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DAILY WUn OKBUONIAN. PENDLETON, ORBGOK. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1908.
FOR AN IDEAL HOME
The small irrigated
furm is the farm
that is now in de
mand and will be
BUY YOUR. HOME
Soil experts, experi
enced fruit men, cap
italists and men
who .have made a
in demand in the
future. Why ? In tho first place it is
tho farm that affords tho best opportu
nity for the enjoyment of life. No
other kind of farm affords the conven
ienco of nearby neighbors and schools
and churches, trolley lines, telephones
and daily mail. The tide is turned.
City-tired people want irrigated farms.
The demand is greater than the supply
and the prices will go up as never before.
While the soil is practically uniform throughout tho district, choicest locations
are eagerly sought by those who first came.
In the Irrigated Lands at
EANFORD
WHERE TO BUY
In buying irrigated fruit land you will make no mistake if you get good
soil in a prod climate, where you have plenty of water for irrigation, good
drainage and in a locality that has been proven to be good for fruit.
lifelong study of ir
rigation have" examined and approved of
Hanford, and as an evidence of their
faith have purchased land here.
Hanford is located in the center of a
fruit belt that includes North Yakima,
Wenatchee and Kennewick. Situated
in the bend of the river 35 miles north
of Kennewick on the west bank of the
Columbia river, protected from exces
sive winds by the Saddle mountains on
the north, the Rattlesnake mountains on the south and west and the high bank
of the Columbia river on the east, favored by a climate from two to three weeks
earlier than other districts, tho fruitgrower at Hanford is assured of success.
Don't delay until you have to pay $400, $500 or $2000 an acre for your
land, but get it now on the ground floor while you can still get irrigated land
with all water rights- at from $200 to $300 per acre, on terms of one-fourth
down and the balance at tho end of five years.
Mr. J. W. Fox, special agent, is registered at the Hotel St.
George, and will be pleased to give any information or partic
ulars that may be desired by parties who are interested in
Hanford. He will leave Friday, April 1 7 at 4:30 p. m. with
a party of prospective buyers who wish to see these lands.
SPENCER, FOX & GREGORY
WALLA WALLA, WASH.
GROWING ALFALFA SEED III FRANCE
The following Information In re
gard to the growing of alfalfa seed
in, France has been obtained by Con
sul General Robert P. Skinner, of
Marseille, from official agricultural
sources:
Alfalfa, commonly culled luzerne
In France, is grown very generally In
this country. Seed for sowing is
commonly obtained In the south of
France. The type known commer
cially as luzerne of Provence is ob
tained in tho departments of the
Pouches du Rhone, Gard, Vancluse,
Drome and Ardechie; the luzerns of
Poltou are obtained In the depart
ments of Gers, Audc, Tarn, Sarthe
Vlennc, Deux Sevres, und moro or
less throughout the old province of
Anjou; also In a few departments In
the north of France. It is unques
tionably true, however, that tho seed
from Provence Is superior to all oth
er, yielding more generously and
manifesting more reshtance to all un
favorable conditions.
The same fields arc utilized for
growing the hay and the seed itself.
In general, three crojis of hay are
cut from the same field, and some
times in Provence a fourth crop,
called tho "regain," Is gathered. As
a rule the second crop is allowed to
mature, . although It sometimes hap
pens that the third crop also Is per
mitted to produce seed in warm re
gions, when tho temperature is par
ticularly favorublo; that Is to say, not
too damp.
Sowing ami Harvesting.
The seed is sown broadcast, and
the growing crop requires no partic
ular attention, whether It be Intended
to cut the grass before or after ma
turity. Alfalfa Is never planted in
rows for seed growing purposes.
The value of lands suitable for al
falfa growing ranges from 2004 to 3,
000 franca per hectare ($156 to $234
per acre) in his part of France.
The crop is cut cither by hand or
with an ordinary mower, and the
seed is thrashed out by means of spe
cial Instruments resembling the
wheat threshing machine. The
cheapest type of "decuscuteur," or
classing and purifying machines, If
offered for sale at $17.37. It Is
claimed for it that it will eliminate
stones, dust, all the cuscute, and near
ly all tho plantain seed, at the same
time dividing tho grain into two
two classes, one containing only fine
large grains and the other all the
small grain. Moro elaborate devices
TEA
There is nothing that
costs so little, both money
and work, and that goes
so far if it has the chance,
Voar from returns roar doiit If JO
Uk IchullBC'i Bti w pr him.
are offered for sale at from $34.75
to $96.50.
The wages paid to farm laborers
where alfalfa is grown arc usually
three francs (68 cents) per dav. Tho
seed Is thrashed by contract, the price
varying between 8 and 100 kilos
($1.54 to $1.93 per 220 pounds) of
need yield.
Yield of Seed.
A wide difference of oDinion Dre-
vails In regard to the average yield
tif seed per hectare (2.47 acres).
One practical seed man places It at
500 kilos (1,102.3 pounds), while an
other states that tho nveraee Is as
much as 1000 kilos (2204.6 pounds).
It Is probably somewhere between
these two figures. No special diffi
culties present themselves In this
culture which are not met with In
farming operations generally.
The most persistent enemy of the
ill ill' i farmer Is the "cuscute" (ge
irns cuscua). commonly called In
English "dodder of thyme." This
parasite weed stifles the plant and
causes Its death. As a rule he cus
cute and other weeds disappear an
nually after the first cutting, leaving
the second, from which the seed Is
gathered, comparatively free from
objectionable matter.
Finally, when the cuscute does ma
ture with the alfalfa, it is eliminated
In tho "descuscuteur" referred to. In
certain regions prior to the second
cutting a caterpillar, denominated the
"negrll." sometimes makes Its ap
pearance and devours the flowers be
fore the seed has formed. Until now
no efficacious means of fighting this
pest has been found.
Damp localities are unfavorable to
the production of alfalfa seed; when
tho plant bursts Into flower, new
shoots sprout at the base of the plant
and the flower Itself dries without
maturing.
Prices and Exportntlons to the United
States.
The crop of seed Is gathered in
August, September and early In Oc
tober, according to the region,
though as a rule In September., After
the field Is cut the crop is dried, and
then follows the thrashing and denn
ing operations, which continue two or
three months. The price received by
the seed grower varies naturallv with
the year and the crop.
In 1907 dealers Dald inn rnn
per 100 kilos ($28.95 per 220 nonmlsi
to farmers, this particularly high
price Deing duo to the destruction
of a lorge part of the seed crop by
Inundations. One Informant states
that throe-fourths of the Pmwnnnt
crop of 1907 was thus destroyed. In
ordinary years when the crop Is
abundant farmers receive 110 to 115
francs per 100 kilos $(21.23 to
$22.20 per 220 pounds). Rrnorfn.
tlons of the crop of 1907 havo been
sold to American buyers who bought
early at 126.62 to $30.36 per 220
pounds.
The declared valuo of exportation
of alfalfa seed to the United States
from the Marseille consular district
in 1907 was $18,866 against $2,663 in
1906, and $19.02S in 1905.
JESSE HART IS I-OST.
Roy Mistaken for Cecil RrlUlan Has
IHsappeared.
Jesse Hart, the 10-year-old lad who
was found some time ago at a rail
road camp near Marshal, after an ab
sence of two weeks or more, has de
camped again, says a report from
Spokane, but this time he did not go
on foot, however, says the Walla
Walla Uulletln. He took as a means
of more speedy travel, a wheel be
longing to Albert Blttrlck, son of
Meat Inspector Otto Blttrlck, so It is
charged,
The mother of the child has no
home, being a variety actress, and af
ter the boy was returned to her she
placed him In the home of .Mr. and
Mrs Charles Steelman at E 11 Short
avenue, and he was attending school.
The lad reported to his hostess that
he had found employment and that
his new employer had furnished him
With a wheel to ride, by way of ex-
nlainlrur how ho came bv the wheel !
he was riding. Mrs. Steelman asked
the boy to stop for lunch before go
ing to hlH new work, but he thanked
her, sajlng ho would be given lunch
at the place where he was to work.
Hole! St. Geofge.
It. II. Wood, Portland; PenJ. A. Glf
ford, The Dalles; E. H. Burke, Port
land; J. Peters, Portland; F. A. Bow
ers, Lewlston; W. E. Mlllstead, Uma
tilla; Dr. D. H. Rand, Portland; U H.
Thoen, Walla Walla; R. D. Godfrey,
Echo; F. S. McMahon, Portland; M.
A. Maloney, Portland; E. J. Brown,
Porland; W. R. Hunt, San Francisco;
J. A. Payton, Walla Walla; W. F.
Peters, St. Paul; J. J. Fanning, New
York; J. A. Allison, Portland; Sam
Lee, Portland; Dr. H. W. Coe, Port
land; George M. Runyan, Seattle; J.
C. Stone, Portland; S. R. Oldaker, Her-
miston; Mark J. Sloman, Rochester;
Clifton Cleaver, Prairie City; John
Clancty, Portland; J. F. McNaught,
Hermlston; Mrs. M. H. Gillette, Echo;
R. R. Johnson, Echo; E. B. Jemlson,
Portland: W. E. Still, Portland; A. U
I.utz, Walla Walla; J. W. Fox, Walla
Walla; John H. Wright and wife, St.
oLuls; E. A. Klippel and wife, Port
land; J. E. Hawkins, Seattle; H. M.
Ardue, Salt Lake; W. H. Daughorty,
Portland; C. EC Avery, Chicago.
Mrs. Cassldy (at the zoo, looking
at the giraffe) An' phwy does the
brute hov such a long neck?
Mr. Cassldy T reach his head, av
coorse.
DeWltt's Little Early Risers, the
famous little liver pills. Sold by Tall
man & Co.
$50 will buy an Eldrldge rotary
sewing machine at Goodman Hard
ware Co.'s. This machine Is equip
ped with ball bearing stand, light ran
nlng, mission oak mirror finish.
Guaranteed for 10 years.
TltA BltfV H J- A. COBB, Prop.
I Dig 0 Will open for bus
iness on or about April I 5th. " There'll be
a store full of Bargains Enough for all
Clothing, Shoes, Ladies and Gents Furnish
ings and the largest and best assortment of
5c, 1 0c and 1 5c goods that
display in your city
was ever on
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