The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-11
WESTERN ORCHARD LAND VALUES

der my own observation. In this article
| want to tell you something about land
values in that same section.
There is an intimate connection be-
tween a land value and the income that
piece of land produces. For instance,
land that can be used for nothing but
grazing purposes seldom, if ever, reach
as a price of $50 All acre. Wheat land,
income, has proportionately higher
value Ter acre Tracts that are so locat'
ed as to be near market and such as
are especially adapted to the raising of
garden truck will command still high
er price. The lands which bring the
highest prices with OF course the excep-
ton of those from which the precious
metals and minerals are taken are those
that are particularly adapted to fruit-as
70 soil, climate, market, etc; and the rea'
son for the high price asked and obtain
ed is due primarily to the income that 1t
is possible to get out of an acre OF land.
There are few exceptions to this, VIZ,
the market amount available, etc, but
this is statement of the general rule
To people of this section who are not
in touch with values in other localities,
prices obtained for orchard tracts seem
extreme, but by thorough study OF the
situation mans best Judgment Will con
vince him that the values of two pieces
of land, one producing $50 net per acre
the other $500 net per acre, must OF
necessity be widely different VINO OF
you, possessing an acre OF land netting
Won annually $500, would sell your acre
for less than $1,000? on that basis you
are getting over 75'r on your money
every wear. You would not sell at that
price, and you cannot buy at that price
either What you must pay is depend
eDt primarily upon what your land Will
produce,
Now we have few facts concerning
land values. Raw land that Is adapted
to fruit raising runs from 800 to FloO
Der acre. Developed lands run from
1900 to $1,000 per acre, We saw one
tract near Coburg, Oregon, poorly Kept
no and was cut off from a dependable
market-that $500 is in orr opinion
stiff price for it. We saw various tracts
around Salem ranging from S3oo 10
$1,000. There are some that are undOub-
tedly higher which in our hurried trip
we did not see. At Hood River we were
offered five year old apple orchard Tor
1850 per acre. There are many cheaper
in that section, but Mr. Porter, the own
err has the reputation OF making first
class orchards only, and one who appre-
ciate. what constitutes fruit land values
is glad to pay for the intelligence and
care that this man has put upon his
tract.
An acquaintance of one of our party
paid recently $3.50 for seven year
orchard at North YAKIMA. A Mrs.
Hubbard of Minneapolis recently bought
ten acres near North Yakima for $500
per acre, the trees being three years old.
These cases that have cited are not
general but indicate what | saw and just
what different members OF onr party
came across in our recent trip.
The A. G. Bohrnstedt Orchard Com
pany are selling their Oregon tracts at
S4OO per acre one-fourth down and the
rest in five annual installments bearing
81 interest. The soil on these tracts
the product of disintegrated rocks Il
deep, rich, loan with a porous subsoil
Of clay which gives the roots ample OPP
portunity to penetrate deep into the
ground. Expert horticulturists and ex-
pert soil chemists have pronounced the
soil at Creswell equal to that of any of
the famous orchard districts of the
northwestern coast The climate Is
mellow, not subject to sudden changes,
less subject to damaging frosts than any
district in the west, and with an annual
rainfall of ~ inches has sufficient mois.
ture to render irrigation unnecessary.
thereby gaining a better fruit. The
whole project is under the care of none
less than the Hon. Mr.. w K. Newell
President Of the Oregon State Board of
Horticulture, than whom there is no
more conscientious, scientific and prac-
teal horticultarist on the whole north.
west coast. Besides this The A. c.
Bohrnstedt Orchard Company have not
restricted Mr. Newell as to development
money,
With the favorable natural conditions
and the expert scientific care that IL be
ing put upon these orchards, they will
be worth cOnservatiyely 800 per acre
when they come into bearing. This
will be return Of about 20le per annum
on your money From that time on you
will receive handsome returns from the
crop produced and an annual increase
in the value Of your land that is suifi-
Gent return in itself to make your in
vestment a profitable one.
With an unexcelled soil, climate con
ditions most favorable. with that expert
care which Mr. Newell and his assistants
will give it, with no limitation put upon
him as to how much he shall spend but
with one requirement placed upon him
that he shall put out the best orchards