The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-03-18
WRITES OF YAKIMA
FRENCH BOOSTS IN
OHIO FUR THIS VALLEY
Tells of the Many Wonders to BE
Found Here In II CONNER
cial Way.

III j.. j. Fp0cH, lOFHtfIN from odH-
| dusky township, Crawford county
writes very interesting letter from
| North Yakima, Wash, telling of the
| fruit raising industry there. He
states that he is not real estate
| agent but is engaged in other lines,
but If anyone wishes to write to him
for Information he will respond if a
stamp is enclosed, says the Buoyrus
| (Ohio) Evening Telegraph.
The letter is one of good descrip-
ton and is deeply interesting. It
follows:
Editor Telegraph; -Thinlng that
friends and acquaintance might like
to know something Of the resources
and opportunities of this famous
Yakima valley. to which came two
years ago. am writing you this let
ter TO acquaint You and them with
few hard facts relative to the fruit
growing and o.her agricultural in
terests here.
To fasteners unacquainted with
this soil and climate, the story of
what men are regularly producing
of the choicest fruits ana vegetable
products reads like a tale in the
arabian knights. 1t likewise
taxes the credulty of the reader to
the utmost. For these reasons peo-
pie here hesitate to tell the whole
truth about he productiveness of the
soil and the prosperity of our ranch
men. and yet the largest things we
say can be and are constantly yeri-
fed by those who come ito see for
themselves"
North Yakima is in the center Of
beautiful valley surrounded by
! noun aims, forest-covered and snow
capped Several smaller valleys
open into II and make country
richly adopted to the growth Of the
choicest kind Of fruit which in va
riety, quality and quantity per acre
cannot be eXcelled in the whole
world The soil is a wonderful fer
tile volcanic ASH the winters are
very mild, the growing season 10
months long, ana while the average
rainfall is less than six inches, the
numerous mountain streams supply
tile ife-aiying water enough TO rri-
On . many tboucaud orrcc
These are the conditions on which
our fruit industry rests. We are alb
solutely unhindered BY destructive
storms; we never suffer from
droughts; our crops are never
drowned ont by rain or damaged
during harvest. for the growing sea
son is a rainless season
used to think that the man who
/ raised his crops by irrigation was to
be pitied but now | am certain that
/ he who has to depend on rainfall,
where one year he gets too little and
the mex too much. is the man 10 be
t pitied. The certainty of our crops
! here is one of the strongest ele-
ments in our profits There is
! scarcely a rancher here but who
came here with but little or no
means All are now very prosper
ous, many paving for their lands
from the crop Of single season.
VITA proper industry and inteli-
genee man can make himself indie
pendent in five to eight years and
own ranches worth from $40 900 to
:. $4,000 or even more.
This is the oft-repeated history Of
out fruit growers In order to an
derstand how this can be you must
know tina, our lands produce enor-
mously Of the best varieties. Take
the history Of a man who buys a 10
acre sage brush tract, clears it and
sets i 70 trees He may grow be-
tween the rows, potatoes, tomatoes,
wateTmelons, cantaloupes, straw
berries, blaek-caps. etc Potatoes
yield on an average y tons to the
acre
They sell for an average price OF
$40 per ton some years. However.
hey sell for much more other years,
selling rapidly from $4,000 to $4,000
per Ton. Ranchers frequently get
$3.50 an acre for their potatoes.
This, however, is the top notch.
Melons and tomatoes often bring
S225 per acre, and It is nothing to
take $3.50 per acre from berries, and
generally much more NJ. f. Remy
: averaged 500 an acre from his
strawberries for period Of six
years Grapes yield a good CONNER
cial crop IN three years. Peach trees
produce he second season from
planting. The third year they yield
good crop. say 500 per acre, and