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Page BRV^bbbw^b^bbbbb! b^Dc. ' j ■. -^T^^X^.-- Issued by The Ranch Publishing Company each Month, First and Fifteenth. MBMvIBKR OF" associated SarmShyers Entered at the Kent Postofflce at Second-Class rates of postage. J. D. Dili Editor and Proprietor i Haftle Haloes Churchill ....The Home Bobt. Bart Advertising Manager D Tancred . .......Poultry r Waldea Horticulture I Fred W. Lewis The Grange. r. warns Pref. K. B. Nystrom . .......Dairy Seattle Office, 319 Glebe Building. .... ... . — - — - - - - .-■--- -« '■' s New York Representative: i -". '■'■": I Chicago Representatives S. C. Lellh. 200 Fifth Xve. Bldg. I F. A. Dennlson, Steger Building. \ SUBSCRIPTION BATES: ; In advance, one year, 60 cents; six months. SO cents. Foreign subscriptions, 75 eenti per year; 40 cents, six months. . . .'.*>?-■•<*■ .. ■ Date of expiration is shown on the paper by address label. Failing to receive your paper regularly, yon should notify the Kent office at once, when mistake, if any, will be corrected. .. Agents wanted in every town to solicit subscriptions. Good commissions paid. "■"■"^^ A check in tquare indicates that your subscription to The Ranch has expired. Please send us 50 cents in cash, money order, or stamps which will pay for one year's subscription. You mmmmmmwm cannot afford to miss any copies of Thb Ranch so be prompt. We desire to call tbe attention of oar readers to the figures on the first page of The Ranch, taken from the United States census of 1910. These show that the progress of the state has been phenominal in agricultural lines. In the past ten years the value j of farm land has increased 419 per i cent and farm buildings and land 393 : per cent. These and other figures | showing the great growth of the state ought to be a source of gratification to every loyal Washingtonian, and this is only the beginning. Washing ton has been often called the Pennsyl vania of the West, for the reason that it has similar characteristics. It is not confined to agriculture alone, but there are thousands of acres of coal land, thousands of acres of timber land, some of the finest water powers in the world and hundreds of rich valleys. It has all that Pennsylvania has and more. It has a wonderful healthful and salubrious climate, and yet Pennsylvania has one city that has more people in it than the whole state of Washington. This shows what a wonderful development is pos sible for the Evergreen state. A private enterprise has won again against the state when a big orchard company chose Prof. Thornber to take charge of its immense plant. Prof. Thornber is one of the most able horticulturists on the Paciflo Coast and has been with the State College for fourteen years. The Lewiston Land and Water Co., of Idaho, are improving 20,000 acres of land, much of which will be planted to fruit, and have made Prof. Thornber so flatter ing an offer that he could not resist. He will also have charge of the build ing of two civic centers. This again proves what we have always claimed, that tiie best profession for a young man is some branch of agriculture. A thorough equipped man in any line of agriculture, horticulture, dairy or live stock can practically name his own price for his service to take charge of The Ptanclv big plants for private individuals, or for corporations. The Pacific Northwest again demon strated its right to be known as the land in which "crops never fail." The winter was extremely dry and the spring months were dryer than for many years, so the wheat fields in tbe eastern portions and the pastures of the western portions were seriously in need of April showers which were not generous. However, the first week in May showed a mighty change, and for several days the Pacific North weste received a generous downpour of rain. So much so that splendid crops are practically assured. The season has been cold and backward, but next month will probably see the greatest growing weather ever known as the soil is full of moisture and warm weather is certain. Latest advices from the Yakima valley would indicate that though the loss of fruit by frost is severe, it is not nearly so severe as first believed. There will be a much shorter crop of fruit throughout the state than last year, but this was expected, as last year was one of the big fruit years and it is the rule that the second year is lighter. The blossoms indicate that the crop this year will not be over 50 or 60 per cent of last year's crop. However, in all probability there will be iust as much money made, because prices are certain to be high. Fruit growers should make an extra effort to put a first class article on the market. The livestock industry of the state of Washington lost one of its pioneers in the retirement recently of Hon. A. _ *"MM""™M""""M"r t a™.,,., ~e xt^-h, v omo Tv>r- "9MiBS Josephine T. Berry, a graduate J. Spawn, of North Yakima. Mr. ,- f Columbia University and Yale, for Spawn is not only a kindly old gentle- , advanced work in domestic economy, man who has spent a lifetime in this has been appointed to head the great Work, but is a broad minded i domestic science department at the citizen who has over believed in the i^bfß/^.!!i™bl. «'h greatness of the state of Washington. to tne teaching force of the state He settled in the Yakima valley when college. a mere youth, and has been a leader in the state since that time. He has sold his noted herd of Hereford cattle to a Sacramento grower. He was the original pure bred beef grower in the state of Washington, starting his herd in 1887 by bringing four animals from England. At the time he sold his herd he had over 800 head of pure bred cattle. D. O. Lively, manager of the North Portland Stock Yards, has just pub lished a book of 20 pages on the sub ject of hog husbandry. This comes at an opportune time when the hog industry is receiving something of impetus in the Northwest. Mr. Lively takes up the matter of feed, gives the value of different forage crops, fed single and in connection with grains and gives a great deal of advice oq oare of hogs and their value On the farm. The book is worthy of careful reading by hog raisers and can be had by addressing the O. W. AN., or the S. P. Railways at Port land Oregon. The Missouri Agricultural Station has just issued bulletin No. 95 which is especially valuable to hog raisers in the Pacific Northwest, where corn is not a large crop. This is entitled "Fork Production with Forage Crops,'' and shows how good pork can be produced cheaply without the use of much corn. The experiments extended over a series of years with pastures of alfalfa, red clover, rape, blue grass, sorgum, cow peas and soy beans. Alfalfa and clover give especially good results, and require very little grain to make splendid hogs for the block at about a year old. It is proven also that "hogging off" corn is a cheaper method than feeding and hogs gain faster than where they are fed. This is a sur prise to the average hog raiser. The city of Chehalis has taken the most forward step in settling the logged-oif land question of any town in the state. Mr. N. B. Coffman, a wealthy banker, placed all his logged off lands in the hands of a committee j who divided them into small tracts ! appraised them and have offered them i for sale. They are to be bad on small ; payments extending over along series of years. Other land holders are following the lead, so that in a few years it would seem the logged-off [ lands in that vicinity should become j productive, thus add not only to the ! population of the county, but to the | taxable property as well. Ranch readers are wide awake ' farmers. If you doubt this you would change your mind if you had seen the number of agricultural Year Books j that have been sent out of this office | since May Ist. In our May Ist issue we stated that we had some more copies of the 1909 Year Books and I also some copies of the Report of • Bureau of Animal Industry which we would send to those asking for them. I The first six days after Tne Ranch ] was mailed we sent out nearly 200 copies of the books. The Reports of the Bureau of Animal Industry are all gone, the soil survey bulletins are all gone, but we still hare a few 1908 and 1909 Year Books. 7 From People Who Know: Like the Paper Very Well. Con way, Wash., March 7, 1911. The Ranch, Kent, Wash. Enclosed lind 81.00, for which send me The Ranch. Like the paper very well. Yours truly, JOHN SANDE, JR. Find Many Helpful Things In It. May 2, 1911. The Ranch. —Enclosed find 50 cents for subscription to "The Ranch." Just through neglect did not send renewal. Like The Ranch very much and tlnd many belprul things in it. Yours truly, HAWTHOKnE BROS. 661 Dayton street, Olympia. Enjoys The Ranch. North Yakima, Wash., May 4, 1911. The Ranch, Kent, Wash, I want to say that every number of The Ranch seems better than the last (if that be possible), and I especially enjoy Editor Walden's articles, they are very helpful to a lot of "green horn" fruitgrowers like myself. Respectfully, W. C. HALL. It's the Best Little Paper I Ever Got Hold Of. Lakeside, Ore., April 19, 1911. The Ranch, Dear Sir:—l enclose 50 cents in stamps to pay for another years subscription. It's the best little paper 1 ever got hold of. I can't afford to miss a single number. Respectfully yours, CHAS. J. FURHOP. Getting Splendid Results. Tacoma, Wash., April 27, 1911. The Ranch, Gentlemen:—l enclose my ad for the next issue of your paper. I am getting splendid results from my advertising with you. Hare had answers from all over the state and from many of the eastern states. Have a number of good deals on now from my ads. I intend making a year's contract with you when my present contract is up. Yours truly, ACME REALTY CO. Best of All Papers. Allyn, Wash., April 18, 1911. Mr. P. Walden, Seattle, Wash., Dear Sir:—l want to thank you for the answers to my questions which I asked recently, and for the spirit in which you gave them. Yes indeed 1 am a subscriber to The Ranch. I read your writings with much interest and learn a great deal from them and feel that they are always right. I read every thing in every issue of The Ranch and wish that it came oftener. 1 am getting five different farm papers now, which shows what interest I take in agriculture; and The Ranch is far the best of them Yours sincerely, FKED W. ROBINS.