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TTOME AND FARM M AG AZIN E SFCTTON
Potatoes For California
H A T OREGON aud W ashington seeding. By a solution o f eorrosive sub­
supply one p o tato producing die- lim ate disol ved in h o t w ater, 5 ounces
tr ic t of C alifornia approxim ately to SO gallons of w ater, a p rev en tativ e
700 cars of seed po tato es in a year, i is supplied. In th is m ix tu re seed pota-
rem es as q u ite a su rprising announce­ 1 toes should he soaked fo r tw o hours.
m ent. The a u th o rity fo r th is s ta te ­
“ Seed p o tato es are n o t as well se­
m en t is no less a personage th an W. E. lected as th ey should be. I t chosen
S hear, A ssistan t H o rticu ltu rist of th e from a hill in th e field, a much b e tte r
U nited S tates D ep artm en t of A gricul­ | resu lt will b»< achieved. N o thing should
tu re, who is now in charge o f th e Ex­ be selected which is n o t known by nam e
p erim ental S tatio n in th e D elta Sec­ and tru e to type. P rofessor B aker has
tio n of the San Jo aq u in and S acram en­ j said (h a t the grow er in th ree y ears of
to Rivers.
careful seeding and p la n tin g can doable
Mr. S hear has heen m aking an in ­ 1 bis crop.
v estig atin g tr ip th ro u gh o u t Oregon to
* ‘ Tht, grow er of p o tato es can well
stu d y the conditions surrounding the hope to get 50 eents a sack more from
raisin g of potatoes. The section from , the p lan ter fo r seed purposes if he will
which Mr. S h ear comes furnishes C ali­ uso b e tte r judgm ent in grow ing and
fo rn ia w ith ab o u t two th ird s of her e n ­ selecting same. This m eans a b e tte r
tire p o tato crop. P o tato es from Oro- p ro fit to th e grow er and not a very
gon and W ashington being la te r than g reat increase in cost to th e p lan ter, In
those below, come a t a tim e which | p lan tin g 9 or 10 sacks to the acre.
m akes them v aluable fo r seed. I t has S torage of potatoes fo r seed should be
been stated th a t a g re a t many p o ta ­ a t a tem perature of ab o u t 33 to 38 d e­
toes received from th e N orthw estern grees.
sta te s are inoculated w ith fungus tro u ­
A potato convention was held a t
ble.
R hrizoctonia, commonly called M oorland, C alifornia, S eptem ber 25th
“ R h izo c” for short, is not the least of and 26th. I t was called by th e C ali­
these troubles. I t is a form of fungus fo rn ia S tate H o rticu ltu rist Commission
w hich, in th e potato, shows in small ers ami was dedicated to the discus
black s|*ots. W hen these potatoes are sion of potato im provem ent. Represen
used as seed, it is tran sfo rm ed to the ta tiv e s from th e neighboring states
p lan t, which it a tta c k s below ground. were invited to atten d and th eir co
operation asked.
A ttack in g Disease.
“ The erad icatio n of these d ifficu lties
E. <’. R oberts, president of the O re­
are w hat I am in v estig atin g a t this gon S tate Board of H o rticu ltu re, has
tim e ,’ ’ said Mr. Shear. “ The grow er been made fam iliar w ith Mr. S h e a rs’
cannot be too p a rticu lar in his work. visit to th e N orthw est and its purpose,
A simple m eans o f treatm en t for pota and h eartily endorses th e m ovem ent for
toes affected in th is way is before the b etterm en t of potato growing.
T
w o rld .’’ Irrig atio n and in ten siv e farm
ADVOCATING IRRIGATION
ing are to be encouraged as never be
S ecretary L ane Proposes Commission. f ore.
Those atte n d in g th e C algary Con
ECRETARY L A N E of th e D epart gross will be given an o p p o rtu n ity to
merit. o f the In terio r has proposed inspect the largest single irrig atio n p ro ­
an In te rsta te Irrig atio n I'om mis I je c t in A m erica, as th ey will find them
sion to convene in H elena, Mont., on selves p ractically on the site of the
O ctober 1. From there a tra in load of C anadian P acific irrigation block. H ere
d elegates and v isiters will go to Cal n early a m illion acres have been
g ary , A lberta, to a tten d the first in ter b rought under ditch, and th e to tal
length of eanals and ditches of th is
n atio n al Irrig atio n Congress, Oct. 5 9.
In d icatio n s point to an excellent at ; vast u n d ertak in g exceeds 5,100 miles.
ten d an ce and one of th e best agricnl
The C ity of Calgary is p rep arin g a
tu ra! and h o rticu ltu ral exhibitions. royal welcome fo r the visitors and dele
The official call w ent out the early gates, and th e railw ays are arran g in g
p a rt of August ami certific a te s o f a p ­ a num ber o f in terestin g side trips. The
po in tm en t issued a t th e same tim e have one o f most in terest to irrig atio n ists
been h eartily responded to both in the will be over th e BasBano irrig atio n pro
U n ited S ta te s and Canada. The pro . je c t w hich w as completed last April.
gram prem ises many in terestin g and A nother a ttra c t! vs trip will be to
v alu ab le discussions of an in tern atio n al llan iff, some eighty miles from Cal
c h aracter, subjects having a bearing on gary, w here m ountain drives and climb
th e clim atic and developm ent questions ing, fishing, b oating and b ath in g are
re la tiv e to both th e U nited S ta te s and stro n g inducem ents to th e pleasure
C anada, and these su b jects will be seeker. To those leaking a longer stay
handled b y men who have had consid a trip across th e Rocky M ountains will
erable experience in th e problem s of appeal.
irrig atio n , a. .orig them lion. A. A.
Jones, a ssistan t secretary o f the De- I
p a rtm e n t of th e In te rio r o f th e U nited [
S tates, who has tak en a leading p a rt ,
in the sa tisfacto ry ad ju stm en t of th e i
m any serious problem s co n fro n tin g the
se ttle rs on irrig ated lan d s in th e West- j
ern states. M any of th e leading irrig a
EA TH ER RECORDS are disputed
tio n ists of C anada will also have a ■
by th e Polk C ounty Item izer,
place on the program .
“ A. V. R, Snyder, whose memory of
M em bers of Congress, o f P arliam ent, w hat has tran sp ired in these p a rts is
of cham bers o f commerce, o f hoard* of about as clear as any of th e early day
tra d e and o th er in stitu tio n s have in ti­ settlers, disagrees w ith the O reg o n ian 's
m ated th e ir intention of being present statem en t th a t the dry spell of 1914,
from all p a rts of both countries. l ’resi which has ju s t been broken, is th e long
d en ts of ag ricu ltu ral and irrig atio n as- est in th e h isto ry of Oregon. 1883, Mr.
sre ia tio n s welcome the o p p o rtu n ity to S nyder says, no rain fell in thia p art
discuss th e j roblcius relativ e to both of th e W illam ette Valley from April
irrig atio n a n ! dry farm ing. The need 15th till O ctober 1 st The ground got
o f co rrect solutions o f farm in g prob so d ry , he said, th a t in places it
lem s is more th an ever em phasized on cracked open wide enough to adm it a
account of the ag ricu ltu ral products in m a n ’s foot. W hile crops generally suf
Europe. I t is predicted th a t A m erica fered from dro u th th a t y ear, th ey did
mnst prepare now • to d em o n strate the not bu rn np as much as one would
tr u th of her claim th a t she “ feeds the n atu rally ex p ect under th e circum-
S
Drought of 1883
Still Holds Good
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TheKindthatGrow
"You C A N ’T K e e p
Them In The Ground”
S E N D FOR CATALO G UE
J. J. BUTZER
188-190 Front St.
Portland, Oregon
stances. H eavy forest fires in the Cas­
cades and in W ashington obscured the
sun so much of the tim e th a t i t was
co m p arativ ely cool. A t tim es, he says,
th e pall of sm oke was so dense tn a t
it would be necessary t i havo a lamp
lit d u ring the noonday meal.
The drouth th is y ear was of 73 d a y s’
d u ration, w hich would seem a short
period as com pared w ith the 168 days
w ith o ut rain in 1883, if Mr. S nyder is
co rrect in his recollection, and it seems
lik ely th a t ho is, as Rev, Joseph Ho­
berg, of M cM innville, and Hon. T hoc
D runk, of Eola, b ear him out in his
assertion.
“ A nyw ay, wo are glad it rained this
week, even if it did cause some incon»
venionce to bop p ic k e rs,’’
n
P rofessor IL T. French, sta te leader
of county field w ork, has sp en t con­
siderable tim e re cen tly in m aking an
inv estig atio n of the work of th e A g ri­
cu ltu ral College farm advisors.
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day.
Savannah, Mo., S ep t 14th, 1914.
A R G E N IT E CO.
I have used A rgenite, your A nti-Tobaeeo Remedy, and
ean say th a t it will do the work. I need several other
rem edies, but they did not do the work. Will d o se t hia tuna,
hoping the good w ork will go on.
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Yours truly,
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B. B. No. 4, Box SO.
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451J MORRISON STREET
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