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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1915)
i Making the Little ! Farm Pay I 1 THATS W M C H a / IF Y O U JU R Y G E N t IE : m £ N KN EW OF TH C w hat | KN OW Qt UBINO T h e . Ybu WOULD ^ REAL TOBACCO CHEW ^ V / L A R E . U S IN C , TOBACCO Y o u ft h o n o r B o t w t N O T IC E . T H A T Y O U A R E. N O T . AN O R C H A R D IS A I'A V INO IN V L.S1W K M . A Source of Danger. Unpasteurixis! skim m llk from cream has been file m eans of spreading I erics foot and m outh disease I 11 som e s c tlous. All cream eries In quarantined territory should elim inate this danger by pasteurizing their skim milk before it goes back to the farms. in one locality may be m ore crowded at thirty five feet apart than the sam e variety would be at tw enty-six feel apart in another place. Some varie.ie« ar«* sm all grow ers If the tree»« are Dairy Gospel. pruued closely they may be set eloser The Pacific Dairy ltevtew to a re The home fruit grow er who has a lim ited space should consider all these I cent issue prints this tat of tru e dairy gospel: “T he attitude that cows aa- things, because tie w ants to get just sam e tow ard their ow ners is iu variably as many plants on his laud as will do a criterion of profit and loss The dai well. As a general guide the follow ry m*n who «nn go into ills pasture ing distances are suggested: Apples and have cows follow rum about lias a ui:d sw eet cherries, thirty feet; pears, herd that works on the profit side. apricots, plums, peaches and so u rch er W hen they fear him and rim aw ay to lies, tw enty-four feet; quinces, sixteen be rounded op b> a dog and saddle feet; grapes, 0 by 8 to 8 by 10 feet; horse tlie «-ream check gets dow n fo straw berries, 1 or by 4 feet; cur sm all figures' K\er> m ao wlio nas rants aud gooseberries. 4 by 0 ieet; successfully handled a herd of milk raspberries, 4 by 0 feet; hlacklierries. I lug cows knows that the at>ove is the 4 by 7 feet. tru th Kansan f a n n er T here Is a m an In Som erset county. Me., who has found beyond any doubt Furm eh G rit For Pewltry. that pruulug aud cultivating an orch Hens denis lid some m ineral m atfei ard are as esseutial to profit» as the to form the shell of their eggs l»o not picking of the fruit- This m ao moved forget the oyster <hell and the ham . on to the farm about tifteen years ago. I sharp grit. These will furnish mn T here were 1.500 Baldwin and G reen terfni for the form ation of the e g g s ing trees In the orchard th at w ere then shell and at the sam e time will keep *.«v' .’»ty-tlTe v«?.rs old. n o rw « * the fow ls in a h e a lth / rendition. IT IT 1 F ool Y o u T H A T I TAW .L IS IT D O E S N O T SHOW . S A T IS F IL lo u t , 6 AND MHO / OLD Z ' W IL L Y o u ^ L A S T S SO A C T U A L L Y CO STS LESS THC By C. C. BOWSFiELD i,,M- Nearly ail umiiitioti* farm er« uave I established orchards ur wish to have them . T here is plenty of eiieouraae- meiit for them a t this linte. Am ateurs es’ieeialiy ure determ ined to take ad vantage of the hi^li prices am i the Kood m arket tieuiami for fruit, iiorti- «•ultuie is likely to receive a threat ileal of atteutioii iluriim the next tew seats Commercial orchards return a profit of $2<K> to $500 an acre and apparently the m arket dem and for ail kinds of fruit is unlimited. Apples, pears, plums and cherries are profitable in all parts of the country where tim ber grows, and the less hardy fruits do well in tile south and in tile far west It is feasible tor any land ow ner to devote several acres to tree aud bush fruits. W ith studious care In prim in;;, spray in;;, cultivation, iiiarketiim. ! etc., fruit grow ing can be built up iuto th at care had been used in setting a tine business. them out. but the first year th at he Both tree fruits and sm all fruits are took this furm the orchard bore only commonly planted too d o se for the tw enty-live barrels best results. This comes from a desire The uext spring he trim m ed the or to get just as much as possible from chard. pruning all the dead and super the laud, and a failure to look ahead fluous limbs. T he uext year, though to see w hat the trees or plants will the season was only fair, the orchard he several years after the planting bore fifty barrels, or double the m un Tills is particularly true in the home is*! of the year before T h at sum m er orchard Very often we see fruit trees he bought tw enty five hog.. * "111 •—t planted ten or fifteen f»*et apart, when them In this orchard, and they rooted they ought to he thirty. One tree that the old dead soil up around the trees. has room enough for a healthy grow th T hat fall he plowed In*tween the trees of top and roots is more profitable than aud left the hogs in the orchard on three half starved trees occupying the til lute. In the spring he harrow ed sam e space. The distances th at should the grouud thoroughly and planted | m >- be given vary greatly in difl>r*Mit tutoes. 'using abtftiT a toil of fertiliser localities and on different soils. Apples to the acre T he following full the orchard produced eighty barrels of saleable fruit. T hat fall he plowed the ground again, and In tlie spring he sowed the orchard j to clover. In the fall he plowed In the crop as a dressing. It Is not stra n re th at under such treatm ent as im n i tioned the orchard produced a bigger crop. Bur it all paid, and now this orchard is bearing about tw o and one- half barrels «»11 tin average a tree each year, earning money at the rate of $250 to $400 an acre T he result has been that the farm ers who before thought luck w as ngaiiist them in growing apple trees and that pests \yere Isuin l to live In their trees have begun to treat their orchards In 1 businesslike way. cutting the fungus grow ths from them , spraying the trees, pruning and w orking for better fruit. TH £ C H t W SO S M A L L ff L' T P u r US WISE To THE P £ « L T o b a c c o C h e w ? AND n t b A JU D G E . TH A T K now ;; W H A fS W H AT T H E JU R Y QUESTIONS Courier Office Sold Announcement has been made that the Oregon City Courier, has been sold. E. R. Brown of Oregon City, who for the past three years has acted as business manager of the Enterprise, being the purchaser. A. E. Frost, half owner of the . Courier, will remain with the new firm, as foreman of the com posing room. M. J. Brown the late owner and editor, is undecided as to the future, but intends to take a much needed rest and vacation, visiting the California Fairs. While the people of the county and the Progress will miss Editor Brown, there is one satisfaction, the present owners will keep up the good work of issuing a good weekly newspaper. Everybody Invited Oregon City will be the hosts to the people from all parts of the county, next Saturday, Feb ruary 20th, when there will be a jollification and celebration in honor of the completion of the Willamette Valley Southern Rail road. A splendid program of entertainment has been sched uled and a big crowd is expected. George Club Busy A t tlie re g ular meeting of the G eorge Social & Commercial Club, held last S a tu rd ay evening, C oun tv F ru it In sp tclor P. F\ Stan dish of Garfield g a v e a talk on fruit tree pruuing and kindred subjects. A fter a discussion regarding the purchasing of needed furniture and supplies; the clu b enjoyed a dainty luncheon, w hich was served by Mesdames R a t h and Stevens. T h e C lu b 's last F r id a y night’ s H ard T im e s Dance w as a big su c cess, with good music from G a r field. aud many outsiders attending Annual Bazaar T h e an mial b a z a ir of the Kagle Creek church wiil'he held F e b r u ary 251I1, in W ilb e rn ’s Hall. T h e bazaar opens at 2 P M. and e v e n - one is invited to come and look over tlie useful articles, such as aprons, rugs, comforters, etc , that are offered for sale. In ilie evening a 25c chicken supper will be served, from 6 to 8 P. M. Owing lo ill health. Miss Eliza- lietli Reid of Garfield , w ho has been attending ihe U niv ersity of Washington, has returned to her home and probably will not litiish her college course this year. T h e Farad ay T h im b le C lu b met last Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. S Allen, where the ladies of the organization acted as hostesses» to their " h u b b i e s " . T h e re will he a box social give n at the Rlwood school house S a t u r day evening, F eb. 20th under the management of Miss L u la Sptouse. Ladies are requested to bring the "eats” and the gentlemen, the "coiu” . Miss Hulda Paulsen of G eorge was the leader of the Christian E n deavor meeting last S u nday night. Mr. Powell o f G resham was a guest last S u n d ay at the home of J W . Dow ty of Alspatigh. E d g a r H tiple of Alspatigh is bus ily engaged m aking overshoes and mittens for his early brood of little chicks, for if they su r v iv e the raw winter wiuds they should be laying bv the time eg g s are worth real money. T h e many friends of M rs. Bert C hapm an of Estacada are sorry to learn of her being ill again. W hile her condition is serious, it is not alarm in g at present. P. Nelson of Elwood recently purchased two fine milk cows at the Strey auctiou.