, 1883-11-01

large proportions: wv IollH.
HAY.-Thc alder bottoms and tide
flats produce heavy crops. and there
are few. if any. better paying crops
grown upun the archipelago. In the
PRODUCTION Of this commodity Lopez
Island takes the lead. as she also
does, or i destinedtu do, IN DAIRY
products. Although the export Is
LARGE. We asccrtained nothing definite
as to what it appTOximated.
PorAroES are generally grown. and
the Weld huttering. The aVeTa%"
Weld Der acre Is about 800 bushels.
We heard Of as much as 700 bushels
having been taken from an acre; but
of course this Is an extreme. ami II
would be foolish to expect any Such
crop. but it j. a profitable product.
and easily cultivated.
Wool There are, III round mum
hers. about 15.O'N sheep, scattered TO
some extent over all Of the islands.
This is one Of the farmers paying III
dnstrir-. The sheep ara healthy. free
OF scab. very large and the ti"eces
immense. A great many mutton
sheep are sold in the markets of
! Puget Sound. and;the meat Is uf Il
sr1prrior texture. fine flavor and sec
ond to the product of no country.
The annual shipment Of wool reaches
the handsome aggregate OF from 6o.-
600 To $4,000 pounds.
APPLES trees are generally
healthy, apples large highly favored
and the Weld all that could reason
ably be desired. Plums prove very
successful and are prolific. Aprl
cots and ounces do we'll, are free
from caterpillars, slugs. borers and
insect lice; and We saw no fungus
growth Oh fruit trees of any species.
A. regards the insect lice Our state
ment needs qualifying, rs i'll a few i'll
stances we saw few trees with a
plentiful supply, but they are easily
destroyed by applications OF lime OF
kerosene. 1t was impossible to learn
anything really definite about the
number Of bushels exported. Large
amounts are consumed at home. and
shipped ii way III sloops, of which no
data could be had; but is many thous
and bushels. In fruit culture Orcas
Island takes the lead Will speak OF
this later. But, in the mean time, If
you wish to see apples that cannot
be surpassed. at Plummer u Terry
are some from the orchard of Mr.
Adams, at East Sound.
LIME.-This is one of the most i'm
portant industries of the Archipelago
and is assuming large proportions
and is capable of almost unlimited
development. as the rock quarries art
practically inexhaustible. There are
four kilns in operation; three on San
Juan and one on Orcas Island. A
regards the quality of lime produced
cOlnment is unnecessary and super,
fiuous as it is accounted by experts tC
be not only unsurpassed, but unequal,
led from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
Several hundred tons of lime rock
have been shipped to the Irondale
Iron Works, near Port Townsend
and the Oswego Iron Works, neal
Portland, Oregon. this last named
city being the principal market fol
the lime produced. We Will not &C
go into details here, but hereafter
will speak of them seyerally as Wis
tied by us, giving capacity of fur,
naces, buildings, and extent of lodges,
The total amount of lime exported
during the last year this is exclusive
of the lime rock shipped) is i'll round
numbers, $4,000 barrels.
DoGFIsH OIL.-This is another
growing industry, and has already
assumed considerable magnitude, and
has great promise for the future
combined with cod fishing and sal
mon packing, which $ certain to be
Il leading feature of these islands.
There are at present fifteen fishing
smacks engaged in the business; and
the fish congregate about the islands
in huge schools and are easily cap.
tured. About 10000 gallons are ex-
ported annually, half this amount is
used annually In the sawmills of
Puget Sound. The buyers are pay
ing the manufacturers Scots a gallon
With this necessarily brief and III
complete summary of expectations,
We hasten on. After leaving Friday
Harbor the first place visited was
THE EUREKA LIME KILN.
This business is conducted by TIL.
Lee & Co, which Is virtually Mr..
L. II Lee. Eureka is situated on
partially sheltered bay on the
northeast boundary of San Juan Isl
and, and the harbor is safe one III
any kind of weather. Mr. Lee is Il
very pleasant gentleman and gave
Us all the necessary details of his bus
mess. He has two kiins or furnaces,
the smaller one has a capacity OF So
barrels per day; the other, the one he
has had constructed this summer,
10 barrels. The total amount manu-
factnred by him during the past year
Is about l4,OOO barrels; 5000 barrels
of this amount We're shipped to Wad-
hams x Elliott, Portland, Oregon.
The present works, if run to their
full capacity are capable of an annual
output Of more than 35,O00 barrels
TO burn this amount requires less
than 1900 cords of wood, of which
they have an abundant supply for
years to come in timber near ut hand.
Slaves are brought from various
points on the Sound, considerable
amount from the factory at Stockade
Bay, Orcas Island
Extending back from the limestone
bluff at the water, the ledge covers
an area of about 80 acres and has a
depth of many feet. Along the Wa
ter is ample room for number OF
kilns, when an increased demand
SHALL require such extention, and
within easy reach of deep water by
short wharyes. At several hundred
feet back from the cropping out at
the water Is "a cave, which was enter.
ed at some distance and indicate,
considerable depth While excavat
ing last summer the workmen came
upon Subterranedn cavern full o
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