Grants Pass daily courier., October 09, 1920, Page 14, Image 14

MATVHDAY. OtTlNIKH ■.
I two
UMAMTN F.
ROBINSONS WERE IN
LOWER VALLEY FIRST
Tba Roblnaon name la aynonym-
Thompson creek valley la one of
oua In tba lower Applegate with a the more Important tributaries of lhe
large atrip ot fart I la territory on tba Applegate valley proper, and har­
bend of tba river. Tbla la true aa bors In Rs narrow ribbon of fertile
wall aa being general for tba Robln­ soil lb prosperous farms with «kb
aon family nettled on that bend and acres Irrigated, an average ot a Hi­
own tba majority of tba land tbara. lle batter than 45 Irrigated and cul­
John II lloblnaon waa the flrat of tivated acres per farm. These farm
era cooperate In lhe obtaining of ir­
the family ’-o eome Into the Apple-
rigation In the Thompson Creek Irri­
gale, and ba <ame, not becatiae ot gation Association, Incorporated, and
any rialon of wealth that the Apple­ Include In their holdings a number of
gate held forth, but beeauae of the tbe beet producing tracts In tbe Ap­
dortor'a orders
John II. Robinson plegate system. Warren D. Mee has
wae a teacher In Texaa when hta the largest cultivated acreage with
health forced him to give up tbal kb acres Irrigated, and D. W Knut-
profea4on and he turnod toward Ore­ ser. further up the stream next with
gon, attracted by what bla brother 74 acres under Irrigation
(Joins up
It M. Robinson, In Halem. wae writ­ from the Mee property is Walter
ing him As ha traveled toward this Miller with lb acres. M. F. Ringham
last bit of the old west, Mr Robin­ with >7. the L<ee Harrington proper­
son'a mind recalled bls schooldays ty with 73 acres Irrigated. Daniel
when he had read In bla geography, lillkey with 7 3. the old Knox and
In lhe IRUe a< bool In Tenneaaee or Presley property with <7 acres, the
Mlaaouri, that the climate ot Oregon C. II Kt more estate with 71. John
waa marvelously tempered by the Hingham with 37 acres and Horace
proximity of the Japan current to a llbven with 6 acres watered. These
wonderful modification of the north farms are ail well developed, run
temperate sone
And alnce he waa largely to alfalfa growing with either
going Into the weal ha decided to do dairy and bogs or beef as the means
the Job right, and plunged Into lhe of turning tbe bay Into cash.
heart of the aoulhorn Oregon fast-
neases, the Applegate valley
The
railroad came only to Riddle, but he
took the stage to Jacksonville and
then Into the Applegate. After one
winter In looking around he picked
out a tract that looked good to him,
and baa developed It Into his present
fine fruit farm.
MANY DEVICES USED
10 GET IRRIGATION
It waa tn 18x3 that J II Robinson
Settled In tbesApplegate, and at that
time, though there were not over 100
acres In the valley In production,
lands around Jacksonville
were
booming and soaring away above rea­
son on the strength of the report
that the railroad was coming down
through southern Oregon. John Rob­
inson waa followed by hla brothers.
R M Robinson and W. 8. Roblnaon,
both of whom have lands adjoining
hla up river and all of whom have
sons who are preparing to carry on
the work of development until the
farina attain the goal set for them
Many are the ways the southern
Oregon farmer has devised of getting
water onto his land Tbe first means
of course Is the good old reliable
force of gravity which never rests or
gets out of order One of the moat
novel means of changing the level
of tbe waler Is employed by J. C.
Dutcher on the Applegate below Mur­
phy. He has a water wheel which
makes the river lift about 200 gal­
lons per minute of Itself a height ot
some ten feet where It flows Into a
flume and over the land. The Apple­
gate Is getting tired this summer,
however, and Is putting up only
about 100 gallons per minute.
A
Hammermill Rond In all colors at close competitor to this Is on River
the Courier offloe.
Hanks Farms where Mr. Niles makes
aa also on the John place of 120
acres Grain hay Is grown on 30 to
36 acres, and a few rows milked.
About WlUiam«
Frank l^roy, near the postofflce
has 160 acres, with 100 of It culti­
vated and Irrigated, mostly In hay
and grain, and some alfalfa and corn.
He has a half doxen dairy eews and
some hogs, believing In the sure pay
method of farming. J. T Iztvell bas
H2 acres with 50 cultivated and un­
der Irrigation, producing alfalfa and
corn to a great extent and some
grain hay, to support a dairy herd
of 10 cows.
Kincaid brothers, John and Chas .
have 40 acres of their 160 producing
(Continued from page Nine)
grain mostly and J. W. Turvey has
I
la constantly being built up and en­ the same in cultivation. In corn,
riched Waler la carried by a private clover, alfalfa and grain in rotation
He has a dairy herd
ditch from Munger creek and skirts over 5 years
the upper edge of the trait which lies of 10 or 12 Jerseys, and Is noted In
In a square entirely below It. One this district for having developed a
hundred and thirty acres are now In hybrid corn known aa ‘'Turvey'*
cultivation and another 40 Is prac­ corn.
tically ready for tbe plow. Tbe ro­
Taking the road Into tbe section
tation plan Includes two years In al­ which Is known as the Baltimore dis­
falfa or clover, followed by 1 year trict for no better reason than that
In corn, then 1 year In grain, and af­ some one in the early days named an
ter that year Io oats and vetch with irrigation ditch from up there the
clover seeded In the spring to obtain Baltimore ditch, we first encounter
a crop tbe next year Following this the 160 acre farm of Nelson Warner,
there are now 90 acres In clover, al­ who runs a dairy herd of 10 to 15
falfa and pasture, 20 In corn and 20 Ayreshlre cows on his 100 acres of
In grain The clover Is ent twice and cultivated land, and then the Oscar
the last crop left to feed steers which Sullivan prepurty, Just recently sold
are then fattened on silage. Of tbe to J. L. Griffith, of California, on
grain, (be wheat averaged 40 bushels which Is 120 acres all cultivated. Mr.
and the oats from 50 to CO bushels, Griffith will go Into the dairy Indus­
showing definitely the beneficial ef­ try. The lra Sparlln farm above this
fects of crop rotation
The dairy has half of the 160 total In an excel­
herd Includes 10 registered Ay re lent state of cultivation, and irrigat­
shire cows and 14 head of young ed. with tbe dairy business paying
stock, this breed being selected as a well. They have here 10 to 15 dairy
good combination dairy and beef cows and 150 high grade Hereford«.
type. Tbe herd of 60 hogs Is a mix­ D S Rigel bas 160 acres back of the
ture of Berkshire and Poland China Sparlin farm, with from 70 to SO
Eventually all 2M0 acres are to be In acres cultivated and water for a good
cultivation, and the business center­ proportion of It. On up tbe road
ed In dairy and hogs, up to a num­ Bert Bostwick has about half of his
ber that will feed all produce raised 160 acres producing and Irrigated,
on the place. Next summer will see and beyond that. Andrew Torrey has
130 hogs on the place and the dairy from 20 to 25 acres of his 160 culti­
herd maintained at about 10 head. vated
Perry Sargent has 80 acres
Henry H. Norton Is operating the In his homestead above this and the
farm, and shares Interest in tbe tract last place tn this direction is Best
with big father. H D
Norton of Johnson's tract of 25 or 30 acres.
Grants Paas
Across the valley Is E. L. Davis
Back toward the tills from Wil­ with 80 acres in sweet clover and al­
liams postofflce are the farms
of falfa on the tilled land. Then con­
Sum Tetherow and W. D. John, there tinuing we rome to the E. E. Blan­
being on the former 90 acres culti­ chard farm operated by John L. Stan­
vated of 160 held, 20 or 30 In grain brough, formerly of Fruitdale. This
and 20 In corn, with other miscel­ Includes 160 acres with 133 cleared
laneous crops. There Is some dairy­ and slashed, and 60 acres in cultiva­
ing. and bog and beef raising here. tion. There are now 12 acres in al­
falfa with from 7 to 8 acres added
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Tbera
ara very few wlnd milla, aa tbey
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—Every nuM-hin«* In
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in new. Yim will find
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pn'wnt hi ,<I numerous
little refinement« yon
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yearly, after being absolutely leveled
for Irrigation. Tbe rest la in corn
and sweet clover. A 30 ton silo caree
for winter feed for tbe dairy herd of
16 pure bred Jerseys and 20 Poland
China hogs. The plan Is to oevelop
a strictly up-to-date dairy farm.
The Hartley Farm
J. T. and L. L. Hartley’s farm Is
the next tract with a total acreage
of 330 acres. Cultivated Iqnd totals
100 acree with 76 of it Irrigated un­
der ditches from Williams and Mun­
ger rreeks.
A storage reservoir is
being built to care for all irrigation
needed on the entire tract This year
there was 50 acres of wheat for
threeblng, 12 acres of alfalfa and 10
of clover, with tbe rest in grass for
meadow. There is a dairy herd of 5
cows, 15 head of beef cattle and 10
bogs.
Henry Boat's 160 acre farm oper­
ated by Chester Boat Is across the
stream, and opposite this tbe proper­
ty held by J 8 and P. J. Moomaw,
88 acres, with 50 cultivated and Ir­
rigated. They have 12 acres of grain
hay, 5 of corn, 2 of alfalfa and other
In potatoes and other crops. Dairy
business is found profitable here,
with 8 cows. There are also 8 to 10
head of beef cattle and 15 hogs, all
making good returns.
David Vineyard has a farm of 120
acres beyond this, with 70 cultivated
and a'bout half Irrigable all year.
There are 55 acree ot grain hay,
wheat, oats and barley, and 15 a>res
more going into alfalfa. The dairy
herd Is composed of some 12 to 15
bead ot Durham and Jersey cows,
which return an average of 3100
per month during the season. There
are also 50 head of beef cattle rang­
ed back of the farm and fattened on
the place.
Frank Bryan’s Dairy'
The best paying strictly dairy bus­
iness In the valley is that operated
by Frank Bryan on hts 80 acre farm.
He has 30 head of cows, of mixed
strain but testing above the average
in butterfat.
The creamery cheek
will touch 3300 on some months and
averages 3200 throughout the year,
with 15 to 16 cows milking. He has
an 84 ton silo, and as the farm is
completely placed In cultivation,
plans to increase the livestock only
to a point where all feed will be
produced on the place. Of the 52
acres now cultivated. 38 acres are
in timothy and clover meadow tor
pasture, and 14 acres in corn for en­
silage.
ft is considered here that
alfalfa is unnecessary in dairy work,
with timothy and clover In its place.
I ppmr U illMMue < reek
W. H. Wisecarcer has 46 acre«
with 30 of It cultivated and Irrigated,
with plenty of water from Williams
and lx>ne creeks
In fact Mr Wlaw-
carver’a great problem, which he bas
now satisfactorily solved, was one ot
drainage
which bad
heretofore
drowned out his crops. He has 5
acres of alfalfa for which he claims
2*4 to 3 tons per cutting for the
first two euttlngn. with a third cut­
ting likely. There are also 20 acre«
of clover and timothy mixed, and 3
acres In corn and garden, with some
orchard and grapes. He milks from
10 to 15 Durham cows, and has 70
heed of beef cattle on tbe range. He
raised an exceptional crop of alaae
this year on what has been a bog
for many years, through running a
few drainage ditches.
The Jeff Pence farm of 150 acres
Iles above this, with some 35 acres
cultivated and watered, 25 In grata
bay and 10 in corn. He has a small
dairy herd of Jerseys and some hogs.
Above this Is Mrs. Alice Allen's pro­
perty of 160 acres operated by W. V.
Strahm who owns 40 acre« adjoin­
ing. There are 50 acree cultivated,
20 in grass bay, which is to go into
alfalfa. 10 acres In corn for ensilage.
Yellow Dent variety, 1 acre In pota­
toes and 40 in pasture. They have
a Jersey and Durham herd of 10
cows, and 10 head of young stock.
Tbe hog herd includes 22 head of
the small Poland China breed In the
same district is the 40 acre farm
which Captain C. F. Dugger is de­
veloping. clearing and putting it into
cultivation.
The Stephens. Farm
Our road now brings us to the last
farm on Williams creek, and. it is
safe to say, tbe neatest and cleanest
farm in the Applegate valley, if not
In southern Oregon. This is the
home and farm of Chas. H. Stephens,
a bachelor. He and his brother set­
tled on that land In 1876, and he aow
holds 320 acres of it. 20 acres culti­
vated and irrigated. He has the first
ditch in Williams creek and plenty
of water for irrigation of hfs clover
field which occupies most of the
cleared land, with a small garden In
corn, potatoes and so on. Two hun­
dred acres are timbered with 90 per
cent fir and the rest pine, and the
other 100 acres in pasture. He takes
3 cuttings from his clover, which
yields about 5 tons per acre. His
three cows are used mainly for fat­
tening his one hog. There is also a
small orchard and berry patch on
the place.
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