The Valley AgncuMurmit
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Work
Editor's Noto
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The Diversified Interests of
Willamette Valley Fanners
Markets - - props - - Farm Home - Livestock
FARM RADIO
QPIGS VARIED
Growing and Marketing
Problems Discussed by
Experts
' 'With grain prices low, . the
farmer can obtain, partial relief
hj reducing his marketing costs,"
explains E. N. Bates, in. charge of
Pacific Coast grain and rice in
vestigations for the bureau of ag
ricultural . economics, in connec
tion with his radio talk of Wed
neaday, April 29. to be broadcast
during the department of agricul
ture period of the Western Farm
Home hour from eight stations
associated with the National
Broadcasting company.
"Marketing costs can be re
duced to a considerable degree",
Bates continues, "by employing
the bulk grain handling method
which has been proven to be both
economical and efficient by the
farmers of this country and oth
er countries who use It."
- Other department . programs
for the week April 27 to May 1.
Inclusive, will Include a surrey of
the recreational features of Mon
tana National forests and the
weekly market reviews of grain,
dairy and -poultry products, live
stock, fruits and vegetables. -
The complete program for the
week' follows: -;
Monday; April 27: "National
Forests of Montana," Regional
'Forester E. W. Kelley, U. S. For
est Service;' "The Grain. Market
Situation," Frank 1 Lyons, bu
reau of agricultural economics;
"The Week with the Farm
Board," dispatch from federal
farm board, Washington, D. C.
Tuesday, April 28: , "Maintain
ing the Underground Water-table.
A. T. Mitchelson. senior Ir
rigation engineer, bureau of pub
lie roads; 'On Dairy and Poul
try Markets," Frank H. McCamp
bell, bureau of agricultural econ
omics; "With Western Farmers"
It. H. Lamb, office of Informa
tion. Wednesday, April 29: "Mar
keting Early Spring Lambs," W;
E. Schneider, bureau of agricul
tural economics; "Reducing
Grain Handling Costs to Meet the
Present Economic Situation," E.
N. Bates, bureau of agricultural
economies; "With Western Farm
ers," R. IL. Lamb. ... . - .
Thursday, April 20: "Current
Features in Food and Drug Con
trol," Perry B. Clark, federal
food and drug administration:
"With Western Farmers," R. H.
Lamb. "
Friday, May 1: "Weeds in Re
lation to the Sugar Beet Leaf
hopper and the Curly-Top Dis-j
ease," Eubanks Carsner, senior !
pathologist, bureau of plant in-'
dustry; "On Fruit and Vegetable
Markets, Carl J. Hansen, bu
reau of agricultural economics;
"With Western Farmers." R. H.
Lamb.
The Western Farm and Home
hour Is broadcast from 12:15 to
1:00 p. m. Pacific Standard time
(1:15-2:00 p. m., mountain stan
dard time) by the following ra
dio stations associated with the
National Broadcasting company,
KGO. Oakland; KQW, Portland;
KOMO, Seattle; KHQ, Spokane;
KECA, Los Angeles; KSL, Salt
Lake City; KFSD, San Diego;
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.WOODBURN. April 18. Work
'In the Ray-Brown cannery, locat
ed at Woodburn, will begin In
about 30 days, according to au
thorities at the cannery. The work
will start sometime between the
middle of, May, and the first of
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; The registration books are now
- omb for rertatrstlnn i nr
Uve employes, and already sever
al nunarea men and women have
applied. Preference will Iva hh
- to-local people; as has been done
, i io ma put uooteaerriet will be
i the first fruit put up for the com
4 In season. -
Great - quantities of fruit . have
u vn out inuue.canDen
wanaoBies ima winter,, and It is
possible that, all the canned fruit
. will be disposed of before the can
nery work starts arain. ! I,
'- Prediction. CO nrn In thm nut-
look for this year's fruit are very
. difficult to. make,. According to D.
Q. Ray. superintendent, of the
Plant. The kind of :wt)ir i
tween now and harvest, time; will
. wrgeiy determine the kind of
-season th rinnm win k, t
eannerr' heads as tlj!tat-'An. tit
rable trouble i in V selling their
.- goods, due tail prevailing business
condition. General cnnrfitirtn.. . t-.
thooght to be no better than last
A program of general repair
- has been coins on all win tor- nit
fall, and this week the boiler re
ceived , Its ; yearly overhauling.
Great amounts of paint make the
tannery Clean and attractive, and
- m snape.xor a, long run. -
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VALSETZ. April 18 Henry
Patton. Is going into the chicken
business. ; he has purchased' over
1000 baby chicks, j ' - I -
He kept them in a temporary
.Mr ken house until he. i finished
baildlng the chicken yard, and
large building he has been work
ing on In spare time the bast two
or three weeks.
BIT
. lie , finished , the
building, last
New Ideas in Growing Peas
And Cucumbers Worthy of
Consideration by Gardeners
: The earliest of all round eeed-t
ed Alaska peas are breaking the
soil with their first germination
as the main season for wrinkled
peas rolls around. i The highest
Quality peas are of the wrinkled
type.- There t Is a theory . that
more wrinkles the more sugar.
Whether this is scientifically
borne out or not Is a question,
but at any rate a wrinkled pea is
a sugary pea when picked at the
right time, j
Dwarf peas are the popular
ones for the home garden be
cause they do not require the
extra attention or being provid
ed with' brush, trellises or wire
fencing on which to climb. While
the tall varieties give bigc-r
crops, the average garden-.-fers
the dwarf types. Of these
noneJa suoerlor to Little Lia. . .
as JKe of the dwarf est of the IV.
ana of a quality that Is above
criticism. " Laxtonian Is the a.ua
of sugary Quality and Is a giant
podded type similar to the tall
kinds In a low growing jvarlety.
It can be grown without support
but is better for it as It makes
more ' growth than Little Marvel.
A selected strain of Laxtonian
of even finer grade is Laxtonian
Progress. Hundredfold is an
other excellent dwarf pea, the
name denoting its point of ex
cellence, heavy bearing. In tall
early varieties Gradus Is stand
ard. It Is as good as the best.
Thomas Laxton Is another excel
lent tall pea from the English ex
pert pea breeder. All tnese are
the earliest varieties, taking
from 55 to S5 days to mature to
edible slxe. !
Alderman and Telephone, both
tall growing, are standard mid
season kinds, and Telephone and
Dwarf Telephone are standard
late types.
The edible podded or sugar
peas are highly esteemed-'abroad
but ' have never appealed - to
American gardeners, vegetable
growers being notably conserva
tive. They ' are eaten pod and
all, the pod being snapped like
a string bean. The entire pod
has the sugary quality of a high
gradekea and they will provide
a valuable novelty. Once tried
they will be kept In the garden.
Giant Butter and Melting Sugar
are two of the modern types.
They are . an excellent shell pea
when' the seeds have matured
sufficiently to be past the pod
stage. If you have never grown
this French : idea of the pea-, it
will prove an attractive novelty
in your garden. Try at least a
packet. They are good as a suc
cession crop.
Old Ideas die hard, particular
ly In vegetable grovjng. The
rvM0 - va wuvoivio1 La x? v i
more persistently in this line of
gardening than In any other com
mon pursuit. One of these is
the growing of cucumbers. Ac
cording to ancient theory there
was only one way to plant them.
That was la hills outside when
the weather became reliably
warm the middle of May at the
week and moved the flock of
chicks and In so doing lost some
20 or 30. ;
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motorcars.'
- r For one thing, design is different a n d
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low center of gravity. Low swung lines create
refreshing grace and beaut low-swung weight
gives perfect balance and greater safety.
Engineering is different monr advanced. The
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flashing pick-up in traffic sprintsanother high
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Cucumber Grows la : Boxes on
Porches Serve - Dual Pnrpoee
earliest, and then let them run
over the ground. ." ' . u
The modern gardener . doesn't
hesitate to start his encumber
seed tn seed boxes as he would
tomato "plants and then trans
plant them for early cukes. Also
he gives them strings or wire
upon which to take their natural
ly ambitious course upward as a
vine. . l ':
They are even grown at times
on sunny back porches as Tines
and serve a dual purpose. The
yellow bloom of the cucumber Is
not altogether lacking in orna
mental value for this purpose.
- Start seeds of3 cucumbers de
sired for . early crops In late
March or early April in seed box
es or flower pots. Three or four
seeds spaced properly in a five
Inch pot give the bill of cucum
bers already going which can be
turned out of the pot and Into
the ground without any disturb
ance of the roots. The modern
growers who furnish cucumbers
for market during the winter
months grow them in greenhous
es where the vines run straight
up to the roof, making growth of
from 10 to 20 feet. They will
make a vigorous growth in the
open if given the support to
climb. A tendril bearing plant,
climbing Is the natural habit of
the cucumber, so there may be
no need of fearing to try the ex
periment of growing cucumbers
as upright vines.
The early started cucumbers
should, of course, be supplement
ed by the open-air planting at
the traditional season In the
open ground. The use of the cu
cumber has become more and
more widespread as salad mater
ial and even cooked in its nearly
mature form, sliced and used
like the eggplant, an Italian dish
highly esteemed, which has been
adopted by 'American cooks. The
cucumber likes a combination of
heat, moisture and rich soil.
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Performance is different more fascmatwt.
Only a Chrysler will give 'you Chrysler speed,
Chrysler acceleration and Chrysler smoothness.
Chrysler performance speaks, fog itself. The
Chrysler Imperial Eight, for instzner, now holds
twelve A. A. A. Contest Board stock car speed
records for one to five miles.
? Drive a Chrysler Chrysler and learn
for yourself the differences that make Chrysler
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He Went to the Farm Be
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By LTLLIE M. MAG EE
RICKEY, April 18 One of the
most modern farms in this com
munity Is the Pudding river stock
farm owned by Mr. and Mrs. C.
A. Warner. . . - :i
Mr. Warner was a Salem bus
iness man but moved to the farm
because he likes to make things
grow. Ho also likes to grow the
best of everything and make an
arte produee as much as possi
ble. .. .. -
The farm ' the Warner's pur
chased ' was considered a good
farm but there were possibilities
that had not been developed. :
Mr. Warner decided Part of his
farm would produce more if tiled.
He at once proceeded to tile. Not
then is the- production increased,
but one Is able to work . the
ground earlier In . the spring.
A creek ran through the .farm so
Mr.. Warner secured ' a .water
right and put in a sub Irrigation
system. ..
. - Homse la Modern ... .
. When Mr. Warner purchased
(he farm the house was In good
condition but did not have mod
ern conveniences. He had it re
modeled and It la now modern la
every respect but lta former hom
ey aspect has not been destroyed.
The outbuildings were also re
modeled or rebuilt.
Mr. Warner studies his soQ and
when he finds what la lacking
supplies it and his land responds
and produces better crops.
Several years ago he put out
an acre of loganberries and on
that acre produced about, as
many' berries as the ordinary
grower produced on five acres.
This is only one of the crops with
whlcb he has succeeded.
The past three years he has
been experimenting with a new
variety of wheat, 'the . name of
which has not been learned. Mil
lers in the county are unfamiliar
with it.
' It was found in a cave in some
foreign land and has a solid
sweet stalk. From one head Mr.
Warner has in three years rais
ed nine bushel.
Good Stock Secured
When the Warner's stocked'
their farm they tried to get only
good Stock. They have purebred
Cotswold sheep that have won
prizes. Rhode Island Red ehick
ens. Ayrshire cattle, Holstein
cattle from some of the beet
herds in the northwest and Berk
shire pigs. Andy 5 who was re
serve grand champion-and Junior
champion boar at California state
fair last, year was one of Mr.
With these furnished there will
be an abundant cucumber crop.
taking the precaution to nip the
first fruit formed as the vine has
a trick of stopping to get this
first born of Us family on the
way before it produces any more.
The main care in growing cu
cumbers and others of their
family Is to kill off the great
army of Insect pests. .
erence
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; FRONT VIEW NEW DE SOTO SIX
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Single oar tmntper he De Solo crest done ia colors and xnoantcd on
the Beedlamp cross rod. Radiator fans narrow profile design. New
doable-drop frame providing low center el gravity, ease of handling
and mavlmnm safety Is an owtstanding feature.
EARLY HOME IS FOUND
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First Brick House in Oregon Still Standing
SHORT WAY FROM HERE
By MRS. ALLTN NTJSOM
The building of . the first brick
house in Oregon is an Incident
of note and the life story ef the
adventurer and settler, George
Gay, . who put up the structure
on his homestead, is filled with
Interest. The house, which was
erected in 1843 and which was
used as a marker in determining
the boundary lines of Yamhill
county the same year served as
a home for SO years: and la now
a ramshackle shelter for sheep.
Before Gay built this brick
"mansion he often traveled,
taking with him his pretty In
dian wife who -took care of his
children, his horses and his
household. Many times his ad
ventures took him into encount
ers with the Indians; and he was
often in imminent danger of los
ing his life, once having re
ceived a stone arrowhead in his
back.
In 183S Gay became a member
of John Turner's overland party
to Oregon. . At the "Point of the
Warner's i rs. Wther of Mr. War
ner's pigs have also won distinc
tion. .
v Mrs. Warner lsa great lover
of flowers.
Die Scdtod
Consider these important features of this fine
Eight: 77 -horsepower engine, tasuring split
second acceleration, smooth high speeds and
effortless lull flirnhftig Four -point engine
upenion with rubber mountings at front and
rear to power impulses
to - frame and body , internal weatherproof
hydraulic brakes- the safest, surest type
made always .perfectly 'equalized and soft
and positive in;aetion
Blender profile radiator ac- .
-centuating long "sweeping
lines and low-swung appear- f
ance Scientifically designed '
' springs, controlled by . four. ..
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When yon
360 Marion Street
Russellg i Garage
Corvallis
Peff ers Garage
. Dayton;
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Rocks" on the bank of the
Rogue river the party , was at
tacked. : Two men were killed
and. the others wounded. ' When
the' five' survivors reached "the
head of the Willamette they dif
fered as to the courses to take.
The party needed shoes. - Gay
cut np his buckskin breeches
and made moccasins for all,
then struck off alone along the
foothills and reached Sauvies
Island, making the 600 mile solo
tramp naked except or bis shirt
and was nearly eaten alive by
mosquitoes in the Columbia bot
toms. The others reached a mis
sion near Salem in a half
starved condition. -
Gay took up a homestead and
built Oregon's first brick house
in 1843. Within a few years he
was one of the wealthiest cattle
men . in the country. However,
before he died at Wheatland
October' 7, 1882, he had lost
most of his property. .
To reach this house from Sa
lem go - out Wallace Road past
Lincoln. Turn to the right on
the Wheatland ferry road whicn
is about three miles beyond Lin
coln. The house ia on the left
side of the road about one mile
this side of the ferry.
and up, f.o.b. factory
fiew y
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sec a. slender profile radiator? thinlz
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FIELD CROPS LEAD
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Oregon. Farmers get 31
Per Cent of Income
. . From Fields
OREGON STATE COLLEGE.
Corvallis, April 18 Field crops
of ,. Oregon continue to produce
the biggest share of the cash In
come of Oregon farmers, the Ore
gon State college extension ser
vice reported today.
A study Just completed on the
average cash income during a five
year period. 1924 to 1928 shows
that out of an average annual
eash" Income of $121,000,000, 31
per - cent was realised from cash
crops with wheat still the leading
one. . Cash sales from animal
production., other than poultry and
dairy, were : next . In Importance
and were 24 per cent of the to
tal. Horticultural products rank
ed third with from 1? to 18 per
cent. The sale of dairy products,
which has increased greatly in
present years, formed 16 per cent
of the cash income from 1924 to
1928. Poultry,. another growing
industry, forms from 7 to t per
cent of the cash Income.
Five sixths of Oregon's farm
eash Income over these five years
was derived from the sale of the
following products: . wheat, dairy
products, sheep and wool, cattle
and calves, eggs and chickens,
hogs, apples, hay, hops, potatoes,
pears, dried prunes, oats, cherries,
strawberries and barley.
- The average "cash income" of
8121,000,000 ''represents the
amount of money actually receiv
ed from sales after allowance was
made for seed, feed and food us
ed on the farm. The average
"farm value" of crops during tbo
years from 1924 to 1928. was
about 895,000,000 and of animals
products over 867,000,000.
Farm Flashes
From Canada
- Being Interesting items culled
from Canadian sources by the
Canadian National Railways agri
cultural department:
Canadian farms in 1930 show
ed an Increase of more than one
million in the poultry population
over 1929, this Increase being
almost entirely in hens and chick
ens.-
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Fruit and vegetable canning
factories of Vancouver - and dis
trict turned out more than 1,500,-
mi
to insure complete riding comfort over any
road . Unistecl body, welded into one solid
piece, without seams or-joints to squeak and
rattle - the strongest, quietest, safest type of
body obtainable Roomy, - handsomely ap
pointed interior, with new Frcnch pleat uphoK
stery and hardware in the modern manner All
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these and many other, desirable attributes of
j complete and permanent
DEALERS
Sumpter.
City :
000 cases during 1930. an Increase
of over 350,000 oyer 1929, and
beating the previous record year
of 1928 by 80,000.
' Eleven carloads of a special
quality Canadian wheat have re
cently been shipped from central
Saskatchewan destined for China,
The grain has been shipped from
four points in Saskatchewan,
namely Melville, Cans, Dernle and
Canora, and was sacked at Van
couver before being loaded on
ships for the orient.
. One of the large honey produc
ers of western Canada is Duncan
Chalmers, who lives near Edmon
ton,' Alberta. Last year he pro-,
duced 8000 pounds of honey from
56 colonies of bees, .which had a
value of 31500. Mr. Chalmers al
so had a net revenue last year of
$600 from his poultry. He car
ried 300 White Leghorns, which
means a net revenue of $2 a hen. .
Canada's average yield In pota
toes last year was 142 bushels per
acre, the total yield being nearly
82,000,000 bushels.
Fruit and vegetable canning
factories In Canada now total
about . 300, with an annual pro
duction valued at about $40, 000,
000. i
. Canada has some three billions
of dollars Invested In her trans
portation systems. Including rail
way and steamship lines, another
two billions in motor highways,,
and a billion In hotels.
F. C. Elford, Canada's poultry
husbandman, and past president
of the world's poultry congress,
has been named by Premier Mus
solini, of Italy, as a member of
the executive council for the fifth
world's poultry congress which is
to be held In Rome in 1933. ,
' Canada has about one-sixteenth
of the known coal resources of the
world. - ,
A' promising discovery of lead-slne-sllver
haa been made north of
Port Hardy, Vancouver island.
- The completion of the steelwork
on the new Canadian National
Railways hotel at Vancouver
makes , the topmost point of the
cupola the third highest structure
In Canada. It Is exceeded by but
two buildings In Toronto and is
the largest piece of construction
work ever attempted In western
Canada. , The topmost point of the
cupola will reach approximately
370 feet and oven 10.000 tons of
steel were used In the construction
of this massive frame. Workmen
are now busy with the stonework
and pouring concrete for the va
rious floors. It Is expected that
the hotel will be ready for occu
pancy In 1932.
motor car satisfaction
are embodied in the De Soto
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and confirm our statement ,
that no Eight of compar
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