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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
O rchard and G arden
Famous Orchards
relativ o to sending th e ir fru it in
spectors to a special week of Inspec
to r s ’ S hort Course a t th e Oregon A gri
cu ltu ral College, which P rofessor Lewis
has promised to in au g u rate if su ffi
cient counties respond to ju s tify the
tim e and expense.
“ The tendency would be to cause in
creased efficien cy on the p a rt of the
inspectors and unite th e h o rticu ltu ral
in terests more clo sely ,” said Mr. R ob
erts. “ The course would touch upon
all subjects p e rtin e n t to the fru it
grow ing industry, w ith reference to our
own locality, also touching upon all
phases of the cultures of th e fru it from
the time of bloom until ful, develop
merit, to g eth er with d a ta on picking
grading, packing, e tc .”
“ The fru it interests, including grow
ers. shippers and dealers, will welcome
such ste p s ,” said A. P. B ateham , vice
president of the N orthw estern F ru it
Exchange, when asked his opinion.
“ The in terests as a whole should be
unanim ous in th eir aproval because in
creased efficiency in inspectors will
cause increased efficien cy of all con
cerned. The county courts will see the
wisdom of complying w ith th is request,
it is hoped.”
The TRUTH At Last!
Garden Notes
about b ak in g pow der ingredients
is published in B ulletin No. 103
of the D epartm ent of A gricul
ture.
H E ‘ ‘ C ountry G entlem an ” of Ju ly
Y M A KING a Buccession of seeding
Crescent Baking Powder
18th, in d esen o in g the fam ous
o f the peas, lettuce, radishes and
Congdon O rchards of W ashington,
beans these vegetables will be pro
m eets all th e requirem ents of a
hap th e follow ing in terestin g d ata con
vided throughout the summer and fall
P ure Food Product.
cerning them :
season.
“ Two huudre and six miles of tree
Give th e garden thorough cultivation.
rows, w ith 35,700 apple and pear trees,
I t should receive as much atte n tio n as
tO feet ap art, make up the Congdon
any cu ltiv ated crop on the farm . Above
O rchards, said to be the larg est in
all th in gs do not p u t o ff the care of the
W ashington and the larg est under ir r i
garden fo r rainy days.
g ation in the I’nitcd S tates. They con
W hy not give the children a small
tain 386 acres and are the pro p erty
garden patch th a t they can care for
of < lu s te r A. Congdon, a M innesota a t
th e ir very own; let them c u ltiv ate and
torney. The Congdon O rchards are a
care fo r th e vegetables and flowers,
million dollar proposition.
It is e s ti
and fin ally let them sell the produce.
m ated th a t in a few y ears they will
The c h ild re n 's garden will teach obser
produce 400 carloads of selected fru it.
vation, industry and responsibility.
F ig u re 630 boxes to a car, g et the net
B etter results will eoine from tra n s
CRESCENT MANUFACTURING
p ro fit for anv y ear on each box, tak e
p lan tin g vegetables into the garden if
COMPANY
the to tal as 8 p er cent of the value
it is done on a cloudy day.
and the result is the com m ercial value
Seattle, - ■ Washington
of the orchards.
K eep the tools bright and in good
w orking order. When through with
The real value is more than th at,
them place under cover. Build a cup
how ever. This is an experim ental farm ,
boaril in the woodshed, on the back
a nursery and a co u n try estate. One
porch or in the carriag e house for the
tra c t co n tain s two trees ta c h of 150
kinds of fru its and nuts. There are
garden took1.
2,4oo shade a ad orn am en tal trees each,
Too much care cannot be exercised
lining five miles ami a h alf of drive
in covering seed properly. The tend
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way». Aside from th e tw o old fam ily
eney is to cover too deeply. Such
H E R E is probably n othing more r e crops as onions, squash, parsnips and
orchards th a t were on the tra c t when
m arkable in these days of rapid lima beans push up the shells of the
Mr. Congdon bought it the oldest trees
progress than th e am azing develop seed itself and find it d iffic u lt to force
arc seven years, most o f them three
years old.
F ifteen carloads of fru it ment of the Island C ontinent of A us th eir way through a very g reat depth
were harvested in 1912.
In 1918, tralia.
of e arth a fte r it is packed down by
The developm ent of an activ e irrig a rains.
600,000 apples and pears will be h an
GLASSES BY MAIL
dled daily during th e p icking season. tion policy has brought about a new era
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G ive p lan ts in the garden a chance
'I he Congdon land is located in t he cen of closer Mcttiement. The advancem ent to grow. P len ty of room and fe rtility
The name kind you pay others four and
te r o f Wide Hollow Valley, near N orth of th e country along these tw o lines,
five dollars for. By our new method we can
is w hat is needed.
fru itg ro w in g and irrig atio n , is capably
Yukirna, in the Yakima V alley .”
make you the best pair of reading glasses
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when
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begins
you have had.
'. ho business like arran g em en t re dealt w ith in a bright, well illustrated
to
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soil.
Send us your address and we w ill send
quired to handle ami successfully dis m agazine, “ The F ru it W o rld ” (A us
Mildew may be reached by spraying you our com plete ou tfit for testin g tho eyes
tn b u te such q u a n titie s o f fr u it must tra lia ).
and measuring ‘.he face. They are sim ple, a
A ustralia is term ed “ The P ride of w ith Bordeaux m ixture.
be up tc the highest point of efficieu
child can use them.
Our glasses are of
cy. As an exam ple of the m a i.a g e r’s the Southern H em isphere.” The fru its
N ever p lan t bush Lim a beans closer good quality, gold filled, w arranted for tea
years. After you hare used them for thirty
methods in Mr. F a rm e r’s letter n o ti produced include apples, pears, peaches, th an two feet a p a rt in the rows.
days, if they are not satisfactory your money
fy in g the N orthw estern F ru it Ex apricots, plums, cherries, loquats, straw
Green beans and peas may be had all will be refunded. W rite for ou tfit today.
change o f his readinesa to begin ship berries, and, in th e w arm er zones, through the summer and fall if seed is
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ROGERS OPTICAL SCHOOL
oranges, grapes, bananas, pineapples, sown a t d iffe re n t intervals.
ping pears, he «.dvises:
134 Killing s worth Arenue, Portland, Oregon.
“ This year our H r.rtlett pears are mangoes, figs, etc. The area of the
A fter the asparagus season is passed,
ta k e n from the orchard and placed in fru it and m arket gardens am ounts to
rem ove the weeds, s tir tho soil and give
324,931
acres,
to
the
value
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$21.557,-
cold storage. They are removed from
the bed a co atin g of w ell-rotted m anure.
th e (mid storage just long enough to 940. The biggest developm ents in irri
Pole beans and peas should be staked
pack and are im m ediately replaced in gation have so far takou p lace’in Vic
the cold room at a tem p eratu re th at toria. w ith New South Wales and South and th e ground around them loosened
w ith a hoe. l>rain the loosened earth
b • th e tim e we load our first car A ustral a fo llo w ng
Buy one and take
The sta te o f V ictor’s has spent $125,- tow ard the rows, hilling them up.
should be down to 34 t< 36 degrees F.
pictures of y o u r
P ears will be loaded d irect from the 000,000 on irrig atio n works. In the
(’over spinreh w ith a lig h t litte r or
cold storage room into the i ed <•• rs. sta te of New South Wales the Burrin-
stocks, crops and
By handling our pears in this m anner jtick dam, ore of *he n asterpieces of mulch of straw , heavy enough to r e
buildings.
it seems to us th a t they should reach th»‘ world 's engineering, provides stor tain th e snow and p rev en t freezing.
th e ir d estin atio n in alm ost p erfect con age for 33,000,000,000 cubic feet, or a
We c a r r y all
citio n , unless the buyer desired th a t volume of w ater about equal to th at
supplies a n d d o
the pears ripen som ewhat in tr a n s it.” contained in Sydney harbor. The sta te
PH ILIP NEU * SONS. Props.
It is this atten tio n to details th a t of South A u stralia contem plates locking
finishing.
E stablished 1885.
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of Monuments.
PIKE & MARKHAM CO.
400,000 acre -
264 266 Fourth Street, Portland, Ore. 343 Washington St., Portland. Oregon.
GEESE IN THE ORCHARDS
BALLAD OF VEGETABLES.
T HAS been discovered th a t geese A potato went out on a mash
in an orchard are useful because
And sought an onion bed;
they devour the w aste fru its, gen “ T h a t’s ¡lie for m e,” observed the
erally full of worms and hatcheries
squash.
fo r another g eneration of pests. This
And all th e b eets turned red.
seems to have been firs t discovered “ Go 'w a y !" the onion, weeping, cried:
in C anada where the wild gees«* from
“ Your love 1 eannot be;
th e lakes and rivers en terin g thw oreh The pum pkin he your wife—
ards cleaned up the w aste fru its and
You cantaloupe with m e.’ ’
it was found th a t in these orchards
th ere were few er )*esU th an in the But onward still the tuber came,
orchards
of
ad jacen t
com m unities
And lay down a t her feet;
House o f O rig in a lity
w here these gee«e did not enter. L ater “ You cauliflower by any name
BUSH * LANE PIANOS STAND THE TEST OF TIME.
the experim ent of ’row ing tam e geese
And it will smell as wheat;
A word or two with you— Mr. Piano Purchaser; The piano problem
in the orchards of Ohio and certain And I, too, am in an early rose,
puzzles you—you are confused—you d on ’t know what to buy— is it
eth er sections was successful, not only
And you I ’ve eome to see;
not sof Now— if you knew the tone would hold— would wear year In
on account of the work they did in So d o n ’t turnip your lovely nose,
and year out -would keep that bell like quality— would you hesitate!
th e orchards b u t on account of the
But sp.nachat with m e.”
Bush & Lane Pianos are guaranteed more than double the guaran
p ro fit yielded in the sale of feath ers
tee of the highest priced pianos made. Ton can recover under this
and m eat. Geese are easily grow n, “ I do not carrot at all to wed,
guarantee— i t ’s made so you can— and backed by unlimited capital.
and the young are n o t nearly oo ten
Bush & Lane Pianos are not ordinary instruments— they are like no
So go, sir, if you p lea se!’’
der and likeiy to die as chickens. Be The modest onion meekly said,
other pianos made— built from original ideas— scientifically perfect—
and all of them works of art. See them— hear them— and be' convinced.
aides, th ey yield good p ro fits and do “ And lettuce, pray, have peas!
Siime exceptional values in standard Pianos taken in trade from
leas dam age to trees th an swine, which Go, think you have never seen
«100 up.
are o ften used in th e orchards fo r th e
Myself, or smelled my sigh;
same purpose. However, in th e irri Too long a maiden I have been
g ated sections they would durin g the
Ft» favors in your r y e !”
aeason in wh.eh irrig a tic is practiced
g reatly in te rfe re w ith th e ditehes and “ Ah, spare a cu ss!” the tuber prayed:
would from this view point be ob
• ‘ My cherryshed bride y o u ’ll be;
¿actionable.
You are tho only weeping maid
T hat's currant now with m e.’
COURSE rO B I’RUIT INSPECTORS And as the w ily tuber spoke
C. ROBERTA, president of the
He eaught her by surprise,
. Oregon Sta e B ard o f Horti And, giving her an nrtiehoke,
culture, has addressed a tom
Devoured her with his eyes.
■ u aieation to the district commission
•rs, ashing them to take the matter up
T urnips keep best in a dry outdoor
WUfc U ms *» -» s v i i . i •»« «oualr eourts pit.
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lo n g e s t is the c h e a p e s t.
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