The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-03-09
What FARMERS
DO IN OREGON
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Effective Advertising Matter Pub
liShed by Passenger Department of
the o. r. Il n.

fine a. r. IN
what Farmers Have Done in Ore
goni Washington and Idaho, as Told
| oy themselves Is the title OF an ori-
sihai ana eHectlVe adNertlslhg pam
phlet puollshed hy the passenger de
patilnsh Oh tie y, ~; q ~, 20. Inc
/ IooHleV CuhsistS VI pam uhVadhlshea
stories ol SUCCESS toIa oy Ihe farmers
.nel1selHGs .ri unuer tnelr own sigma
lures Inc photographs OF the 1afm-
ors ana LGeir wives accompany many
u nh Eue arUlcles'
1hefe are no long hot air spiels, no
MeaIElhk tahieS on iisures ana statls-
tiics, gust tEo plain truth, which is all
IilaI Is necessary When telling CT the
Chahto "i " fortune III the Northwest
'VU"'iE'r.
hooo hdNef comes IN Tor Il couple
Vi ages, Whicn contains the pictures
q, Mayor ana MRS. \, ., blowers ana
~ ana NiTs' u Chulch. Ire
lel'ers from hooG hlNer liult growers
are as loIoWs;
o. T. IAhhOII1, Mosler, oregon
lell ohio' NY haIiEe slate III 1870 ana
I'oleu 10 hausaS living Ihere ~ years;
IN l'"' came 10 oregon, Ghe lahd
vi org req "ppies l settled I'D MO
s'er III lo'l ana purchased the lahd
no" i've oh' paSin olo per acre lor IL
III tIe prush' Ch my no acres
oit'Do" d "1use "hG G,, con aIt lneneeu 70
cleared enough to plant 4l6 apple
trees, Since that time | have been
planting some trees every year and
now nave about luuo ON my place. The
trees bear very young Ill this locality.
AF ilO tfecS-elRht years old-yielded
about 2Joo boxes OF apples IN l9O3.
some OF my Spit2enberg tiees pro
aucgd II bushels each, which | sold
ut aho Per buShel. Some OF my
other varieties yielded as much or
more, hu( did not bring as good a
pllce. Ihe oll6 trees netted me sl2OO
al elghi years old. ms IL the finest
trult country / have eyerseen.
Al Kinds do Neu and the quality of
5he tr4iJ cannot be beaten rom my
test nut section in Oregon for all
kinds Of fruit as We do not have to
irrigatc, which saves a great expense.
Ii one desires to go into the fruit
business do not think he could
do letter than come to MosiCr, as
ent Good returns are always found
t.rrN!fa !fag t,Ae,rlpap. rha, iA,vw.iling tn
without money,
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A. S. Blowers. Hood River, Oregon
Three years years ago | sold tract
Of - acres on time. Eight acres of
this was planted to Strawberries, from
which the purchaser in two years
paid for the entire % acres at $40 per
acrF. besides making living for four
persons. The present owner has re-
fused 800 per acre for the tract, This
is not an exceptional case, many far
mers in the valley have done equally
as we'll | leased a tract containing
one half acre less two rods, from
which thore was marketed 1873 crates
of first class Strawberries one half of
which received for rent, which at
- lj Per crate meant sl96 62.
j. W. Morton, Hood River, Ore
Bon--Ffom 20 acres or sCraWherrles
! raised 31O crates, which made me a
net profit Of $500 or 500 per acre.
i1uch sIra"perry lahd Is "or1h olooo
per acre
II u no,i1.nn uooa piror Oro
II, +. DAVIDSON, llood hlVer' ore
Eon-Wheh me strawberry industry
was III III infancy many IeoLle were
shepS,Gui "poTO ~ St"T 'oi s0' Patohae SiGJe
Oh ceryoln ~ 10 4uI a. , pa'en"ii ~ nnii
Lah'e" nulI ~ iom "a nr, "rlgI blos "n % IN
thaU WAS conuSlan9u idn, as WolIhiess nIi @g IN
ehu sumner ,", % LOW "o ,oTt I9V" % " st5Go
lo1lIn oiop az a tI nJU iiGi'; R 1000 ot
anoUl'el caoP W"S S,5nH tahon ; Til ~ noo tbo
afiG uG' prom VI e. Ii-'o ,oti m1ion "d "" Il i;
IlIIu ZIP tITili Ii tiio i1Nv'Gs tho th 10
sehgIotlS s,'n',Iu st t 'i"v f",rth ~ - @ ono All
~ ,'T oiS{ tSii vno I' ',rodnca 80 p GOOD