The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-10-17
CRANBERRIES IN
TILLAMOOK COUNTY

"Cranberries raised in Oregon, $"
says the Pacific Newspaper Union, is
the new slogan for the commercial
bodies to cry out to the world at large
now that the fields Of Thlamook coun
ty ale producing large quantities. of
the berries that round out the Thanks.
giving dinner. b. o. Snuffer, of Ill
lamook, recently exhibited a box OF
berries in Portland which we're picked
from the marsh in Tillamcok county.
Mr.. Snutfer, in telling about the new
industry, said:
1.-The vines from which these ber-
ries we're picked have not been
touched for eight years except to pick
the berries. Because the berries re
quire so little care and attention, the
profits are very large. Not an acre
from the patch these berries came
from has ever produced less than 325
bushels and with care would yield 500
bushels. The berries sell for 50 a
bushel. W. c. King picked 1000 bush
els an acre from tract he owned.
81 commenced the culture OF Gran
berries in the spring of 1893, and find
that the vines are well adapted to his
climate. They grow vigorously and
where the bogs are properly prepared
they are enormously productive.
While picking my crop one year
measured Oft s)me grUGEIi and picked
them carefully, AMI found that they
pre- duced at the rate of 100 bushels
to the acre Alln ying 81 par busheI
as net profit, do rot kuoE If sn ug
ricultuial product that will con ale
with it, and placing iigures at
minimum
1t costs about $500 10 irepale the
ground and plant the vines, including
the cost OF the plants. The bog must
be so situated that 1t can be drained
off at least 10 inches, and one must
also have control of plenty of water
for irrigation and flooding purposes.
Although | have seel some marshes
that we're SUCCESS without any water
supply, | do not consider it safe, in
view of the large outlay.
"a bog once set In the proper shape
will last indefinitely The fret cost,
although quite large, cuts little figure
in the long run.
81 find that the cranberries grown
here are of darker color than those
grown in the east; those here are
much suberior in flavor, and also
weigh more to the bushel. The size
of the berry is about the same.
According to my experience, the
Mcfarland cranberry is the best va
riety for the Pacific coast. 1t is the
largest and most prolific, a splendid
keeper, and by all odds the best sell
er. In the east this sort is consider
ed poor keeper, but it appears to be
better adapted to this climate, and
grow to perfection here.
HARRISON Calls HendersOn's Bluff.
Editor Glacier The item announc-
ing that some one on Willow Flat had
grown the first ear of mature corn
ever produced in the valley escaped
my notice, but D. A. Turner's CON-
ments thereon in the last Glacier
seem worthy of further confirmation.
1t ought to be consoling 10 apple
growers to know that when mankind
tires OF eating our big red apples that
we can grub cut our orchaI Is and re-
turn to the simple life which finds
eustenanGe in corn meal.
During the IA years in which |
ground cereals for Hood River farm
ers in the Old mill which still stands
on the banks of Neal creek no season
passed without my having numerous
grists of coin TO grind The meal was
all made for table use and of course
had to be veil matured corn, other
wig it could have been unfit for that
purpose In fact the medium and
slnall size kernels, usually of flinty
hardness of which this corn consist.
ell, made sA Aeet meal far superior to
the stsichy, tasteless corn meal of
commerce. | still have in my POSSES
sion one CT the old grist books cover
ing about years of the time the mill
was in operation. For the season of
1894 find the following grists of corn
entered the figures are the pounds
cf corn brought by each person. f.
NJ. JsckeCu, 40i d. q. Hill. 80; Jn'.
Wilson, 5C8; A. Wood, III; M. V.
Rand, 223; Dawes Divers, l22; j. F.
Ara or. 81: G;. K. Castner 465; G.
il. Stronahan, 81; Mr.. Kiser, 3l7; A
". King, i94. Warren Wells, 1856;
Hanna Il WoIfard, 80; d A. Turner
~; Jno. L"rtz, 81; j. } Gibbons, 80;
Peter IiinIiobs, 46l Chas. Prathar,
60; Louis Davenport, 2O3; .. M
Meeks, G3l; T. A, Reno, 3O7; Mr..
Weidner, 1l96 The last five we're
from Mosier and the Rose Hill dis
trict.
Now if the gentleman from Willow
Flat still feels hat he is being cheated
out glory that is rightfully his l
would be glad to have him visit me
at mv place near town and | will give
him an opportunity to husk some we'll
matured corn right out Of the shock,