Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-27

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|inchG6 in di81nsiek. thor ou1pr ends BE-
inR fo1esned % z clevi. ats4shnens an,
c6ofed n the ridge pole at the ends OF
the building. and the inner ends passing
through, under and lenGthuises and the
comb, secured with tap at the lower end
and side OF a square niece Of timber
several inches thick and wide, and held
in a vertical position with its top end
bolstsrino mp the ridge pole At the cen-
ter Mr.. Rines owns two good half grade
Shorthorn cous and four calves, two Of
them being half grade Dsvonshire and
tvs half grade Ayrshires.
III. Weston keeps = dairy of twenty
i've cows: J. Mckinley and ]. Burns. IL
j. Crawford has about the largest
single kiln for drying hops on the
Sound. Tho Dimensions Of the heating
and drying room ara 32x32 feet IN the
clear. with ~ foot wallis. The hight Of
the building from the ground TO the top
of the c0pola 10 over fifty feet. The
storehoase adjoining the kiln is 20x32
feet, with side walls 20 feet high.
chard Of twelve acres. The yield win be
fear to i've thousand bushels.
July 10Th g. N. Horton received q
beautiful pair OF pure bred Poland
China pigs, shipped to him by j. B.
Howe. swine breeder. Seneca, Illinois.
The pigs gained one pound day each
fer the first fifteen days after reaching
their destination. n, - ssFs -
N. Z. CavanAush cut I25 tons Of hay.
Hs 10 engaged in dairying and raising
horses, fourteen Of which are nov on
A. Mandevil:s reports eleven COWS
and 80 tons Of hay g. 8. Dudley 26U
tons Of hay. ]. G Card 100 tons. J. w.
Maple fifteen COWS, one OF these of
commen stock, from May 10th to Sep
TENDER 10th, gave a yield OF 6SSS pounds
of milk. or an average yield OF Sc pounds
per day. This COW run ON good clover
and timothy pasture. receiving in add
ton a double handful of oil meal at
milking time.
yaoo1 Shearer. of Rsnton, W.. T.,
claims to have fifty two varieties of APP
piles in an orchard of 1000 trees. besides
eight varieties of pears and several
kinds of plums and prunes. of the two
latter 15o0 pounds were dried this sea-
sea.
FERNELL PRAIRIE, W. T.,
Lies in small valley one fourth TO one
half mile wide, and extending eight or
ten miles across the country from near
the borders Of upper White to Carbon,
a branch Of the Puyailup river. The
bottom land of this valley consists Of
a{iuvial surface soil and clay subsoii,
with a slight intermingling of wash
gravel. The 10y lying bench lands
aleBg the sides of the upper part of the
valley have dark rich top soil of vary
ing depth, with sand, wash gravel and
clay subsoii. The hills bordering the
lower part OF the valley consist of coarse
wash gravel and sand, and in some
places light surface soil. One OF the
best farms in the valley lies on the
prairie mentioned, and is owned by j. |
d. MhGTeQor. who nut mp 200 tons of |
hay this season. w. r. Kelly, auditor |
of Pisrve county. and several other set
tiers. own farms having strip of this.l
alluvisi valley land extending through
them.
pc2rEs's PRAIRIE, W. T.,
So called after A. L. Porter, who settled |
here in '5aor - hut left during the In |
dian troubles in 1856, and ia now living |
on Steilaceou plains. The prairie bor- |
ders on the eYaveilyEbluffs of White |
river andi torms part of a beautiful |
plateau many miles In extent lying be- |
tween the White and the Green rivers,
and reaching mp to the foothills of the |
The next settlers in this Sec
ton were J. Tenpleton, Geo. Wander
beck. M. d Smith, & @. White and II. |
Groten. This part of the country con-
tains good land. a. does that lying op-
posite and between white and Carbon |
rivers, but an the choice Government |
land, 1t is saiG has been taken. There |
is a lot OF good railroad land, but tha. |
is of course not open to settlement on |
and many. people seekin. homes for
their families are turned away disap-
pointed.