Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-01-03
Lincoln County.


the Pacific Homestead of December 20.
The attention of the Homestead has
been called to tract of land in west
ern Oregon which is already engaging
the attention of stockmen, farmers,
fruit growers aud investors at home
and abroad. So far as this paper has
been able to learn there is not another
such tract now open to settlement at
low prices anywhere in the country.
This is the Corvallis and Yaquina Bay
Military Road grant, comprising 10000
acres IN alternate sections. each side
of the Corvallis & Eastern railroad,
mostly in Lincoln county, Oregon.
This land is only forty miles from
Salem, the state capital. Although the
tract has been on the market only about
year.
Although the country may appear to
the dweler of the plains at first glance
to be impossibly rough, he will soon
learn that the hills in Oregon are
different proposition ihan in the east
ern country "Back home," it is safe
to say that the hills are the very poor
est part of the farm; in Oregon the
reverse is usually the case.
The soil is dark and yellow, of vol
canic origin, running from ten to fifteen
feet deep without any percepiihle change
in the quality. 1t is of porous ma
ture, holds the moisture wonderfully
we'll and washouts on the Lincoln
county hills are almost unknown.
This section is pronounced by men
emiuently qualified to pass an opi'ion
and who have made q careful study of
all the conditions, to be the best fruit
and dairy region in the country.
Dalrying, sheep, goats and all kind
of stock Craze all winter. Stock can
thus be fattened for market at very
small expense. The even sections of
this land have nearly all been home
steaded by practical farmers who are
taking an ever-increasing interest in
dairying and stock raising. The most
of the cream is shipped to Corvallis, in
Benton county, and the amount Of
money paid by this institution alone to
the farmers of Lincoln county for cream
! is enormous. Farmers in that county
report that the income from this source
ranges IRON 81 to $40 per COW per month
! Lincoln county farmersmake practice
of separating the milk from the cream
with hand separators, one of which is
found on nearly every farm. The sep
arator milk is fed to calves and the
cream goes to the creamery. IN Lincoln
county the grass in winter is fully equal
to that in summer, and sheep, goats and
all kinds of stock Craze all winter. 1t
is not necessary to feed any stock but
some progressive dairymen have found
it profitable to feed mich cows for Il
short time during the winter.
There is probably not quarter sec
tion Of Lincoln county lands that is
not blessed with spring OF pure aud
sparkling water giving bountiful sup
ply for family and stock raising pur-
poses. BY tapping one OF these unmer-
Gus springs on the hillsides, nearly
every farmer in this section of Oregon
has running stream at his door, the
water being conveyed to any point de-
sired by pipes laid direct to the spring
Windmils and pumps are IA novelty in
Lincoln county.
All kinds of grasses grow in abun-
dance The country is especially adap-
led to all kinds of clover and timothy.
A MI Hunt, farmer at Eddyville, re-
ports that he cut twenty-eight consecu
tive crops of timothy off Que piece OF
land from one seeding.
This region is unexcelled for sheep
The mild climate give opportunity for
heavy increase, the focks Craze the
year around and the wool clip is very
heavy.
Like sheep, goats show rapid in
crease and are proving very profitable.
Mohair sells about 10 cents "A pound
higher than wool and at one station
alone the clip this year amounted to
S6,52l.32.
Apples, pears, plans and all kinds OF
small fruit and vegetables grow in
abundance. A well-kuown local gentle.
man informs the Pacific Homestead
that he made II trip through this land
during the first week in November and
saw stra wberries in bloom aud stopped
several times to pick wild strawberries
from the vines. In this region straw
berries are on the market every month