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COUNTY Jwmi THE TRADE CENTER OF POLK
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iuur opportunity ii here,
Ibk YOU READY?
h thinif are here.
f HE TIME IS NOW.
JVill yu ly hw'1' ulon them?
mie Bd tide wait for no rrmn, yet there Ii tide in the life of every
4n if tken l th flood ledB on to fortune and Independence.
fthil I" " thcr part of the globe can there be found a Renter diversity
4jMWtA resources a soil and climate that will produce any food plant
sir, vine or shrub cultivated by civilized men; water power, lumber, sugar
jits, hop, stock raising, pepermlnt, -walnuts pause a moment Indepen
and Polk county lacks one essential thing-more people and etill
, L people to develop thia rich heritage. Crowing slowly In population and
l.-lc.pinir commercially and Industrially with other towns In the state,
. jtill room, lota of room, for more peopleto the industrious, frugal, thrifty)
fJWr "J ambitious farmer, there is abundant of opportunity to engage
iri"us kinds of farming sugar beeta offers the secret of Increasing your
s,k scount. Consider well theae facta as vouched for by the ablest and
t lueccnnful farmers In the United States.
folk county, especially the vicinity tributary to Independence, assures a
: l living from its never-failing crop and a chance to earn a competency,
tafre Its extremely mild but embracing climate not only bespeaks health
long me uihht wie mosi enjoyaoie environments, but tohse conditions
,e the rout of living so essential to the man who can have some of the
nrs of life and yet earn more than he is compelled to spend. With the
make this city midway for all traffic between here and Newport.
Are you going to be of the far-seeing and wise ones desirous of bettering
your condit on, who shall seek and find here the fondest dreams come true?
i he people of Independence and Polk county will we'.come you and the
country will do the rest.
The ultra-conservative, those who are living In the past, will tell you that
if folk county I, such a good place In which to live, to make money and get
on in life, why has it not developed more rapidly whyhave not these opportun
Hies been sued upon? This problem Is now being satisfactorily and con
clusively solved, therefore the past has nought to do with shaping the verile
present.
The growing of sugar beets will largely replace hops, and while the past
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A farm scene along the new Valley -& Selitz Railway, showing the rich
country this new railway passes through.
seuson has been extremely" backward,yet ive haveconfidence thatTthis valley
mi suitable for this crop and within a comparatively few years will be the
leading product grown he-e. You, Mr. Farmer, are concerned with the now
the existing realities and the hope of the future, which, if acted upon with
intelligence, will inevitably lead you to find a home here where the dollar
and a chance to earn it, await you. The past is dead and can never live agin
The present is life, real nd earnest, and the future, the road to fortune. GET
BUSY. Do it now, and you will have no time for vain regrets. The Lord
helps those who help themselves. This is God's country. The building of
the new railway of the Valley & Siletz means that Independence will become
the metropolis and trade center of this particular section and is destined in
a few years to become the leading and most prosperous town in the county.
Satisfied the the excellent county fair held at the county seat
tho past summer and conceited over the records established at the State Fair
when this county captured first in its district in general exhibits and al30 in
the school district exhibits, and the success at the Manufacturers' and Land
Products Show in Portland, nailed down first prize for Polk county, over six
teen contestants, naturally the citizens of the entire county feel that their
home county is entitled to considerable recognition. The witness and artistic
arrangements of the exhibits in the county booth is credited to our efficient
secretary of the county fair, Mrs. Winnie Braden. The livesock that brought
home to this county one-third of the prize money at the State Fair was not
imported or even raised for the purpose, but was a fair example of horses,
cattle, swine, goats and sheep that are rised in this county, merely represen
ttive of the blooded livestock which exists here in such large numbers hat to
day thia county justly lays claim to being the home of one-third of the blood
ed livetsock in the state of Oregon. The agricultural and horticultural ex-
erably extended during the next few years.
In the United States the beet sugar industry has proved to be most sue.
cessful and has found its greatest development under irrif ration; in fact, most
of the sugar beets of the country are now produced wita the aid of irriga
tion water.
The expense of raising an acre of beets is so great that every condition
should be as favorable as possible in order to prevent losses. Unless the soil
and moisture conditions are favorable it is impossible to get a crop of sugar
beets sufficiently large to pay the cost of production. The cost of raising
an acre of grain is relatively low, and if the crop is poor the loss is slight;
with beets the farmer cannot afford to have a failure.
These conditions make it especially desirable to understand the water re
quirements of the sugar beet plant. A little increase in yield adds consider
ably to the relative net profit of the crop.
It is impossible to give rules for irrigation that apply under all condition,
but it is believed that the experiments reported in this bulletin will be direct
ly helpful to those having similar conditions, and they may offer gome tug
gestions to those having different conditions. 4f
The best amount of water to use, the proper time to apply it, the number
of applications, and other problems connected with the irrigation of sugar
beets necessarily vary in the different parts of the country and under differ
ing soil conditions,. In various places extensive experiments have been con
ducted on the water requirements of this crop, but in the review of the liter
ature only those closely connected with the experiments that follow will be dis
cussed. '
In a government report of irrigation and drainage investigations in dif
ferent states, data rfom Kansas show that with a seasonal rainfall of 13.7 in
ches the yields per acre of beets and sugar were higher from an irrigation of
5.31 inches on July 26th than from 5.7 inches applied April 12th, although
the percentage sugar was 1.2 higher for the early irrigation.The percentage
purity was higher for the beets not irrigated. The Colorado results indicate
that winter irrigation and early seeding favor a g'ood stand. With observa
tions on twenty fields, irrigated in the usual way, the average amount of
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Another farm scene taken along the new Vaiiey & Selitz Railway.
Beets shaped like 94 give a good yield and there is but little waste in topping
With beets shaped like 96 there is considerable waste. The shape can
be affected by irrigation.
hibits at the state fair and the Land Products Show are nothing out of the
ordinary. Owing to the lateness and dryness of the past season.the exhibits
this year have not come up to the standard of the previous years but tiie
same condition existed not only in this county, but throughout the state as
well as a greater portion of the United States.
With approprimately 500,000 acres of land within its boundaries and only
137 368 acres in cultivation and its population a little less than 15,000 it would
appear that the greatest need in Polk county is more people. There are
11,520 acres in the forest reserve and 451 in public lands, making a total of
11971 not patented or deeded. Approximately there is about 450,000 acres
in private ownership, and of this 260,000 are improved with 127,000 of this
uncultivated. There are about 180, 00 acres unimproved ana tnere are aoout
2880 acres in incorporated cities and towns.
From this it can be seen that there is a vast amount of tillable land now
uncultivated showing the great possibilities of development. Further, many
of the farms are of such large area that they could be cut up into smaller
sections. The average farm in this county is about 167.2 acres, there being ;
1557 farms comprising 98,564 acres. Folk county possesses almost any Kind
of soil known to the Willamette vaney anu in typograpny id icvei, iviiuig, (
hilly and mountainous. The bottom lands tributary to inaepenaence are
rich dark loam, exceedingly productive and adapted to a variety of ues.
The mountainous region in the western part of the county are either cot
j w;th timber or else have been burned off by recent fires which devastated
a wide area of land, which was ricely covered with timber. A number of
logging sections were completely destroyed with a loss estimated at several
thousand dollars. When cleared and ready for cultivation this land should
nroduce large crops. Soil that will raise tne giant wees mat nave giown
there should be capable of raising almost any crop.
TWP SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY AND ITS IMMENSE VALUE TO THIS
COUNTY AND 1aiki in i nana ib
By F. S. Harris Director of Experiment Station Utah.
Th ono-ar beeta crop during the last few years has come to be one of the
most important sources of income for farmers in many sections of the coun-
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in advance, in addition to the high type of farming that-usually accompanies
sugar beet raising, makes it probable that the sugar beet area will be consid-
water applied during the season was found to be about 15.6 inches. Most
farmers irrigated from one to four times with about 5.8 inches to an appli
cation. The total water used, including the rainfall, was not more than 24
inches, although some practised winter irrigation in addition. Cultivation as
sooii as possible after the water was applied was found to be absolutely es-.
sential to successful beet culture on this soil because of the crust formed by
the water. Failure toe cultivate deeply resulted in a "pinching" of the beet
which reduced the diameter and ma.de it grow in 'odd shapes. . -
Reading from experiments in Colorado in-1906 found that a-higher yield
per acre was produced from about .11.3 inches of water applied in two irri
gations than from larger quantities in three or four irrigations. The. iri
gation of every row by means of lath boxes produced a yield 1.2 times as
great as the irrigation of alternate rows by the same method, and nearly 1.5
times as great as the irrigtion of every row by the open-furrow method. In
1908 bout ten inches of wter pplied in two irrigations produced the high
est percentages of purity and the yields were lower than where larger quan
ties were used in three or four applications. Keeping the soil continually
wet reduced tonnage. The irrigation of every row resulted in a more eco
nomical use of water than the irrigation of alternate rows, while with either
method the use of lath boxes saved considerable labor.
He showed sub-irrigation can be practiced with good results on soils suf
ficiently impervious to permit strong lateral movement, but the loss was often
so great by evaporation and seepage that this method was not, as a rule, so
econoomical as surface irrigation. He concluded that too early irrigation
tended to make a turnip-shaped beet and produced an unusually heavy .
growth of leaves without a corresponding development of root. If the water
is withheld too long, the beet will begin to mature and so prevent its proper
development later. As long as the leaves look fresh and healthy in the early
morning, it is unnecessary to irriigate. Two to four applications of water
should be sufficient on ordinary soils. ,
According to Townsend, winter irrigation of beet land is highly beneficial
where the precipitation at this season is light.If the seed-bed is dry it is
much much better to irrigate before seeding than to irrigate the crop up, es-
pecialy in fields likely to crust after an irrigation. The beets should be car-
ried as long as possible after they are up before watering so the plants will
be forced to form long roots and, therefore, yield a high tonnage. The ac
tion and color of the plants are the best means of judging the time to irrigate
and quanity of water to apply. Furrow irrigation is much better than flood
A beautiful farm orchard taken along the Valley & Selitz Railway.
ing, especialy for small beets since excluding the air from the beet roots for
a few hours by flood irrigation causes the plants to suffer, particularly if a
permanent crust of silt is formed.
At the Sub-Station in Nebraska, Knorr found the best results when beets
were irrigated at such times as to keep the plants in good growing condi
tion from the time of thinning until about three weeks before harvest. Th
irrigations should be in moderate amounts and the soil never so dry that the
plants suffer for lack of moisture. It is desirable to cultivate the beets in
order to break the crust made by irrigating as soon as the soil becomes dry
enough. He also found that for sugar beets receiving three irrigations dur
ing the growing season, a yield of 1.6 tons to the acre more was realized from
land that had been fall irrigated than from that which was only watered dur
ing the growing season.
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