The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25
ATEN ACRE TRACT AND A LIVING.

For the past four weeks | have been
writing of our Creswell fruit land prop
osition. Many have been interested
and have said to me, IF | should buy
10 acre tract, how would fare-not
during the years of exceptional crops
and exceptional prices, but year in, and
year outp" Can l make living for
my family and lay by enough to pro-
vide against the demands of old ager'
To such irquirers can most emphat'
ically say, yes There is in my mind
absolutely no question that man who
is willing to put in honest intelligent
effort will not only make living bat
can put himself into q position OF indie
pendence in reasonably short time. l
want to tell You why think 80.
First, Oregon and the Willamette Val
ley is the right country to begin with.
Oregon is vast empire to be developed,
and consequently, those who get in early
will be taking advantage of the rise in
the value of land. which alone will be
good return on ones investment. There
il no soil better adapted to fruit raising
than that mixture of disintegrated rock
and volcanic ash which is to be found at
Creswell. The rainfall is more than
sufficient, seldom varies more than an
inch or two one year with another, and,
distributed over the winter and growing
seasons with dry SESSION for ripenlng,
make the conditions for fruit raising
ideal The mellow, sunny days and the
invariably cold nights bring the pro.
ducts to fruitition by that slow process
which gives to the fruit of the William.
cite Valley its characteristic flavor and
keeping quality. 1t Is here that the APP
pie develops to its perfection, and here
that the Italian PruLe and the Eastern
Cherry are transplanted, so far excelling
the fruit of the native country that they
have become famous rs the finest
known.
1t is the right country, again because
man can live rs cheaply there rs any
where A fruit rancher lives largely on
what he raises himself in his garden and
orchard The mild winters make ,the
item Of fuel practically nothing as com.
pared with ours aud clothing becomes
less expensive for this same reason.
Those commodities that you have to buy
are with few exceptions no higher than
here. Lumber is less than two thirds of
what we pay for it in Manitowoc. A
neat first class bungalow of seven rooms
can be built for $1,000 co. with fire place
and practically all the modern improve.
ments
1t is the right country, again, because
it is awake. The West is being filled with
men who are not of the tenderfoot class,
but who have pulled up stakes and dared
to face new problems aud conditions.
They have gone out determined to start
anew, to make money, to get ont OF the
soil and out Of life Ill they possibly can.
They are grasping new ideas rs soon as
proved practicable, and by those new
methods Of intensive and dry farming
are not only tripping and quadrupling
| the yields, but are producing a superior
article with greater commercial value.
The West is progressive and the devel'
opment Of great projects THAT only &C.
casionally attract our attention in these
long settled parts) are being carried on
upon every side in the Coast country,
They are alive and they let you know it,
aud this spirit Of the West" is not the
least of her assets. It's the right coun-
try to begin with.
In the second place, the fruit industry
is a growing industry with great posi-
bilities. The demand for Oregon fruit
far exceeds its present ability to supply
Most of it Is shipped to Europe, and the
Orient alone would take our whole crop,
if it could get 1t. As it Is the
Orient only gets taste. There are less
apples grown in this country today than
twenty years ago, in the face of the fact
that our market has increased by the in
crease in population and by the fact
that people today are eating more fruit
and less meat. With this increase in
population, this increase in demand both
at home and abroad coupled with the
fact that this district is recognized the
world over as the greatest fruit district,
surely the future of this great frnit
country IL assured.
In the third place, Oregon / ~ pro
duced the goods and its fruit ranchers
have had their returns. There are nc
complete failures, for nature il 30 bount
full that even with carelessness and neg
lect man can make living. One
who puts in honest intelligent work will
not come short Of making good living
and gaining an Independence, unless
outside circumstances and not his bust
ness make away with mis- savings.
These ranchers make all the way from
300 per acre to $1,000 per acre. think
a fair average would be $500 net per
acre. But even nj 300 net per acre
(which includes mans time) would
make IL possible for man TO lay by n
few hundred dollars every year. There
is no reason why man should not get
$500 to $500 net per acre, and every ad
l.