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The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Sunday Morning; January s, 1930 PACE FIFTEEN of the Farmer and His Work Markets .... Crops .... Farm Home .... Livestock The Diversified Interests of the Valley Agriculturalist Editor! Note Mrs. Madelaine Callin, Valley News ed itor of the Oregon Statesman, is also in charge of the market news of tbi paper. Each Sunday on this page she will por tray the agricultural news of interest to valley farmers. Contributions of mer it are invited. Experts Predict Great Future for Valley Nut Growers News 1 1 CLEAVER Nut Grower and Jobber Tells Experiences to Special Correspondent By COBIE de LESPIXASSE C. H. Cleaver of Hubbard is re garded as an authority on nut growing. He. is also a jobber in the industry and has given all of Us various phases . considerable srudy. He has a small filbert or chard on the Pacific highway in Hubbard. There are 164 nut tree, 13 are walnuts and all the others are fil berts, most of them six years old. I asked him why he grew filberts Instead or walnuts, chestnuts or auy other kind of nut. 'Why filberts? Because f 11- b?rts are the ideal crop for the Willamette valley!" he answered most enthusiastically. "We have practically a monopoly oa the fil bert growing business. Tkey will not grow profitably in any other part of the United States. But here, we have the climate, we have the soil in fact everything U favorable toward filbert pro duction." "But how .about California or I a3ked. "California is not adapted to filberts end in Washington they will grow in Clark county only. To my mind, the Willamette Val- lev was almost created lor tne ru ber t." When questioned about the fu ture of the Industry he grew elo- ouent. Over production, low yrices, pests? "I should say not! In 1928 the United States imported and con sumed over $25,000,000 filberts imported from Barcelona and from Sicily. Why the Willamette Vallev would have to have a planting ot-363,000 acres to off set these imports based on a pro duction of 500 pounds to the acre at 15 cents per pound. And the home grown nut la nrotected by a six cents a pound duty which is levied upon the im ported product. The nut growers associations hare placed 15 cents as a nominal return to the grow ers, the association charges to come ont of the growers returns Then the nut retails at 20 cents." "How many acres would a man have to -plant in order to have fair returns that Is living re turns?" I wanted to know. "From 10 to 20 acres of trees would be the finest kind of In surance, that would be sufficient for an annuity. Such a planting could be cared for by one man and would be far less work than onion sets, less risk than wal nuts and it would give greater re turn for a longer time." "But yon did not mention the pestsi surely there is something that might be called a drawback in the business?" "Yes. I have considered that But so far I have found no pests, the only spraying required being the usjjbI dormant spray for moss, I have never yet had a wormy or mouldy filbert. And the harvest ing is easy compared to onion 6ets or walnuts. The clean nut drops . and is then dried and stored pre paratory to marketing. "How old a tree set out to bein with?" "Two year old ti ees set in holes, with a wcU broken'up hard nan and good upper soil mixed. are best. By the time those trees are 12 years old they should be producing $700 an acre annually. The trees are set 20 feet apart and up to the fifth year the grower may Intercrop so that he can use 85 per cent or his ground until his trees are bear- In e well." . "For Intercropping strawber ries, onions or any ordinary gar den crop is used. After the fifth year the trees mature rapidly, at taining a height of 30 feet with a soread of 20. As far as I know, the filbert bear indefinitely. In the Settlemelr garden in Wood burn there are some trees that are 45 years old and they are still productive." "It sounds most Interesting, Mr. -Clearer. I am really surprised that our Willamette Valley farm ers do not consider the filbert more seriously. Were I farmer, JTd certainly set out 10 seres or more!" X exclaimed enthusiastic ally. "Yes, and were I starting out again to make my living,, I. too, would take up filberts on a large scale. Filberts la this Willamette Valley mean something, not only for now-but for the ages and ages!" Woodburn Fruit Growers Report Year's Earnings WOODBURN,- January 4. Dur ing the 1929 season the Woodburn Fruit Growers Cooperative assoc iation delivered 2,951,733 pounds of fruit tor which It recehrad ' I1S4.862.43. : ... Duo to the unfaTorable grow ing conditions tha relame at fruit handled the past season was not as large a;ih$'jeoa of 1928. Three hundred? thtrty-six, .Mrry trovers leloag W this stoup. WALNUT TREES 1 Top Grafted Black Walnut Tree Which Produces from 60 to 100 Pounds of Fancy Franquette Walnuts Earn Year, Courtesy Pearcy Broa, Geo. A. Dorris Filbert Growing in Oregon EDITOR'S jN'OTE Geo. A. Dorris, pioneer nut vmwnr nf Hrorna mil rwnr. nlied authority oa the Indus- try here gives some facts re- gardlng the production of fil- berts nIOregon. Mr. Dorris is one ot the outstanding berts ia Oregon. Mr. Dorris and hta letter to the States- man comes in answer to an inquiry from those interest- i ed in filbert growing. In. answer to inquiry Mr. Dorris said: "Considering the prevalent Ig norance of all of us regarding the finer points ot filbert culture it is indeed remarkable that within the past few years we have placed the Industry la Oregon on so sound a cultural and economic basis. This is wholly due to the early planters having accidently started right in both varieties and methods ot propagaton. Now, an aggressive tew, we will assume through ignorance and not with tha hope of gain, are pursuing a practice that has been universally condemned, and it is in the hope of checking that practice that this letter is written. "As most of our choice fruits can be perpetuated only by graft ing, -and the grafted tree, as to such, is the best, the uninformed, thinking the same applies to the filbert, are easily induced to ac cept the grafted filbert tree, in total Ignorance of the fact that in those sections ot the old world where filberts have been grown for centuries, and where grafting is understood in all Its minutest details, the grafted filbert tree, except for experimental purposes, is utterly taboo. Facts Given "Briefly the facts and more briefly, the reasons. 'ilf.-H. Bailey, an eminent Am erican authority, In speaking of filberts, writes: 'AH superior var ieties should be propagated by layers.' "In an address recently deliver ed before the Horticultural So ciety of London, the world's great est and oldest horticultural so ciety, a fellow of that society, himself a noted propagator, used these words of unmistakable Eng lish, 'The filbert must be propa gated by layers.' This statement was not maoe because ot any Ignorance of grafting for Mr. Buarard la the head ot probably the oldest ana largest nurseries in Europe, and nreaumablv knew what he was talklnr abont. That the dictum ot Bunyard and Bailey as to what "should and "must" be done to get the best filbert tree is scrupulously tallowed, appears iron the ad dress ot Mr. Dennis Cooter of the O. & C, based on-personal obser vation and- delivered before the Nut Growers association in 1924, Mr. Cooter says: "All are grown from layers' and 'only from stools and "all ea the single tip system.' The scientific propagator pre scribe the method which, all adopt Why? Because experience has demonstrated it to do not only unquestionably the best, bat with the present lack of know ledge of where stack and scion af finities are to bo found, the only method that Is both sure and safe. Hence " the strong language "should be" and "must be". So much for the European method. i Boot Stock Soocht Professor C E. Schuster, In Bulletin 20S of the O. 8. C after dlscusslag the variability la seedling root stocks and- atatlaf that ft determined search Is betas; made to uniform root stocks, says: ; ' GROWN IN WILLAMETTE VALLEY Discusses " 'In the filbert, layerage gires a uniform xoot as It Is identical with the' parent tree, beng part ot It from root to top. This will give a greater uniformity in bearing and general vegetative character istics than any other method of propagation.' . . . 'Each one (seedlings) will be an Individual of itself and behave according to its own characteristics.' "While Professor Schuster does not use the imperative words "should be" and 'must be" as used by Bailey and Bunyard, his language, though less forceful, carries the same meaning. Grafting Important "Ia successful grafting two things are necessary, a pure root stock to give uniformity, and per fect affinity to insure longevity. Tho only pure stock ever tried in Oregon are the native hazel and the imported Turkish. The latter was used a few years ago with a great flourish of trumpets as to what it would accomplish. Ask the aavocates ot grarung way alter so few years of trial they haTe aiscaraea Dotn ot tnese pure December, with California mar stocks as uttrely worthless; and kets relatively firmer than those how they can expect satisfactory nt thtk PntT1ti WMt where holiday ... 1 A. . 1L. 1 1 f M J . I stock Is universally rejected be- cause umrormuy in nyonas aoes not exist. If Kalns was right when he wroie. Arter centuries or expert- ments we do not yet know which is the best stock for some fruits,' and when the problem is so com- plicated that the world" is being combed for congenial stocks, how lununaie are our niDerc graners to be able to convince themselves. that withlnt he space of ten short years, arter three trials, the first iwo or wnicn were total iatiures, they have at last succeeded with me tnira, ana mat, too, most amazing or an, with a nyona stocK neretorore considered lm- possible. Planters take notice. You are face to face with the opportunity 10 commit a couossai munaer. 11 m uouui, seen competent ana un- Oiasea service. IOU W1U taea De saie, lor you wiu piant no iu- bert tree that is not on Its own roots." Goe. A. Dorris. YAKIMA, Wash.. Jan. 4 (AP) Prospects of an Increased pear trade with the southeastern portion of the United States are evident with the announcement "t . ""'T. , . (.uBiiaauvsa di. au nuw vu.v., w i.tc 'u v r'? nurmww pears. iu re ductlon. which becomes effective Jsnuary 1. 1rl"Aran from 13 to i cea per xww puuu.. In the past between 300 and 400 cars a season has bera the average snipment irom iae raw- 11c nonawesi 10 ine siaies aneci ed by the rate, officials of the Yakima Valley Traffic and Cred it association announced. This reduction will save Yak ima shippers from SlOrlOO to $13,009 annually. Freight to the states at . Kentucky. Tennessee, the Carallaaa, Mississippi, Geor gia aad part af Virginia Is cob trolled by nearly 25 independent lines. .vc Strnd Nash, North daroliar' football champion, loses seven regulars by graduation. Billy Banker, the rampaging halfback. heads the list of gridiron .grads. resuiis irom me nyona seeaungs duress continued to prevail, ac they are now using when such -nrdine tn th weeklv alfalfa mar- FREIGHT RATE IS REDUCED DjJ PEARS i . o - sir t yX4 ' r , ' . - I ... ft Oregon to Can. More Chickens Expansion, of the chicken canning industry Mdsfair to develop another Important market outlet for poultry. Nearly 2,000,000 lbs., of poultry were inspected at 11 chicken canning plants, says the TJ. S. department. It Is thought that more Jonltry will be diverted from cold storage to the canning factory as this phase of the indnstry develops. With rig id Inspection of the fowls used for canning poultry mIcm Ka aAnlr fa Avail tnemseives or tnis growing outlet will find tt necessary to keep their stock in A-l condition. REMAINS STEADY Aifaifa markets held generally flteady duri. the last week In ket revlew of the United States Bureau of agricultural economics. rpnl drnneht remains unbroken snnthern California and de- I mand from dairymen and feeders continued .etivs. although taW- ings naTo become of smaller rol- me at the hirher nrices being I naked hr erowers. The active ln- qUiry fn Southern California has i resulted in larger truck move- I me-nt from nrndurinr areas. Around 1350 tons moved toward LoS Angeles by truck from the i Antelope valley during the weelc ending December 28. and about 350 tons from the Imperial valley Th sn Franks market held Uu, nrirM wnra nMrtirailv I nnohancrpil Tmnrovpd nastures in vnrtiiArn raiifnrni hv reduced demand in that area, but the mar- ket has been broadened by in- 1 qUjrT f rom southern California I Th. nnnrnnnh At th tnvntnrv period tended to reduce market demand and dairvmen nd feeders were also buying only sufficient for Immediate -needs. Alfalfa markets of the Pacific northwest weakened somewhat during the week as a result of the slow demand occasioned, by the continued mild weather in western- Washington and Oregon. Dealers' stocks -are reported am ple for current market require ments and trading was limited. No. second cutting alfalfa was being quoted around $22 per ton t. o. b shipping points In the Yak ima valley but farmers were not .Aiiin. frA0i. h n.t.inn. I ct.rk. h aa Pttt by the improve weather cen- ditions and baling has been re- sumed in a small way. No. 1 al- f.lfa was nnnted TkMinlur 9 A In parttand m mrA mand quiet. No. 1 secoaa cuttlng: alfalfa In the Hermlstoa. and walla Walla diatnta nLni.nj d selling at $20 per ten t. e. b. 1 shipping points, Keep Your Money la Oregon Bay Moauments Made at Ealtm, Oregoa Capital Blonmnental Works it C. Jones 41 Co fre ptlctois All Kinds t Moaumental Work ractdry and Otflea: - 12 10 8. Commercial fit. Opposite X. O, O. F. CemeterrBex 21 .. Phone C89 8iem. Oregon ALFALFA MARKET MARKET SI HOT PRICES RISE Wheat and Livestock Prices Go Up; General Market Strong. PORTLAND. Jan. 4. (AP) A slight advance in wheat prices and moderate gain in livestock marked the trend of general mar kets in Portland this week. Grain was up about one cent with Big Bend bluestem quoted at 1.39; soft white at $1.27, western white at SI. 27, and hard winter, north ern spring and western red at 1.25. Oats was unchanged at $35.50. The hog market was up for the week but lost some of its gain in late trading during the end of the week. Heavyweights were a. .a j. an n e t 1 1 s weights at fjl0.75 & $11.00, and ieeaer stock at ?.uo B ?io.uo. fttij laf A a M J-. nr . at a FA I fcaav iaiict eu au v auv.c iium f o,iv $9.25 last week. Lambs were showing more Strength as the market closed, good to choice, 84-lbs. down sell ing at $10.00 $11.00 There was no change in the cattle list Hay was unchanged, quoted at $23.50 $24.00 a ton for alfal- fa; $20.50 $21.00 for valley timothy; $22.60 $23.00 for eastern Oregon timothy, -with other grades running at compar- able prlcesr Butter was about two cents down, extras being quoted at 36c as the week ended, compared to the close of S8c last week. All other grades were off two cents, Bntterfat held at last week's close of 12.40 0 S2.EB ner hundred. Dried prunes dropped slightly. Italians quoted at 8 10, and Petites at 6 6. This was about one-halt cent down. tXnnm huM atoadv at last wk'i dose of & 12 There was no change In wool, oaatern Oregon a-rada allina- at 18c Q 26c, and valley grade at 30e Q 33c. MT. ANGEL. Jan. 4 Frank Duda. successful hop grower for past 21 years residing one mile east of Mt. Angel, supplied the following list from his records as to what year crop was raised, date sold and amount he received nop market snm ev f. 111 record per pound. Crop of 'Date Price per Year Sold Pound 1904 10-18-'04 .27 1905 11- 6-'05 .01. .07 1906 n-so-'oe .13 1906 4-21-'0T .06 1907 9-30-'07 .08 1908 10- 6-'08 .10 1909 lO-l-'OS .10 1910 12-26-'10 .14 1911 11- 9-'ll .41 1912 12-12-'12 .14 5-8 1913 10-10-'13 .15 1914 10- 9-'14 .10 5-8 1915 3-18-'16 .10 1929 unsold 1916 12- 5-16 .10 1917 10- 1-'17 .14 1918 10- 5-'18 .10 1919 9-27-'19 .70 1920 7-28-'21 .11 1921 9-29-'21 .30 1922 ll-23-'22 .09 1923 l-17-'24 .18 1924 10-20-'24 .18. .13 1925 10-30-'25 .23 1926 ll-25-'2 .23 1927 4- 5-'28 .21 1923 12-21-'28 .17 13 E VALUABLE 111 1929 The total value of Oregon's 17 moat Imnnrtant field and frdlt M-nna ia 1929 ia S95.859.000 compared to $82,153,000 last year, or an increase ot 14.2 per - cent, according to the federal- state crow reporting service. This Increase Is due chiefly to a large oats crop, a potato crop worth ever 20 per cent more than last year, though only 60 per cent as large: an increase ot over $&,- 500,000 in all-tame hay and cor responding Increase In wild bay. Among Oregon's principal fruit erons nears show a 95 per cent in crease in value over last year and the dried prune crop is worth ap proximately six times what it was a year ago. These Increases more than offset the crops which show a decline. 1 Most important of these are apples, the 192 value of wnicn la under two-thirds of 1921 Talus. ISMUttMlttWXtn f Tiaesxxv Sods Water. FetaUinSoppIics Salens . Phone t Ota U CROPS MOH Washington County To Work (or Better Seed Corn in 1930 HILLS BOKO, Jan. a. (AP) A campaign for pro duction of good seed corn in Washington county is to be conducted through the Four-H clubs during 1930. William F. Cyrus, assistant county agent, has announced that the Commercial Nation al bank of HUlsboro will co operate in obtaining for each boy and girl in the county who requests it enough of the best seed available to plant not less than one acre. 1 L PRICES ARE ruiwiiic nciuuia riuui Rac nn Whoro Wnn Mop, VVgWII 1IIIVI V VVVVI If 1141 ket was Studied The opening prices on valley wool for the coming season are hard to forecast, according to E. W. Purvine ot the Brown ware- bouse who returned recently from a inD 10 Boston, ine otjston wool "eaiers nave oeen ncKing tneir sore spots caused by the heavy ,uken, through decline in Pf' ? the -1928 and "?9 c11?."- Textile m Us had """, M" """" , through Inventory shrinkage, There Is some feeling however that wool values are on rather a firm -basis. Consumption of wool ha been heavy in the mills though now it Is between seasons aad operations are reduced. If normal demand marks the re- ""P"tn 01 operations wwr me turn of the year wool prices are expected tO hold Steady. Tbe trouble with mohair, ac- cording to Mr. Purvine is the beaTJ Increase In production. 10 "uw U1T ' 000 pounds of mohair. The coun try's consumption is about 18.' 000.000 pounds. Auto makers hare demanded mixing of rayon with mohair In upholstery m order to reduce manufacturing costs or cars, ana that has re duced the demand for mohair, NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (AP) An uncertain, although generally upward, trend of share prices, aad cheaper call money, characterized a quiet and caution stock market today. Trading continued at low ebb, the day's transfers bare ly exceeding 2,000,000 shares. Call loans dropped from 6 to I per cent, and funds were avail able In the ''outside" market as low as 4 per cent. While mark ed improvement in the money market has been generally ex pected after the turn of the year. Further exports of gold to France, totaling $8,500,000 were reported, bringing the total out flow of the yellow metal " on the currentmovement to above $110,- 000,000. Such shares as American Can. American Locomotive, American Steel Foundries, American To bacco, A. M. Byers, General Amer- lean Tank, General Railway Sig nal, nuason motor, jonns Man vllle, Lima Locomotive, Macy, Pullman, Colorado Fuel and Iron, Republic Steel, and National Bis cuit gained about 2 to 5 points. Fox Film was depressed to anoth ernew low at 16 1-8. but rebound ed to 22 in short covering and closed at 21, up 3,-net. U. S. Steel rose a couple of points, but closed up only 1. In the motors, Chrysler, Studeba- ker and Nash gained about sj point each. Commotitles were easy. J Marty Fiedler, who in 1020 I managed the jonnstown club of 1 the Middle Atlantic league, has "igneu 10 puot me uoiumoia, u. u. Sally leaguers. He will play third base. HARD TO FORECAST GEHl TREND OF MARKET IS UPWARD Oregon Pulp and Paper Company llanofactsrera BOND LEDGER GLASSINE GREASEPROOF TISSUE V 6c?porl Oregon Products Specify ?Salm Kade" Prpcr f or Yoar Offlee SUticaery HOI RIVER AFTER E County Plans for 100 Test Of Dairy Cattle forT. B. and Abortion HOOD RIVER, Jan. 4 (AP) Plans are under way for making Hood River county the first in Oregon and possibly in the north west to have 100 per cent of its dairy cattle tested for both tuber- culosi sand contagious abortion. A complete test for both diseases is in progress at the present time under the leadership of A. L. Marble, county agent. The November report of this work showed that 1,667 cattle had been tested for tuberculosis with only 14 reactors. A total of 465 herds of 1,355 cattle had been given the abortion test with 9 herds and 1.190 cattle given a clean slate. Dairymen, bankers, creamyerymen, the county court and the federal bureau of animal husbandry are co-operating In the movement. CAPITOL BLAZE IS T E WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (AP) The fire which occurred in the capitol tonight was confined en tirely to the central building, which dates from 1818, but which was not completed until 1927. It was in 1814 that the original capitol building of the United States, the corner stone of which was laid by George Washington, was burned by British troops. After the rebuilding of the cap itol wings were added, and later an extension of the wings was be gun. The wings were not finally completed, however, until 1859. The great Iron dome, which has been pictured the world over as symbolic In part of the govern ment of the United States, was not completed until the close of the Civil war. It is more than 287 feet in height. The design of the original building was made by Dr. Wil liam Thornton and his work was carried on In later extensions and additions by Latrobe and Bui finch. None of these men, how ever, was present to see the fin ishing touch added to tne duiiu ing the placing ot the huge sta tue representing liberty or free dom which stands is feet htgn atop the dome. HUBBARD TEACHER HUBBARD. Jan. 4. Mrs. Lore- na Duncan, first grade teacher, took the second grade pupils into her room and taught both grades Thursday, while Miss Beryl Blos- ser. second grade teacher, went 10 Salem to have her eyes treated. Miss Blosser's left eye has been under the care of an eye specialist for more than a week. While the eye must still be bandaged yet it is improving. The trouble started by a pipmple forming on the eye ball an dbecomlng Inflamed caus ing intense pain. MAXY 4-H CLUBS PORTLAND, Jan. 4 (AP) This city enrolled 1,353 boys and girls In 05 Four-H clubs this year, 1,344 of whom or 99.3 per cent completed their wora, ac cording to the annual report Just submitted to the extension ser vice by R. J. Maaske, eity club leader. Portland is one of the few large cities in the United States maintaining its own club work. Everything In BUILDING MATERIALS Cobbs & Mitchell s A. B. Kelsay, Manager 4 8. 12th St. Phone SIS 1 ! H DAIRY R LARGE IN SCOP Wheat Crops Said x To Be Improving The area sown to winter wheat this fall for the 1930 crop was announced recently by the depart ment of agriculture as 43,690,000 acres. The condition of the crop December 1 was 86 per cent of normal. The area sown a year ago was 48, 820, 000 acres and the con dition of the crop on Dec. 1, 1928 was 84.4 per cent of normal. The area of winter wheat and the con dition of the crop in the north west states is as follows: State Acres Percent Idaho 477.000 7T Washington 1.304.000 40 Oregon S96.000 "54 California 790tO00 71 Montana 768,000 81 Since the government estimate was made the generous rains have made big Improvement in the conditions of Oregon winter wheat. I -nt n Eye Comfort So much of life's Work a h d happiness depends upon the con- ition of your eyes that J w you cannot arrord to overwork or abuse hem. When you feel the slightest distress in your eyes or notice a dimming of your vi- sion, you are being warned that something is wrong and that your eyes are being used un der improper condi tions. If your work causes eye strain and discom fort you may be sure your eyes are being un duly taxed, and that your eyesight is likely to be impaired as a con sequence. Eye strain brings on headache and deranged digestion. You see things indistinctly. Your eves tire, smart and ache. Nature is sending a warning that should n o t be disre garded. Your eyesight is too vital to your health and happiness - your general effici ency and worth to permit these symptoms of distress to go un heeded and uncorrect ed. The remedy is so easily applied. It comes in the form of an ex pert examination by a competent Optome trist. 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