The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-08-27

up. Carroll, he believes in pruning to
allow Of cultivation close to the trees
during the growing season. His or.
chafds are we'll kept and present q
handsome appearance. His apple or.
chard is just coming into bearing, bui
he will have 900 boxes. He will ship
two carloads of prunes.
William Johnson has fine place two
miles from the station on The Dalles
road. He has l60 acres; 80 acres cleared
and acres in orchard. Forty acres of
his land lie down near the river front
and is of the hest quality for farming,
gardening or fruit growing. On bis
upland he has two acres in young or
chard just coming into bearing. Be
tween the orchard rows he planted
corn, which is making an excellent
crop. For the past two years he has
tried to exterminate the potatoes that
volunteer in this orchard. This season
so far he has dug "a sacks Of fine, large
potatoes and has not gone half way
over the patch. He has IA acres in
corn, which is making a good crop.
The place has good buildings, fences,
etc, and is for sale for $1,000, with all
the implements-the best bargain in
land that we know of.
K. J. Middleswart, a native of Melgs
county, o., while his wife comes from
Mason county, West Va, now owns
and resides OH the old Husbands place.
He has delightful home as well as a
productive farm. He sold this year
225 boxes of cherries, 40 of which were
picked from one tree; $50 crates of
peach plums netted him soc a crate.
Fifteen tons of hay were made on the
place he will have II tons of prunes,
$50 boxes of peaches and 400 boxes of
apples.
q. Sellinger, adjoining Middleswart
on the west, has fine place. His Or
chards are well kept and productive.
This is his off year for apples, but he
will have 500 boxes of choice fruit and
40 tons of prunes.
Jefferson n. Mosier has large farm
adjoining Sellinger, every foot OF which
can be cleared for cultivation. Mr..
Mosier has devoted his time to stock
raising more than to fruit, but will here
after grow more fruit. He now has 55
head of cattle. lie will plant $50 cherry
trees this fall. Twenty trees brought
him $3.50 this year. He will have 1900
crates of pruues. Last August he set
four acres TO Strawberries, from which
he marketed go crates this year. The
plants are doing nicely and next year he
may expect a full crop. His patch this
year beat White Salmon for earliness,
and his berries supplied the presi-
dental party. A. p. Bateham, OF the
Davidson Fruit Co., engineered the lay
ing off of his strawberry ground to make
it easily irrigated, and he did fine job.
Mr.. Mosier may well be proud of his
strawberry patch.
Miss Dollie Mosier and Mrs. E. U.
Phillips have IL acres in apple orchard
6 years old. They will have 900 boxes
of apples this year. J. ]. Lewis is car
ing for the orchard. The trees have
been we'll sprayed. Mr.. Lewis says he
can save 100 per cent of the apples by
using Kennedy's mixture.
S. E. Fisher has 160 acres OF land, in
young orchard OF apples, prunes and
cherries; also has some strawberries.
Mr.. Fisher sold l06 boxes of cherries this
year at from 90 cents to 81 90 box-the
latter price for Black Tartarians, which
on his place are large and fine. Mr..
Fisher is an old soldier, having served