The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-04-18

The bicycle and electrical devices are
giving the horse market hard rub and
the day of value to the scrubby bred ami
NAL is past. Horse raisers must realize
this or inevitably 90 to the wall. In the
e7ulution now going on there are four
types Of horses that still command
staunch values in the market. They are
the highly bred and swift trottIng horses,
the speedy and stylish roadster, the coach
ing or carriage horses, and the heavy,
powerful draft horses. OF these the latter
two are the most profitable to the breeder,
as in the large cities the draft horse is
eagerly sought after, while in New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and other
points where wealthy people reside it is
an open secret that almost any price
within reason can be obtained for we'll
matched carriage horses OF good size,
color, action and style. A span OF horses
OF the character described will often bring
more in the eastern markets than good
sized band OF ordinary horses, and 1t is
to the standards named that the breeders
must direct their efforts or else be swal-
lowed up in the maelstrom OF financial
failure.
Considerable complaint emanates from
the fruitmen of Yakima over the fact that
s. w. Maxey, of Ellensburg, who is the
horticultural commissioner for the dis
trict comprised of Kittitas, Yakima and
Franklin counties, has not visited this
section this season, although the ship
ment OF fruit trees to Yakima from foreign
nurseries has been on an extensive scale
and there is no telling what diseases and
pests have come with them. There are
many who claim that Mr.. Msxey is not
qualified for the position which he holds,
but even q competent man would be of
little utility unless he directed his efforts
where most required. Yakima is partieu-
lsrly fruit country and an hundred trees
are planted here to one in Kittitas yet
while tens OF thousands OF trees have been
planted this season the commissioner has
failed to put in an appearance. Governor
McGraw should call Mr.. Maxey in and
give the appointment to Yakima where it
naturally belongs.
Broom corn planting is an industry
which should commend itself to the own
ers OF any vacant acreage. During the
visit of Mr.. Allen G. Mason to this city
this week, he stated to HERALD reporter
that only few days before he left Taco
ma two broom manufacturers OF that city
had told him much of their corn came
from New York. Mr.. Mason asked as to
the value OF the Yakima product, and
was gratified to learn that it was OF first
class grade. Indeed, both manufacturers
stated that it was superior to any other
corn which they handled; and, although
trifie heavy in comparison with the
New York samples, still made strong,
seryicable and easily marketable brooms.
Broom corn last year in one or two yards
in this valley yielded something over
half-ton to the acre, and the product was
sold at $40 per ton.
E. G. Burlingame has leased 200 acres
of ground near Toppenish and has plant
ed 80 acres to early potatoes and has
plowed the balance preparatory to plant
ing to Burbanks. He expects to have not
less than 900 bushels of potatoes for
shipment next fan.
S. w. Maxey, commissioner of horti-
culture for this district, has condemned
the trees shipped to Kittitas county from
Brown Bros nursery, Rochester, N. Y,
as being infected with woolly aphis.