i Tfcc OREGON STATES11AH. Salem. CteOT, Snaday ITembir, April 23, - I . ' " "T PAGE SEVEN The Valley Agriculturist and Mis Markets Rise of 50 Cents to $t Per Pound Recorded In Portland PORTLAND. Ore., April 1 (AP) An advance of from S cets to a dollar in hog prices was the only upward movement in the general market list as the week ended. Other Items ia the list showed a downward tend eney. Heavyweight hogs went for $9 to $10.50. and light-weights were quoted at $10 to S10.S5, both op 50 cents. Feeders ana etockers were $11 to $12, com pared to S10.e0-ll.50 at last week's close. Heavy steers were SO cents down to fll.25-11.50. bmt sows were unchanged at $0.50 -to $10 for good stuff, and vealerg were unchanged at $12-13. . Sheep ' were unchanged at $9.25-10 for rood to choice 84 lb. lambs. Spring lambs, good to choice, were finding ready sale at $13. Wheat hit the slide for a three- cent loss at the close, Big Bend being quoted at $1.19. 8oft white and western white were $1.08, and other grades were $1.00. Oats was unchanged at $32. There was no change In hay prices, the last holding strong since the drop the week of April 5. Butter was two cents down at the. elose, extras quoted at 39 cents, against a 41-cent top last week. Standards were 38, prime firsts were 37, and firsts 34 Eggs were unchanged. The price range for 1929 Ore gon hops closed up a little to 5 and 8 cents. The spread last week was 3 to 8. There was no quotation posted for valley grade wool, bat east ern Oregon variety was un changed at 17-20 cents. Prunes were going at the same and 9 cents for petites. MlHliE It McMINNVILLE, Aprir 10 As a 'part of the nation and .state wide program to Induce-greater consumption of dairy -products, local committees are pishing to completion plans for a dairy de monstration to be at the Lark theater here Wednesday after noon. The Women's club of McMLnn- ville is cooperating with other women's organizations of the county, county, schools, granges, commercial and industrial Inter ests, the banks and county agent to make the movement here an outstanding success, according to Mrs. E. N. Tibbetts, chairman ia charge of general arrangements Mrs. Clara Miller Sexton, out standing home economics demon strator, who enjoys a wide ac quaintance in Yamhill County through her leadership' of cooking school here three years ago. will have charge of the de monstration Wednesday. She will also lecture on "Dairy Products In the Diet." BENGIKI WEST SIDE ESPEE INDEPENDENCE. April 19. A dlesel electric coach replaced the Espee train, on the west. side Southern Pacific Thursday morn lag. It is an 80 ft. combination the same type as used on the Eugene- Marsh fie Id line. No change in the schedule wil be made. At present there are but two trains daily running between Portland Corvallls. PECK 18 SPEAKER DALLAS. April If Prof. E. M Peck of Willamette university was the noon day speaker at the Fri day meeting of the Klwanls club. Prof. Peck talked about flowers and told of the origins of many. among them the dahlia as being a member of the sun flower family, Next Friday noon the program will be In charge of R. R. Turner and the speaker will be George Wilbur democratic candidate tor governor. HOU iRKET ON ADVANCE mm Oregon Pulp and Paper Company Manufacturer of BOND LEDGER GLASSINE GREASEPROOF TISSUE ... Support- Oregon Products : Specify "SaJen Hade" Paper for Tour Office Stationery . - - Crops - - Farm POA BULBOSA On logged, eft Uad like this, too steep t cmUtvate, posv lolbos lias been grown with remarkable success. The above is a section of the PhiUf pe and Wtsecarver land near Whiteaoa where the timber was resneved, the land burned over and pen. bulboe seed ed tn we PoaBulbosa Cpinl North To (invert Into Valuable Pasture By Madalene L. CaDin To make two blades ot grass grow where one grew before has ever been the ambition of enter prising farmers but ot late a few with a vision of the future ' to guide them, have succeeded In making many blades grew where none grew before. For mora than a year I have been hearing about poa balbosa, or winter blue grass, but a few days age I had the opportunity of seeing what this wonder grass can really do. South a8t of the village of Whiteson, just oft the west side highway, are steep hills fross which the timber has Just been removed. The hills are too steep'. to admit of cultivation and ontil a year ago the land lay waste. R. W. Phillips and Ray Wise- carter set themselves thettask Of patting th& land to use. ...They raise many' sheep and conceived the ldaaf that Jt might be turned into suitable pasture, since, good spring water -was available and the hills were securely fenced. Search Leads South They spent many months searching for a grass that would be suitable for use en these other wise barren hills. They heard of poa bulbosa ,nd finally went up to the Hanley and Hoover ranch near Medford to see the grass and leam of Its possibilities, They came home convinced that poa bulbose was worth try ing. The land was burned over and the tiny purple batbllke seeds sowed la the ashes. No at tempt was made at cultivation. The grass was broadcast by hand in October. Within short time the tiny blue green blades ap peared. During that winter and early spring sheep were turned In and the grass was pastarea down to the ground. The aheep4 gained la weight and were in excellent condition when taken from the pasture although they had been given no other feed dar ing the pasture period. Daring the summer the grass lay dormant bat last fall it be gan to grow again. I saw the pas ture late in March of this year, jnst before sheep were again turned on ft The grass around the stumps was ' nearly a foot high, a Tirid blue green that could be distinguished at a great distance, and was beginning to head out. Weeds were not appar ent where the grass was grow ing and Mr. Phillips and - Mr Wisecarver told mo that the bul bosa seems to crowd out the weeds and other grass. Kxperhnent Tried A significant experiment was made on a small patch ef the grass en one hillside. It was fenced off and stock kept from It during the pasture period. The grass grew very tall and luxuri ant. Today there Is scarcely n blade of It te be seen within this inclosure but all around the oat side of the fence the bulbosa is as thick as it can grow. "You simply have to abuse the stuff,", said fr. Phillips. "Where we pastured it down to the ground ft came- up thieker than ever bat Home - - Livestock THRIVES HERE s - Waste Land were It was left untouched it died out." Phillips and Wisecarver have 65 acres now in bulbosa and ex pect to more than double this acreage during the coming year, On -the' level land of their farms they have seeded alfalfa in May pastured it during the summer, and seeded . bulbosa on the same ground in October, without fur ther cultivation. By this means tney nave secured almost a con tinuous pasture and have good crops of both bulbosa and alfal fa, the alfalfa in the summer and the bulbosa In the winter an) early spring. rouitry ana livestock: will go td great lengths to get at the grass. In one. instance a band of sheep was being pastured on One field of another crass. On the other side ot a deep creek was a field of poa bulbosa. Time and again the sheep- would swim the creek to get at the bulbosa although it was ia its first year and not nearly such a heavy stand as the other grass. A flock of turkeys on the Wisecarver farm fattened on bul bosa, mowing it off at a surpris ing rate. Stock particularly like the dried seed bulbs of the grass and even the dried grass itself. The tiny bulbs, when dry, are very rich in oil, having a similar food value to oil meal. Tests have shown that a head ot bulbosa contains food value equal to head ot barley. Much - has been said of the success ot bulbosa in southern Oregon but if other farmers suc ceed with it as Phillips and Wise- earver have, the Willamette val ley promises to become a danger ous rival to the Medford country in the growing of poa bulbosa. HIGHWAY BEXKO REPAIRED JEFFERSON, April 19 A crew of state highway, men are doing some much needed patching of the highway between Sale; and Albany. They are making their headquarters at Jefferson. Later on other crews will follow which will put on a non-skid sur face and also widen the high way. WITH A I '-j4ij .... i-ifeiii " COYER CROPS ' AND STEEP HILLSIDES REQUIRE TRACTION OBTAINABLE v ONLY WITH f CATEPILLAR TRACTOR NO SIJPPING - ft rides the surface with si sure broad-footed grift that doesn't jnak In doesn't pack the soiL tVE HAVE THE KILLIFER HEAVY DUTY COVER CROP DISCS TO OFFE& FROM STOCK FOOT OH FOOTU- FOOT WHICH HAVE INCH SPACING AND 23 INCH HEAT TREATED DISCS. THE VERY LATEST THI NO Bf DISCS AND WHICH PROGRESSIVE ORCHARDISTS ARE USING AS A SUBSTITUTE FOB PLOWING. Would Yon Be Interested In a Demonstration? . .. . Loggers & DATES SET Famous Lilac Farm, Wood land, Washington, to Be : Open April 23 WOODLAND, Wash., April 19 Mrs. Hal da Klarer. the lilac wizard of Woodland, whose- lilac creations have .made her world famous has set April 33 to April 30 as lilac week. The cool weath er has held back the blossoming period so . much that her more than a hundred varieties will not be In satisfactory condition un til the above date. A lover of lilacs. Mrs. Klager determined after reading of the successes ef Luther Barbank to make experiments with her favor ite flower with the result that she has a large variety ot colors, with various types of doubles and singles. Some of the singles are very large, the blossom of the one named "Woodland be ing a full inch In diameter. Mrs. Klager's creations have made her gardens a mecca for lovers of lilacs and the many other flowers and shrubs found in profusion there. Some years ago she first appointed a lilac day butt that has been outgrown until bow she has a iliac weekj and that has extended in the past to ten days or morac with 4000 people registered in four conse cutive days. And they come from aU over the Union with a sprink ling from Canada, Germany and other foreign coutries. LaMoine of France is the only other fam ous producer of lilacs in the world. K More than 200 people visited the gardens last Sunday only to be disappointed. Some came from as far away as Seattle and Salem, the warmer weather at the latter place leading them to expect a greater development than had actually occurred. F URGE PROBLEMS CORVALLIS. Ore.. April 18. (AP) Oregon's agriculture, in common .with other producing sec tions, has its problems that de mand solution ff the farmers are to get the utmost in returns, but it is meeting those Issues and al ready has whipped, or is whipping a number of them, In the opinion of Dr. James T. Jardine, director of the Oregon State college expert ment stations. "Factors are different than of old," Dr. Jardine says, "transpor tation is speedier, refrigeration plays its part In the marketing of perishables from long distances changing habits of clothing and diet also affect agriculture. The mechanical age in farming Is Just starting. The future will be radi cally different from that which exists now. We must be ready for it, and get in step with it." WATER A CROP OF THE FOREST Forests are not only generous friends because of the raw mater ial they furnish, says the Ameri can Tree association. They are useful in the conservation of wat er for domestic use, for irrigation navigation, and water power; they help to prevent floods and soil washing; they add greatly to the scenic beauty of our land; they furnish a home for many of eur birds and-wild animals; they offer a wonderful place for health ful recreation. n "Caterpillar" "r - ', Write, wire, telepbone or call .4 Contractors Machinery Qd. The Diversified Interests of Willamette Valley Farmers Utt More Butter Ccsipdgn It On CORVALLIS, April 19. The Oregon BtWvsnakrs assocJatioB has chose "Let batter be the only spread for yir iMffdeaned dally bread as its slogan te he printed on parchment slips which will be inserted with each package ef better dis tributed by the creameries cooperating ia the arrange ment. 'The slogan was first place winner fat a contest sponsor ed by the aseoclathm and wast written by the Miss V. Bonten, a Portland high school tttodeat; who works in a dairy in her spare time. in AURORA, April 19. At last It seems the dairy men are going to wake up. There was conclusive evidence of this at a meeting held at Canby Friday night, when dairy men from southern Clackamas and northern Marlon counties met for the purpos ot forming a unit ot state-wide Co-operative Dairy men's association. Knowing the value of such an organization te the farmer who needs relief, because of the pre vailing low prices, and the cost of production being greater than the return, it is the idea of the organizers to raise the quality of the output to a high standard. and market the milk as a whole through one milk shed, doing away with extra commissions and the middle man. An association can bargain and get better prices as a whole than an individual. This movement has strong back ing. The chamber of commerce en dorses it. Other organizations and prominent men are behind it, but the dairymen must form the br- ganization for themselves, no one else can do It for them. There were representatives from the Tu alatin district who explained the system to those .present. About 40 per cent throughout the valley has signed up. Washington, Idaho and California have strong co operative associations, and there is no reason why one in Oregon could not secure for the dairyman the same good results. There will be another meeting soon and as many of the larger dairymen here have already sign ed, there is no doubt that Canby and this northern territory will be signed up 100 per cent and the same success will be had as in the other units. Polk County Prunes Going To South Dakota DALLAS. April 19 T. J. Al- slp, prune grower and farmer of the Cooper Hollow district near Dallas, is planning on taking a ear load of prunes, back to South Dakota. Mr. Alsip plans to have the prunes processed and boxed with his own name stenciled on them. He will make the city of Brookings his headquarters and from there will sell the prunes direct to farmers and small stores throughout the district. A display will be maintained tn the store building with a chart showing the health value of prunes, recipies and literature. The state agricultural college Is at Brookings, and Mr. Alsip lived there before coming to Oregon. ENOCH FOI WMIEM Work FLAXAOREAGE Aurora District Finds Fibre . . Rax a Pro!ita&le Rota tion Crop By Mrs. J. W. Sadler . AURORA, Aprtl 19 Flax , is lookiag good to the farmer as H seems to be a very favorable sea son lnce the , germination is very easy. Of the 6000 acres de sired, 5700 have signed up and others are signing. Macksburg, Barlow, and Mt. Angel are rais ing -more flax this year than the whole state raised In 1920 and la these sections there are 30 pri vately owned pulling machines. There are 190 acres In a unit, and one machine is required for each unit. There are three pulling ma chines in the Butteville and St. Paul districts and three more will be required. It is being demon strated that there is more profit in raising flax on good soil than any grain. Ground that Will raise 25 bushels of wheat or 40 bushels ot oats to the acre should produce two tons of flax number two grade at $35.00. A gross re turn of $70.00 with the expense of production at $35 would net the farmer about $35 an acre. Yields are Heavy Ia the St. Paul district there has been raised as high as four tone ot flax to the acre. Mrs. L. H. Banning netted $96 an acre on 25 acres and several others have equaled this. Dairying and flax is a good combination. Dairy men need quite an acre of clover for pasturage. Flax follows clover, wheat or oats follows flax and then one cultivated crop such as corn or potatoes, next barley and back to clover and then flax again. Flax does best on a clover sod because it is cleaner. The time will come when the average farm of 80 acres will produce from eight to ten acres of flax because it is a wonderful rotation crop. The fine fiber roots penetrate thesoil from 22 to 24 inches thus giriag It sunlight and airdrainage. Many have an idea Uhat flax impoverishes the soil but it has proven otherwise. There has been as high as 75 bushels of wheat to the acre, 90 bushels of oats and 90 bushels of barley fol lowing the flax in the St. Paul and Butteville districts. The flax supply for this year is assured. Flax in this district is being raised for the fibre but In many places it has proven profitable as a seed crop. ATTEND CONVENTION INDEPENDENCE, April 19 Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wiley are leaving for .Portland Sunday, to be gone until Friday. Mr. Wiley Is the manager of the J. C. Penney store and will attend the Penney convention which is being held in Portland this week. While in Port land they will be guests ot Mr. and Mrs. C. Wiley. SF AND FAR BEVOND ITS SEDAN DE LUXE DOWN PAYMENT ONL7 $360 am, um mtm tm sue. FifcM r..b.TUa, 0ad PtODUCT OF : witty s o o of The of th Sunday new. oi tiont ef Lehish Celery Season Is Too Weeks EerUef HAZEL GREEN 4fril 1S James Tad has planted an acre 0 earty cdery.arhe season is twa weeks earlier than usual. . There are many acres of seance planted, looking fine, Mr. Yada in gardening on Labteh Meadows at the M. L. Jones farm. Garbage Is Not Welcome At By LUUe Magee v BICKET, April 1 Some very unprincipled person, or very thoughtless person has again strewn rubbist along the high ways in this vicinity. Not only is it scattered on the side roads, but also dumped along the mala highway. The Rickey people take pride in the appearance of their places and keep-the grass along the highway cut by donation and Us very discouraging to wake up and find a lot of unsightly trash along the front ot your farm. For a very small sum the Salem incinerator will take care ot the garbage and this is a much easier way of disposing of it. thourh perhaps not as exciting, but the people of the community feel that it is not a fair proposition to take their tin cans to the in cinerator and then have to pick up someone elses. There is a tine against this offense and the county court Is ready and willing to prosecute. LIBERTY 4-H CLUBS LIBERTY, Aprtl It. The eighth grade division of the 4-H cooking club held a demonstra tion at the Liberty hall Friday evening, April IS. Robert Cunningham and Ed ward Haldy gave a demonstra tion of cookies; Verda Rains and Wilma Westenhouse made an an gel food cake. The exhibits were divided Into three divisions: Arthur Bin gen heimer and Robert Cunningham and Carl Coffee won first, second and third place in the cookie div ision. Ia the cake division Stanley Neuens won first, Henlen Mur hammer second and Wilma West enhouse, third. . In the bread division there was only one entry made by Verda Rains. The judges were John Dascb, Mrs. E. C. Free and Mrs. Ray Cleveland. Rickey DEMO MATE WORK ' - :. ----' T :. - . ' ' , - " " . - 48 IN SECOND GEAR . . . 65 HORSEPOWER ... RICH BROADCLOTH UPHOLSTERY ...INTERNAL 4-WHEEL BRAKES ... RUBBER INSULATED ENGINE . .... WILLYS-OVERLAND, INC Willys Motors Editor's Note tfra. lladfUin Callln. VaBnr lit Oregon Statesman, ' la ala la chary market mwi of this paper, i JtaxA tfc writes fucmnftmg tke agrfeataml uumi miry uraera. vrama merit are iaritM. E WALfJUT LAND fifatthes Acreage and Clax ton Secured on Four Year Contract v CLAXTON, April 19 Knight Pearcy and Harry Pearcy , of Pearcy Bros. Nursery company of Salem, hare leased the Matthea acreage here under a four-year contract and will use Jt for nur sery purposes. This tract contains soil of superior qualities and upland is better for nursery walnut grow ing than sandy bottom land, be cause the latter causes the tap root to penetrate to too great a depth for successful digging when the trees are ready for trans planting, according to Knight Pearcy. TEAGHEflS HIRED INDEPENDENCE, April 19 The teachers for high school for the following year are as fol lows: Principal Pan! E. Robinson. Coach Homer Dixon and Mrs. Dix on, were rehired. New teachers will be Miss Marguerite Looney, Jefferson. English and Miss Fern Busenbark, Roseburg, domestic science art and Miss Dorothy Young Meadford, commercial. There is still one vacancy to be filled, a Smith-Hughes Instructor. Will Mattison was rehired as Jan itor for the high school, and W. T. House for the training school. WHEN TO CTT THE TREE Rate of growth and yield la any type ot forest will vary con siderably with the soil and mois ture conditions and the degree ot intensity with which forestry practice is earried out. Studies of growth la the Pacific North west, says the American Tree as sociation, have thus far been con fined chiefly to the more impor tant timber types. The minimum rotation (age at which the trees are cut) in the Douglas fir region has bjea determined as CO to It years Now is the Time to Plant Shrubbery CaH F. C. LUTZ 1625 Market Tel. 2124 FLOWERS AND SHRUBBERY PRICE ! TOLEDO, OHIO y era HAS s x Portland, SeS E. lfadisom . ' r, Salens, 84S Center St, 515 S. Commercial Telephone 922 . " ' u J"l a. ! ' 4 .. - - . . - --.SH'sH;---i(ft-.l'i ''.."""'".':....", - '.. ,....".-;.--.,':.'.'. .' ' -'... - " .