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BKN'I) IIULTiKTJN, I1KND, Ottl5 WKllNKftDAV, OCTOnKIl 02, MM.
SATISFIED LOOK SHOWS
PROSPERITY AT LAIDLAW
Farmers Have Raised Bountiful Crops This Year,
'Both Hay and Grain Yielding Heavily Nor
cott Orchard Attracts Much Attention.
(Staff CorrcsiHindenco)
LAIDIAW, Oct. 17. Having to
day completed n tour over tho Turn
nlo BegnsKntlon. 1 And thnt nearly
ovcryono who liaa taraioil his Iniul
properly this season has a Rood crop.
Tho grain yields nro excellent and
the hay oralis lmvo turned out n hlR
tonnage. General Prosperity seems
to have marched all around and over
tho segregation, and evorywhero
there Is a satisfied smile on Uie fnco
of tho settler.
Tho threshing has been comploted
in this neighborhood and among tho
yields are tho following:
It. 11. llayley got 400 bushels at
barley oft 10 acres, or 10 bushels to
the acre: 300 bushels 6f oats off 10
acres, or 30 bushels to tho aero; COO
bushels of vhat oft 30 acres, or 20
bushels to tho acre.
W. K. Sandol threshed tho oat crop
grown on ft acres anil got GIG
bushels, or an average of 6S bushels
to tho aero. This Is tho best yield
of oats so far heard of.
William tlendorson carries oft tho
honors with barley. Ho sowed 10
pound ot seed and got 10 bushels.
He also threshed some barley and
oats, tho yield of which was only
falr.and 300 bushels ot wheat.
Quits liocotnothc for Farm.
On tho north ond ot tho segrega
tion tho farmers nro just as prosper
ous as those on the south part. It.
U. Kllcklnger, who for 30 years was
a locomotive engineer in ino r.asi,
came In here last fall, buying tho J.
0. Tullar place. Ho hns 25 acres In
cultivation and will clear this winter
and get ready for crop 30 more. Mr.
Kllcklnger raised some grain hay and
a small patch of potatoes. Ho Is de
lighted with the country and says ho
Is here to stay.
lleckor & Payne on the C. P.
Decker 40 havo been very successful
th'ls year. They out about 65 tons
of clover and alfalfa hay off 26 acres
and are selling the crop at $12 a ton.
They havo 25 Duroc Jersey hogs on
the place that aro In fine condition.
They tried to raiso turkeys but tho
coyotes nearly got tho best of them.
One night they lost 20 little ones, n
coyote coming along and killing them
with tho mother turkoy. They also
had a One big gobbler killed at an
other time. The rabbits too gave
them a. lbtof trouble destroying ono
night about 3000 young cabbago
plants. They havo about three
quarters of an acre ot fino cabbage
now. A small patch of potatoes was
also raised, but tho yield was not
good. Tho "boj-s" havo a sweet
tooth and so there are seven stands
ot bee to make honey for them.
IUr Crop of Apples.
One of the finest places on the
segregation is the O. H. Norcott
ranch. This farm has been made
famous this year by the fine fruit
crown. A couple of years ago the
Norcott bought It for $S000 from
A. D. Parks, the deal Including all
tho personal property on tho ranch.
Somo of the wise ones said these
newcomers had got "stung." Hut
they do not feel that way by any
means, for Mrs. Norcott said very
emphatically that thoy would not soil
for that price. Thero is an orchard
of 70 trees on the place, covering
about au acre. It Includes apple,
crab apple, pear, prune, cherry and
plum trees, and this year there wore
only two of the trees that did not
bear. From five trees of Yellow
Transparent apples Mrs. Norcott sold
320.02 worth of fruit this year. In
her above-ground cellar built ot pink
tufa rock she has a big stock of all
kinds of canned fruit, Including somo
peaches which were grown this year
on the W. II. Courtney place adjoin
ing. This latter placo Is also grow
ing somo fine fruit. The Norcotts
nre seeding their farm to alfulfo.
J. VV, Itrown, who has 40 acres,
is devoting much attention to dairy
ing. He has a herd of fine Jersey
cows and Is getting his placo seeded
to alfalfa and clover.
Wltst Haid Work Can1)o.
The example ot Peter Jensen is ono
that might be emulated with bene
ficial results by hundreds ot settlers
In Central Oregon. Mr. Jensen, who
is a Dane, "was for years a railroad
section boas. He came here 10 years
ago and bought 40 acres. Then
came (ho trouble with the old irri
gation company and he went away
and left his land. He returned In
1910 and by putting In somo hard
work on his place now has It In tip
top condition. There were many
junipers on it and ho has pulled a
total of 11 GO trees. Mr. Jensen got
water on hlo land for the first tlmo
this year atjd seeded a small patch
to alfalfa on July 4. This has shown
h wonderful growth. He raised some
lino wheat bay on dry land, cutting
about a ton and a half to the acre.
He s seeding this fall 10 acres to
winter wheat. Mr. Jensen keeps
everything about the placo Just as
heat as a pin.
Uirnes HHn Out au Orchard.
W.-'D.MJarnes this year started out
in tho fruit Industry that Is, bo
nlante1 an orchard of ?0 acres, set
ting oM ?S0 apple trees and 50 pear,
peach and cherry trees. He has on
hand nliw wlro with which he will
leace tlje tract to keep the rabbits
out. The trees all came from tho
Lafollette nursery and are doing ex
ceptionally well. Mr. Barnes has
one of the finest residence sites on
the segregation. Ills bungalow is
perched on tho west bank of tho Des
chutes river which runs through n
canyon nt this point, and tho scenic
oxcellenco of tho location Is unsur
passed. There Is a big cliff of whlto
rock near his homo and on uccouut
of this ho calls his placo tho Whlto
Hock Hnnch. Mr. Uarnes has n clover
dovlco for getting water out of tho
river for domestic purposes. Uy
means ot n wlro cable ono end of
which Is fastenod to a rock In tho
rlvor and tho othor to a rook on 'the
high bank ho can let a bucket down
Into tho stream and draw up by wind
lass the cold water. Mr. Uarnes hns
160 acres of ditch land and SO acres
Which was homosteadod by C. W.
Allen. Part ot this 80 lies on tho
east side of tho rlvor. Mr. Uarnes
has n boat to cross tho river and his
homo Is only four miles from Des
chutes by direct lino. Mr. nnd Mrs.
J. W. Chapman Uvo on tho ranch
with him, and Mrs. Chapman hns
somo fine chlckonsmd turkojs. Mr.
Uarnes Is ono of the old timers on
tho segregation, having boon horo
nlno jours.
Albert Harper has 1G0 acres of
ditch land, on GO ot which ho hnd
an excellent crop of wheat hay this
year. He has 40 acres seeded to
alfalfa and clover. Mr.. Harper has
140 acrcfc under cultivation. Ho hns
2G hogs, 24 sheep and 3 cows Uiat
aro giving milk at tho present.
New School District.
Near tho Harper ranch a now
school houso has been built and
school starts next Monday with Miss
Camilla Ladd of Michigan as teacher.
It Is a now district. No. S3, this be
ing tbo first school term. A 7-mll!
levy was voted after a bonding proo
sltlon was defoated. The school
house Is situated at tho cross roads
four miles north ot Lnldlaw and will
Borvo about 20 children.
Tho largest herd of cattlo on tho
north end ot tho segregation Is being
built up by Qrovor Corking. Mr.
Corking hns Red Polled stock, nioro
than 100 head in all. Twenty of
these aro high grade heifers which
ho la breeding to n registered Hcd
Polled bull. Mr. Corking also has
some hogs. He has 200 acres and
this year threshed over 1100 bushels
ot oats and about 100 bushels of rye.
F. E, Dayton has a 40 which ho
calls Fair Acres. Ho Is putting up
n modern residence of 10 rooms on It.
Mr. Dayton Is engaged in tho saw
mill business and has not yet been
able to develop his property very ex
tensively. In addition to his 40, he
has 80 acres In the southwest part of
the Tumalo segregation.
O. Zemke has 40 of ditch land and
rents tho W. W. Long place. He has
a herd of Holstolns and raised tills
year a fine crop of alfalfa.
On his 80-acro ranch R. O. Dow
ser raises alfalfa and clover hay,
wheat and oats. His oats crop this
year was excellent. He sells his hay.
W. I-, llarkley raises on his 40
acres nil kinds ot Irrigated laud crops,
with which ho hns hnd much buccoss
thlB season.
George Crawford, on tho old Gib
son plnci), hns (140 acres. This land
is not Included In tho Tuuinlu segro
gntlon, lying Just west or It ami bulng
watered from Throe crooks, This
year Mr. Crawford s oafs crop was
ono of tho finest In tills district, and
ho nlqo. had some splendid ryo.
8. K. and A. A. King ot Wnlln
Walla, Wash., own 220 acres In tho
segregation nnd havo It leased to J.
B. Richards. Ho threshed this year
4000 bushels ot oats and ryo. Boniu
of tlui ryo yielded 20 bushels to tho
acre. A hundred and eighty acres
of this laud was cleared and put In
crop last rprlng.
KmIhIiik llocf Cattle.
Scott & Smith on tho i). M. Smith
property give tholr nttoutlon chiefly
to cattlo raising. They have u herd
of Holstolns and also a largo number
ot cattlo which aro kept on tho rauga
In the summer and fed on the ranch
In winter.
Ono ot the best lying rnnohes on
the segregation is thnt of J. N. II.
Corking. Ho hns 220 acres, 17S ot
which Is In cultivation. This year ho
threshed 1025 bushels of oats and
100 bushels of rye. Mr. Corking hnd
somo vetch mixed with oats which nt
talned a hoavy growth. His oats hnd
a yield ot 30 to 35 bushels to the
acre, nnd the biggest part of tho aoro-
ago was now ground. Ho hnd a small
potato patch but did not get n very
good crop. Thero nro 6 brood sows
and 2G pigs on tho farm, his breeds
being Duroc Jersey and Poland
China.
Fred Wilson has 100 acres of dry
land on which ho grew.n fair crop of
ryo hay this year. He hns 12 head of
Red Polled cattle and a span ot mules
that are topnotchers.
Clotcr nnd Alfalfa Good.
Dan Smith's clovor crop this jonr
ran nioro than 3 tons to tho aero.
From S acres ho out 1G tons. Ho got
a big crop of alfalfa also off IS acres.
Four cons are being milked on the
Smith farm and an" average of 26
pounds of butter is sold every week
In Iildlaw. Mrs. Smith has a flock
of about 100 thoroughbred Rhode
Island Red chickens. .
In tho Plnehurst section of the seg
regation, the only part ot tho big Ir
rigated tract not visited, Uvo tho
Couchs. G. W. Couch is on tho J. R.
Couch place nnd has tho W. P.
fleorcn 80 rented. Ho threshed
i about 1000 bushels of oats and wheat
this year, his yield being vory good.
G. U. Couch has 40 acres on which
ho is raising alfalfa and clover. Ho
feeds his hay to dairy stock. Mr.
Couch this season had somo Scotch
Fife wheat on his placo which Is a
now variety for this country. J. L.
Couch has 55 Irrigable acres which
produces clover and grain.
C. Peterson, with 95 Irrlgablo
acres, raised this season a bountiful
crop of timothy, clover and alfalfa,
hsy and oats.
Thoroughbred Chicken liaised.
Among tho poultry breeders hero
Is Mrs. John D. Wlmor. She hss at
her homo In town hero a bunch ot
thoroughbred Uarrod Rocks with
which sho Is having success. Mrs,
Winter Is co-operating with the back
ers of a movement to form n Crook
county poultry association.
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