East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-02

See how it has increased in this pc
rlod of time! Brother Sheepman,
every acre Of land that is cultivated
in your state adds to your safety from
the ravages Of storms. 1t also adds
to the safety of increasing the num-
ber Of your herds. II also adds TO
your credit in getting money.
1t might be well to give you some
Of my personal experience In Albany
county that would throw some light
upon the relative interests of the two
industries and the great advantage
that the state and the community
gets from the farming of our land.
Personal Experience.
We have body Of land containing
5000 acres. all OF this land fenced. For
a number of years its carrying capa-
city of live stock, as we used il to best
advantage, we wintered $500 to 1000
sheep annually, pasturcd IN the sum
mer time for about 80 days 200 cattle.
This was its carrying capacity in its
natural state. We plowed and put
into domestic crop about 1900 acres
OF this 500 acre tract. barley, alfalfa
feld peas, oats, rape and different
kinds of roots. We have been carry
ing since we put this under cultiva-
tion, from 300 to 400 hogs annually. |
100 horses, about the same number
Of cattle, and we have been winterlng
and fattening from 5000 to 10000 |
sheep. or, to be more PLAIN. on this |
5000 acre pasture, with 1900 acres !
we are handling about az |
much livestock as we handled on So
300 acres OF open range.
Increase in Value.
Mr.. Farmer, and every sheepman,
we have also enjoyed other privileges
hat might be well to mention This
1000 acres in its original state. had a
'alue of $3.50 an acre. Today we have
number of good families, beautiful
arm houses, a good school house and
'hurch, and this same land has a COM
nercial value of $50 to $50 an acre.
md 1t will not be long until the value
viii reach the 500 mark Mr.. Farmer.
lr. Sheepman and all other business
nen of this great country we have !
ther results to be proud of, and we ,
re.
'On this same farm we are speaking {
+. the proudest day of my life, the s
appiest day of my life. the most wor-
ny and the one in which l achieved I
ne most good of any day during my
tay here on earth. was the 29th day
ugust, 1905. We had a farmers ban
uet, represented by the greatest body a
men on an occasion of this nature j
yer gotten together in the United r
tatcs, headed by our governor. our a
nited States representatives, the Il
resident of this Great Union Pacific a
abroad company and the Laramie. S
aims Peak & Pacific Railroad COM L
my United States representatives OF h
lie Agricultural department. United
ates representatives of the state of
evada, eX-United States representa-
yes. bankers, lawyers and business &
en-, and this class of representatives. eI
irty-five in number. This alone was g
fficient to make it the proudest day d
any mans life. but still more-the at
suits. 1t was my pleasure, my pride 81
ID my privilege to conduct this
and party through field of oats that
reshed in this same year 1877 bushels
the acre, field of peas G5O acres) M
at netted, after every expense was IN
Quoted, $1S.1S an acre. And more Ie
d greater results: In the year 1908 Sc
e was in Albany county some VI
ing over 100000 acres of land sold. ~
this amount 10000 acres was sold
mall quantities running from forty
res to 24O acres, to 500 different peo-
'All this could be credited to this u,
md day of August Goth, 1906" pN