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About Albany daily democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1888-192? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1920)
LINN COUNTY FARMERS MAKE PROGRESS ON RANCHES DURING PAST YEAR; IMPROVEMENT NOTED COUNTY AGENT MAKES REVIEW OF YEAH FOR DEMOCRAT READERS ON NEW YEARS DAY: ' INCREASED PROSPERITY PREDICTED Ily 8. V. Smhh, County Agent The year Jutt closing ht generally been a profitable (hough trying on fur the average I. Inn County farmer. Ii'robahty nrvrr was a crop produced under more advert ronditinni than . ih it of the past yar. Help wai not only exceedingly hitch J prirrd but scarce and in muny nut impoealhle to find. Kippliea, mater ials and marhinrry ued to plant and harveat th erupt were fur the moat part, to expensive at to l) ilmo.t pro hibitive. Yet, on lha whole the job of producing Unn County's ihara of the wherewithal to ferd the peopla wai veil and very litis of It n loat be csute of lark of help to Kathrr it In. Thit w due to cloaer cooperation a nioiiaT farmers and systematic plan ni:i and exchanging of UIor. Al- ough prices received for crops and produce have .generally bren good ths ptufiU have not lieen "enormoua" a imttlmH charged, because of the yreatly increased coat of prod action. Much Corn I'lanlcd One very notlrahle fraturr of Linn County farming thi year wai the In mated acreage of corn. Thie crop l rapidly coining into favor in the county particularly aa iilage corp. In f ict It la nrarly completely etiailed this year that there will be difficulty It la feared, in finding a aufficirnt quantity of aeed com fur planting next years crop with out bringing in sred from the oulaido Thia ia not objec tionable if the imported rrd it grown under timilar or lai favorable condi tion! than thoae of Linn County. It it estimated thai the acreage of corn grown in the County thia year was double thit of bat year which was an lnrreae over the norma) .acre age. Moat of the eatimstea of the number of ailoa erected during th year place the increaae at about 10) prr cent over the number on the farm. 1uf year. Kilo flood Investment There ia no o (ration in the mlmla of farmen who think for themselves, that ths alio It a good Inve.inient j when properly constructed and fillej. There it alill, however, a lot to learn about making tilage under Willamet.e Valley conditions before the art It perfected. Immature, com does not nuke the beat silage and tomu who I have their flrat exiHrience with silage thia year may be disappointed with rt- ; tults and may condemn th tilo. Hut i that will not li ivu y weig!, in ' n.rn who hnve lr ! -' E.ore abo it a J at u tun of ain(,'n ::,ik ng from : fc cl -"irs rpe:lrnce V II h It. hirlit planting of corn will have to be dono by moat I. Inn County farmer a who ex- I pect to hive good silage. Thit and j car in tecuring early maturing var ict let of corn doubt leat, will tolve the , maturity problem. Another import- j ant factor in the same problem alio la the field telertlon of teed. The ear ly maturing ears when planted will tend to produce early maturing com. Vetch (Jood This Year Although the acreage of vetch waa vrry tmall due tap the fear of another aphis attach similar to that of laat year and alao to the scarcity and con sequent high price of teed, the yield was good and no aphlt trouble wai re ported. Thia crop, called by some , "Willamette alfalfa" it a moat val- ' uable hav and ailage crop eapeci ly when mixed with tmall grain, us ually out. Thit combination it ex cellent for the dairy cow and it val- . ued highly therefore by the dairymen at a milk producing hay or tilage. As a ailage it ia faat coming into popilar ily oi i can le rnaulcd ei ly In the aummer and fed when the usual dry weather comet later to cut down the Value of the paiturea. The trarcity of and demand for vetch seed will douhtleat make it a valiahle teed crop alto for the pre sent at least. Small Grain Cood The acreage of amall grain waa con- ! aidrrahly alwve normal thl year due to the high prirvt and appeal a of the Gov't to plant more wheat Yieldt wero unusually good on the whole and priest high enough to make these erupt profitable. Although the proportion of amall graltit to vetch and clover la thought by farmers to lie too high for tha good of the toil fertility of Linn Coun ly yet it it hoped that this will grad ually adjust Ittelf aa condition! drift back to normal. ' ' lllg Hay Crop The hay crop Wat larger thit year than 'Jtuai. Much of It cheat and mixed gran hay which it usually toii tudured as horae hay. Owing to the decrease in the number of hortet there It leaa demand for thia claai of hay than for "cow hay" (clover alf alfa and vetch) This paint It of con siderable significance in that It touches another teriout problem con fronting many valley farmers. Lend which It too wet to grow other cropt profitably hat been devoted to pro ducing cheat hay. Now that tha de mand for this claat of h-iy it decreas ing it will mean that drainage of wet landi will be ttill more necetiary. Drainage Is becoming more and more poplar at It It demonstrated that the Incrented yieldt and improvement in condition of the toil more than piyt for the Inveetment. Drainage Ihitrlrta I'lanned So urgent It thit necetaity for dain age becoming that the Ctriniy Agent receives many rrgurstt from farmeri for information in regard to farming drainage diatricts. Several of theae are being contemplated in variout nana of the County and it it predict ed that this will be the moat noticable feature of agricultural improvement in Linn County during the next ten years. Interest Growing in Fruit High price for berriet, prunes and mot other fraitt have attracted many people lo Linn County where theae arc grown with comparative eao. Whether or not the berry and prune business will be overdone' is a com mon question. Thoe who have kept in close touch with the. situation how ever are quite tanguine as to the out look for several yeart to come. New canning facloriet at Albany and Cor vallia and addition! to the Lebanon and Itrownaville cmnerie increased the rapacity of the local market for all kinds of fruit and some vegcta blet alch at beam and squash. Iletter Slock I pidemic A general trend toward purebred stock is noticeable in Linn County 1 where already there are mora breed- j era of purebred ttock than in any Coun ty of the state. A County Breeders' , ; association hai Jutt been perfected to ' further the interests of the breeders 1 and promote the use of better breed- , lug ttock. Thit organization will doubtlt'M do much to advertise Linn I CoJiity as a purebred stock (enter. I It hat about seventy-five members at preient. farmers Working Together Linn County farmers are learning , more and more how to work together and are attacking their common pro- blrms In an organized way through 1 a County Farm Bureau satiated y the ! I (.oi-nty Agent., Work during the pan year was 1 I I done along' several definite projects ! tuch ai rodent control, cooperative i, ttock shipping, wool and mohair pool- ' ing, letting out of fertilizer and lime, j coi n variety testa, flainage, poultry , culling, and boyt and gin, ti'ibi. Such work is done primarily t'nrr uirh ! the varip-Jt community coininlttcet elected by the people in their reprc- j tive comunitles each member of which , uctt at leader of a project on the com , munity program for improvement. , It is l.ttiev-d by Agricj.turai Cj - i men that thit feature of farmers co- ' ' operative work it the mott promit- 1 ' ing of any development a!ong that ; , line for many yean. It it proving i . to be true wherever It hat beenput into practice. Linn county now has nineteen committeet at work and much . progrets will be expected in those com' mutinies during the coming yeart. Others are to be organized during the coming year. WATCH LINN COUNTY GROW! ! Another field of three acres yield 1 ed 100,000 plants or f 100 an acre aa j a mere by-product of tho tmall fruit Induatry. 1 There it going to be the greatest I potaible demand for tmall fruits and ! for new plant to exted acreage and ' all tho-jld help supply them. MAXWEL DEALER HAS MANY SALES Waldo Anderson & Son Re port Rig Business With Prospects Good A nliPairi At fsL.fi ll aaV !.., in tha aeed, implement and automobile bu.lJ ',"f "ld " "bl " wht or ness in Albany they have built op a fine trade and have won the confidence of large circle of clients The junior member of the rm, Oren Anderson, is special sales manager in the auto-1 motive end of the business and during Small Fruits Thoroughly Tented Small fruitgrowing for Jim plants, canneries, juice factories and evapor ators hat passed the experimental com. For over twenty years wettern Washington and Western Oregon and northern California have grown ber riet and tmall fruits for maket. The first loganberry plants Were set the four years that they have handled : out in tt Willamette valley twenty the Manxwell car and truck and other J"r K P'n, directly from the makes of cars he has sold between I 'nrra ' ,ne originator. MO and 600 vehicles in thia territory, j The originator of this combination Besides the Maxwell, the company be'ry. crott between the wild black handles the Chalmers automobile and ' berry and the red raspberry was Judge an increased demand for this type of 1 Logan of Canta Cruze, Cal. car ia expected during the coming I From this planting the cultivation year. (of thit amall friit was extended all Besides carrying a full line of agri- j over the territory wett of the Cas cultural implements of all kinds the I cade mountains, and ttill going. Andersons do a large commercial aeed; Crops at high at 13,200 pounds to business and buy a large amount qf i the acre have been harvested and an clover and other seeds each year, j average yield of about four tons to They also operate a cleaning plant. Mr. Anderson reports an excellent business during the year Just closed and has confidence in an even greater volume of business in 1920. Small Fruits Industdy Growing In spite of the damage done by re cent cold i nap to tome berry vines the acres was made last year. Small fruit crops have become so important and profitable that the suc cessful grower will have to give more attention to cultip-ition. The 'Jte of lime fertilizer and sheep manure is recommended by men fam iliar with the businets.. Frightful Experience. "What was my moat thrllllnz expe-, rlencej" muted the ex pilot. "Ah! I, could never Turret It. It was a bright , tiirllKlit night, hut the lurid flashes i around us otwurvd all else aa we . sped through the air. The advancing! enemy waa liurd uxin 'J. while all, around we hiord the weird, savage niunlc so teriihly famlllnr. and the thu'l as of a thimrand fulling meteor. I We dived. Iinmh. eorkterewed till our I seoses were minil.el. I felt a shurp pnln In my right fiHit, n dull weight In my utile--I was falling, falling and knew no more till I found tnyaelf tying on the ground budly smaahed tome hours later." "And that wn really your record aerl'il enk'HKenienlT "No." he replied; "It was my flmt ex-rtment with 'he Jnxz." Pitts burgh (.'hrnniclc-THestnph. fM Phm lnr4lr.t that had been put op on the trellietes, j Ralph Green of Portland was in the increased acreage is going in rapidly. ! city today to visit his parents Mr. and All berry vinet and cones left down Mrs. W. J. Green. ' will make more roots and plants than Returned Front Portland ever from the toil enriched by the j Miss Lillltn McKmnry returned heavy snow fall. home yesterday from Portland where Tipt and plants will be multiplied ' she had been to vitit her sister. and will be more valuable as part of the crop and all growers should pre pare to save them. At an example of what can be done two boys in western Oregon haye tak en up and told nt ?3 per thousand 230,000 strawberry plants. They have djne this dui.ng the month just before the storm and what is mo j important ".hey took the plants from a ten acre field. That it . .69 an acre for plants, and before spring there will be as many more rooted and ready to take up for new plantations. Went To Dever Herb Shultx left on the morning electric for Dever this morning on a business trip Visits Parents Here Dr. Van Bilyeu returned to his home in Portland this morning after spend ing Christmas here with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. M. V. Bilyeu. Mrr. Eilycu rema'rud for a longer vis?t. From O. A. W. M. Dinwiddie a indent of the O. A. 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It is an out ward sign of thoroughbred quality of recognized value. All over the world today thce are Hudson owners over 60,000 of them drive Super-Sixes. The Hudson has established itself as the moderate priced fine car. It is the recognized leader in its class. It is ' thoroughly at home and in keeping in any 'assemblage of quality cars. In body lines and appointments, Hudson has always been the leader. In per formance! the Super-Six has set rec ords that no car, regardless of price or class, has equaled. , To thousands of motorists every where the name Hudson Super-Six and the White Triangle have become synonyms with quality, performance and pride of ownership. -TT-a u.nai..C.. rtV . as lis l ittfT 'iJ Here is the "SIX" You asked for EH DO YOU KNOW THAT HUDSON BUILDS THE ESSEX? Hudson Engineers Designed the Essex IT EXPLAINS WHY Through Sheer Ability and Without Other Inducement 20,000 were Sold Last Year. Essex succes has not been accidental. 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