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The New Oregon Statesman. Salem. Oregon. Sunday, August 12, 1928 17 EXPERT DEPICTS SEED HANDLING Btessman Giyes Directions hi Manner of Disposal of Corn Crop , BRKSSMAK -.- Associate Professor of Ffcrm Crop Oregon State Agricultural College There has been a; great, deal of attention paid to the selection of seed corn, but Investigators ' and (rowers Interested In .seed corn bare not put much emphasis on handling the4seed after, it was se lected in the field. . Recent work, however, shows that' ..proper handling of the .seed Is. of Im portance. The safest time to pick seed corn in Oregon is in September or early October, before there is any danger of heaTy frost. Corn which contains more than thirty per cent moisture is very easily damaged by ordinary freezing weather such as sometimes occurs In late October or November. Much of the corn in Oregon con tains anywhere from . thirty to forty per cent moisture in the fall, and so there is great danger from freezing injury in certain parts of the state. Picked In Field We recommend that seed b e picked ' In the field from the standing stalks. We do not be lieve that the grower can spend very much time studying: the ears that he picks, but he should note that the ear is carried on a stiff stalk and that the car is medium size, well matured, and solid. No ear should be saved which Is moldy or which comes, from a stalk infested with corn smut or any other disease. That is about all the attention the grower can give to the. seed when he is picking it in the field. A more detailed in spection may be given during the winter when he has more time and a better opportunity to in spect the different ears. This in spection and the handling of the seed are the points that I wish to emphasize. Getting Moisture Oat After selection, ears are stored in a dry, well ventilated place. where there is little danger of freezing, until the kernals have been reduced to less than fifteen per cent moisture. Recent work has definitely shown that early picking of seed corn plus rapid drying reduces the amount of the disease in corn very noticeably. Therefore, any method of handling is based on getting the moisture out of the corn as quickly as pos eible. Of course, artificial heat would do the work quicker and better than any other method. Prune and hop driers may be used to good advantage Ln.tWrpect. Results have shown that tempera tures of about one hundred and twenty degrees Fahrenheit are very satisfactory for drying corn. In fact, some work' at' tbeOregoh station shows that temperatures can go much higherTHan thif without Injuring the com.- Also It is well to know that tempera tures below one hundred degrees Fahrenheit are not very satisfac tory. Stored for Spring ' ',.- As soon as the corn is dried down to fifteen or lees per cent of moisture, it may be shelled and stored away for use in the spring. The beet method Is to shell each ear by hand and Inspect the seed carefully before It is included with the seed corn. In this way ears that are moldly and defective Id any way may be eliminated. Ears with blistered kernels and very shrunken tips may be thrown out Experiments at the Iowa 'station show that the yielding ability of the ear may be determined by looking at the kernal rather than at any other part of the ear or talk. Thar find that the llrht. small kernals are very poor yield ers. Therefore It Is well to throw this type of ear away and also to run the corn over a grading ma chine which will eliminate the small light kernals. Finally, a germination test of the seed Is best. The simplest and best seed corn tester Is the Rag Doll. We will be glad to furnish corn growers detailed information on making a Rag Doll corn germl nator. Proper handling of - the seed should give growers very profitable returns. Prof. Bressman Is associate pro fessor of farm crops at the Ore gon Agricultural college. It will be remembered that the corn boom that was worked up in .Marion county several years ago, when Luther J. Chapin was county agent, was done largely through seed selection; through-selection and testing, and helped . by the annual corn shows. This is an indication of the high value of seed selection In com growing. V Woman Driver Hit Hard by Recorder After Conviction Mrs. Dagma Caldwell was fln mA xf AO and her driver's ttns suspended for three months by Recorder Mark Poulsen Saturday on a charge of driving an automo bile while under the Influence of liquor. 1 ? 4siT v- This was the aftermath of a smasbup en North Front 'street Friday when Mrs. Caldwell's "car rammed three machines parked la front of tie Western Paper Con verting cotipany jlanC;, v ; - ;r . - . - ' .. sf .V .1 Lake Labish Area Residents Greet Japanese Workers Y. NoTisue, accompanied Mrs. Norlsue and on Um Friday to take charge of religions and educational work among the Japanese In the Lake. Labish dis trict. . - Mr. Norlsue comes to the dis trict highly recommended and 1a sVln that section The new lead- era were welcomed, to Salem by Hoover Stands By STANFORD UNIVERSITY STADIUM Cal.. Aug. 11. (AP) Herbert Hoover accepted the re publican presidential nomination today with a reiteration of his stand against repeal of the pro hibition amendment or any mod ification of enforcement that would constitute nullification, and with the exposition of a three-fold agricultural relief program. - The nominee repeated that he stands for "the efficient enforce ment of the laws enacted under the prohibition amendment and added that "whoever Is chosen president has under his oath the solemn duty to pursue this course. For relief of the farmer he out lined a program embracing tariff protection and increased and cheaper transportation supported by federal financial aid in build ing up farmer-owned and con trolled corporations to take care of crop surpluses. Speaking to a vast throng in this athletic bowl and to count less thousands in an unseen radio audience over the country. Hoover outlined his stand on prohibition without making direct reference to Alfred E. Smith, his democrat ic opponent, or to the New York governor's declaration for liberal ization of the Volstead act. Nullification Seen "Modification of the enforce ment laws which would permit that which the constltntion for bids is nullification." he said. 'This the American people will not countenance." Reiterating that he did not fa vor repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, the republican nomi nee said no one was to be criti cised for seeking to change the Constitution by lawful means, bnt idded that the Republican party denied the right of anyone to seek to destroy the purposes of the Constitution' by Indirection. Recognizing the abuses of en forcement under existing enabling icts. Hoover said these must be emedied after "an organized earching investigation of facts ind causes' had pointed the wayt o the wise method of correcting them. The republican candidate dls osed of the prohibition question n the space of a few minutes, de soting approximately 300 words o Its discussion. To the farm aid lueion he gave over more than ine-slxth of his address of more .nan 8000 'words. Farm Relief Vital Declaring that agriculture pre sented ''the most urgent economic problem, in our nation today," Hoover said the republican party farm plank constituted "a defin te plan of relief" needing only 'the detailed elaboration of leg: station and appropriations to put t into force." Aside from federal aid to farm stabilization corporations, he pro posed tariff increases to give agrl- ulture the same protection as ither industries and the develop- nent of Inland waterways, in cluding the Mississippi and Great Lakes to the Atlantic systems, as aieans of affording cheaper trans portation for farm products and i corresponding shrinkage In the spread between what the farmer receives and what the consumer paya. "An adequate tariff is the ttitvMiie-j representatives ef,the Salem coun cil of chnrck wosse. of which Mrs. W. W. Emmons is president. nd the following residents of La bish region: Shojl Kodo, Enxo Okuda. Ichiro Tsukamoto, Maaso Sakumura and Bayeklchi Wata- nabe. Bolivia has bammed bait fight t being educational, thafa one good reason! Now fit? T. otsntsvsssowica.wc.-, f ' ' - Republican Platform Pledges In Accepting P HIGH LIGHTS IN HOOVER'S SPEECH Oar problems for the past seven yean have bees prob lems of rcconstra ct Ion ; oar problems of the future are prob lems of construction. Every man has a right to ask of as whether the United States is a better place for him. his wife and his children to lire in; because the republican party has conducted the gov ernment for nearly eight years. With this occasion we inaugurate the campaign. It shall be an honest campaign; every P"nT will be publicly account ed for. It shall be trne campaign. We shall use words to convey onr meaning, not to hide It. The utmort economic problem In onr nation today 1 In agriculture. It mmt be solved if we are to bring prosperity and contentment to one third of oar people directly and to all onr people indirectly. We hare pledged ourselves to find a solution. An adequate tariff Is the foundation of farm relief. Our customer increase faster than our producers. The domestic market must be protected I would use my office and Influence to give the fanner the full benefit of our his toric tariff policy. An outstanding proposal of the party program Is the wholehearted pledge to undertake the reorganization of the marketing system upon sounder and more economical lines. The working out of agricultural relief constitutes the most important obligation of the "next administration. The republican platform gives the pledge of the party to the support of labor. It endorses the principle of collective bargaining ad freedom In labor negotiations. We stand also r pledged to the curtailment of excessive use of the Injunction in labor disputes. I do not favor the repeal of the 18th amendment. I stand for the efficient enforcement of the laws enacted thereunder. Whoevrv is chosen president has under his oath the solemn duty to pursue this course. Whoever Is elected president takes an oath not only to faithfully execute the office of president, but the oath pro vides still further that he will, to, the best of his ability, pre serve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States. I should be untrue to these great traditions, untrue to my oath of office, were I to declare otherwise. I would violate my conscience and the gratitude I feel did I not, upon this occasion, express appreciation of the great president who leads our party today. The presidency Is more than an administrative office. It , must be the symbol of American Ideals. foundation of m relief." br ?aid in putting this first in hif orogram. Development of th great water arteries came second. "These Improvements would nean so large an Increment ir farmers prices as to warrant their construction many times over." he asserted. "There is no more vi ral- method of farm relief.' Pledge Reiterated "The working out of agricul tural relief ' constitutes the mos "mportant obligation of the next dmlnlstratlon," he added. "I itand pledged to these proposals. The object of our policies is to establish for our farmers an In. ome equal to those of other oc cupations; for the farmer's wife '.he same comforts In her home as women in other groups; for the farm boys and girls the same op portunities in life as other boys and girls. So far as my own abil ities may be of service, I dedi cate them to help secure prosper ity and contentment In that indus try where I and my forefathers were born and nearly all of my family still obtain their liveli hood." Charting the course for republi can speakers In this , campaign, which hjs speech formally opened. Hoover made this declaration re garding religious tolerance: "In this land, dedicated to tol srance, we still find outbreaks of Intolerance. I come of Quaker stock. My ancestors were perse cuted for their beliefs. Here hey sought and found religious "reedom. By blood and convic- To SpCMIg r? HOr Out rAOf?f- . District Against ; in; Qm jTfclmlty. will be emptoyed to md- uti cci AACCiidiUii.Tlse- the lev elnb la. us ngmi Plans for an organization of business men and other residents of th Hollywood dltr - hr North Salem were .reported Saturday to ba under way with the immediate purpose of opposing the movement to extend Fairgrounds road to con- , nect with Commercial street. The arty 's Presidential Nomination Mon I stand for religious toler nce both in act and in spirit. The glory of our American ideals s the right of every man to wor hlp God according to the dictates if his own conacience." Philosophy Voiced While necessarily dealing In the nain wKh economic problems, ffoover's speech was shot through .vith pungent expressions giving voice to his own philosophy of the -elation of government to the peo ple. "Our nation is not an agglomer ation of railroads, of ships, of fac--.ories, of dynamos, or statistics," lie said. "It is a nation of homes, x nation of men, of women, of children." For all he preached the doc trine of equal opportunity as "the right of every American rich or poor, foreign or native born, ir respective of faith or color." "Our purpose Is to build In this nation a human society, not an economic system," he said at an other point. "We wish to increase the efficiency and productivity of ur country, but its final purpose is happier homes. "The presidency Is more than in administrative office. It must be a symbol of American Ideals. The high and lowly must be seen with the same eyes, met In the same spirit. It must be the Instru ment by which the national con science Is livened and It must un ier the guidance of the Almighty interpret and follow that con Oit?t oner TO GtX WltUf Arittone. can tftQ cone, oaf - , V- -4ft etlil . 1 iV AuuftoQ .rmrtnttoi nrobablv will be com- .tpleted early this week. -Kenneth 1 Randall, attorney? vmg. agalnst the exteusloa. according to reports. A Kentucky girl, powdering her nose, was shocked, by lightning. If she La o of the- modern flap-j per, the lightning made ar unique I record.' it it it i ;;'B science. Turning to corruption which he said had been participated in "by individual officers and members of both political parties In nation al, state and municipal affairs." Hoover declared dishonesty In government to be a double wrong. "It is a treason to the state." he said. "It is destructive of self government. Moral Incompetency by those entrusted with govern ment Is a blighting - wind upon private integrity. There must be no place for cynicism in the creed of America." The republican standard bear er promised that this would be "an honest campaign" with every penny publicly accounted for, and " a true campaign" with "the use of words to convey our meaning not to hide It." Other policies outlined by him self included: . A foreign policy dedicated to peace with the fostering of dis armament, but with the retention meantime of a navy adequate for national defense. Continuation of a public works program buildings, roads, wat erways and irrigation entailing an expenditure of a million dol lars In the next four years. Plan Unified A unified plan for carrying for ward this work with the coordin ation where possible' of transpor tation with flood control; the de velopment of water resources so they will yield their full economic service. Retention of the present immi gration laws with amendments to relieve hardships on families and repeal of the scheme of fixing quotas on the basis of national origin. Cooperation between govern ment and business with govern ment regulation avoided as long as equal opportunity to all citi zens is not Invaded and public righ'e violated. Endorsement of the principle of collective bargaining and free dom in labor negotiations with the curtailment of "the excessive use of injunctions in labor dis putes." Hoover made no mention of either the Boulder Canyon dam project or of the operations of the so-called power trust, subjects wmcn senator Hiram W. John son, of California, and other re publican independents have nut forward as an iroue of the cam paign. However, the nominee did say that he hoped at a later time t rk J (ma a .! 7 me relation of our government to public utilities and railways." Tribute to Coolklw In concluding the cabinet offi cer pam high tribute to President uoonage. "I would violate my conscience and the gratitude I feel." he sam, am I not upon this occasion express appreciation of the great presiaeni wno leads our nartv tn day. President Coolidge has not only given a memorable adminis tration, he has left an Imprint of recmuae ana statesmanship upon l" uioiory or our country. He nas aigniried economy to a prln cipie or government. He has charted the course of our nation and our party over many years to come. It is not only a duty but it is the part of statesmanship ,iuai we aanere to this course." L, LAKE LABISH, Aug. 11 (Spe cial) Miss Margaret Jeans has visited briefly with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Jeans, this week. Miss Jeans Is employed In the St. Vincent's hospital In Port land. Averygreen Blackberries are getting ripe and the crop promises to be unusually heavy. James Csernick and John De lano arrived here this week from Monument, eastern Oregon. The lads road their saddle ponies and were on the journey 10 days. They continued their trip to Cor vail is where they will be employed by a cattle buyer. Little Bettie Jean Korb.of Sal em, who was painfully injured by an autonrtfbile last week is recov ering satisfactorily and will be neither scarred nor lame as the re suji. of the accident. The little maid is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. , A. P. Barnick of this place. v.--"" . ;-rade Nesbitt and herald Lewis, two 10-year-old college boys from Michigan, passed through here on molorcycIesV today. These youths are from Grand Rapids college of Michigan and are making a' tour of the United States. They travel an average of 325 miles dally. . The passing of Charles Takely of Clear Lake was a surprise to his friends here who did not know he was ill until they heard of bis de mise. If the grandmothers of the past generation could see the present day hollyhock in all its glory at the M. S, Creighton. Gervals. route 2, hollyhock gardens, they would scarcely recognise their favorites. Splendid hollyhocks In every shade ot the rainbow meet the eye. great double, flowers of exquisite lovell- mess. as perfect In -form and tissue as camelias. .v;- E. Sito. the Labish celery grow er, ia rapidly carrying his oatput to the shlpptar point at Brooks. This celery appears upon Ike t bes of the. finest , hoteJTitt the isutea states. :: "v-av.f According to those . who know. AngustlX-14-lfi are the three days or toe entire, year upon which to kill Canada.. thistles by cutting tmera even with .the ground. SfmiMBMts M4 at Satan. Ot g CAT XT AX. SCOVtncSVTaX. WOXUU . - - X. O. Jim 0s ristfars . cl Ail a'SMt ( SMMntai Watk rtie b. cmm'i. OiMMit i. o. o. r. -XL- nil win PUT V L1SII Slitteii Handling and Threshing ofgthh Clover Declared of First - Importance By O. R. Hyslop Agronomist, Oregon Experiment Station Editor: There will be at least three kinds of clover seed to be har vested in Oregon this year, and possibly four or five. The princi pal acreage for harvest will be red clover. This will be followed by alsike clover and ladino clo ver. There may be some common white clover and also some crim son clover for harvest. While Ore gon's total will exceed last year, we are a long way from produc ing our limit. Th. r Bvri nrinrini In connection with clover seed har vest that are important for any kind of clover. These are all-bas- eJl on the value of the seed. Any kind of clover seed is so valu able, in other words its price per pound is so high, that every pre caution must be taken to avoid waste or loss. Ten pounds an acre of seed is not much, but it equals the rent on some. clover land and ia equivalent to the taxes on two to three acres In many cases. There are several places where losses occur. Weedy fields shatter out worse than clean fields. Fields that are weedy with stiff weeds like prick ly lettuce and bull thistles, us the clover heads whipping against those weeds if the clover is , al lowed to get over ripe. Ovcr-Rlpeness Harmful Any field may suffer consider able loss by heads breaking off or breaking' to pieces if allowed to get too ripe and dry before cut ting. .Clover seed that is worth anywhere from eight cents a pound for crimson clover to a dol lar a pound for Ladino clover Is too valuable to lose. It Is best cut and gotten Into bunches or shocks before breaking of beads or shat tering takes place. When clover seed gets a little over ripe it is best to cut it in the evening or during the night or ear ly morning when the plants are tough with the moisture of that time. Good Drying Needed After any clover is cut It Is dried out to get it in condition for threshing. When once throughl) dried out steps are usually taken to protect k from shattering and loss. It is best and cheapest oi course, if the seed may be hauled directly from the field to the hull er and hulled as soon as it ha become dry enough for that pro cess. In the event of a showery fall and the Inabilitly to get a huller readily, it may be safer to stack the clover seed or put It in a bare or shed so that it may be threshed when a huller is available. It is usually not a ood thing to stack the clover seed If you can hull K within a very short time after It has become dry. Stacking to be Avoided It is not good policy usually to stack clover seed badly Infested with honeydew unless there Is an assurance that a huller will not be available for a long time. Even with honeydewed clover, unless the seed must be left in the field too late, I would prefer to have it rained on to wash out the honey dew before putting It in the stack. I have seen falls In the Willam ette valley when many acres of red clover seed were rotted and lo because of August and Septembei rainfall. Had those crops been stacked or put in barns or shedf they might have been hulled and the crop saved. Whenever the clo ver seed is dry enough and It stacked, it goes through a sweat which takes- around ten days to two weeks. After that it may be hulled. When Clover Is Ready Dealing specifically with vari ous clovers, red clover is ready to harvest when the seed heads are brown, and the seed is quite hard and well colored. It Is usually cut with an ordinary mowing machine with a bunehing attachment, oi better still, it .is cut with a sell rake reaper. There are folks who cut the clover seed with the mower and rake It up with the horse rake, but If It Is ripe enough to cut ad vantageously there will be a ser ious loss of heads and seeds when the clover Is raked up. If the seed is cut too early there Is more or less shrinkage of the seed Itself the yield is reduced, and the seed does not have nearly so attractive a color and appearance. On the other hand, when reft too long, there is danger of shattering. Alsike Cut Early n- . Alsike clover Is cut when the heads are - brown and the seeds hard. and of a good deep olive green color. Alsike heads break very easily and so are handled be fore they get too dry and brittle. Iodine clover Is somewhat dif ferent from the red and alsike In that It resembles common white clover ,Jn .habit of growth, al though It Is a laller plant. Input ting either Ladino or white clover it Is usually best to cut with a mower with a bunching attach ment, or with a bunching attach ment covered with galvanised iron. In cutting these fine thick clovers one needs a mowing machine in good -repair to allow no play In gears or sickle. The guards and ledger plates should be la adjust ment to allow close shearing and the sickle should be sharp. It Is usually a good plan to have several il!E HEALTH BREAD - Ask Yoar Grater Seed Industry in Salem District Has Big Futurel There are some big now devel- (seed Slogan number. Some sur- f I T . -. nea ciover seea growing has been a considerable Industry In the Salem aistrict for la number of years. The value of this crop In the Salem trade terri tory was about $500,000 last year; an Increase of $100,000 over the year before. .It will be $500,000 and more this ycar...Ahe highest point In Its history. It has staged a come-back. It went up to a former high mark Of $400,000 In 123. There are several new seed booms here; string or stringless bean seed And there is a new oat for seed ; the Kanato. originating in Kan-1 sas. reaching Oregon from Cali fornia And Grimm alfalfa is on a big ger boom than ever a Also White Blossom sweet Clov- j .ii . -1 A onion sets. The Have onion set project In the Lake Labish sec tion, 100 acres, will run in pro duction to over 20.000 pounds to the acre; a crop ot over 2,000,000 pounds. The crop is being harvest- led now. Some of the sets are in the warehouse. There Is an onion set district reaching throughout the north end of Marion county, around Hub bard, Aurora and other towns there. Big New Developments The Salem district is coming in to its own as a seed country, and Salem is destined to become the great seed center of the United States at an earlier time than even the most hopeful have looked. Eastern and coast seed houses are making more and larger con tracts with our growers. One big eastern seed house has been con tracting here for increased orders of garden seeds, including lettuce. Our growers supply the whole ountry with kale seed; sending out about a carload a year of this eed. As It takes only two ounces :o plant an acre, It will be seen '.hat we supply seed for an im mense acreage. Here are some of the outstand- ng ithings of the Salem district as i seed center, touched upon by Harley O. White, of the well known firm of D. A. White & Sons, seedsmen and feedmen. Sa :em, In an interview yesterday. This firm buys great quantities f seeds, in a wholesale way, shlp ing in cars and smaller lots long Ustances. and Harley O. White is .horoughly posted in all matters n the Beed world. Clover Seed Valued Alsike clover . seed will this ear bring o our farmers about 5125,000. against $75,000 last ear and $50,000 in 1926; a rap d increase. The reader has perhaps seen he onion seed acreage on the Pa- :itic highway near Gervals. There tre several others In thts section. V Connecticut firm sent three car oads of onions for this seed, and .erfected arrangements for D. A. White & Sons to make the con tacts for the growing of the seed tickles on hand so that the dull nes may be replaced at intervals luring each half day. Harvest Suggestions White and Ladino clover seed ire usually quite high priced and care is taken to save all the seed. Cutting white and Ladino clover s not a job for a temperamental ndivldual. The dense growth is lulte likely to clog up' the mower it rather frequent Intervals. Some times there are several crops of )loom which mature at different Imes and fall down to some extent saving a very dense mass of ma erial. In some instances this may te thick enough and tangled nough to necessitate cutting with ut the buneher and forking out he swath by band as we do with etches. Clover seed Is hauled in on tight ottomed racks or slips and if rdlnary hay racks are used It is est to cover with canvas. Clean lcking up of the bunches in the ield means larger yields. Patches hat contain large quantities of toxious or otherwise Inseparable veeds should be kept separate. If hreshed at all. Usually the best hulling is done ;ftcr the day has progressed, the jaorning's moisture Is off the seed md the straw is dry and. brittle, -t is well for every seed grower o vstch the huller carefully to avoid oss of seed Into the stack. Some times necessity forces hulling jvhen the straw is a little too tough ind in such case if considerable eed Is going over, the straw pile s protected against rain to be re lulled at a later date. Sometimes the rehulllng of clover, r straw stacks Is very profitable if a poor job of hulling took place at first. Usually a clover huller Is better as a bulling machine than is a threshing machine with hulling at tachment. As there are a number of folks who are threshing first erop clover as well as those thresh ing clover that has been pastured back or clipped, we are rather eager to know something of the comparative yields of the two methods and will welcome letters written to the Oregon Agricultural College on that subject. The most Important things in clover seed harvest are to cut at the right time to avoid shattering. handle carefully to avoid loss, and thresh carefully to not let too much get Into the straw stack. O. R. HYSLOP Corvallis. Ore.. Aug. 1 1. 1 1 2 8 (Prof. Hyslop Is agronomist at the Oregon Agricultural college. He Is nigh authority. Ed.). 1 Oregon Pulp &:Baper Co. : - '. . , '. . ManufsctTcrs of, t--; fJOND- LEDGER--GLASSLNE GREASEPROOF TISSUE Support Orcron Products n ; Specify "Salem Blade Paper for Your , k ; . . ' Of f ice SUlkmery . - ' This Is a bran new developmen , More New Ones The white (or Dutch) clove -. crop for this year will run to $40 -000 to $50,000. against only $4' 000 to $5,000 last year. Golnr very strong. Has Great Possibilities The new Austrian peas, used ior a cover crop in me soumeni states, are grown exclusively : In this section. Just getting started ' with a small acreage this year.' The sales will run to about $10,-s 000. But the possibilities are Im-' mense. Almost the sky is the lim-t it. - Other varieties of European , field peas are being tried out here, with success on the trial grounds, . Western Oregon Is he only sec-V tion of the United States where It has proven profitable to grow ( vetches for seed. We have a good . crop and it will bring $100,000 mis year, againsi t,uuu last year and $50,000 the year before. We grow the common or Ore gon vetch and the Hungarlau ( vetch extensively, and there is au , increased acreage in hairy and J purple vetches here the last two for the California and eastern trade. f". lireai spuu i-ussiuuiurs , , , California wants all the certi fied potato seed our farmers can : 3end, and there Is a demand for.. Idaho and Washington. Seed po- tatoes are grown mostly undor contract here. The acreage is- growing. But only the fringes have been touched. One Califor-i nia buyer would take 100 cars If he could get them. Organization is needed, and capital. There is an opportunity for "big business" in:.- certified potato seed growing. "Oregon has been known us-' uaily as a grower of field seeds,'r especially of clover, alfalfa ano vetches, but grows to perfection many kinds of seeds," said Mr. : White. 1 "I might mention that in varl-' ous parts or trie saiem aisinct there have been grown and are N now grown many varieties of gar- ' den seeds, especially cabbage, kale carrots, turnips, .rutabagas, cauli-' flower, broccoli, radishes, peas, ; beans, etc. The red clover seed harvest U . only just beginning now. The , price will be around 20 to 25c a oound. Our red clover seed will Mkely soon become a million dol lar annual crop. ,,: ,'f An Exclusive Field ' , "As was said above," Western'. Oregon Is the only place in the , United States where it has proven profitable to grow vetcnes ior seea , and the seed has been shipped all over this country from Oregon In the last few years. " "California has been depending 1 entirely on our crop for her sup- ; ply, and carlota constantly go east.; Seed Selection Pays "It was formerly the custom to 1 sow any old grain that the grow- er might have and never even ' clean; uui me weeua, uui iuj uuu - that It pays them to select the flh- est grains that they can obtain In 1 their fields and have it well grad ed and cleaned. "' 1 "From a number of tests that ' I have known of, the farmers do- Ing so hsve been able to increase' J their yields of grain from 10 to 20 ,! bushels per acre over their neigh-li bors who have kept on sowing grain without selectl6n and with- ' out gradinr and cleaning if. ' Good Corn Country "Corn has shown more Increase 1 in the last ten years than any otbV er crop, and it has largely depend- ; edupon the proper selection df ' the seed stock." Marlon county Is now first In" the Pacific northwest in the prof Hnrtlnn ftf enrn' ind Poltr rnunly ' is a close second. Mr. White's firm has developed' a new seea corn, me -rriae or . Dragon," which is attracting wide and favorable attention. It Is Ja yellow field corn. jo,w Seed Oats Going Far It Is well known now . that (the Salem district" produces oats run- " nine heavier to the bushel thaw " can be grown' elsewhere in this country, and the breakfast food concerns are taking large quanta ties of our oats. Some of our new. varieties of seed oats are going to j many states and countries espe dally the Shadeland oats, the n White Banner variety, the Swed- ' lsh Selected, the Gray Winter, the-" Clydesdale, and a new variety here, the Kanato, coming freuvf Kansas, by way of California.- These were all selected and bred ( up oere iu me oaae maisinci." i , . i 1 a . , . . . . - Some More New Ones v1'" The Salem district has produ cea-a uiiue rye grass seea ior over 15. years. Within the- past four 4 years this line has expanded en ormously. We are now-producing hundreds of tons here, for our-'J country wide markets, taking thi place of foreign rye grass seedi" Linn county Is among the leaders' in this expansion. We are grow-n: ing both the English variety and it the Italian variety. This l a per-, i manent addition to our seed in. dustry. Rye grass Is fine for our 1 white lands and light soils gen erally. . . New Wholesale Buyers There was last year formed a new wholesale concent for the handling of field seeds alt over the Willamette valley. It is the Jenks Whtte seed company, made up of the D. A. White A. Sons people and Howard Jenks, an extensive seed buyer at Albany. They have a branch office at Albany andone at Tangent. This firm Is by fa the largest seed buying In the vai ley. It not In Oregon. . -i" i..A