The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-09

and while the writer will endeayor te
describe this section as well as possible
at the same time Flathead county must
be seen to be appreciated. In giving a
description which must necessarily be
short, sketches of the different produc.
tiOns will be commenced with
NUMBERING.
This industry while yet in it's infancy
IS rapidly becoming an important enter
prise, There are at this time some &c
sawmills il: the county, % of which are
located in this valley, and are now pro-
ducing something over 5O,OOO,OOO. feet of
lumber per annum, and it is an assured
fact that it is only question of short
time until this output will be doubled if
not quadrupled. 1t is we'll known
fact that the Great Northern is securing
large timber tracts in the county and
there is no question but that this COM
pany will begin putting in sawmills the
coming spring and we are informed from
reliable sources that other capitalists
are moving in the same direction, and
while our informant was not at liberty
to give us PARTICULARS he assured the
writer that company of capitalists
would commence operations in the near
future and as the supply of timber is
practically inexhaustible for years to
come as there are over 600 miles of
logging streams that converge within 2
miles of the city of Kalispell alone.
this industry is bound to assume large
proportions.
In describing the farm products we
shall first give slight description of the
which may be said to be composed of
three distinct kinds, one portion being a
heavy loan or muck from l to 3 feet in
depth with clay subsoil, while the
greater portion consists of sandy loan
of great depth which also has clay
subsoil. The uplands are sand and
gravel with gravel subsoil, thus making
the valley especially adapted to the pro-
duction of cereals of all kinds.
There will be produced this year of
WHEAT AND OATS
alone probably one half million bushels
There is also large yield of all
kinds of cultivated grasses besides
a large quantity of prime barley,
and large quantity of timothy hay is
exported each year and brings an ex-
cellent price. Clover does exceedingly
we'll here and is grown in considerable
quantities as we'll as all kinds of
vegetables-potatoes especially making
enormous yields to the acre, and which
are exported in large quantities each year.
The average yield per acre will run:
wheat 30 bushels, oats GO bushels, bar
ley 35 bushels, And while it is not the
intention of this article to give ex-
ceptional cases, at the same time we will
say that there are many cases that can
be cited where there has been harvested
from large fields such crops as wheat
that would run, hard wheat 43 to As
bushels to the acre and winter wheat SIS
and 81 bushels to the acre, while ITO
bushels of oats have been known to be
produced to the acre, and over tons of
thimothy hay have been cut from a
single acre. These exceptional cases are
simply given to show what the soil is
capable of under proper care and favored
Another industry that is fast coming
INTO prominence is that of
FRUIT GROWING,
There are at the present time over lOo.-
90 fruit trees set out in this valley.
Probably 75p per cent of them are apples.
out pears, plums, cherries, prunes,
peaches as well as grapes and all small |
ruits, berries etc., do well here, and as
he valley is well sheltered by the
on each side and some
ections are particularly adapted to |
his industry it is only question of |
hort time until this valley will export
his line of merchandise in large quaint
les, as the state of Montana offers one
Il the best markets in the world for
ruit. Each year will see large acreage
dded to the amount of trees already
tainted.
STOCK RAISING
not carried on here SO extensively as in
ONE parts of the state at the same time
very facility is offered for growing stock
n moderate scale. The favored eli
,ate, the luxuriant and nutritious grasses
hitch abound in the foot hills upon
hitch stock will range, feed and fatten
he year around.