Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-21

colder climates. LUIS reuuCeS luS
cost of production of cream and
butter, thus making dairying a
profitable pursuit for one under
standing the business. To such
as fear the market is over-stocked
it is but necessary to say that car
loads of butter and tons OF cheese
are annually shipped into Oregon
from the East and Middle West,
and through the state to Alaska
and the Orient, which could be
manufactured much cheaper here.
Prices range from II to 40 cents
per pound for good butter, while
cheese brings from 10 to I8 cents
; per pound, according to class and
, quality. In connection with the
butter and cheese there is an un-
limited demand for condensed
milk at good prices. So taking
lit all in all the dairying INDUSTRY
in Benton county presents unlim-
lted possibilities.
The poultry business also has
advantages unsurpassed in any
: country, as there is an abundance
of green food the year round and
: grain food is Inexpensive. The
weather seldom gets cold enough
so that hens cease laying, and
they are healthy and prolific.
: Cholera, roup, or gaps, SO preva-
lent in the East, is unknown
). here. Eggs sell at from 90 to IS
cents and chickens from IS to IS
per dozen and ducks and geese,
: and turkeys at from I 2 to IS cents
! per pound gross. The local de-
s mand is not supplied even, and
: this requires that large shipments
be made into the state each year
in order to meet the ever-increas-
ing necessity of its people. The
! reason the industry is not more
= = fully developed is that the aver
! age person does not realize the
: profit to be derived from a proper
ly conducted poultry farm, and
when the people take up poultry
> raising in earnest Benton county,
;. with its mild climate, cheap grains
: and abundant green foods, will
!, become famous for its poultry and
!, : eggs.
= At present the county has no
the manufacturing industries he.
IA resources warrant, yet there are
re six Touring mills with a dali,
= capacity of $50 barrels, eight o
. ten saw mills which supply the
= local market and ship several mil
4 ion feet of lumber annually t,
- other markets, one sash and doc
!. factory, one ice factory, fnrni
rrs ture factory, one organ and car
es riage factory, one hardwood man
a ufacturing plant, which turns tn
excellent hardwood timber fo
- which the valley is famous
i wagon gearing supplies, beside
ne shipping over three hundred cal
= loads Of lumber to San Francisco
~ Portland and other points fc
of manufacturing purposes ever
~ year.
.r- The county's resources off
pc abundant material for the manl
We lfacture of paper, leather, exec
3oI s1or, starch, wooden-ware, woole
Be goods, and many other things.
80 Benton county has excellel
transportation facilities, being f
on vored with one line crossing
90 from east to west, terminating
of|tide water on the Yaquina ba,
he and connected with the main liz
re- lof the Southern Pacific at A
are bany. Also with a line of tt
to Southern Pacific railway dire
from Corvallis to Portland dow
all the west side of the Willamet
yly valley. These roads give Corva
its. lis and incidentally all the cou
for ty three trains day to Portlal
,ns Iand return, and train a day
and fro between Corvallis al
AN Yaquina. Then again Corval
ing and the southern part of the cou
utility is now promised eonnecti
.ghl with the city of Eugene over
1n- electric line, franchises for viii
ed have been granted and work
, tol which it is said will begin {
ady long.
pc, Then in addition to its railw
ted lines the city of Corvallis a
ico.l other points on the Willame