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DAIRYING NOW A LEADING INDUSTRY
IN THE RICH POWELL BUTTE COUNTRY
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..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.
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(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.
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