The state herald., 1904-04-08
Wow. Wash.. Mch. oe. 1904

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EDITOR HERALD,
Holyoke, Colo.
Dear Sir:
When srote 10 you in August 1903
our egg plum aud pear trees had to have
the limits proppod up t, keep them from
breaking. The illustration Of p-ar and
prune trees az shown in the n. p. Il. r.
literature ls true. Ths'pear- hang thick
on the limbs, the outer end OF the limbs
pointing to the ground. In July We
have the Royal Ann and Black RepubE.
can cherries and the wild black berries,
tho wild black berry is small berry.
In August we have the large tame black
berries, IN September the large Ever.
green black berries. The Evergreen
black berries grow along the eide Of the
road IN clusters over rtumps and logs.
ln September We gather the italian
pruues and take them to prune dryer,
we give enc tbird to have them dried.
Some OF the farmers gather and dry
prunes for their own table, and fattsn
tbeir hogs on prunes Us they fall from
tbs tfee. W. hgy. several varieties OF
pears. The summer pear is ripe in July
and is nice mellow pear to eat, what W.
cannot cat ia fed To the hogs. Tben We
have fall aud winter pears. We have
the summer, fall and winter apple. We
gather our apples, put them IN bushel
boSss aud rick them in the wood shed
ready TO pat IN the fruit house II weath
sr got cold. What We have left Is IN the
wood shed yet and will last till MAY.
Seme OF our apples Ne did not esther
only for the hogs All Sintsr We could
10 INTO the garden and got cabbnee. par
snips, carrots and turnips. Potatoes
eau be dug any time in the winter, #
no, dug they will grow 10 the spriu.,
Timothy, clover, muskest and orchard
grass ia the nstiya hay grass. Where
The bis hr timber Is cut of No stack the
brush, throwing IL all one way aud when
dry In Auguat ourn It, la September
timothy aud orchard grass /. .owu for
pasture. also after moving the hay land
"c have pasture on /, nil May first fol.
lowing, The raius Ia October 1908 were
sufficient Tor iiuming railroad tie. TO tho
Lewis river 4 aud milss away whore
they are loaded on boats. Tho Colum.
bia mill , milts from our place had no
engineer. the engine vas small tor th.
work II had TO do AID out of repair. Ii
vas a hard proposition To 20 to work Oh
! told the proprietor tha, had not
handled aawmill or grist mill engines
Tot 70 yeRts,bni | nad not forgotten 4 wa.
ust tho same, III. oaly draw back OF
difficulty would be my log. The boiler
being small made tho keeping up o,
steam very dihieult, After two days trial
! was gwen the position permanently
! made certain repairs on the furnace
Az / smoke arch Ny wood was piled
close 10 tho furnace door. The sawduE,
blower had never been run succsssfully
'inee II Was put In, Ths mill has boon
cutting 400 ties per week without Tho
saWhust blower Ia November and ID.
csmber 1908 the boeka shos over sO0t
Ties per uesh aud toms lumbpr with III,
.Gsdusi blower ia uss. Th. III. mill,
all shut down Jan, /. 1904 There wa,
no call lot tics NJ $50 per tic. when tho,
Will start again dont knew when the,
do have my old plsea II wnpt II. W,
bad come hear, rains in November aud
December iDl5. January was fair but
bot all sunshine. February LAT aud 7ut
the sun phonr. tisvs dry but clouds.
,lnys aBd nighit IN the peet. rain