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Courty's Fruit Vawles By 1929, $50,000,000
Its Maximum Probability! in Such Crops Might
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Reach Great Yearly Total of $90,000,000
How Marion County Now Grows Fruit
" Marlon
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HISTORY
'At the time The Phez Company,
through its affiliated companies, start
ed in business, back in 1915 when
loganberries were a drug on the
market, growers were lucky to get 2c a
pound for theirberries and some, as a
result, had already started to plow up
their acreage.
The present market for loganberries
is 12c.
The Phez Company to date has spent
$600,000 in magazine space alone to
make the loganberry kown to the na
tional consuming public. It has spent
a far greater amount in market devel
opment through brokers, salesmen,
demonstrating, store advertising, etc.
The result is a demand for loganberries
and loganberry product that is now
making the loganberry the most profit
able fruit in the Willamette Valley for
the small as well as large farmer to
hande.
We give you these facts because it is
a matter of pride, even though, on ac
count of the high development cost, not
s yet one of profit to The Phez Com
Wny that it has been able to assist so
krgely in furthering one of Salem's
mosi profitable occupations.
The Phez Co.
TARI F TABLE 2 Lines Up the Principal Factors of this city's Manufacturing Development,
nuiu xttvj iu iui.v vuiuuim ictuiu uavca wm ue 1V1KJ to 1VZV). ine Values lor
are reduced One-Half to make them about correspond with those of 1909 and 1914
Fruits and
Vegetables
Gooseberries ........,
Strawberries ....
Loganberries ; ,
Cherries k
Prunes Tons 3
Apples Boxes 100
Grapes j Tons 1
Raspberries Tons 2
Peaches Tons 3
Beans (dry) Tons
Potatoes Tons
Onions (dry) Sks. 200
Cabbage ., Tons. 10
Yields per Acre
Average
Tons 4
Tons 2 .
Tons 3
Tons 1.5
.25
High
6 v;
4
5
4.5 :
8
300
3
4
10 :
.5
7.5
300
12
Price to the Farmers
Average . V High
Ton $100
Ton 160
Ton " 160
Ton . 160
Ton 60
Boxes 1.00
Ton 60
Ton 240
Ton 25
Ton 100
Ton 40
Ton 50
Ton 25
$150
300
240 '
200
120
1.50
100
360
50
120
100
75 .
30
Average
Acre
Value
. $400
... 320
480
240
' 180
100
60
480
75
25
"200
100
250
Fruit Possibilities Are Amazing
Were the 300,000 acres of land all in Loganberries, the Low Averasres miriit Dermit a countv
crop of 900,000 tons worth $144,000,000 Great Scott! beats all the grape stories in Genesis, or
somewnere, so tney iook exasperatingiy tames
And THAT yearly money crop would allow an average of $4,000 to 36,000 families! would pro
vide a good living for 216,000 people on the land, plus half as many more industrial and town folks,
or an aggregate future expectation that will entirely be realized (after decades of organization, edu
cation, specialization) of 324,000 citizens in Mar ion county (ad 108,000 in towns and cities, say
80,000 to 90,000 in Salem) THAT'S the kind of soil and Nature Soul that is ttossessed bv Marion
cdtanty !
Eight Crops Average $3,187 Per Acre .
And notice, the average practicable expectation from Marion county's soil, as shown bv the
Table is as follows from EIGHT different products:
Average Yield Average
Per Acre Acre Price
Gooeberries ....4 tons $160
Strawberries 2 tons 160
Loganberries.... ......3 tons 160
Cherries 1.5 tons 160
Raspberries 2 tons 240
Potatoes .... -.. 5 tons 60 . .
Cabbage .... - , - 10 tons 40
Prunes...... 3 tons : 25
Yearly Acre - From 10
Average Acres
$400 $4,000
. 320 3,200
480 ' " 4,800
240 2,400
480 4,800
180 1,800
200 2,000
250 " 2,500
$318 , $3187
... ' Averages
Here it will be seen that by the lowest lowest averages probable for years to come, ten acres of
Marion county soil will provide a good living for sfx persons if planted to any of the kinds of rruit
or two classes of vegetables.
And this is on the basis of ordinary skill and methods. . Gradually, farmers will carefully adapt
crops to soils. They will fertilize sufficiently, give the land ample plant food. They will cultivate
under instruction of thoughtful experience. They will market to the best advantage. The result
will be that the low average found in Table 4 will be constantly excelled, and when that day of wise
methods is here it's coming with absolute certainty ! Marion county can and will, provide good liv
provide good livings for 154,278 peoplcon the lands, for the 300,000 acres will then have an average
production of $300 or more. :;-t .,.,.,.;, .f
Maximum Possible Revenue '$90,000,000
And $300 times 300,000 is $90,000,000, or an average yearly living of $3,500 for 25,714 families of
six persons each meaning a farm population of 154,284. And Salem then should have a census of
at least 60,000, without depending upon its metropolitan business as a general Commercial-Indus
trial center. Glance at Chart D.
With addition of its state and educational institutions, its census may show 70,000 residents in 40
or 50 years, and eventually, it should be THE HUNDRED THOUSAND CITY !
Oregon's 1919 crops included 6,400,000 poundsof hops, all grown in Willamette Valley ; 5,200,000
bushels of apples some nice ones also grown at Hood River, and the Grande Ronde Valley ; and
Regal River Valley; 13,000 tons of berries; 4,000 tons of cherries; 514,000 bushels of peaches;
875,000 bushels of pears.
There are some other very sound reasons why Salem's fine future may now be predicted with
confidence, that will be discussed in the next Public article. '
Phezland Farms
There are still available in the Phezland Farms tract
400 acres of the finest river-bottom land in the Willa
mette Valley. This tract is situated about eleven miles
North of Salem in the South Bottom and Mission Bottom
Districts.
This land has been platted into twenty to thirty acre
tracts, of which ten acres are Loganberries and five acres
are Strawberries planted and growing. The balance of
the acreage may be used for building purposes and for
pasturage.
This Ifind has not been thrown on the market gen
erally because we are interested in selling only to home
seekers on the crop payment plant. Four hundred of the
original eight hundred acres have already been sold on
this basis and from the live inquiries at hand it is ap
parent that the four hundred acres available will-be dis
posed of quickly.
V If interested, We suggest that you get in touch
promptly by letter or in person with the Phez Farms Co.,
Room 409, U. S. National Bank Building, Salem, Oregon.
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