BOARD OF HORTICULTURE 193 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BUREAU OF CROP ESTIMATES 



F. L. Keilt, Fiele! Agent 



Portland, Oregon, November, 9, 1920 



Production of apple crop in Oregon, as indicated by conditions on November 

 1, 1920, also the five-year average production, is estimated by the United States 

 Bureau of Crop Estimates as follows : 



1920 1919 Five-Yr.Av. 



Apples, total, busheis 3.471.000 5,579,000 4,080,000 



Apples, commercial bushels ..._ 2,800,000 4,071,000 2,500,000 



SPECOIENS 



Walnut Crop Is Large 



Castlerock, Wash., Oct. 13. — Tlie Englisli walnut crop is heavy in this section. 

 Fred Hatch gathered 200 pounds from one 28-year old tree in bis front yard and 

 contracted to seil them at 40 Cents per pound. 



Polk Cherrj' Farm Yields $899 Acre 



A remarkalile yield of cberries from tbe orchard of Wess M. Elliott of Polk 

 County is reported. Elliott, a member of the Oregon Cooperative Growers Asso- 

 ciation, received $4,408 for the crop off five acres. or $899.60 an acre. Next year 

 he expects to have 10 acres bearing. He has set bis acreage to Lamberts, Black 

 Republicans. Bings and Royal Annes, the latter being bis best producers. 



Bean Grower Retalns Title 



Cottage Grove Or.. Oct. 2. — (Special) — ^A. J. Stevens maintains his reputation 

 as the Champion bean grower of this section. From an acre and a half of ground 

 he has picked close to nine tons of ])eans. He will receive about 4 Cents the 

 pound, making his return about $480 tc the acre. He raised Kentucky Wonders, 

 a large, heavy yielding variety. 



Cranberries on Mr. W. E. Schiueff's bog yielded 100 barreis per acre. 



J. E. Stansberry, of Portland, gathered and sold from four Lambert cherry 

 trees $387 worth of cherries to the canneries. 



One Apple Orchard With 3,800 Acres, 200,000 Trees 



At Dufur. 17 miles south of The Dalles, is located the largest apple orchard 

 in the world. the plant and acreage of the Dufur Orchard Co-Owners Company. 

 There are at the present time 3,800 acres under cultivation, with 200,000 trees 

 already planted. The longest rows of trees in the orchard extend for approxim- 

 ately ten miles in a straight line. Two hundred carloads of choice apples, com- 

 prising 6,400,000 pounds, were shipped to practlcally every state of the Union 

 last year. 



Government Whitewash 



The following is the government formula for whitewash and will be found 

 very useful on every farm. for the liberal use of whitewash not only adds 

 greatly to the appearances about the farm. but it also serves an excellent purpose 

 in destroying germ life. This formula, which we are reproducing, should be 

 saved for reference and used offen : 



One-half bushel unslaked lime. 1 peck of salt well dissolved In warm water, 

 3 pounds of ground rice boiled to a thin paste. stirred into the mixture when 

 boiling hot ; half pound of powdered Spanish whiting, 1 pound glue previously 

 dissolved over a slow fire. Five gallons of hot water complete the mixture. 



