The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-01-01

voted raising and sheep raising For many
animals were pastured the year round the luxuriant
growth grass being sufficient to furnish them
feed both winter and but focks and herds
creased it became necessary to provide artificial
feed winter MONTHS and in consequence thous-
of hay each in the stock coun
try as safeguard against and deep
While wheat raising the leading industry of the county
present. sheep and cattle next and the source
bringing amount of into the country each
year. This year there 10000 head of mutton
sheep sold the county and 1000 head of beef while
roll shows there 65S3 cattle and 123
sheep owned in the county the LIST day of March
last.
GENERAL BUSINESS
Among the varied resources county, has
this lead there having been raised for
port 100000 bushels and about 100000 bushels have been
retained for home consumption and Seed The average
price realized farmers has been Is cents bushe max
ing crop 1897 worth $45OOOO the producers Be
sides raised 10000 bushels of oats and TO-
bushels of barley and valued at about 6OOOO also
$1,000 of hay the value of which was $15OOOO No
barley rye of is exported it be-
ing kept consumption The next industry of i'm
porance sheep The 123529 sheep in the county yield
average about nine pounds Of wool head,
Hag brough into the s2oo added to
which is $4,000 for mutton sold for export making the
importance is the fruit industry There are very nearly
planted to orchard in the county and some 300
estimate of the amount of received from
sale Of fruit any it being handled by such
number of Dealers and shipped to so many different
points, During the of 1897 there 60 full
loads of green fruit shipped from The Dales Hood River
Mosr the three principal fruit shipping points in the
county and half that shipped in less than car load
greater portion of these shipments went to Chi
though number of car loads were shipped to New
York. while Butte Montana, took several loads and
winter apples shipped to Texas. Besides the
fruit marketed in state, six loads OF dried
been shipped from The Dales this and
considerable amount of dried peaches and The
vegetable garden is becoming of considerable i'm
portance the farmers located transportation
nes and large quantities of vegetables such cabbage
tomatoes celery melons and plant
shipped to Portland and Sound cities each year.
The Columbia river is of the greatest food fish
ucers in the world and along it's banks in Wasco county
industry has been built that is source of great
wealth. The past two however, fishing has
been profitable the salmon having been extremely
light The two species of fish caught in this for
market the salmon and the sturgeon The former
taken principally with fish Wheels while the latter
caught hooks to the bottom of the river There
three canneres in the county where salmon pre-
servedone Seuferts three miles east of The Dales.
at Tumwater, twelve miles east of The Dalles the
other in the city.
POPULATION AND VALUES.
According to the taken by the in 1885,
Wasco county population 1O354 ana at the last
general election cast 3131 votes.
The property valuations, shown by the assessment
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