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PAGE FOURTEEN fte GHEGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, gan&ry Morning', March Sit, 1S33 zz zr" ' . . I wm m: m.TJ l! 1 Markets Land Farmer by One Person Brid Yield $250 or More Is a Farm ; A farm, according to the Unit id SUtes census bureau is all the land farmed by one person -whether It is three acres or 3, 00 acres. This Information on what is considered a farm is received at the district census headquarters here In preparation for the taking of the farm and population cen sus starting April 2. v.- The amount of farm land own ed by one person has nothing to do with the definition of a farm ao far as the census bureau Is concerned, according to R. J. Hendricks, census supervisor. The Question is not how much land does he own but how much does he operate or farm. ' A man who owns 300 acre might farm half of It himself and rent the other half out to three tenants. SO 'acres each. This would go down on the census records as four farms, because the land farmed fey each man la considered as a unit Definition la Given On the other hand, one man might rent various tracts of land from 19 different owners. He might rent a few on shares, a few more from somebody else for money rent and the rest from other people on different terms. The different pieces of land might be widely separated. If they were all farmed and manag ed by one man, however, they would all be put down together as one farm. If however, a sep arate manager were hired to su pervise 'a certain portion of the land, that portion would go down as a separate farm. No tract of land of less than three acres will be registered as a farm unless v It produced more than $250 worth of farm products last year. . There is necessarily a border land between what Is a farm and what la not. Small places on the edge of towns or villages are oft en the homes of city workers who undertake to keep a cow, some chickens, and probably cut a Ut ile hay or raise large garden or small crop. It the agricultural products from such a place amounted to more than S250 in 2929, It will be returned as a farm, regardless of how much or how little time the city worker gave to his farming pursuits, and regardless of how small the tract of land tended. Indeed. If a man living on Fifth avenue of New York City raised more than $250 worth of strawberries or aspara gus on a lot 60 feet by 100 feet, his place would be returned as a farm, The value of the agricul tural products is the criterion. Real Farm Defined On the other hand, a large country place of 10. 15, or 20 acres may not necessarily qualify as a farm. Actual farming or agricultural operations must be carried out before any tract of land will be classed in this cate gory. A large country estate of a retired capitalist Is not a farm If all the work done around the place consists in mowing the lawns and clipping the hedges. If the estate Is of more than three acres, however, a very small amount of agricultural products could give It the rank of a farm, regardless of whether -the' pro ducts amounted to $260 or not In such a case as this, it would be op to the Judgment of the cen sus enumerator to decide whether agricultural operations were be ing carried out. Farm land Is considered "operated' not only when cultivated crops are raised on it, but also when It Is used to any significant extent for pasture or for cutting hay. Track Gardens In A number of agricultural ptfr- uii nui usually considered by the average person as farming cornea within the census hnreaa'a definition. All market and truck .gardens, fruit orchards, nurser- : jm, greennouses, poultry yards, Placea for keeping bees, and all .dairies la or near cities, even though little land . Is employed, J are for census -purposes, farms, provided thev nrodnei In it agricultural products of the-value of at least $260, u such places are of more than three acres, they are farms regardless of the value of their, produce. : . 125. the last year in whieh ?t rm e0809 was taken in the United SUtes, there were 15,151 farms of less than thr The total number of farms In the vauon was f,371,S40. Turner Farmer Sells Home Grown oeed m Portland , TURNER. Marea tC C. A. KS wm atA a. ... ; ousiaesa trip to Port land, Tuesday, taking down i struck load of homegrown seed to .-, rvruana seed firm. - jome 25 years ago, growing " ' me main industry of the farm but for the past 20 years . uairying nas taken the place of area garaening except la a small i his eons are ear lng for 25 cows at the unman t Ber returned from fSi?4' Wednesdy "eniooa. r. - " - vi nurses which he purchased while there, ; GOES TO UOIAIAA ' HUBBARD, March 29. Was ferm Bloaser hM been hired by the Molalla school board to teach ' VTtAVea ft . t M ' . - ana secona grades. Hiss Elesser has been a primary teaeh- Valley Agriculturist - - Crops - - Farm Home -- Livestock BERRIES RABBIT FUR M. W. Rabbitry Sells Furs of White Flemish Giants Recently By Mrs. G. N. Thompson KEIZER, March 29 Just out of the city limits of Salem north on the river road Uvea W. N. Merrltt, who la Intensely Interest ed In the rabbit industry.. He has 160 white Flemish Giants, some weighing It to 20 pounds. He sold 150 the past week. They are grown for the fur, for food and for breeding stock. Mr. Merrltt tans the hides and pre pares them for the manufactur ing of coats and robes. They are planning to ahlp them to Port land or San Francisco, definite arrangements not yet being com plete. Their place Is called the M. W. Rabbitry. The 'W is for John Weeks, who is a partner with Mr. Mer rltt, the latter being the man ager. ' Mr. Weeks' home is in San Francisco, California, and he Is chief engineer on the steamer Tris", plying from Pacific points to South America. Mr. Weeks visited the rabbitry on his way to Portland the past week from where he will sail for South America. This rabbitry hi interesting to see and visitors are welcome at any time. Peach Crop May Be Damaged by Low Temperature For the country as a whole, it would appear that the peach crop has been more or less damaged by the low- temperatures during the past winter. The comments indi cate crop Injury generally through the Northeastern and North Cen tral states, ranginr from eomnlete loss to fair condition. Comments from the Southern states are more optimistic. In the Northwest, trees in certain areas havo been dam aged to some extent, with only fair prospects on the whole. Whether the reported damage la going to mean more than a good thinning of the fruit b difficult to determine at this early day. It is too early to determine with any degree of certainty the effect of weather conditions the past win ter on the apple trees. The general opinion expressed would not In dicate any wide spread Injury to the trees. Comments on pears run about the same as on apples. No severe damage la evident as yet. In . some sections, cherries are reported to have suffered as much as peaches fronr the Jow tempera tures of the past winter. la moat sections, no -definite Information Is yet available, but generally there does not now seem to he any wide-spread damage, -v Dair Train Mayt . Be Extended to ' Klamath Falls OREGON STATE COLLEGE. Corvallls, March 29. A' request has been received by the extension service from Klamath county dairy interests that. the Itinerary of the coming dairy demonstration train be extended from Bend to Klam ath Falls. As first announced, the two-weeks tour of the train next June would ten ilnate in central Oregon. . -, , .. . - The extension service, which Is cooperating with the S.' P. S. railroad has passed the request on to the railroad with the informa tion that as far as the college Is concerned the extension Is satis factory. It understood, however, that it such an extension la made, agreements will have to be made wua ouiir rauroaos in vouveq, G8dcba Ctolc . .. Vinegar, Soda Water . Fountain Supplies 5 I 5 I 5 I r- rv i f I: , S' -i J" ; J Ealc rttez S Cre. WILL SOON BE RIPE Cauliflower Shipments Are Large Heavier loadings of apples from Washington and of cauliflower from Oregon during the current rweek were more than sufficient to offset declines In shipments of other commodities from the north west, resulting in a considerably Increased volume of total carlot loadings of fresh fruits and vege tables from, the Pacific northwest. 1,568 carloads were shipped, com pared with 2400 to .1,500 ears moving from this district In recent Loadings from Oregon of 140 cars represents a 16 decline from thatof Uhe two previous eekly periods This total in cludes : Apples 22 ears, cauliflow er U, onions 149, pears 29, and potatoes tt ears. Washington's loadings of 22 ears are largely accounted for by that state's hea vier apple loadings, -which aver aged 100 cars dally. Washington's total includes: 154 ears of apples, one of onions. 25 pears, and 15 S cars of potatoes. Idaho loaded SO ear of apples, IS cars of onions, and 549 cars of potatoes, with a total of 692 cars of all commodi ties, a slight Increase over last week. Oregon and Idaho both show declines In apple loadings. Total loadings from the United States, however. Increased ' from recent levels of 1,060 to 1,160 ears week ly, to 1,235 ears this week. Al though apple storages are below the average in the east, Washing ton shipping point storages still have considerable apple stocks, and the present volume of 10 1 ears dally will probably be main tained during the immediate fu ture, at least. Apple exports have declined to an insignificant volume and the export season Is considered practically ended until next fall. Cauliflower loadings this veev from ' Oregon nrohabW ma)taA their season's peak with four to six cars daily. The week closed witn the cauliflower market very unsatisfactory, due to heavr load ings from California, which were maae poesiDie oy ine very xavor able - weather conditions there. I Total ' cauliflower loadlnga this ween I 47S ears have been ex ceeded onlv bv two or three wreaks since last summer. Total load ings Should not exceed 200 to 250 cars weekly, for satisfactory re turns to growers., - The , week" closed at CO to 7 6e per crate of wo. i cauliflower, at shipping points. , . Onion loadings decline a nraa. tlcally all producing districts, ln- eiuainn tne nortnweat. - Total United States onion loadings this week were only 271 ears, eom- 1 '.." . Oregon -Pulp and Paper C.oitipany --Jliajiufaxtartxs of BOND LEDGER GOiSSINE jGREASEPRO . -TV Support Oregon Products - tytcUj "Salea Hade? P&pc for Tour AGAIN ;Upper left) Picking loganberries cm s Marion couty berry farm. (Lower right) A field of strawben Ties near Salem. i pared with 100 to 800 cars during recent week. The market ahows no strength, however. Oregon growers received about C5e per cwt. plus bags. Shrinkage la heavy in storage stocks at Colo rado and Oregon points, due to excessive sprouting and decay. Therefore, shippers are very un decided as to total volume avail able for shipment at these points. The potato market strength ened this week at all Northern shipping districts. Little change was noted in Oregon's volume of loadings; howerer, Oregon's stock consists mostly of seed potato shipments to California. Wash ington shipping point prices strengthened to 160-62 per ton for 76 No. 1 Netted Gems, and snipments aecuned about e cars from recent weeks. Idaho's load ings continue at approximately 100 cars daily. Signs of spring were seen in a few express shipments of aspara gus from Kennewick, Washing ton; and Hood River and The Dalles, Oregon, promise to start catting asparagus next week. Turner Rabbitry Proves Success TURNER. March 19 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schaeffer located a half mile west of Turner, have the largest "rabbitry" In the vi cinity. Keeping at the least 150 A number of prises are taken each year at the state fair. Mrs. Schaeffer Is trying a new ven ture, that of opening an exclusive) rabbit shop in Salem The new business la proving to be quite profitable. - Hazel Green o c HAZEL GREEN, March 2 - Mr. and Mrs. Alvla Tan Cleave are receiving congratulations on the birthf of a son, who weighed four and one-half pounds. The little man la the sixth great grandchild of Mrs. Ellen Van Cleave, one of our pioneers. Waldo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gilbert has been , absent from school this week because of Illness. Mrs. Atria Van Cleave mourns the death of a brother-in-law, Wil liam Gaskill of Salem. Mr. Gas kill is well known here, having raised onions and mint on Lake LaMsh for several years, while living in this community. . A number of farmers here will plant encumbers for the pickle factory. Edward Dunnlgan, Jr. will plant five acres, Henry Dun nlgan, three acres. Mr. Penny is considering planting mree and one-half acres. Edward Dunnlgan Jr., and. others tried raia'ng pick les last year. r ; Geneva, daughter of Alvin Tan Cleave, has- been absent, from school the past two weeks from illness. . -. - - 4 OF. JTSSE (COTQ? 02s worn 0 0 The Diversified Interests of Willamette Valley Meeting In Boise. Idaho, Considers Means of Stop Over Production OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Corvallis, March 29. An experi ment In preventing periodic over production in the potato market through elimination of purely speculative plantings will be tried in the Pacific northwest and the Rocky mountain area if plans con sidered today at Boise, Idaho, car ry through. Oregon was invited to have rep resentatives at the gathering along with those from seven other po tato producing states. The Boise meeting is the outgrowth of one Just held at Walla Walla, where W. A. Sherman, chief of the fruit and vegetable division of the bu reau . of agricultural economics described a successful project of this nature carried on in the south Atlantic states last year, and offered federal financial assist ance in repeating It in this terri tory. . Speculation to Be Excladea "It has always been evident to everyone that excessive potato acreages are caused primarily by the speculative element." says E. R. Jackman. extension farm crops specialist, who attended the Walla Walla meeting. "If this ele ment could be excluded there would be very few years of dis astrous prices. "Last year the federal people chose the south Atlantic states to try out an experiment in control of this factor. Advance arrange ments were made with all ele ments concerned and all worked together surprisingly well. They sold the bankers and the mer chants on the Idea and these re fused credit for purely speculative plantings. The fertiliser people al so refused them credit, this prov ing the most effective line of at tack as potatoes there cannot be raised without fertilizer. "The whole thing was success ful far beyond the dreams of everyone concerned," Jackman ex plained, "and the federal bureau now wishes to extend the experi ment to other sections, realising yet that this is only an experi ment, out-one directly In line with modem ideas of regulation of production. If adopted the work would apply here to the 1931 crops." How Oregon's share In meet ing the expense of the project will be raised Is still a matter ot con jecture. Paul V. Maris, director of the extension service, has ex pressed entire approval of the plan but says extension funds are fully appropriated with many new demands unable to be met, Monmouth MONMOUTH, March 21. Miss Erla Mae Murdock entertained a group of 20 high school friends at. a dancing party at her home Wednesday evening. Mrs. Beulah H. Craven, census enumerator for Monmouth, at tended a school for enumerators conducted Thursday in the Dallas chamber of commerce rooms, and conducted by Mrs. Stella J. Hen ry, assistant supervisor of the 2nd district. Raymond Nelson of Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, Is the guest of his uncle, N. A. Nelson, and other Monmouth relatives, and was the inspiration for a birthday dinner party Sunday at the Nelson home when three birthdays, 'occurring in the family this month, were celebrated. Including also that of Miss Juanita Nelson and Lloyd Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Hu- ber, and daughters, Rhea Mae and Ilia, Miss Mollis Geyer, MrK and Mrs. N. A. Nelson, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Nelson, Lee Stewart and Meltord Nelson were addition al guests.' Bulk Garden Seeds We offer for your selection the finest stock in the state of high grade, -tested bulk garden seeds. All our seeds are grown by the best of growers who supply the beat seed houses and who, have years of ex perience in growing seeds. It does not pay to boy commis sion package seeds; they v are sent out year after year until told; you sever know how old they are. " f v. :vf EEDPC We have some fancy local grown ' seed potatoes, in dudin.? Early Onios, Early Rose,-- Netted Gems, Bur banksv vi II Ills Earliest, American Wonders, etc All grown for seed purposes. DvA;, WHITE and Sons 2 PnTATn MARKFT FARM TAXES ISS2S&V-; Hgli la waaaaw iiuiiiiiat a - . 1 1 TO T DIED Fanners ARE STUDIED Direct Taxes Paid by Farm ers Amount to Over $9,000,000 Direct taxes paid by farmers now amount to more than 900 million dollars annually, of which approximately 84 per cent is paid through the general property tax, according to Whitney Coombs, agricultural economist, in a report of a stndy of taxa tion on farm property Just pub lished by the Bureau of Agricul Department of Agriculture. The report contains an analy sis of the kinds of taxes paid by farmers, of trends In farm - tax ation, of taxes and agricultural income from various types of farm tenure, of farm assessments and farm values, and of the inci dence and effects of farm taxes. Mr. Coombs believes that the period of rapid rise of farm taxes has passed and that any increase in the immediate future will be at a less rapid rate. He says: "The rate of increase of state and local taxes will be less than it has been, but no general re duction in farm taxes la likely to come from a decrease in total ex penditures. It may come' either through new methods of financ ing certain governmental expend itures, such as more state sup port for the schools, or through the introduction ot new sources of local revenues to supplement the general property tax." Taxes Take 80 Percent Mr Coombs says that taxes are taking about 20 per eent ot the net rent ot farm real estate, and that an examination of the re sults of studies of the returns on farm property and on the own ers' managerial abilities indi cates that, on farms operated by their owners, taxes in the past six years have amounted to from 18 to 21 per cent ot such re turns. In 1924 taxes were report ed to have taken on the average one and one-fifth per cent of the value of the farm real estate of the country. The slight increase In farm taxation since that year and the decline in the value of farm real estate had, by 1927, to Mr. Coombs' opinion, probably Increased this to one and one third per cent of the value of farm property. Discussing various proposed types of tax reform, Mr. Coombs believes that "improvement in the administration of local farm taxes must be centered around the problem 6f assessment, be cause It has been found that faulty assessment is the cause of much of the Inequality of taxes among farmers. In many states the- assessing districts are too small to provide full-time work tor trained employes. In most rural sections a county assessor will he more satisfactory than a township assessor, and It possible that In many places It might be deslratle for two counties to agree to employ one assessor to do the work in both Jurisdictions. Everything In BUILDING MATERIALS Cobbt & Mitchell A. B. Eelsay, Manager S49 B. 12th St. Phone SIS EiGDHAEillD MOOTS WITH ((t A .V. Vflfa' . JO " ..... .-. .-. ... -r . .V TV.. .V . . ... vw-.v . . X - .'. .V.1. .-. V . . . W.' -- . . . V. . ' i. . - V. -. ' ... .Vv-i V V tt sides the snrface with eve hrrlSJL J JlT.v . ii-Wil ' . - xnt have.' tkb snmv ZSfJZT1' the --5 PTiOTH JoOT TO OPFEU FXIOXI BTOCS ortcaAEpisTs are tsixq As a IgsTrSra t$h jSSteS? OGVJSa Lo Hid Weather for Helping Farmer ZENA, March 20. - The weather Is ideal for farm work in general and most fanners are taking advan tage of it. Spring plowing fa being done quite extensively in this neighborhood and in m few Instances seeding is almost finished. "Increased supervision ot as sessment methods and results by state authorities will aid in es tablishing uniformity. At present, 15 states give to state supervis ory officials, usually to the state tax commission, the power to make reassessments on their own motion and -by their own agents. Ten other states give to supervis ory officials the power to order reassessments, such powers, al though neeessary, are rarely used. "A state supervising body can do most to improve assessments by carrying on research activities that are impossible and would be uneconomical In the. local assess ment districts, by acting as a court of appeal for individual and group assessments, and by ad Justing or equalizing assess ments among the various .taxing Jurisdictions. Studies of the re sults of past assessments by com paring aales and assessed valua tions, and ot methods by which equality, ot assessment may be attained are among the useful activities to be carried on by the state commissions. The resnlts of such research can be utilised by the local assessors to reduee the Inequalities of farm taxation." Mr. Coombs' complete report has been published by the United States department of agriculture in technical bulletin 172, entitled "Taxation of Farm Property," copies of whieh may he obtained from the Office of Information, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 4 AH Nut, Friut and Shade Trees (except Walnuts and Cut Leaf Birch Trees), Now Half Price Plant immediately and make this big saving Filbert, Chestnut, Apple, Trees, all Shade Trees Elm, Birch, Hawthorne, Weeping Wik low, Mt. Ash, Maple, Dogwood, Catalpa, Jap Flowering: Cherry, Purple Leaf Plums and Purple Leaf Filberts. ALL HALF PRICE Many hundreds of Trees to be sold this week at these gTeat reductions Grapes, Gooseberries, Black Caps HALF PRICE All Rose Bushes, many varieties HALF PRICE Come early while the selection is still good , Pearcy Bros. Nursery 240 N. Liberty (near Court) ' Caterpillar" . ' r caul Ponctorp Mrisiiih'onvfe Km MadettOaa CaimV Valry .News editor of Tb Oregon Statesman, also la cbtrt of the market news of UU paper. Each sBBdar aba wriUa eaaearaiag the afnealraral wi of iatenct U tHT lamer. Ceatnba tioM al amis are tevitea. IF LIVESTOCK Hogs andSheep Qown Wheal fJlarket on De ctfne During Week PORTLAND, March 20 (AP) There was a slight softening in tone in th. elivestock market in Portland" this week, the general list showing a falling off. There was little stock available for the open market. Hogs were down from 25c to 85c for 'heavyweights which went at $.25 10.75. Lightweights were down 15 cents to 11.00-11.25 and feeders and stock era were un changed at 11.00-12.00. Sheep were down a trifle, good to choice lambs, 84 lbs. down, go ing for 9.25-10.00, off 50 cents. Cattle were unchanged from last week's close. There was a transitory decline In wheat prices as the week was closing, bringing Big Bend blue stem to 1.20, off a eent from last week's dosing price. Soft, white and western white went at 1.09, and western red were going at and hard winter, northern spring 1.07. Oats was unchanged at S2.00 for No. 2, 88-lb. sacks. Butter was up a couple of cents with extras offered at 41 cents, compared to last week's close at 39. Standards were 40; prime firsts 28, up two cents, and firsts It, up three cents. Eggs were unchanged, quoted at 25-21 cents for fresh extras, and 22-24 cents for fresh medi ums. Whole milk was quoted at 22.20 per hundred, delivered in Portland, and 12.(5 tor Grade B. Buying prices for butterfat were 41 cents delivered Portland; 39 cents track, and 37 cents at sta tion. Hops were still 8-8 H cents a pound for 1929 Oregon crop. - Pear, Plum, Almond, Prune Half Price. 3PIA5ffEL - rertlaej, -5 Cr-'-r VU