Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-01
PRODUCTIONS OF THE SOIL:
azAISs. VEGETABLES, FgUfrs,
GRASSES, ETC

As already indicated, tae Yield oi
sasat, oats, barley and rye cannot b
exceiIsd anywhere n the United states
Ine average yield Of wheat - . ousassii
per aEEs. and there are well aCcrsGsseC
Instances where whole farms have yield
ID az the rate Of - bushels and even .
basaels per acre. and N few cases
partisslaFiy In the region Of Naila Walls
Azd Whitman counties, even thls rate
has been considerably exceeded th'
present year.
The yisid of potatoes in Western
WASH ngi0n has varied from 10 to %
bushels per acre.
-. grass ;, timothy. redtOp and eloTei
csnEut be excsIisd 10 any part a shi
world. Daring each OF a number oi
years pas. | haye raised en- average Of
over 81 IONS OF tin2oihy 70 the acre On 3D.
exu meadow of about 100 acres.
The several classes and varieties -
fruits are sucn as are generally cuts
waited along the bel. Of the middle igti-
tads, more particularly that district
comparing western New York and
Gosthern Pennsylvania. Many kinds
Of .bs apple. pear, ounce, Pssoh, plum
ami cherry, with the smaller fruits from
vines and shrubhery, flourish IN great
perfection.
The peach and its conIepeTs, as also
the grapc, thrive best IN ths eastern
division and IN those inland counties
bordering on the Colufnbia kiver.
Sweet potatoes, sorghum. tobacco,
eggplant, melons and corn thrive Ia The
Yakima valley. Corn is bot little raised
in the western part of the Territory,
and then generosity for use white u "a
green. Here the plum and cherry at
tain large sizs and superior havos.
Dir. John u. Swami. OF olympia an
experienced horticslturist, says:
Our winter climate IL 80 mild thai
protection Of trees and vines Is never
th0ughI Of, and il is very rare that any
are IN jursd; nor do the diseases pecaiias
10 the same classes IN the Eastera States
affect them here, such as the woolly'
aphis on the ssple, the blight sn' the
pear, the black knot on the elura and
the yeilows on ths peach. Thst de-
stTucsive enemy of the Plnm in the
Eastern States, the curonli0, Is unknown
here. Throughout the Puget Sound
basin. constituting the greater pars OF
Western Washington, fruit raising kas
one drawback: in places sitcaied some
distance back irons the shores % tue
Sooaa frait blossoms, and sometimes
the young foliage, are liable 70 be nipped
hy the iats spring tros;s, which haze
been known nt titDes seriously to affect
no4 only the frat and foliage, bat tbs
health of the tree, and in extreme cases
the very life Of the tree itself. Bat the
lands immediately bordering on the
Sound are favorable 10 fruit growing
Mr.. \ J. Burr. of olympia. and many
others, have rsalizsd wondstfal results
from cranberry vines obtained a few
years ago Va Ssw Jersey.
Mr.. q. W. kawt0n, Of Seattle. a skilled
reOorts that ths foiiowiEg
grow there TO greas perfection:
Cahbage. astpaYagas, beans, texeepe
IiIoal beets. bSpsseis sprouts. canlifioVer,
oarots, oessry, cucumber. kale, Ieeks,
lettuce, onioRss parsley, parsnips, peas,
potatoes. radish, ThobREb, spinach, tur-
nips, so dash, blackberry entrants. goose
berries, rasphesTies. Strawberries and a
certain varsity of peaches IN favorable
looasions- that grapes and apricots and
other varieties Of reaches suffer On ao-
oount Of the cool nights.
r. ought ~ be understood that taere
Is an impor,agl. difference between the
climates of thR eastern and the western
parts of the Territory: the mean tenn
peFaturs OF the eastern division being
in Summer . degrees. and 10 winter "
degrees: whila tnat of the western divl-
SION in IS degrees IN simmer aud - de-
gr~as In viuses-
Il NAV he deenaed remarkable thai
these seo.ioas1 lying contiguous and in
the same latitude. and With bat little
difference Ia eievasion, should ditef so
much in tssaperatuTs, viz: 10 degrees
during the as5wing season and degrees
during the aoRunsns seaaeR.
There 10 ahsa a great difference be-
tween the two sections in respect 20 the
amonnt of rainfall; the climate of West
ern washiugton ahording greater
eaantity OF moisture.
"A the caases fog teis difference are
aiyen uedes another head. IN another
section Of this report, | gill refrsin frora
any further reference to II here, simply
citing Il ~ q reasan TO show why ssFD >
classes IL fruits suoceed better 10 the
one divisiex thah In the other.
HOPS.
Tbs climate and soil In the bottom
lands and valleys Of Washington Terri.
tory seem peculiarly adapted TO the cui-
ture OF hops, and more ettoation seems
70 hsve been paid 20 abe cnltivatian Of
thu uiMni Ia the vicinity Of Puget Sound
thsn elsewhere 10 the Territory, where
Il thrivss in the rieh Alluvial sandy bot
touas.
wishis the past fe~ years an increas.
inc interest has eeen manifested In the
bnsinsss Of hop RAISING. aud tue yards
have bera ra1lliplied and extended
Dasine the fit.een years since the be-
eianin9 81 lie important cultivation n
this region. this crop has neyer falles
uey been attacked by disease. nor deto'
FiosAsea BY reason OF the roots beinS
kept in the sane land without being re-
PLANTED. Il u believed that the Dn'
wxmisa. The white river and the Payal
lap valleys could EASILY prod as rnsns
hogs as are nov raised IN TIE Unltee
StAtee. n labor could be os,tained 60 rici
thenA. Indians have been mainly reiiet
upon 10 DO tho pseking, and they haxs
| hIrrksd Va the Sa1nd from nearly as
parts 0s tbs Tefrscrv even from bxYoas
she mountains. Many have coss 4
csna<s from reeions near the eatiee q.
the Sonnd and frora British CoiazstSi
10 engage Temporarily in this acoapa
tion, then to purchase goads IN the I'D
itceut towns and return TO their ois
! tantS They APPEAR 10 exCel the white
Ia iheig ability for picking. an1 csadnc
themselves as = rste StEy peaoeahly.
This year there has been q great scar
cIfyof pickefs IN propcrtlen o. the maE
aisaAe II the crpp-
I cannot d. eestef ia this caaaestfnl
/ tAAa TO quSs.s the very reliahls repoE
Whlch I have iuss Fxeetved froas Mr..
/ T.. SteEari, OF PuyaIinP:
There are in cultivation N ksFs h
1 ihis valley af tsis cate lisa sersS, dis
/ treated among lsss grDwrEs n Geeke
has the largest 9hFd. Iso acFcs- fhi
raskes sae average ailocf MS acres 3
each Era<er. I an saabie ~ tell yel
The number Of aercs % hops last year.
Nv Avsrsce ytssa for u years has tee'
stle POUNDS per acre. average price
i3A oeuia, rrckoninE for the Is yeay
prior 20 tbt< NJ Yield ihs rear Is en-
tcE pr acre.
= ssvxral growers thls YeSr eiaiz d
I hzye raised as hsek ~ SGc pounds Z
| the ssrc. and toe - high as t1c psani'
ras probable average WELD THIS year !
seoat 1850 poan6s.
= We have besH short cs rtckSxs hi
sNAssn. for the ErSt tiuae. and some hep
have eone uzrsekea On thst eccessnl
hai qfoes6ly no. usSrs thar - acres i