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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1928)
- f ? ' ' i 1 DUSTRY GREAT ASSET Satem Territory Grows 12 Million During Year Statistics Show ,Tbe climate of the Willamette valley, which puts a' finish on the bulb in the way of vitality, kite m A . m - other portion of the northwest, and shows special superiority in . the case of the tulip, has done Its share In making the Salem area a large bulb center. The origination of the business here, continuous growing through 10 years, are on the positive side vi tun icugcr. xug u i now con earners, both wholesale and retail, who set their face as a mecca to ward Salem, are many, and their withdrawal would be seriously felt. - - but the future extent of the , business here depends both on the encouragement it receives as well as' on the close observation And discriminating experience of the grower. The day is past when any kind of bulb sells. Good cul tivation and careful grading be long essentially to the future. biipsnoa methods, no matter how L many bulbs involved, would do harm to any community. This caution, it may be added, does not PPly to growers here who have devoted themselves to study of and experimentation with the bulb. But careful growing granted, the luture or the bulness in Salem can only be measured by the amount of money put Into, a favored un dertaking. Because of ( the mo mentum of the oublicitv It has al ready received, it will be easier lor; Salem to step Into a huge in- austry : wan any other locality Almost, more than any other. Salem territory works band in hand with the Willamette valley climate. Why should the com munity hesitate to nut the same certain commercial push back of Dujps that command success in any other large business: There should be , two hundred acres of bulbs growing right in Salem now. with mo maex linger pointing "on ward." Nothing else will give baiem more publicity, more su premacy. A Utile History Holland has long been noted for Its bulb growing, which Itr car ried on both intensively and ea tc naively. The DeGralf 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. m.. a . ,j4 cre is no reason wny tne Wil - lamette valley of Oregon cannot become the greatest bulb produc lng center of the United States, as Holland is of Europe. We should . ultimately have large acreages of both tulips nad daffodils, and es pecially tulips. Our valley Is en dowed by nature with a climate particularly adapted to bulb cul ture. In many respects our ell mafic conditions are much better tOB thin lmfuirf,i i ' "v auuuvLi J I. LI 11 those of Holland, which has to overcome the handicaps of long rooauuB gi com weatner and . . t. iirjou8 or not weather with too in tense sunshine during the critical months of growth. A large number of he bulbs used at home and abroad are sold to the greenhouses who demand that they begin to grow at once and mature perfect specimens of about the same sise. Now the Willamette vallev hulha Ba-r possess this much desired quality In greater degre ethan any other uuivuii uuiui exniDic "th to grow" Immediately and develop into hardy, even sized specimens which command 'the best prices. ;. -? impetus Given 'During the past year the bulb Industry- has. received a great Im petus In the ; Wlllnmtai n Growers are learning that ' ojir March, April, May and .June weather gives us Just the right amount of temperate sunshine and semi-cloudy days to put vltalHy .... - ui buius, l neee Tour Mr..MV. . ... - u,vu.u3 are me cnucai ones in the growth of the bulbs, and the Wil lamette valley climate is ideal for their production. Here in the Willamette valley, instead of "running, out" our bulbs become better and better. . Our remark able and unique even climate 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. Salem District First ' The 8alem district was the first to begin bulb culture In the Val ley. Twelve or thirteen yean ago marked the first commercial be ginnings of the industry. Since then it has grown until now it at tracts world wide recognition. Leading growers ef Holland have visited local acreages and have Dates of Slogans in ' With a few possible changes) , loganberries, October 6, 1937 ' 7 Prunes, October IS ;a Dairying, October3 10 Flax, October 27 Filberts. November . 1 i ; Walnuts, November 10 Strawberries, November 17 Apples, Figs, Etc, Nor. 14 Raspberries, December 1 Mint, December 8 Beans, Etc.. December IS Blackberries, December 11 . t Cherries! December 19 Pears, January 51811 : : Gooseberries, January 12 T Corn January '19- 4 - ' . ; , v Celery, January 28 ' . Spinach, Etc.,' February S ' . Onions, Etc, February 11 Potatoes, Etc; February 19 : S Bees, February lir-pr.:;,y"'i::'M Poultry and Pet Stock," Mar. 4 s City Beautiful, Etc, March 11 L Great Cows, March U ...:.. SPaved Highways, March 2 i ..s- ' plead Lettuce April 1 ,. ' jsilos, Etc, April iiZ-f-r-JH.'i tgumes5 April 11 " " ; Asparagus, Etc, April 21 - Hyslop Tells How Our Seed Ittdu s Made Into "Oregon may produce much more seed than she has produced in recent years," says W. R. Hy slop, agronomist at O. H. C, who continues: "there are several lines in which there Is real opportunity to meet local demands. '. There lsJ opportunity for farmers special ising In eeed production. It will be best for the business and best for all concerned if the seed pro duction may be carried out as a regular program by seed growers rather than by Intermlttant dips into seed production by general farmers. Seed proa action, to be developed on Its highest level, should be in the hands of special ists who know how to produce seed, to get yields, and to produce seed to reduce', cleaning costs. General farmers, producing occa sional crops of clover seed or rye grass seed, often fall to get the seed yields desirable and necessa- 'ry to be profitable, and often grow the crop with eo many weeds as to make cleaning very difficult A large part of the cleaning prob lem may be solved by using clean eeed to begin with, by growing the crop In a proper rotation, and by satisfactory management of the seed crop to avoid some of the more inseparable weeds. Oregon has a long way to go to make the seed business as large and profit able as it may be. Hhookl Be Stabilised -"Among other things, the seed law needs revision and enforce ment. Various of Its provisions ire unworkable and there la prac tically no attempt made at en- commented with extreme favor on what they saw there and praised the soil and climate of the Salem district. They have predicted that ll" we take advantage of the excel- lent opportunity offered us we will some day become the great bulb center of the nation. Our local growers are ing all kinds and varieties of bulbs in conformity with the very highest types. Among these are found the Darwin, Breeder, Cot Utge and Singularity. International Markets The wholesale market is divid d up among florists, greenhouses. fancy growers, large estate own 3rs and others who purchase In lots of from a dozen ortwo up to several thousand bulbs. Growers have worked up International markets, and Salem grown bulbs are planted Ineverjr state in the Union, in most of the provinces of Canada and also a number of for 3ign countries. Eastern growers Durcbase our product In large quantities. How Tnllps are Grown Tulips are planted in rows or beds during September or October lfter the soil has been prepared is for truck gardening. Cultiva tion begins in February. The flow- irs blossom In April and May, and he digging, either by hand or ma chinery, begins in July, after xrhich the bulbs are placed In a toring shed to be cleaned and graded and left six weeks for dry- ng. Some are sold as blossoms, but 'he 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 ay 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. WKh 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 ditions of growth and the ease with which the bulbs can be grown, 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 tural crop in which a failure has never been known, and which Is remarkably free from any serious 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, i The industry offers a particular in viting field to capital because of me ready, market which is doubling and quadrupling with The greenhouses of Portland alone use 500,000 tulip bulbs each year. , - Increased Poor Fold Before the embargo on daffodils the United States was importing over 100,000,000 tulip bulbs and 100.000.000 daffodil bulbs each Oregon Statesman Grapes. Cto , April 29 Drug Garden, May I I Sugar Industry, May 11 V Water Powers. May 10 Irrigation, May 17 Mining, June 3 . . Land, Irrigation, Etc, June 1 Floriculture, -June -17 Hops, Cabbage; Etc, June 34 Wholesaling, Jobbing, July 1 Cucumbers, Etc, July 8 Hogs July, 18- - - Goats, July 11 Schools, July 29 ! , v Sheep August 6- :i $ rf Seeds, August 12 - National Advertising, Aug. 19 Livestock, August 18 v Grain ft Grain Products. Sept. 2 Manufacturing, Sept. 9 Woodworking. Etc, Sept. 1 8 -Automotive Industries, Sept 13 1 Paper Mills. Sept. 3 0 -? (Back- copies of the Thurs day edition of The Daily Ore gon Statesman are eh hand. They are for sale at 10 cents each, mailed to any address. Current topics S cents. r try May Great Asset forcing It. The enforcement of the seed law will help materially In keeping a lot of bad seed from being planted. Another needed Improvement Is seed grades. " If we. had state grades for seed or national grades for seed there Is no doubt that a better quality of seed would be planted. v Few far mers would think of planting No.' 3 seed or No, 4 seed for seed growing puprposes, but there are a lot of folks planting seed of that poor quality under our present labeling system. . To have a stable seed business, will require fairly constant production In a well worked v out rotation. When we get reasonably con stant production and reasonably uniform volume the business will be much more sound and stable, and better cleaning and handling facilities may be developed. "Figures reported, by the U. S. seed laboratory show that we an nually import large quantltes of alfalfa seed Into the U. S. We also ship large quantities from neigh boring states into Oregon. There is an opportunity to grow Grimm and Common alfalfa in a number of districts as In Jackson, Joseph ine and Douglas counties in west ern Oregon, and in most of the ir rigated - counties ' In. eastern Ore gon. Until the seed staining act went Into effect we were getting a good deal of alfalfa from Ar gentina. At present most of it Is coming In from Canada, Alsike Clover Outlook "While Oregon Is not an im porting country for alsike clover and Is really shipping out a rood Ideal of that eroo. there aremanv soils In the Willamette valley and in the high Irrigated counties, suited to alsike clover MAd n Tri ductlon. Imports Into the IT. a. for the fiscal years 1919 to 1927 show 'not less than 4,000,000 pounds a (year and from there on no to 11.- prodnc-jOOO.000 pounds. Practically all of it comes from Canada. There is a large field for it in Marlon, Yam hill, Polk, Benton, Lane and Linn counties In the Willamette Valley, and In Crook, Deschutes, Klamath, Lake, Baker and Wallowa coun ties in eastern Oregon. There is little danger of our increasing the acreage to the extent that it will be over produced. Red Clover Situation "Red clover is annually import ed " In -quantities varying from rarely as little as a million Bounds a year tip to around 24.000,000 pounds a year. It averages 12.000. 000 to 18,000,000 pounds a year. "Before the seed staining act went into effect we frequently got a good deal from Italy, but now the bulk of the Imports are com ing from France. It Is thought by some that part of the aeed coming from France Is really of Italian origin, but is being handled by unscrupulous French dealers as French seed to afold putting on the red stain. Most of the Willamette valley, some of the Irrigated sections of southern Oregon, and the lower altitude irrigated sections in Crook. Des chutes, Klamath Lake, Malheur, Baker and Union counties may grow excellent yields of red clov er. To grow this and maintain our business in it will necessitate our standardising on the hardy hairy stemmed types common in the northern United States and Europe rather than the smooth stemmed types of the Mediterran ean section. The east is demand ing th hardier types. We must meet . demand. A survey of many clover fields this past summer In both eastern and weseern Oregon showed that most of the. fields inspected con tained a high percentage of the smooth stemmed types. As a mat ter of fact, only three fields showed a reasonable high percent, age of the hairy stemmed types. This probably accounts for the fact that our clover seed is be coming let popular In the east ern states. - - - Ladino aad White Clovers TWe really need to grow more Ladino . clover and white clover seed toT care for our own pasture needs. About ten acres of Ladino clovver were produced in Oregon last year. There will doubtless be a steadily increasing demand for this rank growing pasture clover. There Is a potential mar ket for at least ten million pounds in Oregon when its merit is recog nized. White clover production year. There Is therefore no dan ger of overproduction, especially since the demand is. growing every year. - The consumption' of bulbs baa 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. Oen of the most needed aids is a growers clearing house or. asso ciation . which would co-operate with growers and serve as a mar keting agency. The industry has outgrown Individual growers mar keting the product themselves. Holland has made it a leading national Industry, and the Willam ette valley Is better suited because of Its peculiar climatic and soil advantages to become a leader in the industry. . Some-of Our Leaders Soma of our leaders in the bulb industry here are the Salem Bulb company, , the Franklin-Young Bulb company, the Luther Chapln Bulb Farm, Nell Pearmlne, Mrs. Farringtoa and Don Upjohn. Many others ought to be named. v . Our bulb growers produced this year at least 12,000,000 bulbs. The plantings for next year In the immediate Salom district will be about 6S acres or more, . . V - Forest Grore Jtiaa. gone intelli gently Into bvtb growing; especial ly In daffodils. The Canby and Tillamook districts are growing bulbs: and a number of other val ley distrtcts.:;i-:::r:::.i j- There are large shipments of blooms from the Salem district, to wholesale nolnts and to florists along the ' Great Northern" and Northwent Pacific railroads as far as Duluth. Minnesota, annual ly. . Many thouands or blooms. both tulips and narcissi, are sold. June Convention Proves Worth of Industry Through Willamette Valley By EUa McMsmsi ' Since Oregon was recognized as of sufficient importance in the seed growing world to secure-ths first north west Seed Growers eon. vention for a three-day meeting in the June Just past, and; since the Willamette valley Is the prin cipal seed growing area in the state, we may conclude that the Salem district is now on the seed growing map. From California, Idaho, Washington. Utah. Mon tana, Arizona and Oregon came the bulk of the delegates but there were Eastern speakers and no end to eastern buyers who took a look around and placed orders for - Westren that is Oregon grown seed. It Is an open secret that our clover seed will germinate 100 per cent, and for many years past Maryland buyers, to name but one of many, have purchased our seed to mix with their own. since they have good clover growing ground but summer showers or some such thing prevents (their seed from reaching the high standard of that grown here. Then we have a lot of bumble bees . which for some forms of blossom are most admirable and superior to honey bees, and after feeding on the clover, we hare them for potlenix ing tomato blossoms, which must otherwise be pollenlzed by hand. And bumble bees are not the bad rascals that wasps, yellow Jackets and hornets are by any means. They are the most pleasant fel lows of. the Insect world with which I have had dealings, and while they rarely sting their "bite" is surprisingly mild. In crossing the clover patch this spring I was stung three . times on my : shin, which was noexnore than a mos quito bite and which did not swell up like a bee or wasp. Shipped to Texas For 25 years we have been ship ping vetch seed to .Texas to grow in the orchard and plyo Under for a fertilizer, while various grain seeds are gaining recognition, and such garden seeds as beans, peas. onions and lettuce are eagerly sought. But my own partclular hobby ia flower seed, although It Is rath er' more than a "hobby" with the Herbert A Fleshauer people of McMlnnvllle who grow $5,000 or 88.000 WRrth of Aster seeds every year, having seven or eight acres in crop, and certainly It is no hob by with E. J. Steele of Portland who has nine or ten acres of pansy garden for seed growing and re ceives as high as 8250.00: per pound for his best varieties. (I hope the printer will not make that two dollars and fifty cents.) Del phinium seed costs more and pe- tunles are worth ever so much more than their weight in gold, and as we ca ngrow all these things, it seems to me that the Salem District with its good soil. and rainless summers Is Indeed a potential diamond mine to: the first man who will organize a buy ing and distributing . company to market the seed our people un derstand how to grow to such perfection, but lack the selling ex perience which could be supplied by an honest, alert, selling agent. Announcement Appended ; Because many may now be in terested In seed growing who fail ed to get in touch with growers has got up to around 15,000 pounds a year in Oregon, but our annual imports ; are usually from 500,000 pounds to as much as a million and a half pounds. We have a long way to go yet on that kind of clover. . "Crimson clover does fairly well In the Willamette valley, but the market for It is not so large. Hairy vetch has been a good .thing for several year and the acreage may be tripled to care 'for our domestic needs. More Rye Grass Oreron haa xnnld tf rrt deal in rye grass production rath er man tne more desirable Eng lish rye grass. Our English rye grass imports annually amount to around one and a half to two million pounds. , When our grow ers nrodnce clean Encllsh rrsm seed on clean land we can doubt. less take away this market from the foreign compel tors.- However, the seed trade is partly, at fault as it has not paid as much prem ium for English rye grass as the difference In retail price. between It and Italian rye grass would seem to warrant. Probably If genuine English rye grass were to be Inspected and certified and sealed before v going to market, making real assurance that it was the English rye, rather than the Italian with the beards threshed off, there would be a better recog nition of its real market value. These are only a few of the things that may be expanded very largely. Bent grass seed produc tion la far from reaching the -limits of its use. Meadow foxtail is a very much needed grass with practically no local production. Reed Canary grass demands are developing and will warrant an Increase in the seed growing , of that crop. 11 ; "A little more community ef fort, possibly the development of a seed growers association, the revision of the seed law. an ar rangement made - for art nil n- oreement and the adoption of 3eed. grades should kelp. to make Oregon s seed ind us try . a better one" . -.. . , .:;.t.,7 . The above suggestions f Prof. Hyslop. agronomist of the Oregon Agricultural college, are all, im portant. They, deserve the sincere attention of every one In this sec tion who has a forward lookl He points out great possibilities for the good of the industries on the land. D. A. WHITE & SONS Cdrry r DR. KORENEK'S - Veterinary Remedies t andLIineral3 North Part of Marion County Rapidly Becomes Seed Growing Section Iran Stewart, who was field man for the Chas. R. Arehard Im plement company, Salem, acting as a super county agent tor the whole Salem district, hsa em barked in business for himself. In partnership with Roy Garrett, he has purchased the Jim reuer seed cleaning plant and warehouse at Donald. Mr. Garrett had been connected with that plant. The new firm name is the Stewart A Garrett company. They; have built an addition to the ' ware house, 40 by. 74 feet, two stories, and installed the latest type of machinery tor cleaning all varie- ties of seeds specializing In the cleaning of red, alsike and white clover seed. - The Stewart it Garrett company will also do some storage busi ness, and incidentally help in dustries on the land n northern Marlon county. The Oregon Elec tric railroad people are building a hop storage warehouse at Don aid, to be completed the first of September. It will accommodate 4500 bales of hops. The Stewart & Garrett people will have charge of this warehouse. Together with their own warehouse accommoda tions, they will have room for 6000 to' 7000 bales or hops. A big accommodation for that dis trict. Made Thorough, Survey Before engaging in business at Donald, Mr. Stewart made a thor ough survey of the whole north end, In addition to what he had been doing In his former work. He concluded that great possibil ities for development were certain there, in the lines with which the new firm would come into contact. The country down that way Is still mostly in large farms. There is not a considerable proportion of small farms, as found inutber sec tions of this district. Since the war, and the low ebb of grain growing, the farmers down that way have been specializing - on ?eed growing. There are numbers of farms with 80 to 100 acres of seed each to draw from. It is a e;reat eeed country. From the bottom lands, the growers are getting from eight to 10 bushels to the acre of red clover seed. and even on the upland fields in the Donald and St. Paul sections the farmers often get as. much, though this year the average Is running lower, owing to the dry season. The harvesting of clover seed Is now going forward. They can grow clover seed at a profit. The farmers in that section are seeding clover with rape and run ning sheep on it, and are making more clear money than they could realize on straight grain, farming. There Is a great increase In these lines in the Donald trade terri tory. Doing Well With Vetch The farmers down that way are also doing well with vetch both the gray and common varieties be ing good " lines. The Hungarian vetch Is not In as good demand Just now, . owing to an apparent over supply of this seed. Henry Zorn, one of the big farmers of that section, will have this year two car loads of Hungarian vetch seed, and he will switch next year to Manantha vetch, used exten sively In the southern states. This Is a new market, and an Immense one. The McKay people on the W. R. McKay place have In a single year grown as much as a car of clover seed alone 80,000 pounds of it. The McKay people run sheep In connection with clover growing. English Rye Grass English rye grass growing Is destined to have an Important part In the farming operations fa the country west of Gervals, and around West Woodburn, old St Louis, and In the St Paul section. This crop does especially well on the poorly drained lands. It makes good pasture. It goes well with and buyers at the convention. I ap pend a clipping from the Oregon Ian of May 20 announcing the convention from May 81 to June 3. and giving the officers, al though 1 believe that a member of the Portland Seed company wsa elected to the presidency at the convention. At any rate inquiry of them concerning, seed one has to sell or contemplate growing would be sure to meet with a courteous reply. The clipping follows: "Saei ma aad aaeS ' grower from might vtlUrt itataa win meat la Port Ual Taaraday, Friday aad Batarday, May tl. Jaaa X aad 3. for taa flnt aa- aaal -aaattnf otot aald la taa raelfie aortawcat by taa PaeifU State Saedi- ' aMoaiatles. Tfca first two days will dTtad to anttnaic iniiobi aad Saturday to aa all-day trio aroaad Moaat Haod. with a aahao. barbeoua at Battio Am Inn. Oavaraaient aanrp, at soon. -"Dalasataa aro azpeetod from Calif or !. ariioaa. Utah, Nevada. Montana, Ida bo. Wathiaftoa aad Orcfoa. Head taartera will be at -the Portland beUl. wear the aaaaal banaet will b held Tbarsday owning. May II. Albert M. Hand, viea-preeidoat of the Portland Seed company, will be toaetmaater. "At taa haaraee ae!ona talk will be made by exeeatiei and tpeciaUita of dome af the world largtit seed coat- aaaaaa, aad -by faenity neaiber from Oregon AgrWaltaral college. - " "Oar work la very eoBatractlva, as w carry oa experiment to help the farmer iaereaa hi cop ' and eombet diseaae aad other pest tbat might toad eat down feia yield." explains Mr. Haad. chairman af the catartaiameat committee. "Oar experiment are nsdc moatly with the Idea af producing aeod or piaat mat win aa of nca high ataa aard a to- Iaereaa the yield aad thereby eat down, the ooat." The axnerimont are carried aa la eonjanetion with tat experimental station, county agents and other interested la agrienkar. h ex plains. "Present officer are: Prasideat. "Vf B. Early, Lea Aageiee: viee-araaldant Frank Loekenby. Seattle: eeretarT-tra. rer. &. E. Mason, Baa Francisco." - OiL-Q-MATIC WHAT IS IT? - - SEE' " TOEO. M. BARR . Phone 192 , sheep breeding. A. R. Coleman, north of Cham- poeg, has been growing jsngllsh rye grass for-about three years, and he finds that ft not only af fords him tine sheep pasture in Khe fall: and spring, but its seed brings as much as would a grain crop. It takes less labor than a grain crop.' Prank Berhorst, on the Espey place in the same section, finds English rye grass a good crop to f row. John Daws of the Mt. Angel section, who has been growing rye grass for three or four years, finds H a most profitable crop. In connection with sheep. S. J. Smith, St Paul banker. will put out 60 acres of English rye grass. A number of others in that neighborhood are taking up this crop. H. Booster, in he Gervals neighborhood, is one of the ex tensive rye grass growers of the north end. The farmers on the poorly drained lands of Linn countv have also gone into English rye grass. it furnishes an outlet for landa that are otherwise practically valueless. Winter Barley Good W. R. McKay, near the Cham. poeg. Is raising winter barley ex tensively. Tne eeed came from the Newberg section. It Is nrov- Ing a most satisfactory crop. It is usea to clean up the weeds along with flax and corn. The winter barlev rinena before the weeds; before the Weeds have de veloped seeds, and thus the weeds are eliminated. Last year. Mr. Stewart scattered winter barley seed pretty well over Marion county. , The northern end is also going into gray oats, for milling and seed. The farmers in that section get a fine quality. The test weight of the oats produced on rood land there runs to 42 pounds to the bushel. This weight Is not at all uncommon. The standard weight, as most readers know, is 32 pounds to the bushel. The northern end, from Hub. bard to Wilsonv'ille, raises a lot of onion sets. There Is a long list of other seeds that do well in tbat section. New Firm Baying The Stewart & Garrett com pany buys field seeds of all kinds, and makes a specialty of field grains. Is furnlshine manv of the large farms with their grain ror seea, Tne grain Is cleaned, and it is made immune from smut with the coDDenr carbonatn dut nd is delivered all ready to sow. Mr. Stewart keeps a watch over Marlon, Clackamas. . Polk and Yamhill counties Tor seed grain. He has taken groups of farmers on several tours, looking for new varieties and methods. Mr. Stewart's work Is largely the same as It has been before; that of a super county agent but with his efforts SDeclallzd for the help and benefit of northern war a aiarion county. General Markets DAISY PORTLAWD. Dra Amm 11 I LT Dairy exchange, net prec: Batter: extra aTe- i. prima first d5Vc; first 48 He. Eggs J extra SO; first 39e; milium extras S6e; medium first S5e; r der ailed 20. : HAT MSTUHD On a.. ltan Hat r Baviav nrta. VIab.am - thy $21021.80; da. valley, $1717.0; nana fig.ouujii; ciover $ia; oat any, $15315.60; straw, $7.60 ton; selliag prices $2 tea mora. raosucB PO&TLAhTn. On. Aav 11 flPl Whobaala pricoel - V Milk-Baw milk (d per ceat). $2.80 ewt fob Portland. less aaa par cent. Bntterfat. Aaa (! II, m.v at rt a m - ------ 1 - -w.vwv fob Pertlaad. . i l-oaltry AHvo hen. S aver 4tf la.. f; H Paad, 20e; 8 to 4 lea.. leghorn nadar Iha wi nan "anaar sac; pnng aad I lb. Potatoes Oaotatlaaa aa mi lfiA. ! ; Yakima Ketted Gems. ew. mm m inu coDQiers, new, l.e01.75; Deschutes Gem, old. TJ. I. No. 1. 81.00: combination rrn! an A 75e. Oalen Beat varietle $1.25 t 1.T8. change net wholesale price! (Cubes): Extra. A8MI: staadarle, 4SH! prima itrutm, ee;nraia, etc. creamery prises: Priata. 8 aver cube standards. F..I Rim ml w PnL.J IV. I V - mm - - msm i a J J. change (net basis): Presh standard ax- t ... . . 1 . . a . . . . . irwaa eiaauare nrsis, nafte; fresh mediant extras, 27; fresh medium first. Xfle. Pricaa tA ratailara 1Mb over ex change price. . POmTXAJTD OatATjr Portland ui anla w fc alm.A blnoetom, hard white f 1.24; toft whit $1.1$; western white $1.18; hard: win ter $1.04; northern spring $1.08; west erw rew ei.ua. MJata No, 2 88 lb. whit food $85. . SALEM NAVIGATION COMPANY Water Transportation Portland Salem : Telephone IXJ7 BRING IN YOUR NEW WHEAT And exchange it for hard wheat patent flour, or any of our long list of milling specialties. We do custom grinding. We sup ply what you need for what you hare.- - CHERRY CITY BULLING CO. Salem, Oregon, 481 Trade St. Phone 818 DEPENDABLE . WELDING Electric and Acetylene V- C.D.OPPEN rhones: 872; Res. 2080-J 603 Mill SU - Salem, Ore. MS is i n BUE6K CHIEF Coldirel Abrams, secretary of the Oregon state board of control is in receipt of a special invita tion from Edward Spaff ord. na tlonal commander of the American Legion, to attend the national con vention In San Antonia, Texas, to be presented to the convention as one of the founders of. the organ isation. Until receipt of this invitation it was not known generally that Colonel Abrams was a delegate representing the Forty-First Divi sion, attended the caucus in Paris in the spring of 1919, that created the American Legion in a session lasting nearly a week, arid ar ranged for the first meeting to be held In the United States the fol lowing autumn. At the recent state convention of the Legion in Medford, Colonel Abrams was Introduced by Com mander Love as one of the found ers and a guest of honor of the convention. He responded with a short address on loyalty and pre paredness. Colonel Abrams Is anxious to attend the. national convention. and join in this meeting, of first members, but is still more anxious to accompany the Capitol Post drum corps, and help cheer when it wins the national drum corps contest, as he believes It will However, he does not expect to be able to get away from his of ficial duties for that length of time. Barley No. 3 4S lb. B. W, M8.S0. Oern No. 2 -Kaatarn ltov. abinnent s.a. MUIrun standard $20.50. UVB8T0CK PORTLAXD. Ore.. Aug. 11. (TAP). Satnrday's North Portland receipt Cat tle and hogs, none; sheep, 740, Including ? otiiea ibrough; ears, 10.. Totals for week (approximately): Cattle. 2.14S: eaWes, 810; hogs. 8.010; aheep, 8,080; ears, 10S. Cattle (Compared with a week ago) all matured elasses fully steady to strong, spot 25 a 50c higher on steers and she-stock, esWes and Testers 60c Q 11. UO Higher. Fairly good steer most ly fll.S0212; a few loads of ootstand iag quality Monday, 1 12.29 12.50 , lest desirsble slaughter steers. 810.60911; thin fleshed kinds down to 89.50; strict ly good heifers absent, top on toad lots $9.00; mixed cows and heifers numer ous at' $8.75 to $0.50; lower grades down to $5 and under; bulla mostly 7.25(37.75. odd head $8; heat light realers $14.50; calres, $11 down,' heavies and thins down to $8. Hogs (compared with a week ago) Butcher classes mostly. $1 higher; feed er pigs 25 50c op. Bulk light butchers for week, $12.75 018.52. nothing over $13.28 after Monday; overweight aad underweights, $12.75 down extreme heavies down to $10.50; slaughter pigs mostly $11(312; packing sow. $0.60 10, smooth offerings up to $10.50; feed er pig mostly $11 11.25, scattering small lots $11.75 12. 8hcp Market ouotably steady with e week ago bat demand extremely weak at the close. Saturday' market offering holding over for Monday. Good to near rnoiee eastern Oregon Iamb . Monday reached $12; beet valley offering $11 11.25; less desirable kinds, $10.fi010. 75; heavies and thin down ta $8.50 aad below; a few yearling at $80$; awe $5 down. Official quotation at th Harts Port land yards were steady aad aachaaged today at previous quotations. CHICAGO OXAIaT " CHICAGO, Aug. 11. AP). Wheat went up aad corn dowa today, largely at a result of wholesale undoing of spread trade In which corn had been pitted araiait wheat. It w.. ..-.n mlsed that big owner of the September delivery of corn were letting go of theli eorn holding today, and were buying wheat to make np a speealattve wheat f corresponding amount. v., vaoeatioa on wheal were firm, l-8e to T-8 aaa, .v . - . -m " w.m, wm ran lag from da deli a.a. eat unchanged to 8-8 up. GIDEON STOLZ CO. Manufacturers of Vinegar, Soda Water, Fountain Supplies Salem Phone 20 Ore. W. W. ROSEBRAUOH COMPANT Manufacturers of Warm Air Furnaces. Fruit Dry ing Stoves, Smoke Stacks. Tanks, steel and Foundry Work. Welding a Specialty. 17th Oak Sts. Salem. Ore. Capitol Bargain and 105-145 Center . TeL 398 All Kinds of Junk Bought and Sold ything from a Needle to a Steam Engine CASH PAID FOR RAGS BOTTLES, BARRELS, OLD PAPER, CARPETS, IRON, WOOL, PELTS, GRAPE ROOT, CHITTAM BARK, PEPPERMINT OIL, ETC We handle Castle, Gate King, Rock Spring Coal and 11 Gasco and . Diamond Briquets - , - . .... , . . . v Also coal specially designed for chicken brooder use.; TELEPHONE 930 , - L. ' . ..T....V.- "' . ' .. ' '.. ; ' ' ? '. w !' ' - .Sr ' " ' . ' t -M raciung nams : Here Operating 1: At Full Blast The Oregon Packing company 12th street plant is getting InU full swing, in canning pears. 6 far, all pears come from souther Oregon and eastern Washingtor The local supply will not begtr to come In for several days yet also, the Oregon Packing compan- ls Increasing Its operations o beans at Its thirteen th street plant. Yesterday, 800 people tn all wen employed, and this force will bo Increased to at least 700 tomor row or Tuesday. The Hunt cannery also is run. hing on pears now, brought lr from the same outside sources. The force yesterday was aroun" 200. but there will be a daily in creas perhaps running up to 700 or 800 or more. Alexander Gives Figure on Work For Prohibition Operatives of the state prohibi tion department participated lr 134 arrests for violation of thr liquor laws during the month or July, according to a report pre pared here Saturday by Oeorgr Alexander, state prohibition com missioner. Fines were lmnosed In thr amount of 19950. with Jail sen tences aggregating 1770 days. Thr officers destroyed 6361 gallons of mash and 425 gallons of finished liquor. Twelve stills were seised anc five autos confiscated. Peterson's Case Before Governor Monday Morning An extradition hearing will be held In the executive department here Monday in connection with the case of Rorace Peterson, want ed In Idaho on a charge of non- support. Peterson is under arrest In Portland. Peterson recently complained U Governor Patterson that he wa made the "goat" of a kangaror court held by the prisoners In Multnomah county jail. He sale" he was submerged in a tank dl water and robbed of approximate ly $8. Air Painting DONE WITH A GUN m M. B. Sanderson 1144 North Cottage -TTTT Whe-Ta-Lon A superior Breakfast Food A Trial Will Convince Ton Whe-Ta-Lon Cereal Co. kf. A. BUTLER. Manager Telephone lOOO-W O a It land Pod tt i a e Sales and Service VICK BROS. High Street at Trade House tr