Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-09-05
Lincoln COunty'S Future.

that Lincoln county offers no in.
ducement to the homeseeker be-
cause of its rough topography, thus
rendering farming on an extensive
scale impossible, Many people
seem to believe that if a farmer
cannot cultivate broad acres of
grain that there is no hope or help
for him to live and prosper. As
far as Lincoln county is concerned
we must, and do freely, admit that
the topography of the county eff.
tectually prevents the existence of
what might be called the "large
farmer. But instead OF considers
ing this draw back to the country
we absolutely hail it as all omen of
future wealth and contentment to
our people.
Lincoln county is land of hills
and valleys. 1t is one of the best
watered sections in the world.
Nowhere can you find clearer
streams, cooler springs, better
water than Lincoln county has.
Along with this it has a matchless
and unexcelled climate. Now
what will be the ultimate state to
which country of this kind must
develop? There can be but one.
1t will be country filled with
small farmers and stock raisers.
The ideal farmer of Lincoln county
has already begun to make his ap-
pearance, and it will require but
the lapse of few years before his
kind will multiply and inherit the
land. The ideal farmer is a man
of with few acres Of bottom land
and some more acres of hills. His
products will not be corn, or wheat,
or oats, or barley, or any one thing
alone, but will be a diversity of
many. His bottom land will be
cultivated to potatoes, hay and
root crops; on the bench land he
will raise his fruit, which will con-
sist of apples, pears, plums, prunes,
and all of the small fruits. He will
have few hives of bees, enough to
furnish honey for his family, and
little to sell. He will keep few
good cows and his dairy products
will be a source of steady income.
The natural increase OF his herd
will enable him to sell two or three
fat beeves each year. In the hills
will roam flock of sheep, enough
to keep in good order on his range,
but not too many to nicely keep.
The flock will not be of the ordinary
kind that will shear only four or
five pounds of wool each year, but
will be of some high grade that will
clip double this amount. The in
crease each year will give him
few dollars in ready money for
mutton sheep. There will be
numerous other sources of income
from his farm, small in each of
themselves but large in the aggre-
gate, that will all go to make him
happy, prosperous and contented.
This farmer will be practically free
from debt, because he takes no
large risks that in turn bring large
debts when they fail; he never goes
to town unless he has few of the
products of his farm along to sell.
His expenses are small, but his in
come taken all together will be
large. Peace, plenty and prosperity
will be his lot. In sharp contrast
will he be with his neighbor of
what people term a farming
country" Well may he pity and
sympathize with the farmer who
farms his hundred or more acres of
wheat or corn. The latter stakes
his all on single crop, and the
late years have only too we'll proved
that his hope for prosperity in this
direction has been groundless, and
the future seems no brighter.
The above picture of the future
farmer of Lincoln county is not
overdrawn. 1t is true to life. We
can name some men who are al
ready walking in the very path pic
tured. And not many years will
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