The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-15
FARMING on SAN JUAN.
r.ets About the success OF Farmers on
one of the Garden spots.

.,tss 20 prepare "a paper on Farming and
rnH RaIsins OF San Juan Island be-
SO he Is known as one OF the most sue
80 farmers and fruit growers On the
sssn9s OF the inland sea. lie said
- group 81 islands known as the san
,ss8 isanas IS composed ~ 10 stands. the
$500 Of which Is San Juan island which
! aver fifteen miles long and six miles
- Al il greatest width. The other prin-
80 tslands ar 0rcas Lopez Shaw. Wal
~ Iaakeley and Decatur. They have
- ssslled Tor oN er thirty-hye years. and
asfe are many hne farms and orchards
81 have been cultivated for years. The
sssaty. to a certain extent in early days
ss.se Isolated. and settled by farmers
s-Ts4paiiy. with no towns within its bor-
~ never had what Is called a boom. 50
,ssf she never bad a boom 10 collapse. and
fraeflg being unhandy 70 reach had no
~ estate agents TO sing her praises, 50
la, today farm garden ana orchard land
a. s. lad a reasonable figures.
Il early days farmers only bad to raise
few bushels u potatoes aad oats TO
nake A very easy living. potatoes being
sorth from 81 cents 10 81 per bushel. and
ssss from = TO 90 cents per bishel. and for
3 fszt reason many OF the early settlers only
cleared and Improved enough land 20 make
living OF OF bat as prices of produce
esstnaed 10 shrink. more land was clear
"a DO. nothing was done except just what
s1asd furnish the neccssarics OF life. How
sssY there were many exceptions TO this
nsihod as the well-imprOVed farms bear
svienee In regard TO raising grain. the
esIsl8 Of oats runs from 60 TO 10 bushels TO
fss acre and averages 81 bushels ia the
scs The soil in the valleys is what Is
snsEn as beaver and alder bottom land.
Q thsrs seems 10 be no limit 10 the amount
Q. gan that can be raised other small
gratis thrive as WELL but the market for
cats hsing the best has led the farmers
20 srssgr them Owing 10 the fall. winter
zad sprag rains timothy and clover yield
mzesasey when compared with the East
or states. 10 not being unusual that a
gsd Of 1--WE tons 10 the acre OF tame hay
bad AS there * scarcely any freezing
rather In the winter stock thrive all win
& on the native wild grass. and are
szreely ever fed unless a snow comes
ssich generally stays on the ground not
exceed two weeks at any one time As
mEs do well and owing 10 Our mild warm
inter weather give the most milk ia the
tinier, fan and spring those farmers who
Asge turned their attention TO dairying
20 raising cattle have been very success
81 and IL IS q branch OF farming that
annot be oveTdone In Western Washing
Ng. SeveFa farmers during the past two
Tears have turned their attention 20 rails
r garden seeds for the Eastern and Mid
g states one farmer alone this past year
.sslag raised ana sold over 5000 worth OF
T7ten peas. receiving for some Of the bet
y varieties . 20 cents per pound. All %
ssifh were shipped East for seed. II ap-
Nags that the AREA where seed garden
1ss can De raised in the United States is
VI limited on account ~ "A weevii that
afss a hole Ia the seed. ami owing 10 our
- rights this weevii cannot live in our
sEate. Hence Il IS very profitable with
z raise seed peas In no state of the
ysien viii field peas make as good yield
~ get on san Juan island We can
e. raise corn, bat peas arc a good sdhsti-
a'e. We can raise as many pounds Of
Pas TO the acre as the hest Iowa farm
~ produce pounds OF corn to the acre.
~ Il Is claimed that pound Of peas VIII
Faeuce as much or more pork as a pound
corr And there Is another thing ia
Afer Of peas I'm preference 10 corn for
t2ss, and 4 H. this. hogs fatfened on peas
@feg have hog cholera or liver complaint.
Etsfe has never been q case OF hog chol-
~ IN tht San Juan islands and any farm
rom the corn producing states knows
ae drradful havoc made hy the cholera
snoHg tacir hogs The san Juan county
GEers ave Just wakeufDc rap 20 the fact
Tai We have a superior climate and an
~ grain g. raise O. make cheap quick
fsS, ard are gradually getting more hogs.
= While the i,ast shluS carload after
Afaad Of hams, bacon ANA lard 20 Wash
kion there viii bC great profit To our
@-aets On raising ANA selling hogs
teiatoes ana an roots srnW Go immense
- 31d ope farmer shat i am acquaint
- harvested fifteen acrts ot as fac po-