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and Can Get A Should Canneries spairagUB Asparagus Canneries Are Tobe Had Here for Effort Of Getting Ready for Them We Can Produce the Raw Materials Here for a High Quality Pack in Both the White and Green Tipped Varieties Salem needs an asparagus can nery. And this will be an even tuality in due course. It would pay our - commercial bodies to work on this line of development, consummating the important ad dition to our annual canning and packing output at an early date. A number of the growers of celery, lettuce, mint, onions and other intensified crops in the La Dish district grow some aspara gus each year, and market their output locally and by express ship ments up and down the coast. They commenced eperimentlng with asparagus eight or ten years ago, and "have carried that line to the noint of a rather large . success, " though small in size as com nared with the tonnages ol their other branche of vegetable crrowln. They produce a good nnalitT of asDaraaus: large and tender. Mlrfit Greatly Expand .Roy K. Fukuda, the pioneer la the Labish district, has in all the time be has been there, now near ly 29 years, been experimenting with various crops. Celery grow ing was at first an experimental rroo. And head lettuce: ana au the rest. Mr. Fukuda has long believed that asparagus growing on large commercial scale, for can- nin. with the canneries iocatea here, might be made a great In dustry nere. The same aa in the Sacramento Valley in California. He believes that, for this purpose, the sandv soils of the valley would be preferable for the growing, of asnaraeus. especially the wmte kind, used almost exclusively for canning. Mr. Fukuda has not yet had a chance, with the right kind of land, to make the experiments he would like to see carried on In this crop, with a view to large scale production. Have Ambitious Plans Mr. Fukuda and the group of farmers with whom he works, principally men of the Japanese race, are experimenting constant ly with a number of crops. They expect to try rice here. Their people know how to grow rice. They produce that crop in Japan under conditions similar to those found here. They produce a great deal of it in California. They expect t o try bamboo hoots. They are trying out sev eral new, Japanese vegetables, not elsewhere grown In this coun try. But they find it difficult to get the seeds and plants through from Japan to the unuea siaies. Mrs. Fukuda and .one of their daughters visited Japan two years ago and while there Mrs. Fukuda secured a varied supply of seeds and slips and bulbs and roots of plants successfully grown for the domestic supplies and the j markets of that country, with a view to bringing them home for experimental purposes here. The customs officials did not allow her to bring any of them home. The laws are very strict with regard to the bringing in of seeds and plants and slips, etc from foreign countries, through fear of lmnorting plant diseases. It would seem that the United States department of Agriculture might be appealed to successfully. In order that experiments with useful Japanese plants might be brought here, under the proper conditions, for experimental pur poses. Some very valuable con tributions might thus be made in the Salem district, through the efforts of the enterprising group of Americanized Japanese people and their children (who are Am erican citizens) of the country north of Salem. ... Utah Went and Did It The Slogan pages have for years and years been calling- at tention to the desirability otxse- curiae asparagus, canneries lor this- city. Thw Idea has been re peatedly put forth ot developing a district ere, in sandy soil, tor the growing of the white variety. like that need for canning in Cal ifornia, supplying & great trade. This can be done, as had been proven here for instance In the growing of the wonderful supply near Aurora a dozen years or so ago and In sufficient quantity to fully supply the best Portland trade. And the slogan pages have re- mm m beiteb I MS HEEDED a-ronr. soundly organized co operative m&rketfnrassociatlon Is the PCS inilX? lor" gciumri t.nt a am all weak rroun- f ounded mostly on hope and enthusiasm Is a "snare and a delusion," imos rMw n rsatlin. ntension spec ialist fa cooperative marketing at thj Oregon State Agricultural col ' im aftr a. thoronrh survey of cooperative marketing conditions in Oregon. Mr. Gatlin found IS I organlxa , tlons doing a cooperative business In this state Most of them are engaged In marketing, though note are purchasing associations. Oregon, he found, has some of the strongest co-ops in the country, organized along sound lines and efficiently managed.. Many; small, rather weak groups, noweverTe- dnec the average. - JL suggestion Is made that this is' a good time for the state to check up on cooperative market ing; Inasmuch as the proposed farm legislation trill give a de- dded boost to organizations In a -; position to receive the assistance offered. - peatedly said that a specialty might be made of our wonderful green' tipped asparagus, having a tenderness and taste not more than approximated by the white kind. That sounded to some like an ambitious dream. Was it? Well. Utah went and did It. The excel lent truck gardeners of the Salt Lake section also grow a fine green "tipped asparagus. And they have so educated their trade that they prefer that kind. And Even More And more than this, they are now canning their green tipped asparagus, in all but unlimited supply. Why not do it, or guaran tee canners the doing of it? Asparagus Is an especially tine canning product. It Is the only vegetable that Is actually Improv ed in quality by canning, especial ly when the stock Is woody or tough. And asparagus would-jbe our first spring- canning crop; - it would come before gooseberries; some weeks before. A couple of years ago. a can nery expert made Investigations along this -line. He was induced to come to Salem by 81ogan mat- yet, considering a canning .project along this line. , Here is a chance to make this great canning center a greater canning. center. .There Is room here for more and larger canner ies; and even more and larger. We can produce the raw materials in commercial quantities, and that is the prime consideration. KE I 9 Oregon dairymen running short of winter feed and now eager to get the cows out on early spring pasture are in danger of greatly reducing profits later In the year for the sake of temporary sav ings in feed costs, warns P. M. Brandt, chief In dairying at the experiment station! Prof. Brandt recently discussed this question at length over the college radio, KOAC. "We have Just finished a hard winter and a lot of dairymen are practically out of feed," said Prof. Brandt. "In some places pasture is already fairly adequate, but for the most part continued cold has even retarded grass growth. The temptation Is to decide that feed is too costly and turn the cows out to make their way on the early grass." 310k Flow Curtailed The danger of this, says Prof. Brandt, is that while the cows may be able to get enough grass to keep up their milk flow for the present, the early grass Is so wat ery that the cow draws on her body for necessary food elements. This loss In weight Is not regain ed on pasture, and at the end of the spring pasture period the cow enters the dry summer season re duced In flesh. She Is then sure to fall off seriously In milk flom -It Is my belief that the wise dairyman will decide that after all, the best thing is to feed his cows grain it he does not have any hay available, until such time as the pasture Is sufficiently strong to carry his cattle, even if in so doing he barely gets his money back for the present," Pro fessor Brandt pointed out, "As a matter of fact, even with good pasture, It Is necessary to feed some grain or other supple ments because It Is Impossible for the animals to eat enough grass. If they are heavy producers, so keep production up. ' . Keep Tour Money In Oregon Buy Monuments Made at . ( Salem, Oregon a- Capital Monumental Works J, C Jones A Co, Proprietors All Kinds ot Monumental . . Work Factory and Office: 1210 8. Commercial St. Opposite I. O. O. F, Cemetery, Box 21 Phone f St Salem, Oregon EPCDWS 6 IflN BRAnu Dates of Slogans in Oregon SUteamanr -- w sbbbbbmsbmwbbbbbbsbsbssbssbssssssb d2k' (With a few possible changes) Loganberries, October 7, 1228. Prunes' October 14. Dairying, October 21. Flax, October 28. Filberts, November 4. Walnuts, November 11. Strawberries, November 18. Apples, Figs, ete Nov. II. Raspberries, December 2. Mint, December f. Beans, etc December If. Blackberries, December 22. Cherries, December SO. Pears, January f. 1828. Gooseberries, January 12. Corn. January 20. Celery, January 27. Spinach, etc., February 2. Onions,- eta, . February. 10. Potatoes, ate., February 17. Bees, February 2. Poultry and Pet Stock, Mar. S. City Beautiful, etc, March 10. Great Cows, March 17. Pared Highways, March 14. Head Lettuce, March tU Silos, etc, April 7. . Legumes, April 1 . -Asparagus, etc, , April llv mm CLOVER I con goes did Got First Good Start Here Last Year. Big Business for This Year Landino clover, a new favorite In the Willamette valley and coast counties, was tried out in the Salem district in 1127. got a good start with 250 to 200 acres increase last year, and Harley White of D. A. White & Sons says his firm alone has sold enough seed the present season to add several hundred acres more to the fields this year. It makes great pasture. It Is good bee pasture crop. It la a valuable .legume. This is also known as the giant white or Italian white clover; Is a very large form of the ordinary white clover so common on lawns and In pastures developed In Its giant form In Italy. The O. 8. C. has a bulletin on It, by Prof. H. A. Schloth, assistant agronomist. Is Iong lived Landino clover Is long lived; good stands on suitable lands pro. perly handled will last four to eight years. It is not deep root ed; of course good soil will pro duce better crops than poor, how ever. It is easily choked out by weeds.. It requires Inoculation on land that has not grown clover. It may be planted from May 1 to July X. of September 1 to 20 In the fall. It is grown for pasture, hay and seed; lsjrimarlly pasture pbwU, poultry with heavy per acre ton nages of rich, succulent "feed. It is good to rotate, using some fields for pasture and others for hay and seed. The pastured crop may be used for seed by taking off the stock about May 15. Yields of seed go from 100 to 400 pounds to the acre; more seed Is produced as the plants grow older, with a full stand maintained. Land plaster helps Jp. giving a large crop, and In the coast coun ties Immense per acre yields are produced. Lime is necessary on sour lands, as with most if not all other legumes. But the landino kind will stand more sourness in land than most clovers. Irrigation may be used on dry soils to produce bumper crops of ladlno clover. FRUITS FOR MAIN CROP Apricots, peaches, early apples and a few of the earliest plums will bring on the season of abun dance which, with the later varie ties of these fruits, will last near ly until winter. Winter apples and pear. If placed in a cool fruit room or cellar In the tall, will of ten last until the commencement of the new supply of strawberries. To obtain this supply there should be five or six apricot trees, the same number of peach, trees, ten or twenty of plum, ten or fif teen of summer and autumn, pears and as many more of winter varieties, the same number of summer and autumn apples, and from ttreflty-five to fifty trees ot wjnter 'apples. FoTty or fifty well-managed grapevines will con tribute materially to the variety and excellence ot the supply of fruit. One hundred grapevines. In a well-cultivated vineyard, will fresh grapes 'wanted by a large family through the autumn and winter months. A Everything Inf. HATERIA1LG Cobb & Mitchell ii .'' A. B. Kelsay, Manager 49 8. 12tb St. Phone 818 HeAeBjdcCto. Berry Plants, Seed Potatoes Berry Crates and HaHocks Portland Road, Salem, Oregon Grapes, etc., April 28. ., Drug' Garden, May I., Sugar Industry, May 12. Water Powerr, May ID. Irrigation. May 2. Mining, June 2. Land. Irrigation, etc. June t. Floriculture, Jane If. Hops, Cabbage, etc., June 22. Wholesaling. Jobbing, June St. Cncnmbers, etc, Jnly 7. Hogs, July. 14. . Goats, July 11. ScSools, July 18. v.r Sheep, August 4. Seeds, August 11 National Advertising, Aug. It, Livestock, August 2 B. Brain Grain Products, Sept, 1 Manufacturing, Sept. 8. Woorworklng, etc, Cept. IS. - Automotive Industries Sept. 22. Paper Mills, Sept. 28. (Back copies of the Sunday edition ot The Dally Oregon Statesman are en hand. They are for sale at.lt'. cents each, nailed t any address. Current topics, f cents.' College Expert Gives Rules For Growing, Marketing Good Quality of Asparagus Interesting Experiments That Are Now Under Way, Involving Sexof Plants; Washington Variety Best; Market Product Promptly John C Burtner of the depart ment of industrial journalism. Oregon Agricultural eolege, fur nishes the following for this an nual asparagus Slogan number of The Statesman: . The growing of asparagus pre sen'tj) many interesting probems ot.froductlon and marketing for the farmer, says A. G. Bouquet, professor ot vegetable gardening at Oregon State Agricultural col lege. The plants, for instance, are of two different kinds as far as sex Is concerned the male or staminate plant and the female or piltillate pant In tests made by the California experiment station. It was found that the staminate plant pro duces a larger number of aspara gus, stalks, while the piltillate plant, which later bears the red berries, produces a greater- num ber of large stalks; that Is, the average weight of a single, stalk is greater. A field will usually contain about equal numbers ot each sex. it was found, but the staminate plants will produce more food hralue and will last longer than the pistillate plants. Experiments are now under way to determine the feasibility of segregating ahe crowns, accordm-g to their eer in -an attempt to in' crease production. Questions of Fertilisation Fertilization of asparagus Is one of the most debated questions of the Industry. In view of the large storage capacity of the plants, it is generally conceded that heavy soil fertilization .is beneficial and economical. It would seem, from experimental evidence, that the application of fertilizer during the current year has a marked effect on the yield the following year, says Profes sor Bouquet. The application of salt as a fertilizer was found to increase the yield of asparagus in experi ments carried on in Arkansas. Its use tends to keep down weeds as well as Increase the moisture con tent of the soil, it was found. In some cases the actual yield has been greater in salted than in unsalted areas. . The Bed Long lived It pays to use selected crowns when setting out asparagus, be lieves Professor Bouquet, as they are not only larger and make a finer growth after being set out, but also the stand of plants is much better when selected crowns are used. The general experience Is that one-year-old crowns are superior to older ones. The yield of an asparagus bed ordinarily in creases until the seventh year, after which there Is a noticeable decline, although it may continue to produce profitably for 16 to 20 years. Washington Variety Best The Washington varieties are largely replacing the older varie ties of asparagus, because of their larger crowns and greater resistance to rust, finds Profes sor Bouquet. They have also a greater uniformity In size, shape and color ot stalks. Previous to the introduction ot the Washing 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 supply what you need for what you have I CHEftlJY CITY I Salem, 481 Trade St, Oakland Sales and Service yiCK BROS. High Street at Trade Oregon Pap eir XIanuf acturers of BOND LEDGER GLASSINE GREASEPROOF TISSUE Support Oregon Products - - i: ..V.- ' - . .. - ' - Specify "Sakia , Made Paper for Tour . Office iStaiioaery " ton varieties, very little breeding was carried on with asparagus. . Market Product Promptly Changes in Its structural and chemical composition after har vest are also outstanding charac teristics of asparagus. These changes affect greatly the edible quality of the vegetable, making It essential that the product reach the market as soon as pos sible. The crude fiber content of the plant begins to Increase soon after cutting and Is especially rapid during the first 24 hours. Crude fiber la an indication of the toughness of the stalk. The loss In moisture and 'sugar con-. tent is also pronounced daring the first 24 hours after" catting. 'z Because of the rapid deteriora tion In the quality of the product after . harvesting, Professor Bou quet recommends that It be kept in as cool a place as possible, and placed on the market without de lay. It Is also necessary that the wholesaler or retailer keep, the product at a low temperature, to preserve Its quality. MORE FRIZES SOUGHT Any citizen or any business firm.desiring toj offer's prize ! In .the! JCtty . Beapllf.nl. contest,- Is welcome to do so and should at once submit the listing of the prize toT. A. Doerfler. While Mr. Doerfler has been seeing as many firms as possible about town, it is possible that he has over- looked some that would be glad to contribute. SPRAYING The days for dormant spraying will soon be. over. All trees and shrubs subject to attacks of San Joes scale should be sprayed with one of the soluble oil mixtures be fore the buds swell. It takes 48 hours to smother these pests. Any repairs for parts needed for the tree-spraying outfit should be se cured now. The time for mdre spraying is close at hand. Make a habit of heeling in your nursery stock the instant it ar rives. Stock that Is allowed to be around In the wind and sun is certain to show heavy losses. Hardy stock may be moved and transplanted as soon as the ground has thawed out. Early planting is desirable. A shallow digging over the shrub bed to bury the mulching may be done at the earliest opportunity. Gideon Stolz Company Manufacturers of Vinegar, Soda Water, Fountain Supplies Salem Phone 20 Ore. 'MILLING CO. Oregon Phone 318 Pontiac Pulp and Company NM RS OF MEN TO HAVE BIG WELCOME . "Mothers Week-end" at Oregon State Agricultural college this year will Include mothers .of both men and women students, ' instead ot being confined to the latter as formerly. May il and 12 Is the date set. Better facilities, includ ing the new Memorial Union building, make entertainment of the larger group possible. To clean up land Infected with strawberry root weeyll in Oregon, the experiment station recom mends planting to grain, the first year, then to clorer one year fol lowed by a cultivated crop. It is then safe for strawberries again if weevil-free plants are obtained. Setting new planting close to in fested areas Is dangerous, says the O. A. C. Consideration of the home gar den is a real part of the farm en terprise rather than a mere side issue for the attention of the wo men of the household in their "spare time," will make a big dif ference in the farm profits at the end of the. season. Careful sur reys- as well as common observa tion show that the food supplied the family by the farm is one of the. largest factors .in the family income, says the O. A. C. Morris Hunt, formerly with the Bonesteele Motor company, and Lawrence Imlan, formerly wita the Kirkwood Motor Co., have ac cented positions on the sales staff of the Valley Motor xbmpany. ' 1 FLOWERS AVAILABLE A number of Mont Bretia plants are available from Homer Smith on 675- North Summer street which he will give to anyone with out any charge, Modern Community Developers 208 N. High St. .1313 Edge water St. NOW DEVELOPING BEN LOMOND PARK and KINGWOOD HEIGHTS ESTATES An Organization of Local Business men who Believe in Salem The Personnel of Our Organization Extend You Greetings JOHN WERNER, Pres. LYDA WERNER, Secty. C E, CONE, Treas. FOSTER GONE, Attorney H. H. Daniels, Office Mgr. EARL JENSON, Asst. Of f ice Mgr. Sales Staff City and Farm Dept. Ov K. DeWITT, Farms and City W. E. LYNCH, Farms and City E. A. POSSEHL, Farms and City J. C. BALDWIN, Farms and City Sales Staff Subdivision If tT. B. KLINGENSMITH A. COUCHMAN GEORGE ELFORD MRS. LDOAN L. A. THOMAS MRS., MABEL BATH E. A. POSSEHL Appraiser CARLOS MARSTERS R. A. VASCHING G. STAFFORD HARVEY PARKER B. S. BURKE D.M.WIESNER Al COUCHMAN t i ILETA McMORRIS 'mmm mm ' " m m mm vc Handle All Place for Man of Vision FTTHE annual asparagus Slogan issue of rThe Statesman for A several years has been saying andCrepeating somethins: ii&e mis: Jny man ox visum uuu dujjcj iui uigun...Lug auu ity may head a movement here that will lead to the building up of a gigantic asparagus industry in, the Salem district ; akin to the operations in the delta districts of the Sacra mento valley, California." .-. - 1 t - The statement embracing the above suggestion or inti mation was read, two years ago, by a man having or backed by capital sufficient to build and operate a cannery. Ho came and made an investigation That man, or some other man like him, would find here facts now more fully warrant ing "arrangements looking to the establishing of a cannery plant devoted or mainly devoted to putting up an asparagus pack. . Since that time, Utah interests have developed the can ning on a large scale of the green tipped asparagus grown in abundant supply in that state, having-overcome the prefer ence with a large section of the consuming public of the United States in favor of the white canned article. The same thing can be done here. We can grow a qual ity product of both varieties here. No one anywhere ever raised better white asparagus than was grown for a long time on the Miramonte farm of Muecke Bros., near Aurora, furnishing the first class hotel trade in Portland and other cities. No one can grow a better green tipped asparagus than is produced in the Labish district near Salem now. , Asparagus would give our growers a crop bringing early spring money, and provide our laborers jobs relieving an an nual unemployment problem. A big asparagus pack would fill a needed place in our great cannery 'expansion. We have hundreds of thousands of acres available for growing an all but unlimited tonnage. The invitation is still good; it is even better. It is an insistent urge now. Let us sound it forth. Industry comes where it has a field and is wanted. We have the field and we want this industry. Mammoth French White has been found the best variety of P Jerusalem artichoke for Oregon In trials made by the experiment station. It is a good producer ot reasonably smooth tubers that are comparatively ciasy to harvest, says the O. A. C. quite large to provide sufficient loose soil to give the roots a J. C. BALDWIN . . O. K. DeWITT LYDA VINTON R. W. FREESE HOWARD ROBERTS F.SYLVESTOR 5 A. THOMPSON L. BRADLEY Adv! sory Board JUDGEJ. H. SCOTT MAJOIVCA ROBERTSON r. . CHAS. E. CONE Financial Managers R. A. FASCHING and G. G ELFORD' . Builders -.r-r-. T. B. KLINGENSMITH - DELMAR BOND FRED ROBERTS Sales Manager R. A. FASCHING Invitational Chairman MS. MARIE BAKER Transportation Committee A. HANUSKA L. A. THOMAS HARRYTRACY L. VINTON R. F. REESE 4 ' MABEL BATH Stenographers ' m.m m : mm,"' 1 Classes ot Real tstate chance. . The sod should be laid to one side and if a forkful ot well rotted' manure, some bone meal,, and a handful of potash is thor oughly mixed with the soil In the hole dug for each plant, the plant food requirements, not otherwise satisfied, will be amply taken care of for several years. Phone 265 Salem Phone 1643 Salem ' EVAGOFF : 1'' ,sJ'Ai and insurance