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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1928)
Our People Arc. Producing More Each Year of tie Right Varieties of Grapes iodujistrial MAKING ,-SRAPK GROWING is ox THK INC R KATE HERE NOW AND r AT THf. r o i ; wkkp ?; : r.A it. M-IOHT wfi.l be mARTED WITH HIGH v'i'AMTV PP.ODT'CT PGR THIS PT-POSK ;OA.T a.n v FO F. L" . N MM WAY BETTER THAN LAST YEAR M SecftEo SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR TRY FRESH SOS 111 fOKEMENT French Endive Will Provide Novelty of Salad at Home All The Winter Many gardeners are enjoying the novelty of trotting down cellar in the winter time to gather fresh salad material. It is an easily ac complished treat. Plant seed o( French endive, also catalogued as chicory or Witloof. The culture is simple and a supply of frech salad material, always very ex pensive in the market, is cheaper at hand in cold weather. Seed should be sown outdoors in rows 1 as coon as the weather is warm enough to work the soil. It should be treated just as carrots, parsnips or other root crops, thin ning the plants to about fire inch es apart in the row. The ooll '-should be rich to promote a strong root growth. The roots somewhat resembles parsnips and will grow to a length of a foot with crowns three inches thick with good cul ture. These are to be dug in Oc tober before heavy froets. Cut off the tops to within an inch of the root so that they are of a uniform length of about eight inches. Secure a substantial box about 20 to 24 inches deep. ; Stand it on its side and pack in the roots In layers. When filled stand it up right and fill in with fine soil or sand around the roots. Cover the soil with six or eight inches of leaves, straw, shavings, excelsior or similar dry material to exclude light. Water about once a week. The blunt white spikes will start into growth and the first salads will be ready to cut by Christmas. If, when the sprouts are cut, care is taken not to injure the crown, others will follow. A succession may be secured by delaying the start of watering some of the box es. This is such an easy vegetable to grow and fresh salads of excep- 4Unal AtitlWv mav ha rtttcari sn easily in a dark cellar or basement it is surprising that it is not more frequently planted. Try a row of French endive this year. Once started it is likely to become a family fixture. The storage place should be fairly cool to produce the cnispest shoots. Some of the plants may send up seed stalks the first year, although It i? a biennial. If these appear merety cut them out and force the plant to devote its strength to nking root. Give the frames plenty of air. lifting the sash every day. Close them during cold or heavy rains. Water with the hose or sprinkler. Get In plenty of onion sets. They Jar the easiest way to get young onions in a hurry. WANTED, A A PACT WITH MEXICO IS MY WILL SB FIGHT ON DISEASES OF LIVE ST ;5S m -VirCI rlvl f . ff-n. r IT Dipping vat and inspection chutes (below) are to play a big part in control of livestock diseases contemplated under a treaty between the United States and Mexico. Representatives of the two na tions (above) who drew up the provisions are, left to right, Irs. Heruuien, Kigueroa and Castro-Leal of Mexico; It. W. Flourney, jr.. Dr. A W. Miller and Ir. J. K. Mohler of the I nited States. By Frank I. Weller (Associated Tress Farm Editor) WASHINGTON, April 28. (AP). Common measures of de fense against the invasion of for eign livestock diseases into either country soon may be put into prac tice by the United States and Mex ico. A treaty embodying uniform and reciprocal regulations already has been confirmed by the United States senate and awaits. ratifica tion by the Mexican government. It is the culmination of negotia tions started more than a year ago by livestock-sanitary officials and other representatives of the two countries. The conference group that drew up the final provisions of the treaty included Dr. J; R. Mohler, chief of the bureau of animal in dustry in the department of agri culture; Dr. A. W. Miller, who at that time was chief of the field in- spection division, and H. W. Flour- LEADER TO SALEM, OltEGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1928 11 THE FOBM OF A TREATY THAT RATIFIED BY THE UNITED ney. Jr., assistant federal solicitor, Mexico was represented by Dr. Antonio Castro-Leal, charge d'af faires and interim in the United States; Dr. Jose Figueroa, chief of the cattle division of the Mexican department of agriculture and Dr. Daniel Ortiz Berumen. chief of section of the cattle division. The terms of the treaty provide for the maintenance of quarantine stations; adequate livestock-sanitary police service; supervision of animal by-products, forage and other commodities offered for im portation; disinfection of vessels. railroad cars and other carriers;, prompt report of outbreaks of dis ease; establishments of quarantine zones, and other safeguards. Last year more than 216.000 head of livestock crossed the Mexi can border into the United States, of which 184,447 were cattle, 26. 111 sheep and 5.141 horses and mules. All were Inspected and none allowed to enter unless free ORGANIZE THE GRAPE JUICE INDUSTRY STATES SENATE of disease. The United States lonp ha. muintained rigid inspection f livestock entering from Mexico, al though no epidemic of animal dis ease ever has been traced directly to that country. Special precau tions are d-irected against the Tex as fever tick, foot-and-mouth dis ease, rinderpest," contagious pleu-ro-pneumonia and hog cholera. By special act of congress Tex as is the only state into which Mexican cattle may be imported if they have been exposed to the fever tick. Before Ihey enter, however, they are driven through a dipping vat twice at a stated in terval, and are certified to be free of infestation. They are dipped again when they cross the border. Each animal is paraded through an inspection chute where experts make sure no disease is carried in to this country. Foot-and-mouth disease i not PRICE FIVE CENTS MAKING SEEDBED IS THE IM TASK Some Simple Rules for the Amateur Gardener In His Home Plot Despite the manifest advantages of a hotbed or cold frame to a gardener. 9 5 per cent of those who grow gardens trust entirely to sow ing seeds in the open ground, tak ing advantage of the earliest dat. at which the soil can be worked. This is a fairly satisfactory meth od for those who are not impa tient for early crops. r The disadvantage outdoor seed sowing is the loss of plants that must be considered through accidents of weather such as heavy rains, hot spells, scorching winds and other factors. However, with a little care none of these will do more than nominal damage. The most'important task is to protect the seedbed from downpours of rain so that the wash is reduced to a minimum. Other methods are to cover the seedbed with cloth, anchored by stones, bricks or other methods until germination starts. For coarse seeds these precautions are not necessary, and fortunately most of the vegetable seeds are su ficiently coarse not to need this ex tra care and will do excellently planted in the open and left to na ture. The main task is thorough and careful preparation of the seedbed The chief factor is to make the soil fine, pulverizing the surface care fully so that it will come in close contact with the seed so that the seed may not trickle down among cracks between unbroken clods of earth and thus be lost. Dig deeply and pulverize thoroughly for the seedbed. Sow in rows. The old broadcast method resulted n great waste of plants. Also, sow thinly. This saves thinning and transplanting in th case of plants which are to grow where the seed i3 planted. Thin sowing results in more robust plants. Therft are now hand seed ing devices on sale which maki the regulation of seed as it trickle Into the row an easy matter. ' k common in northern Mexico, nor was it present at the time of the last outbreak in the United States. Recently, however, there was an outbreak in southern Mexico which was successfully eradicated while the present treaty was in the course of preparation. Mexican v authorities took precaution that no animals from that section were offered for importation to the United State3. Because of prevalent diseases, there are a number of countries from which neither the United States nor Mexico purchases live stock. The treaty is expected to strengthen precaution against im- . portation of such animals into either country and subsequently passed across the border.
