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2 THE OREGON STATESMAN FARMING AND INDUSTRIAL MAGAZINE SECTION FARMING AND INDUSTRIAL MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE OREGON STATESMAN Issued Wek!r bv THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 21 j South (nmmfrfiil Street, Salm. Oron. MEMBER OF TtiE ASSOCIATED PRESS T Aoeiatd i'rs i etclakivriy entitled to the use for poblirtion of all w dispatha credited to it or not othnri credited ia this paper and eit the local iivi published herein. ausncEss oftices: Oregon Newspapers Pacific Coin Representatives Doty A Portland Srmritv RMy Sn Frinriu-n Shiran HIHr Angeles, hsmber of (ommer-e B'dg. TSemas V. C!ark Co.. New Yo-k. 18-1 3ii V. 31st St.; Chiearo. Marquette Bid. Member Selected etrpeg. Inc., Business Office . Society Editor . .23 or 53 106 TELEPHONE Dept 23 or 108 Job Department .. Circulation Office 585 .58? gBtered at the Post Office m Salem, Oregon, as second-class mitter. WE CAN GET GRAPE JUICE AND JAM AND JELLY FACTORIES Our grape acreage in the Salem district is growing fast. It is coming to a point when we must find other outlets for the marketing of our grapes. The roadside stands along the highways helped some. But in a number of localities there was an undisposed of surplus last year And more and more grapes are being and will be set out. Nearly every good farmer wants and should have some grapes. And even a few vines in the course of years produce a surplus. The Slogan man of The Statesman has been for years say ing we were coming to the place where we should have grape juice and grape jam and jelly factories. We are at that point now. You have no doubt been thinking of this as a dream; the idea of making Salem a great grape center. But it is no dream. It is a possibility Salem can have grape juice factories; can become the cen ter of a great grape growing industry Can become the Westfield of Oregon, and the Salem dis trict can become the Chautauqua grape, growing belt of the Pacific coast. Nature has prepared the way. We can produce the grapes, as fine in quality as those grown in New York, Pennsylvania and adjoining states for the grape juice factories that now supply most of the grape juice for the trade of this country, and to ship to other countries. Washington now has a grape juice factory. Our people here are producing more each year of the right kind of grapes ; of the Vitis Labrusca, or Northern Fox varie ties, of the Concord family, the grape juice kinds. There are good judges who say we can and do grow a better grape juice product than the eastern factories get: We cannot mature the European varieties here, in ordinary years, in most locations; but we can and do bring to perfection the American varieties. In all the planting in the Salem district, chief attention is being and should be paid to the American varieties, for two reasons. First, they are the kinds best adapted to our soils and our climatic conditions. Second, they are the kinds needed in jelly and jam making and in grape juice manufac turing. The more of the American varieties of grapes our farmers grow, the nearer' they will approach the coming time of extensive grape juice manufacturing, and when that time comes there will be a good market for the product of all the large and small plantings of the right kind that may be made from this time on. How can we get grape juice factories, and jam and jelly factories? It could be done comparatively. One enthusiastic man, with organizing ability and a visioQ, could enlist the necessary capital Or he could organize the growers cooperatively Or one far seeing family, like the Welsh grape juice family, could do this. There are enough grapes of the Concord kinds grown here now to give a grape juice factory a start in raw materials. And the growing end of the industry could be expanded indefinitely, perhaps as fast as factory and market. facilities justified. Why should this coast be sending money away for its grape juice, when they can be grown and put up here at home? And just across the Pacific, joined to our shores by cheap water transportation, live about two-thirds of the whole hu man race. There are possible markets in China and Japan and the Philippines and in India and other Oriental lands, and in the Pacific islands that teem with people Markets for grape products that would take all we could send them. ! This is a possible great development. In out of thp u-av places, on now idle and slacker acres, our people could sup- 1 A A ' i ft . piy vasi quantities 01 grapes to be made into juice and jams and jellies for the world markets. NUKED PEPS PLANTS CAUGHT fit' LITE SPRING Dates of Slogans in Oregon Statesman (With a few possible changes) Loganberries, October 6, 19 27 Prunes, October IS Dairying, October 20 Flax, October 27 Filberts, November 3 Walnuts, November 10 Strawberries, November 17 Apples, Figs, Etc., Nov. 2 4 Raspberries, December 1 Mint. December 8 Beans, Etc., December 15 Blackberries, December 22 Cherries, December 29 Pears, January 5, 1928 Gooseberries, January 12 Corn, January 19 Celery, January 28 Spinach, Etc., February 5 Onions, Etc., February 12 Potatoes, Etc., February 19 Bees. February 26 Poultry and Pet Stock. Mar. 4 City Beautiful. Etc., March 11 Great Cows, March 18 Paved Highways, March 25 Head Lettuce, April 1 Silos, Etc., April 8 Legumes, April 15 Asparagus. Etc., April 2 2 Grapes, Etc., April 29 Drug Garden, May 6 Sugar Industry, May 13 Water Powers, May 20 Irrigation, May 27 Mining, June 3 Land, Irrigation, Etc., Juae 10 Floriculture, Jane 17 Hops, Cabbage. Etc, June 24 Wholesaling, Jobbing, July 1 Cucumbers, Etc., July 8 Hogs July 15 Goate. July 2 2 Schools. July 29 Sheep, August 5 Seeds, August 12 National Advertising, Aug. 19 Livestock. August 26 Grain & Grain Products, Sept. 2 Manufacturing, Sept. 9 Wood working. Etc., Sept. 16 Automotive Industries, Sept 23 Paper Mills. Sept. 30 (Back copies of the Thurs day edition of The Daily Ore gon Statesman are on hand. They are for sale at 10 cents eaefi, mailed to any address. Current topics 5 cents. (Following Is a current bulle tin from the department of indus trial journalism of the Oregon Agricultural coliege:) -i , Many early vegetables and other crops may be now in backward condition because of unfavorable spring weather. Lack of healthy green color as wen as stunted growth are the most common handicap Treatment of such plant w'th quick-acting fertiliz ers, sucn as nitrate of soda or sul fate of ammonia gives good re sults where low vrtatrty Is caused by lack of nitrogen. These fertil izers are not, however, recom mended a "cure alls," says tbe Oregon experiment station. The young plants, showing slow growth and yellow color, in greenhouses, hot beds or frames can be stimulated by applicatlen of one of these fertilizers in wa ter solution. One ounce of fertil izer to each gallon of water is the ueuai mixture in wnich case a quickly available supply of nitro gen is provided. Favorable re suits have been reported as soon as five days after appTIcatlon. More than 2000 young cabbage plants, grown in the hot beds at the state college, have been hin dered from proper development by cool spring weather. Liquil ni trogen fertilizers are being used to bring back green color and vigor ous growth. Vegetables in continuous rows, such as carrots, peas, lettuce, rad ishes and beets are treated with dry nitrate of soda or sulfate of ammonia, which is usually scat tered along one side of the row to 1 4 pounds per 100 lineal feet. When mixed with twice-its bulk of sand, super phosphate or eome other inexpensive material, it is more evenly distributed. Scattering on leaves is avoided to prevent leaf burning. Early vegetables grown in sin" gle hills may be given a local ap plication of fertilizers. A small handful is spread in a circle around each plant. Application im always made wnen the soil ia moist enough to take the fertilizer Into solution, such as just before, during or after a rain. Some successful gardeners use a complete fertilizer composed of nitrate of soda or sulfate of am monia, super phosphate or tank age, and muriate or sulfate of po tash. This is broadcast 4 to 6 pounes per square rod and worked into the soil during spring prep aration of the garden. Thie is sometimes followed with the us ual top dressing of nitrate of soda When the nlanta nr ii n Eggs are especially needed in the diet of young children. Ea'ch child should beIrowed one egg or an egg yolk a day and adults might profitably observe the same rule. An egg yolk a day helps to safeguard infants against rickets, for eggs contain vitamins and tissue-building materials like iron, phosporus and lime. Cleanliness is necessary for suc cess in the poultry nuelness. The yards should be so clean that the feed does not come in contact with poultry manure. Water should not be contaminated by filts of any kind. Houses and equipment should be cleaned, scalded and scrubbed. The ground is most sat isfactory if It has not had chick ens on it before, or If it Is culti vated at least every alternate year. Greater use could be made In Oregon of cull potatoes for dairy feeding. They have a feed value practically equal to that of corn silage. Many cows can be fed as high as 25 to 30 pounds daily without danger, while others may no,! handle more than 10 or 12 pounds, says the O. A. C. authority. Cnless the dust bag of a va cuum cleaner is emptied after ns ing each time the pores become, clogged and the sweeper loses its J emciency. Turning the bag in side out occasionally and brush ing is a good practice. A mixture of flour, pepper and salt placed in a papeT sack is handy when chicken is to be fried. Pieces dropped in and shaken will be well floured and seasoned and the kitchen will be spotless. A useful article In the kitchen is a child's, pan cake turner. Tt Is very handy In turning eggs. Sow a row of Swiss chard to fur nish greens for the babies after the spinach crop Is over. Otto P. Zwicker. Prop Phone 1154 SALEM FLUFF RUG & MATTRESS FACTORY New Mattresses Made to Ordei Old Mattress steaming and ro making. Carpet cleaning, flu ting. Mowing and sizing. Fluff Hugs 01 all iuei made oi kinds of old carpets South 13th and Wilbur Sti. all CIGflRET FIRES ME BIG FOREST IB- WASHINGTON. April (APi Ninety billion burnt , burning cigarets. a total of 000 every minute, are dis' annually In the United State federal forestry service cstlin I'nder normal circumstano says, ftO percent 'of these will - fire?. Authorities contend the aret" fire in one of the pre. hazards of the forest. Seed flax can be used profi for late seeding or heavy so; Oregon where late seed-in grain would generally r low yields as compared w : It is essential that the 1 firm and comparatively fr weeds as flax will not with them as successf uliy grains, says the Oregon tural College experlmrn Barley is perhaps tli the small grains for lt. Although it responds v seeding, its vigorous growth and its low wa; ment make it well ad late seeding is necess chen barley is the v mostly. It is planted ably well drained soil farmers, says an O. A 1 ity. Obtaining the seed cr before stocks of the h are exhausted has been t best practice. Seed corn from specially selected sr. from adapted varieties li good results in Oregon. Y to No. 13 is recommended Oregon Agricultural Coli periment station pun for the production of grai; When properly cured with 1, retained and with a good p' 1 color, alfalfa easily ranks f.: among hays for dairy cattle ; has a high protein content, h palatable, and laxative. It i - -so high in lime or calcium r.-,-tent. which is desirable for hie: milk production, says'4 the' ex: slon specialist In dairying at ! Oregon Agricultural college To hard cook eggs tha' a- slightly cracked, put a little ss in the water and it will proven the contents from cooking mi' W. W. ROSERRAIGH COMPANT Manufacturers of Warm Air Furnaces, Fruit Dry ing Stoves, Smoke Stack.-. Tanks, Steel and Foundry Work. Welding a Specialty. 17th & Oak Hts. Salem, Ore DEPENDABLE WELDING Electric and Acetylene C. D. OPPEN Phones: 372; Res. 2086-.I 605 Mill St. Salem, Ore. BRING IN YOUR NEW WHEAT And exchange it for hard wheat patent flour, or any of our lone list of milling specialties v do custom grinding. We mi;. ply what you need for what you have. CHERRY CITY MILLING Kalem, Oregon. 481 Trade St. Phone 31 i