THE WEST 8II0KE.
other sections give only for ft few months
in lie spring. Tbcso fads render this
region, when the cage of transportation,
and the certain market for latter at from
twenty-five to forty cents per pound ore
considered, the most favored under the
sun for dairying. What is needed in the
establishment of creameries and cheeso
factories, oa is the universal practice in
the dairy regions of Illinois, Iowa and
other states. These are operated ly pri
vate individual, who purchaso milk or
cream, at a contract price per pound, or
aro either partially or wholly coopera
tive. In tho former case, the farmers
furnish tho tnilk and tbe factory does
tho manufacturing and marketing, tho
price of milk leing regulated monthly
by tho prico of tho butter and cheeso
sold. In tho latter case, the farmers
employ a sujerintendent, and divide the
net profits among themselves in propor
tion to the amount of milk or cream fur
nihhed by each. There is an institution
of this kind at the falls of the Little
Luckiamutc, seven miles southwest of
Dallas. Tho SyracuHO creamery has
Ix-en in oeration a littlo rnoro than a
year, and has demonstrated tho success
of the business, even on the small scalo
uMu which it is ojh rnting, as compared
with tho large creameries of the Mishis
sippi valley. It tt)k somo time to over
come tho apathy of tho farmers and in
duce them to take hold of an idea ao new
to their experience. Jn consequence of
this not much was accomplished last
year. This year, however, the establish
ment is making good progress, and will
nx'U found an extensive and paying bus
iness. Tho establishment has a capaci
ty of two hu mired ound at ono churn
ing, but its product only reaches about
tbreo hundred pounds er week at
prem-nt Cream is collected daily at
each farm house. It can uot 1 long be
fore the farmers will appreciate the l'n.
cfit couferrel ujn them by such insti
tutions, and take the necessary steps to
increase their number. It enables every
farmer to reap tho profits of the dairy
business, without expending tho labor
and time necessary to manufacture and
market the product himself.
The subjet of fruit and its preparation
for market is one fall of interest The
early settlers, a third of a century ago,
set out small orchards, and nearly every
farm has upon it an orchard of from ono
to ten acres, chiefly apples. For size,
flavor and keeping qualities, tho apples
of this region have no superior. Plums,
prunes, pears and cherries grow to a
size and perfection deemed marvelous
by orchardists of tho East Tho dried
plams and prunes of Oregon are tho fin
est, in size, flavor and attractiveness of
appearance, that reach the Eastern mar
ket There is a demand for them which
tho present supply is inadequate to fill.
Formerly there was no market, and year
after year fruit has rotted upon tho
ground, while old orchards have been
permitted to go to decay. A new era is
opening. Dried fruits, neatly and care
fully packed, find a ready market, and
tho shipment of fresh fruit over the nu
merous railroad lines which havo reached
us, has been commenced. The trouble
is that orchards aro not largo enough,
that there is not a sufficient quantity of
ono kind of fruit, and that the varieties
bent suited for market have not been
generally ascertained and planted. The
orchard may, with caro and intelligent
action, bo rendered a profitable adjunct
of tho farm, instead of becoming a neg
lected incumbrance. Tho practical or
chardist will find in Folk county, an
opportunity to engago in fruit culture
where a rapid and healthy growth of the
tree, prolific yield, extra sizo and supe
rior flavor of fruit, combine with exemp
tion from winter killing of trees and se
rious insect pests, to render his business
a pleasant and profitable one. The