The ranch., November 15, 1905, Page 3, Image 3

About The ranch. (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914

Image provided by: Washington State Library; Olympia, WA

                
THE RANCH
Office: 376 Oolman Building, Seattle.
MILLER FREEMAN,
Editor and Proprietor
Associate Editors
F WAL.DEN, H. L.. BLANCHARD
MRS. S. Q. WEBSTER.
lamed the first and Fifteenth of Month
Subscription, in advance, one year 60
cents; six months, 30 cents. If on time,
subscriptions will be $1. Seattle sub
scribers are required to pay $1.00 per
year on account*of local postage.
Agents wanted in every town to so
licit subscriptions. Good commissions
and salaries paid to hustlers.
The paper is sent to each subscriber
until an order to discontinue Is received
from the subscriber. We must be noti
fied in writing, by letter or postal card,
when a subscriber wishes his paper
stopped. Returning the paper will not
answer, as we cannot find it on our list
from the name alone on the paper. We
must have both name and address, and
all arrearages or dues must be paid as
required by law. Date of expiration is
shown on your paper by address label
containing your name. Paper regular-
Failing to receive the paper regular
ly you should notify the Seattle office
at once, when mistakes, if any. will be
C °The teßanch is entered at the Seattle
postofflce at second-class rates of post
age^ _____ 1.
Address communication* to Th« Bancli,
376 Oolman Bid*., Seattle, WmH.
The nation's chief executive has
designated Thursday, November 30, as
Thanksgiving Day for this year.
The Okanogan Valley Argus, which
has done much to help develop the
Okanogan valley during the past eigh
teen months, has passed into the
hands of H. H. Proctor, an experienced
newspaper man and an enthusiast for
the future of the valley.
Owing to the fact that the contract
ors who are building the big Coliseum
at Chicago have been unable to get
their structural steel on the ground
as early as expected, the international
live stock show has been postponed
from December 2-9 to December 16-23.
A subscriber asks if there are any
breeders of pure-bred Poland China
hogs in Western Washington or Brit
ish Columbia. If there are they are
hiding their light under a bushel. A
little advertisement in The Ranch will
help any breeder to dispose of all his
surplus stock.
Without a fruit inspector the county
of Skagit will have to "go way back
and sit down," so far as good, healthy
fruit is concerned —but it does not
mean that Skagit cannot grow good
fruits. We believe there is an ar
rangement with Snohomish county,
by which J. F. Littooy, the inspector
of the latter county, goes into Skagit
whenever called to perform the duties
of inspector there.
There now appears no doubt that
the proposed creamery for Blame.
Whatcom county, will materialize. Up
to two weeks ago more than $1200
had been subscribed for the stock,
several- shares going to people who
live in Canada, and B. N. Kingsley, a
citizen of Blame, offered to donate
a site free of cost. Everything points
to the operation of the Blame cream
ery early next spring.
It is said that there has been a
very serious shortage of cars for
handling the fruit crop in the Yakima
valley this fall. The worst condition
existed at the beginning, of the ship
ping season two or three weeks ago,
when large consignments came into
North Yakima and the Northern Pa
cific railway did not have a sufficient
number of cars ready. After a little
while more cars began coming in to
take care of the crop.
The annual meeting of the Wash
ington state horticultural society will
be held in North Yakima on the 10th,
11th and 12th of next January. While
the program has not yet been ar
ranged, State Commissioner Huntley
says it will be the best that has ever
been arranged by the society since its
organization. Many prominent speak-
THE STATE BANK OF SEATTLE
Capital $100,000
We Pay 4 Per Gent Interest
On Saving* Depostta and Time Certlfl
«• Wa«h? rner Flrßt and Yeßler- Beat"
ers will be present, and a large num
ber of specialists have been engaged
to deliver lectures on the best meth
ods of combatting fruit pests.
C. E. Flint, proprietor of Hope Farm
near Blame, Whatcom Co., recently
had on exhibition in the window of
the Citizens Bank at Blame, a very
fine assortment of garden stuff. There
were twelve varieties of late and early
potatoes, three varieties of squash
and pumpkins, carrots, beets, cabbage
and several kinds of late apples. Mr.
Flint said that as his county held
no fair this year he thought he
would have a little fair all his own.
On the basis of $1.25 per box, the
lowest price at which the apple crop or
the Wenatchee valley is being sold,
the yield for this year in that valley
will aggregate more than $1,500,000 in
value. This is on the basis of 20
per cent of the crop being Ben Davis
apples and the balance the better and
higher priced varieties. Competent
judges claim that the Wenatchee will
go more to the acre in value this
year than will any other fruit section
in the United States of equal size.
When the Puyallup and Sumner
Fruit Growers' association found itself
short of apples for canning and to
supply the demand still coming from
the commission men circulars were
sent out announcing that the associa
tion would pay 50 cents per 45 pounds
for good hand-picked winter apples,
the buyers to sort and pack, and an
unlimited quantity of windfalls for
canning would be taken. The result
was that the cannery could not handle
the great quantity of apples of all
kinds that came in, and a large part
of the windfalls had to be sold to
other parties.
Fred Ornes is preaching the right
sermon when he says in his Mount
Vernon Argus: "The fruit growers of
Skagit county need to orgazine into
an association that will stand for bet
ter and more intelligent methods of
growing and marketing fruit. To be
effective, such an organization must
number among its members practi
cally all who are engaged in raising
fruit in this county. Farmers who
wish to realize from their fruit must
not stand back and let other people
do the pioneer work of organizing.
They themselves must get in and or
ganize and throw all their influence
and strength to the organization."
A farmer can produce a greater
crop from five acres of Puget Sound
loffed-off lands than he can produce
from 40 acres of land in the Dakotas.
Dakota land will produce 10 bushels
of oats per acre, Washington logged
off land will produce 100 bushels per
acre; Dakota lands will produce 2
tons of hay per acre, while Puget
Sound logged-off lands will produce
5 tons of hay per acre of the very
best quality. For berry culture and
fruits of various kinds, the world pro
duces no better lands —and there are
thousands of acres of this fine land
lying idle, awaiting the hand of the
tiller. Hundreds of men in the east
could be prospering on these lands
if only the proper steps were taken
to bring this fact to their notice.
There was never a greater opportunity
for small farmers and these lands
can be purchased at a most reason
able figure.
Another Valuable Bulletin Issued.
(H. L. Blanchard.)
The writer is just in receipt of
bulletin No. 72, from the experiment
station of the State College upon the
subject: "The Chemical Composition
of Washington Forage Crops," by the
college chemist, Prof. R. W. Thatcher.
We had known that Prof. Thatcher
had been working upon this bulletin
for some time past, and we were
greatly pleased to receive it. We re
gard it as one of the most valuable
bulletins that has ever been sent out
by our experiment station and Prof.
Thatcher is entitled to great credit
for his painstaking effort, which can
not help but prove of great assistance
and value to the farmers and stock
men of the northwest. The writer
just receiving the same has only had
the time to make a cursory examina
tion of this bulletin, but notices many
things of deep interest and we shall
take great pleasure in discussing,
through the columns of The Ranch, in
the near future, many of these im
portant matters. This bulletin may be
had by all citizens of the state by
applying for it to the director.
THE RANCH.
Huntley Emphasizes Co-Operation.
F. A. Huntley, state commissioner
of horticulture, is making a tour of the
state in the interest of horticulture,
making it a point to meet as many of
the fruit growers as possible. With a
view to securing co-operation, he has
put in considerable time in the coun
ties where fruit raising is one of the
principal industries, and has succeed
ed in awakening much interest among
the producers. They are fast coming
to realize that concerted action is re
quired in ridding the country of the
pests, and Mr. Huntley hopes he can
convince the orchardists and fruit
growers everywhere in the state of the
importance of working together. He
says co-operation on the part of every
fruit grower in the state of Washing
ton is the one thing that is desired
to carry on the work of ridding the
orchards of this country of the num
erous pests that are each year ruin
ing thousands of dollars' worth of
fruit.
Successful Marketing of Fruit.
A writer in Green's Fruit Grower
makes the following interesting com
ments on the above subject—and The
Ranch reproduces the article because
it contains suggestions in plenty that
can be carried out by many of our
readers, where they are situated prop
erly:
A book of large size might be writ
ten on this subject, and yet the read
er might not gather much information
on me subject. The best way to learn
how to market fruit is to serve an ap
prenticeship with some fruit grower.
The same can be said of teaching fruit
growing in all its branches. We can
write, talk or lecture on the subject,
but if a man desires to learn how to
grow fruit, there is but one way, as
it appears to me, and that is to go
into the field, and work with your own
hands, after seeing each operation per
formed by some competent person.
This amounts to the serving of an ap
prenticeship. A friend and subscriber
suggests that this paper begin a new
system of teaching horticulture along
the lines of a correspondence school,
as it is practiced in teaching law,
stenography and other professions.
Possibly there are men wise enough to
thus teach fruit growing, but I have
my doubts, I find it difficult to teach
how to prune a tree by writing on the
subject. The same difficulty would
present itself in teaching how to set
a strawberry plant. Then, again, the
written communication does not make
the impression upon the mind that
the actual operation does, when prac
ticed in the field.
If all the fruit grown could be
distributed evenly over the entire
country where it is most wanted,
there would be no surplus, and all
good fruit would be sold at a profit
able price. The great difficulty is in
the distribution of fruit when market
ed. Too much fruit is sent to certain
centers, and too little to others, while
some localities are neglected altogeth
er. I recently spent four weeks in the
mountains on a branch line of the N.
Y. C. R. R., which runs through a
sparsely settled district. 1 was sur
prised to find that a friend of mine
from Rochester, N. V., had supplied
this district throughout the entire
length of this branch road for miles
with all kinds of small and large
fruits grown in his locality. He and
his son had visited each station along
this branch for many seasons. He sells
good fruit at reasonable prices, and
therefore has almost a monopoly.
Most fruit growers lack information as
to the best markets for their various
products. I market all of my small
fruits within twenty-five miles of the
fruit farm. It pays to build up a home
trade. It is surprising how much
fruit the home market will absorb un
der the best management. Keep it
continuously supplied with finest fruit.
I keep in touch with near-by home
LITTLE FALLS FIBE CLAY COMPANY -
Little Falls, Wash.
DRAIN | T a SEWER
Til F -st '' ■'' ' "■'""' PIPE
I Ikila ■ ■■ m
Increase your crops by draining' yonr land rlg-ht.
Farmers aid Fruit Growers, writ* for special booklet on drainage of agri
cultural lands.
8. W. R. DALLY, Agent
610 COLMAR BUILDING SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
CRESCENT
|gdl|^§|j Being egg phos
(VltSCf/// phate leaves no
fjfc£m deposit in the
j|l^MNT| food—no soggy
|(INGPOiii SOLD BY GROCERS
SOLD BY GROCERS
patrons by the use of a telephone. The
erocers and others supplied should
know when the fruit is coming. There
are many things you can do to extend
or hold the home trade.
Sumas Cannery Seems Assured.
A note from Sumas, Wash., says the
committee appointed by the cannery
association to solicit funds for the
erection and equipment of a cannery
plant has been out among the farmers
endeavoring to secure money and at
last reports was meeting with great
success. At the last meeting of the
company, it was decided to secure a
subscription of $2000 for the present
which will erect and equip the plan*
The proposition is growing in favor
every day, and even people who op
posed it at first have been falling in
line.
Better Get Your Land Now.
To the man who wants a home and
independency we submit that the log
ged-off lands of Western Washington
present his great opportunity. Read
the proposition offered, by McGraw &
Kittinger in their advertisement on
page 2. It gives the man of limited
means, but with pluck and energy, a
great chance to get a farm of his own.
True it will require some effort to get
it in shape for cultivation, but if it
were already cleared and producing
crops it would be so high in price you
could not buy. All that is required by
the land company is a small payment
down and the balance on terms so lib
eral that later payments may be met
with ease.
When you buy such a tract you
have a homesite of your own. It will
never depreciate, but on the contrary,
its value will greatly increase. Every
stroke of work on it is an investment.
The amount of farming land on Puget
Sound in locations accessible to trans
portation is very limited, and when
our cities double their population it
will be worth many times its present
price.
The northwest has a wonderful tale
to tell of marvelous resouces and de
velopment, of opportunities, of wealth,
of climatic advantages and many oth
er things which make it a country so
much more worth living in than any
other section of the earth; and to tell
this story, a good, high-class standard
magazine, well illustrated and thor
oughly renresentative of the country
from which it emanates, has long
been wanted. This want has at last
been fulfilled by Blackwood's Maga
zine, "the Magazine of the New North
west," which was issued for the first
time in November, 1905. Not only
does the magazine compare in respect
to typographical appearance, the
duality of its reading matter and its
illustrations, with the finest maga
zines of the east, but more than this,
It is thoroughly northwestern in scope
and is conducted along lines that will
exploit the new northwestern country
and tell of her resources and devel-
onment in a fitting and able manner.
The magazine is published in Seattle
and is worthy of the support of the
people in this section of the country.
8