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2 THE OREGQN STATESMAN FARMING AND INDUSTRIAL MAGAZINE SECTION FARMING AND INDUstRIAL MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE OREGON STATESMAN Issued Wkly by 1 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 215 South Commercial Street, Salem, OrafOT. MEXBEK OF THE ASSOCIATED PB2SS Til Aaaeteiatod -Prebs is exeluaiveljr entitled to the nap for publication of all ' dirpatebaa credited to it or not otherwise credited U itals paper and alto the local new published herein. i Bvsmu omcu: - i Mem her Selected Oregon Newspapers Pacific Coast RepresentatiTes Doty ft Stypei, Inc., Portland. Security Bide.; San Prancieeo, Sharon Bld(. ; Las Angeles. Chamber of Commerce Bids. ! Thomas F. Clark Co., New York, 128-136 W. 31st St.; ChieafO, Marqnetta Bldf. x : k TBLEJPHOME ! Business Office.-, 23 or 583 ... Job rrpartent 58S Society Editor 106 "ew Entered at the Post Office in Salem, Orefon. as secioAd-class matter. DRUG GARDEN PROGRAM GAINS HEADWAY For nine long years, in season and out, this newspaper has hammered upon the idea that the Salem district, and the Willamette valley, should build up a great crude drug indus try Jf And this is the ninth annual Slogan number devoted to that campaign 1 And the idea has gained headway steadily, though it was discouragingly slow to take hold at first. The future of the campaign looks bright. We are to have a full fledged peppermint oil refinery in Salem this year, in time for This will open up the way essential oils ; some 60 of them that are adapted to our sec tion ; that will do better under our conditions of soil and sun shine and showers than they section of this country. This lions annually in good time here. It means the development of one of the greatest of our The Oregon Agricultural college must have an experimen tal crude drug garden. It is coming. The idea is taking firm hold. We need leaders to organize "Oregon must eventually become the drug garden of the world !" That is not the idle idle dreamer. It is the statement of one of the leading auth orities of Oregon, Prof. F. A. pharmacy, of the Oregon Agricultural college. We lead in mint growing now; ir-Jcing peppermint oil of the highest quality produced in tfrm country, and the great est number of pounds to the acre, and on the cheapest lands ; thus having the lowest overhead And we lead in cascara bark; and we can lead in a long list of articles. Says the same authority : "In Oregon, more than anywhere else in the world is found that happy combination of soil and climatic conditions which is producitve of best results in drug cultivation.' Salem is now the crude drug center of Oregon, and is con stantly increasing its lead as such; especially on account of the growth of the mint industry, which is more marked in Marion county than elsewhere in this state. Salem has long been the center of the cascara . sagrada trade for Oregon, largely through the operation of Daniel J. i Dates of Slogans in (With a few possible chances) Loganberries, October 6, 1927 Prunes. October 13 Dairying:, October 20 Flax, October 27 Filberts. November 3 Walnuts, November 10 Strawberries, November 17 Apples, Figs, Etc.. Nov. 24 Raspberries. December 1 Mint, December 8 Beans, Etc., December 15 Blackberries, December 22 Cherries, December 29 Pears, January 5, 192S 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 26 Head Lettuce, April 1 Silos, Etc.. April 8 Legilmes, April 15 Asparagus, Etc., April 22 ia r Circulation Office 58? mint harvest. for experimenting with all the can be made to do in any other will mean millions piled on mil many great resources. the crude drug industry here assertion of a mere tyrot or an Gilfillan, assistant professor of Oregon Statesman Grapes. Etc,, April 29 Drug Garden, May 6 . Sugar Industry, May 13 Water Powers, May 20 Irrigation, May 27 Mining, June s 3 Land, Irrigation, Etc., June 10 Floriculture, June 17 Hops. Cabbage, Etc., June 24 Wholesaling, Jobbing, July 1 Cucumbers, Etc., July 8 Hogs July 15 Goats, July 22 Schools, July 29 Sheep, August 5 Seeds, August 12 National Advertising, Aug. 19 Livestock, August 26 , Grain & Grain Products, Sept. 2 Manufacturing, Sept. 9 Woodworking. Etc.. Sept. IS 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 each, mailed to any address. Current topics 6 cents. Fry, the Salem druggist, who is also a large buyer of balsam fir and Oregon grape and other crude drugs. t . There should be a crude drug garden on eVery one of our farms. Prof. A. Ziefle, dean of the school of pharmacy of the Oregon Agricultural College, has asserted repeatedly that this district can produce crude drugs at one-tenth the expense and with twice the yield of Michigan and Minnesota growers where the great crude drug gardens of this country are lo cated. That is a broad and encouraging statement And the wonder is that this promising field has not al ready attracted more attention. The industry might be or ganized cooperatively, taking in many growers, inducing dif ferent growers to produce the drug crops best adapted to their soils and conditions. With such outsanding advantages, this district must be come a great crude drug center in time. It will be following the lines of least resistance ; doing the things we can do bet ter than other sections all leading to great and permanent prosperity. Prof. R. H. Lewton, assistant professor of pharmacy of the Oregon Agricultural college last year added his testimony to the possibility of great development in thi3 line in this fiela, with the creation among our people of the right kind of an attitude, or complex, towards the practicability of it. There is still another college authority to add to the list, as the reader will find in this issue, with a comphensive and in teresting article. THE STATE MARKET Tells About the New Crude Drug Bulletin of the Fed eral Government (The following paragraphs are taken from the current weekly bulletin of the Oregon State Mar ket agent: ) Oregon Celery Superior A new Labish Celery Growers' Co-operative association has been formed in that celebrated sectios of beaverdam land a few miles north of Salem. It is composed of seventeen growers, handling about 116 acres, with an expected annual output of 250 carloads of celery. The old association in the neighborhood remains in exist ence, with about the same produc tion. That district sold celery in thirty states last year, one of the growers says in the Salem States man. The Oregon celery, because of its superior quality, commands the top price in the markets of the country. Growing of Drug Plant The growing of drug plants for commercial purposes in western Oregon has been suggested as a profitable enterprise and the U. S. department of agriculture has pre pared an exhaustive bulletin on the subject, bulletin No. 663, which can be procured on appli cation to the department at Wash ington by any who may be inter ested. It is surprising how many such plants, well known to the average person, some known only as weeds, which can be made a commercial product. Strong Committee Named The Oregon Co-operative Coun cil, composed of agricultural co operative marketing agencies In this state, has appointed the fol lowing legislative committee: R. A. Ward, general manager of the Pacific co-operative Wool Grow ers; Seytmour Jones, state market agent; V. C. Follenius, manager of the Apple Growers' association. Hood River; H. M. Boney, man ager of the Eugene Farmers' creamery. id E,. J. Dixon, mana ger of the Pacific Ce-operative Poultry Producers, Portland. Retire the Roosters The Eggsaminer, official pub lication of the Pacific Co-operative Poultry Producers, advises the re tirement of the roosters from among hens that are laying eggs for commerce and not for hatch AGENT S BULLETIN ing. "The economic necessity for this move is little realized by the average poultry raiser." says the paper, "but it is an established fact that there is an appalling loss each year from spoilage of fertile eggs, particularly during the sum mer months." Wheat Prices Stiffened. The wheat market has been greatly stiffened the past few days by reports of serious crop dam age in various parts of this coun try and also in Europe. A latest report is that "indications are for the shortest winter wheat crop in recent years;" also "in the spring wheat sections of the northwest, cold weather has delayed seeding and has damaged early seeded plants." The market has assumed a strong bullish condition as a re sult of reported prospects. Not a Profitable Scheme The Portland . Better Business Bureau , warns farmers against banking too much an the success of mulberry trees for the purpose or raisins cocoons for silk manu facture. The bureau tells that they will be simply "out of luck" if they expect to cash In a profit able way on the scneme. Some fanners experience trou ble with hens mating their own eggs. An easy and effective way of fttonftina- ttii in in A o rVsn Vi a nests so that hens do not Bee thel eggs after they are laid. The nests should be built near the wall of the poultry house but far enough out to allow the hen to en ter from the back. The front is then boarded up, hingeing one board to make an opening through which to gather the eggs. Any condition which subjects fowls to a sudden and marked change in temperature is likely to result in colds, which later devel op into roup, if severe, says the poultry pathologist at the 0. A. C. experiment station. Some of theee factors are over crowding on the roost, roosting in drafty or insuf ficiently ventilated quarters, or undue general exposure. Stock carrots are being grown for dairy feed more in those areas where there is difficulty in rais ing beets. Yields are high and the stock carrots, have as good a feed value as mangels. W. W. ROSKBRAUGH COMPANY Manufacturers of Warm Air Furnaces, Fruit Dry ing Stoves, Smoke Stacks, Tanks. Steel and Foundry Work; Welding a Specialty. 17th & Oak SU. Salem. Ore. Ml HINTS CABBAGE NIB Late April or early usual time to makeser of fall cabbage, cauliflow v coll or kale in outdoor to have plants for tran- ; during early June and -I some cases the eowins postponed until late May June. From five and a ,. seven weeks are required seeding to transplanting t ; m Seed is sown by means hand drill fairly thin in thi to allow 12 to 18 plants per . in rows J.8 to 24 inches apart the seed is small, a thin rover:'.: of sod is sufficient. Costs an since about three ounces or will produce enough plant t one acre. Plants of the cabbage fann are subject to the ravages of cr tain insects, root maggots, aphis and green worms causing the mot damage. Maggot are controlled either by screening the bed with cheese cloth or by applying a sol ution of corrosive sublimate or bi chloride of mercury as soon as the young plants are above ground, says the Oregon Agricultural col lege experiment station- Treat ment ie repeated twice when nec essary. Lice and green worms are readily controlled by dusting the plants with a combination of nico tine and arsenate of lead. Common varieties used in seed beds are late cabbage, Danish ball head; cauliflower, various etrains of Snowball; broccoli, Saint Val entine and kale; dwarf or tall Scotch curled. Commercial grow ers of these varieties realize thr importance of finding the best strains. Good seed and proved varieties are essential to best re sults. Spring rains will help ger mination unless too much fall, which may uncover or wash out the seeds. Soaking salt fish In sour milk before cooking it will bring t the delicate flavor. Liquid skim milk is good for young chicks. Otto F. Zwieker. Prop. Phono 1154 SALEM FLUFF RUG & MATTRESS FACTORY New Mattresses Made to Ordei Old Mattress steaming and re making. Carpet cleaning, fit ting, new in g and siring. Fluff Rat 01 all aiaaa mada of all kind of old carpeti South 13th and Wilbur SU. DEPENDABLE WELDING Electric and Acetylene C. D. 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