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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salesv Oregon; Sunday Morning, December 14, 1930 PAGE ELEVEN nzrht and Hfe Editor's Note Urt MadeUlna Cailln. Valla? New editor of Tha Oregon Statesman, la aUo In etarca of tho market news of thle paper. Kacfi Suadar aba wrttea coBraralar the actea (ratal aawa af tataraat t vallar taxaera. Camlnka tioaa af aerlt ara lavitc. - Farm Home - - Livestock The Diversified Interests of Willamette Valley Farmers SPEAKER S1HS P IS LESS pmrapos t - it; k. : 1 Sicily Reports 1,000 Toru Less Filberts Than was Estimated Robinson Criticises Stato Flax Management in Oregon City Speech II Hie valLllev JsmcjuiSi J Markets j Crops - EUR W IT .1-: Difference in Fertilizers Proven by Difference in Potato Yield 1 - : I : ; i - """"" BBBBaBaaBBBBBBaaBBBBaBaBBaaaamaasaaaBB CR 1 : - 1 (j .a. 11 11 ' j , With the exception of a drop of 1,000 tons in the estimate tor g Icily, there hare been no changes in the figures represent ing: the 1930 production of fil berts, in the Mediterranean bas--in. The actual tonnage in Sicily -was aboot as originally forecast but about 10 per cent of the crop consisted of empty shells -which had to be called out. There was considerable activ ity in the filbert market in Italy and Sicily during late September and throughout the month of October. On September 4, n shelled Sicilian filberts were quoted at 40 shillings C. and F. New York per -bag of 60 kilos. By October 27, the price had in creased to 47 but. just at the present, has eased of to 45. This activity was not caused so much by a sudden increase in the de mand from abroad, but rather by exporters having to corer early sales made for October delivery. There was considerable competi tion among local buyers to se cure the necessary requirements tronv growers.-. Producers took advantage of the situation 'and. to a large extent, refused to sell except at increased oilers Grow ers are not In a harry to sell what Is still Jn their hands, and . ... M . Mjintrompnit have been filled, the market has eased. oft a little. ro aeimue w tion is at hand as to the quantity of Sicilian unshelled filberts ex ported to date. Date from trade sources, however.' indicate that approximately 2500 tons remain, and. wUh the crop estimated at 9.500. it is apparent that the amount exported has been fairly large, of which United States took a fair amount. The qual ity in Sicllr Is generally satis factory, although an attempt has been made to spread information to the contrary, with the hope that some of the foreign buyers, who made early purchases at low .figures would cancel their con tracts. Amount to U. S. Small As stated In the early October : report; the Naples market exper ienced In late September a situ i atlon similar to that which the I Sicilian markets have just gone for which the demand has been 1 good. - The K amount sent to United States, however, has not been larger as . American buyers i generally have not been willing T - ik. tna 0td The sea- son Is now rather late, so U Is f . a . ik.l aVaMaaAJST-fATIaa AT not especteu. i";-"rr:; r:t,h Importance wu iao America. -. done in filberts at Tarragona during September. A substan tial improvement occurred for unshelled filberts in October due, -t-ii laaat n hlxb. nrices being asked for the Sicilian pro duct, which caused some buyers to porchase their supplies in ehelled Tarragona filberts re mained as dead as in September. m.- iln a tn the fact that. UP to the present time. Turkey hSA been getung. prsc"c"jr business, because of lower prices. r,. - m nn fa 8X1- mated at 11.00 tons unshelled which, of course, is a small yield In comparison with last year. With exports of unshelled nuts .ti.. nna. the first two months of the- season, and shelled to onir I". " r",,"f teen that supplies are plentiful, . particularly of the shelled. .,-vti fiihorta In Italy. ?SIcilr. and Spain in a bet ter position man . . ,t V s : .v f whtrh la this .eason. domlnatedby tbe btind- ant output ui.nwj. . t m-.bi.v. n,nittnn is sue ilea. but by far the greatest jart oMt T Is "Reports lnairaiT - more inn " ' product has been exported. Even ' though this may be true, there still remains a substantial quan tity on hand, - During tbejatter f Saotember. Turkish ehelled fUberts were Quoted at f ll5 shillings C. and F.. New I orK pei vw - J- The price remained vreltr mlx ' the same uniu aronBu iu - ' ef November, when Information ; was circulated to the effect that . -.. - hnrt at than at first estimated. The price rose to around 140 shillings but a wee a-a a 11 Sinre then. . . .ltltln lltlft- DUt tt is stated that America Is not . i .a , v ... fiuntittnlii. WIta the Turkish shelled product be- : ing quoiea a n is. " ,,r,7 Uy be undestood why ao Dttle business has been done In shelled xiioena , . prices are In the neighborhood of 185 Shillings. ;. m . u'.l.irf Market The market la generally firm, .with nuts reported going Into - consumption" at a satisfactory rate. - Sorrentoa walnuts are quoted at $12.79 per 100 pounds. i.i. -.-MTiahi to ncr cent al- - . . mrVted. Outside de mand has been comparatively it.h n Tomnnd in Italy Is steady. It Is reported that 80, 000 bags of Bordeaux unshelled walnuts were marketed up to the end of November, the major- - lty taken by Germany. Gre noble walnut crop Is considered 'old Prices of shelled walnuts ' are improving, now being quoted at SS7.85 per 100 pounds to.b- Bordeaux. It Is believed that a ' few Rumanian unshelled walnuts will be available for exportat the beginning of January. Cblnea Walnnte ' Walnuts declared at Tientsin ' during November for export to - the United States totalled 80.009 j! 5? nr -1 in mi i , i, , ,i in, ,. i Dwieht Foote of Silverton sehooL The first plot, which POTATO YIELD IS CHECKED Various Combinations of Fertilizers' Used in Test .Plots By 1AUAK L. MADSEN An interesting fertilizer ex periment wa worked out by Dwlght Foote daring the past summer season under the aus pices of the Silverton high school Smith-Hughes department. Foote took four plots of land from the same field, cared for each exactly the same, but gave each a different fertilizer or combination of fertilizers. The field wag , planted with potatoes and recently harvested result has proved of great interest not only to the Smith-Hughes farmers but to many other farmers In terested in potato growing. The first plot . Foote treated with 600 pounds of nitrate of esoda. 800 pounds of superphos phate and 200 pounds of sul phate of potash. The yield was 97.5 bushels per acre. The sec ond plot lie pare 600 pounds of nitrate of soda nd this yielded 75 bushels an 'V. On the third nlot he put 800 nmrndg of superphosphate and 200 pounds of- notssh and took off a yield of . 62. C bushels. He put 'no fertilizer on the fourth plot nd n consequence harvest ed onlr S3. 6 bushels of potatoes an acre. ALFALFA MARKET Alfalfa markets weakened and prices declined slightly at a num ber of points during the week ending December 9, influenced1 largely by a reduced demand with consumer s Immediate re quirements largely filled before the expiration of tbe emergency freight rates, according to tbe Weekly Alfalfa Market Reriew of the United States bureau of agricultural economics Receipts of alfalfa in central western mar kets were largely of the lower grades because of high moisture and discoloration as a result of recent wet weather In that area. pounds in the shell, and 1,926,- 000 pounds of kernels. Current prices,: in United States curhen cy. are about l-2c per pound under last month. There was almost no new business from the United States, but the local mar ket remains due to demands created by a few shippers filling orders ' contracted after opening of the current season. , . . , GAN SHE GET O- REPORTED WEAKER ;':lt Until a few days ago, Florence Lawrence was a screen star of motion picture's infant days. Now she Is the potential possessor of at least eight million dollars by Ttrtae of a patent, lamed to her late mother 13 rears ago; It bad other piece of paper. Now that t letters patent for all automatic cars. More than fifty million manufactured and sold in the past 10 years and if Miss Lawrence's - claims are allowed, and her demands of royalties mm ted. she will come Into eight and one-half 1 Jjaif fence. , v shown with the yields from was treated with 600 parands U. S. Poultry Brings I llore Than DUUon I j DoUcrs Each Year v ahuia vrrvx ( a As annnal lacome of more than. 91 ,000,000,000 Bow is produced by the : nation's poultry industry, represent ing'lO per cent of the total farm income. : A surrey of the depart ment of agriculture shows this country to be the borne of one- third of the world's poultry population. There are more than C 000,000 separate flocks In the United States, including about 442,000,000 chickens. Offerings In central : California were principally of warehouse hay which was being held at firmer prices. Growers in southern California were selling lower gades rather freely. East ern and southern demand for al falfa was of only moderate volume. Pacific northwestern alfalfa markets remained steady with prices practically unchanged. Baling operations in eastern Ore gon were delayed by rainy weath er and receipts at Portland con tinued light. Stockyards, rab bitries and retailers were the principal buyers, with No. 1 al falfa quoted to the- trade at Jtl 8.50-19. 00. and No. 2 at S 17.50-1 8.00 per ton. There was some Inquiry from dairymen but takings continued relatively small. Trade reports - indicated that Montana sheep men might send some sheep into the Takima valley for winter feeding. Brine Cherry Output Less in Hiiirone A cable from Agricultural Commissioner Nielsen, located at Marseilles, France, la quoted as follows: "About 70.000 barrels of 220 pounds per barrel, of cherries were brined In Italy from the 1930 crop compared with 115, 000 barrels last year. Diminished production was due to rainy weather during harvest. French brine cherries are short also; but this crop is not of much com mercial Importance. . Un 1 1 e d States' demand has been limited. Reports state that some stocks of Italian cherries from the 1929 crop are still on hand in the United States This : fact, and the present duty of 5 1-2 c with pits, and 9 He without pits. Is causing American buyers to : be cautious. . - Present' i purchases are only for Immediate require ments. Prices eliX. i New York are: 14-1 6c per pound for-best, and lie per pound for seconds or broken. ; . ,; ; . 8 MILLIONS? i 'A reposed la a dusty safe as "Just a patent is believed to be the basic windshield wipers saed on motor devices of this natore nave, been million dollars. Fnoto shows Ms ..-." ... v.-- i;s:.i:...,' four test plots of potatoes which he grew under the supervision of the Smith-Hughes department of Silverton high of nitrate of soda, 00 pounds of superphosphate and 200 pounds of sulphate of potash yielded 97.5 bushels per acre. Now is Right Planting Roses; Many Varieties are Available fcy MRS. MTRON VAN EATON Now U the right time to plant rose bushes as they grow and bloom better If they are planted within the present' month. They wlU do fairly well If planted any time up to February 1, however, but the sooner the better. Varieties to plant Is a question. A few of the older varieties are worth growing. Lady Hillington is an apricot yellow that ' is a good one for the beginner. Duch ess of Wellington Is another yel low of a different shade and blooms best in, spring and fall. Both are free bloomers with good foliage. General McArthur is another old favorite of a rosy red color. It Is excellent in every way ex cept that the color fades lighter as the bloom opens. It is very fragrant with tBe old fashioned rose perfume which so many new roses lack. It Is worth growing for the perfume alone. It Is a free bloomer, with good foliage and is hardy and robust. Hadley is a real .red or crimson rose with darker shadings and is rery satis factory. An outstanding charac teristic Is Its excellent perfume. For a newer rose among the reds one of the very best is Etolle de Holland whose parents are General McArthur and Hadley. It has the best traits of both parents and Is better than either. It has been In commerce long enough now so that it Is reason able in price. It Is a free bloom er, has healthy large foliage, strong growth, hardy and disease resistant. Its blooms are large and It has the true rose perfume. The red roses are usually much more fragrant than the other col ors. Madame Edouard Herriot is not so new but it Is very lovely and one that every one should have. It Is a profuse bloomer, has good foliage, hardy and quite disease resistant. The color Is Its chief charm. It Is hard to describe a flaming salmon pink or reddish -coppery, pink, perhaps fits it as well as anything. It fades out to a lighter color as it opens but it is not unattractive even when It is faded. It Is the first rose to bloom in the season and its blooms are in excellent shape. For a pure white rose try Fran Karl Druschkl which has never been surpassed. Los Angeles Is a rose that is very lovely where it does . well but where It does not It Is a hor rid variety to have about. It needs tbe warm weather to bring out Its beauty. That Is the rea- ri CLUBS me onra fllT.1?U TTTTTnTTTS- Ta is The federation of community rlnha met at the Salem Heights community hall Friday evening. December 12. Due to inclement weather, a. relatlrelr small num ber were present, however, many considered the program for the evening one of the best tor this year. . ' . President ZInser opened tne mMHnr with an address of wel come to representatives of the visiting clubs this was followed by a musical program oy the pu pils of Miss Elizabeth Levy of Sa iem. r?Aerend Karl Cochran then favored the audience with a solo and encore and a very inter esting talk to the young people. Dr. P. O. Riley, of Hubbard in characteristic brilliant manner. toid a few anecdotes, gave a snort talk to the community and Intro duced the speaker of the evening. Dr. Jamison, of the University of Oregon. Dr. Jamison's talk was on "The Paradox of Social Em ciency" which was listened to with earnestness by those present, and many useful hints on community cooperation was outunea. Gervais Gym j Fund Growing GERVAIS, Dec IS The four short plays given at the eitjr haU Thursday night by the high school classes as a benefit for the gymnasium fund drew a large and appreciative audience, t . All seats were taken and many of those who attended stood through the perf romance, i . The pupils netted S7f.09 for tbetr ef forts. They now have nearly $200.00 towards a school gymna sium. This sum was raised from the basket social and -the plays Thursday night. - -i MAI Time for son It does so well in California, its home. It has perhaps, the best shape of any rose and has a truly -beautiful color, a luminous salmon that is salmon with some yellow to lighten It It does well for me and Is healthy, hardy, and a good bloomer. The bush Is In clined to grow tall and leggy and the foliage Is small. ' The blooms are not very good in the spring but when warm weather comes and the other roses are not so nice then tbe Los Angeles shows Its real worth. Imperial Potentate is the ra ther formidlble name of a very fine rose that was bred by Clark Brothers in Portland. It was bred especially as an outdoor or gar den rose and it surely is a prize. When you find out that its color is pink, I hope you will not lose Interest as it is such a good shade of pink and has so many good qualities. The color is a clear bright rose pink, somewhat dark er than Caroline Testout and it does not fade when it opens. It Is a very good cut flower and lasts longer after cutting than any rose of which I know. It has everything a good rose should have, strong growth, free; attrac tive gloomer, real rose perfume, very hardy, disease esistant, large foliage. What more could any one ask. I wish all roses could have as much good said of them. Added to all these good qualities the rose is not high priced when pur chased In the market. (Concluded on next Sunday garden page;. GBUD NOT HIGH GRAND ISLAND, Dec 13 A large attendance greeted , ' the MeMinnvIlle, Amity and Dayton delegations in the mass meeting Wednesday evening at the school house. The main talks concerning high school programs were given by 8. S. Duncan, county school su perintendent: M. .F. Carrigan from the McMInnville chamber of commerce: A. E. Murphy from the Amity high school, and D. Lynn Gubser from the Dayton high school. There Is no question but what the Island residents are clntln- ually growing farther away from the proposed union high school. Hull-less Oats Are Developed SILVERTON. Dec IS Otto Pattenger. well known Silverton gardener, has developed a hull- less oat In his Liberty Hill gar den. For years ' Mr Pattenger has been working on his experi ment of raising hull-less oats. This year .he was able to gather 23 pounds from his garden oat field. A bundle xt the Pattenger hull-less oats Is on display at the offices of the Fischer Flouring Mills st Silverton. Reductions In gas and electric rates of California public utili ties amounted to more than 110, 000.000 during the last fiscal year. T WINS U ;:; ;.; aSSSMaa Robert L. Hogg, attorney, of Point Pleasant, W. Va- has been con ceded victory in the Congressional race In the Fourth District of West Virginia. His opponent, L. R, Via, Huntington attorney, wired hi congratulations after a recount in Cabell County and a recanvass of the vote In Weed County. , The victor is a Bepoblicsa. t M 10 19-Potmd Turnip Shown at Gervais GERVAIS, Dec; IS. A turnip which weighs 10 pounds Is oadlsplay at the Cntsf orth Bros, meat - mar ket. It was grown on a ranch belonging to C W. Cutsforta KddyvOle. HfPIML JHCi VEGETABLES FOID - ' Corn, Potatoes and Toma toes Originated in North and South America When you eat sweet corn, po tatoes, sweet potatoes and toma toes, you are dining upon typic al American dishes for all of these vegetables were originally natives to North and' South America. The most typical of them all Is sweet corn which has been popular in America for years and is still something of a novelty in European countries, particularly In England, where vegetable growing Is much more highly developed than In the United States. The summers are not hot enough to make sweet corn a practical common garden crop. Although found in America by the early explorers, the exact or igin of corn is not known. Orig inally It was known as maize, a term that, endures in England wnere tne term corn is applied to wheat. Indian corn was the first move toward the common name, corn. It Is believed by botanists that corn is a development of a coarse grass native to the southern states known as teosint. But whether it Is a derivative of this plant or a hybrid between teosint and some other member of the grass family, to which corn be longs, that has not been Identi fied Is unknown. Efforts to solve the mystery of the origin of corn have failed to bring definite re sults. It waa here when the country was discovered but where It came from no one knows. The potato came from South America, the temperate regions of the Andes, and from this same region came the tomato, at first grown only . for ornament. The botanical name, Lycopersicon, means literally "wolf peach." -referring probably to the poisonous qualities originally attributed to it. It was originally known as "love apple" and this name is still found In catalogs of Eng lish seed houses although long since obsolete In the United States. The original form of the tomato was small fruited in either yellow or red. The present huge types and the the various shapes such as the cheery and , ear tomatoes are what ' are known as cultlgens, varieties that have arisen In cul tivation from the original species brought from South America. The original tomato could hard ly recognise its descendants. The sweet potato botanlcally Is a brother of the morning glory and originated In the American tropics. Calf Likes Sweet Food but Does Not Gain on it MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Feed ing experiments at the Univer sity of Minnesota's college of agriculture tend to show It doesn't pay to cater to a calf's sweet tooth. Using molasses In grain mix tures fed to calves. It was found they appeared to relish the food, but It brought no greater gains In weight than regular diets without the expense of sweetness. Hubbard Fruit Pool for 1931 . Reported Sold HUBBARD, Dec 12 The di rectors of. the Hubbard Fruit Growers' asoclatlon sold next year's entire crop of fruit to the Star Fruit Products company at a meeting held Wednesday. . In deference to the company prices - were withheld .from pub lication, p ' .v ' ,.' ; . ' Thru atudnnta of tha Califor nia Institute of Technology are making a 10 week tour of Eu rope inspecting dormitories ef foreign saivsrsluss. PIMPUIO Pacific Cooperative Poultry Produces to Build at Roseburg . j i ; ' - . .: : Directors of the Pacific Co-OP- eratlve Poultry Producers' asso ciation have authorized, tne pur chase of ground at Roseburg for the construction of an egg pack ing plant. It is understood that worlr nn the build In will besin Just after the first of the year. The deed and abstract, to gether with title Insurance and all other necessary papers, hare been in the hands of the associa tion for several . weeks, so that the authority of the directors to purchase the property is suffi riotit tm rlnn the deal and ooen the way for construction of the station. Location neld Ideal The lots 100 by 104 feet, are paved on two sides, glvine; excel ent facilities for unloading, vhtln thprn is a snur track on the west side, making easy load ing Into the railroad cars possl-i ble. The association win erect a. flrenrnnf hulldine. suitably ar ran red for convenient and eco nomical packing, giving Rose hursr a first-class station for handling eggs through the asso ciation. Poultry producers have been eaeerlr awaiting action on the construction nroeram which has been under consideration by the association for tne last iew years. NEW APPLES PEARS UNDER TEST HOOD RIVER, Dec. 13. (AP) Some hew and Improved va rieties of apples and pears under test at the branch experiment station here are showing prom ise tor commercial use, the bien nial report of the station just issued, reveals. A strain of - red Sottzenberg from the southern.. Oregon branch station shows a darker and more attractive color than the old Spitzenberger with more subacid flavor and .excellent keeping qualities. Three russett types of Bosco pears are also under observation by being rrafted on reerular Bosc trees. They appear to be more free from . an unidentified blotcn which frequently lowers the mar ket value of the regular Bosc variety. ' Keeps Product At the present time eggs from the Umpqua valley are being trucked to Eugene and are pack ed at the station there, contribut ing more than half of the eggs shipped from that plant. The Umpqua valley poutlrymen were promised a station two years ago, but there has been a great deal of delay In getting construction started. The purchase of the property, however, la a definite step toward the final -installation of this packing service at Rose burg, and the immediate erec tion of the building is antici pated. It Is expected that the Rose burg station, when finally com pleted and in service, will dray a great deal of trade from Coos county, as a. number of producers In that district have agreed to A! Oregon Pulp am4 Paperr Company Manufacturers of BOND LEDGER GLASSINE GREASEPROOF TISSUE . Support Oregon Products Specify "SaJeia Made" Paper for Your : .Office Stationery ' (Oregon City Banner Courier) Unmistakably pointing his fin ger at the management of the flax plant at the state peniten tiary. E. O. Robinson called upon tboe listening to htm to back him and others who are deter- mined to put the linen Industry upon its feet. Robinson Is prea- ldent of a linen mtll company that has just completed a mill at Vancouver, Wash. Robinson did not mention names, but in concluding his talk before -the Oregon Ctty chamber of commerce Tuesday noon; be rererred to. recent failure of a linen mill In Salem, and declared there Is something wrong If that mill cannot get orders. At two periods in his talk he referred to the retting at the prison and claimed that It Is being done in a manner that Injures the fiber, the Inference being that there is reason behind the apparent ef fort to-put the flax industry on the rocks. , - Urges People to Awaken In no uncertain' terms Robin son criticised the penitentiary management for its cutting tbe flax acreage in Oregon from 5000 to 2600 acres, and insisted that this Is part of the plan to cripple the Industry. He urged the people to awaken. Investigate and determine that there Is something sinister back of the policy. He said that the break In price of flax last fall came about nsturally Russia dumped into this country an Immense supply of flax at such a cheap price that the price tumbled. Mr. Robinson told of becoming Interested in flax while living In Aurora, where he was president of the chamber: of commerce there; of his selling the Molalla Electric company to the P. E. P. and going on a trip to Europe to investigate the flax Industry. He found hundreds of thousands of people employed by the linen mills there; of his finding by in vestigation that Oregon can and does "grow fiber flax that Is equal to anything in the world; re ferred to the fact that linens worth $250,000,000 are Imported into the United States from for- 1 elgn countries very year, and came to the conclusion that tbere can be no real, reason for the present unsatisfactory condition of the flax Industry from tbe growers' standpoint. He insi-tei that some growers have netted as much as $80 on acre from flax for fire sears, and that this is more than can be earned from other products. Small Plants Urged As a solution of the problem of retting he urged the establish ment of small plants near tbe producing fields, and held that with air treated water much bet ter fiber can be produced than Is turned out at Salem. He said that- 250 acres is enough to sus tain a retting plant, and Insisted that if such are established throughout the county It will be but a question of time until there is a linen mill In Oregon City. , The board of control has charge of the penitentiary ret ting plant and the board of con trol consists of the governor, the secretary of state and the state treasurer. Minnesota end Florida Legion posts are staging a membership drive In competition with the loser to give a prize to the win ner. become members of the associa tion and bring their egg. to Rose burg by truck, as soon as the plant is put in operation. Damaged Bulk' Oats $5.00 per track load. Bring your shovels and load your own. Warehouse Fire Independence, Ore. ijnn.ES
