INDKI'ENDENCK ENTHIU'KISK, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
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27.75 One 37..V) Hnll Jliryrle,.
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One -10 00 Hm ll Bicycle, with coaster o7." t'ne ixi uu t,;iyeianu cusnion "-'
Our stock in rulucvil to thu aWe narnploH only, and when theno aro
gone no more can l liad at thi'J pnccB. TIh-m? aro all high-gralo bieydeB.
We have a few bargains left in second-band ttlbeels.
R. M. WADE & GO.
A. J: GOODMAN, Manager.
POLK COUNTY.
An article on Polk County riurce,
to U ulilllift In Installment.
TIIK 1UIKV INIU-HTKV.
The state of Oregon is centrally
oca ted iu the dairying region of
the Pacific coast, ami no part ot the
American continent ia better adapt
I'd for the raining of stock. 'J'he
climate, and the crops raised in
Polk county aro as good ua there
are in the West and thin. together
with the fact that the fertility of
tlia aoil ia kept in excelleut condi
tion indefinitely by thu raising of
these liif of grasses necessary to
raise stock, proves ii ia one of the
coming industries of I 'oik county.
The ready market for the butler in
Alaska and the Orient, na well aa
the continued local demand, makes
the dairy jndustry very profitable.
Oregon haa no blizzards nor cy
clonea, but little freezing weather
and less anow, ao it ia not neces
sary to feed extensively. Another
advantage with the dairy industry
ia that it brings in a ;air income at
abort and frequent intervals. It
givea the fanner something ct
which to employ himself the ypar
round. During the last few years
the price ot butter and cheestt has
been high enough to make.tho ex
porting business in this1 line very
profitable, and the averago price
per year . haH been 25 conta per
pound. Our butler grades much
higher than the eastern butter by
teet, and we have no opposition
with the eastern market, and our
market price is the eastern price
plus their 'transportation rates lor
butter from their state to this, and
we sell in the foreign markets at a
corresponding high rate in compari
son with their rate. 59 cows in
this county yielded $-125.50 in one
month, or over $7.20 per had per
month, or over $8(5 per head per
year. 1 he expense oi Keeping a
head. And yet there ia a further produced 2.500 hoxea of apples
profit from the milk skimmed and An even temperature, and soil,
. i . .,,,, nhrh ! rich in mineral plant fool, ere ele-
.... -.client food for the hoRsi WPnta which, when combined, form
when mixed with the other pro-1 the most, valuable conditions that
.1 ..!,,. ImrRised. constitute a greal iniil growing
Independence has an up-to-date
i.r iimt. him a eanaciiv ui
.r ,
section. Polk county possesses all
of these conditions. The selecting
. i . t ... l 1
one of the best establishrnents ol
the kind in the state today.
Kldridge is its manager.
K. C.
The
llOK'ncll.TCUK.
Horticulture industry
of
its
It
no
Polk Couuty ia one that ia in
insipiency. It i yet to gw
lu l-on demonstrated that
county in Oregon can aise more to
the acre, or a better grade of fruit,
than can Polk County. Veaia ngJ,
and when this state was first set
tled it was noted for its excellent
apples, but these orchards were not
j is a very essential oint for success
in fruit culture. It should be loca
ted on ground where the hardpan
is not too near the surface, on clay
soil there should be at least three
or four feet before hardpan ia reaclv
ed. Pollc county'a soil ia rich
deep, and thus able to support the
best of orchards.
A person coming into Polk coun
ty will not realize that it is a nut
ural fruit country, until he has
been taken to the leading growers
of fruits, and shown by them, thei
orchards and their facts and figures
kept up and the later methods of regarding the fruit here. Many of
soraying and pruning not known,
bo they became poor in quality, but
at the present time Polk county is
redeeming itself and we have Pome
ot the finest fimall orchards found
in the west. The climatic condi
tions are, such in thia state, the
temperature being free from the
extremes Of heat and cold, yet be
ing sufficiently variable aa to af
ford nature the elements whieh pro
duce both siasa and flavor, as to
make the culture of fruit a profit
able industry. On account of these
conditions aiid the fact that , we
have practically no killing frosts,
the annual crop of fruit can be de
pended on with an almost absolute
certainty. ,The apple is the lead
ing fruit cultivated, but large crops
of cherries, prunes, pears, pliuns
and berries can he raised, and
there aro some small orchards of
each. Hood varieties of winter ap
ples are always in demand. The
mark-Ma for the same, owing to our
superior shipping facilities, and
noarness to the sea board, is not
cow, counting 10 per .cent for acre- excelled and the , fruit can always
ge rent and the necessary feed for be sold at a good price. 45 boxes
one year, is not over $25 per year, of apples have been produced to
thus the profit accruing is about the tree from Baldwin apples,
$G1 in this line of industry to the From 3 1-2 acres there has been
I. L. SMITH,
Wholesale Beer and Cigar Dealer. ;
HavlDg taken out wholesale license, I cap now sell all Beer and Cigars a
wholesale rates.
BEST BRANDS WINES ANJ WJIISKE YS. f
C Street, - - Independence, Oregon.
our orchards have been painfully
neglected, but men with industry
and thrift would soon, eradicate
that, and those are the men we
want.
We suggest that in order to make
a success of this industry to select
only one or two varieties of any
fruit and strive for excellence. Ira
prove the grade and plant but one
or two varieties, do not mix your
fruits, and spray, and prune thetn
properly, lour product, we be
lieye, becomes more marketable, as
it -becomes better known and to
make it thus known you must se
cure a name for it and to d" that
you must make a variety a special
ty, not all varieties. Thus when
you ship you send to the market
one kind of fruit, and one variety
of that kind, and thus that variety
becomes known. We recommend
in apples the Spitzenburg, Baldwin,
Pippin. King and Jonathon, the
covernnient recommend in addition
to these, the Yellow Newtown, and
some other hieh grade apples. We
copy h"re a part of a report of the
Board of Horticulture in Oregon,
as follows:- Early last month a
party came to Oregon and to my
orchsrd. He wanted 10 car loads
J of Yellow Newtown pippins for
'shipment to France, hvery one
must be perfect and carefully wrap
ped and for such fruit he was will
iinf to pay $2.00 per box, F. O B."
Now this proves the assertion that
it is quality, not varieties, that you
want. Raise for foreign markets
Specialize. Plait all in one kind
of fruit and you have a market as
soon aa your fruit is matured, lor
you can have enough of one kind
to make a shipment, and when
these are seen, they become known
md ar wanted.
Peara grow to excellent size and
produce excellent crops. Passing
through orchards, you find that
careful pruning inubt be carried on
to keep tho truil. from becoming
too extensive for the tree to sup
port. It often happens in poorly
kept orchards, that many of the
Us are so heavily laden as to
break the largest limbs, and I Lave
!! ,the tree split down the center
from two large branches becoming
ao full a not to be abie to support
the weight.
Cherries do well and we mention
more especially the Royal Ann.
This cherry is known over the
whole state, and we would advise
parties going into this line of in
dustry to again confine tbeir efloru
tn nnn line of cherry only. The
Royal Ann, Waterhouse. Black Re
publican are well known and the
government recommends besides
these the Bing, Lambert, Luelling
and Hoskins, which have their or
igin in Oregon. These grade high
er in color, size and quality. Cher
ries vield moro than 150 bushels to
the acre.
Prunes and plums produce ex
cellent crops. The Italian prune
is extensively raised and will yield
about 200 bushels to the acre.
There are a number of exclusive
prune orchards in the county.
These are mostly found in the land
thai is hillv or rolling and can I
bought cheaper than bottom land-
Polk county's pruneB find a ready
market, and are excellent in flavor
and large in size.
Peaches. In order to raise i
good crop of peaches you must se
lect your locality. We do not rec
ommend the extensive planting of
peaches in Polk county, and we
believe we are justified in stating
this, for the fruit is often bitten by
thu frost while in bloom. Those
planting peach orchards select fa
vored locations. The price is al
ways good and there are parties in
Polk county making a success of
this industn-, but we can not rec
ommend it generally
Strawberries. This is a crop that
will mature as nice in size, flavor
and color in Polk county as in any
section of the West.. We believe
our berry, if possible, belter flavor
ed and richer in hue than the Hood
River berry. This crop never fails.
The cost ol planting and raising is
not high and the market is ample
Our soil we can not too highly rec
ommend for the strawberry indus
try. The Clark's Seedling, Wil
son, Ideal, Bedder Wood and Ma
goon have been tried and prove
excellent. We recommend the
ing on the farms of some of
our beat farmers: Wallace Bros.,
Kola, Bartlett pears; I). L. Hedges,
Independence, peach's; John I.
Coopr, Independence, peaches;
Mr. Tultle, Independence, apples;
Peter Kurre, Independence, apples;
O. I). Bannister, Independence,
apples; Geo. McLaughlin, Buna
Vista, apples; A, Nelson, Indepen
dence, apples; D. Hodge, Indepen
dence, prunes; and S. D. Bannis
ter, Independence, atraar berries.
Land suitable for the fruit in
dustry, and which will yield con
tinuous crops, can be secured at
from $20 to $45 per acre, and in a
fair state of cultivation.
A nursery would prove a good
investment in Polk county for there
are but few nurserys in the state,
and fruit trees imported lrom for
eign states, raised iu a different
climate, and subject to different
conditions, will not do as well here
as fruit raised in our own soil.
Further, many diseased trees have
been imperted into this state from
foreign nurseries and the class of
trees does not equal our own. Soil
suitable for the nursery business
can be had at from $30 to $50 per
acre.
Cholera Infantum.
This haa loug been regarded as one
of the mot dangerous aud fatal dis
eases to which infants are subject, it
can be cured, however, when properly
treated. Ail that Is neeetwary is lo
give Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Itemedy and "asior oil, as
directed with each bottle, and a cure is
certain. For sale by Kirk land Drui?
Co.
OREGON
SHOJrLlNE
AND UNION PACIFIC
planting of an early berry, also a
late berry. But we do not recom
mend many varieties." Strawber
ries produce from 4500 to 5000
pounds to the acre. ,
The Raspberry, Blackberry,
Gooseberry and Currant produce
large crops and grow in abundance.
We have no extensive or exclusive
farms of any of these, but it would
prove very profitable. .
The grape has not been tried for
marketing purposes and yet while
we believe it is a good , industry
and would yield good returns in
Polk county, we are unable to
demonstrate it to a certainty, for
we have no vineyards yet matured.
We giye you below the names,
addresses, and kind of fruit grow-
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