The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-12-11

Stevens county's experience at the apple show
last month shows that by concerted effort next
year this county may receive recognition of its
ability to produce the finest apples in the nation.
Those who studied the various plans of exhibition
at the last two apple shows in Spokane have found
that the best results may be obtained by each dis.
trict producing display, and then by embracing
all these district exhibits in one booth under one
county heading. Thus the various districts have
chance to compete with each other for the district
prizes and at the same time the county gets the
aggregate benefit of all the district exhibits in its
competition with other counties.
A county exhibit composed of district exhibits
has been recommended for the other fruitgrowing
sections. and Stevens county should not overlook
its opportunity to thus be in line with the progress
sives.
Each district should start early next spring, the
various fruitgrowers making special efforts to
spray and thin certain varieties in order that the
finest samples may be obtained. The prizes offered
for the best fruit are worth trying for, and the
additional benefit to this county by being known
as prizewinner will more than repay any effort
toward producing fine specimens.
This year Stevens county was one of the three
in the % exhibits which was selected as prize
winner, and but for poor packing would have been
second More attention must be given to asserting
grading and packing in order to best compete with
other sections and as the scientific packing must
come some time it might as we'll come now when
we need the publicity which prizewinning will
bring. The diagonal pack is hardly known in this
county, yet is it pronounced the most scientific and
attractive of all.
It is possible that fruitgrowers do not thoroughly
understand the necessity of pronounced activity
next year. Stevens county has three lines of
industry in which she will some day become pub
licly recognized-fr raising diversified farming,
mining-but greatest of these is fruitgrowng.
The soil and the climate are here, the time for
active publicity work is here, and the worlds
markets are open to receive the high grade prod
ucts of our orchards. Will we take advantage of
these things?
The Portland Livestock Exchange offers for
the best Christmas cattle shipped to the Portland
Union Stock Yards the following premiums: y
Car steers not less than 20 head 1st $3.50, I'd SIS
Car cows, not less than 20 head $50 rs
Best single steer 25 Is
Best single cow 25 Is
Cattle to be judged morning of Dec ID and sold
at auction that afternoon. This sort of encourage
ment should be an incentive for the breeder and
feeder of cattle It is in line with the educational
work undertaken by this company and to which
the press of the Pacific northwest is lending valua
BILE aid.
Receipts at the Portland Union Stock Yards for
the month of November were Cattle 6518, calves
584, sheep 7549, hogs 1874, horses 274 These
receipts are an evidence of the utility of live
stock market. The approximate value of the 457
cars that made up the receipts was $567 $780, tidy
sum that went into the pockets of the farmers and
stockmen Of Washington, Idaho and Oregon.
The cattle market has been consistent through
out the month. Good cattle have brought good
prices, especially in the instance of cows. Top
price for steers was $475, top price for cow $685.
and spayed heifers sold at 81. Light calves have
been in strong demand with tops at $525.
Sheep have come forward in light quantities and
medium to poor quality. Good wethers, what few
there were, sold at $475 for yearlings and $3.50
for two year olds. Lambs sold at $575 for the
best that were offered.
Hogs have come forward rather freely, and
while during the first week in the month prices
sagged little, the market promptly recovered and
has been strong and high. Tops were $8 10 with
bulk of sales at $8 All of the prices herein quoted
have been on good qualities for this market. Poor
quality stuff has sold low and the divergence be-
tween good and poor grades is constantly growing
WIDER
Colfax would have given majority for state
wide prohibition last Tuesday or for an effective
local option law which prohibited the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquor. Colfax Commoner
But Colfax Palouse Tekoa and Cotton turned
down the republican compromise option law and
will retain the license system so long as the sale
of liquor is allowed under both license and no
license.