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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1912)
I li; H EM3E BTQHT Saving a Rogue River n- i,v .. '. N,4 f.'M V HE52cH That t!o Roguo rher valley should ' bo tho first groat section In the Pa-j clflc northwost to protect orchards from frost Injury by scientific meth ods of orchard heating Is quite In ' keeping with the spirit, Intelligence and progrefialveness of tho orchard ists who own the broad acres of thl3 fertile valleV. Tho advance made along this line of scientific horticul ture Is no less than that made In other lines. The first definite lufor- maiion cs to what could be done to protect the apple and pear orchards from Trost Injury was not only ob tained la tho Rogue river valley, but tho forts were promptly published to tho world. At this time no less than two bulletins and porhaps a dozen papers have been published by P, J. O'Gara, pathologist and special meteorological observer, U. S. weath er bureau, who has been detailed to I study weather conditions in the ' Roguo river valley. As early as j 190S, when It was announced that ' frost could bo accurately forecasted aud that frost prevention was net only possible but practical, there were protests heard from all sides. Even those who should have been Interested In the matter from the scientific point of view declared It ! to be an Impossible thing. It was only after frost fighting had been thoroughly demonstrated as a sue- I cess that they decided to . mako a preliminary study. A3 a matter of fact, this district was the only one In tho northwost where even a pre- , Uminary study was possible, because no other district was equipped for tho work. Hulletlns Issued. The local weather bureau office has published Bulletin .o. 5 on the general practice of orctiard heating, nnd this Is being followod by Bulle tin No. C, which is devoted to a study of the fuol oils and appliances used In orchard boating In the north west. A complete study of local weather has been . made for the past four years, and, at this time, there is no section In tho United States where tbero Is a better knowledge of ther mal conditions during tho part of tho year whon frostu may be ex pected. It is co perfect that not a single orror lias been made In fore casting. We are told that tho meth ods are tho most perfoct known, al though there are a few, who know little about weather, who suggest that they may bo lmprovod. In go ing over tho rosults of the past yoar'a work, the failure to forecast tempera, tures accurately is ropresontod by a total of less than one-tenth of ono degree Fahrenheit. Orthardlxts Confident. To show that tho orchardlsts have confidence In tho work, It may bo said that thousands of dollars have been expended In orchard heaters, and other apparatus, and largo stor ugo tanka for tho fuol oils. One of the lurgest storngo tanks In tho United States built for orchard heat ing purposes was constructed by Mr. Dairying Uy KARL C. GADIHS. In presontlnc tho conditions and opportunities that, exist, relative to dairying In Bouthorn Oregon, It Is not tho Intention of tho writer to "paint with rosy hue'" tho rosults which have boeu attained In that lino, but rather to present tho possibilities of Jhls Important lino of business to those who might, bo Interested, and at tho Bamo time glvo n fow facts nnd figures ns to tho Income per cow that has' been rocolvod by dairymen of tho Rogito rlvor valley. Tho conditions existing at the pres ent tlmo as to tho procuring of land Bttltablo for clnlry purposes nro such that It would ho necessary for tho prospective dairyman to seek a loca tion, not In oIoho. proximity to Mod ford, hut rather In the outlying boo lloiib within n 5 to 25 mllo radius "MB? &&. i.fe; K N& iMVasWi $ Ssf? ttii w W ftC. wior !:. B l ZL' tarn n iii-- 1W sWJr, . as?.? ir !! J?: Kti x: "1M,, S?V '.-f t"? .?b It is XV Honoro Paimer on hi- orcra'-.l known as The Kin math. Just fou hi of Jfodford. Thl iarjjf c i.t 't ' reservtJlr will hold 4r.,ijoo gallons of, oil. Whon fuel oils were fln-t used somo three years ago, they were not ( Kalisfactnry; hut. us a result of h"' work of the local wenher bur. an I office, not only has It been r-usHtM.-to secure oils of bottor quality, but i nruch 'cheaper In price. Oil that would have cost nine cents f. o. li. I any point In tho Kokuo liver valley , may now be secured for four cents per gullon. Not only have tho oil companies worked to produce a bet ter fuel oil, but tho Southern Pacific Railroad company has soon fit to reduce tho frolght ratos on oil. Co operation has been secured on all sides. Conditions of our city; at tho same time being sure to locate noar one of the main county highways, so tho question of getting their product to market would not bo difficult to solvo, ns our roads aro easy to travel fully eight months out of tho 12, and tho tlmo is fast' approaching whon thoy will bo excellent roads tho year round. Orchards Close In. Wbllo tho land In the Immediate vicinity of Medfdrd Is vory fertile, and thoroforo would he woll adopted to dairying, thoso lands uro being utilized for the apple und pear orch ards, for which tho Roguo rlvor val ley Is famoiis;. consequently the value of suojt lands hnvo gotten far atove tho prloo that Mould nmlio thorn profitable for the purpose of dairying. It Is truo that our retail milk deal- srETVFOim matt, tbtbtttt:, 3B&KH 'it Vi M -. ws o ssi t.Vi v1 u -' it , 3: S - $; m? &&& HP TJ T. . 9v xn i. 'WV.i ... .'l. . . ii. wKw' m .jfrv a...iv iWwP.A8l TOSS s-"5 ww-wtf ;w35v ' ;" & . vlv. 4L .. :T - . a sattJ&te- :-.?, 5$ . && .., ,fA S J?t ?MK0UK.T m L i m. 'K 55 V H t4 2 : ' rv v C'a1 '' -w VtJ Eo3 m ! ore have their dairies noar the city,: hut evon In those cases the majority of such lands bus gottoji far above cows on a cheap ti-aajt Of land nnd' buy their hay and grain for feeding purposes, rather than havo sovoral hundred dollars per nore tied up In a ranch for the purpose of raising alfalfa for tholr stock. -. There nro two large herds of m'lleh eows and numeroue small horda that furnish the dully milk and flionin supply for the city of Medford, and the number of cows In these hords will ,totaf sarernl hundred. Knuill Vulleyj- Omul, Wo havo a number of small val- my , f - ""' 1J i-. -.i-i ij- - - urciiTORT), orciiciox, MomuY, .tatspat-t i, 1012. Valley Fruit Crop From Frost W8&&& .1' S3 lyj a Uf 7 J ''-,1JKSVV Jl"T . CBP5P1 2 .sf . --! m :3aa y i.Sr ' Mi ft , v mc ! Wi'4 fy -"SWETiii! ? ,-J, ' r yt JJV " v "WivC' S"i' ; -' -0 U&: m im &&& 'iT-W. """"'' .ii-J i ii'"i . i . .i. . . . ' . ."r "-.. - ' r f yi t t -i Pn 4 l . V I 4 fn ; ' " , i l-i Iri i it, ; leys adjacent to thu Roguo rlvor val ley where the prho of land Is mora In keeping with tliq prlcos of land that Is used for dairy purposos, which aro excellent iiturn fpr tho building up of n good dulry huslnqus from tho standuolnt or soiling emmi to the ar'oamerles- und It Ib to those suctions that we must deyoto our efforts toward lii'iehslng tlio dairy business of southern Oregon. The Little Ajiplegac, Rig ApiuV gnto, Little Butte, B$ Butte. Ante lope, fhtms valley mid Upper Roguo river valleys should prove Intorowtlng to tho prospective piiralinsoru of dulry farms, aa tho ranchw, la thoso pec- N ' 9 W ' " IJ 9 9 9" Jlf 99f 9yl f 1 , W a f 1 i , : i : :, : r : : att- 'rk-'h1,; &KmjU tiifni-i i V'.rltimiiii i-i l iiiU- h i . V. . ; i WfwUy 4 1 ' Jr r i i ( fl itV. LiVl V 1 I : m ! Wti Ain TOt Mr.MWi& - .. - 1 . t -MM.1 i-4 fW -- JSMPSM Si" Ui sata, liTKvjf fifc-" sFffl?'' Si .ii IPP !.'?!." ' T.- . VACA Nr. te i m y. t1. v1- J: ' S?3SS W' vr r Kf ;" - la: Ch; i , I G8 zv? $n :1 $r Jf :?; &Z. U. ..). )Im I 4 I . 4 l i tr I , iu fr x ko i I ll-'ii I I 'Li, I ilLrhiitii h :'! l.T:X I m .I nilB 1U 1 I , 1 LJ ITL . mmm i tiona will iiroduco alfalfa and corn In abundance, as a largo poroontngo Of thum aro Irrlgateii from the waters of tho crookH adjoining them, thus assuring thu owuorn of large crops of oxcellout feed for the cow. Vuilotieri of 1'ouil, It will lui Intorostlng to tlio dnlry ineu of ttio, oast and mldillo vet to know that tho lauds of thuxo valloy produce those varlctlwi of feud," for thoy lonllze tho valuo of alfulfa us ft part of the ration for tho cow, also the value of green nnrii, for malting Into onsllago to provide the cow with koo1 succulent food during tho mi I I IA II fc2a--- ft : 'i A ffl f V , 4-tf''-'i'-'W''4 fiiipas?f c $!-- UlL . . . Sfeww' ', ( cAitfa! , ? W af - y Sf.tt -w ' SA .j&'a 3" m i Wjj f-V tlKCslHfl. ,r mz jff k,...r,rfA $ m S5 Uii.) of year when they find tho greatest need for It. Another recommendation for thoso valloja from tho dairyman's stand point Is tho closeness In n groat ninny Instances, of outside ruugo whluli could bo utlilzud for ourly spring pas. turo nt Just tho tlmo whon tho cow would nood building up after hor long wlutor'H work. Thore Ih a llmltod amount of dairy ing being carried on In thoso Hoctlons at tho prosenl tlmo, but only on a small Hoalo, ns In a majority of oases tho dalrlos do not oxcood 10 or 1-' cows, to the farm, whon thoy could easily hiiudlo throo lo flvo times that number. DciiiiiimI for Do III cm. Thero In n growing demand In this socilou for tlio practical dairyman owing to tlio dairy biiHlnosH bolug prnpllcally now to n largo majority of thoso ongagad In It nt tho proHfint tlmo, nnd nu tho population of our valloy has doulilod up so rapidly, as iigulilst a loss It) tho amount of dairy ing carried on, It has brought about a very strong ilomand for all kinds of dulry products nnd hau put tho I .. ,i SSft ft ? ,asfi ij ua '!? HfsS i '(?. ' .?' : X u.. ?. I -. VA Kl ' M. V -f (1iA4y T yt'M ?H )H l! -', LJHli.iHtMJ USAX 1 1 iiic up I n figure Hint tthnulit he of t' Mt liitlutt'iiif nt to the diilrymtm who U ii-l-dU. Wlu-rc the price of tiii(fr-fiM has rangnti from price of 20 to .10 contH per poiiml In past yoarx, during the pronunt ytMr It linn ranged from SI to 10 cent per pound, nnd nu iilinont milltnltwl ilOHiuinl for ll at that prlco. That hrlitKK iik thou to tho ques ques teon: What will it good oo w onrn per moiuli for her owner, In tho Itnxuo rlvr valley? In anewer to thin question a tho pructlcnl dairyman l;niwn--IL do potiiU larHly on tho goiionil conill t'ona under which alio la kept ami ho method of fowling nnd curing for her, but there nru xoiiio dulrtoii hero that the cowx are pnying their owiiura fmin 910 to $15 por mouth, per IiikwI, for tho buttor-fnt nlonu, whlnli llioy sell (o thu oreiun ory; (hero nre eomo who claim to reultzo from $10 to $20 poVhcnd por mouth, nnd thorn wlio ronllxq"frl(un $r. to $10, nnd it might bu ttal'd that tho Income ranges from $5 to $20 per cow. , '" HomricuLTunE in the R0QUE RIVER VALLEY (Contlnuod from jmgns I nnd C.) hero such tooln und Implomonts nu wo 1180, The I'utiiro, Tho futuro of hortlmilluro In tho Roguo rlvor vHlloy has boon prntla nlly settlod by tho past. Tho fact that our fruits havo shipping, storing and keeping qualities fur above' tho nvorngo, Is n factor which vory fow other district-! can boast on . Our export njiplus and ponrs havo tho reputation of ataudlng up without undue loss from storage rots nnd othur Irouhluu Incident to fruits of many other diatrlotH, Tho pear Iiiih been called, by thoso who only know It In tholr particular district, a pur Ishahlo fruit; hut wo hnvo uhow'n that such varlotloH as Anjou, l)oso, Comlcu, Nells imd oHiors may bo hold until tho spring of tho followjng your. With tin practically all tho pears hold up aa woll nu tho red npples, r'o district In tho world commi'iids bot tor prices on tho wholo than doqu tjihi district. In milking (hlii ntato mout It In to bo undurstood tlmt -. sluglo senuon's conditions urn not taken Into account, but miliar tho average of a term of years, Tlio futuro of upplo and poar growing de pondM entirely on hooping up tho standard of oxcollonoy for which this district Ih uolud. It dupoudu upon keeping tho orchards In a Htato of vigorous health, and UiIh can ho dono by continuing and oiicournglng that dogma of Biilontlflo caro for which tho orchardlHlH of tho vulfoy nro oiipoolally noted. 1 V i
