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8 - the okKgon!sta :H: i) THURSDAY ImNGUlfUSYllSa KOHO rhe Slogan Pages Are Yours; Aid In Making Helpful to Your Wonderful City and Season 1 . EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR y 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. EHelp make Salem grow. r ms RECT DVEf) 2.000.000 TULIP BULBS THIS j YEAfl UN THREE lUEAR BY FARMS HERE i- '--.-'- .J t Salem Already Bulb Center of the United States, and Has 'i Opportunity to Build Up Gigantic industry, with Cus- ' ; toners Over the Wide WorldThis Valley Will Ulti raately Out Holland Holland in Tulips, Because Natural 'i Advantages Here Are Superior Chances for Large Cap l Hal Investments . .- Holland has long been noted for us duid growing, which is car ried on both intensively and ex tensively. The DeGraff Brothers, one of the leading growers of Hol land, has. 400 acres all in tulips and daffodils and also 300 acres In daffodils In England. , There Is nojreasop why the Wil lamette Valley, of Oregon: Cannot become stha greatest' bulb produc ing center of the United States, as Holland Is of Europe. We shoulcH ultimately hare large acreages of both tulips and daffodils, and es- j pectally tulips. Our Valley Is en- I dowed by nature with f a climate J particularly adapted to bulb cul ! ture. In many respects - our cli- I m'atlc conditions are much better ; for 'this important industry than Holland, which has overcome the handicaps of. long seasons of cold t veather and periods of hot wea ther with too Intense sunshine dur- )j ing me critical montns or growth. A large number of the bulbs used at home and abroad are Bold j to the greenhouses who demand i that they begin to grow at once and mature perfect specimens on 3 about the same size. Now the I Willamette valley bulbs seem to possess this much desired Quality ; In greater degree than any other bulbs on the market. Our tolls -and daffodil bulbs - exhibit "the will to grow" Immediately and develop . Into harc , even ."sized specimens which command the 1 beet. iricep. " During the past year the bulb Industry, has received a great im petus in the Willamette , valley, j CJ rowers are learning that our - March. . Anrit. Mav and Jiinn wea ther gives us just the right amount I grown k ' . : . ' any era . oi temperate sunsnine ana semi cloudy days to put vitality and , vigor In" the bulbs. These four months are the critical ones in the growth of the bulbs, and the Wll lamette.valley climate is ideal for ? their production. When you re l member, that j in many places in ;the east May temperatures run as 'high as 90 to 100 1 degrees, you ;wi)I appreciate the freedom from & excessive heat which we enjoy. In g - tensive heat forces the bulb to an ( -unnatural rapidity of growth, I jwhlch results in a deterioration of I the bulb. , lessening its keeping I quality and causing "the bulbs to $ inn i r iiAfWfnontttll V tlafn (n i , i uu u u v vuiuuii uait ; iicf o the Willamette valley,; instead of ."running out our bulbs become .better, and better. Our remark able and unique even jclimate turns the trick. As far as we know, 'judging, from all attempts at growing bulbs, there is no section anywhere that produces the "forc ing: bulbs' and especially tulips, -that the Willamette valley of Ore gon produces. . . . . Kaleln District First ; . The Salem district was the first to. begin bulb culture in the val ley on a commercial scale. Eleven or twelve years ago : marked the first commercial beginnings of the . Industry.' Since then it ha grown until now it attracts world wide recognition. Leading growers of Holland have visited local acreV age and have commented with ex treme favor on what they saw there and praised the soil and Cli mate of the Salem district. They have'predicted that if we take ad- " vantage of Ihe excellent opportun ity offered Qs we wlH ipme-iflajr become the great "bulbf center oi the nation. -' ; v" i. Our local' growers are produc ing all. kinds and varieties4 of bulba la" conformity with the very kigheBt types. Among these are found the Darwin. Bteeder Cot tag snd Singalary. Over 2,000. 000 tulip bulbs alone were plant ed ini the Salem district on three nearby farms. 1 Intensive cultiva tion, superior soil, ideal cllmatie conditions for growing, curing and storing of bulbs, V all produce a quality product whether in tulips, daffodils, gladioli or narcissus. f f International Market iv The wholesale market is divid ed tip among florists, greenhouses, fancy growers, large estate own ers and ethers who purchase in lets of f rom a dosen or two up to several thousand bulbs.' Growers have v worked up r; international market; and Balem grown bulba j are planted In every state ia the' Union, in most of the provinces of Canada and also a number of for eign countries. Eastern growers purchase our product in large quantities. How Tulips are Grown Tulips are planted in rows or beds during September or October after the soil "has been prepared as for truck gardening. Cultiva tion begins in February. The flow ers blossom in April and Mayv and the digging, either by hand or ma chinery, begins in July, after which the bulbs are placed in a storing 'shed to be cleaned and giaded and left six weeks for dry ing. Some are sold as blossoms, but the biggest market, of course, is for bulbs. Due to the firmness of the Salem product,, its superior keeping qualities, and vitality, it enjoys a ready market willing to pay good prices. About a year ago an embargo was placed on daffodils which pro hibits further importation of for eign bulbs. - This restriction was made necessary because diseased daffodil bulbs were sent in from Holland. American growers have sprung up to absorb the markets vacated by the Holland growers and prices have been very consid erably enhanced. With the assist ance of government experts, the diseases introduced from Holland have been brought under control, and the future is promising in deed. Will Increase Acreage' A better understanding of con anions of growth and the ease with which the bulbs can be and their freedom from any grave disease, will greatly in crease the acreage devoted to tu lips. The tulip bulb as grown in the Salem district is one agricul Jural crop in which a failure has never been known, and which is remarkably free from any sertbus disease. Holland is still competing on tulips, but American and particu larly northwest growers are favor ing the Salem grown bulbs after testing them and. finding them the best the market affords. Our dis trict with its own special and unique climate is perhaps destined to become the great bulb produc ing center of the United States. The Industry offers a particularly inviting field to capital because of the ready market which is doub ling and quadrupling with great rapidity. This Indicates what a great industry it may become if its opportunities are grasped. The greenhouses of . Portland alone use 500,000 tulip bulbs each year. . Increased Four Fold Before the embargo on daffodils the "United States 'was importing over 100,000,000 tulip bulbs and 100,000.000 daffodil bulbs each year. - There is therefore no dan ger of overproduction, especially since the demand Is growing every year. The consumption of bulbs has increased four fold or more in the last few years. When capital knows! these things and becomes sufficiently in terested to put money into it, bulb growing will become one : of the valley's most Important industries. One of the most needed aids Is a growers clearing house or asso ciation which - would cooperate with growers and- serve as a mar keting agency. The industry has outgrown individual growers mar keting the product themselves. We have a demand which will not only be developed to covet this coast, but also most certainly all territory west of f the Rockies j and probably far east of .that as well. We haven't bguu to. fathom the possibilities ' of the industry here. . .: f'if tr :-"f t.-: Holland; has made it a . leading national industry, and the Willam ette valley is better "suited because of its peculiar ,; climatic and . soil advantages o become a ? leader in the industry. ; irt-Zii-u ' The Salem. Bulb company. The Franklin-Young Bulb ., comaany, and the Luther Chapin Bulb Farm are all successfully engaged in helping develop this great indus try. ' . We should have a tulip and daf- Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman (Also In Weekly Statesman) (With a few possible changes) Loganberries, October 7, 19 26 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 16 Blackberries, December 23 Cherries, December 30 i Pears. January 6, 1927 Gooseberries.. January 13 Corn, January 20 Celery, January 27 Spinach, Etc., February 3 Onions, Etc. February 10 Potatoes, Etc, February 17 Bees, February 24 Ppultry and Pet Stock. Mar. 3 City Beautiful, Etc., March 10 Great Cows, March 17 Paved Highways, March 24 Head Lettuce, March 31 Silos, Etc., April 7 Legumes, April 14 Asparagus, Etc., April 21 Crapes. Etc., April 23 THISf WEEK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW That Salem is a seed growing center of increasing importance; that our soil and climate combine to give advantages to seed growing; that our long and dry and late summer seasons are ideal for the ripening and curing and gathering of seeds, as our earlier weather conditions are fine for the best seed development; that there is large profit in the growing of seeds, though the industry requires painstaking work and intelligent care; that if the industry were properly organized here it would attract wide and favorable attention and furnish remunerative employment to a large number of people and handsome returns for the investment of a large amount of capital; and that there is no more favorable field anywhere for either the investment of large cap ital or intelligent and competent cooperative organization workers? SEEDS We buy and sell ail kinds of needs growu in this state .having a large wholesale trade as well ast a good retail business. We carry in stock all varieties that are suitable for the Pacific coast and are In a position to fill all orders promptly Mail orders are given prompt attention ""'and we ship-to all parts of the United States. We give special attention to Seed Grains, Clover Seed, Vetch Seed, and the different Grass Seeds as well as a full line of Garden Seeds.. Send for list' when in the market as you will' find it to your interest to do so. All seeds are thoroughly recleaned and "graded and comply with the various state seed laws of the different states. D. A: WHITE & SONS Wholesale arid Retail Seedmen, SALEM, OREGON fodil bed on every farm and in every city loL - (The Statesman is indebted to W. C. Dibble, pioneer bulb grow er, now of the Salem Bulb com pany, for most of the facts con tained in the ' illuminating article above. It visions clearly what is certain to become a gigantic in dustry here.- Ed.) , Buy Statesman Want , Ads L. B. X0T8MOOS . Halent Wicker Furniture ' Manufacturing Co. ' W gu tlrct ' GfMtla Battait Bl QnaJHy Faroitar aprttn. ftfiiiblo., Urtiolttwrlai 221$ IUU St.. SaJem, Ora Hun t V Quality Fruit Hunt Brothers Packing'. Company. Canned Fruits and , - -Vegetables - . ' Main Office; ; ' 2 Tine Street, Ban Francisco California . Canneries ' California Haywardr Kan Jose ' Los Gatos, Exeter ' ; Oregon Salem, McMinnrille, Washington Puyallup, Sumner Drug Garden, May 5. Sugar Industry, May 12. Water Powers, May 19. Irrigation. May 26. Mining, June 2. Land, Irrigation, etc., June I. 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 & Grain Products, Sept. 1 Manufacturing, Sept. 8. -Automotive Industries, Sept. 15 Woodworking, etc., Sept. 22. Paper Mills, Sept. 29. (Back copies of the Thurs day edition st The Dally Ore gon , Statesman are on hand. They are for sale at 10 cents sach, mailed to any address. Current copies 5 cents. , Then and Now Tht income of the average fam ily is said to excetd in purchasing power the income of the average family of 1914. But the average family of today wants, a lot of things the average family of 1914 had never' heard of. Boston Transcrpt. ; v" .. ! C. J. PUGH & CO. Manufacturers of Canning Machinery i - Graders, Trucks, Etc " . 650 8. 21st St., Salem, Oregon Oak 1 a n d Pon t i a c: Sales and Service , VICK BROS; ; Uigh Street at Trade SEN0-A;GO)PY;:EMST THE MRAL SEE e WORLD. THE COU That Is, for Many Varieties of Seed! It is Best to Specialize In One Variety, as an Individual We Have a Number of Specialists Now, Who Have Extended the Reputation of This Section to Far Corners of the Earth The Mar keting of Seeds -. - (By Ella McMunn.) Editor Statesman: Never since the world began., have the prospects of seed growers been so ! good as now, and while the sun has shown almost too ra diantly for many crops it has been just right to mature seeds. Bees to pollenize the flowers could be had for the asking, and many L times they came without so much as an invitation, making camp In household dwellings, hollow trees and church belfry, while they car ried on their important work whichinsures bountiful fertility to next year's planting. To be "sure, we have 'protested against ' this or that brand of weather, from the very wet June to the very dry July which short ened our season of blossom but hastened the period of seed bear ing, so that we may"" garner our harvest and store it away dry, cured by the sun and in no danger of the mold and sprouting and de cay and half-ripeness that in many countries drives the seedgrower todespair or the installation of ex pensive machinery for artificially performing what nature does so bountifully for f dwellers of the Willamette valley. Xatural Seed Garden While for many years I have been "sold" to the idea that the Salem district ia the natural seed gfden of,s-the 'world, for many varieties of seed, I am a believer, through dear experience, in spec ializing in one kind of seed. First, because your orders will soon clear up your stock unless you have a great deal of it, and second, be cause it keeps you from mixing seeds and misnaming them. A pos sible third reason would be that in the matter of advertising you gain more by being known as a special ist than a sort of dabbler, Just as we question the superior work of an individual who does too many things passably well. . Marketing of Seeds ' The question of marketing seeds should come after the process of growing them has been fully de scribed, but so many people, (dot ens of them), have asked me where they could sell their seeds after they were grown, that I must put that first, although it would seem logical to most minds that one must have something to sell which may be described and ex amined and weighed, before put ting it on the market. All of which can only be done by first growing the crop. While the blos soms are at their best it is a good idea to write some dealer or, some seed house issuing a catalogue and state that you are growing some thing say sunflowers for instance -and that the flowers now being prime, you would "be pleased to GIDEON STOLZ CO. Manufacturers of Vinegar, -Sod Water, Fountain Supplies ; Salem ; Phone SO ; Ore. Kp Tsnr MoMy la Orgoa - Bay MonoaMBta M4a at Salem. Oregon. OAPZTAX. M01TOMEVTA& WOltXS t. C. Jonea a Co., Proprietors - AH Kiaaa of XonamontaJ Work - Factory and Orfloei S210 f. Coa'l, OppMtto I. OT O. T. Owaotory, Box 21' :Ffon S. BAXZM, OBBOOW DIXIE HEALTH OREAD Ask Your Grocer mm W OF THE inny ABOUND supply them with so many pounds cr ounces of seed later, and that you' now "submit sample flower, and 8hould they . be interested would like to have their buyer visit your garden during" blooming season. If it do6sa't, work and nobody pays any' attention ta youput an advertisement intyour local, paper There Isn't-anv -finer-tribute- to your honesty or the' worth, of your goods than an advertisement in your home paper, but the lack of such an advertisement does not necessarily mean that you are ashamed to exhibit your wares, for I think of three people in Oregon whose reputations are national in the matter -of seed growing who left off local advertising after their business grew to wholesale proportions, dealing only with seed houses, and finding that local ad vertisements brought them so many visitors who desired merely to look, that their gardens took on the appearance of a garden par ty, preventing -them from watering the grounds or doing other work. After Advertising After your advertising appears, in which you should state your name, postoffice address, kind of seed, and price, then get a box.of plain, small envelopes, about the size' of a cigarette paper. I bought my box at the Rodger's Paper company. It said '"Manilla Drug. 200 Ur But Tt contained 1,000 envelopes, sufficiently large for pansies, delphinium, foxglove and all auch seeds, although for "fat seeds like sunflower, sweetpeas and vegetables, you should have larger envelopes. Before, placing seed in packet write the name on it. and enclose in larger (letter size) envelope. These I always sealed,, as F sent a letter with each, but if you, do not care to -write you may send quite a package of seeds for a trifle of postager After that you have only t ocash your money orders, and then go to the Capitol theater or the Elslnore That is if you don't eat peanuts or take your very most crying baby, so I have heard. But this isn't really an advertisement, as I will confess frankly that I have never been in either of them. : Already on Map E. J. Steele of Portland has put Oregon on.the map so far as pan sies go and, of course,, they grow here equally well; the.Fleishauer's of McMinhTflle hate proclaimed to tht' wirldour auDerior asters: Donald Upjohn ofrSaienTwllf add to his laurejs this year by entering Air Painting DONE WITH A qUN 1VL B. Sanderson 1144 North Cottage y W. W. ROSEBRAUGH COMPANY ,1 Manufacturers of Warm Air Furnaces, Fruit Drying, Stoves, Smoke ' 8tacks, Tanks, Steel and Foundry Work, Welding a Specialty. 17th and Oak 8ta Salem, Ore. . F. LUTZ,, NURSERY Wer plan" and plant (free ot charge) . 1 for -homes;, large or small. all kinds of ornamental shrubsi perennials and rockery plants. -; Landscape work. 1809 Market St. Phone 1608-R At. Your Grocer BUTTERCUP BUTTER ! ' Capital (City . Cocpcrativo SALEM MM the seed growing industry with Wrexham . Delphiniums: - Hope Doud of Route 5, Salem, has es tablished herself as a Hollyhock specialist; Mrs. Archie Claggett of Route 8. Salem, raises sweet peasi while 'Hubbard people are raising poppies, and such seeds as flax. grains and vegetables are well known here, and, while not strict ly seeds. I cannot refrain from mentioning that we of the Salem district continue to lead with; tu lips from the Dibble, Franklin and Breithauph people; gladiolus from Upjohn, peonies from Jay Morris, and dahlias from E. V.'GoIn, and nursery stock cannot be mentioned without thinking of Lutx, The Ore gon, Matthis E. A. Bennett, and the greenhouses such, as . Adams, Briethaupt, Maruny, Smith, and Plant. (The address of Miss McMunn Is Route 8, Salem, though she will probably not. thank The States man for giving it, on account of the correspondence, it will oblige her to answer. Ed.) ; TIB CALLED BENT But'flow.the Industry in Coos County Has Come to Be Known Widely (Under - the " heading, "They Called Him Crazy." "the Portland Telegram has the following:) Now we know where the bent grass seed comes from. It is Coos county. Bent grass. is the beauti ful grass sown on golf links. It makes the finest and most even turf of any grass known. For these facts we are indebted to the Coos Bay Times, which says: ' . "Lyman Carrier is the .'pioneer bent grass seed dealer in Coos county, having come to Myrtle Point from his-former position with the crop department of the United States deparment of. agri culture. About four years ago he began by paying farmers ' In ! the valley $15 for the privilege of threshing the seed from. their bent grass lands. They called "him 'craiy' at that time. - : ' "Now, and largely through his efforts, the bent grass seed indus try in Coos county has come, to.! be known to seedmen in all parts of the United States." The seed selfs' for $1.25 to $2.50 per pound. . It Is one of the' best paying crops in Coos, county. .The story Illustrates what '$ man with a good idea can accompli lish if he sticks to it and pays no attention to the scoffers who call him "crazy." ; Every great- man who accomplished anything in the world has leen called "crary" at one time or another. , Whe-Ta-Lon A Superior Breakfast Food - A trial Will .Convince You " v-Cereal Co. ''r-- , M. A, SUTLER, Manmger t Telephone 10)-W -OIL-O-HATIC What lilt? ' . A SEE . ; THEO.M.BARR Phone 192 Oregon Pulp ess Ml CRAZY Manufacturers of' BOND - LEDGER GLASSmE C y GREASEPROOF TISSUE ' - ; Snrport Orescn Prcducta BpttUj "Balsa UzisT Pzzt fcr Year am icres in .EDM Almost Unlimted Market for Red, Alsike and the j WhVe Clover Seeds The Salem district produces the , finest plover seed td be found in ; the United States or any : other country for that taatter. Local seed dealers are constantly receiv- ing letters from such concerns as the Phlladelnhla Seed company. the St. Louis Seed companjr: and ; other larare eastern seed buyers o due who are scouring the market foV;. , the best seed obtainable. These .v dealers are clamoring lor cay , loa. shipments of Willamette i .valley elover seed " and Offer attractive prices for all-they can obtain. They are buying It to mix with eastern' seed on account of the bright color and unusual site of the local Reed. This mixing of the superior yVIl lamette valley product "with the eastern grown' clover - seed raises the quality of the. latter xand ren ders it capable of commanding a higherprice. X ; L Future Great Induatry ? . Old . timers ; In the, valley used ' to 'think that clover would be a failure here because "there was no outside market for the seed, but today conditions have changed and . -the producer of clover seed Is as sured of a splendid market for all . he can possibly raise and more. This Is an industry which should, can and will be developed I into great proportions and will mean more money In the bank for our farmers and a !- corresponding growth of our industries back of the land. ' This district, without irrigation, produces the heaviest crops of clo ver in the whole country, accord- . ing to government reports.. Our climate Is especially favorable to the successful production of bump er clover crops, both the first crop of .forage and the second crop of seed. We enjoy a cool growing period in summer with plenty of sunshine, but freedom from e cessiye neat such as is experience in the east. ; , .The market ' for ' our red clover, alslke,,and white clover Is practic ally unlimited, and no crop is bet ter for keening up the fertility of the soil. Clover averages from two and a half to four tons to the acre tor hay, besides producing a substantial seed crop. We : have over 24,000 ; acres In Salem dis trict in clover ana need many more. ' ! -.' Colds Are Dangerous Perfect' functioning of the organs of elimination will mean the abolition of colds. Chiropractic Ad j ustments en according to a . Neurocalometer read ing means the removal of the nerve pressure 1 which prevents perfect elimina tion. Remember the Neu rocalometer locates nerve pressure. Chiropractic Ad justments remove nerve pressure. Neurocalometer readings by appointment only, pio.Lseon,D.c 85 North iklghf Street Phone Kl-p 1471-R & Paper Co. . I V i 7