DAILY CAPITA T, JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1008.
S
000 FATCS OF PRODUCTION
1
ABOUT THE FAMOUS WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON
MILLION ACRES UNEQUALLED ANYWHERE IN THE .WORLD FOR CLIMATE, YIELD,
PROFIT AND VARIETY OP PRODUCTS
if
HOME-SEEKERS ARE INVITED TO INVESTIGATE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS
PRODUCTS
Of THE SOIL
BV PRODUCERS
(Wlof STIIAWIIEIUHES
IwlSO A. L. uouiroy, ju.
ate
Igtn rOTATOKS, one bush-
6l,M, IU. 3, Gervnw.
If Hogg, or Polk county,
isiixs Is Salem, Rt. 2,
i to tbo Salem Board of
fooo on JAN. 1, 100H,
STRIWHKMUES, LOGAN-
AXD m: RASPUER.
n jlrawborrioe wero ns
tuEasM.ii walnuts, All Brow
UJcort, tad all hnd blooms on
ibit.-y F. Hofor, Secretary
icfTnJc, Salem.
iruTLTRT and EGOS In
:uKnaJDC to $223.27. W.
Ijujtf. Zcan, Polk county. Ad-
h.:n
teiki III bushols seed from
i of CLOVtilt, for which I
It 75 per bushed, or $2,-
i total Pttcr Xouschwamlor,
a.
l!r I had 17 acroi of
Mtiat yielded 42 busbolu por
I acre OATS, averaging
f tekU rer aero, mpchlno mous-
-JWrcir Johnston, Dayton.
:i!l Isold 32 cars of VETCH
-L L Brooks. Seodsmnn.
19J worth of CAR-
: D RADISHES from of
Half the cnbbago was set
'tr nd half In February.
irtuit Monmouth.
&n ti no othor section of
wd Sutw of the size of the
lt Valley that will nroduco
fi VARIETY OP PRODUCTS.
naiiawn. See. Stntn nnnri
feWtsfe,
Wtatl twelve SIIOTES on
uitttfor four months. Fori
waiboro.
'' I gOt 240 linahnlc
!SEKD 'rom 40 acros, and
'H C?nt3 nor nnnml .
IWptftcre in 1907 t n
'Hr tcre. nettln? mo nn
S PlgS and Sheen mnrn
JWJ ' making crop. c. L.
acvojr
1 Plat 25xGO Uat t
? 1 worth of STRAW-
ita- ,. "" .nonmoutn.
, ,., A j, urant,
$20. Total xpoiifiO, $520. Not prof
it $1,120 L. M. Gilbert, Rt. 4, Saeom.
Tho average price paid by our,
company for MILK at Hlllsboro and (1907) sold $1700
rwrvnt ni-nvn. Wiutlilni?ton rnuntv. 'Presnal. Marlon.
during 1907, wbb $1.48 per 100 i Wo sold $11C worth of STRAW-
nvorago of 600 porundo a yenr. J. R. PRUNES from ten acres. J. D.' 1907, that avoraged 75 bushols por
bnepam, zona. Address, Salem. 'Alexander, Rt. 4, Salem. .acre Ferd Gronor, Hlllsboro.
1 bought ten acres of CHERRY 1 sold $900 worth of GRACES From. 1 acres of STRAW
orchard for $1500, and first yenr from three acres In 1907. W. It. RERRIES realized $234. H. A.
worth. Enos Newell, President State Board of Shipley, Monmouth.
Horticulture. I reallzel $30 from 75 vines
I cwt four and one-half tons of, of LOGANBERRIES. A. F. Cross,
Tvoltrlit Pnclfla Coast Condensed BERRIES off ono aero last vonr. CLOVER AND TIMOTHY from an'Monmmifh.
Milk Co., Forest Grove and Hills-. C. L. Weaver, Liberty. aero and got three bushols of clover I From Y ncro of POTATOES
boro. ' 0ur GRAPES, Burgundy and eeed in 1907. Ferd Gronor, Hills- planted in Fobrunry I dug 40 sack.
RrJtttd on ono aero 50 bushels of , ItclBllng, netted us 800 gallons wine
CORN and took off tho earno plcco per ncro. William Kramer, Mt.
two 1 ny-rack lor.de of FODDER, Ancel.
besides two largo wagon loads of I Bought forty acres of HOP land
PUMPKINS JameB I'cngo, lit. &, ior ?ia,uuu i-irsi crop pam ror it.
Sakm.
From 128 noros I realized ill 1907
boro.
In
1907 I sold $70 worth of
T. J. Pettit, Monmouth.
Tho 'average annual
lncomo
Thomas Holman, Eoln.
I dug 3000 bushels of Pota
$2,119.50 for CLOVER SEED; $600,TOKS off bIx acres. J. W. Meyers, Wclch Sn,cm m c
for Tllllliav. cvwilb; $auu ior,.uuiiu3.
LOGANBERRIES from 140 plants, ! from registered LONG WOOL EWES
or 1-3 acre. Also $140 worth of of urct?Jo throughout tho Wil
BLACKBERRIES from five-sevenths lnmtto valley is about $20 each.
. . . ITnwlnv JCV Cnn HtnPm.
ncro. Also XZ3 worth or Hovnl Ann ' " "" ",wu"
.CHERRIES from one tree. Noah
HOGS; $400 for BUTTER EAT. To
tal $3,419.50. Besides thlB I cured
2 tone of HAY'. Peter Ncuschvnn
0or, Tall man.
I "hr.vo tluoo Vicar of WakofleW
PEAR trees, vhlch at tho ago of
I ploked ten bushels of English
I god 186 crates of red
Raised ovor flvo toiw of CAR
ROTS on ground 25x70 yards
square, which sold at $0 por ton In
field. W. D. Olnggett.
ed WALNUTS from ono tree nnd sold iUAS1 m'UIm's from ono ncre, and! Tho ,)ront from my 40-acro
n-'for $5.40 per bushel. Frank Diem, lreoo,vod 143 gr0B8 for Bn,no- TRUCK GARDEN has boon avorng-
Snlem, Rt. 8. .Frank Krubetz, Rt. 3, Salem. InR nuout ?2500 por annum. A.
On garden land I had sub
soiled, I raised many CABBAGES
Tho Salem Mutual Canning com- Holso, Salem, Rt. 1.
pany bought from the local fruit From one-half an new of New
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57 boro 90 bushels of good puara. woighlng 30 pounds each. Paul crowero In 1907, ovor 400,000 Mammoth BLACKBERRIES I real
Thov seldom fall. Win. H. Egan, Klonnln. Salem. .pounds of Royal Ann
..- m .,,- . (
tn
II. Egan, Kloppln, Salem. .pountiB of Royal Ann uukuiuks izod i berries nnd plants $250
Brooks. I T 80ld a span of 2-yoar-oM nono nu omor vnnouos nearly us iao7. D Parker, Rt J, Salem.
I picked 415 pounds of Royal Ann XOLTS for $400. another span, snmo niany. 1 ralgl and sold 1,000 gal-
CHERRIES from ono 14-year-old age, for $325, both (unbroken. A. I . From 40 nerd's of VIOTHCES Ions LOGANBERRIES from throo-
tree In 1907. C. F. Wattors, Leb
anon.
Fuom 15 acres of CORN I raised
750 bushols. Fred Achilles, Salem,
Rt. 8.
had 20 acres DEFIANCE
WHEAT thnt mado 50 bushols por
asm in,190C J. H. Stornw, Rt.
3, Albany.
From thro'ourtha of an aero
of PEACH trees 1 sold $305 worth.
A. F. Bon.dsloy, Salem, Rt. 8.
Got 700 gallons STRAWBER
RTES from ono-half aero. H. C.
McTlmmonds, Lebanon.
I cut sovon dons of ALFALFA
from ono andia half acros. Ford
Oroncr, Hlllsboro.
Thero aro flvo million acres of
lnnd In tho Wlllamotto vnlloy, overy
aero of which Is cnpablo of producing
$30 PER Y'EAR or a total of $250,
000,000 por year. Dr. James Withy
combe, director of Oregon Experi
ment Station, Corvallis.
Wo cleared $140 .per aero on
sixteen acres of PRUNES.--M. N.
Bowman, L. S. FiuMer, Monmouth.
Lafollett, lit. 3, Gervnls.
I netted from hay and sood $1000. qunrtor aero, not $250.
rls, Solo.
-J. S. Mor-
Ask
Wo bought $4,380 worth of
TURKEVS at Solo during Novembor,
1907. Woscby & Cain, Sclo,
In nluo monthB I hnndlcd 175
SHEEP; Hold (m1 and lambs $HtO(),
hnvo 80 loft worth $320. Gain
$700. W. S .Hoofer, Rt. 2, Albnny.
I sold from forty ncrcs In 1907
a VARIETY OF FRUITS, for $3124,
only paying out $150 for labor, out
sldo tho family. Also hay, $180;
hogo, $100; poultry and eggs, $75;
total, $3029. J. F. Jones, Rt. 5, Sa
lem. From an invstmont of $45
for roglstorod HOGS and $34 for
f -d, I noMod $151 In IS monthB.
Al. Qodfroy, Rt. 8, Salem, Oro.
Orar 75 registered LINCOLN
LONG "WOOL EWES brought uu
$2000 per yoar for tho past two
yoaro. Hawloy & Son, McCoy.
From 143 it rues In 1907 I sold
COME TO TUB LAND OF I'IjKXTY. u , nvn, a,, niiimiT?a
You are invited to como to tho Wlllamotto Valley, Oregon. Tho uqo or ton. B. I. Forguson Rt. 2,
wonderful and truthful story of tho variety and richness of Its productflL , ' '
uowinan, u. o. rniH., fliuM.fc. ,8 told in a new way by hundreds of Its own people. It is tho Btory of
mado 24 tons of HAY from' Production from tho eight counties of thU valley, a told " "fl Zr vln.s
eight acres of English ryo grass.-J. Mll.IUe,f. The producers who make those statements havo UQt SI1" h Edmundson
E. Murphy, Salem. ,nter0Bt Qr dos,ro to m,8,ead or decolvo anyono, They (lo bellovo ,n 4Wl 7 jenr.s old.-Jag. H. Edmundson.
ti
B.0SBBnRIRS rtll n,.
, la 1906 &d about
1907 I,t terefl.
.. pybyaotW.B.uieto
P to kzrvAc . . ..
BWk& ",U"'-A- '
ia U .w
MaTrraA,!
isZ? bTK m m
,wiu:PATtaMT.-
Hrmp:"4,;r' t"mui.
hfct. JV1" t rUof
- At
I eold $23 worth of LOGAN
BERRIES from thirty-eight plants,
nnd had abundanco left for a large
family. H. E. Guthrie, Monmouth.
Mudo $52 from one-quarter
aero Marshal STRAWBERRIES, tho
first year, and $65 tho secoud year.
H. S. Shipley, Monmouth.
From about elx acros, picked
946 bushels Italian PRUNES, and
sold thorn for 5c per pound, driod,
hMiiitlftil vnllov twdlnvi in lt nrnsont and future. Thov want you to I ' '
nma nn,i ohtirn wiiii Hinm in tho flnlovmont of Its wondorfully nroduc- From 3,000 trees In 1907 I
" "" ........ w 1 '. m ...... . IMIIIVI.'l' r.t 1lll
tlvo soil and Its agreeablo climate. This Is tho homo of continuous proa- ,DU'" lu" Ul " .. . . " uu I
From threo ncrcs of APPLES
wo sold ovor $500 worth last fall.
Tho crop was not qulto an average.
A. L. Godfrey, lit. 8, Salem.
I flnlflhotl picking my Virginia
Greening APPLES In good condi
tion on Jan. 13, 1908. F. G. Mc
Lonch, Polk county, Rt. 4, Salem.
From threequurtor acrca I got 400
crr.tcs of LOGANBERRIES In 1907.
A. W. Powell, Onlem, Rt. 8.
I hnd 20 rjcrcs BURBANK POTA
TOES last acneon Hint, wont 225
b chela jcr ncro. I considered It a
light crop. J. H. Staines, Albnny,
lit. 3.
I havo 30 noros of ALFALFA
whlah y'olded without Irrigation
thrco do flvo tons. I cut it throo
time. Fred Achllloo, Rt. 8, 8alom.
I raised 300 buuliola BURBANK
POTATOIM por ncro, which Is n
very common ylold horo. H. C. Mc-
Tlmmonu, Lobauon.
My POTATOES, on pralrlo land,
avorngod 175 bushels por aero in
1907. D. N. WIlllaniHon, Albany,
lit. B.
Fiom throo Royal Ann CHERRY
troB I sold $05 worth or cherries,
A. F. Boardsloy, Salem, Rt 8.
Had 1300 bUBhol Frouoh
PRUNES In 1907, from which I real
ized 92o por bushol. John Pombor
ton, Sr.lom, lit. 4.
RalnoJ HUBBARD SQUASH that
wolghod 34 pounds each and n
PIE PLANT LEAF that monaural
40 Inohoa wide. II. C. MjcTlmmona,
Lebanon.
I Jioltl $241.00 worth )f WOOL
and LAMBS from 33 owos hint hi
Bon. tC. It. Irvlno, Rt. 1, Solo, Linn
county.
From 12 noros of WHEAT 1 rais
ed 390 bushols. A. F. Bcardwloy,
Salom1, lit. 8.
Our oxporlouco in handling Hooda
during tho past 10 yoais oonvlnooa
us that tho Wlllamotto valley pro
duced tho l)OHt .CLOVER SEED,
VETCH HEED and ONION SEED
grown any whero in Amorlea, and
our GRAINS, BEANS, PEAS.SQUASII
nnd nonrly nil kinds of GARDEN
SEED equal an aoctlon of tho earth.
D. H. Whlto & Sous, Salem.
My 6-months- old Cotswold
LAMBS sheared nlno poundu each
In August, 1907. My atock SHEEP
averaged 11 pounds Inst spring.
D. N. Wllllanwon, Albnny, Rt. 5.
Off of my bwirlng CHERRY AND
PRUNE orchards (.for tho season of
uvo sou ana us agreeao o cuinaio. uw ia mo uum ui wimu i- - mt ,, , L i,M, .... . .. .. ..
pority, and all tho people of this valloy aro garnering wealth from Its per ton. Tho crop wM llght.-Bruce 007 off a trMo Ion than 40 noroa
productiveness, and see visions of a groat and populou. state filled with Cunningham Liberty. nohid ng some green prune,
, '.., n, nnmn n,i hin rflniiKB thin viaion. The- Prom 4K aoroa of LOGAN-.bought of my nelghbora and drlQd
n. hnnnv nml contented neoolo. Como and holn realize this vision. The
facts hero given are nonrly all about crops of 1907. PLEASE NOTICE
RETURNS IN DOLLARS FOR EACH PARTICULAR CROP OR Alt
TIOLE SOLD.
Why nro you wanted? Because hero are 5.000,000 acres of the rich
est soil of uny valloy In tho worJd, not roqulrlng Irrigation to produce
roallzlng $1020. Frank Krubetz, any cron and caDablo of supporting 2,000.000 population, where only
Rt. 3, Salem. I 7 nor cont of that number now roalde. THIS VALLEY IS NEARLY
AW- AS LARGE AS ENGLAND WITH ITS THIRTY MILIJONS OF PEOPLE.
I sold $65 worth of STIL
BERRIES I eold 2176 orates of 24 .on my drlor, at tho Home tlmo I
. . .-.... t4 n "
pounds uacn. a. l,uiuiiuu, xh, j,
BERRIES last summer from acre.
John Christraan, Rosedale, Or.
By actual measurement I raised
ovor 900 bushels of Jerusalem AR
TICHOKES on of an acre. Paul
Kloppln, Salem.
Gorvula.
Fifteen aoroa which I thought
was worn out, yloldod 47 bushalfi
of WHEAT tho first year, and 45
bushols itho second year nfter uub
soil plowing. Paul Kloppln, Salem.
My young HOPS, second
What class of neonle do we want? Pooplo who do things. Farmers,
I fruit growers, dairymen, gardeners, stock raisers, meohanlos, laborers, I yoar yleldod 1500 pounds per aoro,
mnnnfafitttrnrB canltalleta. families, home bulldars. You want to know A. HoUe, Sulom, Rt. 1
about our markets, the prices of laud and many othor facts about tho
vallty. These statements of producors, who art hero, and to whom you
I can write will answer most of your quostlon. Evory statoniont Is ovor
I threshed 6,000 bushols of the address of the producer. You aro Invited to write to mm ana vonry
BARLEY from 100 aares. Another oach statemont. If you want further information on any tpeolal line you
40 cors field went 80 bushols per niay be intorostod In, address the Salem Board of Trade, or E. Hoftr,
aoreC A Lafollet, Gervais, Rt. 3. Salem, Proeldont Willamette Valley Development League.
My HOPS ylalded 3,000
ttten vadetlw
tBmeal
v p v p.-. pounas ner aero on twenty acres in tj.ii i n t....hi tnr
,1907. Lymon Daraou, Indepan- mv wflKAT by feeding Uto hogs.
of dence. j F powon, Monmouth.
.. . i h'rnin nnu f. ii.nnnr nin I sn n
. w DLOniBi; - - - -v m.. t-a, - .,
i,l ,nd MiI wtU- ,n 30 montns ?294 worth of PORK,
"l until v ... baslilan niinnlvlniv twn fnmlllna nnd
nT. IB.'. "-"o "- 1 -
J. R. Shopard,
Salem.
Zna. AddrM,
I - dug upwards of 300 buuheln
of Burbank POTATOES from ono
So!d 400 pounds of Royal
Ann CHRRRIHS In 1907 for ?20,acre. W. W. Waikar, Salem
AW.! w"- . . . frnm nno troa 14 vanrc flld. A. t
5... . my ,aal of 21lnave B,x Uroods SOWB and di anoW " ,. eB,ll I IekI 14.
5- , . e'h. of mtrehMMt -ion hand. O. J. Krause, Jefferson. "-. "' - """ 'nrcsoH Ohamnlon
'csat, " K. B'ook ,ltr !? lns l so!d UI" ..":.,,; "',,7'; r . from 1 aoroa.
&ta,. ,ty and eggs $S00: have 10P left. ",- 4-w """" " -' 'to eawiary A. V
t4eg at .. .'All in ion7. m n innv .ffrr. J- W. Polap. RU 2, Salem. , earj.
i1 fcj. 1 ""'HWH 1 " --- . . t , ,,-.
'. "'6.-A
My Banana SQUASH, luive
yielded at rata of $160 por aoro. Had
them ovor throo foot in length. D.
Parker, Rt. 1 ,8alenJ.
I o!d $85 worth of OLOVI3H
SEED from one aoro. T. L. Dugger,
Solo,
I rUod 400 biishels of OATS
on five aoroa. T. J. Munkors, Solo.
I picked 300 eratea of BUR
BANKS PHENOMENAL BHRRIE9
por aorc, from 5 aoroa. Sold for
$1 por crate f. o. b. Goo. Weeks,
Rt. 8, Salem.
000 pounds of, wo raised uie roooru o nm-
GOOSEBERRIES 00,n IaN WOOL iu?ui ror Amer-
Sold for $2 per 100
oroler, Rt. 2. Sa-
" Rt
F. Batrdi-i8011- i Forty acres of HOPS natted a
'"'''I-tifftj a Irom ono tree BU' $16. O0 at l ysnia. tuos. uoi-
Sl l-.UUQ UuUi nf POUnds Of CHHimilvS nt g cents ner man Unia
f1' t!i,thrte 4l!r- Clwek'iwund. D. A. White, Salem. J Sold $S4
H -.. ' ISfti. ralsAHl Cleared. abovo
.iTr" ct for . from tv.o aorfla nf CHERRIES 8700. T.tv.Artv
r'N 43 AAl ,..j. ' a i,iA- t. o oi . . ...
" Ua . . ' " lu. , '"'. t- . o-ciu. i fy UH.AI.
nii.V.;'9- Exasw1 Sold two 4-year-old HORSES wn6atin 1907 made four and a half nervals. Rt. 3.
H4 ""-Awirew SaB-,aat summer for $700. L. F. Cava- ton8 pw aore. Lymon Damon, In-
IHm ... . .naugh, Turner. denendenoe.
li,. POnd PRrvpo' Wo Rftl.l tin vrh Vnrthftrn ' . -. j niiirrorm'mt In
kv .! ---- a. - - - nv' k r v va na a .- m. i j m jw a a j
, )w... . . . ..... . . itivTrrvre wat ?b 1919 ner
had beads measuring 19, l"' , T n. ,,
diameter -O. Butler, Rt '0h per cow.-Jaa Sykes. IU. 2.
Salem
market, wood CHERRY tree baa yielded an x cured nty Aona of dried I aaa w ."
p ..
ntite 1.640 Py AiTLiES from ono tree last fall. l907 tnat
' "k60' frunlns." Albert Rowland, Rt. 6. Salem. 'Jnches in
,!31J ln'i 9120. j For twenty yearn Governor' 3 scm
-& ) m.-irl.f
My Burbank POTATOES
yielded 360 buahels per aore In 1907.
T M.uvt nntvinn TflflmAnflantA
Salem. Sold $S4 worth of CHim. ,"" "-""
all expenses, RiRS from six treos. a L, Weaver, Prom igg PEACH trees I
Uold 2376 orates, 20 pounds eaoh,
fv rritAlX HAY oats amrnnrf 110 bushel boxes. A. Lafollet.
Prom s4x cows, between June
aad Novombr 30. 1907. my receipts
lea In 1907 214 pounds at sevon
months and 26 day. Hawley 6c
Son, McCoy.
From ten aorea my Inoomo for
1907, from FRUIT, HONEY AND
POUIrilV waa $1700. B. I. Fergu
son, Rt. 2, Salem.
Thirty acres of PRUNES yloldod
33 tofM In 1907; brougJU $100 jmr
ton. F. N. George, Salem,
From 12 cows for year 1907 sold
$1,104.94 BUTTER FAT, $11 MILK
$28.80 ORIIA3! used, $90 VEAL
and $91 HOGS fod on aoparntwl
milk; total, $1,331.74. Coet of
feJ. $358 50, Net profit, $973.24,
or $6 75 per cow per month. O. E.
Mills, Lyons.
wai drying my own crop I roallzod
$14,000, of whloh 50 per cent waa
nst profit. S. P. Kimball, Salem.
Threshed from ono Held 40 buah
oj of WHEAT por ncro. -Albort
Rouf, Suver.
My CHEAT BAY brought mo $31
per ncro in 1907. D. N. Williamson.
Albany, lit. 5.
I havo no difficulty in raining 40
busholij of CORN par aoro. John
Pomborton, Salem, lit. 4
I have rucod HORHKN In Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, Boston,
Now York, Philadelphia, tho North
west Territories, Alberta, Montnnn
and California and I find this cll
mnto better for ra!!ng good horseu
than uny othor I have ever been In.
I. D. Ohappoll, HJMaboro.
I sold a Ohira MARE IahI fall,
whloh I hnd UiNd, for $400. D.
D. Keelor, Salem.
Over 10 tons of BLACKCAP
RASPBERRIES wore drlad about
Sprlngbrook, Yamhill county, In
1907, ami rold for $460 por ton.
Thoro baa baoif only on aenaon In
eight yoara we could not dry them
in Che sun. Rov. Jos. Uaii, Spring
brook. IUoolvod ohook for $96.24 for
MILK from six cowa ,for Docimber,
1907. B. Kraus, Cornelius.
Raisod on 33 aoroa of land that
hau been in cultivation for oyer 50
yira 1,050 buabelfl of WHEAT.
Clevo Prather, Buena Vls.ta.
From ono aero of PEAH tree I
sold $150 worth. A. F. Boardsley.
Rt. 8, SaJum.
I Mld a 2-year-old COLT last
season for $300. J. J. Finn, Mc
si
I J