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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 __
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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)
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