FOUR
MORNING nrniflTKB. EUGENE. ORECON. SUNDAY, MARCH 21, W
Seed Flax Growing in Oregon
By (J. 11. Hnlop, Agronomist at Oregon Kxiierlmeiit Station
' Soed flax, which l the kind of tanl m western Oregon In early
flax grown Cor seed production I planted tlnx. Tliu far Insects nro
nnlv. la used almost exclusively In 1 tint Sertoli In anv way. A Wei
the manufacture oC Unseed pit and ' August would make threshing
Ua by-product oil meal. The lin-1 hsnler
need oil la one of the moat lin-'the urn
porta nt constituent, paint and ! respect. I can ace HO great
the linseed oil me- i t one of the
beat of the concemrntk.1 dairy cow
feedi. During quite a number of
years the experimeent elation haa
tried various kinda of seed flax and
haa secured yields of as little as S
buahela an acre under some condi
tlona, many Instances of 10 bushels
or better, and from there on up to
14 buahela. I feci safe In estimat
ing an average yield per acre of 10
buahela on average grain land If
the crop la put In In good season.
Many growers of course will secure
better yields.
The Portland Unseed Oil com
haxards.
There Is no special equipment re
quired except that eoine grul.t
drills need flax rcducera which are
quite Inexpensive. Although It la
not absolutely necessary some
farmers may desire flax bunching
attachments for their binders. The
crop la sowed with ordinary ma
chines, la harvested with ordinary
harvesting equipment and threshed
with ordinary threshers.
Special llRluiwmuit to Dairymen
The company pcrmtta growers to
purchase at a reduced price lin
pany a branch of the American " ' Jo the extent that may
Linseed Oil company, will guaran-
' tee a minimum price of $3.63 pe
bushel for 1926. or the llululh cash
price If It la higher. They are nlao
willing to guarantee the Duluth
cash price for 1S27. Copy of their
contract la attached for your con
sideration. . As there will doubtless be a large
carry-over Of oorn In the east and
aa there Is a considerable carry
over of oats In Oregon, the chances
are that the oat price will be low
In 19J6. unless some wide-spread
calamity la The- shape of pest or
uh'avorahle season seriously re
duces the corn and oat crop east of
the Rockies. With this In view and
the guaranteed flax price, I believe
that farmera under average condl
lions, planting flax la good season,
'may net at least 15.00 an acre over
similar plantings of oats, except on
exceedingly rich land. But even
at that, the oat yields will probably
have to exceed so to 75 buahela an
acre, I feel safe tn a general
.recommendation that flax be plant
ed In lieu of oats In many places tn
Washington, Clackamas, Yamhill,
Tolk, Marion, Linn, Benton, Lane,
and Douglas counties In western
Oregon, . and In Wallowa, Union,
Baker, and Crook counties In east
ern Oregon.
Relation to Fiver Flax
Many soils unsuited' to long
.-Straw production have been planted
be produced from their delivery of
flax seed. Thia amounta to 9 7
pounds of oil meal for each (6
pounds of flax seed delivered. They
charge one-half the price per pound
for tho seed. At current prices this
is substantially lets than farmers
are paying for this valuable . row
feed, but It Is not mandatory that
they accept It If tho United States
flax seed price should fall sub
stantially below the company'
guaranteed minimum. The crop
looks very attractive.
How IKies It Affect Soil?
And now about the effect on
fertility. Flax Is not hard on tho
soil. It Is no harder on fertility
than a grain crop. A dollar's worth
of flax removes less plant food
than a dollar's worth ot grain.
Polks used to believe flax ruined
the soil. It was because ot dis
eased varieties planted too often
In succession on the same land.
Disease accumulated and limited
flax crops. Now flax growers know
that rotating crops and early plant
ing with disease resistant varieties-
assure good crope.
calculating the nitrogen, phos
phoric acid, and DOtosh removed, at
the current prices and the ' grain
and flax at prices Indicated, the
table shows that flax la not hard
on the soil.
Table showing acre value of
crops at specified prices and value
high school building and mouthers
ana leauw uiu a goou jon. wmiu on
ciitertalnmvnt put on by the Orange
supplied enough money to adorn
the grounds with amnio shrubs,
An Oregon Ornnge devoted one
meeting to a demonstration in
mending leaky tinware, greatly to
the Intcreat ot thrifty housewives In
that locality.
In one M'MiUaii subordinate
Orange the IbI" mvmbera raised
more than lAMft In cash tho pas;
year, as a welcome contribution
towurds the hull mortguge.
A combined Grunge audience of
twenty million people describes the
total ot meetlnga each year ho.d
by this vigorous, up-and-coming
farm organisation.
t
Much Interest haa been aroused
by the discovery that President
Coolidge's father and mother years
ago were active members of tho
Orange, In their Vermont home;
and tho President well remembers
as a small boy hearing Orange
"secrets" talked over at home when
he wua not supposed to bo listen
The Ohio State Orange has
launched a vigorous discussion
flavoring the employment 111 prac
tical trauea or tue prisoners con
fined In the various stato Institu
tions and all poaatlilo Orange In-
luence will be exerted towards the
adoption of such a system, follow
ing Its successful -operation tn othor
states. Jdleneas among Ohio
prisoners Is very pronounced and
the Orange will make a atrong
stand on this Issue,
TTabZtSS? Under ' nr g'radl.g 1' Pant foods semoved calculated
schedules for that crop It la mere
' Imperative that only the best surea
sous : should be planted to fiber
. (lax. '
v - Seed flax is much more certain
pt profitable production than Is
fiber flax where the straw length is
likely to tali Lolow 30 Inches.
The Portland Unseed Oil com
pany agrees to furnish seed, ap
proved by the college, at $3.60 per
bushel L o. b. Portland, which will
mean a per acre cost at most points
ot 1.6S to l.0 for that item.
Thirty-five to forty pounds an acre
is the recommended sowing. This
is no. more expensive than ordinary
planting of. wheat and really not so
expensive as wheat is this year.
1 Reasonably fertile grain land suf
ficiently Well drained to permit
'fairly : early working is good.
Medium to slightly heavy soils are
usually beat. Sandy soils.' shal
low soils or-those that dry out badly
are not so good.
Seed Bed and Sowing:
An early plowed, seed bed, well
'worked and free from weeds. Is de
sirable. It should be rolled down
firm, to prevent too deep sowing
and to assure moisture for prompt
generation.
Bow 36 to 40 pounds Ot eeed an
fa ore with it grain drill like grain.
,-Sow as early as possible when the
ground Is warm enough to sprout
peed quickly. Late March. and
early to mid-A,prH is best, late
April is good. May sowing Is more
. likely to be successful than grain
?nt the same time but Is not usually
r as good as earlier sowing except In
wet years.
' Diseases are few and uhlmpor-
at current prices for fertilisers.
Flax yield bushels an acre 10;
estimated price (3.63 bu,; esti
mated valuo per acre $36.30; value
of plant food removed by acre
yields 15.27. Oats, yield bushels an
acre 37.5: estimated price $2800
T.: estimated value per acre IK. 80:
value of plant food removed by acre
yields .15. Wheat. (Pacific Coast)
yield bnahels an acre. SO: estimated
price $1.25 bu.; estimated value per
acre. $25.00; value of plant food
removed by acre yields. $5.19:
Barley, yield bushels an acre, 25:
estimated price $30.00 T.; estimated
value per acre. $18.00; value of
plant food removed by acre yields,
$5.98.
Further, land that will produce
20 bushels an acre In spring wheat
or 17.6 bushels of white spring
oats will produce over 10 bushels an
acre of flax.
National Grange) Notes
National Orange Master Louis J.
Tobcr- has recently addressed big
farmers' meetings In more than a
doxen atates and has traveled thou
sands of miles since New Tear's
with many more long speaking
trips planned between now and
warm weather.
.
. Twenty-four new Granges were
organized In the United States dur
ing the month of January, with
many new fields under cultivation.
A Grange in Maryland assumed
the entire work of grading the
grounds around tho new township
Soil Rejuvenation Needed
tor Prune Crop
Winter Damage to Trees Most
Often Due to Weakening Re
sult from Lack of Proper
. Care and Nourishment.
la probably due to tho fact that the
grovo In on lower ground, where tho
temperature la naturally lower.
Differences In the amount of dam
age between clean cultivated groves
and those In cover crops may also
ho attributed to some other In
fluence than temperature, suoh aa
decreased vigor of tho tree, due to
competition from the cover ftrop, a
leas dormant condition of the trees
caused by more frequent Irrigations,
or Increased deposit of moisture on
Frunc orchards In some sections
of Oregon are run down due to
tho fact that In many cases the
soli was robbed for 60 years by
wheat growing before the trees
were set out, and the trees them
selves have been steadily allowed
to deteriorate since being set out.
Professor C. B. Schuster of Ore-ran
Agricultural college told the Ma-
non-roiK county ' realtors' asso
ciation at its meeting at Salem last
week. .
Two experimental stations are
being established by O. A. he
said, for the, purpose of determin
ing the best methods of reltivennt.
ing the prune trees in this section.
One station is established at the C.
H. Stevenson' place south of Liber
ty, and-seven miles south of Siinm.
The owner is established at the
farm owner br C. L. McCn.iii.tai- t
Shaw.
"We established our stations here
because the situation Is coming to
a head In thia section more, than
in any other." said Professor Schus
ter. "There is a lareer acrennt
and the trees are older, here than
anywhere else In the state."
"It la probable." he said, "that
the freezes of 191$ and 1924 found
the trees In a weakened condition,
due to lack of care, old age and
poor nutrition." Some farmers had
pruned their trees severely, others
had tried other things In some
cases, he said, but there had been
no completo and thorough attempt
to keep tho prune orchards in coa
dltion. Professor Schuster expressed the
opinion that tvldentally the prob
lem of rejuvenating the trees would
be solved. If at all. through cover:
crops, putting humus Into the soil I
foy mat metnod.
OrxUrd Covej- Crop Are
Generally Beneficial
Found lo Increase th Frost
llasard Sllnbtly nut not
enough to Damn go tho Fruit
to any Kxlent.
the fruit or foliage from dow or
frost. The cover iirop also nuts aa
n windbreak, allowing llio cold air
lo neonmulnto nmtr'tho ground, and
preventing It frum .mixing with Ihg
warmer ulr iihovo,
Oregon cherry gronveia are liable
lo have lliolr crops! rejected this
vivtr unless uiey siimy men- n-ei-ii
fin' oiicny worm,
two pc
mils;
7 fiimm. . whu niiim iu pultuns.
his noiiilt Is sufficient for spray.
rpiirniimiiiniy bu trees.
The weather bureau of tho
fulled Stales department of ngrl
culture haa conducted several ex
pnrtmentir In citrus growing sec
tions of California lo determine'
what Influence a cover crop has on
the temperature of the orchard
atmosphere on a frosty night. Pur
ple, vetch, a heavy volunteer crop
of broad Windsor horee beans, and
manv high weeds were Included In
the cover crop In these exportmoMa.
Tho conclusion reached wero
that while the cover crop Increased
the frost hazard very slightly, tho
difference made In the temperature
was not such as to damngo tho fruit
seriously. At a height of t feci
above the ground, tho air tempera
tnre was depressed by tho presence
of the cover crop only 0.1 degree F.,
and 1 degree F. at a height of 10
inches. Since thero la usually but
little fruit near the ground those
slight differences should have little
effect on the ilumugo to fruit.
In many cases Increased
UiVl year many yclnnt.
cherries wero refusmt neeiinae of ,T i ll
cherry worm, says C. l-ang. ox,,
tension specialist In he. t;tlcillliirs A',
the college, and this yetr lh rn.
ncra and other will rejryt nffec'.
fruit. Spraying for cheVry wos m
eliminates Hits comllllulU -
r '
ing
I ho 'Yliat when tho ntlult (Ilea up;
I'o IV ; llio second about 10 days
af rer (ho first; and lb third, about
week uflor tho seuoud. An-
oxlnmlely one pint to una qiiiu't
soiuiieu to tue iroe is turn-
ar Ji
in
fro
How to Control the Wait
Cherry Fly j '
Htimewhere from June 5 InJiino
30 Danger Dates, and I J")rny,
Ing with Poison Hulls I I ho ll Id
lie Carefully Dune,
( berries
Ms
That Entrap
erry sprays with llmo-uirnlti
soltillun of Iilculluo sulfata Injure
llio ciinnod product and are not I)
i -M.i r i
be used
The direction for spruvl
files are lo he followed elusely
insure cherries rreo from
maggots. I'omplole directions
us uuiaiueii rrom t no u, A. u ex
periment station olreular' 16, Cor-vallls.
'flood care of Oregon.
grown for cunning ptirpos
for. sprays that win not 111
cherries for canning.
llrom upproxlmatoly Ju
30, Uho ntlult fruit-cherry el
nean In the orchard and
ilnmngo ! abotrl throe, weeks. These (I
calls
uro U'o
6 to
Ilea an
lay for
s at Ing
the ithen y, pltu'lng I ho g I uuder
nenth the surface of the ski) 'l if tl,o
fruit,' henro tho adult (1 are
attacked. As It la their hallill to lap
up greedily any sweet sulHf.anue on
the surface ot the foliage during
this period, sweetened po Ison-bnlt
spray tpoiilmont haa been d evelopvd
to kill bliem.
Tho formula for Mis preparation
ot the poison bait la as follnwsi
lead arsmiate. one half pound; mo
laaassea or sirup, (neveir honey)
. Programs by Kl'O
Tho KPO Sunday features In
elude nii organ recital by Marshall
v. uiseiuian, piuying at the Call
fornlu Piilnce tit Via legion Tjf
minor; roiicuru ny ituby Hi
f airiiioiint llntul oreheatru.
Yiiihlio'a I'alnrn hotel orchesl
wahlemnr Lind a Stales rest
orcnvairn, and a dance program
iienry i misted a 1'ompellan
orchestra. During Ulaelman's re
dial Luulao 1. JVolbert, iueso-so
prano, will bo aTjlolsl.
V;
lelgor's I J
nurli'iit i Yr I -n
am by If ; ,M'"-XJ
Twn IH-rinlilons-Hero's
wlmt ouo schoolboy
wroio In his examination paper:
"The hen la the bird that lays the
ortwainsi, a oow is an annua
get milk rrom when tit
store Is olosod," Tho
Ui'ucer.
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grocery
Progressive
"Why does that do sit
tali me all the llmeT"
Natural ICllnuull
Diner: "Why does ilia
there and wnt
Walter: "You've got the plain.
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Progresalvo Urocer,
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"ram young. Hut I cai, l, 'w
way. lo multiply your ," ! i ,
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10 i'liuioe. 1 have consul,,.,, . "
gr.Hito.t seleiiilsts, uio must f, .
beaut!... In Iho world. Their !!
id made mo a noted Winy, Bl.
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by experis In n few preparuilnns.
o I am pliicinu Diem at every
woman's call. All toilet cuiinlurs
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to buy at this store. There's practically everything here
in clothing that men wear and at a cost so far under custo
mary prices that it isn't any wonder that the men are
flocking to this store. Suit sizes are complete. Many
styles and patterns at very, very low prices. , ij
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Let nothing keep you away Monday and Tuesday.
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