Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-05

wnlcn uampness actS as an exciting |
cause.
How does person inclined to be bilious
stand the climate?
Bilious fevers are generally the re-
suit of chronic malarial poisoning and
miasms generated by heat. And as
neither malarial fevers nor extreme |
heat are met with here, bilious at
tacks are very uncommon, when you
do not include indigestion, "the muir
mur of a guilty stomach"
What are the principal diseases people are |
subject to in the Winter?
Acute colds are not very common !
during the Winter. Quinsy and Tyr
angitis are much more prevalent. |
Tubercular consumption prevails ex.
tensively here and appears to be
spreading very rapidly, owing to the
contagiousness of the disease and the |
almost perfect indifference the people |
show in marrying and associating in
timately with those afflicted. |
What size farms have your
They would be large in some OF the |
Middle or Eastern States, but quite |
small when compared with the Dali
rymple and some other farms, of say
10000 acres extent, in Dakota. In
the Eastern part of the State there |
are wheat farms OF several thousa nd
acres in extent, that crop being ex-
ceptionally productive in that district
of country. sometimes yielding so and
60 bushels to the acre. On Puget |
Sound the farms are usually small, be. |
ing no larger than their occupants
can cultivate and harvest with the aid
of "picked up" labor. The area cul-
tivated varies from 20 to 200 or 800 |
acres. This district being heavily
wooded, it is difficult to obtain large
farms, as the prairies are small and
the job of clearing timber land quite
difficult. The timber is, however,
very valuable, if accessible, and pays
for clearing. The removal of stumps
has been greatly expediated and the
expense lessened by the discovery OF q
means of extraction through q power
What are your principal crops?
The products of wheat, barley, oats
and rye cannot be excelled anywhere
in the United States, especially in
that part of the State lying east of the
Cascade mountains; while the root
crops thrive wonderfully on the west
divide. The yield Of potatoes varies
from 200 to $50 bushels per acre.
The grasses thrive. Timothy averages
81 tons to the acre. The fruits which
ripen best are apple, pear, plum, cher
ry and ounce. The climate is not
warm enough for the peach to attain
the delicious Eastern flavor. All the
berries grow to perfection, as well as
almost every variety of vegetable.
The hops grown on Puget Sound are
unexcelled by those of any country,
and their yield is enormous.
ID improved machinery used?
To some extent; but as in all new
countries, want of knowledge OF the
capabilities Of many labor-saving de-
vices, as we'll as cost of transportation,
have limited the supply. We have
some mowers, harvesters and thresh-
ers, and other appliances for facilitat-
ing farm labor.
What States are the farmers mostly from:
Usually from the Northern States.
Maine has her full share, from the
fact that the numbering interest has
attracted many who subsequently, be.
came tillers OF the soil. The New
England, Middle and Western States
are all we'll represented, with only an
occasional son OF the Sunny South
appearing in the concrete which will
form the foundation of great COM
monwealth.
What time do farmers begin harvesting?
Grain is generally harvested from
the 10th of July to the middle of Sep
tember, and hay is cut during the
month of July.
What wages is paid farm hands and other Ia.
Farm hands usually receive from
$25 to $50 per month the year round.
During the harvesting season wages
range from $1.50 to 81 per day. Log
gers receive from $40 to $50 per
month, and experts in some branches,
such as good teamsters, from S75 to
500 per month. These rates include
board. Common laborers receive from
$l.5O to $500 per day, and journey.
men in the principal trades from 50 to
50 per day.
What are your principal resourcess
Grain in Eastern Washington, and
lumber and coal on Puget Sound.
Minerals abound, but their develop
ment has been slow. Our fisheries are
capable of almost unlimited expansion.
The finest salmon in the world are
taken from the Columbia river, on our
Southern border, and halibut, smelt,
cod, bass and other fish including
salmon, abound in unlimited numbers
on Puget Sound, with thousands of
acres of clans and oysters. Our larg-
est CLAIMS frequently weigh 10 pounds
each.
Are not the accounts Of your large timber
overdrawn?
We do not see how they can we'll be
exaggerated, when our mills can and
do cut fir plank $50 feet in length and
almost any required width. This is
not 30 much an achievement for the
mills, as of the country which pro-
duces trees $50 to 800 feet high and
from to 8 feet in diameter, with a |
gradual taper to the first limb-which |
may be $50 feet above the ground. |
The cedar likewise grows to great size. |
Have you good schools,
Very good for new county. We