The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-11-15


apple. 1t may be all right as a nov
city. but as a commercial apple IL
has yet to prove it's privilege to use
that title.
Periodically the claim has been set
forth by the so-called "squaw men,
that they were entitled to share IN the
distribution of Indian land allotments,
merely because they had married into
Indian tribes. These claims have been
denied by the United States court OF
claims. but not satisfied, the squaW
men have carried the matter to the
supreme court of the United States.
They have, however, been rendered ali
adverse decision, and it to be hoped
this settles the matter for all time.
Here is a suggestion to breeders OF
the best strains of fine poultry in the
northwest. Numbers of the readers
of this paper are planning to go into
the raising of poultry next spring, as
is indicated by letters received at our
office. They are writing for the names
of breeders, SO they can secure set
tings of eggs or few hens for the
| foundation flock. Every breeder who
| is ambitious to secure orders from
such should carry a few lines in the
| breeders column of The Ranch.
From fifteen to thirty words will do
the business and will cost only from
| 60 cents to $1.20 a month.
Buyers sent into the Yakima valley
| by the commission men on Puget
| Sound say that the potato crop in that
valley is not up to it's usual standard
| this year. A few years ago the spudS
| from Yakima were the best and most
sought after in the state, but the grow
ers have become careless and allowed
their seed crops to deteriOrate in quail
ity with the result that this fall the
Yakima tubers are not even as good
in quality as the spuds raised in the
Puget Sound region. Sound commits
sion houses are not anxious to put in
large stocks of these potatoes, ana
this fact tends to keep down the price
of Yakima spuds very materially.
The Mount Vernon Argus says:
"Dairying will in few years
transform the Skagit valley in length
and breadth. Where the hideOus
charred log and stump adorn the land
scape and the unlOvely remains of
once majestic trees pierce the atmos-
phere, there will stretch as far as the
eye can see beautiful waving fields of
grain, green pastures, orchards, herds
and handsome homes. The picture
will be far different from the one
which now greets the vision. 1t is
all in the making now; this is the
period of transition; and prosperity
never before equalled in this God
favored valley, is merely now in the
budding Some will pronounce such
optimism as this unwarranted; but it
is nevertheless inspired by facts and
figures of the most substantial nature.
You may build a castle, but see that
you build it on a firm foundation lest
it fall. This little picture of the flu
ture will seem more natural in the
fulfillment than it does now" Not
only the Skagit valley but numerous
other sections in western Washington
are today undergoing the same transit
ton and will in a few years be the
home of affluence and many beautiful
rural residences.
me new regulations enacIeu by COLI
gress governing the sale of condensed
milk and cream are claimed by the
manufacturers in western Washington
to work against them, inasmuch as
they require that all condensed milk
must contain at least IL per cent
of butter fat and % per cent of total
solids, while the milk produced in
western Washington is richer in but
| ter fat than in other sections of the
country, and to make a condensed
milk here to contain % per cent of
solids would necessitate using or 10
| per cent of butter fat. This, the man