The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-11
IIVKS N FRUIT FARMS.
~.s or aoRTsCULTURE ~
srsxYslDE VALLEY.
= Few Acres OF IrRtgateA
80 1--we I'm Luxury and spcad
s. wfnters In Travelling
....aA--sestiers Are Fi~:kinx In.

/ kAtf
~, allegiance 70 winter apples lgf Wnale
hlsss,-ea \ had year. the Central Wash
- ssv-n4rs have Just harvested the
-. Tfep Of apples ever srown in the
afs -. ..ke, sr,rourh the SUNNY
.,isv Yakima county. your corrs-
-, fr.aad ranches 81 ten, fifteen and
-. sff@s. whose owners are net only
49,, - Injury, bat are even able 10 spend
sss,sr seassn travelling In Europe or
r~arf There are twenty~acTe farms
- nave brought in ever $3.50 this fail
-. ne sale Of apples. pears. peaches and
80. ssy One CT these is a pisce that
- In rented stree the sage brush was
-. earned under six years ago.
| xvar ago the owner or this raneh or
- "a sell Ii for no. which would have
800 Elm a good return on hts invest
-. This year ms s~yeaf-old apple Or
ID * .eur aerss came INTO bearing, ana
!. would not cell for xJ1s. He has
- ever 1850 as bis share Of the
80 nracesds. Ills tenant has received
vssx amount. and the latter has had
- living of the place besides. The
Tss.ers apple orchard mentioned pro-
! - 10 boxes Of Winesap. Spitzenberg.
x.-sap pfu1.in and Rhode Island Green.
= ..,,es which brought 81 To 81 10 Il box
. - The Montana marker.
-. rsce.ptS from two acres OF peaches
al psags amounted 10 over 800, and the
,sesss stIIl has forty tons OF alfalfa, worth
. ~ Ton. 10 SET
many settlers Attracted.
I, /. results like these that are turning
a. attention OF many farmers now COM
: n from the Middle West 10 apple
..xns on irrigated lands. New settlers
| 5, eoullng into the Sunny side district
~ AID buying tracts Ct twenty 10 sixty
sTs the farms that have been opened
! II this district this year are a source
| : sassgse and wonder 10 those who have
q kspt pace with the growth II the coun-
~ irr.ssted by ;he SInnyssdo canal.
Abeat 1908 cut az the a,,DeD acres OF
/ AL siong the canal are now under cuf-
ssaataE sad at the present rate OF sasas
= hstsnee vii be pat iato crops by
xs4zi settlers during the next tSo or
sssfs years over a.se acres are devoted
1, tse production OF hay alone. This crop
mxet over sisa.HsG into the valley this
| n besides the large amount consumed
= the ranches. IL In estimated that at
ssn isa acres more Will be put into
a. asxt spIing.
sfAs surprising prosperity In the Sunny
| 81 hscoiass al the more interesting when
d remembered that the Yakima In
ssssnsnt Company which owns both
sssa. and lands Is In The hands OF Judge
HasDfd u the Federal court. through
| receiver, Joseph Alien, 81 Spokane. The
srsacss o, the company became very com
tasa;sa during the BUSINESS depression
sss rsars ago and there IN 4 large in
fst.esness outstanding. Just how this
nfflt vii come out Is yet uncertain, but
~ conceded that the property has been
vNy and economically managed under
fsi8s Hanford's direction, and at the
NReest rate Of land sales Il ts certain
nss large sum 81 money will be turned
ass sl,e Federal court before the property
+ lilly disposed OF.
0reat Sunnysids Canal.
"A sgnnysde canal parallels the North
ri haac railway for forty-two miles,
ssa III It's 80 miles Of branch canals
nj hseals covers 5000 acres II has
10 heafed for an extension of fifteeen
st0 which viii pat ala0 acres more UNI
sr Irrigation Surveys show that the canal
aa hssr be turned down the Columbia
tsts Tor anotaer sixty miles, bringing
Mssf cslt!vatien 9a.0a acres. In an,ici-
EseH OF this extension. the state OF
szshAxtnn has there reserved the LOO 90
tTA a desert lands granted II by the
Carry act
Nasn these extensions are completed
Mkma esassy will be able to supply
sn,F apsaes fer almost the entire world
- n stands TO-DAY. the Ssfnnyside canal
. ~ greatest irrigation enterprise i'm the
] s4ssHsst II has been brought 10 Its
r1sni great success under the direction
tbstal Manager Walter n Granger,
ssafy a successful manager OF ifriga-
g Enterprises in Montana one Of hts
ssse's has been 10 demonstrates tina, sr-
- land - THE most profitable in tho
"a. when fact Is now firmly estah-
sas tass year was that OF r. chsnaur.
49, 49, areaard Of Missouri nipnln apple
srs Yielded al The rate az 500 boxes per
- ssanr at 81 per box The same
l.aTr marketed Sass worth of Salway
saeass !rcn thirty-Gvs trees cerunvtng
- taan ene-thr,i ~ an acre. From A
ss'sess prlne orchard hearing this wear
q nc afst time. =. l.. Rowland shipped
ss - Sy&Fiesas e primes 10 Chicago. MIN
sspals sn6 Cincinnati receiving gross
.ssSsets of 81 ioe per car old orchards in
"a eesfias produce AT The r.i;e az car
81 per srrr.
marvellous Crop of Pears.
= Fhampscn's tem-acre orchard q
= ss..'sff Pears prelucca y. boxes. which
a. - Aiaasasoils az 81 ~ 70 81 ~ itt-r box
s&.ssr results have followed the grow
= ~ seru. alfalfa and sugar bsets on sr.
sa ish'is }. n Moody. who raised
- e aansalnh county. Ne. f,e twenty
yeAss has easH aela near Zillah fhat
s~-s~@oed sevenfS I've bushels # sheiI4,i
- - per acre tais var rhrenghastt me
ss ,sfee cuttings ~ alfalfa were OBJ
- So averaging eight yons per acre for
- s'S'l Aits@fa - now selling AZ 81 81
"a - Il. E1rse.I passufea twelve
ss.Ss. cattle and twenty five sheep all
&c. V1 a four acre Alfalfa auli and
80 tasFl IN tat this fall Elder : ]
So q TIE runkard church who
So eAf faSt fnTtUg f~em Ianark. III
ssS ne Vas engaged tn business far
sSs~s 49, Is going INTO s5ock-ralsins en-
kz-r
81 ssosAsg e'ass q settler. IS represent
-. NSDt. WRtuN~y as5,,s sr,s, st,r ~ tha
49, taeAi AZ New York ana Negxvnr,
~ - "ssfeS 90 SlH0N side "a srle ut
- .sa epsatTy. Hcoer,af,a rlira h, his fvs,.
a. seFansfSY "a EaFfTneSs ta tae TIE
~ @hi5s' White engaging IN hogs!eui-
~ 49,. Nsn's. gnt~RiNtug Capt " hin
49, ssfAf1 tG8E mann ~ tHs mas
ssss - ssftasSs g the trriKNt4t zscs{aY >,
~ - g no fntfr * perlsnse EAasf aim
"ssl they starred
asnshers Have Mnues.
S." @ftsers rcw s,aynirw }-ta re
y 49, esiusry. art fcr that matter
ss. sna fskiFns valley. are pesri~ =
49, 80 - a&Fe money wttA which Il IN
ssa. ssseF a4EG ara e-est gs.-1 assfsst-x~
s-.s ~ saszse settlers are Con4iaz f-azn ali
Nz.sss 80 e@sisStys ft.e srasrrtts. are from
Esssss.s-. $3.50. " ts-l->tn New York. Mas.
sasn - ~ha i'EHes \ 81 k-uSssss9 states
sasv 80 - Enterprise Ms %Fst stariet
ssssrx ~ stttsrs sfne fgs,m TIE SOUND
$50 i ~ s's.hS -HrsS hat tnlS eNrrr~
NJ ~ - fs'l,ss.Fsl y-r mssrV f.sef.fr..-x
Nsssf p" "SHtEik sa4 Gate safely been
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