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ISSUED MONTHLY BY THE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY

VOL. XVI ST. PAUL, MINN., JULY, 1942 No. 7

When Do We Eat?American armed forces and civi- crop. Here is assurance that our ising. Many rye elds in Minne-

lians will eat. A rising-- tide of soldiers’ query, “When do we eat ?" sota and North Dakota will makefood production in the United will not be unanswered. 35 bushels per acre. The averageStates in response to wartime In the country's big push to looks like it may be between 18 andneeds, now with the beginning of create more food and ber, farmers 24 bushels.-Most Northwest areasharvest, is overowing into the na- of the Northwest states have producing barley will far exceedtion’s bins and warehouses. Indica- crowded their way'up to the front their quotas. For example. pre-tion.< are thatltmp and livestock row. Every cultivated acre is be- liminary estimates for. Washing-quotas 1'cq.rir0rl for domestic use ing coaxed to maximum yield. ton, Oregon and Idaho barley thisand for shipment to United Na- At the moment North Dakota is year have skyrocketed to 34,000,-tions military and naval bases set to turn out its highest‘pex_' acre 000 bushels compared with 23,000,-around the world will be me_t. ' spring wheat yield of all time.“-000 in 1941.

Apparently U. S, farmers‘ every- Acreage is. below last year, but Most spectacular, however, is thewhere are doing a magnicent job there is plenty of wheat in sight. turn to ax, the oil crop that Uncleeven in the face of thecommon Spring and winter wheat- in Min- Sam is urgently calling for. Earlyhandicaps of labor shortage, a wet, nesota, Montana, Washington, Ida- quota estimates of a 65 per centlate spring and the need for con- ho and Oregon will bring good increase in acreage in North Da-serving many of the materials they yields. . kota alone may be exceeded withnormally must use in producing a ' Other cereals likewise are prom- numerous communities‘ reportingIi“ 7 " ' "** ‘ ‘L "*7 WW’ T3‘ W" “WW1”? "'__””'i'ii

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The rlnlng tide or tom! prmluetlon In the l‘nIted Staten ll my-bollsed hy the heavy grain erop jlut eunllx lntu har-vest In the Pnele Northwest and In the Great Plnlnl. ll cereall. forages, melt gnlnlln, wool and npeelalty crop: theseurea: are pulhlng up thelr output to meet wlrtlnte needs.

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"-- - - -""-*~- the yield outcome. Already plans — he * g <

._ .9.1“;-' *=’_l-'3. (. 9 are being laid to extend large-scale CLOSE-UPS

1 1 5 1 Seed ax culture the Sllorl PlIf|llIIP‘l lboll Jgrirulluro InE -3 Northwest for Northern Pu-lc Territory

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J t . .- the wind, the following facts illus- Edwin A. Johnson IS a form? Cali-tl-ate pl-oductlon trends m the forman who reccntl_y bought a arm in

D_""__M 0, Aukuhwd mnlopmt Northwest: southwestern Washington.

washlngton cows W1“ surpass Ol.1.0 OUkI'Op, in western NOl'th D3-lillell‘ 1941 output Of 242,441,860 kota, pastures l8 dairy cows on crested

“Flint 0] III! .\'urlhcrl Trocurolllltllnll” gallons of wheatgrass, \\'hlCh llL‘ says Can be

.1. w. HAW ....... ........ ..sz. Paul, Minn. Montana cheese factories are §}§:;°‘%‘;§’§ew;':'l‘S earn" l" the SpmgD"“°"" doubling their production. Recently ‘___

W. J. HUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “St. P l Ml . 'to "" 3:, "‘°,;"“ they *"g"e4.;";;%%; ..-"~.2...‘.’.i:“‘*%I.':‘:"§.2.££:1'2.’ii.‘:£.”‘i:IS I‘ c 'A. J. DEXTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..s1. Paul, Minn. 0 P911" 5 c°111Pal'9 W1 , bought in western Washington for

Agricultural Development Agent pounds ln the cor!-espondlng mgnth ,. $3,500. Furniture, oultry and one cow

A" R" M1{',?:,§,,§§,"c",;"5,;,;éi‘;,,;,.;.;;§§g§,'},‘{" M"“‘" 9- Yea!‘ bef°1'e- were included in tge deal.H. W. BYERLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..S\. Paul. Minn. Eastern an nort - 1 k Sal om_

Immigration Agent ern Idaho dry pea growers upped 8 18$ IY Wee 0° Q5 C

1.. s. MacDONALD ......... ..Missoula, Mont. their acreage more than 100 per 9?“? has °P°“_‘?'-1 f°" busmess 3‘ Mn“- Cit Mont with Frank Barnum and

Agncuuuml Developmem Age!“ cent» from 130»000 to 2701000 Ea1?l’Seekin's as managers Auctions arew~ Pw§'§,Q,l:1L§\'1;?§'bé;é1'5é,;;é§f“XL%n§V“h' Present crop prospect looks like h_eld every Saturday. All classes oiL. 2. uows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Seattle, Wash. Weld Increase Qver last Year W1" hvestock are handled‘

Ammmum Developmem Agent Show 8' higher percentage even Gene Coulter put 36000 bushels of:::"*..*.:.":..i°.'.*‘.ir. 2222:’: than male g\"?s- . 1941 through his sheheh h whhh

west states. On expiration of that perlod_ it Ailreage Of 13811111118 81111 119911118 county. North Dakota. He hired out to£a>'c‘l>I§";ib¥i='*"“‘~;J‘{,\‘}';g‘:.y§{',§,',§

basl:v:!'y peas 111 the Pacic Northwest is shell for two elevators and several

;h:.:h....-* :: higher than he wh by at hast ;=;;'::s§:...‘;"::.:.*;'?.1:';.‘:.';.°:‘.i.‘::":.s*0!‘ 81' ' . 'renew on a complimentary basis tor ve 18 per cent ' ty Coulger is.raiging £0;-n “h bar-yggntléjvjggmay 1* d°“° by ""1"! 8 ‘"1" Beans for canning and freezing 16;, oats, sugar ‘boots; h ' .l£"3,()()()

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are expected to amount to 23 per chickens. -)’_ cent more than last year. . i

Large increase is being made in ofAu?:t%§i?§dR‘§Sti‘f':“g,!“°_}” ‘k‘éic‘llf°i';the 11111153 Put up 111 frozen Pack raising caraway seed sage, savory

F ‘ :—_——~_~ : _—— Strawberries will lead in volume, thyme and other spice crops in westernwith red raspberries next. Oregon 0'°8°"- He "Y5 sP1¢°$ B'°“’" 1" *1"

3££..*".i.:£§ :;".:r":.;:.*:;: :22. ‘.?;“:l‘".%*‘§‘ }”.i1i.‘?.“‘i.‘.‘..Z.".."°‘ “*=‘i"=i'**‘*~‘*'**'43- - - - t e war.basis. It is too early to forecast (¢.,,,,,,,,,..d 0,, page 6, - --

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AT Dance made money mining inwestern Montana, invested some of it intwo farms on the Broadwater-MissouriIrrigation project in Broadwater coun-ty, hired renters to operate tltm forhim. Dance added improvements bymoving on houses for laborers and agranary. This year the farms are pro-

ucing seed peas. sugar beets, grainsand hay.

Seventeen-year-old Patsy Altree,Clark county, Washington, farm girl,runs her father's 70 acres and a Jerseyherd of 30 head while he runs a bull-dozer on a war construction job. Hermother, Mrs. C. W. Altree, stays hometoo, keeping house and taking care ofPatsy’s two young sisters. With a newtractor Patsy cultivates 55 acres. Witha milking machine she milks 20 cowsin an hour and a quarter in the morn-ing and the same at night. She cleansthe barn, mends machinery and fences,DIIIII the crllp. lhort day; ol llll winter and lprllg I-Irnlt Spltllerhth lllll hll '

three noun didn't llt by the Ire to toast their lhlhl. Almost all the ll-e they were hgselglo oithtr gswglzt her SlStf?rs'out worhlll on their ht‘ Irrigated torn In the Broadwnter-Illlourl valley of western 5 V , 9 g y - can O er-Mohtana. They were preparing. month: In advance. to feed llventoch this coming Thats not all. Patsy keeps up hertall. They hull! 1 feeding yhrd |ll'IQ ehollh to hold 4.000 llltenlng llnlu and II I high school work‘ gakes an extensionpart or the wlnd-breaker fence around this yard they eonnrncted two grlnlrlen that course in farm management hires outwill hold 8.000 hnsheln of feed. The plctire above was snapped early ll the spring _ _ 'when the eohltrnctlon nm who pm-uy Inlhllhed. In the ylrd and Iranlrlel and In to plow for neighbors with h_er tractortwo houses hull! for sugar been workero. the Spatnleralhn uled 28.000 hohrd feet of and gets fan mall from ad;-nu-9;-5 whoI her The INII It th I I I th B d ll ll (IIll:-n$'.'5'nn ante. There l:QI0I-;l:\I:l1|C:f0:"=:::‘§:I':I:I':‘0.IQ::O::1:'f:‘L:=I'|:::I' want to know a girl who lsnll afraidIn lllnl (‘0IIlIllllIl|l_\'.— 1. Ase.-.,¢.

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The day of new milk productionrecords hasn't ended. They stillcome bigger and better. Now theCarnation Milk farm, near Seattle,Wash., announces that its nine-year-old Holstein, Carnation Orms-by Madcap Fayne, has just com-pleted the greatest yearly milkrecord ever made by any cow ofany breed anywhere in the world.

The Madcap cow manufactured41,943.4 pounds of milk in 365days, or an average of nearly 13gallons every day. This perform-ance exceeds the former worldmilk record, made by her sister,by D0llnd$- The but-terfat Thole plnren should be llbell “al-in the new record-holder’s milk g; 5;':__;';'§f:;-e:,§.§;::'_§""P_:; f{'{,':_;amounted t0 1,392-4 pOUI1dS, 1101; nation Farm. nenrhsenge. wan, top

. a worldi regordlbut almost as mutcn {',§|,‘:,:':I|':',Y1‘I.£,';,;§“£'1',,}',|£;i.,,"1f_.'}§'_} ,':".,"L,,}',,‘'§*"‘ as ma e er sister, w o s1 "' " '""'- ' °'"" '"""" -

holds the bittttmt wttd. :'::'::.'.:.:.';':.:.:'.:.".'.":.': :2-.-,:::':':.r.t' n Orms-by Madcap Fayne

_ was mil imes daily with- calf, once made a one-year recordout fail by a 60-year-old herdsman, of 1.036-3 DO"nd$ Of fat f!'Om 29.-Carl Gockerell, who has been in 245 pounds of milk. This old cow'scharge of test cows at Carnation family totals ve sons and eight

- f. farm since 1917. Once before this daughters. The latter _have all~-~ famous cow made a big record— stayed home, at Carnation farm,1* 37,505 pounds of milk and 1,306 but the sons have traveled. The7" pounds of fat—part of which was oldest went to Portugal, the second

produced before admiring crog to Canada, the third to Ecuadorwhen she was on display in 19 and the fourth now lives in Mexico.at the Golden Gate exposition in The fth son, baby of the family,San Francisco. still IS too young to venture forth.A s During her recent test CarnationOrmsby Madcap gayriie flivgddwell,eating 123 poun s 0 ee aiy.Her varied menu ranged from Why Land values Increueheavy eOneentl'8te8 to Vegetables. Land values have strengthenedSalad and 1'0l18h9-8e- She 80¢ every considerably during the past fewday 13 POl1nd$ Of 8 OOn"ne!‘Oi8| months, according to A. A. Dowell,grain feed, 40 DOdnd$ Of Sliced SUE" agricultural economist of Minne-ar beets and mangelst 20 DOl1nd$ sota university. Dowell statesOf C0111 Silage and then She Yn"nOh- that this has been due to severaled on 35 pounds of alfalfa hay. contributing factol-s_All this 8he tODPed Off with 10 In the rst place, prices paid forPO\1nd8 Of kale O1‘ freshly Ont green rnost farm products have increasedgrass As amilk-makmz machine. sharply since beginning of theShe fllY}e1li0ned 8hnO$t Derfeetlyt present war because, primarily, ofand nished the 1'eeO1‘d _Dl'a¢t1Oa"Y an upswing in the domestic demandin Plump eOndiiiOn. Weighing 100 for farm produce. Highly paid andPOnnd5 mOl‘e than when She fully employed workers are inStarted position to pay more for food and

She comes from a family of clothing and to buy greaterheavy milkers. Her 17-year-old amounts of both than formerly,mother, who is still living and who situations which are reected inrecently dropped her thirteenth prices farmers receive.

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products also has increased greatlyin the last few months. These in-clude various dairy products, lard,eggs and poultry. Increased out-put and relatively high per unitprices have resulted in larger in-comes to farmers and these are be-ing reected in prices paid for farmreal estate.

Another thing—interest rateson farm mortgage loans are thelowest on record. Averaging veand a half per cent before WorldWar I, they have since declined,and range mostly from 31/; to 4'-_-per cent. And nally, the relation-ship between prices received andprices paid by farmers, for themost part, is favorable to farmers.This is due to the fact that pricesreceived by farmers have risenmore than prices of goods andservices required by farmers.iii

Oil for Ships at SeaThe machine age has brought

new value to the forage crop, rape,used by farmers for hog and sheeppasture. In a few selected placesfarmersare making a business ofraising rape for seed. Eight thou-sand acres produced rapeiseed lastyear in northern Idaho. The acre-age has since been increased.Oregon farmers in the Willamettevalley have put in between 3,000and 4,000 acres of biennial rape ‘for seed this season.

The production is to obtain seedfor two purposes. One objective is\a supply for replanting eitherlocally or elsewhere and the otheris to obtain seed for crushing andrecovery of its oil. Rape seed oil isblended with high grade lubricantsfrom other sources, particularlyfor marine purposes, since it hasthe quality of emulsifying withwater while retaining lubricationproperties.

Oil from Idaho rape seed hasother industrial uses and chiefamong these is its application inthe process of hardening steel.

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Being King of the Bog sounds any month of the year and in everylike the hero of a nursery rhyme. town and hamlet? Research andFantastic, but near Grayland, in experiments have proven that suchGrays Harbor county, Washington, can be the case and that this de-and within a stone's throw of the licious berry can be available any-

'— "'3--; mighty Pacic ocean. that is the where at'8ny time. Heretofore theposition the red, tart cranberry cranberry has been picked, graded,holds. packed in cases a_nd rushed to dis-

Years ago the peat bogs in west- tant _markets HS 3 fI'€Sl'l Cl'Op. Theern Grays Harbor county were 81jad_"\8 P1'°°e8_9 naturally hascarefully considered as a possible el1"}"1a'¢e_d berries Derhalfs mt 9-8area suited to cranberry produc- ¢h°1¢e with P9899“ to 8126, 00101‘tion. The McFarlane strain of the 811$! 1'mIle§8_- Yet, frvm the Stand-cranberry was imported from the Dolnt Of bell!!! edibl» Q16! are un-famous Cape area and surpassed. HO\V COll]d Wasteadaptability to Washington soon be avoided? The answefwas found -

. was demonstrated. From this basic in 8 Dl'0¢eSB Whereby these berries“""“"-., strain the industry has developed were processed and canned into a

in a few years a planted area of delicious red. sparkllnz sauce569 ac;-es, pmducing 32,900 boxes which today may be found on the

small community, of which $70,000 Growers rew1¢ed_ 111'was paid to those employed to har- the °°"5t1'"°t1°“ ‘>1 .3 8!'.°°e$5"\8'vest the crop. plant,a_t%ark$'lIYU~ uring the

‘To the cranberryggrower. the seilson f b 9191'“. has bee.“ "holidays of Thanksgiving, Christ- iwnce 9 thf 9.09“ ant? Qf “"5 '

been signicant These days of Altath however, this -‘hell -_

on cranberry consumption. The We Pacic N°1.'"‘?'°s* aanberfyb - -th _ndu_stry is expandingand merg- -.

:;::,%.*:h;:. s:;a;":::m,";,, ;-is ;"§° a1;,;e;, mg;-1,considered himself too importantto .°°a e 1°“ deb 3" r d '5 bi’ ~

be king just for a day. Why could ing rep ace Y *3 Pew an mu“he not grace the tables regardless am?’ ‘me "°w‘;n.smg ral’““y P“of the season or the occasion, in dgrtiloilit s“iperv1s'.°'€.and gagcmg

0 e oca associa ion an ran-berry Canners, Inc., affiliated with

berries Tn Greys I-lni-In: county. Welter; the_Amer1can Cranberry EX_Cl‘l2il’1$I8

:i::::.':':'.':";..:::i.".:i1::'..':..":.1."':.: which markets fres11,berr1@s,,un-xvi-11;:-I-I-3;: |:-ri-;_|- I; an-¢;:::l’-:;gv_l_:o: der the trade name, Eatmor.

GP? Q - 0 I QC - ':|l.b':P tlnibzr. :7-r:I.l...ovVe:dl and tangle :1 - Thls worth» at.:.:.:.": 132.: :.:..:..:.'."rr.;::"::.::; least» Pf ¢ra"be"1es W1" be rm-!‘ tort to two tee; (lee: |Illlh|lQOIl taker! call’; 8SS€d in th€ HEW C8l'ln€l'y. 3,

5.’,-‘Li?-I.'.1..|".€.‘.‘...|.3i'..;i‘|'.' .|.2'2...§'.2'.'-'.’.€..;. Jellied sapce and a whole berryL*::'.:::' .'.:".".'::.'.:"...:::.'.';:.';.:'::'::.::.::: sauce W1" be .r>r°d"¢@<*- . About:-ten. ll; clones It hp‘ |)IlI\|lII|('II'l'|II‘I Into one-half Of the yield fl'OlTl virtually-..°||1'.'.'1.'|.|'|.§..‘i"'.!-'.I5'|‘..‘$l'}“ 'i.‘f..~T"i'T.»?¢'i'.; all bogs in Oregon and Washing-:::,m'." .1::"¥...:1"..:':':'::":::..:: .':; *0" W1" Fame *0 this factory forgave I Iewnmcanthll every year to take canning In glass 3l'l(l tm Ull--|.'.¢i'.'|"i»-=1."'1."é’?J§|.'Z.'.|".lT..¢'§l'lf1 der the label “MlSt‘K1~*t»” theltnrted ll berrlel 28 years IIO nnd ntlll Gl'3\'laIld lal)€l fl‘ \\’eSt(‘l‘n cran-producing. Bottom. view of n hrand new ‘- -bog shortly eltewllntl have been I101 In berries. ‘Only berries under halfl.§§.'|'='§;.|..T.:$ 3-.‘1-1° .'$'|'¢'£'€.-Z'.'J"l’.l"|¢".'.? an "Eh "1 dlameter W111 be P!'°¢9S-::e -id: er‘:-3 5'0:-“The ¢re-e:-":-::I-w- sed. The larger ones, as now, will...i|."" " ' ' ° "°"'°' " "“'" be sold fresh. Berries from Sea-

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in P41. gvith-an-"estimated value of 8l‘%¢;_r’sbshelf- _ _. -.at east 250,000,"a wean‘e ine0_me-_ e 1! 0011 e crew errx 4111- ~

for such a limited acreage and an ‘st?! which - » _~

appreciable sum distributed to a ,'; ed l!P._b§,’ the Gm ll" 911:?‘ 'i8

mas, and New Year's have always sauce‘ "' . 7 ' .-

festivity have signicant bearing fa '7 has bn °u‘3r°w'ftna than

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side and Bandon. Oregon, fromllwaco-Long Beach in Washington,Burrows-North Beach and Gray-land sections will come to the fac-tory at Markham for disposition,although some will be canned in anew plant at Bandon.

Culture of the cranberry isunique and entirely different fromthat of other agricultural productsand when an acreage is developedfor production, it represents notonly capital invested but weeks andmonths of hard work. These bogsare covered with a heavy growthof brush and debris which must becompletely cleared. Ditches aredug to permit proper drainage and

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. - n '"* ~*‘@"@ as 8 means °f °°""°‘“"g ....“;:'::'.'.'.:'.L:=:.'.'::':“ :*:'.':'..':;":::.:.":.: ..':::t.t:':..;::':Lt:':;.":;'...v.'.::;":':t.n:: :2:the hlgh water table Slllcletly to heenlnilut along one llde preparatory to ntnrtlmg n new cranberry plnntlng. Timbermaintain Inoisture for the growing and In-uni In the blekgruuml shun hon these hugs are In nnturnl state.

plants and at the same time avoidexcessive water in the topsoil.

This initial development is tem-pered, however, by the realizationthat only a limited acreage is re-quired. many of the growers hav-' g as low as half an acre, three- f an ac1‘e."\vith many Ofthe ar rowers running intothree, fourI\z§1'R've-acre tracts. Onthree or four acres in average pro-duction a family makes its entireliving. Interesting;-eiowever, isthe fact that the smallest growersare chiey newcomers/ startingmodestly as their nances permit,at the same time learning the busi-ness. They prefer to creep beforethey “’alk~ A Qnlnhetl hog. vompletely grown over with nlture rrlllherry plant: near Gray:

O“°° W“ 18"‘! ‘S mlalmedi “ml l|'l'.'.'|'.'.|l.‘.!‘.":;....'|‘i..",;"’..§.ll",.l.l‘§.'i|Z‘.Z’ i1'."|.Zl‘lr’TJ§§§JZ;."lI"';.§§",53’5 121'. '§.'.‘I."¢'l.'1§'l".;..

be‘°"* P'""*""l» the am "‘"“ be ':'.:"":'.'"'.,:" '-"?';'"":'"-""'1:'t:;:;:rt:::.:'.::'.:'::.:"1:::.':.:::; ::t'..':.:'.::.::- - . 1 rr en unun ' .coverad wlth approximately three t,he bomeand ;i'p:- mt. Interval: “Phi:-I Ire ennneetloln for sprinkler: In-cl to avoid troutand u inches Qf sand_ damage. lloune 0| the hm: nu-nner In the haekrroultl |l iiilcal nl thune allortletl ll)‘

¢ ' h ' -or runners from established plants """" """ '"’ '""""'are merely pushed into the sand.Phenomenal growth then takesplace. providing the foundation forcranberry production. During thecourse of the growth it is mostessential that weeds be removed.which is the grower’s job duringthe off season. There are possi-bilities on the boggy. peat land onGrays Harbor alone of expandingto 3.000 planted acres. This wouldmake it the country's cranberrycapital.

Now scientists are discoveringthat th e cranberry possessesstrange qualities. There is a waxon the skin which is eliminated.and which may be available for

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Candle makm A." wd extract t..".'::..;; :::'.1..r:"..»:rt..":.-.:."'..:‘.':.:;.",...:."at.r'::.;'::*m1':n..;':..::::...P.:';'.:..ha-Q been found “'hlch ma)’ be used annually of Pncle Snrtllwelt crop.

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for making ngerprints, an ambercream for healing burns, an oil forlipstick and even plastic materialsfrom which we might make suchthings as shoes.

Land Buyers CompeteTempo of the land business in

the Red River valley has been step-ped up and purchases for invest-ment both by town people and byfarmers again are occurring fre-quently. (‘ompetition among pros-

has increased the prices. Improved land in the Fargo area recentlyhas sold in 260 and 320-acre blocks i *

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fOI' cash at $05 and an During the hnrvest sensun at Grnyinnd. \\'nsh.. Mrs. Jamel O'Brien runnim: (‘fin-acre berries over cleaning and sorting trays and Into lnbelecl boxes [or [reel berry trade.'_ , The 0'Briens have 1| two-In-re plnntinx. Piekinpz begins about ept. 20. Illts for six

PrlCeS 111 range rarely were \\"eel':s.nl-1:1-ll il |I|:'|£flI l":f:IIl with 0n:"tri|: Ioverhitl by |;r|;\wu '0! war‘-iitrrz, whoheard in the valley a fe“, years nlnr 0 I re 3 anes 0 nor u. us npg \\ e s r ng e 0 n n 074 or nun .

ago but they have come back underthe conditions now prevailing as tocrop yields and improved prices foragricultural products.

Large owners of farms. such asthe Federal Land bank, Bank of -

North Dakota and insurance andmortgage companies, in recentyears have steadily decreased theirholdings. A few have almost en-tirely sold out. /

“’hen D0 W’e Eat?1('|>illilIl|4'Ii from p:u:¢- 2|

Frozen vegetables packed inOregon and Washington are beingpushed up from 28 per cent of thenation's total last _vear to 65 'cent in 19-12.ima valley is re ' a new topgure in freezing peas from 5,000acres and lima beans from a likearea.

Canners of tomatoes, peas. green-~ beans and lima beans have been in-

formed there are no restrictions ontheir use of tin cans.

V e g e t a b l e dehydration haschanged from a minor role to amajor place in the food iiidustry.Dehydrators are working or willwork on carrots. beans, turnips,

..t.""J.*r';.'5';';:;::::..:t':.:‘a:.:;':':1"::::.:Y: be@ts».<=abbag@».avP'eS. and i>1"\m@-"-land (‘rlnberry Growers’ association. |lis- In ilV€StOCk, lndlC3,tlOi'iS are HOW‘

§:::-1s:°::::"¢$-if-'ii¢|?:;7'ii§:i-er,‘it,-“;':; that all Northwest states will ex-M-Ildlns M1 ("-1- ll-rlmh ceed by wide margins their 1941

pig crops, wool output and beefIt is still possible, however, to production

buy Red River valley farms belowthe top gures shown above. The$20 and $25 an acre places are get- Pouring Out Chrometing scarce but a number are still A new mining ope,-anon begun4‘ queted between $30 and $45 an in central Montana early in Maya°1'9- already has poured out more than

"J§':|i‘¢h;"r:.,<'|'-'.=ii'§ 'i.l"|f:¢°nin':;"‘L|'-'»'='-ii-|i'_‘ii’.'i§ —_*—i' 21.000000 pounds of chrome ore§:::’§,'.,{,,f,T,§I,"L"_'§.,"§,,f}",}":",}'f,;,,,“,,':,':,; Sugar beet growers in Montana for delivery to_an ore dock at the:=':r:=.":m¢ rim; tan I1?!"-h\flIllh¢"_I:,'m": expect to receive a total of $10,- rail loading point where it is dis-.......,.!.’.-....‘f.'; ?.i‘.....,'-"‘,..1.. ..;'..-0.». ... 000,000 for their crop in 1042. patched 10 industrial plants nallv$1,‘}_j{}';j",,,",f;‘§]';_"}}_'j,§',,{';‘,'{,'};;,‘;, 1,11,: —i to be used in manufacture of warlIe:r:':(~reJ::n||‘l be :1-:-m v:'::Ik‘-;l':|utl-12:‘ Victor Anderson harvested 1,000 goods. The ore goes through a"e . 4' non \' I - -iv“. lIl‘l'l‘I. ‘III! be was pl‘:-turedn mm.‘ boxes, holding one-quarter barrel otation process at the dock to re-}‘r'f_f"_""{|'; '11:"1‘":1_"::;;,'§;"{{_';"::,5':[ each, of cranberries from one acre move some of the waste productsuhh-It It mu. but it dneIln‘i um an last season at Grayland, Western it contains as it comes from theIn-rrv plants The enee pot contains bis Wreserve III|I|l.|_\' of oil. a-shingtorh mine- 4@_ _

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'—""_‘\fiiv,‘l?42 THE NOR'l‘l_lWl:ZST

Farm and Home llliportunitiesYou may select from tliis list of typical bargains or ask us forotlier propositions suited to your needs. Additional information,including addresses of owners or agents, furnished on request.

MI_.N\NESO'l‘A modern barn. Some of the most pro- four-room house, good root cellar, largeM_4u_we“ improved 360_ac,_e soil in the valley. Price, $37.50 gag‘ smxléoollzed _for barn in poorstock, dairy and general farm one mile ' ' 5"‘ acres are mfrom town on Northern Pacic Rail- MONTANA 2:53; £53; algggt bg{aggeSisalfgg?]'re7wa , in Crow Wing county, north cen- - ' - pof iii»»e=~»=- $°i1§<;°<1i1a"d1'="' 1.13;?-*....=2;t‘;::z:..:;°:l*e.:i';".*i..::1 §€$‘.i1"eo'°2§.§“..5.‘”‘€..-%1.‘Z.‘ii.£" .{::.:'.:*.~m gently r°mng' A ut 165.a°r°s tains 16 miles from town on N. P water for domestic use School twocullwatedi balame Pasture md umber‘ Railway seven miles from inland vil-' and a half miles Electricit ho lEstlmated value °t umberi $1500‘ Land lage, Powell county, western Montana bus mail and milk route ysei§$ice(;all fenced and cross-fenced. Seven- h ' -

room house with full basement, large 0;“, agioagamlkgggnty rlldbfpen th P"°°' $2300‘barn with mow for 150 tons hay, big erlithin three; nlea Olwgera dgscgmes IDAHOsilo, corn crib, hen house, machine . ll 1-7()9_.430 ac,-es in oe ished, garage and workshop._ _Also six- Saga zgazgléolvazds §;§12,,,,§‘f§°§,,,§§§§ district, northern 'Idah€. mli‘i\fleg‘l§>ll:room dwelling in fair condition, good and shes wen wanna b sou; moon, modern house, chicken house pr 300windmill, other minor but usable bu_ild- min creets owing into Igevada creek nons; 10 ac,-es in a1fa1g‘1s-on‘ ees andins=- Farm is on tarviated state hish- which form, so, e ,,,,,,,.,,,,,,._ 320 berries. About 1,500 cords of wood onway, mail, cream and school bus routes, acres commerciallwwim me and r iaoe price $3,500_ $1,500 cash will. . P ' 1

~ ‘i.‘z*as°"*o.':'.*:.*‘::;;*“.::.':r.ii..§'°2.::: imiei» ii» be mi-ii==~=i -~ iieii ii» imi-.-» i ' , dollars r thousand board feet in I-710-In Bonner county, 16 milesEast mm‘? llLag1g(:2;_oo°'\_Ury §§('*:‘ns6n$tg':°° stump. £80 acres valley native pasture from Sandpoint, northern Idaho. 240'25‘ _ _ ‘an provides winter feed for li\?6stock and acres with 70 acres cleared; log house,' \M- O— farm 8 J°11\t"8 smtml wild game. 250 acres irrigated meadow log barn, family orchard. Small lakegown. aw Gain 1:1, ‘lies dfelim produces about 300 mixed y, on corner of lace, half mile from11111650 - d en Y Y0 01:: n 8 11 subirrigated from reservoir andwallgr ' school. Price, £4,5000 acres un er plow G sized seveii- b 1;s_ 1 'fairly 32x40 ed y cree Good 10 room og and balance terms». _

. ; frame house with rock wall storage, ‘ ‘sriinaiy. machine shed. p0iilt3°h0ii§e- vegetable and milk house in connec- WASHNGNN

One-third cash,

3,.Buildings are insured for $4 . Will gion, s 1-in wager in nooso_ Also two. W 756-80 acres on paved~. way,sell farm ‘Or “$00. room $1-age house, tw°-st°fy frame n0 M-336-160 acres, two mil¢8 f1‘°m barn, 30:50; gara e, ultry house, i¢e Washington, about 30 acres cleared,town, north central Minnesota. Land noose, sno snegs, %ounk noose and rest in pasture. Six-room modernlevel to gently l'Ol_llllE, productive soil. con-sls wn running wage;-_ Ronon Wm bungalow with basement, fumace,About 7 8¢!‘eS U118 1% 8111911 timber care for 300 cattle or 1,500 sheep; two 5111114" _f¢3il11'e$; 80011 brn for 15and brushland pasture, not hard to additional sections con be looseo ig do- cows, chicken house, other buildings.clear. Six-room house, poor barn, good sn-od_ Thousands of small r gs-as for Place is leased at resent for $600 perchicken house, garagg, granary and Xmas tree market Log cabins can be year. Price, $7,608 - P1'i¢e, 51,3 Wm! $590 “sh constructed on lake shore for vacation- W-125l—12,500-acre sheep ranch, in‘n fmllally 011 b81a!1¢°- ists an_d hunters. Sell ranch with all Yakima county, central Washington.M-4l0—Stock and grain farm of 440 irrigation rights for $30,000. Terms if Owner says place will handle veacres, only few miles from each of two desired." bands. Lots of mountain bunch grasstowns, in Clay county, western Min- _S-265-400 acres locsted in a mou_n- range, watered by wells and springs,nesota, 18 miles from Fargo. Half of tain valley about 40 miles west of M_is- fenced and cro-fenced; 200 acresland adapted to stock, other half suited soula and l8 miles from shipping point farmed, more can be; water piped tofor grain farming. Seven-room house, on N. P. Railway, western _Montana. house and corrals, lots of lambingfull basement, barn for 25 head of About 125 acres can be irrigated of sheds. Six-room house, bunk house,stock, leanto for young stock; hen which 64 acres are cleared and cult_i- horse barn, large hay barn; good roads.house, granary and well. Price, $20 vated. Remainder _is good mountain Early larnbiililg district with moderateper acre. $1,500 cash and one dollar pasture and timber, including about 100 climate. Wi sell ranch for three dol-

, per acre a year on balance, five per acres of saw timber. A mountain lars per acre.cent interest. stream runs through the place furnish- OREGON

ing water for irrigation. Ranch hasNORTH DAKOTA free water right so that only in-igogion O-524—l50_acres on good _road, oneN-268—240 acres, four miles from expense is keeping ditches in repair. 3!"! {I 1'18" miles fi‘0m IOWH. In Albany

town, in Barnes county, eastern North Four-room log house with electricity dl-°itl_'1¢t» W95?-em 01180"; sever!-!‘00mDakota. Large house, new barn, other and running water in fair condition, 5¢m1'b“"881°Wi barn Wlth $t8!1¢hi0I\8buildings, adequate water supply; also two barns, garage, chicken house 5°!‘ 16 °°W5» n_¢W 88!??? _8nd Wwdshed;half mile to school. About 12 acres in and brooder house. Phone available, 99 "T95 ¢llltlV8t¢d- "C6. $6.500-alfalfa, 42 acres pasture, balance farm- daily bus to grade and high schools. O-804-322-acre westem Oregoned. Price $5,000. $750 cash, terms on Nicely located mountain stock farm stock farm_, 300 acres can be cultivated,balance, four and a half per cent in- which can be develooped much further. 120 acres in crops, 15 acres timber, nois-rest, Price, $4,800. $l,50 cash, reasonable ferns or brush. Modern ve-room

N-269—320 acres. well improved, on terms on balance. house, automatic water system; twogravel highwa , close to Casselton, in S-66—~i0-acre general farm, six and large barns, other buildings, farmeastern North l)akota's Red River val- a half miles from Stevensville, in Bit- equipment: two wells, springs, orchard.ley. Ample water supply, new large ter Root valley, western Montana. New Price, $9,000; terms.

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She Bought a Farm Next Year’s SugarA new settler, Mrs. Doris L. -- / i There are 3,300 acres of farm

Reid, has written us as follows: “Iam writing in appreciation of your

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dwelling and good barn, chicken ' A 1943 sugar production in this counhouse, garage, well, etc. This I!’ ‘ ' 11')’ W1" 1101119

here we are, very busy and entirely i I ‘ , sugar beet seed needed or used buthappy with our purchase. \' it is one of four important produc-

“My little girl, age 13, is the only J ing states. In addition to domesticone with me at present as my son demand, 801118 Of the 01118011 Siedis now gging to sehooi in Les ' has been earmarked for CanadianAngeies (part of his sir eoi-ps ' users and some is to be sent to

helpfulness in advising me about , 1 ,7,\'¢ y pecially interested in. This landa location on a small farm in west- \ V M ‘ . is growing sugar beet seed-seedern Washington. \ e X which will be planted in commer-..-rhm a ream“. in Bemngham \ _/ cial beet areas next spring to startwe iemied of» 40 acres with small I I i 1 - 8 lerze pert ef the erep from which

W ~; / .could be bought for $1,200. So "4 Oregon is not growing all of the

4 -training). However, even without " E11818l1d-our ‘manfolk,’ we are making prog- -i-si. i, , ,i,,.,,, ,, 3""-‘ ii", , The climate is a leading factorress. Have a nice big garden in ;f,:';'{“";|'{:::_ff‘1_ g':;Jf::_:'{‘:5;:":; in beet seed growing. It takesand have cleaned up very thor- I part oi the lax breeding pr0Irl— ei practically two seasons to make aoughly as to weeds and so—there :1’:‘I:'fQ,L:,1‘i::"}’:',,f,:§,,"‘,I';§f'L':,i crop of seed. Planting is done inis about an acre of raspberries 1-;§|'e;‘::§ ;;::_e'1-_1_~.=:;.1:_'-::.'~;'1:3- gm July, August or early Septemberand we are working that out now. -ltnre I1-ed rontllllng -ore all than the and the young beets that start areAlso three days a week we both }:§If.','°'.§..'.'iiile.°"-‘::JTei-'?: -'§'y'1"si::"i'.§I allowed to winter right in the soil. '-pick strawberries for a nearby "es-M4 lemelew Therefore, ..an area withfarmer, making some very nice ex- winter is required as th illtra money. and the performance in that state not stand col . e £oP%-

“Neighbors here are friendly of new plantings of earawey. cori- lewins si>rin'é' y resumesrewthand helpful, making things much ander, anise, fennel and dill. These and shoot _seed pods which areeasier for she-weoinei-_ 1 wont to crops or the seeds from them, are harvested in July and August of

, 1“ QR» jhsi; I hove found the used_ principally in avoring foods that year.realtor a"ne person-more like a 11116 111 8881118 81111 8V01'1118 661418111 In 1941, 1,500 acres of Oregongood neighbor than a dealer in real llquors. beet seed elds were harvested.estate. The place was in no way Most people are familiar with They averaged 1,900 pounds ofmisrepresented; in fact, I like it caraway seed on rye bread and in seed per acre. At seven and aeven better than I had anticipated. sauerkraut. ‘ It is produced by a half ;8D|LSh8 pound the crop was

“W b t 1;h d - biennial plant and the seed has W01‘t 10$ 88’1‘0W 811 11\'e1‘3ge Ofhalf hill: afiqdlm tozveh, $231: 03$, been mostly imported heretofore. $1_42-50 an acre. eiiha year seedgi-ooei-ies are delivered esoh Fri- Coriander is used in_ pickling, in will bring 10 cents a pounddllblbday, sinoe I have no oer at p1'e$- bread, in certain medicines and _in with a similar yield, woul makeent, due to war conditions, I nd ageing whiskey. Anise oil nds its $190 an acre. The 1941 Oregonthe sei-vioe oonvenien1;_ There was way into cakes, curries, candy and seed, amounting to 2,850,000no one living on the plage for liquors. Fennel is a perennial pounds, was enough to plant 200,-"nearly s ear and when we eon-ie whose stems are _used as a vegeta- 000 acres of sugar beet elds.three weelis ago the wild grass was ble- Oi] f1‘01I1 th_1S plant !111_1Re8 811 A number of new beet varieties,so high we couldn't see the cow 81‘0111_8t1¢ 8V01‘1118 mfeflal 1'01‘ developed in the United States, arewe staked in the orchard. Once, 681111198 811d Other D1‘0d11¢t8- being used. In 1943 the seed acre-again, let me say thanks.” age will be even greater than this

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their possibilities for raising some the state of waghingtQn_ Four of em nOf th€ CPOPS WhlCh before the W8!‘ them are spring wheatg and nine Reduced l‘8l€S are on S816 dail 10were 1'11"? 111 this ¢°\111t1‘Y and are winter kinds. The former, in an P°i"‘s °“ ‘he. N°"h°"‘ 98°15‘: gall‘?*'h1¢11 were s".1>P"e<1 11°"! $°"1°es the order ef their imvertenee» ere ii"i?1iiii§i‘Z§i1d"£‘.§’¢3§“Z‘.1'$ie’?§ie§°F§e‘§i

e regon xperimen s ion, s. , o n.for example, is_investigating the I-Iymar, Rex, Triplet, Ridit, Oro, J, w, "Aw, 115 iqoi-ghei-n psemo Ry,growing conditions required by Albit, Yogo and Forty-fold. si, psni, Minn,