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65,000 Acres Commercial Orchards in Rogue River Valley
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Frost Protection
A pliiun of tho wink r llm
county piillmlonlftt In front iirotoctlon
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tain yoarn. Thin froitt protection In
In ttin nntino or fruit crop iiHurnu i
On ttui Hiopi-H ami llio i-IiIkch u.iil tho
hllloldi'ii nroiiml tl'u litwor PhcIh of
thti valloy, uIhth tho nlr clrnilntlou
In kooiI, ktllliiK frontH am practically
unknown. In itomn partH of tho vnl
loy rffloor on'hanl "hratlni;," or
"hiiiuiIhIiik." Ihih hrm found an or
flcicnt mill coiuparntlvoly clti-ap form
offrult protection ai;almt tho pohhI
MIHIch of u Into MllluK froMt iIuiIiik
tlio hlooinliiK porloil. A HHtum of
front warnlnr.a Iiiih been worked out
und brchardN In Ki'ial aru iMjulpved
'with uniform appnratim for tho lumty
IIkIiUiik of fin-it when tho daiiKer
porlod iippiouuluiH, It liriH hcou found
PohhIIiIo to ralho tho tumpuraturo of
an, orchard aroa from ' to 10 do
ktciih, which Iiiih afforded amplo pro
tocton In tho paid., Tho woathor hu.
roan department of tho office of tho
county patholoKlKt Iiiih hrou alilo to
proplii'Hy tho approach of every kill
Inn front dm Inn tho part flvo yarn
kIvIiik KrnwuiH nuilo tlmo In pre
jmro for orcliard IiouIIiik.
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An oHtlmatod thrcu-fourtliH or
more of tho total fruit product of tho
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valley h inarKutod through thieo dif
ferent co-oporatlvo hoI'Iiik ukoiicIoh,
two of thoHe iiKoncliiH havlitK hoad
(iinrterH In Medfoid and the third l.i
Auhland, Not only do Iheao ukoiuIjh
nociir tho liKlheHt market price for
fruit, dlvlilliiK the icturim pio rata
uinoiiK the i;roueiH after tho haro
cost of Holllnn Iiiih hieu deducted, lint
they alno afford other udviintaceH,
TUoy biivo thousandH of dollara by
Hiipplylut: at coiil nil mvhaid enulp
luftnt needed by tho uiemherH, Inclnd
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plkhitfl'linxeo ami paper for piicldui;
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and HiipplloH for orehaid heating.
They uIho aid In tho picking of tho
fruit, and in the unlfoim packing.
Training hcIiio's for puckcm aro con
ducted each year, and pickers and
paekoi'H aro aligned to the dlfl'eient
orchardn of tho alloy tin needed.
Aho, packing Iioiifch are provided for
tho paaklug of n coustdoruhlo propor
tion of the fruit at varloua convent
out Hhlpplng poiutn In tho vit lo,
Storage wurehoiiHes tnko care "f tho
HiirpliiH fruit when there is conges
tion In uhipplug,
Addllluunl waiehoiiFCH aie lie
lug coiiHtructed, a combined pro-cooling
und dry Htorago plant with a ca
pticlty of 100 earn having rocoutly
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been comphtrd at .Medford. Uegularl
spiling agouto aro emplojod by tin
eo'oporutlu) unions, and afflllatioiu
are hai with polling ornantzutloni
malutalnlug agents in many parta e:
tho world.
Siininiin, of OitIiiikI 1'ioflts
Onhaid pioritH aro vulahle, tlurc
being a wide rango between the high
ct nvciago prices per acre ouniec
liy the bejt orchards and the earning
of t'omo of tho pooroHt orolinrds. Also
tHicl depeiulH upon tie management,
TJho general rule Is that an orehaid
ileninmU an contlnuoin? and as watch
fuf peiBonul euro an doea any other
agricultural entcrpilne, In order to
liifltiro average or oxcentlotml puq-
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isation In ucccfioary- though there
aio a number of eourcoa cf old that
ovory orchnidlst may draw upon
without cost to liluiEcir. Market con
ditions for fruit vary from joar to
year; also (lm average jleld. Occts
lonally bumpei1 crops are harvested
and iccord prlcoj aro inccivod. Tu
dor theso exceptional conditions al
most unbettcablo prorits can bu
srown by some orchards but theee
nre not average, and an a ru o such i
exYoptloually managed and matured
orehaid tiaets aio not for hale, It is
dlfllcult to urrhe at aveiages, hence
the summary glvou In tho "Soil Sur
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Ilonr Orevk Orchard In Itlooiu
i agriculture may suffice It Is re
i ported hero, pago SO; "Insofar as
this alley Is concerned, a well plant
ed and cared for orchard will not
yields on an average of from JtifiO to
ItiOO an acre." Of course, high rec
ord earnings coit'd bo quoted, and
j figures could bo shown from orch
ards that hno a erased a return qt
1000 an ncro for sovoral jears
thoao flguros proving possibilities un
der exceptional market and crop con
ditions, and under exceptional orch
ard maungomottt.
rnllinlteil I'rult t'osbibilllles
Tho fruit possibility of Jackson
county and tho Hasuo Ulver valley
are u'lnott unlimited. Practically
every variety of fruit common to the
temperato -.ono will do especially
well If care Is taken in tho selection
of varieties nud soils The special
ization In jienis, apples and peaches
has been due entirely to markot con
ditions. Hence tho time mav come
when other varlotloa of fruit will
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also become specialties. Tho 1010
census guvo Jackson county first
rank among all tho counties of tho
state In the production of nectarines
und apricots, third In tho pioductlon
of grapes and fourth In blackberries
and dowborrles. Yot thoro has beau
llttlo bpcclnlizntlon In theso products,
no attempt to produce them on a
largo sculo. It is known that tho
Hoguo IMver section could excol in
certain varieties of grapes, world au
thorities having pronouueed some of
theso varieties of moro oxcollont
quality than those of certain sections
of tho old world that havo special
ized In wine grapes for several hun
dreds, of years. Uoguo Klver valley
grapes havo high rank In tho mar
kets of tho north. vost, of ton com
manding fancy prices for holiday and
special trade. Tho section also pro
duces high-grade cherries, tho favor
ite varieties being Illng, Lnmbort and
ltonl Ann.
Ono of tho Impottnut olds toward
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Typical Young Orrluin!, Showing
Circat Area I'lantciJ Iturrell
Orchnrtlv
tho location or a now orchard tract
or Intensified farm In the Roguo
Klvor and tributary valley of Jack
son county Is tho report of tho re--cent
toll survey made by the bureau
of holls, Unl tod 'States department ot
agriculture, and published under tho
tlte, "8oU Survey or tho Mcdford
Area, Oregon." In the total forty
three distinct types of soil are rccog
nlxed in tho map published by tbla
survey. Tho Rogue Ulver valley area
Is very "spotted," to use a popular
term. Hence, WTat "oneeection may
do fn the way of production may bo
absolutely no criterion of tho agri
cultural worth of a strip of land a
quarter of a mile away. Any given
quarter tcctlcn of land may havo halt
a dozen different typen of soil, each
separate typo perhaps beet fitted to
tho production is barren of trees and
brush, whereas almost all tbo re
maining areas of agricultural lands
of tho county wcro originally covered
with brush and treo growth, tho
greater part of which has been
cleared.
Stock Raising
Stock raising has always been an
Industry of considerable relatlvo im
portance in Jackson county. Condi
tions for stock raising are. especially
favorable. Tho climate is mild.
Thoro is llttlo snowfall during tho
winter months, honco tho reeding per
iod is short. Green feed may be
had on tho hills during a largo part
ot tho cntlro year. And tho adjacent
mouutaln areas afford summer pas
ture. Thoro are yet a number ot
largo stock ranchoa In tho smaller
vallcs of the county, and In tho out
lying districts adjacont to tho better
rango. Also, other districts with
grcator range areas, such as eastern
Oregon, havo long looked to Jackson
county and southern Oregon tor their
supply of young cattlo to stock ther
ranges and big ranches and to sup
ply winter feeders. Tho adjacent
national forests will always afford a
tlxod amount ot summer rango tor
Jackson county cattlo, and thoro Is a
large area of tho roungher timbered
and mineral bearing land that wilt
always bo available tor grazing pur
poses. Tho open grazing lands of Jackson
county aro generally stocked to their
capacity, however, and the greatest
extension of stock rntslng will bo on
the smaller farms and In connection
with general farming activities.
Thousands of acres of new land In th
Hoguo river valley may yet ba irri
gated, and tho natural use for many
or these new small farms will be fr
diversified and, IntenslfM, farming,
devoting a part of thejJnd to stock
raising, oven though fruit, berrta r
gnrden truck maylfo the chief ant'
put. Large ylolds of hay mav Iu '
eaMly grown, and this can b Mi" '
profitably fed at home, even tkusk
tho local PriWHipf, hay wayi jJ,
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