Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-15

tons 10 the acre. Ths silo process fol
c1rng green corn stalks for feed. can,
10. be introduced to advantage here
! ana Is ot doubtful utility anywhere
I'll 1t might be veil 70. our farmers tc
! experiment, VITA this as well as curing
stalks 10 dry state as indicated. Chop-
| ping green corn stalks into small sec.
tons inc,udiag the leaves, placing all
In an aIr-ti9ht vault or compartment
| heavily weighted upon the top, when
silght fermentation ensues, constitutes
the silo process. 1t ia practicea extsn
sively In Europe and In the Eastern
States. by Theoretical and practical
farmers, with alleged success. The food
remains In good condition when propsr.
ly cured, and is cut out in parcels with
cleaver when required for use. Oats
are not behind the other grains in any
respect where the lands are iox and
moist. Cultivated grasses are intro
duced With satisfaction; the clovers,
white and red. timothy, orchard
grass, Kentucky blue, mesquit and al.
falfa. most profitable and good mate
nal for pasture and fodder, all hold
tenaciously and produce we'll. Fruits
consist of apples. pears, pluns, prunes,
peaches, necterines, aprioots, grapes
and melons. Bush and vine fruits are
not exoelled anywhere in quantity and
flavor. Vegetables also in all the va
risties of the latitude, equal TO the beet
in size and quality. Large bands of
horses, often many hundreds in a single
drove, cattle and shsep are pas.ured up-
on the public and private domains until
ready for sale, when they are driven g
market, sometimes in joarnsys oecupv-
ing many months. swine are scarce,
yet no crop could be more protitably or
more easily produced upon the stu6ble
of grain fields.
Much of the pork, hams and lard CON-
sumed in the Territory is prodaoed d
abroad. The same observation will
truthfully apply to our supply of fruits,
vegetables, batter and cheese. Eastern
Washington might very properly be SUBJ
divided In description into two distinct
regions, one east, the other west of the
Columbia, the former being drained by
the Waiia Walla, Snake, Palouse and
Spokane rivers from the east, the latter
by the Okinagau, Yakima, klickitat
and kittitas from the west. Stevens
COusty, IN the northeastern corner, oc-
cupies One-tifth of the Territory, is al
most an entire wilderness, with many
prairies and much uucleared river val
10y land. The population is sparse. A
good opening is afforded there for sue
oessful settlement. South of that point
lie the counties Of Spokane, Whitman,
Garfield, Columbia and Walla Walla-
the present garden spot of the Territory,
where much Of the crops described are
raised. It would be impossible to desig-
nate precisely the best portions, for all
are excellent. The more southern part
has been occupied longer and is more
improved, and may perhaps be allowed
to claim the precedence at present.
Standing upon Galloway hill in Garfield
County, an observer may with Q glass,
look out upon two hundred miles Of sur
face in every direction, over a magaifi-
cent array of country without trees, save
an occasional point Of pines, o. high
bald hills, much unbroken, but rich of
soil from summit to raviue, with here
and there q cultivated region Of various
crops Of greatest luxuriance. l stood
recently on high eminenoe at the Da-
Wis settlement, ten miles from the city
Of Walla Walla, from which could be
viewed the prolific valley of the Walla
Walla stretching fifty miles westward,
whilst from the north oame into view
the famed valley of the Touches, to Day
ton, forty miles away. These valleys,
with the intervening space, presented a
grand expanse Of grain and grazing
fields ready for the harvest. Many such
conditions may be found elsewhere in
the counties designated-the Union
fats, sixty miles of unsurpassed pro-
ducfive capacity and great beauty.
FarminQtor, Colfax, Spokane and Pom
eroy vioinities and other localities, are
equally worthy Of especial description,
which want Of space f0rbids.
North and west Of the Big Bend of
the Columbia lie the Colville, Yakima,
kliCkit Il and Skamania countries, COM
prisina an extent OF 6fteen thousand
square miles. The northern portion of
the Colvilie is thinly populated, extern
sively wooded, somewhat broken, and
near the mountains rocky, with large
pastoral facilities, where grazing OF
cattle Is conducted proftably. To the
south lie the valleys of the Yakima,
Kittitas and the Klickitat, an exten-
sive, sparsely settled, but most promis-
ing and prosperous country. Grass
prairies Of unusual luxuriAnoe extend
for one hundred miles, with all grain,
fruit and vegetable growth, suoh as is
seen in the older settlements east and
south Of tho Big Bend. The valley Of
the Kittltas possesses also great beauty
and fertility, and 10 equal in all advan-
tages to tho best which have described.
Klickitat ooanty borders for one hun
dred and twenty miles upon the Colum-
bia, below The DAliss. ! know. from
personal observation, and an inspection
OF productions at = county fair, that il
10 in no respect interior 70 the rest Of
the plateau Of the Columbia.
Skamania eoanty. adj3iniug from the
vesk also borders on . Columbia for
fifty miles, 10 eoyesed mainly with tim
be-. with not few fsrtils valleys.
The climate Of HastsRn Washington Il
cold in vin1eF and warm in SIMMER. q
ooodistoa which, Of neosnity. prooseds
In all wheat producing countries whore
winter freezing benefits the plant, and
hot weather = Doo0od tQ gipening but
~ 81. - = ~ eaue lstitndo sAst-
ward, bsina DoaiAsd b. ths chinook
winds, which blev up The valley Of ~
Ceto0bia md pse06A1e ~ 0ean1ain
pasnsA Ths s1tiss eoonssy. - has hssn
seased. b beanfisally sappljsd with mall
tita6ss e rivera 1Geeal fos I'll purposes
Of tnlAnd navieaston, - veil . for iRfi-
Ral3oa Whese fhae 0etAol 4 eequirod.
n eApahllioy Of this sn1iso esa1tTy
b vilhaGand - dAna0ine sAsses d
peoGrae1sd deoaGAl ha6 been ssvsrsly
tosGod daring tklo osasou, yot olmoGe
fall yislds havs bssa Tsalissd In sems
instances exoellsat seops Of wheat have
bssu realised without any ram vhassvsr
since seeding in the spsinR. Good
health prevails In all localities. Many
cities and towns have besn established
throughous the Territory: Whatoom.
on Bellinghsm Bay. Laeonnss, an i'm
portant town, destined to large prosper
ity as the trading center Of the rich
SsilaQuamiah, Swinemish and Samish
Oats; Snohomish City, we'll located and
established; Port Townsend. at the con-
fiuence Of the Straits and the Gulf Of
Georgia, An inessimabls advantage; Se-
attic, Tacoma, veil known commercial
cities; Olympia, tns capital oity, q the
head Of navigation; VAnoouver, on the
Columbis; wAlla WAila, the chisf city
Of she east; Dayton. PomeRoy, Collar.
Farmington. Spokane FAlls, Golden
dale, EiisnsburR, YAKIMA and many
others, all of thsn Important ssntes Of
population and business. Three hum