Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-06
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Farmers.

From, the Tacoma Dailv Neaos.
On the farm OF Mr.. Fred Spinning, in the
Stuck valley, was raised this past season
a crop of oats which averaged 1l6 bushels
to the acre, machine measure.
Mr.. Chllberg, on the Skaglt river, had
this year forty acres in oats from which
1880 bushels were threshed-an average
of 100 bushels to the acre.
Mr. Olid Peterson, on his hay and stock
farm near Roy, cut as high as six tons OF
hay TO the acre, and some OF the farms up
the Puyallup valley yielded timothy 8
feet in height, with heads 10 inches long.
Some Of these hay lands we have been
over at various seasons Of the year, and
can testify to the fact that they are pas
tured about eight months continually.
only about three TO four months OF the
year being required 10 mature and harvest
the hay crop, which averages four TO five
tons per acre.
1t is a matter Of common notorietv in
these parts that our Puyallup, stuck,
White, and Green river valley lands pro-
duce from one to two tons of hops per
acre, 500 20 500 bushsls Of potatoes. and
so 20 40 tons OF beet and roots. We have
seen red clover stalks from 4 to 6 feet in
height and potatoes averaging from . TO
IA pounds weight each. Mr.. Ezra Meek
er, Territorial Commissioner TO the New
Orleans Exposition, has some potatoes
which weigh five pounds each, and which.
accordingly, would require but ~ TO
make bushel. The aforementioned
products are raised on our muck, swamp
or valley lands. Sucn lands as these
have produced S0-pound squashcs, so
pound caDbages, and 2j-pound ruta-
bagas.
Our upland clay loan lands are adapt-
"a In fhn RAISING al fFrIfa MI
Spooner, from such land sold this summer
1864 pounds OF Strawberries from "a bed
ll2 feet square. Counting the amount
put up for winter by his wife, and CON
sumed by his family aud neighbOrs, tue
yield Of the bed must have been over one
ton on piece Of ground containing less
than hye-slXteenths of an acre. Perhaps
the most successful grower In this county
of other fruits such as apples, plums.
pruues, and small fruits generally, is Mr..
Frank Alling and the Nces has been az.
forded the pleasure time and again OF test
ing the merits OF the large and luscious
fruits raised upon his farm. This upland
soil is particularly adapted 10 the raising
OF pears, plums and prunes. As sam
pie OF the prOductiyeness Of these lands,
we would state that Mr.. Alltug showed
us this past summer one branch but IS
inches IN length on which grow over fifty
plums weighing seven pounds. Alr. ALL
inC'ls growing successfully wenty-twova va
rietios OF plums, and IN fact all kinds of
fruits, upon his ranch. There ~ no doubt
that our climate and soil is better adapt.
cd TO the raising OF prunos, pears, aud
plums than California. aud we believe
that Puget sound varieties Of the above
products will become as much sought for
In the Eastern markets as the California
product now is. 10 is this clay loan
land we have spoken OF which yields from
four 10 six tons OF small fruits per acre
with ordinary care and cultivation, and
the reason these fruits attain greater size
than The same varieties do I'm the East is
owing 20 our moist, mild climate.
Would II, we wonder, surprise some Of
our doubtful Eastern friends 10 see as We