Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-19
AROUND OLD BENTON.

A representative of the Pacific
Homestead, a farming journal
published in Salem, paid Benton
county a visit recently. Upon
his return home his paper gave
the following write-up Of num-
Der of our enterprising farmers:
The hustler went into the dis
trict north of Corvallis, and
turned to the right. He soon
came to the farm of o. Martin,
six miles northeast of Corvallis.
Mr.. Martin has some of the finest
Halion prune trees the hustler
has ever seen anywhere. They
are about twenty feet across the
top and are loaded with fruit.
Mr.. Martin has about 700 trees
in his orchard, some of them
cherries and apples. They are
protected from the wind and
frost and he has never had a fruit
failure. Mr.. Martin has about
twenty stands of bees. He says
the bees in that district are starv-
ing and have to be fed. He says
some of his neighbors are worse
off in this respect than he is.
They don't know what is the
matter. Why is it? Will some
of the Homestead readers inform
them, through this paper?
G. L. Stonebrink lives about
two miles from Mr.. Martin. He
is renter. He has fine lot oi
thoroughbred Brown Leghorns.
He will raise about 200 full
bloods this year. Off of forty.
five laying hens, he got IS dozer
eggs during April and 76 dozer
during May. Who can beat this
Mr.. Stonebrink has tried othe,
breeds, but he thinks there i:
nothing like the Leghorns fol
laying eggs.
c. M. Smith, near Kings big
farm in that neighborhood, ha:
rs head of goats. He got 28s
for his mohair. He says he ha!
lost several from some kind of {
disease that causes their feet te
become sore. He does not think
it is foot rot. What is it? Thai
is what Mr.. Smith wants some
of the Homestead readers to tel
him through the columns of thi:
paper. Mr.. Smith has two
ranches, one of $40 acres, or
which he lives, and one of 27s
acres, further back in the hills.
J.E. Aldrich, recently from
Dakota, also lives near Kings
big farm. Mr.. Aldrich is in the
dairy business, milking 81 cows.
They produce $50 pounds of milk
a day. It goes to the Corvallis
creamery; he hauls it in every
day. Mr.. Aldrich says he found
Dakota too cold for him, and So
he removed to Oregon. He has
4 farm Of $40 acres.
s H Moore, recent arrival
from Illinois, lives in this neigh
borhoed. He has bought a stock
ranch of over 600 acres, and will
probably invest further in land.
He is going into cattle and other
live stock exclusively. He was
originally a farmer and stock
man; then he was in the grain
and commission business in H.
linois for ten years. He brought
with him from Illinois a full
blooded Hereford bull; also SO
full-b1ooded Chester White hogs.
Mr.. Moore has some mule-footed
hogs, having got his start from
Sacred Heart, Indian Territory.
The neighbers have been to see
them for miles around. They are
a great curiosity. Mr.. Moore
is a believer in farm journals.
The hustler found G B Rick
ard, near Philomath, shearing
$50 head of sheep in one band.
He has about 1900 more further
back in the hills. Five shearers
were at work. They were tax
ing off good fleeces, as the sheep
are Cotswolds. Mr.. Rickard gets
about 3 cents above the market
price for his wool. He has some
full-blooded Durham cattle. The
hustler saw nine of the prettiest
calves he has ever had the chance
to admire. Mr.. Rickard sold
every one of his yearling heifer
calves last year fer $40 a head.
M. Porter: and brother, sons of
Mack Porter, have two fine farms
Eve miles south of Philomath. |
They have some fine sheep from
their fathers stock of Cotswo1ds. |
They sheared from one buck last
year 17H pounds, and all their
ewes averaged IS pounds. The
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