Crook County Journal.
COCN1Y OFFICIAL l'APER.
THURSDAY. MARCH 6, 1902.
KOKACE PLANT TESTS.
Kreult of Experunenla Mail ft bjr the
O. R. & N. Co.
The 0. R. A N. Co. has recently
carried out eotnc extensive and suc
cessful experiments in the matter
if restoring grass to the lands' of
the country tributary to its lines
which have been rendered barren
ly overuse for grazing purposes.
An interesting account is given in
the following letter from K. C. Jud
ton, industrial agent at Portland,
Oregon:
In the spring of 1898 the 0. R.
& N. Co., realizing the necessity of
Tegrassin the ranges, found, upon
investigation, that adjacent to the
lines of this road there were 4,968,
296 acres of grazing lands belong
ing to the government, which were
almost denuded of their native
grasses, and that the same would
be destroyed unless something was
done to regrass them.' The chief
problem for the management to de
termine waB, how shall we restore
or bring back the grasses on lands
which have been denuded by over
etocking? It was ascertained from
the agricultural department at
Washington that the carrying ca
pacity of the. ranges was 40 per
cent less at the beginning of 1897
than it had been in 1880.
. The money value lost by ill treat
ment of the ranges is hard to esti
mate. I would hazard the opinion,
however, that it would reach $20,
000,000 in the state of Oregon
' alone. To make it more clear. If
the natural pastures or ranges of
Oregon were now covered with as
luxuriant growths of grasses as
they were 15 years ago, the addi
tional number of livestock which
would be carried thereon would be
worth upwards of $50,000,000. The
regressing of overstocked lands is
in the interest of the individual
stockowner, the commonwealth and
the railroad company. The small
losses sustained by each one be
comes in the aggregate a sum which
materially affects the welfare of the
whole country. The range owners
agree that the better grasses have
been run out by overstocking dur
ing years of droutb, and at the
present time very little grass re
mains: and it iB a fact that on the
semi-arid ranges as they are at
present, it will take a large num
ber ot acres to keep one steer, The
amount of money invested in the
cattle and sheep industry of Oregon
alone is reckoned by the millions
of dollars, and the outcome of ev
ery dollar of that value is abso
lutely dependent on the subject of
forage.
It was determined to take steps !
at onee to bring about the desired
tnd, and for that purpose to insti
tute upon land belonging to the
railroad at Walla Walla in the
state of Washington, a series of ex
periments to determine what grass
es and forage plants could be grown
without irrigation. A plot was set
aside and 136 varieties of grasses
and forage plants were put in dur
ing the month of May, 1898, test
ing the same under different condi
tions. It was found that out of the
number sown some seven varieties
only would do well on the ranges.
The next spring 2 J acres of land at
Telocasset, in Eastern Oregon, at
un altitude of 3521 feet above sea
level and having an average annual
.rainfall of ,13.84 incites, was secur- j
ed; the same was fenced, plowed J
mid seeded to brome grass (bromus !
ntermus), an English wheat grass. I
It proved a great success, and the j
intimated yield was 3 tons to the
aero. The plot was opened in the
fall and fed down by rango horses,
and the result was that it made no
diminution in the yield, thus dem
onstrating that it would grow and
do as well as bunch grass, and
yield four times the amount of for
ago. Another plot was put out at
lilalocks, on sandy land, 71 feat
above the Columbia river, with on
ly 10.40 inches of average annual
rainfall, and a mean temperature
of 53.06. On this plot was put al
falfa, the seed being obtained in
Utah. This plot was not irrigated.
The alfalfa came up finely, and the
yield was enormous, the first cut,
which was saved for seed, yielding
four tonB per acre and standing
four feet in height. Another small
piece was put in on the high plat
eau hack of Blaloeks, some 150 feet
above the river, where the soil was
light and friable, and that also did
finely; thus demonstrating to my
mind that alfalfa could be raised
on the semi-arid lands along the
Columbia. A plot was put in on
the railroad right of way near Ba
ker City, and tht also proved a
success.
Since then the brome grass his
been tested along the line of the
railroad in Eastern Oregon from
Huntington to Pendleton, average
altitude over 3000 feet above the
sea, and up Butter creek, 10 miles
southerly from Pendleton, on alkali
lands, the yield being fully as heavy
as on the high lands. Alfalfa bag
been tested at five points on the
semi-arid lands with perfect suc
cess, where properly fenced and put
in at the right time of year.
The past season the company
has fenced in a tract of 40 acres of
semi-arid lands along the banks of
the Columbia, 65 feet al ove the
river, and distant from Portland
165 miles. There is being tested on
this plot alfalfa, flax and four dif
ferent kinds of rye. It will also le
determined, at this station, the best
time to sow alfalfa, as the plots
were put in at different times, and
I trust thut the next season will
determine . that point. Railway
Age.
, FOR SALE OU TRAUK-A Kxl KIhk
bury iiiitnu; been uaeii very little, (ur eale nr
trade. Kiim of liuraee Mid wK"B taken In
part payment, or rtioulare iply to W.
i. Kiiifc, nf Klklna s King, Prineville, Or
(it.NEiut, Auknth Waxtkii to noil Prof.
Lwk'j M&KUetia Combe. Tlwjr remove tlt.li
driiff. core hvhI allmenta Mid olieok flliu
hair, are untarnlalial'le Mid will nut brenk.
Kvervlxwy wente themi KOod prHieitlin t"
huetlere. Send ff ternie. OulHit (iix atylea)
In a pliiah oue fci.OOi Ladle' Dreaalnit Comb
Mo, (letiUenian'a Toilet Oiuiih 41m Imth 7ta.
Write today, Maiinetic Cmnb Co., Pekin, 111.
GETZ BROTHERS
CONTRACTORS
and BUILDERS
Plans and Specifica
tions Drawn. All
kinds of wood work,
Shop at FUrbin'i Pinning M'll
f RINEVIbtsE, OREGON
Deputy Stock Inspectors.
Notice ii hereby given that I haver
appointed tha fnlltiwing named perauue
duputy aUick inenvotura:
J. P. Cartwri(ht, Hay Creek.
Hani Hamilton, Aahwood.
E. Sparka, Hietora.
A. Miinvw, Hayalack,
F. M. South, Paulina,
Roactw Knot, Poat.
T. C. Swain, Boar Creek,
J. S. Heu, Holland.
Alex Mlnt.h, Hanlln
J. V. VauHouten, Hay Creek.
Joe H inkle,
Stock Inapeotor Crook County.
A FREE PATTERN
(Trtur own f lection.) to verj inly
ttritwr. Only cvnu rar.
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DEALERS IN
Seneral TJJerchandise.
SISTERS, OREGON.
lWr hau Juat rectt'ptd a full lin of jCadtat wrappirs
antt yovt. lift also liaoa a full tint 0 Santttmtn'i
end jCadiet' Shots.
Dry Soods, Sroceries, Jfardwaro,
Xadiat' and Sonts'- furnishing Soods Calt and
Cxamino our Sloek
CHAMP SMITH.
I80M CLEEK.
SBITH'S
Wines, Liquors,
Domestic and
Imported Cigars.
Ja The Celebrated
A. B. G. Ueer
i Always on Hand.
Proprietors of the PriiKviJle Soda Works.
&&E2ft PMMyiLLE, 0HE,
City harder Shop.
iPotvoll dc Cyrus, Proprietors.
JCot and Cold Baths. tPrineville. Ore
Cyrus, the Jeweler.
Watches
Clocks
Jewelry
Silverware
Spectacles and
Cye Stasses
Society Cmbloms
Violin Bows
and Strings
9fachine and
Bicycle Oil
Mandolins
Banjos
JCarmonicas, tc.
Largest and bent luwortment of njioctacliM in the
city. Fino repairing a upocialty.
Work sent in by mail or-titge driver will receive
prompt attrition. Sewing muchines cluaned
, and repairod. . .
Main street opposite Salomon's Store.
PrineviJle, Oregon.
SEIAIifG
17AI11S10USE
Fire-prool building, 90x300 feet, ia now
ready to batidl Hsrohindiae, Wool.nto.
HAUL YOUR FREIGHT TO SHAHIKO
DEALEIW IS
, Coal, Flour,
: Lumber, Wood,
Hay and Grain.
8pacil Attention Riven to wool trad. Firallaaa baling
, and grading facilities Alao atock yaroa, lateet plana.
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All IModern Improvements for Handling Stock.,
Fiaxna t Ca, Bank, The Oallra,
M.k Brim , Bankara. Mi ru.
W. Loan. Tha Dallea.
B F. LauoAUM, Tha Dallaa.
A. M. KELSAY, General Manager.
Prineville-Shaniko
Stage Line.
DAILY BETWEEN PfilNEVILLE AND SHANKO.
-SCHEDULE..
Leave Shaniko, 6 p. m. Arrive Prineville, 6 a. m.
Leave Prineville 1 p. m. Arrive Shaniko, 1 a. ni.
First class accommodations
for the traveling public.
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RATES REASONABLE
Adamson & Winnek Co., Agents.
' G. M. Cornett, Manager.
Lumber, $11 per m
7 t i -
Frsh 8awed Shingles $2.75
per m.
at SHIPP'S.