The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-06-15
The Market Nun

The farther proceed with the work the Mar
ket Number of The Ranch, the more enthusiastic we
become concerning it. We only wish that we could
mpart half of this enthusiasm to the farmers OF the
northwest and give them some conception in advance
of what this number is going to be- II we could, the
chances the fifty thousand copies which we are
going to publish would not begin to fill the demand
We would have hundred thousand orders
The Market Number of The Ranch Will be CYCLIC
pedia of information veritable Britannica on farm
ing book that you will keep your farm for REFER
for years to come. 1t will be volume that you
turn to for information every subject that per
ains to northwestern farming and find what you are
looking for. It will teach you the scientific way OF
marketing fruit how to pack 1t, the markets to
send it to time to send it, in short the secret
saving hundreds of dollars that otherwise stand
to lose after your seasons work Is all accom-
plished and the harvest is home. The Market Num-
Der of The Ranch will cost but so cents 1t will
you and earn you hundreds OF dollars as hand
We publish herewith partial table Of contents show
ing of the prominent features which will make
paper ever published in America. The articles are
written by the foremost authorities on their respective
the authors of these articles to pick out in each in
stance the who knew more about his particu'
lar theme than any other man-in other words a
specialist
And yau may be that whatever each one OF
these writer's has to say, it will be the most compre
plete nsructivethe last word that particular topic
Zoe Kincad one of the cleverest and best known k
an article Seattle the Great Market Hub of the
This is story Of vital interest dss to all III
information which is of doarsandcens value to every
of them. 1t tells or the extent OF the 1narKetS
reached through this great distributing center OF the
kind of produce which is most readily handled; the
prices paid for the at various seasons OF the year
and the most propitious times to send in the different
kinds of crops In fact it deals with important
fact in connection with marketing produce at Seattle,
and it is safe to state that every fruit grower and
farmer matter how long he has been in the bust
how well posted he may be, will get some new
information this story The writer, commissioned
by The Ranch made a special and intense study of the
subjects deal with, reaching through considerable
space of time and tells every essential fact that her
subject calls for.
The Future of Agriculture in Alaska is an article
which will be read with interest by every American
because deals with the possibilities Of development
of an important in coming empire 1t tells
the story of the possibilities for the farmer in country
which is Americas last frontier.
Prof c. c. Georgeson, the author Of this article. has
been in charge of the experimental work
in Alaska number of past in fact virtually
since its inception, and he knows his subject from
beginning to end and is the only in the United
States who tell the story we'll Out Of the hun
dreds of thousands of who have been In Alaska.
he is the only one who has given his sole attention
to the agricultural possibilities.