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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1913)
"p. rei. KCND VMiKCTN, BKNI), OWS., WKDNKDAY.JXrOHKIl,!, 1B1II, u DAIRYING NOW A LEADING INDUSTRY IN THE RICH POWELL BUTTE COUNTRY . ' ' I I I -f I hiR money un It ..Fine Yield of Clover and Alfalfa Obtained, and Most of it Will Be Fed On the Farm Where Raised Grain On Non-Irrigable Land Excellent- Forty Acres Enough for One Family. iiih u lionl of lt cnttlo, which luclmlo four ntllelt UiThl (Staff Correspondence) FOWEL.li UUTT1J. Oct. 20 Con trnl Oregon Is such a young Agricul tural country that tt might bo Bnlil that It Is' still wenrlng its "long dresses." Tho railroads opened It up Just a little over two years ago, and the development during theso two years tins been very rapid. Of course, there was some farming done before tho railroads came, but It was on a limited scalo for there was a very limited market for the produce. Livestock were raised mostly, some thing that could bo mado to trans port themselves to the distant markets. In tho irrigated territory of Crook county thcro Is no district that has como to tho front as fast as Powell Ilutto. Hero there arc thousands of acres In cultivation that aro produc ing abundant crops of hay, grain, po tatoes and other crops. Throughout n largo area every aero is in culti vation a rnthcr raro sight in this country where thousands or acres hnvo been gobbled up by tho specu lators and held undeveloped. Hay and grain are this year the best crops, with hay leading. Doth clover and alfalfa havo produced well and as tho acrcago devoted to these grasses is largo thcro is a tremen dous tonnago on hand. Tho farming district strotchos nearly entirely around tho buttes, the dry district being at tho foot of the buttes and tho Irrigated section in the valley. Old "IUvcr 1W Very Fertile. In what Is known as the old "river bed" thero Is each year raised excel lent crops of alfalfa. To tho south! ran over 30 bushels to tho ncro. Among tho tender truck grown this year wero sonic excellent melons. Mr. Wolcott sells most of his pro ducts In Uond becnuso of tho higher prleos obtained there. ltnl.c.H Turkeys nml Chicken. A short dlstunco from tho l'owoll Hutte postotneo Is tho ranch of J. E. Warner, and here Is found a big flock of turkeys. Mrs. Warner has 125 loft from the coyotes. Theso animals havo been very bold and bad this summer and their depredations hnvo been severe on the poultry raisers. Mrs. Warner had eight turkey hens this spring front which Bho raised her Hock. She Bays the climate for these fowls Is Ideal but tho boldness of tho coyotes Is n seri ous handicap. In addition to her turkeys, Mrs. Warner has 125 Ply mouth Rock chickens. She has just Imported a pair of thoroughbreds from Portland and will improve her already excellent tlock. Tho Warners canto hero last Decembor front Idaho and aro greatly pleased with, tho country. They havo nn 80-ncro Irri gated tract. Knlrylnjr Onlns In Fit or. Allen Lnndfnro, whoso hogs aro mentioned elsewhere. Is going Into tho dairy Industry also. lie now has 10 milk cows, with n number of calves that aro of good grade. He has two high grade bulls and so Is prepared to raise more first class milkers. Ho sells his cream to the ccoporat!vo creamery at Iledutond. George Trucsdalo has 40 acres which he is making bring him n good return. Ho has It seeded to alfalfa and clover and with a herd of dairy of tho buttes lives E. F. Archer who cows is converting tho hay raised has 49 acres In this river bed. Mr. I Into cosh by way of tho creamery Archer has been hero three years nnd I route. He has five cows, Holstelns is devoting his attention mainly to dairying. Ho has n doxon cows and hauls to the Itedmond Creamery tho cream which they produce. Ho feeds nearly all his hay on his own place and says that In this way ho makes It bring him at least $15 a ton. Adjoining Mr. Archer's place Walter Foster has ICO acres, 110 of which lie in the river bed. He has 70 acres of this in alfalfa. Mr. Foster has three brood mares and is raising s6mo fine colts. Ho says that he may .try sheep and hogs. Mr. and Jerseys. Ono of his Jorseys is tho mother of twin calves which aro as fine young stock as aro to bo found anywhere. George llraieo Is Just starting Into dairying. Ills herd consists of tiltout 20 mllkors of the Durham breed. He has an abundance of lino clover and alfalfa hay to feed them this winter, and tho skim milk which they will produce will make Mr. Hrazce's hogs thrlvo during tho cold months that aro coming. Mr. Hrnzce Is going to help out In the beef difficulty as he Foster raised a fowpotatoes this year I recently got a herd of 20 feeders but the yield was not good. Mr. nnd j from the Illack Ilutto Company's Mrs. Foster havo n beautiful bunga low .residence completed last year. Up on the south side of the butto J. P. Bowman has a 320-acre home stead. It is farmed on tho dry plan. He raised somo hay and potatoes this year, his potatoes being about the average. Adjoining the Bowman claim Is the homestead of J. D. Davidson which was proved up on this summer. Mr. Davidson has planted an orchard and expects to raise somo fruit later on He has only a small acreage cleared aB yet. In the young orchard he raised this year somo potatoes. Mr Davidson's house Is quite a landmark' In the neighborhood. Located on j me stue oi mo initio and painicu; white. It is visible for a long distance Next to tho Davidson place Is the dry ranch of A. D. Morrill. Mr Morrill has been in hero about seven years and Is getting his ranch In good condition. Ho has grown excellent grain and has potatoes that are turn ing out about the average for this year. They are of the usual excel lent quality. N. B. Beach, who came horo In 1904. has a homestead of 1C0 acres which be has proved up on. Last year he raised 2100 bushels of grain but did not have In much this season. In this community Is the Butte Valley school which Is being taught this year by Miss Margaret Klmroell. The enrollment Is 18. The district had only six months of school In 1912 but this year wjll hare nine. It has n excellent building. t Big Family ou -10 Acre. On a 40 that lies mostly In (ho river bed C. L. Frost Is accomplish ing a great deal by specializing in dairying. He has a herd of Jerseys, 10 cows and 2 heifers. He sells his butter in Itedmond and gets an aver age of 87 cents a pound the year round. It Is known as the "Blue Itlbbon Butter" and always com mands a better price, ho says, than any othur ranch butter marketed In that town For the past four years tho 40 acres has more than made a living for a family of 10 persons. The land Is all seedod to alfalfa and Mr Frost has only tho best grade of cows. An Instance of the qualities of his herd is shown by ono of his heifers which bocame a good milker and money brlnger when she was only 17 months old. The Frost garden Is ono of the finest In thia( uiBinci. in lb wits ouuiitiei 6'r squashes, onions, cabbage, carrots, rutabagas, string beans, parsnips, celery, asparagus, berries and other products. Mr. Frost stated that his best market is Bend where he gets higher prices than anywhere else. He has a young orchard set out. A near neighbor of Mr. Frost Is H. R. Wolcott, who has 80 acres. Ho bad 30 acres in oats this year and has 13 seeded to alfalfa, He has 60 ttcrea In cultivation In all. His oats ranch. N. P. Alley has 40 acres lying cast of Mr. Bra zee's land and ho Is mak- cows. Ho has his land weeded to nl fnlfn nnd cluver and this yunr har vested n lttrgu crop uf hnyi Mrs. Alley ruined n flock uf turkeys this year whloh did woll but for thu pesky coyotes. Shu hns 00 orTO left that will no doubt grace an lmiuy Thanksgiving and Christmas tables this winter. Ono of tho largest herds of buuf cnttlo In this district Is that on thu much of Alvtn Illggs. Ho has about CO thnt will bo put In prime market condition on clover and alfalfa hay. Ho has 40 acres In alfalfa nnd nlno rnUes grain on 1C0 acres of dry land. Another way of using tho hay on tho place and keeping tho land In a highly fertile state has bean found by Karl Saunders. In addition to his drove of about 100 hogs, Mr. Saun ders has a band of sheep thnt ho Is feodtng, nnd the alfalfa and clovor puts them In tiptop condition to go to market. Among those who aro engaged In dairying, I was told, aro J. F. Rice, U. W. Mustard and Mr. Skoun, each of whom Is building up a good herd of cronm producers. Since the creamery nt Redmond was reorgan ized and put on a co-operative basis, most of tho rnnchors throughout this territory aro taxing their cream there, it Is tho nearest market they hnvo for this product nnd they say thnt tho price paid is fairly good. Flnu Flock of Chickens. A nowcomer to this neck of tho woods Is K. L. Ivoruon, who has 80 acres. He has built n beautiful homo and Is getting his placu In first class shape. This year ho tried his hand at the poultry business and his Hock of 160 Huff Orphlngtons Is a boautt. ful sight. They are thoroughbred stock. He too has been visited by the poultryman's common enonty, the coyote. Mr. Ivorsott'u flock Is not old enough yet for him to begin to rcallzo on It, but he expects to obtain profitable results from his experi ment. Ho has an excellent chicken hotiBo having nil tho requisites uf light, air, room nnd cleanliness. Another iioultryman Is J. J. Chap mnu, who has White Orpingtons. His placo I did not have the pleasure of visiting. The raising of horses does not havo a very prominent place in l'owoll Ilutto ranching history at present. However, what are raised rank high. Bspcclally is this true of thoso on the A. H. Rhode place. Mr. Rhodo has a II ho young in aro that would doubtless havo taken n bluo ribbon had she been exhibited this year at tho county fair. Tto I'wttM llotlirr Farmer. Whllo tho farmers here aro frco from any very dcstructlvo posts llko the grasshopper of the Mldillo West ern states and tho boll weevil of the cotton growing states, ho Is bothered by n few others, Howuvor, ho has this to bo thankful fort thu peats ho haR to contend with aro minor nnd almost a nonentity ns compared with thu crop destroyers of thu farmers be yond thu Rockies. Thu coyotes nnd tho Jnnkrnhlilts head' thu list of one mluH of tho rancher. This yunr, front all reports, thoy hnvo boon worse than uxor. Both scant to' hnvo thrived and they hnvo done n lot uf damage. Tho ruhhlta are being ex terminated (o homo extent by drives, nnd thero will probably bo n lot of theso "parties" this winter to fur nish ntmtBumoiit nnd ut the miiiiiu time gut rid of thu vnrinlutH. Thu coyotes aro bold but sly; thoy will not no- commodnto by gutting Into tho trqpn sot for them, and thoy nro hard to dispatch with n gun or rifle. Tlioiiiughbifil Slock Rnlxeil, Ono of thu things that Impresses itself upon tho mind of the visitor through this garden spot of Crook county Is thnt the farmers nre raising high grade stock. In nearly all cases tholr cOwb, their hogs, their horses, tholr poultry, are thoroughbred. If they aro not, tho common remark Is hoard, "I ant going to sell off all my stock nnd get nothing but thorough breds next year." Thoy hnvo learn ed, somohow, somewhere, that In the long run this Is what pays, and only. what pays. Another thing Is tho prevalent Idoa In the Irrigated belt that they can do better with a stnnll acreage Inten sively cultivated than with n largo acrcago Improperly cared for. The 40-acro farmer, in nearly all In stances, Is (unking mora money pro portionately than the 80-acro farmer. Ono man cannot handle n greater acreage than 40 by himself, and to get good help Is a vary dlfllcull un dertaking. Item! It IUit Market. Everywhere I wunt tho farmers said that they get tho best prices for tholr produce of all kinds nt Bend. Thnt town Is farther away for most of tliom than Is Redmond, but tho added returns duo to tho higher prices Justify tho longer haul, they say. For Instance, oats are selling nt $28 a ton In Bend and $21 a ton In Redmond: dressed pork nt 1016 cents In Bend and OH cents In Ited mond. What thu people hero want Is n bettor road to Mend, Thoy nro unanimous thnt tlioro Is no worso public htghwny In tho county than tho l'owoll lliitte-llond rond. drain Crop In flood, Tho mining of grain In tho Powell Ilutto country Is coming to bo mostly on tho non-lrrlnntod laud. There nto n few farmorn yet who nro raising wheat nnd ontH and' hurley on their Irrigated lands, hut thoy hnvo begun to realize thnt, whllo it profitable crop, grain on ditch land In not the I host money brlnger. My trip did nut Include ninny uf thu dry farms hero ub.iuls, hut thu mmonil report from (bum was of good aropH IIiIh year, This land Is funned on tho every otlinr-yeur plan. In order lo con. rorvo thu mulHturo It Is numiuur fal lowed ono year nnd tho next producca n good crop. From 110 to 40 bushels of wheat, onls nnd Imrloy aro oil tallied this way and about lU shcIih of polntooM to tlio nuru. I Building: Material f l i-i jU i m itmMhii i iii i i j.ii iii'i'Mi i uwtBBBsaaaamsas ! LUMBER, SHINGLES I k i ' j : t ii w The Miller Lumber Company Bend, Oregon. W P. B. JOHNSON'S JWIUICAN, ORECiON la tho placo to buy the KIQHr KIND of OkOCIiHIUS at the RIGHT KINO of prices Near 28 Mile Post S Sfc iS iMHtiMMUiti44'4U)H4iU4iU4 FRUIT TREES Our nursery is located on Powell Hutte, fourteen miles ciust of iJend. Our trees ure the kind we recommend niter over thirty years experience in the fruit business in this neighborhood. Our prices and treatment will please you. Catalog free on request. 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