Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, December 25, 1908, FIRST EDITION, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALKM, OHIWON, FlllDAY, frKOISMIirm 25, 1008. fi HAY AND SEEDS ARE PROFITABLE GROPS Facts Collected From the Suc cessful Growers In This Valley. . I mntlo 2-1 toiiB of hny from olght acres of English ryo grnss. J. E. Murphy, Snlom. My grain hny onts nnd whont In 1907 iniulo four nnd n half tons iir ncro. Lymon Damon. For thu Inst throo yonrs my clover hns 'nigo(l $20 ior ncro not. E. S. Cruvon. I cut hovoii tons of nlfnlfn from ono and n half acres. Ford. Gronor. I cut four and ono-hnlf tons of clover nnd timothy from an ncro and got thrco bushels of clover seed In 1007. Ford. Qroncr. My onts nnd votch hny nvornged throo tons to tho ncro. E. II. Nor th ru p. From 95 acres of clover cut '285 tons In 190C. C. Duyclt. I have 30 acres of alfalfa which Iol(lod without Irrigation throo to flvo tons. I cut It throo tlmos. Fred Achilles, lit. 8, Snlom. My choat hay brought mo $31 per iito In 1907. D. N. Williamson. As u result of irrigation on ordi tum pralrlo Innd in Washington county, olght ncres produced 20 tons V'teh luly, four nnd ono-half tons clo- vr hay, eight tons of oncllngo, and colved $C.75 per bushel, or $2119.50 total. Poter NoiiBchwnndor. In 190C I Bold 32" cars of votch seed. L. L. Brooks, Soedman. During season of 1907 wo bought nnd shipped nlno cars of clover seed, worth $35,000. L. L. Brooks. I Bold $55 worth of clover seed from ono ncro. T. L. Duggor. Wo shipped enst 220,000 pounds ot clover seed (Hod nnd Alslko) In 1907 nnd sold 30,000 pounds locally. Carter & Kobson. In 1907 1 sold $65 worth of clover seed from throo acres, besides pas ture. 1). N. Williamson. My 1 2 Mi ncro f lold of rod clover yielded In 1907, G02 pounds seed per acre. 11. Zimmerman. Willamette vnlloy clover Bood wo find oqunl to any in tho world. Carter and Hobson, soodmon. Harvostcd 100 ncres of clovor for seed in 1907, and tho avorngo yiold por aoro was bIx and one-fourth bush els. Sold it at 13 conts por pound, $48.75 por ncro. DuorBt Bros. In 1907 I raised 75 bushels clovor Beod off flvo acres (15 bushels por acre.) J. L. Loop. On my 12 ncres of clovor I got 700 poundB Bood por ncro and sold it at 10 conts por pound, or $70 por ncro. This was a common yiold hero In 1907, several having as much. J. W. Elston. I rnlscd 15,000 Ginslng seed from a plot 25x40 foot. Had many plants two nnd one-half foot high nnd roots two inches in dinmotor, benrlng nB high ns 150 seeds to tho plant. W. II. I'nrrlsh, M. D. About 25 carloads of clovor Bood woro shinned from tho Wlllnmotto TALES OF TURNIPS AND MONSTER BEETS Potatoes That Talk, Cabbages That Walk and Tomatoes That Run. y..i- hay, eight tons or oncllngo, ami l0' enBlorn Bt,iteB in 1907 nt '... tons of green clovor for Boiling in vnf,llUlon 0f about $1500 per car. 107. TWO Crops Of ClOVOr In 1007 ' r A wl,l .C. Hmw Rnlnm. from seeding Fobrunry 19, 1907. Geo. R. nnd W. II. Bngloy. From 100 acres I harvostod 397 tons hay, cluvor and timothy mixod. Sold nt $10 por ton. J. C. Haro. Haised 35 tons of timothy hny on 10 norcs. F. M. Holdol. Thoro are 3000 tons of hay raised annually in tho vicinity of Forost Grove for shipmont, hosldos tho largo quantity used by tho dnlrymon. C. Vob8, agent Alhors Bros. Two acres of nlfnlfn, cut 22 tlmos In six yonrs, yloldod total of 38 tons per ncro for six yonrs. Dr. Jnmos uHhycombo, director Orogon Agri cultural Experiment Station. I mndo four and one-half tons vtch hny to tho aero last year. W. W. Ullary. HeoiN. Our oxperlonco In huudllng Heeds during tho past ton yours convinces us thnt tho Wlllnmotto vnlloy pro duces tho best clover seed, votch Hood nnd onion Bood grown unywhoro In Amorica, nnd' our grains, bonus, pens, squnsh nnd uenrly all kinds of gurdon soond equal any section of I ho enrth. D. A. Whlto & Soiib, bnlom. Thrcshod 314 biiHhols Bced from 35 acreB of clover, for which I ro- D. A. White & Sons, Snlom As n practical seedsman I urn sat Istlod that thoro Is no placo on enrth whoro clovor seed yields so well, or whore tho qunllty is oqunl to that grown in tho Wlllnmotto vnlloy. Tho Hnmo Is truo of votchos and onion seod. L. L. Brooks, Soodmun. o THE HILL ENTERTAINMENT PARLORS L. ulnr mon IIIU F. Hill 1b proprietor of this pop- amuHomont rosort for young which wiui established by the Brothers at 171 Commercial streot about ton yonrs ago. Tho placo Is bountifully lighted and has boon entirely rebuilt during tho present month. Tnero 1b u lnrgo bll llnrd nnd pool room, with practically all now tables, and a largo stoclc of cigars and tobnecos. A flno stoclc of confections has bcoti nddod, taking tho placo of tho Hotiry Haas Jow olry storo. Raised on ono ncro 50 bushols of corn nnd took off tho snmo plcco two hay-rack loads of foddor, bosldcs two largo wagon loads of pumpkins. James Poago, lit. 5, Salem. From sued furnished by tho gov orument, 1 !. irvoHtud a largo crop of sugar bof., which tested 18 per cont sugar nt the Oregon Exporlmoni Sta tion CorvalllB. F. M. Iloldol. My carrots yielded at ratg of six toiw por aero. E. Bogo. .My f.tock boetB yield 50 to 75 wagon loads por acre. Frod Achll los, Rt. 8, Salem. Nineteen potatoes, ono'bushol. A. Lnrollott, lit. 3, Gorvala. I sold $19G worth of cabbago nnd rndlBhcs from ono-eighth of nn ncro. Half tho cabbago was sot in Docom bor nnd half in Fobrunry. T. J. Pot tit. In 1905 I raised 42,000 pounds of onion sots on thrco acres. Check for same, $2470. In 1900 raised 47,000 poundB. Check for snmo, $2455. In 1907 rnlscd 45,000 pounds. Check for snmo, $2100. Tho profit from my 40-ncro truck gnrdon hns boon averaging $2500 por nnnum, A HcIbo, Salem, lit. 1. My Hnnaiia squnBh. lmvo yloldod at rnto of $100 per acre. Had thoni over throo foot In length. D. Parker, Rt. 1, Salem. I hnd 20 ncres Burbnnk potatooH Inst season that wont 225 bushels por acre. I considered it u light crop. J. II. Stnmos. My potatoes, on prairie land, av eraged 175 busholB por aoro In 1907. D. N. WIlllamKon. From plot 50x50 foot I sold $15 worth of tomntooB In 1907. W. II. Krnbor.. ' In 1900 I raised 1200 nncks, 100 poundB each, of onions on two acros. Jos. Woodward, Salem, lit. 9. In 1905, from about one-fifth of nn ncro, I sold $30.75 worth of Bwoot corn. In 190G, from the snmo plot, $38.85. In 1907, $37.45. J. B. N'unti, Polk county fruit Inspector. Rnlscd GO tons of onions In 1907 on throe acres nnd sold them nt $40 to $45 por ton. Jos. Woodward, Rt. 9, Salem. I planted Early Vermont potatoes middle of Fobrunry, 1907, on red up land, and Bold $150 worth from ono aero. Cephas Nelson. From strip of Innd 40x100 feet I sold $140 worth of tomatoes In 1907. Sam Orr, DIxIo, Polk county. Raised at Hlllsboro, Washington county, eight ncres of onions tlit.t yielded 500 sacks por aero nnd re ceived $2 por sack. James Young. Raised 35 sacks of potatoes on one fourth ncro. E. II. Northrup. On beavor dam land I harvested 722 sacks of onions In 1901 nnd sold at $2.20 por sack. J. C. Haro. I dug 3000 busholB of potatoes off six acres. J. W. Meyers. On garden land I had subsolled, I raised many cabbages wolghlng 30 pounds eneh. -Puul Kleppln, Salem. I raised 300 bushels Burbnnk po tatoes por acre, which Is u very com mon yiold here. II. C. McTliumous. Raised Hubbard Hqunsh that wolgh nl ill pounds each and pie plant leaf that measured 40' Inches wide. 11. C. McTlnimons. Four rows of Kentucky Wonder polo beans, 2 40 feet In longtlt, on fertilized sofl, produced 2000 pounds of bouiiB, some pods over 12 Inches In length. J. P. Irvine. On rolling hill land I raised tur nips from ono to 50 pounds In weight as thick as they couhl grow. Ono weighed 55 pounds. John Loftis. "I ""raised cauliflower In 1907 that had heads measuring 19 inches in diameter. O. Butler, Rt. 3, Salem. I dug upwards of 300 bushels of Burbank potatoes from ono ncro. W. W. Wnlkor, Salem. My Burbank potntooa yloldod 350 bushels per ncro In 1907. Lymon Damon. From ono-fourth ncro of potntocs planted In February I dug 40 sacks. T. J. Pottlt. RnlBcd over flvo tons of carrots on ground 25x70 ynrds squaro, which sold at $G por ton In field. W. D. Clucget, Salem. From six acres onions got 1400 snoks. J. T. Rice, Hlllsboro. Had boots wolghlng 33 pounds onch In 1907. John Prlckott. I From two nnd ono-half acros I raised 1250 sacks onions In 1907. 1.1. Young. I rnlsod 3500 head of cnhbaKO that k averaged about 10 pounds each, on two and one half acres. W. A. Mnr lln. Itnlsed 1780 IiuhIiMh potntoon from six acres. 12. E. Williams. On one vine In my Harden I hnd I 17 Hubbard miunsh nggregatlng 290 pound. V. I. Stnley, Snlom. My celery liHt seaxon, 190G, yield ed 30,000 bunches por ncro, and sold for GO conts per dozen. W. II. II. Dodge. Rt. 7, Salem. From 15 ncreM I Mold 2500 bushels or fancy grade Burbank potntoes. L. Frohmadcr, Salem, Rt. 3. From 30 hills of Yankee pumpkins nnd Hubbnrd squash I sold $30 worth In 1907. J. B. Nunn, Polk county fruit inspector. Wo hnd roasting ears from July 15 continuously until Novombor 8, 1907. R. A. Mnrsh. I hnvo been setting out my cub bage plants In tho latter part of October nnd Novombor for 19 youra past and never lost but one crop from freezing. D. L. Brown, Ilox 307, Sa lem. I raised 100 tons of cnblmgo on two and threo-fourths ncres In 1907. Many bends of 23 pounds weight. Job. Woodward, Salem, Rt. -0. From ono-quartor aero 1 sold JG7 worth of early potatoos.Jas. SykoH Rt. 2, Salem. yKOS I "J? WeaM &X fi Till? APPLE AS AX AKHCT IX ,.,,. SSeolj!! ;t. " "oer. ix ;?, wa.,SJBs I'llClfie Nn.ii.. u makes RS times s.;J,,ww DUOINCJ LAIT VAIiUKg. Tho city of Medford stands midst, or nn orchard region tnousnud ncres. ...... a.. ,,,.. ,. . . " ie bam ". ousanu ncres. - "' oi ih Thnt amount or land Is planted ,,1- w lota1' Dst entirely to npplos nnd pei.i-B ,,iui I ntUi 1 rPn,e most IS WORTH PI?lt ACHE. .i n . .... . "uiem ia. . from 9:100 to Kiniiii ' ,. .l. i!? rhea ,, ., . !' nn lira? .. .r.i... P "a first eJ'K: ?lt ACRE. '::.'. " "m trey,,." TVw.lr....,1 lu I,. t1. ...l.ii ... . . oU.000 n X...'. ........... .d in viiu muni in ,i Dili. . ,..,. wre iii, j of orchards worth at a low i.s.im"!P j '"i"011' The tw uvo nuiuirou uouars per ativ , Kr.,5 v'" " ror c 71 That means that tho orcli-mls ,iivp ooonnn i" ,s a' - l n tiwiflriil vnliifl r ,.,,...1 ...' . I "U".U00 for Al..t -l dollars, TO HAY NOTHING )K Till T? , C' It has boon domnmih-nn,i n i... Ai Promise held r- . soil nnd climate of the Willamette I a dozen' &t valley will produco just as flno poars OKA cisttvtL,J(l and apples as any pnrt of Oregon. VKAU ini i il,l8VMi grown horo uro oqunl to tho .-'INKST Izo tw nled,lSlO "","1" wiwn in iiuui) i center nf .,. ""a Hi Hi VKH Oil ROGUE RIVER. 1 1 Xgon & This hnB been provon by tho facti In order tn . Hint Wlllnmotto vnlloy apples and es- m.ist take ?i.c?pll! poclnlly those nbout Salem, hnvo world that iff. ? H lmnn unt liv .1nn1..o r. it m...:""?1 l"l SITU,. places. . OKRgox. "& iionco aaiom can no mndo the con- There Is a ,, . tor of n great applo Industry. This and It In un til 0d,ll(li cannot bo succcssfiillv ltKViiMi nv tnfMiiv..?u,ili, ANY IMIAOTIOAI. U...IMMS MAN. Iilo buslncn PMlbllill!" It Is high time wo woro wnklng up It would div im. -to tho possibilities of tho apple ns a nmn Into iho ilu .. wealth producer for this section. syndicates To m-TY81 Louis W. Hill, president of tho ONTO Till: MuSil Groat Northern Rnllwny Coiupnnv. Lot ub Blze thli Tn ..j . declares thnt within twenty-five yonrs right and timer tfl.i tho apple crop or tho Pacific ;orth- Kwdest of all L , WWlt Will I.SI.pod til V,lll,n Till.' I """0tJf-rti, PIUWE.Vr OUTITT OF WlllCATi TUr r ro.i ORE AND TIMIlElt. I Ht F. E. SHAFER i ins prediction, column mini nuoh i n r )iiH'rvatlve nnd reliable source h h ; meiiuIiiK thnt Is siluply pro '''fjloiiK. Mr. Hill (llKfimies the iiohl for the "Pacific Northweit."' by which term he meiiiiH the thiec hIiKj-n of WASHINGTON. ORKGOX AM) IDAHO. Th" prcnent output of wheat, ore and timber for tho state of Oregon alone runs Into Mk riKiires. Last er WaMhliigton rnlHed about 40. 000,000 busholH of whont. a crop above the average, and this ytmr the product Is approximately 2 0,000,000 u crop bolow nvorngo. 'I ho uvornge figures nre nbout 35. 000,000 bushols which Is equivalent to Haying that tho whont crop or thin stato is worth about $30,000,000 per annum. Tho vnluo or oro Is proble matical, but it runs into n row mil lions. Timber, Including lumber nnd shlnirlos. Is the ureat. IntliiRt rv nf Washington. Its iiroduct Is viiluml I nt nbout $85,000,000 annually From CO acrcsclorcrlptlli inoreroro ino vniuo or wiioat, ore I liny nnd 210 6uu m. ami umuor mr uio sinio oi wasning ton alone Ik nt present not less than HOUSE i.i .. ... . ' ri Bnr,r :. -'f. trwt has an unbrotaSI munufactunToft izu$v lie begun unrk. , ",t. 1S01 Bnd Is a mj-'-ffr. or the business ai ( w. , Jovh tho confidence c! tii l nnd horse nconlc v ?i i Hiipply every artier tt'y, Jn from ho 'ightcst 'cai-g ( henvlost dray team Hs ii cliiss workmen and BUen&i, ui lujmir wurK oa mnrti From -15 acres I cot t; tal ciovor nny and bolted II t& ciovor seed, and called tt i fa crop. ProvloustothttlnKi or any and hulled Si btiidii spcu rrom 20 acre.-S.w: I125,!?00,000 a vonr. For the entli nnsturlnc a nortlon vltii nnd received 36 cents permit butter fat. 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