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51 IIOME 'AM) FARM ISLVGAZDOi) SECTION Potatoes For California 1IAT ORUQOX and WnshlnKon supply nno potato producing ula trtct of California approximately 700 cars of seed potatoes in a year, comes na quito a Rurprlalng nnnounco went. Tho authority for this tnto wont 1 no lrs a pownago than W. K yiioar, A.attnnt Horticulturist of tho United State Department of Agricul ture, who Is now In charge of tho Kx perhnentnl Station in tho Delta Sec tion of tho San Joaquin nml Pacratuou to Jtlvern. Mr. Shear haa been making nn in vestigating trip throughout Oregon to study tho conditions rurrounding tho raising of potatoes. Tho section from 'which Mr. Shear comes furnishes Cali fornia with about two-thirds of her en tiro potato crop. Potatoes from Oro gon and Washington being later than thoso below, eomo ut n timo which makes them valuablo for feed. It has boon stated that a great many pota toes received from tho Northwestern Ktates are inoculated with fungus trou ble. Ithriwetonia, commonly called "llhlzoe" for short, is not tho least of these troubles. It is a form of fungu which, in tho potato, shows in small Mack spots. When theso potatoes are used as seed, it is transformed to tho plant, which It attacks below ground. Attacking Disease. "The eradication of theso difficulties are what I am investigating at this time," said Mr. Shear. "Tho grower cannot bo too particular in his work. A simple means of treatment fur pota toes affected in this way is before seeding. Br a solution of corrosive nub- llmnto di'olvcd In hot water, 0 ounces to 30 gallons of water, a preventative is supplied. In this mbtturo seed pota toes should bo soaked for two hours. "Seed potatoes nro not as well so lected ns thoy should bet If chosen from n hill in tho field, n much bettor result will bo nehieved. Nothing should bo selected which is not known by namo and true to tyjH, Professor linker has said that tho grower In three years of careful seeding and planting can double I his crop. "Tho grower of potatoes can well hopo to gel ."50 cents a sack more from the planter for seed purposes If he will uso Wttcr judgment In growing nnd selecting same. This means a better profit to tho grower nnd not a very great Increaro in cost to tho planter, in planting 0 or 10 sacks to tho acre. Storage of potatoes for seed should bo! at a temperature of about 3U to 38 do grees. A potato convention was held at i Moorland, California, Scptcmtor 2Mh I ami Sfith. It was called by tho (.'all fornin Stato Horticulturist Commission ers and was dedicated to tho diicus lion of potato improvement. Itrpresen- tatlvci from tho ncightoring states were Invlt'M to attend and their co operation asked. K, C. Koberts, president of the Ore gon Stato Hoard of Horticulture, has been inndo familiar with Mr. Shears' visit to tho Northwest and its purtoso, and heartily endorses tho movement for tho betterment of potato growing. stances. Heavy forest fires In tho Cas cade nml In Washington obscured tho sun so much of tho lima that It was comparatively cool. At times, ho says, tho pall of smnko was so denso tnnt It would bo i.eoes.iary ti havo o lamp lit during I ho noonday monl. Tho drouth thin yonr wns of 73 days' duration, which would seem a pliurl period as compared with tho 103 davn without rain in ISM, If Mr. Snydrr'ls correct In his recollection, nnd It seoiAs likely that ho Is, ni lie v. Joseph llo- berg, of MoMlnnvlllo, and Hon. Tho. Drunk, of Kola, bear him out In hi assertion, "Anywny, wo aro glad It rained this wook, oven It it did en uso eomo Incon venience to hop pickers," Professor H. T. Vroneh, stato loader of county field work, hns spent con siderable timet recently in making an investigation of tho work of tho Agrt cultural Collcgo farm advlsora. QMQ L-nfK! Maderite in America One Price-Alwnyi I 08., 100 1 os., 20c 2 ota., 3Ao oiikhoknt vara, co, iktue 1 Lb. USO ADVOCATING IRRIGATION Secretary Lino Propose Oommlsslon. SKCRKTAUV TjANB of tho Depart ment of tho Interior has proposed nn Interstate Irrigation Commis sion to conveno In Helena, Mont., on October 1. Prom there a train load of delegates and visitors will go to Cal gary, Allwrta, to attend tho first inter national Irrigation Congress, Oct. 5-0. Indications point to nn excellent at tendance nnd ono of tho best agricul tural anil horticultural exhibitions. Tho official call went out tho early part of August nnd certificates of ap pointment issued at tho same timo havo been heartily responded to both In tho United States and Canada. Tho pro-Meet which was completed last April world." Irrigation and intensivn farm ing nro to bo encouraged as never be fore. Thosn attending tho Calgary Con grcsi will bo given an opportunity to inspect tho largest singlo irrigation pro ject In America, ns they will find them selves practically on the slto of tho Canadian Pacific Irrigation block. Hero nearly a million acres havo been brought under ditch, and tho total length of canals nnd ditrhes of this vast undertaking exeeodi 5,100 miles. Tho City of Calgary Is preparing a royal wcleomo for tho visitors and dele gates, and tho railways aro arranging a number of interesting sldo trips. Tho ono of most interest to irrigationiats will bo over the llauano irrigation pro gram promises many interesting and valuable dincuiiions of an international character, subjects having a bearing on tho climatic nnd development questions relativo to both tho United States and strong Canada, nnd Uieso subjects will bo handled by men who havo had consld orablo cxperienco in tho problems of Irrigation, n.-iong them Hon. A. A. Jones, assistant secretary of tho De partment of tho Interior of tho Unitod States, who has taken n leading part in tho satisfactory adjustment of tho many serious problems confronting the settlers on irrigated lands in tho West ern states. Many of tho loading irriga tioniats of Canada will also have a placo on tho program. Member of Congress, of Parliament, of chambers of cornmereo, of boards of trado and other institutions havo inti mated tliolr Intention of being present from all parts of both countries. Presi dents of agricultural nnd irrigation as scciations wcleomo tho opportunity to discuss tho roblems relativo to both irrigation nrd dry farming. Tho need of correct solutions of farming prob lems is moro than over emphasized on account of tho agricultural products in Kuropo. It is predicted that America most prepare now to demonstrato tho troth of her claim that bIio "feeds tho Another attractivo trip will bo to Hamff, some eighty miles from Cal gary, whero mountain drives nnd climb ing, fishing, boating and bathing aro inducements to tho pleasure seeker. To thoo making a longer stay a trip across the Itocky Mountains will appeal. Drought of 1883 , Still Holds Good WRATH Kit KKCOKDS nro dlspotod by tho Polk County Itomixer, "A. V. It. Snyder, whoso memory of what has transpired in these parts is about as clear as any of tho early day settlers, disagrees with tho Oregoniau's statomnnt that tho dry srcll of 101 1, which hns just been broken, is tho long I ost in the history of -Oregon, 1883, Mr. Snyder says, no rain fell in this part, of tho Willamette Valley from April! 15th till Octobor 1st. Tho ground got so dry, he said, that in places it cracked opon wido enough to admit at man's foot. While crops goucrnlly suf-1 fered from drouth that year, thoy did not burn up as much ns ono would naturally expect under tho circum- SEEDS TheKindthatGrow "You CAN'T Keep Them In The Ground" SEND FOR CATALOGUE J. J. BUTZER 188-190 Front St. Portland, Oregon Fifty - Third Annual Oregon State Fair Salem. 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