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FRIDAY, APRIL 28.10,. WEEKLY ROGUE BITER COURIER PAGE SIX MUCH WEALTH IN ' SHALL FARMING BY C. L. HOBART. Those of us who have lived la the Rogue River valley long enoug to have, in a way, come to realize some of Its possibilities are surprised at resources, and. such possibilities as I can assuredly see for the future has prompted me xo writo a few words calling attention to some of the things I have In mind. Those who have lived here too long and from past experience In the great struggle with a raw undeveloped country can see but little hope except perhaps in hort-llved boom Imported in the minds of some "new comers" and the inexperienced novices. That they re Inexperienced In the hardships which the pioneer rancher has met with is fortunat), for he beglna anew with great hope and perhaps more agreeable experiences from a farther advanced section. The old-time na tive looks upon such comers as in terlopers and adventurers, and it most be confessed sometimes with antagonism. But the new comer" not only bears the "old-timer" no Bailee, but Is grateful to him for his pioneer work, and is disposed to . act with him and seek his aid and Experience In a further and newer advancement, which Is surely com ing. IIow About Dry Land? Now, I wish to call attention to some of the lines along which this newer development will take. I think our first great need Is Irrl gatlon, and as It Is known that we bare the water In abundance and ex ceiiont land on which to use It, it tun be but a question of but a short time until this will be accomplished. But what about the vast amount of land, and good land, much more In extent than we now realize, which will not come under a general Irriga tion system? Hundreds of fine fer tile valleys extend back Into the mountain on all sides. These lands will be sought and developed, but they will need water to bring 'them op to a full state of cultivation. Now, It Is well known that In this section there Is an abundance of rain fall during the rainy season, and water can always be had near the iurface by digging wells. This can fce pumped by electricity or gasoline at a great deal less expense than im agined. Electric power ia cheap and an abundance of power on the Rogue river Is going to waste. I havo experimented with pumping water with a gasoline englno and have raised 2000 gallons of water thirty feet for 15 cents. Government experi ments show that a well on each ten acres with a pump and power plant mounted on trucks for moving from one well ti another Is the most suc cessful method. The time Is not far distant when this will be taken up, and you will see our hills and moun tain valleys more beautiful and equally as prosperous as the bot tom lands. Offer Great Variety Up to the present time our valley has confined Its efforts almost en tirely to ftlfalfa and fruit, or a very few of the things to which the soil and climate are eminently adapted. Of course, we hive only started and it has not boon neco.isnry aa yet to experiment with other lines, but this valley off org a vnst field for a var iety of crop culture. Wo havo gone ahead no flint tlint wo have not had tlmo to think of tho future possibil ities. Tho rancher has not gotten ever tho habit of sitting on tho fence and watching for some outsider to come along and offer him a fancy price for his land, and a great innny of the new coiners are repeating the operation. Lot us get down to busi ness. Development and speculation work better together anyway. Make tho land worth more In reality Show what ran be done with It. What ran we do with our land be sides raising alfalfa and frultt Not but that these are Indeed profitable and pre-eminently adapted to this aed Ion, but let us not overlook oth er Rood things. 1 would like to sub mit me rouowing list to take up each in turn. Of course, tho most of tbeso are duly applicable to small tracts personally conducted and many Involving some further work than merely rnlslrg the raw crop. But this Is the very thing we want for the upbuilding and welfare of the coun try, and let the owner of the soil prepare his product ready for the market and keep 75 per rent of the profit in his own pocket. Market gardening, packing Hnd shipping, Nroom cot a and brooms. Home cannery. Tickles and bottling. Logan, Mammoth, and rhenome- nal berries. Beans. Hog ranch. Mule breeding ranch. ' Tobacco. Onions. Peanuts. Market Gardening Merchants in every town In the valley ship in vegetables the year round from California, deplorable condition where we bav at our own doors as good or better facilities for home-grown vegetables. Our towns are growing, the demand becoming preater every year. If the grocer can pay freight from California, imagine the benefit from home-grown vege tables, to say nothing of having the fresh article. Broom Corn and Brooms Here Is a fine opportunity for someone. Broom corn costs no more per acre to raise than the or dinary yellow kind and our soil and climate Is Ideal for it. All the equip ment for broom making can be had for $100. Make your own handles with another outlay of about $300 for a two-horse gasoline engine and lathe. RalBe yonr broom corn, make the brooms, handles and all. There Is a market right in the valley for a number of such small-sized plants. They are now all shipped fn with large freight rates added. Home Cannery Few people realize that canning is a very simple process. A small out fit can be had as cheaply as $100 and Installed In your woodshed. The tin cans can be bought at any hardware store very cheaply,' or, better still, make your own cans. The machta ery is not expensive and it requires but little common sense and no par ticular skill. Put In an acre of torn atoes and can thom yourself, and sell them right here. Tasty lables can be had In stock form at little expense from the people who mate and sell these home canneries. Can your peaches, your borrles, beans and peas. In cans they are always marketable and will keep Indefinite ly STEAM HEATED ORCHARDS POPULAR 131 VALLEY Pickles A nice business Is raising cucum bers and it Is no trick at all to make pickles. Put them In kegs and bot tles. Always a ready sale for them at good prices. Nursery Stock There Is about $40,000 worth of nursery stock used In the Rogue River valley each year, nine-tenths of which Is shipped In. We have the qual of the best nursery land In the United States. Why not keen this money at home and help build np other business? The business can be started and carried on In a small way with little or no expense for a beginning and worked up Into a fine business. Henna I don't think the people here real ize tho value of the common navy bean ns a rntch rron to mini TiAtvAAn fruit trees for say the first two years. or for that matter, for a general crop. In California they are going Into It quite extenr!voly and are mak ing big money, neans are easily marketed, freight not excessive and they will keep until marketed. Hogs At tho present price of pork hog raising la V6ry profitable. Certain breeds, like Cheshire will graze on alfalfa and keep In good condition during the growing season. Some corn to fatten and turn off a shoat lr tho fall of 150 pounds Is les trouble than any other farm animal. and with quick returns. Mule Isrmling There Is a great scarcity of draft animals and thev command t.i prices. A good two-year-old mule colt will bring $160. The mule Is he best draft animal known. Turn your alfalfa Into mule Btock Instead of helling yonr hay and get at loam twice as much for your fodder. Tolworo Tobacco does nicely here and there Is big money In raising with proper care, not so bulky, but that It la u good shipper. Onions Onions are a very profitable and are fine shippers. Considerable lab- o- Is required to properly raise them, but the price Is stable snd they ar adapted to small trat Is. Of course, these are In an experi mental stage at present, but the dim Me here Is almost Identical with some parts of Virginia, where the most of the pennnts of the United States are grown, rind I belle. -e they will do well with some experiment ing ns to handling them'. There are many o'her things which will suggest themselves which art adapted to intensive and small-tract culture. 1 might sny that I was brought up on a farm In the nA and have afn manv of these things success.'ully tarried out on small tracts It is with no spirit of levity that the easterner Inquires of a Grants Pass real estate man if he has a steam heated orchard for sale. Within the past 10 days that sort of an orchard bag proven the reliable one. CarelesB farmers and ranchers may be content to garner an apple or peach crop two years out of five, but the more diligent horny handed son of toll In these parts is not sat isfied to permit his labors to be brought to naught with any such frequency that time has passed in the Rogue River Valley as in other fruit districts. Since the big Yellow Newton or the rosy Spltzenberg now retails for four and. five cents each in eastern cities, why should one stand year after year empty banded In the mar ket, because of the pranks of Jack frost? There are more than 15,000 smudge pots now In use In this val ley and while the antics of fickle Miss Spring may be over for 1911, hundreds of gallons of crude oil have been unloaded In Grants Pass within the last two weeks to start the heat ers at a moment's notice. In talking with Inspector Burke as to the prospects of a fruit crop, he stated that the outlook was never better, that the heavy frosts have done but little harm. . Poetry Against Business To mingle the perfume of burn ing crude oil and apple blossoms Isn't Just exactly poetic, but it's busi ness Just the same. The orchardlst has no longer any patience with the vagaries of nature. It's too expen sive to invest good, hard dollars and lots of them In a horticultural lot tery. A barren orchard is as unprof itable as a farm hand with the "spring fever." The resignation of the old-fashioned wehfoot whose only consolation was a helpless phil osophy is fast disappearing in fact, has gone. If the climate does not suit, make your own climate. If your land Is so dry the jack rab bits have to carry water bottles, hook on to the Rogue and irrigate It and who knows, somebody may come along and turn the knocker Into a decent sort of citizen and then well, then comes "the millennium. ADDITION OP WESTHOLM HAS BEEN OPENED With a pay roll of $100 per day, the Josephine Investment company,! of Medford, owner of the big addi tion on the west of the city, Is fast carving out of a bit of pine forest an attractive and sightly addition: that went on the market yesterday.. Investors have not In any degree i lost faith in city property -as Indi cated by the heavy buying In West-j holm on Its opening day. Next week building of the first j bungalow will begin, which will bej tho first of a number of new homes j to be erected in this part of the city, j A contract has been let for grading j and filling for a Bpacious public ten-1 nls court, 65 by 150 feet, adjoining the 2 -acre park, which will be made more inviting by the addition of numerous Beats, as well as by piping to the park sulphur water from the mineral spring in the hills above. With the luxurious shade from the many stately pines that make the park a real park indeed, this should be a popular place during the sum mer for picnic parties; and It is of easy access. At their own expense the owners of Westholm have graded G street from the end of the pavement by the property, and with the contour ed streets following the base of the rolling land, no prettier auto ride could be had in the city than through Westholm. The site of the new school Is high and on the most desir able part of the tract, and with re sidences built out to Its main streets at present the addition has a bright future. Neglected wounds produce old tores and these in time aeveiop utusra wuiuu eu.i away the vitality. Ballard's Snow Liniment Is a Healing Remedy for All Ailments of tho Flesh of Man and Beast The epeed with which this splendid .llnlmeat heals up a bad wound or Bore has surprised and pleased those who were accua. tomed to the slower and uncertain effect of less powerful rem. dies. It mends the lacerated flesh so quickly that there is hut little time lost from work. In relieving rheumatic pains, neural gla, sciatica, it has done and is doing a wonderful work. Many chronic victims of these diseases have found to their great satis faction that it cures an attack la a fraction of the time required by the ordinary treatment. It Is equally effective in the flesh ailments of animals. 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