The ranch. [volume], February 01, 1908, Page 12, Image 14

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

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VIEW OP THE FAMOUS SUNNYSIDE CANAL, SHOWING BRIDGE BETWEEN SUNNYSIDE AND GRANGER.
This canal, which was built by the Washington Irrigation Company, of which Mr E.P. Blalne whose Picture apPears oil
the cover of this issue, is general manager, waters many thousands of fertile acres of land in the SunnyMcie vauey.
YIELD OF POTATOES ON THE LAND UNDER THE SUNNYSIDE CANAL.
Sunnvside is one of the most prolific potato countries in the West. The yield, to one who has never seen these wonder
ful crops, is almost beyond belief. Notice the size of the potatoes. This is not an unusual yield for the bunnysiae.
A TRACT OF RICH, PRODUCTIVE ALFALFA LAND IN THE SUNNTSIDE.
The low lands in this section are especially well adapted to alfalfa growing. Four crops of alfalfa hay are not unusual
in one season. Th<? yield per acre often runs as hlgrh as from six to seven tons.
Hie JFt>ancru^
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FAIR SOII
The Land of h Fri
PROBABLY there is no country in >»
the West whose wonderful prog-'. I
ress has been more widely ex-i»«
ploited during the last few years than the .■
great and fertile Sunnyside country trT*
This advertising; has come (o the country ■
not only through the energy, enterprise "jse ,
and patriotism ol" the citizens, but al* uso
because the great accomplishments d
the country in an agricultural and hurt; >rtl'
cultural way. have had actual news value tlue
in the newspapers, and people liaif ■
heard about Sunnyside far and vll I
through its actual merits and beca«( 1
such big tilings were being mcompl • "e°
that the light could not be hidden uivic •'aer
a bushel basket.
Properly speaking, the Sunnyside coun ■
try is in the Yakima Valley, because thir. V
isa name given t<i a -vrc.'.t section of rich ™~|
agricultural lands In that vicinity. And na
while it. is true that Sunnyside is a dis- |';!
trict all by itself, nevertheless it is also al~
a certainty that all that people have read I ''
of the great richness ami produciiv - Jve^
ness of The wonderful Yakima Valley, ap- ?P*
plies in fullest sense to the Sunnysid* 3iae
country. .
Here are located some of the most fa-
r.'ous agricultural lands in the North- ltn *
west, land that for its production P^mj
acre and its never failing crops has not' ?r~
an equal in the country. Most of the rr®
land is irrigated and produces with thf JJ~~
well known prolific abundance of the Washington »
irrigated lands. The land that is not under ditch lJl g
however, is not useless by a long ways, but grows
splendid crops of wheat, other grains and unusu- (] ~
ally large crops of potatoes. The principal prod
nets of the rich irrigated lands are apples,
peaches, pears, prunes, apricots, cherries, grapea, '*W'
strawberries, all bush berries, potatoes, hops, al- . *
falfa. timothy, onions, melons. English walnuts .
and other crops, all of which are exceedingly
■OUS S!
ONE '.'LUSTER OF LUSCIOUSa, arketH
Some of the finest grapes that reach the marl»e show
Vakima and at Sunnyside. The present picture sMh* dm
Roy Liohty are shown in the picture holding the <■