, 1890-06-19
FARMERS PARADISE.
Wonderful Possibilities OF
Washington Soil.
RESOURCES VARIED AND RICH
A Loose and Porous Soil-Great
Grain Yield-Inoomparable
Small Fruits.

lie
xyashtra,an s,a,. hos thcn, all.
Will so,l more nroductiye than
uhat or riI,nois cnr.s,s yrnnder and
,1,an ,hat ~
coNef'hs s'c",er a'e" '''"
WISCONSIN,, mines luliy as r'ch ",'u
more extensive than those OF Iolo-
RADIO, with greater facilities Tor
manufacturing than Pennsylvania,
and for comnerce. than New York,
Iynsbing,on ia ,lestIned TO eclip.e
,ta,, ali ,n ,,oai, h and ,unortance.
7, Ia dio,cuit 10 consider one
branch of resources without combin-
iue, all into one grand symmetrical
whole
Ear,l,o q, E,s,ern Washington IL
hot h pleasant and protitable-pleas-
ant, Tor the seasons ARE favorable for
farm work; profitable, for crops
never M ana prices are hlways
good. we nave mere the esseu'la'
plrih'les OF goou ihrihlhg county
NlI.' feruie SOL Win seasolls "No'-
hhlc Tor the planting, growing, iua-
turning anu harvesting vi croPs'
THE CHARACTER OF THE SOIL
4. n rich dark Inam with rlny sub
-, .ii., ni,,. cnrr 10, d,or,
80, sOni :" ""''S N'''' .'..,.'', r.
ne rota,ioI oi croPs " pineeIV., p ~,
the Niluule n,av.s ior we iui PsS ".
res,iiig ana ehricllhs VIZ so,i - u w
necessary hc,e. Vui ri' li,ti'to
chleuy oi uecohi poseu VI uiH'i'',
grdted focks ana ls very s.'olis. ~
w " HION lNl tNtllAN Noll0f'AN
tive years Wlthout any "Pi"' GU. . /.
weakening Oh tnc so'' VI si'''''s' VI
crops
THE SOIL
a. Iooae and norous tbereby allowing
e. aIra,,ia,,on ~, ,nois,nr, rrnm
~ ..' .e "a a,,, ,,,a .,.,aaa
.nc Ma'cI Neius ,ui, w.. .,,,,,,'a,
OF 'ne e,o.''u' iui'ns w. D' ,"''"e' l''.
nights llils moisture rises aliu cohl-
ing in contact with the cool atmos-
pherc IL condensed, forming heavy
d,,ys euuiyalcnt to linht showers.
These dews convey so much moist.
ure that an average crop can be
grown without any riunfall, from
seeu-,,ii'e s,' 20 iarsest, , III s , 9,his
&c ~ nwirn , &c ~ i,s nsynass The
daco,nnoaing rock has moi vet bcen
acted upon by the agencies of AIR,
cold and moisture, sufficient To thor
oughly rot Il and darken lts color
It's color darNehs every year again
IN 'nu S.n. Ill oni orau"i III mi.
a. oho,,, tyo narts soiI to one of
gravel This soil. though appar-
entity worthless, II very productive.
The soil Is OF u dark color ard rich
ana the gravel mas an oilice 10 M
IN gathering neat from uhe sun
rays In daytime 70 give ON ana pre-,
vent irostht night lhus our HrhVei
soll Is e'pecla'iy huhp.eu o carry
ana the RAISING OF uehcsIte
varieties oi ifui's' such us peacleS
ana grapes
AS RUE 'hefe are every year ire
Pueht showers curing the CROWN o'
crops vi po,h grams ahu Vsgem,
Oles we nave l'hinehse yleIus OF
superior qu'h'y' AS eN'uc"oc VI
tlo good
QUALITY OF OUR WHEAT
I rofrr vou I'm the fact that for sev-
oraI - ,ha u,,,Is nr annL.na
80, 1',
ra'is nave over 'ilo suoc"ss'ui coih-
peutors 0i Mlnne'ota ana Dakota IN
supplying the Montana and Idaho
markets with first grade flour,
while only this week the g. and C..
lii ,r.Jo !, Iara, s,Io or aanr 10
-,
lht'ies i'o'n Io,'uoh' Engnlln'
wheTe our nour ~ cohsiuereh the
hest. In regard TO our vegetables 1t
should not escape notice that Wash
ington won first prize at the New
Orleans exposition on the vegetables.
The varieties of wheat successfully
grown here ARE chiefly the "LittIeh
and "Bip Club,n Wheat il usually
sowr i'm the spring during March
and April. Wheat starts so we'll
thn, from one to one and one.fo,lrth
bushels per acre is sufficient for seed
iuu, Any variety of oats thrive.
well. nnd stoulinr. like wheat. re.
nulres lirht sowing. rive, barley
and f,nx.seed are successf,illy grown
and barley is ESPECIALLY profitably.
There arc some rcIuarkuble and
favorable features of grain growing
that deserve especial mention, No
chIntz buca ar insects of any L. Ind
exist To injurc the grain. The straw
IL At ronr and rrain does NOT fail.
Harvest season il during August nnd
il favored nv still mir and clear sI;ios'
Wheat does not shutter hear ns i'm
the states East. Tic Eastern farmer
must hAryest hj, grain ns soon ns
rinc or much oft will sbntter ont.
In Washington the ripe grain can
stand for several weeks, and then bc
headed or cut with "a self-bindei
o%mahIa, % ,hn a." nnr a,I' r,ho 'Uss, sn o,oanas is
eha'les uie iarrner WHO SO chooses
hein Sstn,ba rio,d nar acra ~