The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-31

/ have done scarcely half aS we'll. liz
does 1t with the harrow. This farmer
has been the oak in every storm. and
by his example has helped bring Tho
standard 1T production af Washington
wheat tt the top notch I'm the United
States, namely. 24,5 bushels average
an acre FOR an area Of 100000 acres.
Thirty years ago this country was
sparcely settled and probably grew TO-
900 bushels of grain. while of fruit 1t
contributed practically nothing, sta
tistics compiled by the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce for 1905 show a
grand total Of more than 500 900. B0n.
of which $50 100000 was in wheat; S.4-
100000 in apples and other fruits; Sl4.-
ooo.o1o i'm dairy products; $4,000, 0oa
, in livestock. and $t4D0n.oOo in other
farm products, including oats. barley,
hay and hops. while its mines yielded
o,0oaodo in precious and base metals.
and its forests $4,000, 0o0 in lumber.
Dry Farming Methoas.
While all that has been said about
irrigation and its Importance To the
future of the northwest is true and
the interest In its development iss
Z
| hundreds of instances Of fortunes be
ing made by men and women who un-
derstand the work of growing COM
merciai apples nf the highest standard
on non-irrtgHted lands. There are
numerous orchards within the 2n~milc
circi" If the business district Of Spo-
kane where record crops are being
produced by so-calied dry farming
methods. That this Is true il no dis
| credit to the irrigated districts. which
in time will produce as fine fruit and
| vegetables as the Hill lands There are
thousands of acres OF productive irri-
gated lands. but there are hundreds of
| thousands Of uplands. equally rich and
productive. which are yearly proving
| their worth by their works
| Probably the ideal conditions are In
| the hills of the Spokane country
| Their elevation from the valleys IL
| from 100 tn 600 feet, and the old or
| chafds which crown them produce d
! perfect and firm fruit that il admired
| the world over. The nights are
warmer on the hill tops t.lan In the
valleys. which minimizes the danger
| from froSts of early spring and late
| y ii. The crops produced an these,
hills are tangible evidence that nature
! fully understands her business.
| "A few scientific instances may be
| of interest: From Moscow. Idaho This
| season not less than 100 carloads of
| high grade apples will be shipnea. In
addition To extensive carload shin
ments of prunes and pears From NON
! irrigated orchards in the vicinity of
3 Ia 70
| 10 To 80 ears of choice winter anpIas
| VIII be shipped. one grower with IL
| 'o-aere apple orchard expects to pack
over 1000 boxes. He refused an offer
of S.1o IA box for the apples on the
! tree. otto Huhenthal of Spokane pro
| dncea 1000 boxes of Wagner APPLES.
/ which he sold for $1,000. from an acre
/ of land
/ The opportunity for engaging I'm
appi" growing nn non-irrigatea land
appeals IT, many in preference To ir-
risated tracts. They reason that by
acquiring 100 acres nf nnn-irrirated
land they can start Il young orchard
/ M 10, 70 or 80 acres and have the use
Of the rest of their land To Yield them
ii living while the orchard is coming
into bearing.
/ I'm the state OF Washington aloha
] there are now about aenAn0 acres Sc,
10 irhtt, az total al fi.2if.5lt trees.
while i'll thu whole Inland Empire they
are growing today Ii 00n. 600 fruit trees,
and from t.5nh.Aa0 Ia 600. 900 Il wear
will be added fnr years tn come trha
. high, non-irrisaied lands nf eastern
/ Washington and northern Idaho ara
GI1Ifna their
du"tl"n. The dry land fruits are of
the highest keeping quality. as IL evil
! deheed 10y the fact that wc can shin
cherries Ia Chicago without rcfriyrra-
! ton.
Il am we'll aware that there is a
general impression that Nc must have
irrigation tn grow fruit profitahly. but
N" fact Is that while wonders have
been worked by irrigation in many
particular locations. the fact remains
that fruit of high quality j. and can
be grown i'm abundance on our dry
lands
hooted Question.
1t VAS mooted question - years
ago as Ia whether fruit would grow
al the highlands ar in any If the
most favored spots. but siep by ster
this theory has been exploded. AMI to-
day fruits al all kinds have actually
eciips"d the products al the faot hills
and the mountain slopes. True. il has
taken patience. tail aud lnteiligeut ef-
fort. but the victory is worth FAR more
than tho cost.
The Inland Empire. lik,. most parts
of the northwest. stands mt the door
If new life, II is just beginning Ia
resIH-e its great power and future II
Is like Il sturdy -limhed. clsan-minded
Nonng man awakening Ia full under
standing of himself and entering upum
career nj hard work and mobile
achievement, There is every basis fnr
the prediction that the progress during
the next 10 years will eclipse that .f
TIT" last quarter century"
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