, 1889-08-22
PALOUSE FARMS.
Sixty-seven Bushels of Wheat
With an Average of Twenty
five to the Acre.
One of the Most Productive Fruit
Growing Regions on the
Face Of the Globe.
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| ESPECIAL coHREsroSDEScE REVIEW.
| FARMINGToS, Aug. Pennington.
on the o. Il. ~ n. railway and on the
| Idaho line, is situated in the center Of
an extensive and fertile agricultural and
mineral region, doing an extensive trade
with the farming and mining porula.
ttion. on either hand it Is hcmmcd i'm
! by wooded mountains that present the
most charming alterations of scenery,
including every feature from the high
mountain peaks To the thickIy wooded
hills aud thrifty fruit orchards and rich
meadows, watcrcd from many springs
that gush forth all along the mountain
range. Its citizens are public spirited
aud enterprising and the town is steadily
growing. Numerous improvements
have been made and more to follow.
Main street has been graded its entire
length and new sidewalks laid.
An artcsian well is being driven at the
head of Main street by George TruuN,
with an improved drll that has no
trouble in cutting through the hardest
rock. They expect to strike an abund
ant supply of water IN less than 200
feet, the artcsian well now in operation
at the o. h. Il n. shops being only 80
feet.
A Congregational church to cost $4,000
will be built as soon as tho material
arrives. \ new two story brick store
building 47X7O is being built by ;. W.
franc ON Main street, to cost $1,000,
General Taunatt has erected very fine
mar hardWlrG Ware store ON the corner of First
ana washington streets, costing 5000,
in which is one of the most complete
stocks of hardware TO be found in any
store in the country. The basement Is
used rs a astorchotlac, tin shop, and engine
room, in which Is an eight horse power
engine and pump, for fire protection,
the water being taken from large spring
under the building. Pipes are distrib-
utcd throughout the building to which
two inch hose is attached, ready for
use. In cold weather the boiler will be
used for heating the store. The stock
carried is valued at $50, ,OOO
Pennington being situated i'm one of
the finest wheat coun tries on the globe.
1t Is natural that wheat is the tirstin inn
portanCe, and at this season of the Vcur
the question is asked one another ''What
WIN the harvest be?' Tho wheat crop
has turned ont far better than was OK
pected, the average being twenty-five
bushcl to the acre, some having
gone forty bushels to the acre.
ana III one case report has
it that ON the ranch of Mr.. James Kin
cair u portion of his wheat field was
carefully measured oil and when
thrashcd produced siNty-seyen bushels
to the acre. They do not say whether
they were also careful to pick the
heaviest spot on the whole ranch. Ii Is
certainly fine agricultural and horti-
cultural district and in favorable seasons,
ls capable OF producing enormous crop.
The soil OF the uplands Is somewhat in-
lerior TO the bottom or lowlands bat is
capable of producing fine crops of grain,
while the more elevated lands the foot
hills, afford excellent pastuuge and will
grow rs fine crops of delicious fruit and
enormous vegetables as are found any
where Most of the fruits grown in great
perfection and of fin flavor are the pear,
plum, apricot, apple, ounce cherry,
grapes, and in q few instances the peach
Is grown ON very high ground. Orchards
come into bearing very rapidly, trees
frequently producing fruit the third
year after planting the seed.
Mr. George IrauN, the genial land
agent of the o. II. a n. railway at this
place, took me out some six miles from
town along the base of the foot hills and
whore | sNwa number of very fine Young
orchards, the trees literally loaded. and
in few instances the branches broken
down from the weight of the plump,
luscious, and tempting fruit-so tempt
ing, that rassing one orchard we were
GO mpelled to stop the team and inspect
the trees personally. ANY one doubling
that truit can bc grown in this part OF
the country, let him take "A ramblc back
by the tasting of il. IL is a pleasure to
note that more attention is being paid to
the growing of fruit than formerly. 4
tree agent and his men sold in
this ncighborhood the past sea.
son over S60,OOO worth of fruit
d.
the farmer should not be able to raise
his own fruit instead of having to 20 to
town to buy it. The trees would not
only be II protection and shade to his
house from the scorchng rays Of mid
summer sun, but would be II great
source of profit. TOO much time Is
wasted ny the majority of the farmers
roaming the hills after game, that could
bc used to advantage in slack seasons
improving the farm, hauling manure
Cior you can not use too much of IL, no
matter how much you boast of the rich
land and the number of fine crops taken
from the land successfully, mcndiug
fences, digging bitches, and last but uoC
least building grain bins for the storing
of grain, instead of spending the greater
part of the profit in grain sacks or pay
ing a big interest for storing ii in
col.id say, ''fhis is my grain gentle.
men; you pays your moneys and you
takes your choice
/ find quite u number that are anxious
to sell, after spending number of
valuable years in gctting the farm up to
what it is, because, as they
say, farming does not pay. The
weeds growing half way up the sids
of the house, tumble-down outbuildings'
fences i'll a dilapidatod condition aud u
general air of desolation prevailing tho
premises, point out in rs many words
why farming in this grand country does
4 not pay. "Go East young mau," not
West. Take few lessons from the
thrifty farmer in that part Of I'nclo
Sans domain and when you come back
you can make your fortune, and 40
Farming. when you wont he Compolled
to come to town TO buy your buticr, as
well as your fruit aud vegetables, uut
will have enough and TO spare, ANA
hope to see the day IN the near future
when the great Palousc fruit country
will rank Alongside, il not cNcclliug, tho
famous Willamette valley of Oregon.
\. ID. B.
Sick Cattle,
GHEEysBuRG, Pa, Aug. 2I.--A fatal
1iapasp has broken ont ufunup fita f-tsslf