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matvrday , ». i i*AGI TKN APPLEGATE VAIIEÏ FORMS (Continued from PW Ml»«) J. B Robinson plan« to get Into th« dairy buainrea on his 111 aere farm, with about 10 cows and 10 to 30 hogs He is leveling his land for alfalfa and will hav« 1» acre« n«xt year. Wheat and oata on 4 acres did very well and 4 acre« of corn make good profits. SMrvensoa am! McColl«*» The Stevenson and McCollum ranches are next, with 20 acres left in the former and 58 acre« purcha«- ♦d by E. L McCollom. of which he has 18 acre« in alfalfa. 30 in wheat and oats, and 20 yet in timber. J. M MeCollom has 38 acres adjoining with 12 In alfalfa and 2 in corn and garden truck. wetherbev and Boewman Continuing up this side of the riv er is F B. Wetherbee'« farm of 75 acres with 40 in production. Eleven acre« is in pasture. 25 in grain and 4 in alfalfa, with one acre of young orchard. Adjoining this 1« an 80 acre farm on Bull creek, belonging to W. D Bowsman. with 20 acres now cultivated, 17 in grain and 3 in prune orchard, Irrigation must be effected for this by pumping from wells One forty is timbered and on the hill, but the other forty can be cleared and cultivated. Mr. Bow»- man plans to get Into the dairy bus- Inesa as soon as his farm can be placed in shape. Butcher anti Ree«l J. C. Dutcher's farm lies on the Applegate above this, with most of his 200 acres on the mountainside Some 10 acres are now cultivated and irrigated from a water-wheel, but 10 more will be cultivated under the Wilderville ditch Mr. Dutcher now has 65 head of goats and plans to Increase the number and utilise the grazing land on the mountain. H. L. Reed, a pioneer in the Ap plegate valley, is now farming the old Adams homestead of 120 acres, having bought It 14 years ago. Mr. Reed expects to develop a dairy ranch with Jersey stock, and hogs. He has 50 acres cultivated, and this year had a bumper wheat crop on 12 acres, averaging over 30 bushels, from Marcus wheat, fall sowing Thirty-five acres now pasture will be in alfalfa and grain next spring. A family orchard of two acres provides bountifully for home use and some sales. He irrigates from a steam rumpine plant. 25 acres lvine on the bench. Lewis Hostetler, within half mile of Murphy, is making plans to get into the sheep business on his 5« acre tract, and will run about 100 head of Oxford sheep. He has two 20 ten silos, and now ■ uitivates 3” acres. Irrigpti« n for 15 acres next year win o- effected by a 4-inch cen trifugal pun p aud an 8 h. p. engine, pumping from the river. Murphy < reek Reaching now the Madroua tract in Murphy creek, there are two farms of note. One belongs to August Theiss and his son. William Theiss. They produced this year Co acres of spring wheat on their 70 acres, run ning about 30 bushels per acre, and some 6 acres of Silo King corn. Their plan is to go into beef raising, now having 26 head of stock, and a large 48 ton silo. Next this is Sam Jobn- son's 60 acres, on wheb he cultivates 45. He has 15 acres in alfalfa, and 15 more rented to Theiss, 3 acres of red clover for his 21 hogs, 6 acres of corn. 15 of wheat and 1 H of gar den. He will get into the dairy and hog business, having 5 cows now. F. Vahrenwald has 9 acres below this with 3(4 cleared for cultivation. Irom Murphy to Provolt Following the main highway up the river the first place above Mur phy is Dr. Loughridge’s farm which is operated by John Brockley. The total acreage is 101 acres, 40 lying on the mountain, but 61 on the val ley in excellent cultivation and one of the best pear orchards in the val ley. The rest is in alfalfa and other general crop. W. T. Barnes' 60 acres adjoins this with 31 cultivated. 6 to 8 in corn and the rest in alfalfa and pasture. Paul Wusk's place next above this is of similar size and in cludes an excellent small orchard and alfalfa. IToti-ctwl Cove Orchards Off the main road is Protected Cove Orchard, owned by A. N. Par- sons, an excellent property in or- chard and beautifully situated in a sweeping cove off the valley floor protecting it on two sides. Dr. Sweeney’s farm of 200 acres. 75 cleared and cultivated, is farmed by H. W. Rittsan, and Is largely In alfalfa. He has some 5 acres in corn and a small family orchard. The plan is to get into dairy and alfalfa. The Farra Farm One of the most progressive places on this road Is the Farra ranch, 100 acres of the total of 280, being in top notch state of cultivation. This is all Irrigated under the Laurel Hill ditch, and Is in mixed hays, alfalfa, clover and timothy, with other plots in corn and potato««. Mr. Farra is in the planning to put up a allo thia tail beef raising bur loess, running 100 The land on this farm 1« perfectly head and expecting to turn one car l«v«led where cultivated, and during load to the market this year. With th« preaent dry season Is paying good returns on the investment from this be runs JO hogs. The J. B. Undsey farm Is next, greater duty of water. ApplriDUr l*UKtoffire some 50 acres largely devoted to al falfa growing, and adjoining this Is Now pasalng the Valley Pride H. E Duncan's farm ot 200 acres. Ot creamer? and the mouth ot Thomp this h« has 80 acre« in cultivatlon. 30 son creek, a ride up the north bank in alfalfa and 25 in grain His 4 road above Applegate displays a acres of wheat threshed 33 bushels number ot beautiful tracts In an ex pec acre, the 12 of oats 29 bushels, cellent state of cultivation. The wide ■nd 7 of barley made 39 bushels per valley gives an ««ally farmed river acre He now has 30 hogs on the bottom on which are the Oftenbacber, place and intends to go Into the bus Amlth, Bowman and Matney ranches, iness of raising hogs and alfalfa. all largely in slfslfs and In th« Hyde Ranch dairy bualneas to «ome extent. The The Hyde ptace. operated by Fred Offenbncher tracts are held by three Hyde, comprises 150 acres with 90 brothers, Fred. John and Herman, of this in production and under Irri holding respectively 340. 280 and 70 gation. This is nearly all In alfalfa acre farms The O'Brien snd Maben but he threshed about 300 bushels of ranches lie close to the above, and are _ adjoined below by Fred ---- Bene- wheat and oats from 6 acres, one of — - the beet crore in the Applegate. He diet's property and Harley Mansfield has 3H steres of Minnesota 13 corn. Mrs. Maude Kubll's farm of about ■mall and has a crop of ------ 315 -- tons of . alfalfa jqq acres Is next and then a small The He now has 12 head of Jerseys and : place owned by F. N. (Ellis. will go into dsiry work with a thor ' farms In this district are progres sive. well-kept and productive, and oughbred herd Include one of the most fertile river Daniil» and <ib«a J. E. Dentils, on the old Fred Knox bottoms in the valley. Applegate to MiMourl Flat place, has an exceptionally attractive' home and farm. Of his 150 acres. Below Applegate postoffice the 110 is In cultivation and under the first farm to attract attention is the Laurel Hill ditch, with most of It. tract cultivated by Bert Clute. There 100 acres, in alfalfa. A 2(«-acre are here 60 acres in cultivation of field of grain was threshed, and oth- the 207 acre total, and irrigated un- er small plots given over to garden der the F. H. Cook ditch. The snd orchard. The plan is to make a ' chief crop here is hope, with a fine model dairy ranch, with registered crop on 26 acres, and an excellent thoroughbred Shorthorn stock. They outlook Ten or twelve more are In have 6 cows now, and will eventually alfalfa, with several acres In grain increase to 70 head He also has 10 for hay. Mr. Clute has made a bus- head of registered Duroc hogs Ines« for years of growing hope and W. F. Wilson has 80 acres produc thoroughly understands how to get ing of his 130 acre tract, with about returns from It. (lintoo Cook 70 acres of it in alfalfa. Ten acres of wheat yielded 260 bushels on The Rexford place la next with threshing, and a small plot is in gar about 45 acres in crop ■nd some den and orchard. The plan is to de- dairying, and below this th« Clinton velop the dairy business, going into Cook tract of 160 acres Here there the Durham strain. There are 10 are 40 or 50 acres In cultivation and cows now on the place as a starter, irrigated, with 15 acres in corn and and 10 hogs 15 In wheat for hay. besides the al Ben Watt« and Louie Loewch falfa. There are 23 head of cattle Jesse York, across the road, has on the place, registered Shorthorns, 10 or 12 acres in alfalfa of his 50 for dairy and beef purposes. Caspar atres. Ben Watts next beyond, has Kubli beyond this, has a small tract, 120 acres of his 3 20 producing Forty and then comes the Roberts brothers acres is In clover. 10 in timothy hay, farm, operated by Tom and Dave Ro 10 in zarden and orchard, and 60 berts. with about the same acreage In acres in alfalfa. On this last tract a cultivation as on the Cook place. Mix-ouri Flat and Itclow nurse crop of grain gave a total of 930 bushels. He has baled 118 tons Missouri Flat, so named because of alfalfa this year from one cutting in the pioneer days it attracted a He has 7 dairy cows, Jersey stock, number of emigrants from Missouri, and will increase in this direction He« back in a cove and owing to lack Louie Ijoesch owns a 6 acre tract of water. Is a dry farming district in irrigation and planted to berries the base of this cove, where wa- and corn, and rents a 35 a<-re tract __ __________ Is _________ __ ter ___ for _ irrigation available. . „ Is the on Williams creek which he is farm- jlm Cook farm. 120 acres with 40 ing. Adjoining this is the R. F. cares in cultivation. Fifteen acres Lewman property, rented by B. Boyce under the ditch is In alfalfa with a with 35 acres in alfalfa and grain jpw potatoes and some garden This Beyond is the G. <A. Dunlap place, ¡3 very fertile land. On the hill «ide r.al. FfnlU ’IlK *Voa| with 50 of 80 acres in cultivation. Ig a «5 acre grain field, . with wheat mostly in alfalfa and pasture. They and barley. from which he threshed 1 400 bushels have 5 dairy cows. Coming to the mouth of Williams I York Property creek, we find the Provolt farm at Next comes the York holdings of the postoffice of that name, and own-' near]y gpo acreSi 200 "bn the (Villi« ed by Mrs. Effie Farra. This tract York estate and 280 belr.nging to V. of 91 acres Is partly cleared, with t B (B1)n York. On U1<! former pro. 30 acres in cultivation, and 30 being ¡,fr)y are 80 acres >n high state of cleared, all under the Bridge Point cultivation and in ¿Haifa, and 4C ditch. It is in mixed meadow, al-¡n grain for hav, with the re- falfa and other grasses. From the ma|n,]tr uncleared or In pasture for grain 400 bushels of barley »ere|beef ratt]e There are now 70 threshed and 60 tons of hay from Shorthorn-Durhams on the place, the alfalfa. The E. Badger place ad- a dairy of 5 cows, ai.J A herd joins this, a small tract with orchard 18 hogs York has 70 and garden, and bee culture highly acrei! c»iltf rated and under the North- developed. At this point also the old ,Ide ditch, with 50 acres of Mft lfa Provolt property, the nucleus of and the rest In timothy, corn and which is now held by Mrs. M. E. Pro- 1 potat0es. He is in the beef raising volt. She has about 30 acres in cul game, with a herd of 180 head, run tivation, mostly alfalfa, with some ning largely to Hereford«. or-hard, berries, corn and potatoes. McFadden's Farm Seven thoroughbred Jerseys form the After passing the G. W. Meek dairy herd. place, a smaller farm but well cultl- Herman Me««.cager vated. we come to the McFadden pro- We now cross the county line. perty of 320 acres. Thls has 50 or Coming to He.tr.an .Messenger’s well 60 acres in production and Irrigated, situated farm wnere there are some operated by J. S. and F. R. McFad 45 acres In cultivation, the bus'ness den Alfalfa is the main crop, with running largely to alfalfa and dairy. 25 acres so devoted, 15 acres In oats C. R. HiU is beyond this, with a fam for hay, and 6 acres in corn. This on the level valley bottom, and next Is one of the most progresslw« farms the Finley brothers property. This In the district, plans now being under is a tract of 145 acres with 98 in way for expanding the dairy herd cultivation and irrigated Besides from 9 cows to 25, and the erection pasture land for the dairy. 15 acres of a silo. A flock of 103 turkeys Is are in alfalfa, 10 in corn, 15 in grain calculated to coin a substantial pro for threshing and hay, and 2(4 in fit about Thanksgiving time. clover. They now have 30 Poland The Hnnnuni Place China hogs, and milk 16 thorough Next 1« the Hannum ranch of 40 bred Jerseys. The plan is to increase acres with about half cultivated. In the dairy business to 50 or 60 head. pasture and alfalfa. Mr. Hannum Tills farm is operated and owned by has demonstrated with his truck gar the "Finley brothers. Francis and Har den the amount of produce that can ry, but great credit is due the sister. bo taken from Applegate river bot Miss Gertrude Finley, for the success tom soil, and his production of to of the farm. matoes, potatoes, cabbages and the Further up is G. H. Forest, who is like is local gossip for miles each way cultivating and irrigating 35 acres on this road. on his 75 acre tract and adjoins Will The < arson Place to Murphy N. Carl who has 65 or 70 acres, all The Carson estate of 180 acres, in cultivation and producing returns with 80 In cultivation and 11 tinder via the dairy route. He has some 13 the ditch, shows a smaller propor head now. both Holstein and Jersey, tion of the land Irrigated than some but will have a purebred Jersey herd others, but from careful selection of Tester I,ay ton has 30 acres culti crops shows a greater return than vated on his 195 a re tract, with 20 most others that are larger. This of it in alfalfa, and the rest In pas selected crop is vineyard occupying ture and truck garden. He milks 25 acres, nnd of a quality that has several purebred Holstein and Jersey gained much more than local fame, cows and plans a herd of 25 to 30 •’specially through the 20 acres of head. He hat a few hogs, and is Flame Tokays, as well as 5 acres of' malagas Mr. Carson has al»o de cove known as New Hope with a Turning up the hill w« now leave veloped an upland dry-land crop of number of well illltxl far"«» New Hope and drop over th« divide Sudan graaa. which la doing excel duction First on the road is Mm. down to th« Robinson farm on th« lently on 16 acre«. On the bottom Messenger's tract with a , onslderalde rlverbottom C. C Robinson, son of he ha« 4 «ci«« of corn. IM acres of proportion In alfalfa and dart farm John H Robinson, has 140 acre«. 40 beets which will net 6 tons, and IM crop. Taaaing a numtier ot smaller of It bench land, with 10 acre« cul acres of ■tiawberno«, which up Io tracts, including that of Michel. Ulm tivated. Thia la In alfalfa and rlov«r, the first part of August had netted •tead and K Womlsrd. •• arrl»« at with some corn and potato««. John 1165 and «re doing so well that Mr the farm operated by W T Coburn |{. Robinson's farm of some 11* ('arson cstltnatea a total of |u00 who has 80 acre» In cultivation and acr«s )■ next on the road, and la on« tor the ixtch before the frosts. Th«r« under the ditch II« threshed «<»m« of the finest proportl«« on the Ap will.be only a 40 per cent crop of 40 acres Of Wh««t Which went about plegate On thl« tract are 100 acron • re pm . due to winter killing from 17 bushels to ihe sore, will take « In cultivation. 40 In irrlgnted crop« last winter's free«« and the hot wave third aud poaalbly a fourth cuttlnx and 60 In orchard The fruit crop this summer. but will be of good of alfalfa from hl« 18 acre« of Ihai Is one of th« best and most consistent quality. legume, haa 5 «ere« of corn and 3 of producer* and has been throughout Continuing from her« toward Mur- clover (He 1« now milking 8 cow« It« two doaen years of bearing, hav phy we come to the McCleod proper- on th« place and has 10 hogs. D»n»‘ • ing been planted 30 years ago. There ty farmed by Herbert Meek* and the st d Poland Chian. The plan I« to are 3 2 acre« of apples. 13 of peaches. C. F. Gentner farm with »ome 46 get more Into the beef ««me ■ nd 3 In i>oar« snd 3 In prunes, cherrlee acres In cultivation, mostly in grain lui'ld up a herd of about 100 h-ad and so on On I* acron are alfalfa but some corn and potatoes. Ad ot Shorthorns from the presvn. herd and red clover, th« nltalfa giving 3 joining this on the west In the O. It. of 40 Mr. Coburn will fill n « sd crops with 3 to 3 Irrigations p«r cut Stewart farm with 40 acres produc ton silo tht« year for feed ting. and yielding from I Io IH ton« ing. Here there are about 4 acre« In Near this tree! Is the II K. Haef per acre per cutting There are 11 corn, and the rest In alfalfa and ner farm, operated by A, F lx>na acre« of corn. 11 of which are Min meadow. Th« chief business Is dairy I This tract totals 93 acre« of whl<n nesota 13 variety from River Rank« ing, with a nucleus of a registered 80 are ««Rivaled, with 20 aere. new i-'srm« «elected seed Butterfat pro herd. The W. H. Vedder farm ha» tn alfalfa and all leveled perfectly duced from 3 to S dairy cows glvao some 20 acres producing and M M. for Irrigation Four cuttings were consistent returns, and 27 thorough Ainsworth has some 15 acre« culti made on the alfalfa last year A 40 bred hogs are ready money at any Mr. Ainsworth is putting up vated ton silo will be filled this y«ar. there lime The hogs are Berkshire and a silo and is planning getting Into being in addition to the alfalfa, corn Poland China, the latter being the the dairy business with a herd of a and some grain There are 10 Jer very best obtainable of the breed and doxen cows. seys In the dairy herd, beetdoe young the captors of 17 ribbon« at the first Murphy and VMnity Jersey stock, and a number of hogs fair in which they were entered Mr. Coming back Into the settlement Amo« Smith has a 100 acre farm Roblnaon. who waa formerly a srhool at Murphy we find the property held up the hill a bit. where he Is rapidly teacher In the cast, has developed hla by R. A. (Heck) Gilmore, who also placing it in good condition, and ha« farm to Its present high Hat« of cui* runs the store and postoffice, up the built a very attractive horn« with all tivatlun from the brush land I»« hill the 8 acre tract that Is the pride convenient«« of a town residence found In 18x3 when he first tame of L. M Mitchell's life, and on which he raises alfalfa On the White place Seventy acres are cleared for culti to the Applegate Irtl.'Wrd« ■till further up is Frank >U!I. who vation. with 50 under the ditch Adjoining the Roblnaon property has rented and farmed a number of There are now 10 acre« In alfalfa and Applegate ranches during the past 15 which bore a crop of grain Mr and south of the Crescent City high season. Going back to the road on Smith plans to level 40 a«res this way ic Ardencraig. the property the river leading to New Hop«, Is tall and to get Into th« dairy bus- which la being developed by K M. Hayes Brothers ranch, a tract of In ess In earnest with a herd of 30 (' Neill, a wealthy Scotchman. Th« about 130 acres with some 90 acres thoroughbred Jerseys, ■nd Duroc total acreage included In Arden ralg Is 320 acre«, with 170 under the cultivated and Irrigable They have hogs as feeders ditch, and of thia 130 acres cultivat Beyond here Is the property pur 30 acres of oats which threshed 1500 bushels, on thia place and on chased by T. Rosa, who came here ed and under irrigation The water the J A Gilmore tract had 33 acres from California and Idaho He has right on the tract allow« 3 41 «econd which threshed nearly 1000 bushels 79 acres. 35 cleared In 1919 when feet. Of the land« In ‘-rop, alfalfa On their land are also 20 acres In bought, and 14 cleared this past year makes up 60 acres, from which 3 alfalfa, both old and new and 8 acres Mr. Ross Is «paring no pain« to put uttlnxs are regularly taken. 10 acre« corn. Minnesota "i corn, Minnesota 11 11 variety, and of corn. They have a half doxen hi« land in proper condition for Irrl- ( of cows and about 30 hogs on the place. gallon, and although on the hill, will. 10 «ere« of rape which will be usad pasture Stock on the piar» I. E Hayes, who has held an interest irrigate more easily than moat of tbe[for bottom lands below him Mr How •>< thoroughbred., ■Il head of in the place with W. L. Hayes In the past, has just sold out to Harold M. understands thoroughly the value of registered Jersey rows In the dairy 'Isrsey bull, bill, Harter, formerly of the Applegate level land In Irrigation and 1« creat- loaded b> a registered Jersey ▼alley and since of Reynolds. Illinois. ing a valuable piece of property Wil full brother to the Jersey which sold Mr. Harter will be out about the first liam Bull has a tract beyond thia. 10 for SI0.500 at the Salem salo this of March to take over bls Interest. acre« ot 80 In cultivatlon and irri summer There are also 4 register* New Settlement gated. 3 sero« In coro, thè urne In , ed Jersey calve« on the place Thor The road below Murphy now clover, a few borri e« and 1 acre« oughbred bogs are also the order. (Continued on page Eleven) brings us around the point Into th« of fruit. appiè« and pear«. 4 HE amount of money you spend is not so important as the wis dom of your selection. T It is in selection appropriate to your needs that we render you the highest grade of furniture service. Every deal at this store is made as though it governed your entire future trade. Your furnishing problems will be met correctly here. •• we TUSH A HOUSe INTO A HOME ” l/NOltUMf, R m *U, W au P a HU, t HoOtltAt. 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