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.
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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
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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."
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- 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.
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