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YAKIMA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The Monthly Meet inn, May 12.
There was a small, but interested at
tendance on last Saturday. The ship
ping association organization came
Up for discussion. The criticisms that
had been made on the great amount of
the capital stock were answered by the
statement that the interests of all
Would be guarded if the directors and
stockholders take proper interest in
the framing" of the by-laws. It is
probable that the amount of stock to
be allowed to any one man will be con
trolled by the number of acres in fruit
owned by each member, as in the
Yamhill society, which is capitalized
at $5,000 in 250 shares, and the shares
are distributed on the basis of one
share to each five acres of fruit or
fraction thereof. Another way sug
gested was to the effect that each
stockholder should only have one vote,
regardless of his stockholdings; but it
is doubtful if any one would invest
largely on that basis.
It was stated that the committee on
the proposed cannery was still in cor
respondence with operators and manu
facturers. The starch factory propo
sition is in a similar state. Secretary
Gilbert, of the Commercial club, has
been working this up, and reported
progress. It was the general opinion
that a starch factory here was entirely
feasible, and would be profitable to
growers. Potatoes have been grown
at a profit at $10 a ton, sacked, f. o. b.,
all carefully selected. For the starch
factory no sorting or sacking is re
quired, which would make a difference
of 5 to 8 cents a bushel.
C. Q. Martin, formerly secretary of
the Snake River fruit growers' asso
ciation, a recent settler near Yakima,
was present. Ou the Snake river, he
said that in addition to one larye pub
lic evaporator, there is a smaller one
on nearly every fruit ranch. Early,
summer and fall sweet apples are prac
tically worthless for market; but the
tart Red June, Astrachan and Graven
steins, sold at hig-h prices in the Spo
kane market.
On the Snake the peach apricot is
the better yielder, but the Moorpark is
the better shipper. The Moorpark on
the Yakima is also a good producer.
Bartlett pears are the best of ship
pers, in addition to their fine quality,
and are popular in any market. Snake
river Bartletts last year reached Chi
cago in fine form, while Clapp's Fa
vorite was so soft that the finder
could be poked through the fruit ea
sily. Bartlett is smooth, not ridg-y, if
grown by itself; but knotty when so
near as to be cross-fertilized by other
sorts.
Shipping- of Snake river fruits
through their home association, last
THE RANCH
year, to eastern auction house hand
lers, incited the Spokane buyers to
competition. They paid 70 cents a
box, f. o. b M for the peaches, plums
and prunes from two large orchards,
which brought the price for the season
20 cents a box higher than it would
otherwise have been. They also paid
$2.50 to $3.50 per 100 pounds for Bart
lett pears on the trees.
The fruit prospect was discussed,
and all agree that a big crop is assured.
Apricots in particular have set won
derfully, which is pleasant for evapa
rators, as this is the most profitable of
all our evaporated fruits.
The Snake River fruit growers' as
sociation, organized for shipping their
fruits, as well as for discussion and
other co-operative work, gets its work
ing capital by asl a month assess
ment on each member, and 1 cent a
box for all the fruit sent out through
the association. They employed a
skilled California packer to instruct
the ranchers in picking, sorting and
packing, and to take charge of the
loading of the cars. The fruit from
that association had a great run last
year in Chicago, St. Paul, etc. They
shipped 150,000 boxes in all, filling ISO
cars.
The French prune sets large, firm
fruit, and requires no thinning, while
the Italian requires vigorous thinning.
The Haviland, Wakefield, Michael's
Early, McNeil and Parker Barle
strawberries near town hav re all blos
somed well and promise gx>od yields.
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"The Yak ima Valley for the Farmer." —-O
Flax Culture fey Irrigation!
Much interest is being- taken in the
culture of flax on the west coast, but
we believe that under irrigation it will
flourish equally with any other crop.
Flax grows well wherever wheat
flourishes in the Mississippi valley,
and there is every reason to believe
that it will be a great success in the
Yakima valley. Next week we shall
present a highly interesting article on
the subject by Dr. J. G. Van Marter,
of Prosser, where some flax will be
grown this season, and it is expected
to build a mill for the making of oil
from flax seed, and also from the cas
tor bean.
Berkshires at the State Fair.
The Washington breeders of Berk
shire swine are making preparations
for a large exhibit at the 1894 state
fair. The American Berkshire asso
ciation has agreed to aid our breeders
in this matter by the offer of the fol
lowing liberal premiums: For best
breeding pen of registered Berkshires
(boar and three sows) over one year of
age, owned in the state, five volumes
of the "Berkshire Record;" for best
ditto under one year of age, five vol
umes of the "Berkshire Record," val
ued at $25. All the breeders of Berk
shires in Washington are earnestly re
quested to make an exhibit at the fair
next fall for these premiums, which,
with the regular cash premiums of
fered by the state fair association,
should insure a great show of Berk
shires. For further particulars, ad
dress Theodore Gushing, Spokane,
vice president of the American Berk
shire Association.
