Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-29
PICTURE POLK'S RESOURCES
Statements of Many Farmers Give
Startling Insight Into Posi-
bilities of Production.

CIedIeSl anu LnOSL COUcluSlN0 udu ii
- the resources of the Willamette Vale
by actual examples. They are take
from the 1000 Facts Of Production
issued last year.
These facts Of prod duction consist
statements made by farmers and stoc
raisers telling what they have actuall
accomplished in their various lines
work. Every statement has bee
positively authenticated and ever
statement tells of some exceptiona
achievement in the lines of farming
and stock raising industries.
Collectively the facts fit togethe
into one of the most remarkable expo
sitions of the resources of Oregon thai
has yet been made. Fact upon fact
the story is built up like mosaic and
the result is a picture Of possibilities
that might we'll startle even those who
have lived the greater part Of their
lives in this marvelously productive
section.
Prominent in the series given in the
Christmas Journal are the statements
of the men Of Polk county and just as
the whole collection portrays in the
outline the resources OF the Valley, so
do the statements from Polk county
give a sketch of the resources Of our
own "Blue Ribbon County" with a
comprehensiveness not to be equalled.
Following are few Of the brighter
bits of information that entered into
the big picture Of Oregon's resources
and possibilities
"FourRoyal Ann cherry trees which
I set out 1895 yielded $l3 net per tree
in 1907, besides an abundance for
family use.-F. G. McIench, Lincoln.
"In 1907 had two and a half rows
Of red raspberres, 500 feet total length
that had been out 13 years, from
which I sold lOI crates at 81 90 to $l.5O
Der crate.-Percy Hibbard.
81 cleared $3.50 in 1907 from five and
one-half acres fruit, berries, ETC.
Peter Kurre.
From an acre of Strawberries I
sold 1920 10 worth, besides many gal
ons we used.-T. J. Gardner, Rt. 2,
Salem.
Il had one acre Of strawberries
which sold for S262 10 9O7.-Peter
Iurre.
Our Cuthbert raspberries contin-
led to bear sufficient for table use up
0 Christmas last year.-T. J. Gard
Ter, Rt 2. Salem.
81 have four Royal Ann cherry trees
hat have netted me $40 per year for l
everal differtnt years, and one Late 7
luke cherry tree, $40 per year for a \
umber Of years Miss n. Taylor, |
ok county, Rt. 2, Salem.
"Off my bearing cherry and prune \
richards Qor the season Of 1900 off a \
life less than 40 acres, including '
ome green prunes l bought of my
eighbors and dried on my drier, at
le same time | was drying my own
rop, l realized $4,000 of which so a
er cent was net profits p. Kimball, "
lest Salem. Il
81 picked $4,000 pounds OF Oregon W
gooseberries from one and S
ree-eights acres. Sold for 81 per 100 o
cannery.- A. Vercler, Eola. b
"Off one-half acre of young plants Il
1906 | sold $lGO worth Of strawber- o
es off same plants in 1907 I sold G.
80 worth. Sold 1894 worth OF straw Il
,rries, raspberries and Mammoth
ackberries off less than an acre in
OR. w. Hogg, Eola.
From 1900 strawberry hills l netted lC
325 in l9O7.-W. II. Kraber, Dallas. a
Cleared, above all expenses, from n
70 acres of cherries, 800. Sold 400 I
FUNDS OF Royal Ann cherries in 1907 I
# $40, from one tree IA years old.-A. Il
ercler, Eola G
For 20 years a Governor Wood
lerry tree has yielded an average of
10 pounds "a year,. Il. Shepard,
ena.
From one grape vine | sold $50 u
orth of Isabella grapes in 1907 at 81 a
s cents per pound.-G. .. Holman. =
alias.
Have a Bing cherry tree that .
elded $50 worth of cherries in 1907,
I'd a Royal Ann $lS worth. M. az
uths, II. l., Eola. "
"Our yield of apples in the Wallace
chard in 1906 was $1,000 boxes on As NJ NJ
res, or 1913 boxes per acre. A.
lrk, Supt., West Salem.
81 finished picking my Virginia Sl sl
apples in good condition on e
.nuary l3, l9OS.-F. q. McLench,
ncoln. "a "a
From li3 trees in 1907 l sold IA tons q
'yal Ann cherries at 500 per ton II
l. Ferguson, II. 2, Eola az AZ
I'VE raised at Mccoy the record di
ncoln long wool lamb for America
l9O7-2l4 pounds at : months aud
days.-Hawley X Son, Mccoy.
Il sold 2-year-old colt last season h
+ 5000. J. Finn, Mccoy.
Il sell all the high grade Jersey
ifers can raise at one and one half .
lrs old for $50, and cannot supply
demand.-W. o. Morrow. Rickreall
Sold poultry and eggs in 1907
ounting to s223 sew. b. Duncan.
Our rs registered Lincoln long Se
ol ewes brought US $1,000 per year
the past years.-Hawley 4 Son,