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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1887)
TIIE PRESENT AND FUTUItE OF 8WUOUE. W Indian jargon, the " chinouk," or H good w lnd,M w hen the prvjcr machinery fr manufacturing blowing from the outheat, by w hich like mag- the j-rodm t rn jf rur?d rra4ahly, ic the anow diiapiars in ft remarkably 111011 Method of farming are Ibniicwl itb th time. In the Yjl. tW of prdu t my httte l! Ji lt U a well known fort that mow it a wonder- rr. Uving U a cheap, or cheaper, than In the ful rotector of fmit Win, anl when grain I F-ajt,' from the fact i4 th fAnnrm 14Ktjr bipn protected by now, m it nearly alway l here, due u h heavy crop i trgvtaldc, fruit, rt. the certainty of ft large yield U almot ftwured. The lutnU r lntirrt f many yrrrm A remarkable tendency of the oil Ui retain ly much m blurry aid many mm, and p) mointure, an! the coolne of the atmphere, well. explain the phenomena of the large crop yield ("attl raMng can l tngagnl In hrrm"re without heavy rainfall In untmer. A all of profitably than In (Vla l, Montana or Ne two or three feet of onow wrurn In January or hraka, an t the abunlant an I nutritUi Um b February, Mtling to the uVth of one lA, gra given a nurture fmin whlilt rati! are U when the find ideighing In fully enjoyed ly the km In gl condition to the tUnghtrring pen. energetic mountaineer, ltoa I are nearly ab Cattle and horw-a live on bum h gra in the way of the let, winter or nummcr. Thews winter, but It I a crml prattle an I I often broad plateau, rolling hill and range of moun- occur. Mock nboubl I fed attt! wrrk. tain are nearly two thoonand bi t above w-a Wealthy fanner are lniiftlng fine !ok all level. kind, an t are n4 gr ally U bin I F.tern en The uinniem are delightfully i-ool, with the thmdaat In that ircd. IWf rattle W on exception of a few day, when the thermometer A Ut fUM tH.i)prr heal; wiMt row, readies ninety degree In the hade, followed fi to .VriO; a g.,j team, alut Jfn. by cool night, when two or three blanket an? Fanner with itnall mean uw cayu, Urn na required, rendering ideep n-ally " tired nature' tlve Indian iiy, weighing fruit thr bun lrd restorer," and lire not uncomfortable. A rare- to eight hundred j.rtin U c h, and ranging In ful olervcr will notice that almoot lnvarially a prin frui ".im) to mint or fog follow frot in early immiing, m Of rultivate-l fruit, the apple, t, piinie, that Might hann n nult to fmit bu l. Tlie b n- pmne, cherry, plum an l gr il I t, t f Uf denry of almoht everything to overlrarUiMjini- rle, atrawU-rrle aw raUl by tfiel ub . time rorriHlei In thin way, part luing d have nth oru a Jaima VI k mrauri ii atroyed. Iinhe In 1 irrutnb reiwe, Cnr4-nf, i The noil freeze very little under the warm Urrie, rurrant an l Maklrri mj! I luA n;at of Miow, and plowing i often continued U ar U tu r. 1 think high buh buiVb UrrU almot up to the firl of January, commencing and bhu U rrM 1 an le rUd, C'rl rrl r again the fint wwk in March. Totat left in a imm-M all along the oat, wlrn tli Kal ran the ground often "volunteer," and yield fifteen U filled, lie wild r-l, wbit yrlb aul pound to the lull. Fotat under goo-1 ruhi- blak rurrant lar amdaMly irf tUvtiut, vation Mtnetimea weigh f-ur j;und; tnk 11e narvicr, 1 JunrU ny, U U ImA rmy UvU, twelve; rutabaga, thirty; rarrot, ten ; where an 1 1 vnu U ur-l. Ch'Aw an I rabbagen, thirty jMin l (have heard a well au- thlmbleU rrir (a pi. 4 r t-rry anl thentiratel an-mint of one welching ninety, but l.w-Wh bla VUrri' l ar abundafitty. Wil l I w ill not vouch for the itory ). lVptant, tm ! g- - u'v am abundaiit, l"it t '!! t r on, bean, j a, celery, raulillower, ni' um- unt the tim to pi k aiidpf r f f u l"ti U r, artichoke, anparagtj, pumpkin, nj u-Ii, in tj n-b, ury I''" l u'ti!- ! (.44 tan jump lx-ana and berl- d remarkably U t-- In gr ln-, tU M!y kin! i4 h'.t well on upland. Corn I grown f home u are barelnutn, whi h aw to U f sn I in msi meal and roating ear. Wheat, larli-y and U-!iiie. oat are the ifinripal (t-n al. Wheat not unfre-pw-ntly ylilu tny tii- tothe acre; Urhy.N venty five; oat, eighty. 'itltttMit UtuUr ill UtA ! of lh Of iwm Ihene crop mut 1 given th very gfirciBtaeLt, lauch liat CAfl Ij) UftL Unt cultivati.rfi, and the ati favwrabb. t ft riotaififtl ff ic ffota tl rallftl 4 In.ure tw h yield. Kyr, a ur a iri, M.,My w (n'iCO U ftt Hlf ftJU, fci. II... II I . I 1 .. I - l'...f ll.vr.N ' 1 crown if CUWr. Uftitawai iiv r: . ...... ' ....... " tWn. .agar uUa wiU U in toWcrt t Iroa f.W H IIP J-f