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.Tn OSDCON STATESMAK.'-Sato. Oregoa, Sunday Ifornfo?, August 11, 1929 PAGE FIFTEEN" Large Business and a Great Future for Seed Industry In Salem Trade Territory Is Now Running Into Many Hundreds of Thou sands of Dollars a Year, and It Is Bound to Grow Steadily to Many Millions rnoPEBiiKe wm VMM The seed industry jot the Sa lem district has crown to large proportions to many hundreds ot thousands' of dollars annually for the growera-and it is stead ily headed towards larger out looks; is certainly growing to wards the status of many mil lions annually. Why? Because the natural conditions' are right; the soil, sunshine and. showers especially the sunshine, at matur ing and harvest times. Our sea sons are seed growing ones par excellence. Red clover has been a big seed crop here, it went to a high mark of $400,000 for this dis trict In 1923. It went down for a time, and staged a ctTme.ba.ck. It was $500,000 in 1027; it went above that figure last year, doing Through Change It is not nearly as . big this year. Why? Fields have been There will be several kinds of clover seed in the Salem district to harvest this season. Ftrst win come red clover, followed by alsike and ladino. Also there will be common white and crimson clover, and perhaps a few others. O. R. Hyslop, agronomist at the Oregon Agricultural college, recently discussed the several principals In connection with the clover seed h arrest- here. There are several places where losses occur. Weedy fields shatter out worse than clean field. Fields that are infested with stiff weeds like bull thistles and Prickly let tuce are subject to loss by the heads whipping against these weeds If the clover becomes over ! ripe. Good Drying If ceded After anv clover is cut It Is dried out to ret it In condition for threshing. Whew once thor oughly dr!?d ont step are usual probably not corn growing district of the Pa-tJy ,takcn n .prot'c ! ,rra, A2 200.000 to the cifJc northwaet, through seed se-!rln aa4 Jos?- n h " cneapesi. or course, n ins pwu mav be hauled directly from the There is a 300 per cent increase this year in Australian peas. Western Oregon is the only place in the United States where it has proven profitable to grow vetches for seed. We grow the Hungarian vetch extensively, and there is an increased acreage In hairy and purple vtech the last two for California and eastern trade. We will get perhaps $150,- thts year for our vetch seed. In rye grass seed we are doing big things, with an upward trend; almost a boom. We have grown some for 16 years or so, but this has become a major line lor as lately. We grow a lot of specialties In oats, besides the Kanato spoken of above. For Instance, the Shade land, White Banner, Swedish Se lected. Gray Winter, Clydesdale, etc. We prow a heavy oat the tioaviest known, for milling and Crop in This District Too Val uable to Permit Any Unavoidable Waste Grcit Outlocli f or Industry ; la pioneer days. O. Dickinson proved that the Salem dia- ! trict ia a great seed country. Tk whole coast sent to Salem for garden and field seeds, produced here. Luther J. Chapin, then county agent, said a number of years, ago: "Tne WiK Iametw valley is weu adapted to the production of high class seeds, uot efily the more common farm crops, of grains, bat also of flower and garden seeds. The various types of soiL several of which may be found in a very limited afea, and the usually dry summers, adapt this locality-to the production of high priced flower and garden seeds." At the time, that was like a voice crying in the wilder ness, uut not now. rms district is nice a place set apart ior producing high quality garden, grain, grass and flower seeds. This industry now brings in each year hundreds of thous ands of dollars from long distances. Its possibilities are al most beyond reckoning Running into many millions annually. Here are opportunities for big business. Men of vision are needed. Leadership is called for. This is no pent-up Utica. It is a broad and rich field, promising golden harvests for the plantingand reaping and" 'assembling'. and marketing of a vast seed tonnage, covering a range that cannot be com passed by any other section under the bending skies the wide world over. Salem is a seed center by divine right. Nature set it apart for that distinction. plowed np and pat to other uses j the breakfast fo6d demands. especially Grimm alfalfa. Red J We have become the biggest clover fieea wj; bring more than 200,000 to the i cific northwaet, through district this year. But. there Is I lection. We grow the Oregen ye! another reason. V.'e must change I low dent principally for ripening tfom the French or Italian type and the larger varieties for soilage to the hardier American type, j The college has decreed it, after i studies in which growers have participated. Prof. Hyslop of the 0.".a C. is in the east now, hunt ing forproper eeed, which will be distributed to the seed houses and others and will be available in at least limited quantities for next season's sowing. When our growers change over, which will no doubt be gradually done, we will hit the million mark in this district on red clover seed; no telling how much higher. We will give the east what it wants. Many .New Boom There are several new seed booms here. String or stringless bean seed, and the garden beans especially in the Santiam orAi gated district. And ladino clover Beed, for pastures. And the new Kanato oat. coming from Kansas by way of California: mtikfj a good -yield, goo.l hay. and c hin class milling oat. Then onion seed, under contract. An tsrt from an eastern conivaciicg ' house says we are growing this year the best onion seed he lu-s ever seen. And he Is a veteran in that line. Harvest of onion sets is about ready new. Tlie Hav3 in- and silage. Thero are a number of out standing seed dealers in Salem and nearby tows. The Jenks Whlte Seed company, with head quarters in Salem, is a leading wholesale concern, with offices now also In Albany, Portland and Redmond. There Is a good deal' Of con tracting In thi3 district df seed po tatoes for the California1 grow er and of strawberry planU for the same demand. Tills i3 the pioneer district for bulb growing, and that branch alone runs into many scores of thousands annually, and has a big future. This is a farorable season for high quality seeds In every line. This is true of all crops. YIIMS Ml USES BEST NEW YORK (AP) It was a devious rouLe that Alfred It. Mll- terest on the Labish lands will j ler followed to reach the presi have a croD of 2.000.000 pounds i cicney cf I.oft. Inc. or more, and all through north ern Marion there will be large yields. We supply the whole ceast with onion sets; almost all that are bought west of the Rockies. Our growers supply the whole Countrr with need. Not a large business, for two cance3 will i aR facto1 plant an acre. But good and steady Street car motorman, drums-er. seed merchar.t, drug salesman, drug specialty prosrietor, street Daring contractor, commercial backer, candy manufacturer and I the sum cf this variety is nis aeep j ji jsi -!. I ........Mi. smTl : (U' '-! In success. ! S One thins I have Iaaraet said Nr. Miller, "from a'l of the 1 reorganization ena reDuuair.?? ot field to the huller and hulled as soon a? It ha9 become dry enough for that proows. In the event of a showery fall and the Inability to get a huller readily, "It may be safer to stack the clover seed or put It in a barn or shed so that it may Te threshed when a huller is available. It Is nsually not a good thing to stack the clover seed if yon can hull it within a very short time after it has become dry. Handling Over Ripe Clover Any field may suffer consider able loss by heads breaking off or breaking to pieces If allowed to gel too ripe ond dry before cut ting. Clover eed that Is worth anywhero from eight cents pound for c-in?on clover to a del lar a pour.d for ladino clover la too valuable to lose. It 1s best cut and roiten into bounches or shocks before break!?;? of heads or shatterirg takes place. When clover seed gets a little over rip9 it is best to cut It la the evecin-' or durin? tho night or e?.riy mcming when the plants ere tough with the moisture of that time. ' Sumiu!a up: The most fan portcst things ia clover seed har vest are to cut at the right time to. avoid shattering, handle care fully to avoid loss, and thresh carefully, to net-let too much get into the straw stack. BUY GOOD CHOP FOB OHM It Is Relatively Cheaper Than Corn, and Is Very Good In Many Ways Dairy feeders In this state eaa well afford to use considerable quantities of barley in their herd raton, because parley is relatively cheaper as compared to corn, and is much mora easily produced, be lieves D. .n Hill, agronomist of the Oregon experiment station. For dairy feeding purposes it la generally considered by most au tborites that 100 pounds ot bar ley aqsalsar-'least 90 pounds ot corn, whilp some authorities even rate themjas nearly equal, pound for peuBd. Barley is well adapted to pro duction in Oregon, particularly in the better drained soils of Big Business Opening for ; j Bulb Industry Here in the ft Salem District Reckoning Start Was Made Here on Commercial Scale, and Pioneering Has Shown We Have the . Best National Conditions in the World nS1 ' - 5 J - I . Recent Crisis is But One Phase of Struggle Over Chinese Eastern Railway and firmness, and shows especial superiority In the case of the tu lip, has dona its share In making the Salem area a leading bulb center. Tha. Willamette valley Is des tined to be the leading bulb growing section of tha United States; and that means the great est of tho world. Holland has been- the foremost of all tulip growing countries. Bat the Will amette valley has natural advent- west. 1 ages OTer Holland in this Indus. era Oregon. It la a quick grow- iai coumry must oar ing crop, maturing in less tIme!Tome .hndicapa of long per- tha neither wheat o roats. a fac- ' v l coia wanner ana aeasans a- ,.. t it. aH.nnr. !" hot weather wl.h Intense tun- Tha climate of tha Willamette , equaled elsewhere in tha world.'' nltav I! rntm a flalik a till T i - Jl - u x bulb In the way ot vitality, size i ti.: t i..i- reoreanizaiipn tiiu reiuuun: We are having a continuation! . . . " -. ! t i whose stcckholJers are r.sre.l fBSIILO BHEflT ART CEHIEH of the boom in Grimm a'falfti. Marion and Polk county alone the Increase In acreage for this year Is 4000 to CG00, and the same development i3 t:.kiag place !a Yamhill, Washington, .Lar.e, Clackamas and o3:tor valley coun ties. This is bound to continue. Alsike clover se the Salem by the management as full part ners instead or tUsir-childrevt, sel dom get into serioua trouble." He includes fill persona in his employ, liom general manager to clerk. In the same rule. In the fo it Trnn.1pii!:ir tndenrv In lover Eeed wUl bring tojbn"sines3 to economize by nibbling district thl year $100,-th -.a?M f small employes 000. to $125,000. WtlJa (or i AnA increailu? tho salaries of high Dutch) clover seed will bring ref-(executives, he announced an op- naps tau.ouu. agams: ntta:n a T,osito policy a . i , . . . i i ' lew years uw. ah w cvver beUd pt the red will run a3 large or larger than usual In returns. 11 !"E M SEED il CROP 1 The Salsm district has become a good car?. coaitry throush seed selection. ThU iniprcvement had Its greatest forward movement under the direction of Luther J. Chap'r.. vhc-n he was county agri culturist for Ivlarion county, 12 to 15 cv 20 years, ago. E. Brcssmnn, associate pro fessor of farm crops at the Ore gon Agricultural college, recently di3cn:ed corn Feed selection. He says the safest time to pick seed "corn here is in September and early October, before there is any danger of heavy frost. He recommends that sc-ed be picked In tho field from the standing stalks. The grower must see that no ear be saved that Is moldy or which comes from a stalk infested with corn smut or anv other disease. ( Then store ears In a dry, well ventilatsd place, where there Is little danger of freeing, until tho kernais have been reduced to less than 15 per cent moisture. Prune and hop dryers hay be nsed to dry the seed. When dried down, the corn may bo' shelled and stored for use In tho spring. Each ear should be shelled separately; then the shelled corn should be run over a grading machine to eliminate the small light kernals. . Then, thero shoaM be a germi nation test. . Tho college author ities will tarnish details, also di rections on how to make the Rag noli corn cermlnator. wnfch Is generally used. When fc discovered tnat tne nini:r.um wa?c cf girls employed ia the candv ftcrt-s of his com pany v.r,s $14 v.c-fcty, he Issued an orr malcintc tha minimum ware ?27. The efi'e.-t of this will b ot double- th9 payroll for this kiM of work. Tb's unusual executive wl-o was running a street csr In Cincinnati for 1 2-3 cents an fcPJtr abottt the time of tho war c?afmt Spain, is jiever in a hurry... It. Jus the manner of being shy but nfeds little time to ta!:e tbff- mental measure of anyone he comes In contact with. One of his first act? ns a candy maker, along with rais-ng the wages of sales girls, wns t3 shavs off executive salaries to the total of $200,000 yearly. At tha same time he made it nospible for them to earn more than they ever did before, but they must earn it by demonstrating certain speciriea results. Mr. Miller was born 59 years aeo in Kenton county, Kentucky. His early career centered around Lexington and Cincinnati. Two years ago he moved his Invest ment banking business to New York and specializes in taking over the financing and manage ment of alHng companies. OMAHA Neb. 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By KTRKE SIMPSOX WASHINGTON (AP) Par- haps bo railroad in the world haa figured more In tha dark mazes ot International intrlgu than the Chinese Eastern, the bona of pre sent contention between Nation, list China and Soviet Russia. Secret files of many foreign of fices other than those of Moscow, Peiping and Tokyo are filled with records of the 20-year-old strug gle over tho line. It is a road cutting almost an air line, 1090 miles long, from the Siberian border across northe rn Manchuria to Vladivostok. Russia's remaining warm water outlet to tho Pacific. It Is paralleled by an all Russian route to tho same port, the Amur railroad that hugs tho northern boundaries of Manchuria on a long curve. But the Chinese East ern cuts 568 miles off the Amur route. Hence its vital import. ance. When the Chinese-Japanese war ended in victory for Japan, terri torial cessions to Japan were the price of defeat to China. Included were ports like Dairen. old Porn Arthur. Russian influence with European support, persuaded Ja pan to take a cash indemnity in lieu of territory. Yet hardly had tha been consummated before Russia herself bad a grip upon the very territories Japan had renounced and the convention with China for construction of the Chinese Eastern with Its southern stem running down from Harbin to Dairen was signed. In that transaction lay the seed of the Russo-Japanese war which followed and gave those two ports and the southerly arm of the road to Japan. After the Boxer uprising In China, Russia appeared determin ed to expand her grip on the road and on Manchuria. Other nations protested, but the Russian-Jap anese war came to change the sit uatlon, China assenting to the transfer of former Russian rights to Japan. Again in the world war, the Chinese Eastern was a diplomatic storm center. It afforded to the allies and the United States, an opportunity to meet possibly the situation In Russia that was driv- hg her out of the war. America food supplies and war stocks might raove to the eastern front Ltover this route. And out of that flowed the American railway com mission headed by John Stevens, which tor a time virtually oper. ated the very road over which China and Soviet Russia are now at daggers' points. Almost at once, China moved after the war to limit Russian domination of the railroad. The agreement first reached with Rus sia, specified that the Chinese eastern was to be simply, a com mercial railway. In the new con ventlon of 1924, China specified that the Russian management should sot engage in communistic propaganda. And in the present clash, it is that stipulation Nation allst China claims Russia ignored. Looking back to the original agreement under which the road was built. It appears that imperial China then believed she wm buy ins: Russia as an ally for a possible fnure war with Japan; while Czarist Russia was intent on real ising a dream of dominance in the Orient. And it is the heritage of this diplomatic cross play of years ago over which China and Russia now find themselves a logger. heads. to its here, says Professor Hill. Ap proximately 1,000,000 bushels ot barey were harvested in western Oregon In 1928, an increase of about 50 per cent over 1923. The low moisture requirement of barley, which will mature a crop with little or no rainfall. also makes It more valuable as a other cereals, as It leaves more moisture for the yonng clover pants. Barley is also used in consid. erable quantities for hog feed, and is believed one of the best feeds available to western grow ers, says Professor Hill. It is said that for this purpose one pound of ground barley is equal to one pound of ground wheat, or to one pound of shelled corn. In addition to its valutas a feed, there is another outlet for the barley crop, says Professor Hill, who believes that it a high grade of this cereal is raised, it could well be adapted to the ex port trade, going to Europe and the British Isles for use in brew ing. HFIS1EPS n n u Instead of "running out, oar.' bulbs grow better and, better ;; There is no section anywhere thati.. produces the "forcing bulbs, and ...... MT IMWb 1V ftlVHU ' ' VI here. The Salem district was tha first in all the valley to com mence oaib culture on a rammer c!al scale. Thia Inrfnatr Ha gun here 13 and 14 years ago.,. It Is now attracting world wide ,1 attention. Salem grown bulbs are planted in every state in the union, in Canada and England, I j and in most other foreign conn- ':t ti les. Some of the Salem grow- '( ers, like the Salem Bulb company. J tha Prs.nkiin-Young Bulb com pany. Don Up'oha. aujfl other."; have mailing lists that reach to j every principal country, gathered ; through actual sales they hav;U made. ji shine during the critical months of growth. Just Right Her The March, April, May and June conditions of weather in the Willamette valley give our grow ers just the Tight amount ot tem-, Ca oar anaua, VlOSSOm day perate sunshine and proportion . . J of clowdy days to put vitality and j manr ou'ails of people visit vigor into the bulbs. These fourltl Salem district bulb plantings. .., months are the critical ones. They t and blooms go to all poiuU of the . j are ideal here. Then we have the United States at that season. period of ripening and harvest-1 Tw. i- nrnorhin!t her tnr a-u ' ing weather later, that is not : bla- business m thm hulh IndnatrT. v, " employing many minions or capi.- tal. Our pioneers have shown the way. They have gone through . the difficult and toilsome period a of experimentation. ran wis mm To Insure clean seed for fall nlantln it is best to clean the seed as soon as possible after threshing, says the Oregon ex perimental station. This is a rather slack season for most growers, and those who take ad vantage o fit to take eare of this task will be readv in case of a rush planting season. PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 9 (AP) Just as federal forestry officials here believed the Oregon forest fire situation was well In hand, another 300-acre blaze broke out today on Whiskey creek". In the Applegate district of southern Oregon, on the edge of Crater national forest. Fifty-two men who had been fighting a fire In the Klamath county district, were sent to the Applegate fire. With the exception of this blaze the district forest office here re ported Oregon fires had been con controlled and that tire fighting equipment was being centered on Washington. PONTIAC. 111.. (AP) Right at home for Robert tr.d Fred Willard is "Pike's fairyland for boys l and girls" and they have plenty of company. Their parents. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Pike, have turned their orchard Into a play ground. Every swing and slide and tee. ter-totter is homemade. The merry-go-round is built on an old wagon wheel with the axle an chored in concrete. Seats from old cultivators and riding plows are bolted to the four arms. There is a lot of rural activity at the little brick school house nearby community meetings and family reunions but the children "play over at Pike's." In many of the new plantings ,M of alfalfa in Oregon which are ,. very weedy aud where the weedar nave not yet gone to teea, poa- , sibllitios of future clean stands and of better growing condltlona will be Unproved It the weeds are Tt cut at. once, says the experiment ; station. If the weed growth is , ',, heavy it Is advisable to rake it 7 off and destroy it, but if it is fair Iy light it may be left on the field , t oact as a mulch. Claims totaling $1149.45 have hen naid to Statesman readers by the North American Accident inanrana Co.. in less than one rear. These claims were paid on the $1.00 policy Issued to States man readers. Oakland Pontiac Keep Your Money in Oregon Buy Monuments Made at Salem, Oregon Capital Monumental Works J. C. Jones & Co., Proprietors All Kinds of Monumental Work Factory and Office: 2210 S. Commercial St. Opposite I. O. O. F. Cemetery, Box 21 Phone 639 Salem, Oregon Codling moths of the second generation are now on the wing The eggs may be expected to 7; hatch by the middle ot August. reports the Oregon experiment station, and advisesthat the next cover spray be applied before that time. ,? T Oregon Pulp and Paper Company Manufacturers of BOND LEDGER GLASSINE GREASEPROOF TISSUE Support Oregon Products Specify "Salem Made Paper for Your Office Stationery Sales and Service VICK BROS. High Street at Trade RUNG Gidcen Gtolz Btaaatactwera Vinegar, Sod Water. Fountain Supplies f Investigate Our Recaping Service Before Buying Your New Tires Dodder, considered an extreme ly noxious weed, particularly from the seed standpoint, nas been found in some fields of red clover In rOegon. To prevent this pest from spreading, the experi ment station advises that clover growers go ever their fields and cut any patches ot dodder iouna. It is considered best to burn this as soon as it is dry on the spot where it is cut, so as to clean up any seed that may have shattered. Everything In BUILDING MATERIALS Cbbbs & MitckeU A. B KeUay, MaBager 34 S. lStk St. PhosM 81 P1 A Better! Tougher! St 3 111 111 illllllilll Gasoline and Storage, Washing and oHoJv o These new Seiberlihgs are the finest tires, the toughest tires, this town has ever seen. What about a change over to tires that are built for to day's drivingtoday's speeds?. Come in, see this new Sei berling with 40 more tread. We now have an experi enced wash-man on duty from 7 p.m. until 1 2 a. m. We call for and deliver your car, day or night. Bring us your road oil job we have the equipment to give you a clean job, inside and out. 264 N. High Street Phone 114 jSalexn Can Be Made the Seed Center of INC. BAY end GEiT CEE1VECE THsWeek s Slogan: the Wide World rhoao 0 Ore.