Tfce OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, Jnn 30, 1929
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Prune Crop is Heavy
and Price Good
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Corn I looking a better color
but needs more sunshine,
k The cherry and prune crop is
light the strawberries are good
but have a tendency to ripen at
once, shortening the season for
this fruit.
Potatoes are not being planted
i as extenslrely as last year.
i Celery and onions are thrifty
ts, . .and head lettuce In the lake land
.uierries very Lignt .put is up to us higk standard.
me large amount ot cipverseea
I prod deed here . last year will not
be obtained 'here this year. U ?
Hay is a fairly good crop and
with suitable weather conditions
should be a crop of excellence in
iuality and quantity.
(Continued from page one)
A summary of the crops as re
Ported from the various section'
of the valley is given herewith! O
na more will be printed later in
we week!
the hills, and It looks very One,
tor the same reason that the
strawberries this season hare been
remarkably fine. That reason Is
the cool damp weather.
The cherry crop is generally
light, bat come growers report
better prospects than last year. -
There is a wonderful crop of lo
ganberries coming on, and good
prospects for a prune crop. The
prune orchards are somewhat
"spotted." Too thick in spots and
too thin In others. Taken all to
gether, the crop prospects in this
neighborhood are good.
Apple Crop Not
Up to Expectations
Sun Shines Upon
Mill Citv frnns
MILL. CITY, June 29. The sun
at last has decided to shine and'
with it comes tUe usual ajuouri :
of crops that the people-in Mill
City and vicinity look forward to.
This part of the Willamette
Valley is not noted far , any one
crop nor any great amount of var
ieties of crops. Of course gardens
are always plentiful and it thn
oil is given- the right care a
bountiful yield of fresh vegetables
euch as cabbage, lettuce, turnips,
onions and radishes prevail.
Kings' Prairie which extends
for approximately two miles above
Mill City is given over to the rais.
lng of hay although most of the
farms have orchards containing
Cherries, apples, prunes and pears
lor their own use. At some of the
places strawberries are raised but
aot to a great extent.
In an interview with S. M. Bas
sett who has made his home in
Kings' Prairie for a lohg time, it
was revealed that the hay crop
would be just average this year,
which means a little more' than
what is called the "light" crop.
The fruit tieea p5 c an appear
ance of fairly good crops but the
rainy weather has done quite i
bit of damage to the strawberries.
Although farms cover a some
what large acreage most of the
land is uncleared or eleo grown
tip in wild ferns and other weeds.
Since Mik City is a lumber town
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iiu one yeems 10 oe aeepiy-cnuugn
Interested in raisin e- prnm for
the marketa even though the lane
can be made tillable.
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Grain Crop Good at
Lake Labish Center
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LAKE LABlSfc, June" The
grain crop, consisting of oats,
wheat and barley is a good crop
here this year. Fall sown grain is
heading out well and the stand
Is strong.
Spring sows' grain is coming
along In good shape owing to fre
quent rains. " -
KEIZER, Jnne 29 Owing to
a very wet. cold spring, the fruit
situation in this community is
not upto par. Those who' hare
had strawberries have realized a
neat sum from their crop?. Only
a few are growing logans but the
outlook is good for a crop.
Some growers have the black
berries, and the black and red
raspberries which are doing well.
The prospect for pears and prunes
is good in some orchards and in
others they are very scarce. The
Coats, Schindler, and Imperial
prunes seem to have stood the
cold rains better than the Italians.
The apple crop is nearer a
failure than mest any other
fruit. . Some trees which bore
heavily last year are not bearing
any this year. The cherries are
conspicuous for their absence.
The walnut and filbert growers
are looking forward to a bumper
crop. Hops are looking well. Not
many peach orchards in Keirer
so that crop will be light.
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Orchard Heights
! Sees Many Changes
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ORCHARD HEIGHTS, June 29.
When the Statesman asked its
country correspondents for a crop
report, it set me to "reminiscing."
In the days of Auld Lang Syne, the
word crop meant grain, while in
these days of intensive and diver
sified farming, the name has a far
wider meaning. For instance, the
ancestral home of the writer, in
the Orchard Heights hills, then
known as the Eola Hills, (the
change of name is significant)
consisted of 252 acres on which
grain was raised.
This 252 acres is. now divided
into five farms, on which prunes,
cherries, nuts, small fruits, etc.,
are cultivated. So the old order
changeth.
In the Orchard Heights comun
ity today, the farmer only raises
grain enough, if any, to feed his
wife's chickens, and the tractor
requires no hay. However, a lot
of good farmers still use horses,
so there Is a" good deal of hay in
Prune Crop in
I jjScotts Mills Area
SCOTTS MILLS, June 27 The
prune crop in this vicinity seems
to be quite good, especially on the
hillsides the prunes are very heavy
in s'ome orchards the crop being
so heavy that some of the trees
are breaking.
There will be a great amount of
hay this year, due to so much
moisture in the ground.
Strawberry picking is going on
in full swing, and taken to the Sa
lem canneries.
The late potatoes are practically
all planted now. The potatoes
grown In this district are consid
ered the best in the country, sev
eral carloads being hauled from
the Crooked Finger district each
year.
Grain is looking fine and ex
pect a good crop.
Pheasants Destroy
Auburn Corn Crop
AUBURN, June 29. The
spring sown oats and wheat look
better than theyi have for ntj
years. The fall sown barley.
wheat, oats and clover is also ex
cellent, although clover fields
were quite spotted, partly on ac
count of early frosts, but will
yield a goodly tonnage of hay
Most of the clover in this section
was not cut until after the rain
and is well cured.
Some farmers have already
stored their hay in their barns.
believe there is no flax here. The
white vetch has been sown this
year in place of the blue variety
The farmers wind it does not
freeze out nor fall as flat from
heavy rains. This is mostly sown
for silo filling, and will be ready
after July 4th.
Corn is growing well and has
good color, although more cultiva
tion and hoeing than usual has
been necessary on account of
weather conditions.
China pheasants have been very
troublesome, completely destroy
ing some portions of most fields.
The fruit crop will be light this
year, due to early frosts. Some
cherries which were well filled
have dropped almost all of tbe
cherries. The cause. Is not known.
Several trees axe dying from some
unknown cause, resembling curly
leaf.
All varieties of berries are do
ing fairly well.
Hops are excellent. Vegetables
are growing well, peas are ready
for canning.
One farmer Is growing a crop
we surmise must be ginseng. Sun
flowers are flourishing gloriously
this year. These form part of the
ensilage crop.
Lloyd Lee's hatchery is still
shipping eggs to California, from
tbe heavy breeds. As these do not
do well there, these shipments are
used by the California hatcheries
for broilers.
Ross Clark is having good suc
cess with his new furbeariog rab-
bitry.
A. L. Lindbeck has been selling
his late supply, of hatching eggs.
He has erected a modern dairy
barn, and has purchased a regis
tered Jersey cow. Several other
farmers here have also recently
gone in for tbe registered Jerseys.
Maggot Hits Onion
Fields at Aurora
AURORA, June 29. The onion
crop around the Aurora and
Butteville district is not as good
as It was last year.
All together there Is about 25
acres of onions. Som eare onion
setsr and, others raise onions for
the seed.
There is an onion maggot which
seems to be destroying a great
deal of the -crop. Some farmers
expect only half a crop, while
others anticipate a medium crop.
Those who are raising onion
sets will have the largest yield,
because the onion maggot does not
bother them as bad as they do
the onions which are raised for
the seed.
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An acre and a half of cucumbers
are also being grown by the Wit
cels. The early flax is bloming and
looking fine. P. E. Thomason Is
the heaviest grower, with 75 A.4,
C. A. Bear and son Earl have 30
A. A few other small acreages
are In the neighborhood.
. Turner being a dairy aeetlon,
nearly every dairyman grows corn
for silage. C. A. Bear has the
largest acreage, about 25 A., part
of which Is for hog feed., The
corn needs more hot weather.
, The strawberry season . has
about closed. Bob Given had the
largest patch near Turner.
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Salem Heights Has
Fruit Crop
Fair
Flax and Hay Godd
In Turner Country
TURNER, June 29. Hay har
vest Is on in Turner vicinity. The
rain of a week ago meant much to
all growing crops. Clover hay is
much heavier than at first expect
ed, also vetch is yielding well.
Quite a large acreage of Ken
tucky Wonder beans, are being
grown, most of them for the Ore
gon Packing Co. The earliest ones
are at the present time being
trained on strings, while the later
planting is receiving second culti
vation.
Among the largest growers are
W. J. Denham with 12 A.; H. Tur-
noy 15 A.; R. O. Wetzel and son
5 A.; P. E. Thomason 5 A.; A. My
ers 5 A.; S. Mudinger 6 A.
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SALEM HEIGHTS, June 29. ;
Salem Heights comunity is divided !
into small tracts of land, and the j
crop's are mostly raised for the '
home use. The crops of Salem i
Heights includes strawberries, lo- 1
ganberries. cherries, and prunes. '
R. D. Hulsey reports that th :
strawberry crop is on the whole
better than it was last year; how
ever, about one-fourth of the berry
crop has been destroyed by the
crown bore. Mr. Hulsey also
stated that the loganberry yield i
was going to be very light.
There will be about a twenty ,
per cent crop of cherries this year. I
There are a very few prunes raised
In Salem Heights proper, but the
outlook on prunes is towards s
bumper crop.
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Jefferson Yields '
Better Than UsuaP
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JEFFERSON, June 29. The
farmers in this vicinity are busy
with their hay harvest; and the
hay crop Is good, owing to plenty
of moisture and good growing
weather.
The fall grain Is exceptionally
good. Some fields have been cut,
and the grain is shocked.
Strawberry picking is well un
der way. Some patches are fine,
producing large yields, while in
some localities the berries are
scattering, owing to the frosts.
The cherries are beginning to
rjpen, but the crop will not be
large; however the outlook for a
prune crop is good.
The potato fields look fine, and
the growers are anticipating an
Immense crop.
Corn is some backward, owing
to the lateness of the season; yet
with tbe continued warm weather,
it will make a good crop.
The hop yards look fine and the
prospects are for a bumper crop.
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