Superbly Splendid. Cohtiuuod from first page. tkm, pruning and science of pollination. Here as elsewhere horticulture calls for paiustakiug and intelligent work and great patience. Large profits have Won made in the past, depending of course to considerable extent upon the energy, care and capital expended, as well as selection of stock aud locality. Apples, peaches, pears, prunes, grapes, watermelons and walnuts are the chief fruit products. It is surprising that wine giapes have not beeu grown here more extensively. The hillsides of Lane t-onnt v stiiMiKl be eovtreil with vine! yards, and no better quality can be raised abroac . ' In 1S0S Oregon shipped 500 Afi'LES carloads of apples to Germany, England, Mexico, Asia, and the Atlantic seaboard. This output will thow large increase as new acreage conies to bear and old orchards have letter care. Years of experience have demonstrated that Lane county can successfully grow apples as a commer cial product. The fame of the rod apple of Western Oregon is well established ; it ierfection is due to the moisture in air and soil at time of maturing. Here in Lane county the Paid win, Spiuen targ and King are the leading varieties, with the Ben Davis, Johuuthan, Wine sap ftr.dGravensteiu. Oregon ranks a good second in pkcxks prune production, which is uow practically confined to the Pacific states. Ever sensitive to environment, the successful growth of the prune will always bo confined to favored localities; it cannot bo reared far and Wide lke wheat cr berries. ' The early settlers found that the plum was peculiarly adapted to growth iu West ern Oregon, particularly Lane county, and that its yearly yield of luscious fruit was nearly as sure as the coming of the seasons. "Gradually the sjecessful cul ture of the prune and its profitable re turn brought the fruit prominently be fore the public, and today -we find an acreage of prune orchards in the Wil lamette Vallev exceeded only by our neighbor, California. But hete no irri gation is neecssarv, which insures a meaty, sugarv fruit of large size. Va rieties are here grown that nrj not found elsewhere, and the heated evapo ration process of passing otr through the fruit, gives a clean and bright pro duct obtainable by no other means. The price of prunes has not yet touched h tigura so low that profit U wanting to the Oregon producer. So long.au transportation facilities are fa vorable (as they exist here), that sec tion of country which can grow a prune of required quality at the least outlay of labor and money, will be the longest in the raeev The"' Willamette Valley has unquestionably thersoil and the rain; land .is not expensive; the trees grow vigorously and bear heavy crops and large, showy fruit. Cultivating and spraying call for little labor or expense ; the fruit-is better cured by thj evapora tors tha,n in the sun and quite as cheap ly, since plenty of fuel is aihand. In line, no other locality enjoys greater advantages at the start and up to the point of bearing. The demand for Ore ton prune is steadily increasing in the markets of the world. The.6hipuients from Oregon in 1SDS, tiie latest statistics we have at hand, were: Dried' prunes. . '. lfi.S-'W.OOO lbs. Green prunes.. .. 3.750,0M lbs. Total . . . . .20,530,000 lbs. ; ' STOCK F .USING. Lane county is last becoming one ot the .great cat' j producing counties in the State. The mild winters.the (act that native grasses remain green during the year, and thee.we with which cultivated grasses can b3 raised mak-J it an excel lent country for every kind of stock. The general practice of Line county farmer, is to, provide fodder for only a small part of the year, during the bal ance of which the stock roam at lare. Running water ie abundant, and stuck does not lac' wat -r in the driest season. The largest owner3 of homed stock are improving greatly bv infusing line blood into their herds. There are numerous breeders of til-inborn Galloways. Polled Angus, Ayrshire, Hereford, llolsteins, Divnns, Alderneya and Jer seys in ithe Willamette Valley. The larga introduction of fine bl"d into the cattle herds ( this section has greatly increased their value and the profit of the business. THE AXOORA GOAT. Daring the past ten years a number of our active farmers have been intrcdnc lug the Angora gout in'-o Lane county, especially. i:i the foot-hill country. These. thrifty farmers had but one object in viow at the time these goats were purchased, and that was to clear up their latins a small expense. They bought tlii goat for his work and riot for Ids wool. During the past live years, how-,-ver, tljeie has beori a great revolution in" the'oat industry. Manufacturers t.rts beginning to discover the many ad vantages and Bpecial qualities of mol-air. Kumerou desirable and ehvant fabrics tre now being made from this wool, and it has been found that the goods are ex ceedingly fine and durabla. Another special feature of this goods is, that it is jntfctr more free from the attacks of luoths than goods made from sheep's -woo". . For this reason, it is said that Uitf :uiaojr portion ut valuable up- holstery now used in railway cars, is made of goat's wool. The entire number of Angora gsats In Lane county today will probably not exceed 0,000 head. When wo come to consider the vast area of good brush country iu this county, so well adapted to goat gracing, we can readily oo that, Instead of the small number now kept, we could keep to advantage hundred of thousands of goats in Lane county alone and keep them well. We are speaking now more particularly as to hie value of their wool and increase and of the profits that are IhhiihI to 6e cur by continuous and thrifty care of the domestic goat. As to their adapt- amnty to our euimite there is no ques tion. anl as to the numerous advantages arising from raising goats, this has been thoroughly and satisfactorily settled long since. We would earnestly commend this subject to the active and enterprising farmers from the Eastern States, who are now locating and who oipect to lo cate in Lane county, recognuinir that this industry may be made one of the most useful and profitable within the eutire range of farm and field products. THE LUMBER INDUSTRY. The estimated amount of timber in Oregon is 300,000,000,000 foot (in round numbers), board measure. Lane county leads with 23,800,000,000. . The lumbering industry 1ms assumed greater proportions during the year than ever before. The Willamette, McKcn zie, Siuslaw, Coast Fork and West Fork Rivers, Long Tom, Lake, Grceuleaf, No Tie, Fish. Nelson and numerous other creeks afford the best facilities for Heat ing logs to tide wtter, or to most any point on the Sou hern Pacific for a dis tance of 2)0 miles. Great bodies of the finest noble fir (commonly known as larch), sugar and yellow "pine, cedar, oak, ash, maple, balm, and numerous other species of soft and hard woods, lie allabont ns. untouched, awaiting but the investment of capital to place it on the markets ot the world in the various forms known to the wants of man. Timlter lands can be purehased for from $4 to $7 per acre, the price depending upon the amount and kind of timber and its loeaUon. The Southern Pacific Railroad Company has thousands of acres of tine timber lands for g ile. The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, the largest manufacturers of lumber in the county, are operating; three large plants, at Coburjr, Saginaw and Wend- Ung. with an average ilaiiy vapaeiiv of .'HO 000 feet, the great majority of ' r l majority on which is shipped to points outside of Oregon, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company having constructed 22 milts of railroad for the exclusive purpose of reaching and hauling out the output of the Wendling plant. The main oflices of this company are in Eugene. There are numerous other smaller plants in the count. The total cut of lumber and shiwrles for 1S03 in the State of tregon was WO, 425,000 feet. Of this the mills of Port land alone cut 150,000,000 feet. Steadily increasing demand comes from China, Japan, Siberia, Australia, Mexico, South America and Eurrpe, as well as California and the Eastern States. Of merchantable hardwoods, myrtle, maple and ash grow to goodly size, ami are used in furniture and implement manufacture, but this branch of indus try has thus far bean of limited extent. DAIRYING. As a dn'rying section Lane county possesses many advantages. Grasses of all kinds, both native and cultivated, grow in luxuriance. Cattle have to de pend but little upon bay, since the warm rains, from early in the full folate in the spring, keep the erass growing. Even in the dry summer reason grass remains freh and green in toe mead ows alonir river and creek bottoms ami in the mountain valleys. Timothy i Hie leading grass, but write and red clover make remarkable growtlm, espe cially the former, which springs np spontaneously on the hi'ls wherever the destruction of trees and underbrush gives it an opportunity. The natural grasses, tho cool summer breezes blow ing in from the Pacific, unfailing water supply, the luxuriance with which the clover" and rots thrive, combine to make Lane county the ideal home of the cow. Net returns to dairymen range from ?'5() to $50 per cow per annum, de pndhijf upon the trade of the cow and tin intelligence with which the dairy man manages his herd. The numerous ocean-goinif craft leaving the ports of Portland, 'Seattle and Tiicoma for the Orient and all parts of the globe is a perpetual guarantee of a never-failing market for dairy and all other products. MINING. The mineral resources of Lane county are extensive and valuable. Tho dis tricts attracting the most attention are tho Bohemia and J'due River. In the former S stamps are now installed. There are any number of rich mines in the Uohomiadistrict, principal niwmg which are the Helena, Annie, Musick", Htocks & Harlow, (iolden Slipper and Champion, and it is destined to become u second Cripple Creek, Probably the richest, body of ore iu the district at the present time uncovered is in the Helena property. Where they ure working now the ore is so ich the miners break it down on canvas and sack it np to carry it to the rni'L It fairly sparkles with the thousands of specks of gold sticking all over it. Subscribe lor Tim Bulubtis. Junction City. Continued from first page.) inhabitants, and is surrounded by as fertile farming laud as there is in the Valley. This is tho homo of the hop, which proved so profitable to tho grow era the past' Benson. Harrisburg has a Hour mill, bank, several general mer chandise stores, a good hotel, several churches and a first-class graded school. The Willamette River is navigable from llarrisburg to Portland. In the south part of Linn and Ponton counties and the north part of Lane county is to bo found tho best farming land in the Willamette Valley. (In this write-up and description of this section of the country it has not been our intention to misrepresent or over estimate anything, and those visit ing the Valley will find this a fair but limited representation. Editor. B. S. Hyland & Co., Real Estaic Dealers, Have tho following farm lands for side. Any inquiries In regard to same will re ceive prompt attention: 30 acres of the finest land in Lann county, one mile east of Junction City. This land is all in gtae but 4SJ acre. Price $50 per acre. 1 1SO-acre farm four miles east of llar risburg. in Linn county ; 140 acres in cultivation ; voting orchard ; new house, fair barn ; plenty of water; 25 per acre. 100 acre farm, 2,la mile east of liar risburg; 130 'acres in cultivation ; bal ance meadow; good improvements; house, barn. ' orchard r ll miles to school house.1 f 23 per acre. 200 acres of good level firmjand, three miles south from Ilarrisburg; about lib acres in cultivation ; 30 ucres in light timber; 10 acres in hops ; splen did on-hard of 4 ai res : school li.nise 1 miles distant. This farm is well fenced and plenty of water. The property 1ms been previously held at 122 Ss per acre It can now bo purchased lor 120. It you t j k Uj0 ,,. lb 0IJ ,Tvaxu t, the Willamette Vallev yon couldn't find a belter bargain. The owner netted I'JOO from the 10 acres of hops the pait season. 403 acres of fine prairie land. 4 miles southeast of Junction City, on tho river road; good unfldings and fences; gvl orchard. This laud runs to tho river, It is nearly all in cultivation, but has plenty of timber. Cau be dividi d east and west m as to give each Waif part of limber. Will be divided of sold as a whole to suit. Prke t35 per acre. This is the old Halio i an acre. land & co., B. S. HYLAND & CO., JUNCTION CITY, ORE. 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