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Agriculture: Garden Crops, 1939-1941

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7

Scope and Contents

1. First Garden, Chas. L. Emerson, OWP (1 page).

2. [no title], Chas. L. Emerson, OWP, Portland, Oregon (2 pages).

3. Dictionary of Oregon History, Potatoes. Rowley, January 6, 1941 (4 pages).

4. Quote and citation: Onions, Oregon City Enterprise, November 3, 1893, Vol. 28, no. 1, p. 5, col. 2.

5. Newspaper clipping: 7000 Pickers in Bean Area - West Stayton Region is Thronged as Harvest of Beans Opens. Oregon Stateman, September 6, 1939.

6. Newspaper clipping: Bean Pack from 200 More Acres - Stayton Cannery to Pack Crop from 500 Acres - to Install New Machinery - 1940 Crop Sold. Stayton Mail, February 14, 1941.

7. Newspaper clipping: Sweet Beets. Oregon Sunday Journal,June 2, 1940.

8. Newspaper clipping: Good Sugar Beet Crop Expected. Milton Eagle, June 1, 1939.

9. Newspaper clipping: Oregon's Mild Climate Brings Beet Seed Raising to Newberg. Newberg Graphic, January 30, 1941.

10. Newspaper clipping: Chemically Grown Tomatoes Flourish. Capital Journal, 1939 [date partially illegible].

11. Newspaper clipping: Money Made in Cucumbers, Applegate Valley Man Finds. Arlington Bulletin, October 11, 1940.

12. Newspaper clipping: Taproots in Oregon's First Garden Century - Clatsop Among First. Oregon Journal, October 19, 1941.

13. Newspaper clipping: Taproots of Oregon's Horticultural History. Oregon Journal, October 26, 1941.

14. Newspaper clipping: Father of Gardens. Oregon Journal, October 19, 1941.

15. Newspaper clipping: Bean Harvest is Being Watched. Milton Eagle, September 21, 1939.

16. Newspaper clipping: Growth of Seed Peas in County is Frowned on - Gradual Increase in Cannery Fields Asked by Conference Group. East Oregonian, March 22, 1941.

17. Newspaper clipping: Machine Power Cuts Pea Costs. Milton Eagle, June 1, 1939.

18. Newspaper clipping: Pea Harvest 10th of Planned Yield - Lettuce Coming. La Grande Evening Observer, August 19, 1939.

19. Newspaper clipping: Full Speed Ahead Threshing County's Pea Crop. Telephone Register, June 13, 1940.

20. Newspaper clipping: Output of Peas High - Washington and Idaho Hold Edge on Dry Field Crop. [no citation given].

21. Newspaper clipping: How I Went Broke in Eighty Hours - Being the True Confessions of a Man Who Lost His Shirt in Oregon's New Dry Farm Green Pea Industry in the Short Space of a Few Days. Sunday Oregonian, August 13, 1939.

22. Newspaper clipping: Speed is Important in Pea Canning Industry. Milton Eagle, May 28, 1940.

23. Newspaper clipping: Wallowa Pea Acreage Thought Close to 800. La Grande Observer, May 31, 1939.

24. Newspaper clipping: Big Percent of Peas Grown Here. Milton Eagle, June 1, 1939.

25. Newspaper clipping: Bean Harvest to Start Next Week - Bush Beans Now Being Picked by West Stayton Growers. Stayton Mail, July 20, 1939.

26. Newspaper clipping: Large Harvest of Beets Boosts Production at Sugar Factory. Ontario Argus, October 10, 1940.

27. Newspaper clipping: Beet Contracts Approved by Growers. Nyssa Gate City Journal, March 13, 1941.

28. Newspaper clipping: Tomato Planting Done by Machine. Milton Eagle, June 1, 1939.

29. Newspaper clipping: Tomatoes are Valuable Crop in Milton-Freewater District. Milton Eagle, June 1, 1939.

Dates

  • Creation: 1939-1941

Full Extent

1 Folder

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the State Library of Oregon Special Collections Repository

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