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Gilliam Count); which at the
present time offcrs golden opjrcr
tunitiea to thA homo-seeker, is
situated In Eastern Oregon on the
south bank 0 the Columbia river,
125 miles east of Portland. Its
resources are vast and its wealth
untold. Hits territory is practi
cally a new country as the farm
, era are just learning to get the
' best results from the rich soiL
. U is a section where investments
for years to come can be safely
and profitably made in fact
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it ui in west, wiicio tuy nnu coun
try property is nearer the turn
ing point for doubling its value.
Land at the present time is sell
ing at an extremely low price
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in crops. No other section offers
such sure inducements to the
home-seeker. This matter bears
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There is still some government
land open to settlers.
3. B. Hartshorn's 920-acre ranch, one mile west of Condon. One of the best wheat ranches of Gilliam County,
averaging 25 bushels to the acre.
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Ready for work on Tobey Bros.' 5,000-acre Gilliam County wheat ranch.
LEARNING BETTER
FARING METHODS
Means Larger Crop Larger
.Yearly Income.
Gilliam county has, since the
year 1907 when it harvstv
3,350,000 bushels of grain, been
known as one of the best wheafc
producing counties in the Pacific
Northwest Dry-land experts
from the Oregon Agricultural 1
College experiment station upon
their various visits during the
past year have said that its soil
is very rich and most productive,
even in the dryest year. Since :
the first trip of the demonstra
tion train, the farmers have be
come more eager to learn better
farming methods and their latest
move was the organization of the'
Gilliam County Improvement As
sociation, the first object " of
which 19 thtt SWIirinrr nt f 1st
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cation for the dry farm experi
ment station in this county.
They realize that with sueh a
farm much is to be learned along
lines of improvement If will
mean larger crops, a still greater
variety by the crop rotation sys
tem, and a much larger income
every year. , '
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MORE PEOPLE
HEEDED HERE
To Reap Golden Harvest. A
Prosperous Farming
Section.
Forty mules do the work on C. W. Martin's ranch.
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From the different scenes and
data given here can be seen that
farming in Gilliam county is done
on an extensive scale. Many of
its ranches are composed of sev
eral thousand acres, some running
as high as five thousand. But
these farms must be divided in
to smaller ranches as it is being
realized that the old method of
summer fallowing, resulting in
utilizing only one-half of the land
every year, must sooner or later
give way to the much advocated
crop rotation system which can
be done properly only on smaller
ranches. .
Gilliam county thus offers
splendid opportunities to home
seekers. It needs more people to
reap the harvest of its rich soil.
From a climatic point of view
this is the most inviting portion
of Oregon. There are no exces
sive rains, but an ample supply
of .moisture to insure growing
crops. No extreme cold in win
ter while its cool summers are
delightful.
Eight 8-horse plow teams breaking soil Turning over 60 acres per day.
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FRU ITS-GROW IN ABUNDANCE
As Shown By The Splendid
8peoimena at Grange Fair,
On Parman Bros,' 3,000-acre wheat ranchl Harvesting 25 acres per day.
BIG MONEY IN STOCK RAISING
The many creeks runninp
through the county are lined with
orchards. The peach tree semf
. to have found its home at last
and the fruit grows to unrivalled
beauty, and unexcelled flavor.
Gilliam's , apples are becominp
riva).of the world-famous Hood
River product " Pears, apricots,
melons and garden true!, grow in
abundance. The grand fruit ex
hibits at the May ville fair during
the past two years have been the
astonishment of all visitors and
nave aiaea. wonaeriuuy, in iur
thering fruit growing in Gilliam
County, Fruit trees on non-irri-1
gated land bear surprising crops.
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Louis Couture's 8-horse jerk-line team hauling wheat to warehouse. Sample of Gilliam county horsey
County is still a Wool-Crowing
Center.
The good out-range in the high
ex foothills and untillable soil,
together with the grain and the
abundance of alfalfa grown along
creeks, has induced many to stay
with the profitable stock-raisin.
The advent of the large packing
plants from the cast to this coast
has placed a new impetus on this
industry and the farmers of the
county are going into stock-raising
on a larger scale than ever
before. The wool growing in
dustry is still a source of large
revenue to the county as there
are ntoy tracts of fine winter