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. IRRIGATION
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income property of
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areas surrounding
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Rogue fiivfrr Wiley OrcHafds
Where Irrigation Has Been
Found to be the Secret of
lrnKtiqn nihncr the qwcsliou of thomu who
asks: "Whnt phalli do uiul how can 1 waive a Hvinj?
while t am waiting fyr uiy orchard to come into
hearingf''
Snch men n$ Uronimcr ttros., Hall and Pnrkvr
have demonstrated tho fact beyond tho question of
a douht that there is money to bo made byinten-ive
fannuig in tho Rogue Oliver valley. There is .
fetrong demand ior Rogue, .river hemes; the; labl
scngon'sj experience hari proven that the desert s?oil
under irrigation produces the finest cantaloupes
.that.lnnc been sold in the Portland markets?. i
The Roguo lUver valley in tho next few years
will Rain additional laurels from her strawberries
and canfaloupes, ntfcl these two products will in time
rival tha famo of the applet, and pears.
Tho man who buys an irrigated orchard tract,
plan'ted to trtcs, can make his living by raising
berries and cantaloupes between the rows. The
reason that this iinKrtnnt fact has not been more
Rcucially demonstrated is that such production hast
heretofore been impossible from laVk of irrigation.
Intensive fanning cannot hc.cnrricd on in thiyllogae
River valley without irrigation Ther greater part
'of our vegetables' como from the irrigated districts
f California, bnt now that irrigation is possible for
tho small fanner, tho time is not far pff when e
can expect our home markets to bo supplied by our
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During the firbTiear Iho orOhardibt who has
purchased an orcliartlTfnici pli'iute. to trees can
expect to make a profit tti the rato of .200 per acre
from his cantaloupes- If ho 1ms a five-aero tract
he can plant between the rows,' one aero of straw
berries and two (teres of cantaloupes. The first
year Ins strawberries wijlpot be ,iu bearing, ,but
the second year ho can Qxpec(tto clear at the, least
$r00 from 'his berry patch.- Ilia cantaloupe should
show a net return of '.fOO, so the first year the or
ehardist on rt five-acre tract, besides the .vege
tables and poultry, .which he can easily raise, can
clear $400, and after this time, he should easily
make $9(.0 per annum by the cultivation of the
space between his trees.
MEDFORD'S GREAT FUTURE FACTORY DISTRICT
Our Factories Are the Orchards of the Valley
f The Irrigated Orchard Tracts of Roguelands Incorporated, located only a few miles north of Medford, with splendid railroad facilities for transportation of its products
will be the great factory district of the future. - , 4 , , , , , i . . ' ., j .;lr
This district will not be the home of the workman who spends his flays in smoke-begrimed and dirty factory buildings, living in unhoalthy tenements with hundreds of hfs
fellows, and barely earning just .enough to liye,.but the home of prosperous and happy men and women, who work in the sunshine, livo in modem bungalows, making ttypir
living from the orchards which they own, live as it was intended men should live, earning the full measure in proportion to their efforts and securing thomselvos tlio full profit
of their labors. . . ...... . ,
"The Desert" as it has been known for years, will be the greatest surprise of this famous orchard district, It has already domonstratod to those who have given it unbi-'
aged and careful study' that it has those essential requisites which make an orphard district and natural conditions which will make it the greatest locality for successful in
tensive farming in the whole of Southern Oregon, The desert soil is the warmost anq the freest frpm frost of any in the $ogue. River Valley. It.js rich and
productive and contains an abundance of sthose natural elements whicti1 furnish the food for tho plants; i$s tfeej) suti-sfrata pf gravol mtyeciwith sanjd'and clay gives it a drain
age that is rarely equaled in any orchard district arid guarantees to the future orchardist one pf the most important requirements of successful orcharding.
ROGUE RIVER VALLEY CANAL GO.
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Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of the Department of . Agriculture, in
his speech at the opening of the Chicago Land Show, Said: : " .
"There is Not a State in the Union
Than Does Not Need Irrigation
IN EVERY PRT OF OUR CO UNARY THERE, ARE A FEW )VEEK5 DURING THE SUMER MONTHS WH.EN JjERE
IS NOT SUFFICIENT RAIN TO PERFECT PRODUCTION AND DURIJ1G JMS PERIOD THE APUCATION OF WAT-
, . . " .. . ER BY ARTIFICAL MEANS WOULD BE.,VASTLY BENIFICIAL . ..
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IS IRRIGATION
THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY?
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DURING THE PAST S11ASOX Tit HUB WAS NO RAIN IN TUB .Mi:i)P0ltl) D1S- '
TKICT FKOM JUNK. 13th XO SKPTBMHEK 1 lilt.
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IslOV THIS 'PACT 2UANV OP TILKON-IIUJUJATIJU OHCIIAKDS SUKKHUKO .TO
SSUriltAX. EXTENT THAT 1'HODUlTION IN MANV INSTANCES WAS PKAOTIOAhl.Y
' A FA'lLUKE.
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. j,.TI!EKB AHB'INSXVM'KS lXtt'lUS VAI.I.BV -WHEKB TUBES HAVE HBBtf
OJtOWX, BLT THEV HAVE NEVER l'UODUCED KKU1T.
V TIIERH .WAS .NOT SUFFICIENT MOISTI'UK TO UKINO AUOUT DEVELOPMENT
AND PRODUCTION. , . . r
BECAUSE , ., .. ,.,.
xi THE RAINFALL KOK, TJ1E PAST.ai V.MIS DI'RINOTIIE MONTJIS OF, .JULM,
AVyliiAlSlb SEI'TEMUIIR,! ACvUOUDINC) TO OOVEllNMENTdPOlO''bTUH v
- MEOKQinDlSTRlOlV IS WW OjiBtVNllidlB.IlALF INCHES, WIUGlMSiNQT-SUFBI--.'
CfENT FOR' PERFECT CROP DEVELOftfBKT.
tnlff IS NEGESSARY FOR , US TO SHIP OCR VEOETAHIiES PJtQM TUEIRRUIA'IV
. ED DIST1UUTS OF CALIFORNIA. AND WE COULD AND WOULD' 1N THE ROCIUE
RIVER VALLEY PRODUCE THESE NECESSITIES WITH IRRIGATION.
THERM AHB-A FEW SUD.1RRIOATED ORCHARDS IN THE AULLBY; rtIilU WUH
NOTi FOLLOW THAT ALL OF OUR LAND IS WATERED FROM IJENEATH THE
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i ONH,QP THE .MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCES OF THE GOUNTRvV.WILL FOR
EVEIL ME .WITHHELD FROM THE VALLEY. AND TIIAT-1H.1NTENSIVH FARMING, v
WHICH CAN HE DROUGHT AHOUT ONLY TIIROUQII IRRIGATION.
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BECAUSE
.A'MAK IIAPPERa TO OWN A PIECE OF LAND THAT DOES NOT AT THIS TIME
COME UNDER ANY IRRIGATION SYSTEM IS NO JUST REASON WHY IRRIGATION.
JS UNNECESSARY. . ' '
. . FRED N. CUMMINGS, MANAGER
Medford National Bank Building,- Medford, Oregon
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IRRIGATION
will in the next
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Meclford
a cit& of
20,000 people
There is Money for tlie
Man Who Raises Strawberries
and Medford Rockfords
In the Rogue River Valley
., Tito ini(,'iil0(l diclianl !' Tnuicou -.V (Jiilluio,
IiH'.UimI u nluut iliHttiiico lntm Eulf I'niiit uiul
ajiiiut tut) miles nui III of Kohi'IiuuIm Iniguteil Or
ithurtl TrjtctH, won the Grmnl Kwt'0istul;f Vim
at tho Su)kmi(V Avplo Show. ,
Tho Siiuvvy lltitlc Orchitxl, MhicluU tliu huit
JrnrjiU'M Oichititl hi tlio Rnuuu Rlviti' alloy, in ouu
ol' I In.! fiiuuiiiH orclnnlH oC tliu dltiliict. Jits m
iiiarLihlii iuhl hau iloiu uuu'li lo brittle valley
illt(.lMlulu('IH'l'.
TliaRvnhaw oivhaid, luiialt'il a lit Ho inor.it llmti i
it,itiiu fAiilli iff Iti)KiulmuU Irriutcil. .Ou-lmnl
Trac,i)i Jhu,.fir8t prii ut tlnj, C'anuJiau hitcij.
iall9iui(.Apilu, Slmw v il irrititutj Nimtowti Pip
iiinmnli.'H. Thin orcliunl, liku kv Siioy llattc, in
iiiuloi" (lm oniuil hyslciu of the Rokuu RiMir Valluy
Canal t'OMinau.
To A. 1), lloluis oiihatl, ocal!l noiilli of Um
city ol' AhIiIhiuI, nnt Ioiil; huuut iU'iitliil ixaiii)Ut
of i.iotliirlioii hy irrij;ut'u)ii. '1'liih omlnuil wilh ru
ijtiiiiui h,v, i rnr.himl of Nuwluwii PH"H "I iUv
$MUuh ;nl ,Cihiau KWH t no ilihiy (t
jU,SS,,i,'.l v'll,.,"Mf fnipIif .jmjJumicmU
jjH!ijyjijliviJt,iiM. tliw IiIkIi -HtamhfnitV.thttsOiu-Kim
aiih)x,
Thv Pollctl. oivlia.n.1, tlio $. L. Ihiunt'ti. oicluml,
tiiu Conro Kjei'o orharil am) tliu WiiHlihnra oivii-
iinl near Tabic Riu;k(jiru all iniilml oroliaiiH anil
()i)Vu .ll inadu o,L'i'itjoiial ;o(;ohIm, n'nM.'I'tit
hao Iivi?ii rfurnjil to h.thu v'ural ailcitlfin of
(ha illuy, aud uik'Ii pi'9)cty Jii'tii ilono niiiuh to
ciillilu attiuttipp of tliu country to our pioxporrub
orchard Industry.
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'i;in .1. G. Guru orchard, houlh T Mcdl'nid :i
an irripilud oicl(uid and pciliupH nno of the iao;
piiifitullu piopurtics in tliu Rouu Rivor valluy.
Thh orehard in one of the nIjow pltijyo v,f tho (I'm.
trie! and owim iln valuu i;ntiicly to tliu fncj thai itH
owuur liu provided an irrigation nyMti;m to Hiipply
tlio iiioistimv jiiHt livn (Yin oichard neodrtlf, and
carry It mtfcly through tliu dryuiuuipr inoiitliH.
- During tliu pant hciihoii Hu'tu wa no rain i
tlio Mudi'oi'd djittricl fioln Jimu 111, mid tliu lata
wiulor applu production wiih practically niliifd in
ninny of tlio uouiiriK'iti'.l oicliiudf.
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