The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-05-18
NAYSIDE NOTES.
A HERALD Reporter Notes a Few Of tie
Things He Saw and Heard In Lower
Yakima

ago. Recent cold snaps in the valley
have proven most d disastrous to the
caches, and in some localities to pears.
cherries and apples. About Parker
Bottom few of the white peaches are
left, while some varieties of cherries and
nearly all the apples have SO far sur
vived the cold weather. ADout Zillah
the prospects for good apple crop are
very good. while at Sunnyside very little
if any fruit of any kind will be marketed
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But what the farmers of this valley
lose in the fruit failure will be more
than compensated for from the profits II
the big hay fields, many of which are
now almost ready to receive their first
cutting. Hundreds of acres of new land
are also being prepared for grasses, it
being about equally divided between al
falla and timothy and clover. The latter
varieties are coming into popular favor
among hay growers, many of whom be-
lieve them to be more profitable and
just as easily raised,
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Mr.. Walter Granger has commenced
operations on his big model farm. one
mile east of Zilah. On this place he
proposes to demonstrate in a scientific
manner what an irrigated farm in the
Yakima valley Is capable of producing.
He is now preparing the ground for tim
othy seed, of VIII ch he will s,w about
fifty acres, aud expects to raise timothy
hay of the very choicest variety. Mr..
Granger believes that two crops can be
successfully grown each season, which
will net him considerable more money
than can be IN ide in alfalfa hay and for
which there is an unlimited demand.
Mr. Granger also proposes putting in
other grasses and farm products. &. 80
So
Five acres of Mr.. Changers model farm
will this year be devoted to the raising
of sugar beets. Last year this gentle
man demonstrated that sugar beets
could be successfully raised here, and as
the experiment will be on a larger scale
this year he feels that he will be enabled
to prove that this can be made IA profit
able crop to the Yakima valley farmers,
and be the means of having a sugar fac
tory started up. Mr.. Corbin of Spo
kane, who has a number OF factories of
this character, informs Mr.. Granger
hat he will locate one conveniently for
the Yakima farmers if they will show
beir interest in the enterprise by rails
ing enough beets to warrant the put
ting in Of a beet sugar factory
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The little colony of Dunkards who
have bought lands just east of the town
site of Sunnyside are making a great
change in the appearance of things in
that neighborhood. Hundreds of acres
of land are being made ready for the
saw is heard in every direction. Rev.
S. Ii. Miller is improving so acres. He
has almost ready for occupancy large
and handsome residence, of modern ar
chltecture and convenience, which will
cost in the neighb ,rhood of $500. Rev.
d. B. Eby is also erecting residence,
similar to that of Mr.. Miller, on his farm.
MIR. Eby has 40 acres so of which will
be put into crop this year, principally
alfalfa.
c. Rowland, OF Lanard, Ill.,, has so
acres adjoining that OF Mr.. Eby ard is
also erecting cosy and substantial
home. The place is under the manage
ment of Mr.. Harrison, "A brother-In-law
OF Mr.. Rowland.
There are also included in this colony
the following: fl. NJ. Lichty, who pur.
chased the old Brown place b. l.. Reber,
who has 20 acres; S. II. Harrison, 40
acres w. G.. Baker, 100 acres; j. b.
Shelter, 50 acres; S. A. Wells. 40 acres.
There are also number of mechanics,
among them being Ed Blough, Ed. Ham
ilton and Mr.. Casebeer,
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Sunnyside receives an inestimable
benefit from the settleme MT of this coll
ony of thrifty and progressive people in
its midst. Not only will it prove profit
able in a commercial sense, but their
coming means wider religious influ
ence. better educational advantages, and
encouragement to those who have in the
past few years used so much energy and
money in turning the desert into alfalfa