Wwa- the last lew years jpause yarioas factors -have re sted dacatker unsatisfactory rket dfnaad8 and -returns. The 1 ; potato growing district -of gon is, .the.." district extending OM llABJOJS COUNTY HOJBTH THB.COLUMBIAJIUVEB, and cl Utif-' tvrohahtv anffpri more W any other section of the state pause fif the inability to sell po- rI'oes at as large a profit as desir e. i ' Faulty Methods The outstanding reasons why potatoes have been disappoint S to a.attmfter of persons are jte numerous, despite the fact it Indicates steady but grad 1 Improvement in potato yields, asonswhy the industry has an under fire are: too much in lor and absolutely" poor seed used; too many varieties are ,ng grown; the Industry has Iny jumpers they Jump in and V prices ' kick them out; pota jss are -not grown regularly or de a -regular part of farm rota n dn a-large -enough number of ms; many soils, are put Int? po oes when they are unfit for per 4eveIepment of the crop; ilty cultural operations hinder 'the crop Jn making a maximum of production; lnadequae and even entire absence of storage facilities limits successful marketing of the crop;, no grading and improper grading, lias hurt the industry very much, i Good ts. Poor Seed "The time Is approaching when folks will begin to purchase seed potatoes, and a very large num ber will buy, or save for their own use, a lot of the small, 'single drop potatoes that weigh from half an ounce to two or tw6 and a halt ' ounces, and will use these for sedd purposes. ."The whole seed is the very best kind of seed to use, it is con ceded, i but growers should know that these little potatoes that are sorted out of the ordinary crop are small because of the presence of disease. Some disease, like mo saic, or wilt, or some other , trou ble, ' causes them to stop growth quite early In the season. ' Result that they, are small. These small, single drop seeds will re produce the disease and it is but a snort while until the strain of potatoes -has 'run-out. Cull gpwlg Make Cull Plants "We believe In the use of small whole seed in cases where the fields are absolutely free from dis ease, but we know that the sorting out of culls for planting purposes ia virtually certain to result in badly diseases stands of potatoes. "Your livestock farmer or your dairy farmer does not save out the scrubs for ' breeding purposes. It is equally true that the potato farmer should not save out the culls for reproducing the crop. Too Many Varieties Used 'A large number of people are growing too many miscellaneous varieties. If we were able to drop out of the agriculture of the Wil lamette valley all the potato va rieties except the Burbank, Amer ican Wonder and Earliest of All, and possibly few Garnet Chilis for the California trade, we would be better off. ' Many farmers are growing Netted Gems being at tracted to the prices of Netted Gems as quoted in Portland,-but it is noted that graded Oregon Burbanks are going right along with the Netted Gems in every way. The experience of the ex periment station Is that Burbanks give more bushels of potatoes to the acre of equally., good variety. Rotation Very Important "The potato growing conditions of the Willamette valley would be very greatly Improved if the pota toes were grown in regular rota tion. A rotation should be a cul tivated crop, followed by grain, followed by clover, and using corn and potatoes as the uncultivated crop woald make possible a six year rotation for potatoes. This would . keep . Jthe land free from disease and keep1 it in excellent condition ; for the production, of maximum yields. - Growing pota toes in rotation means less loss from disease and . some other ene mies, and'a better yield of market able potatoes per acre. -The industry constantly suffers from the jumpers-in usually people who do not regularly grow potatoes. They buy seed, rent land and put in a large acreage. Then the total yield is large and mar keting slow and prices are low. They drop the crop at once, having lost money and caused others to lose to some extent. Potatoes should be a regular crop. . Good .Soils Required "A very large number of people are attempting to grow potatoes on soils entirely -uosuited to pota to production. Some are trying to grew the crop on very heavy soils and these do not normally make very good yields of potatoes. Oth ers let the potato fields get so much dried out before, making tbe spring preparation that there is not sufficient moisture to carry the crop through to a profitable maturity. Still others are trying to grow potatoes on fields so poor in fertility that they cannot possibly make a good crop. The good soils for potatoes are those rather mel low, rich soils that are friable and loose and that hold moisture well, and - that have sufficient plant food to keep the plant growing vigorously. . "By selecting the soil and hand ling it in a rotation, and, in some sections, adding some fertilizers, as sulphate of ammonia and sup erphosphate, the yield of potatoes can be rattier materially increas ed. Plant Early "Cultural operations have much to do with the production of po tatoes. We find at the experiment station that the potatoes give the best results if planted about the middle of April. They 'give the largest yields if planted at a depth of about 5 inches and if the seed is cut to save the blossom end piece in one piece. Land plaster in the lent seed has been very ben- eiiciai in increasing the yield of potatoes and in developing a bet- ( Continued on pag 9) Colds No help like this One help has proved itself to mil lions a the utmost for a cold. It is so efficient, so quick and complete that we paid $1,000,000 for it. That way is HILL'S. It combines in one tablet the best helps science knows. It stops the cold Jn 24 hours, checks the fever, opens the bowels, then tones -the en tire system. Don't depend on lesser help, and don't delay. See how things change (Bvernight when you take HILL 5. CeSnreOftJIJ Price 33c CetRedrpjp .'vift portrait SOCIETY Continued from page 7.) tion the hostess served refresh ments. 'In the group were: Mrs. A. J. Basey, Mrs. L. Bechtel, Mrs. E. E. Gilliam. Mrs. J. W. La Bare, Mrs. F.' G. Stearns and the hostess, Mrs. George. Martin. At the next meeting of the chib Mrs. J. W4. La Bare will entertain at her home, 1833 Lee street. The meeting will be on March 1. Unitarian Alliance Will Meet The Woman's Alliance of the Unitarian church will meet at 2:30 o'clock on Friday afternoon in the Emerson room. Hal Hibbard Auxiliary Plans Meetings , Mrs. uenry O. Miller and Mrs E. J. Raymond will entertain the members of Hal Hibbard Auxiliary on Friday afternoon, February 18, at Mrs. Miller's home 1528 North Capitol street. Monday evening February 21 at 7:3-0, members of tiie auxiliary will entertain Hal Hibbard Camp U. S. W. V. in the Armory. All United Spanish War Veterans and relatives are cordially invited to the meeting nt the Armory. Mr. Anunscn Will Entertain Kensington Club Mrs. F. S. Anunsen will enter tain the members of the Kensing ton club today at her home, 1110 North Capitol street. Visitor in The Dalles Mrs. J. Ft. Payne of 1415 Wal ler street is visiting at the home of her daughter in The Dalles. Reception, for Neiv Members Is Held Last Night at Presbyterian Church .The mew members of the First Presbyterian church were hon ored with a reception last night at :30 o clock in the parlors of the church. An Interesting pro gram was featured. The affair took place under the sponsorship Don't, Prolong Your Suffering PILfeS or other JRecfca.and Colon ailments are a source of constant annoyance, worry and pain. Together with the reflex conditions which follow, they sap vitality and strength, de stroying health. And you but prolong your sunertng ty neglect er patent med icine and hotpifcal operations My method itb most advanced In tocdicai aclence proved certain io results by thousands of cues soccescfuliy treat ed, ana backed by my GUARAN ' TEE TO CURE ANY CASEOF MY 00 ... - jiudvianKi ueiccmy 100- PS lecrJptlv, Uistrled Book FREE upon request. DEAN.MDJnc N OP WASHINGTON. fMtuNQ i crorxs: scATTtx omcEs: TH wwtTHAirt -em an d pin? rut TJcm o nnsat ' i The Bar, New Salem Confection, a 5c Made from Oregon Prunes and Walnuts and Coating of Choc- 5 - , ' " - ' ' i Blended Together to Suit alate of - Most Mnyotie - i W It Tomg, and if You Like it Will Give You More olate the We THIS CONFECTION CAN BE PURCHASED - AT The Cozy, 1272 Stale ! FIstcHorV Gfei Store, ; - N. Commercial - . ;:s;;i2th.se.:; ... . . . KahaVOsar'Storii": Nelson & Hunt Pharmacy 805 North Capitol " Opera i House : Pharmacy pastime Cigar Store Piclcens z Haynes ; Grocery J. C. Perry, Druggist F Shoeshining Parlors on State St. Smith's Cigar Store Tedy Cigar Store, First National Bank TeiTninal Cigar Store of the Ladies' Aid society and of the Woman's Missionary society. North Salem W. T. C. U. Will Meet-Today Mrs. Pendleton and Mrs.. Hogg will entertain the members of the North Salem W. C. T. U. this after noon at Mrs. Pendleton's home. Woman's Union Postpones Meeting : The meeting of the Woman's Union of the First Congregational church which was, planned for Friday afternoon of this week has been postponed until Friday, Feb ruary 25. The change is made on account of the number of the church women engaged in the YWCA drive for funds. 1925 Standard Buick Coach, in excellent condition. Looks and runs like new ear. Otto J. Wil son. The Buick'' Man, 388 X. Com'l. Tel. 22 0. () Slate surface roofing applied over your old shingles. We have over 200 jobs in Salem. . Nelson Bros., plumbers; sheet metal work, H."5 Chemeketa. () W. G. Krueger. realtor, progres sive, fair, equitable. Growing city and cauntry makes possible buys that will make you" good money. Complete listings, 147 N. Com'l. C) GOHIMOf which is uar Be Careful With . Lime. Sul phur Spray Poultry Is Very Useful Help Gooseberries intended for can neries should not be sprayed aften the fruit has set, says the Oregon Agricultural college experiment station. Good control of mildew is usually possible by two thor ough sprays before fruit is set. Canning gooseberries covered with lime-sulfur spray results in a serious loss from gas forming in the cans. This same : trouble arises from use of sulphur dust. Applications of lime-sulphur are made just as the leaf clusters are expanding and again just before blossom time. If development of mildew is noted the bushes are sprayed immediately after the crop is picked. This is of some benefit in preventing anthracnose loaf spot. The gooseberry maggot or yel low fruit fly is controlled by a sweetened, poison spray consisting of lead arsenate, 2 ounces; syrup X iquart, and water, 3 gallons. This sriray is at tractive-to th flies and wll kill them 4f .sprayed lightly ori the foliage, -in May, while the fiibs arc .out. , ff showers wash off the pray and "make repetition necessary, this 'treatment -has. not proved commercially successful in tejsts made by the experiment sta tion. . : ' ' ;- - . Frequently stirring soil, under atd near the bushes in the late summery fall and early spring, ex poses many of the pupae which for nearly l months occur. in a helpless state in the first fewilnch- iesi or sou unoer .ine.piaais. f . Poultry in the fields a ftejr har vept destroys many pupae , Rak ing surfate. trash 'and debrifrom under the bushes to the center of the row assists . the chickens to find the insects. Early maturing varieties are les heavily Infected with maggots than later berries. Commercial frjiit is picked just as mature. Mrs. Harriett Veazie Dies -r i Daughter's Eugene Home I (EUGENE, Feb. 16. (AP) Mjrs. Harriett L. Veazie, Oregon pipneer, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. It. Dryson last night. She was 79 years of age. Mrs. Veazie made her home in Portland for many years. .Recent ly ; she . had been living with hr daughter here. - Two sons anil two daughters survive. They ar A. L. and J, C. Veazie of Portland, Mrs. Julia G. Glen of Senttle and Mr. Edith F. 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