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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.
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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
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"You CAN'T Keep
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188-190 Front St.
Portland, Oregon
Fifty - Third Annual
Oregon State Fair
Salem. September 28 to October 3, 1914
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$20,000.00 Offered in Premium for Agricultural, Live
stock, Poultry, Textile and Other Exhibit,
Home Knees, Shooting Tournament, Hand Concert,
Boys Camp, Moving Picture, Children' Play Ground,
Bco Demonstrations, Animal Circus and Other Free At
traction.
You aro invited. Krco Camp Grounds. Send for Pre
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Reduced rntcfi nn nil railroads. For particulars nddrcm
FRANK MEREDITH, Secretary, Salem, Oregon.
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