Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-26
MORE ABOUT BENTON.
Some Money in Wheat-Raising Yet by
Good Management.

Some Money in wheat-Raising Yet, by
Good Management.
The Pacific Homestead, pub ,
lished at Salem, has "hustler"
in Benton county who has un-
earthed many things of interest
to all. By observation the do
ings of others can often be turned
to advantage by men of any walk
In life. The Homestead has the
following:
The Homestead hustler started
out toward Benton county again
last week. On his road to Cor
wallis, the first stop was made at
Granger postofice, about live
miles from that city. He found
A. F. Luther near there who
wants the Homestead to give
wheat growers a lift. He says
the stockmen are all right, but
there is some money yet IN
wheat, for the industrious farmer
who will stick to business, and
not do his farming by answering
the doerbell for social calls in
some town. The wheat grower
may not get rich in day, but
he can make money by hard
work. Ten years age Mr.. Luth-
er was working for wages; now
he owns his farm of 24O acres
and has paid for it by raising
wheat. He has hauled wood
and done other work while his
wheat was growing, and he has
not been idle at any time. The
Homestead hustler found him
on the top of a load of wood
which he was hauling to town.
The hustler met VIM. Gird,
an old pioneer, eight miles north
of Monroe. Mr.. Gird is a breed
er of fine horses. He has two
fine Hambletonian Mambrino
stations, one of them, Sir Wal
ter, with a record of 2:35. The
other, Tom Corwin, has never
been trained. Sir Walter was
sired by Antelope, out of Old
Put. Mr., Gird is a social gen.
tleman. He was shearing his
sheep when the hustler called,
having a man from Sodaville
shearing for him. He has a big
and fine wheat farm.
Mack Porter, whose home
place is about half way between
Corvallis and Monroe, and who
is one of the leading citizens of
old Benton, ard one of her lead
ing stockmen, was the next man
found by the hustler. Mr.. Port
er has the celebrated Aberdeen
Angus bull, Black Knight of
Estill, the premium calf of the
Worlds Fair at Chicago. The
bull weighs 22oo pounds. He
is black and a perfect beauty.
The great animal came up to the
hustler like a pet calf, and he
felt like he was fondling an ele-
phant when he stood by the side
of the fine fellow. The service
fee of Black Knight Of Estill is
$2o. Mr.. Porter has thirty head
of thoroughbred Aberdeen Angus
cattle. He has a yearling bull,
son of Black Knight of Estill,
three-fourths Angus, that weighs
a thousand pounds, and Mr..
Porter thinks he is going to be
larger than his noted sire. Mr..
Porter is the father oe Cotswold
sheep breeding in this part of
Oregon. He ships fine stock
everywhere, and some Montana
men were there while the hust-
ler was on the farm, wanting to
make up a carload of thorough
breds to ship to ranchers in the
inter mountain state, in order to
grade up their stock. Mr.. Port
er is one of the best stoekmen of
old Benton, and a fine gentleman |
besides. He will carry a card in
the Homestead for the coming
year.
The hustler stopped over night
at S. S. Hinkle's, near Inavale.
Mr.. Hinkle lives on a big stock
farm. He has Angus stock;
some very pretty cows. He goes
in for stock only, mostly cattle
and sheep.
Coming to near Philomath
again, the hustler stopped at AL
exander Basey's. He is a breed
er of fine poultry, He has
Black Minorcas, Langshans,
White and Black Plymouth
Rocks, and Pekin ducks. He
has separate pen for each breed
and he is nicely fixed for raising
fine poultry.
The hustler cut across the
country from here to Dusty. On
the road he stopped at the place
of Jesse Brown near Inava1e
Docfo@oa Mr. Pro1.yr, hos , G,al