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" - THE OREGON STATESMAN-SALEM, OREGON T THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1927 ' ... - - i - THo Slogan 6 Are 3' Yours ; Aid In Making ' Thferri' ' Helpful to Your Wonderful City and Section 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. "f r SCHOOL CONTESTANTS HAVE SOME CUD IDEAS ABOUT MO CABBAGE GROWING Twenty-one. weeks ago it was announced that The Statesman would pay $5 a week, till further notice, to the high school or grade school boy or girl in Marion or Polk county who would sjubmit the best article on the current Slogan subject. The articles are to Be in the office (or mailed) by noon of Tues day of the weekVf the Slogan subject All articles submitted iq belong to The Statesman; . The editor to judge as to the best, in deciding: who shall receive the $5. The idea is to fur nish an opportunity to make the rising generation acquainted with the many and great 'advantages of the district in which they are to take active; part in the future. They are to.be the leaders as they grow into manhood and womanhood. There have been from one the first week to as many as 11 contest ants. No blanks so far. . There are four this week. The $5 goes to Ray H. Lafky, and Gwendolyn Hubbard, Deena Hart arid bljve Josephine Anderson are each to have a ticket to a moving picture show any moving picture show selected, at the (jregon, Capitol or Elsindre. Two belated surprise prizes will be announced in this column next week, 4Dne other thing. The. Statesman wants the photograph of the first prize win ner each week. If the winner Kennel-EUis studio, 429 Oregon biiijding, Salem, and have one taken, at the expense of The Statesman. When a few photos .are in hand, cuts will be made of the first prize win ners, to' be" printed in The Statesman; and perhaps in other liipersr The boys and girls will please write on only one side "of the ! .paper.'. The "following are the articles for this week: EGON PRODUCES HALF THE OUTPUT c. editor Statesman: - Tl ,lTtltd States is by Xar the inadt.ng nation in the exportation t hopXw)le the United Kingdom dec! Jetfljif. has the largest Jmporta iljonipFlie -States- leading - in The piofrHeH-of--ttop'arg'tbe three Pactf&aet, states, Oregon,, Cali foreta. and Wakbington. .The out rAitpfno other single state is of li4iVh fcohseqnence to- be xnen tionjed Qregon has a little, better t haft half ; the ' total ' acreage of t hese. thrfe , states.. The produe t!on fa Oregon is equal to the com bined production of the other two tales, and the farm value is equal ti th combined value of the other tiro- states. " . . Ralem Great Hop Center i Salem, the center of" numerous -.agricultural products,-is the cen ter f a hop growing district that produces" the finest hops in the woiqi. . ' Two varieties, namely, thej Cluster and the Fuggles. are crown '.almost - exclusively in the vicinity of Salem. Oregon ranks f'tsi Among the bop growing states in juatitx aVwert as quantity;' The largest boj yard In ; the' world is onlf4View ' miles- from.- Salem. iibduti'TO- per. rent of the 'Ore urnhop are Within Vtwenty'inlle ' rttdlns of Salenu7 There is still a lig 'acreage -or good, river bottom land .within this radius which can set out to bops, if there is an increase in demand. . y '-, ' Mast KlKw How. I H is qnite inadvisable for a man rho! ;doe net-'have" a. thorough Knowledge of rops to undertake rMsng them.' It is rather expen Je to start a yar.d, atid therefore lajrge capitaris T(nlTe4." H0w evef. a commercial yield is obtain ed (he second year. Once a yard i 4artftd rrowing. it Is good for from twenty to thirty years with out ; replanting. A. larger, yield ' ieay be obtained by -means of irrl- ationl h However, the river bot tom! grd'unrd' does produce a slxe abW crop .without irrigation. , 4 i ! iloner Stays Here"" : -: Morc'thaa 0O pickers are em ployed ,'!n the; fields near -Salem durjuVthe picking aeason. Pick r irs are paid an average of-oae- and affotarth cents a pound for picking. ..n jsverage picker can earn-frm S3 to $5 a day.- Th season lasts ffomr three to- four ; week-nd thereby umlshee employment for a largev' a'amber v-of people who would otherwise be Idle. The pro duction of-hops' also provides em ploiment earlier In IheJyear; when the hops must be first trained up etriogs and again when they moet be grained along the trellis wires. The! only money that, leaves the state through :prodaction Is for Rulphnr for drying and twine and burlap for baling the hops. , ' - - In 4,' when the state . went dry,' a goodly number of farmers plowed np their yards.3 because they, were afraid that farther legis lation.' 'would.: Bnt-a stop to the r rowing of hops. After a' slight l-iireaKO la acreage- about 1919, has no photo, please go to the the acreage has remained a bo tit the same. A market for hops was found in .England, and that coun try receives about 75 per cent of the crop every year. The re maining 25 per cent is consumed in tbls country by the manufac ture of yeast and by drugs -and near beer. ' - .'.Ray Lafky. .201 Mission St.. -Satem, Ore.. June 2 i-.' 1927. PROFITABLE CROPS Editor Statesman: ; . 4 The hop s a twining plant which twines in the direction of the bands of a watch fright-handed spiral.) It is a perennial plant with opposite lobate leaves, and grows 4wild in hedges and upon river vbanks. The hop- is dioecious. The male flowers are small and terminal and bone in the axils of leaves. The floral envelope has. five segments, and there are' five stamens. rThe .fe male flower has a tubular floral envelope and is made up of a series of bracts of the upper sur face of each. The: bracts are membranous ' and covered with glands which secrete an oil which keeps off insects. Flowers are pollinated '"by! the wind-,. The .fruit f s -composite and is called a strobilus. There was an increase of 74.1 per cent from 1909 to 1919, the value amounting to' S2,537.75S and 207 farmers were reported growing hops la Marlon county. Hops are used for yeast.1 bever ages and some medicinal pur poses. The" picking ; of hops employs hundreds of women and children which is a source of great help to many families. 1 ' Cabbage --Cabbage is a- vegetable - from which the' wild Is v the ancestral species of all cultivated varieties of cabbages, ' kales, broccoli' and cauliflowers thrives 1 In deeply dug. well manured clay or foam soil, which should feerolled. be fore ' planting and 'frequently stirred i and ' ' Tided 'afterwards. They ire planted -when " about three inches tall, one' Id two" feet apart each way Enemies include, club or "finger amd ibe." Caused by maggot 'of cabbage butterfly, removed by hand picking; slugs, by trapping. ' ' j ''"' , ' There are "1172 farms reported fin .Oregon meaning, 2.3 -per ceq.t of ail farms, ; with a value of f 123,111, In cabbageiu f U- c If Salem "were to hare a sauer kraut factory it would help the employment : problem, -also help to make it more of ; an- Indastrial center 'and an Incentive to raise more cabbages. ' J .., .,..'- Gwendolyn Hubbard. 1175. Hood St.; V. - ' Salem, Oregon, :'- '"''-; June 20, 1S2? , . Read the Want Adsl- HDPS flfi'D CABBIES Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman (Also In Weekly Statesman) (With a few possible changes) Loganberries, October 7, 1926 Prunes, October 14 Dairying, October 21 Flax, October 28 Filberts, November 4 Walnuts. November 11 Strawberries, November 18 Apples, November 25 Raspberries, December 2 Mint, December 9 Beans, Etc., December 18 Blackberries, December 23 Cherries, December 30 Pears, January 6, 1927 Gooseberries, January 13 Corn. January 20 Celery, January 27 Spinach, Etc, February 3 Onions, Etc.; 'February 10 Potatoes. Etc., February , 1 7 Bees, February 24 Poultry and Pet Stock, Mar. 3 City Beautiful. Etc.. March 10 Great Cows, March 17 Paved Highways,' March 24 Head Lettuce. March 21 Silos. Etc., April 7 Legumes. April 14 Asparagus, Etc.. April 21 Grapes, Etc., April 28 THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW That for many years Salem has been the greatest hop buying center from first hands in the world ; that Oregon is the greatest hop growing state in the Union; that the industry will persist permanently in the Willamette valley, owing to the fact that there is grown here a superior, strong hop, for which there is a demand from foreign as well as domestic buyers; that at the prices that 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? SALEM CENTER OF THE HOP INDUSTRY Editor Statesman: -t - The feop -(Hmnuliis lupulua). ia a member of the Cannabinaceae or heap family. It is a native of Europe and also of the United States, where It grows wild.! The root is perennial and sends ; out several "rough twining stems. The leaves are large and lobed. The fruit and flowers are green. The fruit, which is a catkin, is culti vated for the bitter taste which it communicates to beer and also it is grown extensively for yeast and malt. i The bitter, substance contained in the catkins is called lupulin. Lupulin is a yellow powder con taining a bitter principle and, Vol atile oil. Lupulin constitutes from 10 to 12 per cent of.'the weight of the catkin, -and the bit ter . principles form 'i" from eight to 12 per cent of the lupulin.. : .Hops'havV 4,:inediclnal . value and are used as a tonic, a stomach medicine and fs a' narcotic' Pil lows stuffed with heps .are sup posed to bring' on steep more eas ily. .. ; - Although it seems that the Volstead- act would cause a decided slump in the hop market, bow ever this Is not the case. Eng land' buys 75-per cent of the hop crop of the- United States, and the rest Is used "by the yeast, drug and near beer Industries. - V Oregon Mops Rest Oregon grows more hops "than any other state, and the hops grown here '.'rank first In both quantity and quality.' Salem is the eenter of the hop region, and therefore is the center of the mar keting. The hop industry brings a great ''amount of money into Oregon yearly, but there has ' not been much planting lately.' An impression is had by most people that, hop growing -mast be gone Into "very -cautiously. ' Neverthe less any farmer can make a good income raising bops if he under stands the proper methods of cul tivating. - s .' r : -.,. ; i ': : : Hops are planted from cuttings L taken from tbe roots of older hop Hunt's Quality FruiU I Hunt Brothers Packing Company- "' -.Canned Fruits and, , :.. Vegetables - "Main Office: t Pine, Street. San. Francisco California , -y r " ' Canneries r California Hay ward, San Jose, . , Los Gatos, Exeter Oregon Salem, McMlnnvIIla, . Albany Washington Puyatlu p. Sumner Drag Garden, May 5. Sugar Industry, May 12. Water Powers, May 19. irrigation. May 26. "Mining, June 2. Land, Irrigation, etc., June 9. Floriculture, Jane 16. Hops, Cabbage, etc., June 23. Wholesaling, Jobbing, June 30. Cucumbers, etc., July 7. Hogs, July 14. Goats, July 21. Schools, July 28. Sheep. August 4. Seeds, August .11. National Advertising, Aug. 18. Livestock, August 25. Grain ft Grain Products, Sept. ! Manufacturing, Sept. 8. Automotive Industries, Sept. 15 Woodworking, etc., Sept. 22. Paper Mills, Sept. 29. (Back copies of the Thurs day edition of The Daily Ore gon Statesman are on hand, rhey.are for sale at 10 centa sach, mailed to any address. Current copies 6 cents. plants. The cuttings are planted in rows about seven or eight feet apart. These cuttings may be expected to yield the second year after planting. Tbe Cultivation In early spring the ground should be plowed both ways, then hoed, cultivated and then worked down with discs and spring har rows. A peg Is driven Into each hill onto which a twine is tied .and ex tended up from 12' to 0' feet to trellis wires which reach from post to post. The posts are planted in the rows about 40 feet apart. The hops are trained" up the twines and later along the trel lis wires. -, About the middle of April the shoots have grown to be about two or three feet high, and the train ing Btarts. The four best shoots are selected in each hill and all the rest are cut away. Women and younger ' boya and girls do most of the training and many families are employed in this way during, the training season v About two weeks later the; stripping starts. All- tbe shoots on the vitfe up about five feet and on the roots are cut' away.-so that there ' will be . aJieavier - upper growth and bo that the sun may come down to the roots. When a hop yard once gets to growing it, will yJeld from 20 to 30 years without replanting, ex cepting, of course,, an occasional missing hilt ' - ' The Harvesting f Early bops known as Fuggles are harvested about August 15 and the ; later varieties about September ;1. The hops are picked Into, large4, baskets and are then taken to the" dnqprs and put Into large kilns where they are dried In a temperature -of about 136 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. As C. J. PUGH & CO. Mnnfactnrer of . - Canning Blachinery; Graders, -Tracks, Etc. q B50 8. $tst Stv Salem, Oregon' Oa Irl?a nd P on t i a c ; Sales and Service .FI VICKBROS. ' High Street at Trade , '; SEND) soon aa they are dried they are pressed into bales weighing about 190 pounds, these 1 1 bales are wrapped and sewed into burlap coverings. ..When this process- is finished the hops are ready for shipment. j - During the five or six weeks of hop picking a great many people are employed. An experienced worker can earn from S3 to $5 a day. The camp ground looks like a miniature city with many tents. Some hop yard owners have built community houses where religi ous services and all sorts of amusements are provided for the workers. The 'buyers look the hops over, taking samples from each bale, and decide f be standard "and qual ity of the hops. ' ; The largest bop yard in the world is within a few miles of Sa lem. In 19 26 the hop crop in the Salem district amounTe to 15, 000,000 pounds and. brought more than 84,000.000 to the bop growers near Salem. Cabbage There ere many varieties of cabbages but those most culti vated are the common cabbage, the savoy, the broccoli and 'the cauliflower. The varieties of the common cabbage are the white, the red, and purple, cow cabbage or kale, which sometimes grows to the height of ten feet, and a very del icate Portugal cabbage. .,' Cabbage is used in cooking and is considered to be a very health ful food. Pickled cahbage forms a sort of national dish, called sauer kraut in Germany. The Willamette valley has a very good . climate for cabbage. However it is not raised extensive ly here. Low, sandy, damp soil will grow excellent cabbage, and the higher soil will raise just as good cabbage, if the land is irrigated. , Instead of having cabbage shipped in Salem should raise her own. Deena Hart. 1192 Shipping St., Salem, Oregon, June 26. 1927. Editor Statesman: Hop growing was once a thriv ingjndustry in many states, but it is now restricted to certain locali ties, chiefly .in the Pacific coast states, where conditions are es pecially favorable for the produc tion of this crop. S In the five states which raise practically all the hops, " Oregon, California.. New York and Wash ington, Oregon ranks the highest. Nearly all the hops grown in Ore gon' are grown "In the Willamette valley. Between Independence and Corral lis there are lots of hop yards, and on the river bot tom of the Santiam. : There is a great possibility for the growing of hops in the Willamette valley, GIDEON SWIZ CO. Manufacturers of Vinegar, oda Crater, Fountain Supplies Salem rbovtf sot ' Ore. Keep Tear Money la Oregon Bay ICMMUMBt Mad Sale , Oregon. CAJXTJU. COVUKVTAT, WOKKS . -' J. C Jone as Co., Proprietor . AH Kl4s f KonameaUl Work Tsotory ana Office: 8210 S, Com'J, Oppodto X. O. O. T. Comotory. Sox 81 riieite 6t. , 1AT.KM, OXZOO 1 ' DlXlt HEALTH BREAD V Ask Your Grocer , EAST HOP AND CABBAGE INDUSTRIES HEBE - , - - and especially along the river bot tom. The soil is very important in the growing of hops. Rich, alluvial lands or deep sandy or gravelly loams are preferred." The soil with a high percentage of sand is readily tillable while the cultiva tion of a stiff soil is difficult and expensive. . A well drained sub soil is essential and especial at tention must begiven to the depth, fertility, drainage and fineness of the soil. . ,- Hops . may be raised from the seeds, but this method is seldom employed, since by using cut tings strong plants are more easily and quickly secured. : In some sections of the valley a crop may be obtained from cut tings planted in the spring, but in generala full crop is not bar vested until the second year. ' In certain sections the hop plant' is affected by a crown gall which is known locally as "root-knot" or "warts." . Pianos should be carefully selected, to.-get plants that can resist this disease. Planting the Yartl The hop plants here should be set o,ut in March or April. They are planted in rows usually eight feet " apart, and requiring about 680 plants to the acre. The roots are put at a depth of about one to three inches. The price of roots varies, ranging from SI per 1000 to 18 and ?10 per 1000. Thorough cultivation is important and should begin early and con tinue until the plants are well armed out. This is necessary not only to keep down the weeds but also to prevent the topsoil from forming a crust and becoming hard for when it Is in this state the moisture of the undersoil rises to the top and evaporates. The hops are healthier, it is found on strings because they are more successfully sprayed, mature earlier, are usually richer and brighter, arm out lower, and are not so leafy. For a permanent yard some form of wire trellis should be used. The harvesting months are Aug ust and September. In picking every effort should be made to re duce the quantity of leaves, stems, and other - foreign matter. The presence of these materially re duces their market value. The opinion" Is frequently expressed by the more Important hop dealers that one of the, principal points for raising . the quality of the American hopx is clean picking. The primary object of curing hops is to reduce rapidly their moisture content to such a de gree that they may be safely stored and their properties pre served. ."Hops must be dried soon after they are removed from -tire vines, as otherwise they undergo a process of oxidation or heating wbich seriously injures their qual ities. - . ' The practice of sulphuring hops, which is now almost universal, Is a response, to the 'demands b the market. It makes them yellowish and they look more uniform, which increases their -aalability." ": . In 1921, Oregon, .had 13.000 Air Fainting DONE WITH A GUN M. B. Sanderson 1144 North Cottage W. W. KOSEBRAUGH --; , COMPANY : . Sfanuf actarers of ' Warm Air Furnaces, . Fruit Drying .Stoves, Smoke Stacks, Tanks, Steel and Foundry Work, Welding a Specialty. 17th and Oak Sta Salem, Ore, P. G.' LUTZ NURSERY We plan and plant (free of charge), for - homes, -large or small, all kinds ot ornamental shrnbs, perennials and rockery plants. Landscape work. 1800 Market St. Phone 10OS-R CREAM From, the Finest Cows la Marion County Makes -DUTTERCUP,, BUTTER Salem'a Favorite v ." Phone Oa ' THE BEST EQUIPPED HOP YARD IN THE ' UNITED STATES IS Ml SALEM DISTRICT Hop Growing in This Section Is on a Permanent Basis, Conducted in a Reliable Business Manner, and Em - ploying the Best Cultural and Other Methods, as a General Rute in Picking Time, Uake Brook Hop Ranch Is a City in the Country As has been repeated often in these columns, there are many very well equipped hop yards in the Salem district. The industry here, as represented by the leading growers, is on a more permanent.! basis than elsewhere in the entire, world. The yards are laid, out and equipped with an Idea of sup plying a needed staple for, all time. The best equipped yard of them all, and the finest hop yard in this and in other respects in the en tire world is the Lake Brook yard of T. A. Livesley & Co., on their Lake Brook farm, seven miles be low Salem. The farm contains 640 acres, of which 390 acres are occupied by the hop yard. There is an apartment house on this farm with 03 rooms and acres of hops, which was the most of any state. Cabbage) The chief standard varieties of early cabbage are: Wakefield. Copenhagen Market and G61den Acre. These should be planted about February 1 to 15. If for a hotbed from March 25 to April 20. ' Varieties of late cabbage are: Glory, Danish Ball Head and Giant Green Savory. The Beed . should be planted .rhp.ut May. 1, and plants should be set out by June 25. The soil must have a moisture holding capacity and a Well drained place will produce a crop that can be marketed longer in tbe fall and winter. . Soils which are hlgfe in unorganlc matter will usually produce large, cahbage which gives a heavy tonnage. The success in growing of the crop is largely dependent upon the amount of available moisture in the soil. The seed should be planted no more than one-half Inch in the ground. The seeds should ' be planted after a rain and about one-half pound of seed should be sown to every acre of , cabbage. The ground should be well fertil ized in the spring. The solidity of the heads "is very largely de pendent upon the amount of min eral element in the soil. After the time of transplanting in the latter part of June the soil should be constantly' stirred : to keep a light mulch on . the sur Whe-Ta-Lon A Superior Breakfast Food . A trial Will Convince You Whe-Ta-Lon Cereal Co. M. A. BUTLER, Manager Telephone 1000 W . OIL-0-MATO What tit? SEE THEO. Mv BARR ,', Phone 192 : Oregon Pulp & Pajper Co. - - Manufacturers of - . . ' BOND LEDGER GLASSINE GREASEPROOF TISSUE r , J. . v y Support Orejon Producta - .':' ; Specify "Salea Madew.Paper fcr Yput Office Stationery. . " . 1 another one built In 1924 with ns rooms. There are four more ton h apartment houses; six in all, ami capable of accommodating a to tal of. 1200 people. The build ings are electric lighted, have run ning water,. in each- room, with 'stoves, chairs, etc., and the camp ground is electrically lighted. There is a hall for entertainment and a large store, and 16 hi kilns. -Two of them were new in 1925rand two' last year. The former tents have all been torn down. . . There is nothing just like this hop yard elsewhere in the world: no other yard as . thoroughly equipped. . T. A. Livesley .& Co. develop-. (Continued on page 10) face or stirred as "soon as I ! ground "is in"working condition after a rain. The plants should be cultivated at least 12 or 14 days, r , - .,, The demand on the market for cabbage is usually for four to five pound heads. Solidity of the heads is also an important factor in thu question of marketing. Canner ies and kraut factories usually will contract on an average price of from $15 to $15 per ton. . The average returns are usual ly from 10 to 18 tons per acre. Some yields go from 20 to 25 tons per acre, but the soil must be very good to get" a return like hat. The-cost of the production of cabbage Is-usually about 75 to $90 per-acre. V The Insect of greatest import- ance to fight are the green cab bage worm, the cabbage maggot, the flea beetle, the cut worm, grass hopper.-eabbage aphis, and slugs or snails.- There are sprays and dusts which can' be had to fight these insects. Many people who have small gardens grow some for their own use and there " is also enough raised -to supply tlie market all year. 4 ' : Olive Josephine Anderson. 8C5 Marlon St., ' '..- , Salem, Oregon, -. . 1 June 19, 1927. . . I B. SUX&MOO- Salem Wicker Furniture - :r .Blannfactarlng Co. "'Wo . BeU Dtreet ' OooUno Bttton Reed Quality . rnmltori .. .. Bop-ring, Befinlsfelng. TJpholrterlnf 221S Btato SU. 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