DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALKM, OHIWON, FlllDAY, frKOISMIirm 25, 1008.
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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.
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THE HILL ENTERTAINMENT
PARLORS
L.
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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
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DUOINCJ LAIT VAIiUKg.
Tho city of Medford stands
midst, or nn orchard region
tnousnud ncres.
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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 $85,000,000 annually From CO acrcsclorcrlptlli
inoreroro ino vniuo or wiioat, ore I liny nnd 210 6uu m.
ami umuor mr uio sinio oi wasning
ton alone Ik nt present not less than
HOUSE
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' ri Bnr,r :. -'f.
trwt has an unbrotaSI
munufactunToft izu$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. Eugene rilaa,
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