The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-02-09
uEILEMAN ON KLAMATH.
Able Article by the Naintrrni,,,
Engineer.

Ing In the Christmas number OF the
North Pacific Rural Spirit. which was
written by ". II. Heileman, OF the
United States Reclamation Service
The articles covers two pages OF the
magazine and is well illustrated with
pictures OF farming. stock and lake
scenes. Following 10 a small portion
OF the article
The klamath country IL In a sense
typical OF all OF Eastern Oregon. IN
elevation. climate and soil, this To-
cality presents conditions which Oft
are repeated east OF tho Cascade
Mountains, This district has long
been occupied by the farmer aud
stock raiser though IN the absence ot
railroad connections with outside
markets the results OF settlement
have been realized only In minor
degree, Happily the conditions re-
sardlng isolation will early disap-
pear since the coming OF tho railroad
IL now only a matter OF days for this
locality.
Agricultural Possibilities.
The Klamath country "a specially
adapted to general farming. the stock
industry aud dairying. Dramatically.
the conditions favor the raising of
grain, alfalfa. timothy and certain
root crops. Much OF the level valley
aoor which VIII be- reclaimed from
marsh land conditions viii be- At for
special crops OF celery. cabbage aud
various allirl products. some Of the
land will ultimately bring returns IN
orchard crops OF apples. plums aud
cherries, though So far as practically
demonstrated the distrlct IL preemi-
nently suited to all the phases OF
stock raising
present been of the highway OF
travel and Tar out of touch with
those elements which Ia these days
are considered nccessar. to bring out
agricultural value. II has to the
present. however. served n purpose
or demonstrated an axiom In West
ern irrigation which throws much
light upon the future possibilities Of
irrigation farming Previous to the
Government undertaking Ia the Kla-
nath Valley the country was sup
oiled In u small way with two pri-
yate irrigation systems covering
about 5000 acres oi iarmed land.
The cost uf these Gystcms wRs per
haps somewhat above the average In
construction of western private pro
,cctF. We hnd. however. that with
limited crop range. scarcely nn'
market. and with whole series Of
les. than normal advantages. the
farmers under the bitches were as q
class well TO do. They did not farm
well. though they progressed. When
the larger development began few
years since, the klamath basin was
,illed with good grade and blooded
cattle II was tlled With we'll bred
horses and Ia this regard was second
TO none u! any western locality Wis
tied during mn experience Of 10 years
as q specialist In soils and agricul-
lural conditions throughout the
Wes,. The results here shown give
practical demonstration. that with
cheap ciassed land. high water cost
(from 2 to 4 dollars per acre per
year.. distant markets. no railroads.
and a narrow range OF crops. the re-
suits obtained were In the main fully
successful and sometimes even .phe-
nomenal.
What the klamath country needs
Ii farmers skilled In animal hus-
ibandry and dairying. The develop
ment 40 far made Indicates that as a
stock country osr possibilities are es-
Ia blished. Stock this year Is being
driven over 100 miles into the kla-
math Basin TO be finished and then
driven To points for shipment. Thou
sands OF animals annually are
brought here 70 consume our rough
age.
| Ar horse country the district IL
rnexcelled. The horses are high
grade and sired by registered ami
mails. The klamath horse Is strong.
-limbed, sure-footed and sound
In wind The Army continually
scours the district for messenger.
cavalry mounts. and artillery stock.
The Klamath district should be the
headquarters Of some Of the best
pure blood stock raisers In tho coun.
try.
The hog and mutton industry and
ldairying In the locality 10 entirely
undeveloped. Transportation facili'
tics have entirely controlled the
growth Of this class of products. The
production OF grain, hay. fold peai
and crops suited for these industries