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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON. THURSDAY MORNPTG. JANUARY 2. 1928 Continuation of &e Slogan Page: S ubject this Week, the T I LABISH DISK SHIPPED 1 EVER SGO CARS OF CELERY LAST YEAR " It Was a Hard Marketing Year, Requiring Large Expenses ?n Account 01 torn storage ana uiner marges, But-the Whole Output Was Marketed, and Some New Outlets Were Developed, and Better Methods of Handling Will Likely More Easily Move the Large Number of Cars That Will Be Grown This Year, Mostly by More Intensive Methods of Cultivation EJltor Statesman: ffjf Although any one interested ip rlery will concede that 1927 jTurkod the noorest year in the history of the Industry, It will be pleasing to print the farts about La'jl.-h Meadows celery and how its fame rode over the jinx, bring ing the local growers ; safely through rather hard plane. In 1923, the first year of any appreciable carload shipments, 96 carswere sent out into a cold and doubting world. In 19 24 there wre 227 carloads, which showed that somewhere people knew good c-?lry. The year of 1925 did not how quite such an increase, as there was not enough advertising which reverted rather to the grow er themselves, as little more arre st was sown and few more .-men became interested in raising the commodity. In 1926 the management cv.:i!iged, and an intensive eam- . was launcned in me saiws jiartment. with a result that 364 r-i were disposed of. 500 Cars All Sold 7l? crop planted in 1927 would . haT0 hppn sufficient to meet demand had the year been or ' ::ary. As it was. none of the t.-i cars sent from the district was icei , auu an ui u.ai ovicvi lo'h in1 the east and in our local houses, was disposed of when fin ally the weather cooled and the demand for celery began. True. tht price was often discouraging, but compared with celery else where there could be no dissatis f j. tion with the management, for. f! ;ring the unusually warm fall a:..! early winter, celery was cer- t;:iiy a drug on the market. In 1927 no ground gained in f rmer years was lost, while some i v markets were established. .i-!:o:ig which were Louisiana, Ari 7 j and Alberta. There can be but little doubt t .jf if there is any demand for :-ry in 1928, there will be a cry f r Labish Meadows celery, for the ial markets which will have i but the finest still want this 1 i-.l. fion1 Advertising Among these, and noteworthy) l':'use of its wide field of selec- I- ign (f- i: .n. is the Southern Pacific diner fcrvice. Not only did they buy t is product, but they gave It wide ; ! -:'rtisinff on the menus all over i - -ystem. Such advertising is t privilege of the very few. The coming season will see s increase in acreage, although i ; to be cautious and with j U'inent. New greenhouses are ilready under construction, which :: to take care of the very early r mts. for It Is from these early -i m that the best profits are ob : i;ued. No new growers have :."n added to the Labish Mea- ws Celery Growers union, which Ht present consists of 34 members.; As to the Future To speculate or prophesy as to what prices may be offered or ob- tained for celery next summer is beyond the knowledge of any one at this time, but it is safe to eay that they will not be lower than the prices of 1927. A I eriam market fact3 were ob tained by Manager Ronald Jones while on his trip through the east ana souin in November of last year which will materially help in the preparation of the product at this end of the Journey, and there will no doubt be several improve ments made in" the manner of load ing the crates into the cars and in icing. For to get the celery on the far markets in as near the -ame condition as it is upon its start will insure a ready sale, for 't is conceded that there Is none better. The Best Markets The best states for marketing celery, or at least celery from Ore gon, are Nebraska and California. The Californians know celery and demand a large, prime stalk. The nearest in sizes to their own" grown :n southern California Is the La bish, and when the southern crop is gone the Oregon product is In strong favor, for the northern Cal fornia variety is very short and small. Some 60 cars were con sumed in San Francisco and Oak land alone, while many others went to different points In the Golden State. This was a very noticeable increase over the pre ceding year. Large celery is also wanted in Minneapolis and vicinity, to take '"are of the chop-suey trade. To Gt Better Celery Much experimenting is now go ng on to get a seed that will pro duce celery that is best for stor age. The regular variety is very good, but it is intended to create a kind that will retain its crisp freshness even after many weeks it the low temperatures. If this can be accomplished, there will be no dread of the slack periods that precede the Thanksgiving and holiday demand. Summing up the reasons that made of 1927 such a poor year, it must be said that few if any could have been anticipated. Un usual rains, warm weather in the east, heavy crops in the two ban ner celery states, New York and Michigan, which were of such poor quality that they had to be sold at once at any price, and the! peak of western celery yield fall ing too early, are given as the :b)ef cauaei that made elllaj dif ficult. Although Oregon celery has been known in the eastern mar kets for some years. It took La bish lands to make It really fa mous, for without question no combination of soil and climate could be found better adapted to the industry. There Is still much of this fertile ground awaiting the spread of this notoriety, as but 230 acres was used the past year to stow the 500 cars shipped. Possibly 10 acres will be added the coming season,- but there will be more intensive culture, which will bring the total crop for cut ting much above laet year. CECIL V. ASHBAUGH. Brooks, Or., Jan. 24, 1928. Hazel Green Community Club Planning Program HAZEL GREEN, Jan. 25. (Spe cial) The community club give a program Friday evening. Local players will present the play "Mr. Smith Goes on a Diet." Luncheon will be sold, the pro ceeds to be used for defraying the expense of graveling the school yard. Rev. W. A. Mershon will preach at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hashlebach er spent Sunday at Amity. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Jones will regret to hear of the death of their infant son. Wade Latham, of pneumonia last Saturday morning. Rev. W. A. Mershon, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Looney and Glen Loon ey attended the funeral for the Jones baby at Mill City Sunday. In the policy of conducting the af fairs of the Bankers Lit Insur ance company, the rates hare be come excessive. A number of the policyholders were said to have been forced to drop their protec tion. A resolution demanding Mr. Lee's resignation was adopted at a meeting of the assessment poli cyholders held In Portland two weeks ago. First Semester Closed For Salem High School Class work for the first semes ter of the Salem high school closed &. 1 , . ut?u scnooi was dismissed wed nesday afternoon and pupils will not be required to attend school uniu i:vv rriday afternoon, at which time report cards will be given out. Superintendent Hug and Princi pal Nelson and the corps of in- willjstructors will be working at the school building during the two days and will bo ready to lend as sistance to new pupils and others who desire to confer with them on school work. New Telephone Line Will Extend from Labish Center HAZEL GREEN. Jan. 25. (Special) A new farmers' tele phone line will be extended out from Labish Center. In addition to serving some new patrons, it will take some from the 117 and 44 lines. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dunigan, Sr., are visiting their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Dunigan and George Jr., at Chinook, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Weber of Eugene were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dunigan, Sr. Clifton Clemens and Raymond Westervelt attended a lecture giv en by Dr. Ira Landirth at the Christian church Tuesday evening. CELERY GROWING IN STATE FROM AUTHORITY (Continued from Page Eight) express is washed and tied and sold in smaller crates carrying from two to four dozen. Car loading consists in placing crates in the car four wide and three high, with the exception of the first two stacks next to th bunkers, which are four high, making sixteen extra crates. The total load is 160 crates. In order to keep the bottom of the upper crates from injuring the leaves of the lower ones as they stand in the car, two by two inch pieces are used crosswise of th car between the crates instead of regular car stripping. The re frigerator cars have standard icing of two and one-half tons of ice in each bunker. Wide Distribution Distribution of Oregon celery in 1925 extended over 20 to 25 dlf-1 ferenti states, among , which werei the following: Nebraska. Iowa. Minnesota, Illinois, California Texas,; Missouri, Kansas, Montana, Wisconsin, Oklahoma. Florida. North! Dakota. Colorado, Michi gan, Ohio. Maryland, South Da kota and Canada. Celery has been stored perfect ly for 60 days under refrigerator air storage, which in some seasons has been quite profitable. The yields of celery as grown in the state usually run from IS 00 to 2000 dozen bunches per acre, or from one and one-half to two carloads per acre. The Costs . Approximate production and harvesting cost Items are as fol lows: ! Seed i 112.00 Plant i 40.00 to $60.00 Manure 70.00 Manure application ... 17.50 Commercial fertilizer 25.00 to 30.00 Fitting ground . . 20.00 Planting 25.00 Cultivation 8.50 Weeding 8.00 Hoeing 9.00 Salt . I 5.00 Spray materials and labor .... 10.00 Irrigation 25.00 Blanching 10.00 to 12.00 Preparation for market 30.00 to 45.00 Crates 70.00 Total $396.00 to $432.00 Receipts: 1800 dozen at 65c to 70c. $1300.20, the average f. o. b. shipping price being $3 a crate for the entire season. Policyholders of Bankers Life Will Make Appearance Dan Kellaher, Portland attor ney, and a number of assessment holders in the Backers Life Insur ance company iof Des Moines, the resignation of Clare A. Lee, state insurance commissioner. The assessment policy holders contend that because of a change StopS Colds stops.Tt thtCok m i Wards off Grippe Flu Because it does four things in one, HILL'S Cascara-Bromide-Quinine knocks a cold in one day. A couple of HILL'S tablets tonight means coldgone tomorrow. 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