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J- The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, March' IS, 1931 PAGE TWELVE Editor's Note i i . - - ' . I . . 1- H Markets I " - " VI I - - ... ' . . ' ; i .. 1 1 - ' . . . . . . . ! i . ..... , . , . : - . : Finn CE IS REPORTED Size of Polk County Farms . Has: Increased in Past ' ; Ten Years DALLAS, March 14 A pre liminary Teport of the federal farm census tor Polk county sires a most Interesting story of "the farm situation daring the past 10 years, j-. ; " ' - ' " . The year 1920 was the peak in Talue of land and buntings and . land alone, also for average num ber of acres per farm. The num ber of horses, males and -hogs on farms were greater than ' at . the present time. The average Talue per farm and per acre was great er In 1920 than In 1930. Also the Talue of land and buildings op erated by owners, . managers and tennants was higher than at the present time. On the other hand the number of farms has increased from 1761 .In 1320 to 1882 in 1930. The Talue of buildings has increased aa well as Implements and farm machinery. The- average size of farms has Increased and there , are eleven operators of farms of over 1,000 acres. There are 93 more j owners : operating farms, managers hare- decreased by six, while there are 34 more tenant farmers. Owners are" operating 11,132 acres more than in 1920, while 1 managers and ' tenants are farming less acreage. ' ! 1919 nigh Point The year 1919 was the high point 'for production of corn har vested for grain, , oats threshed for grain, wheat, hay and pota toes. Production of barley, mixed grains and corn for silage has increased. Milk cows hare Increased by 765. chickens 3,835 and cattle 1.344. Dairy cattle hare Increased about 2.000 head In Columbia county in the past five years, says the St. Helens Sentinel. In the Nehalem section the Increase has been 300 per cent. and. now . with a cooperative dairy at Clat , skanle the increase will continue. County Agent Nelson reports an advance movement among farm ers in general and that more at tention is being paid to cropping i and small- fruit raising, and ln : tensified farming. The poultry business is Increasing and the sheep and noat Industry has Just fairly started. v I HS Garden Combinations Very Imp ortant if Full Soil Value; Is Obtained The average- amateur gardner finds It rather a puzzling and dif ficult task In planning his garden on paper to -figure ouf practical combinations of vegetables which It is necessary to do to obtain full use of the producing capabilities of , the soil. As an aid to plan ning, ; a number of combinations which have ' been tried out sue eessfully are set down: Cauliflower, lettuce, radishes early cauliflowers In rows three feet apart. Between - the ' rows plant i a row of lettuce. Between the lettuce and the cauliflowers sow a row of radishes. This would give yon the following distances: : cauliflower, 9 Inches: radishes, f Inches; lettuce, 9 Inches, radishes 9 laches, then the second row of cauliflower. " ' '. ,J. r ' " Cucumbers, peas, - radishes dwarf peas In double or single rows" 4 to f feet apart, radishes . In rows t o 9 . Inches apart be--tween rows of peas and later hills of cucumbers In" rows mid way between the rows of peas. Carrots, parsnips, spinach, let tuce or radishes plant carrots or parsnips in rows 2 feet apart or In alternating rows 2 feet -apart. Midway between, the first two rows plant radishes,' lettuce In tbe second two rows and spinach Jn the third two rows. Beans.' spinach and radishes- spinach in rows 2 feet apart. Mid way between rows of - spinach plant radishes. When radishes are harvested let their row be plant ed to string "beans. - Tomatoes, eaullflower or broc coli, spinach, radishes set Cauli flower or Italian broccoli eariy in rows four feet apart, one loot apart In the rows. One foot each- aide of eaullflower ' or broccoli nlant rows Of soinach. plant rad lahes between spinach, and. cauli flower, or broccoli. Midway be tween rows of cauliflower or broc coli set tomato plants when wea ther la warm and; radishes and spinach are out of the way. Spinach, radishes and - peppers plant tpinjch in rows 2tt tttt apart. Between rows plant one or two rows of radishes and when radishes have been used set pep per plants midway of the rows and two feet apart.' . Spinach, beets radishes spin ach In rows 2 feet aparh Mid way betweea rows of spinach plant a row of beets and between rows of spinach and beets a row; of radishes. . " Sow Seeds La Rows ' The i experienced ... and skillful gardener long since discarded the old time method , of broadcast sowing of seed as wasteful and Inefficient and a .method bound to cause the greatest trouble and loss of plants. Sow seed in rows spaced sufficiently far apart to make transplanting easy. Also sow the seed thinly In-the rows with an eye to transplanting with the least loss and least check - In ! growth of the young plants. If you; can take- up the little plant with slight disturbance to Its root system - it win , reestablish itself eulckly when transplanted. . .The great advantage of sowing - iGrops --Farm Home --'Livestock Grand Island ShowsjKapid Advance in Farm Methods During V ;By MRS. C." P. FERGUSON GRAND ISLAND. March Il ia the last decade many "advance ments hare been made lit' the Grand 'Island community - - along the line of various projects- such as market gardening, the raisins of clover for seed and the- grow ing of field corn both for ensilage, and for the Seeding of hogs. One of the-more outstanding of these projects Is the growing of field corn, the development of which has-been primarily dae to the in crease In dairying and hog rais ing., J'. - In the' fall of 1920 an ear of corn was picked from a field on the George Lefley place for eeed purposes. After .the entire field had been carefully gone over this special ear was selected to be among the very choicest. The measurements of the ear were eight" inches in length, 64 Inches around the butt and 4 3-4 Inches around the tip. j.. It was thought to be well filled although the kernels were small In size.. With the average height of the corn being about seven feet the farmer was exceedingly happy if his field yielded as high as 60 bushels per acre. After the silos were filled the meager sur plus was husked out and fed to what few hpgs were raised. In the fall of 1930 two very choice ears were saved from a large field on the Charles Fergu son farm: which Joins the Lefley place. One of these ears measured 114 inches in length. Inches around the butt end and 5 inches around the tip. The second ear measured 11 inches in length, 8 inches around the butt end and 5 3-4 Inches around the tip. Ears Well Filled The ears were well filled -with large kernels and the corn stalks all averaged at least 10 feet high while last summer one was found to measure exactly 13 feet and two Inches in height. After .he silos were filled the remain ng acreage of corn was husked and stored for future use In the fattening of hogs during the win ter months. V The month of October last year found Ernest Douglas husking out 15 acres of the finest corn grown. Charles Ferguson with 11 acres, Roy E. "Will with 10 acres, and C. A. Rockhtll with seven acres. All of these fields were estimated to have averaged between 90 and 100 bushels per acre. There are probably about three. reasons for this development in Small Space Caouruwot RADISHES XXT1UCX SAa&rtPtf IKTTUCX H cxscaxrxs xbytuc ffPLrUCrl AC CAuurxcwxa fWUKSKsV Two Suggestions for Garden 'Combinations In rows ; Is that there can be no mistaking weeds tor the plants. Weeds between the rows can be pulled as fast as they appear. The rows should be plainly marked, the plant labels sold - chief !y by the hundred at seed stores are ideal for this purpose and a stock of them should always be kept on hand for the purpose bf marking plants and seed rows in the gar den. ..;!; ' For fine seeds, a mere line on the surface of the soil Is neces sary, pressing, the seed Into the soil, a brick being an excellent tool for , this purpose. ; Rows . for larger seeds should be made deeper according to size, the only rule of thumb that is at all prac tical being to cover them to- a depbtb of twice their diameter. In sowing seeds that are large enough toj handle easily space them a qearter of an inch apart or even an eighth In order that they can.be transplanted without destroying: large number of them which always happen when seed is sown so thickly the plants come up la bunches, . w Sow all the fine seeds which need the most care and protection in one part of the seedbed so all may be cared for with one oper ation In the way of covering, or shading. Also it Is an excellent plan to plant seeds, that germin ate at about the same time in ad- Joining rows, . grading across the bed In order of their - time of germination. Most catalogues, will give an indication of the time of germination and the seed packets contain the same.- Information. Some seeds germinate in from three to five days, under famr- able conditions, but the Tast ma jority need a week or more. Have screens and shades ready to Pro tect the seed bed as soon as It is planted. This win r save many - SLAOtaHE plants. 10 I THEN AND NOW Center ear shows tbe best corn ' grows, on Grand Island In 1920 while at each side are ears of corn grown there In 1930. which has set such a high stand ard. First, the type of corn grown has been changed to some ex tent. The seed now being used is a cross between the bloody butcher and the yellow dent. The second reason is the very careful selecting of seed from year to year, and third, more thorough cultivating and tilling of the soil. The picture shows the choice ear of 1920 In the center with the two 1930 ears, one on each side. 0111 GUESTS KING WOOD. March 14 Sun day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Blevins were Mr. and Mrs. John Bnckarench and children, John and Freda, of Salem. After noon guests were Mr. and Mrs. Albin Stewart, also of Salem and Mrs. Bonnie Grimm and. son Rob ert of Monmouth. Mrs. Grimm Is taking post-graduate work at the Monmouth Normal school. Recent guests of Mrs. Mary Lis ter at several different periods were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Elser and children,' Bertha, Pauline, Leo and Raymond;: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mitchell, Mrs. Garfield Greenley and son Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. Sheets and daughter, all of Pleas ant Point; - Rev. Oscar Payne of Hermlgton, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Lister and'Miss Ether Hogan, all of Portland. Mrs. B." B. Flack, with Mrs. George Bishop of Salem, spent the week-end at Cutler City. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kubln vis ited over the week end in Port land as : the guests of Mrs. Ku bin's mother, Mrs. T. Kladek. v TURNER SPEAKS AT III DALLAS, March 14 - R. R. Turner, "city superintendent of schools, was speaker at the Ki wanis luncheon Friday noon, when he discussed the Oregon education plan. He explained what the "results would be from adopting this uniform plan In handling finances, records, equipment, - buildings and pro grams - of study suited to the aims of achievement for elemen tary and secondary school sub jects. Mr. Turner also explained the provisions of the. free text book law and how it is planned to put it in operation in the Dallas schools. The . present plan of school taxation and how the funds are distributed was also explained. It will.be necessary to raise an additional $1100 in Dallas . this year to cover the cost of text -books for the grage school pupils. . ; A number of members of the woman's club and chamber - of commerce were present for the meeting. They are also invited to. be. guests for i an evening meeting March' 20, when pictures will be shown by the Hawaiian Steamship company.' '! s Alt 6. Nelson , Returns Home SILVERTON, March 14 Alf 0. Nelson, who .returned recently from a trip to see his mother. Mrs. O. O. Nelson In the Dakotaa, who had suffered a stroke, has received w,ord that she is now improving. J. Mrs. Nelson Is 7 years of age and never had sick - day until the first of the strokes which she suffered . some time ago. She has now weathered two strokes and Nelson says that he has great hopes of her recovering from this. .4 - - r . . Mrs. Nelson has mothered 11 children, has 43 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. , T CHAMBER TO MEET WOODBURN, March 14 The next meeting of the Woodburn chamber 'of : commerce4- wUl be held -next Wednesday i night, Iarch 18, la the Foresters', hall. The chamber of, commerce win be' entertained and served by the ladies' guild of the Christian ehurch. R. L. Gniss, - Lyman Shorey and William Hardy are selling tickets for the meeting. 1-1: KN6WO0D HOMES MIS I ON and POLK 4-H CLUBS KEEPJCTME One Group has Been Work Nearly Twelve - - '- Years ? "V DALLAS, March 14 Activities among the boys' and girls' -dubs of the county are well , under way. The oldest continuous club in the county is that Of the ' Indepen dence calf club with seven mem bers under the leadership of Mrs. Hugh' Hanna. They hare been working for 11 er 12 years. The Elkins club has eight members under JeBse Johnson. All of the boys and girls of these two clubs have one or more purebred Jer seys. ' :"' ; .'.';" - The Alrlle district has a brand new club of five members under the direction of J. F. Wienert. Another new club with seven members in the northeast corner of the county has been organised under the eladershlp of C. Yung en. They will have Guernseys and Holsteins, some will be registered and others grade ' animals for the first year. One of the most successful poultry clubs In the history of the county club work, was that of the Orchard school district last year, working under direction of Henry Hoekstre. They won outstanding honors at the state and county fair last year. This year they have 10 members with Air. Hoekstre in charge. STUDENTS PROFIT WOODBURN, March 13 Proof that goodly profit can be received from farming was brought out by final reports of the home pro jects courses of the 1929-30 sea son at Woodburn high school. The reports were sent to .the state supervisor of agriculture this week by Ronald E. Burnett, in structor in vocational agricultur al work. The projects reported on were started in the fall of 1929 and finished November 1, 1930. .- Forty-one students finished project work, with an average profit of $84.59. They allowed an average of $28.34 for their own labor.-Kivlng a total average prof it of $112.93. A gross profit of $3,484.08 was made by the 41. students. Gross income totaled $9,765.76 and ex penses amounted to $6,301.68, In cluding all labor. Labor by the students themselves was estimat ed at $1,161.39, so that actual income was a total of $4,625.47. The more profitable ' projects completed were with hogs, dairy cows where the- milk was sold re tall to neighbors, fiber, flax, can ning beets and cucumbers. Three projects showed a loss. Two of them involved cows that were poor producers. The cows were disposed of before the pro ject was finished. The other pro ject showing a loss was with sheep. The sheep became Infested with worms and low prices .pre vented any profit from sale. Tho sheep have been treated for the worms and are expected to be a source of profit yet. Ask Death For Five Mutineers JACA, Spain. March 14 (AP) Death for five and life impris onment for 66 of the army offi cers implicated In last Decem ber's short-lived mutiny, here was asked today as court - martial of 77 officers began.- j - ' DAUGHTER IS BORN LYONS, March 14 Word was received here of the arriv al of a baby girl at the G. Paul Johnston home in - La Center, Wash.. Monday, March 9. She has been named Carroll Marie. at FARM WORK REMEMBER WINTER J :; '" ' . Home Gardens Planted With Canning in Mind VARIETY iS UNOMITED By ANNA KLAMPE XEFFERSON, - March 1 4 In stead of "Are you going to have a garden?! the question now is, "How large a garden are yon go ing: to plan?" As a beginning tbe ground should be plowed; or spad ed, first having- as much fertiliser spread as you can afford, and harrowed in opposite directions. The harrowing should be done as near planting time as possible. In order to make a weedleas start. A plan should then be made, on paper or in mind." of the general layout, the character of which must depend, npon! . available space, and if the garden is to be run by yourself. , ! . Almost - all kinds of Tegetables with the exception of potatoes, can be planted in a small garden. I do not think it wise to 'attempt potatoes unless there is lots of room.' . " . . - -. i Out ci a small . ' garden the housewife can get many 1 Tege tables for canning and this is al ways an important considera tion when planting the home gar den. J -J--:., - i , f : Of tomatoes, one should Can all that are not used fresh; either plain or in the form of .pureed the latter .consisting of tomatoes cooked with a flavoring of on ions, turnips, carrots, ' celery, all run . through . the meat chopper; parsley, cloves, and bay leaf ad ded, , and the . whole s rubbed His The Diversified Interests of Willamette Valley Farmers Poultry Business First to Kecover Jbrom ueprc Future Prices to be Higher By W. C. CONNER (Editor "Northwest Poultry V. : ' . Journal 1 - 1 The fact that eggs have been selling at lower prices than for many years may be a blessing in disguise insofar -as the extremely low prices were of the greatest assistance in cleaning up surplus storage holdings, and, no doubt, re-introducing the egg to the American appetite. - w-v- i In general, the outlook is very much better than was expected 20 days ago. Advance orders- for baby chicks show a. healthy, though : conservative ' demand. Much, of course, depends npon the weather but the remarkable open winter as experienced, not only in the Mississippi valley- but throughout the east and most of thtfTresT, will have a tendency to stimulate chick buying. A down ward revision of feed prices will also prove of, great help. Local Baby Chick Outsat Under normal conditions there Is an annual output of oyer a million baby chicks from the Sa lem district. Last year the ship ments, while a little below norm al, were as follows: The Lloyd A. Lee poultry farm and hatchery, 375,000 baby chicks. The Salem Chickeries, C. N. Needham, man ager, 300,000 baby chicks. The Willamette Valley hatchery, W. E. Park and sons, 150.000 baby chicks. Several smaller hatcheries including Ernie Flake's Petland and the Salem Petland shipped out several thousand chicks dur ing this 1930 season and all are busy at this time filling orders, but- the orders are not as large this season, nor will the volume of business, as a whole; come quite up to last year's average, Judging from present Indications. However, the baby chick business is proving better than was anti cipated or predicted along about the first of the year when it looked rather discouraging. It is generally conceded now that late orders, or April and May business Is going to be quite satisfactory. This Is the result of late market reports which are. on the upward trend as a result of the complete cleanup of heavy storage stocks. High Priced Eggs Next Fall On Friday the following very encouraging item appeared in the Portland market report: "Everyone in the ; trade and those who watch its progress ap pear of the- opinion that egg -prices are going to shoot high this fall as a result of the limited stor age demand as .well as decreasing poultry production.'" . . Stocks Low. . Prices Advancing The latest repoxt from the New York market on poultry products says: 4 ' "Colored fowls have sold slowly, but fancy Leghorns are still sel ling well. On Monday a few broil ers were left over from last week and only a few have been re ceived, yet this week with the market fairly steady. Rock broil ers have been coming in more freely with a consequent, alight lowering in price. " "Capons and hen turkeys are in demand. Long Island spring ducks are coming in 'strong but are mostly taken up by orders. The market Is cleared each day and the price remains steady. . "Express and truck receipts Of live poultry were higher last week than this week but may pick np as we near the Hebrew holidays. "There was a decrease of about 2,600,004 pounds of dressed poultry in storage holdings of the 26 principal markets of the coun try last week, acording to the U. S. D. A. daily market report. The holdings were only about 71 per cent of those . a - year ago. when they totaled about 106.000, 000 pounds in storage.' - Fall Prices Will Be Higher "Low prices for eggs are likely to continue during the first part of 1931a but improvement may be expected during the last half of 1931 and in 1932." This is the general conclusion indicated by reports received from the region al outlook conference recently held at Salt Lake City and the through . a colander When - tender, and seasoned to taste. This to my mind, the very best canned product the garden affords. . String beans are perhaps next In talue for canning. Be sure to use only the tender, small ones for canning. Bummer squash is delicious canned If canned right. Cook and prepare, exactly as for the table (omitting butter), pack It hot in Jars and , sterilise one hoar. - Corn is delicious when -home canned. Pick it when it ts Just right and use ; immediately. Try canning some moistened with to mato. . Spinach and chard are also most successfully canned. Beets and carrots should be canned only when small beets the size of walnuts: carrots the s'se of your finger. The larger ones' do not In my opinion pay. Very tiny beets are delicious canned In a seasoned sugar and vinegar syr up and nsed as appetizers like olives. ::? ' ''." ' -'- It is Interesting to include each season, one-or two, .or. more, of the more unusual - Tegetables. Chinese cabbage, for instance. This 'Is a cross between celery and cabbage and makes delicious salad. ' Endive is another -excellent salad green and .lasts ,nntH after very hard frosts. Cress and the artichoke may also be raised successfully. V l ; 5 Work sssion; i more recent national : outlook conference - held at Washington, D. C, There will be a decrease in number of pullets raised this year; which ".will mean .smaller laying flocks next -fall. There will undoubtedly be-a smaller cold storage holding. The outlook for the tall and winter of 1931-32 is a little more encouraging and prices should : be higher than during the past year. ; The poultry situation is favor able. With lower, storage hold ings and receipts about average the normal spring price advance should occur. - '.: " , v- With these facts before us the general conclusions must be that Oregon poultrymen should main tain their flocks. Further that under certain conditions they are Justified in Increasing the size of their flocks. There is perhaps no section of . the - ocuntry where commercial eggs can be produced cheaper than here in western Ore gon. The cash cost of a dozen eggs today, on a basis of a 60 per cent production, is from 9 to 12 cents per dozen. The total cost is from 15 to 18 cents per dosen. Many small producers will reduce the size of their flocks. Some will sell off their entire flocks. Next fall and winter, according to the outlook given, prices wil again ad vance. If would seem to be in line with good business for our Oregon poultrymen to not only maintain the .same number of layers, but Where capital is available to take advantage of the low cost : of building materials and Increase the number of layers on their farms. Oregon I poultry flocks have, in general, been too small for econ omical production. Now Is a good time to Increase the laying i ca pacity, i -Drive To Increase Consumption There will be no let up in the drive to raise funds for a perma nent long time educational and commercial campaign to increase the use of all poultry products. Herbert H. Knapp, Ohio, one of the best known;' hatcherymen and breeders in the country, says: "I feel sure that the poultry busi ness will be one of the first to recover from the depresion. Some of the weak , kneed ones are , go ing to be eliminated but the ones who stick wilt have a good busi ness soon. Explosion Held Work of Thief; Blown to Bits TULSA.! Okla.. March 14 (AP) Belief was expressed by county Investigators here that the explosion of 400 quarts of nitro glycerine in a magazine near Red Fork early Friday was caused by a thief who apparent ly was blown into bits. j Discovery of pieces of clothing and fragments of an automobile near the scene of the blast led to the conclusion that a thief prob ably stumbled after obtaining a quantity of the explosive from the magazine. . I The explosion shook Tulsa and suburban communities and was beard in a radius of more than 60 miles. .. : r- Yellow Rain n i l Jugoslavia Said j Quaked Result BELGRADE. Jugoslavia, March 14 (AP) Rain which stained with bright yellow the hats and elothes of pedestrians fell on Bel grade today. - " The phenomenon was attrib uted to presence In the. sky of dust lifted oy' recent earthquakes and borne northward by the wind. One Slain When " Smugglers War ; GALVESTON, Tex. March 14; (AP) One man was shot to death and another. was seriously wounded here Friday -in a t gun ficht on crowded downtown streets believed : to have ' grown out of liquor smuggling opera tions; . ' I - : "J".- : i Clarence "Ky! Gregory, 2$, died in a - hospital from buUet wounds. Mitchell "Michie" Fran- kovich, 31, was taken to a hospit al in a serious condition. Steamer Hit; I Oiler r Missing. NEW YORK. March 14. (API One man was missing and four were in hospitals tonight after the Mutual To wins line tug: Britannia and the American Diamond Una steamer Coahoma County, from Rotterdam, crashed in the North river. . ..- . - Raymond Bristoe, an oiler on the tug, was believed drowned, while the remainder of the seven man crew were rescued. Olyjnpia Solons Yet Deadlocked : ! . -j; OLYMPIA, Wash., March 14. (AP) The legislative tug of war setUed down to a real endurance contest tonight as house and sen ate leaders; agreed -the overtime session of the 1931 'legislature could not end until a Jate hour tomorrow at the earliest. ii GUATEMALA SHAKEN ! i .CTTITOlf IT s aTTW U...L w M -I UUAA AiUAliA At KMX Ale (AP) Violent earth shocks. occurring at Intervals since last night, hare caused considerable alarm in Guatemala: r r i- GHA1JTJ VARIETIES ARE NUMEROUS County ; Agent Gathers ; Facts as Jo Best. ; Types ' . DALLAS. March 14 Interest-.. Ins;, information on the varieties of wheat, oats and barley being grown in the 'Willamette Talley has been given out by J. R. Beck; county agent. Thirty-odd varieties of wheat. -27 of oats and 11 of barley are listed, out of . which only about six varieties of wheat, three or four of oats and two of barley are suitable. . Almost all of the Polk county farmers are using for fall wheat, white Holland, Jenkins club, rink and white winter, as this stands more ef a chance for Profit. In nearly every case they are using; the best three varieties for their wheat acreage, three of oats and two of barley. Y - . . For the best returns on barley O. A. C. No. -7 and Hannchen are recommended. Green winter is tbe favorite for eats, with three grain In second place while many farms are giving attention to Kanota oats. ' IS CENT 0110 TAX Governor Hartley Signs Bill Carrying Emergency Clause ; OLYMPIA, March 1 4 T h e oleomargarine bill, proposing a tax of 15 cents per pound on all butter substitutes sold within the state became law March 9, when it was signed by Governor Roland Hartley. The bill, carrying an emergency clause as it does, be comes effective immediately. The bill, when passed by the senate on February 2 by a vote of 34 to 7, carried the stock emer gency clause stating it was neces sary for the immediate preserva tion of the peace and safety of the state and its existing Institu tions. When carried to the house, its sponsors changed the .clause in hopes of making it air-tight, be cause of opinions expressed that the court might not hold ..the bill as being -an emergency measure. This clause reads as follows: "Whereas, the revenues of the state are insufficient to support the state government and its ex isting public institutions as at present organized, and this act will furnish additional and neces sary revenues now required by this state, andw ill aid in the im mediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety; there fore, this act is necessary for the Immediate preservation for the public peace, health and safety, support of the state government and Its existing public institutions Ore gon IN WASHINGTON Paper Cbiripari y Manufacturers of BOND LEDGER GLASSINE - , -vl ! GREASEPROOF, TISSUE Support Oregon Products ' "Tr Specify "Salem Made" Paper for Tour Office Stationery If you expect fine crops, you must plant good seeds. We offer you our forty years of experience in handling- seeds and are always glad to advise you as to the proper varieties. " : ;.''''.. I As You Sow, So Shall There is no business that the above saying may be applied to more to the point than the seed, business; We buy only from the very best most reliable growers arid offer you the best seeds that the market affords. Our seed annual Is free,r call or send for a copy. D. A. White & Sons ! Phone 160, 261 State St., Salem, Ore. Mrs Madelalna Catlfn, Vally News adltor of Tha Oregon Statesman, la aUo In char of tha market mws of th'a paper. Each Soaday aha, write aoeeerainc the rrlcnltural sewe of interest to valley Urnnri. Coatriba tioaa f. sarit art iariu4, and shall take effect Immediate ly." : i The hill with the above men tioned clause attached, passed the house - February 25 by a vote of 76 to 20, and was referred to tbe governor; The governor' signed the bill last evening, ; 1 ! Tax 15 Cents Per Pound 1 In accordance with the "-new law. In addition to the taxes al ready provided for by law, every distributor engaged In the sale of butter substitutes shall render a sworn 'Statement to the director of agriculture of the state of Washingon on the 15th day of each month, showing the quanti ties of all butter substitutes sold by him in the state during the preceding calendar month and old as shown by the statement, pay an excise tax of 15 cents pel pound on all butter substitutes sold as shown by the statement. Hazel Green Farmers Are Kept HAZEL GREEN, March 14 W, W. Rutherford has finished prum lnf his four acres of black rasp berles. He had a bumper crop last year, with prospect-of anoth er. Rutherford has a planting of Improved red raspberries. These begin- to ripen before the straw berries and continue until frot John Rutherford is to set six acres to strawberries this spring Peter Woelke is grafting Royal Ann cherries to sedlings. Woelke has three acres of cherries and two acres of pears and walnuts. The Japanese people are very busy In Lablsh. planting lettuce, James Yada has three acres: K. Itona one; R. Olsuki one. Small plantings were made before the recent frost. They were, not dam aged. : . On land leased from O. O. Looney, B. C. Zellnskl Is planting 12 acres of strawberries, 10 of Marshall variety, two of improved Clark's seedlinsr. The latter plants purchased of Jake Wurtx of Mt. Angel. IS FAVORABLE DALLAS, March 14 A real help to sheep men with the prob lems encountered during lambing period is a leaflet prepared br Dr. J. N. Shaw of the state college, and which may be secured from the office of the county agent. Some of the subjects covered are , stiffness; lameness, scours and sore mouths. This has been a very favorable season for lambing. Seth Fawk of Oak Grove reported that he had 26 lambs from the first 14 ewes. T. Ottinger on the Hawkins and V - T- . A . . . nooens ! piace norm in indepen dence, reported. that for over 600 ewes, the percentage of saved lambs was over 120. Ewes are said to be In good condition and lambs should be ready ( for an early market so as to command highest prices. Pulp arid . Busy V S