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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1887)
YAKIMA AND ITS derived from the denying vegetation and the rich soil of tho higher region, which arc spread over tho caltirfitl lacdft, thai annually enriching tho soil and preserving its fertility. The lene fits derived from this sourco alono folly compensate for the coat of tho water, and the farmer ia relieved of the ei pens and labor of applying fertilizers in the ordinary way. Tho chief diffi culty encountered in handling water in thia way ia a lack of experience Tirao will correct tho errors occasionally re sulting from permitting too great or too rapid a flow of water, and tho farmer aoon learns to Hood his lands gently, evenly and economically. A brief summary of tho various val. leys in tho county, followed by a slate ment of what the soil will prod ace, will give a fairly correct idea of ita agricul tural potabilities. Tho AhUnum val ley ia twenty-fivo miles long, with an av. erago width of five miles, including Wido hollow. It ia all arablo land, hut not yet completely under ditch. There aro now two largo ditches, both heading from tho Natches, tho Natches and Cow. icho and tho Droad (laugo, and a third ono is contemplated Numerous smaller ditches aro taken from tho Ahtanum. This is tho principal hop-raising section of tho county. Along Cowicho creek lies a considerable valley, supplied by water from tho cm-It between tL Cowichc and Natches lie a pUbau, three by ten miles in extent, which is a pplendid loly of land. This is all cov eretl by tho projd Natches and Cow. icho ditch, which will head in tho Natch es, crot this plateau, I carried acrs Cowicho canyon on a flume, and over eonniderablrt land in Yakima valley. It will sme fully thirty lhouand acres of laiwL Tho Natche is a sall valley, aljoutono mile in width and ten long. It is will ircupinl by thrifty frn , and is irrigated by means of small ditch's 8UIUlOUNI)IN(ia 721 from tho Natchca, Wcna valley is about one mile wide ami twenty long, well filled with fine farms, chiefly pro ducing hay, though mnsiderahta grain and fruits am cultivate!. It is watered ly small ditches from Wrnas creek. Kelah Valley lie along the Yakima riv cr, and contains Ave thousand acres, jvartly settled. It is irrigated by small ditches, and contains some gul .oca tions for settlers. Ilhdng back from Uio valley is a largo extent of rxct llent grazing land, too high to 1 reached by ditchea which could W constructed at any reasonable cot, Tho Moxco valley li'n op(Kwito the Ahtanum. Here is a largo Uly of land covered by tho ditch of tho Moxon Company, a!.) a largo tract gradually rining from tho valley, so that irrigation of it louu a difficult. An institution which forms adUtine tive feature in Yakima, is tho Moxeo Company, an incorporated m elation, which is doing moro to advaurw tho cauao of agriculture in tho great Cot am bia region than any other mi ty or In. dividual. In 11 this company laado extensive investment in proj-rty, an 1 began a systematic development, by mesns of an irrigating canal, and inti tut-d a series of agricultural eij-'ri ment, which aro t-ing productive of tho greatest aible gl Tin mmpa ny numbers among its promote and stockholders Hon. (UrdiVr (I. Hu bard, of Washington, well known ianm. ruction with the JM1 I dephwA Win. K r is pnid i.t, and Hamu-I HuhUrd, Jr., secretary ' d tr Myrer. Tho affair of th rowany aro managed on bui i.es principle, and all it un Staking aro syitefflatirally endue."!. We kly in e tings of the of!ir and uj-w.' ten lent are held rrct.ttlution. Tho cofcjny o.s nearly f.o tho;at 1 acres of Und, i f which tl.re tmai. I sil hundred arr arn arable, ap tho r mak b r UiUl!o f;f gru:& AtUt