The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-02-12
NElLEMAN on KLAMATH.
Able Article by tho Maintenance
EnxinWr.

Ing In the Christmas number OF the
North Pacific Rural Spirit. which was
written by W. u. Heilcman. of the
United States Reclamation Service.
The articles covers two pages Of the
magazine and IL wei, illustrated with
pictures OF farming. stock and lake
scenes. Following is u small portion
OF the article:
The klamath country In In a sense
typical OF aii OF Eastern Oregon. In
elevation. climate and soil. this 10.
cality presents conditions which Oft
are repeated east OF the Cascad.
Mountains. This district has long
been occupied by the farmer aud
stock raiser though In III. absence OF
railroad connections with outside
markets the results OF settlement
have been realized only In u minor
degree. Happily the conditions re-
yarding isolation will early disap.
pear since the coming OF the railroad
10 now only u matter Of days for this
locality.
Agricultural Possibilities.
The klamath country IL specially
adapted to general farming. the stock
industry and dairyins. Climatica,iy.
the conditions favor the raising Of
grain. alfalfa. timothy and certain
root crops. Much of the level valley
foor which viii b. reclaimed from
marsh land conditions Will be ft for
special crops of celery, cabbage aud
various allied products Some of the
land will ultimately bring returns IN
orchard crops OF apples. plums and
cherries. though 81 FAR IN practically
demonstrated the district IN pre"mi.
nently suited tn all the phases of
stock raising.
The district as stated has to the
present been OFF the highway OF
travel and far out of touch with
those elements which In these days
are considered necessary to bring out
agricultural value. u has to the
ptcsent. however. served u 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 In the kia-
math Valley the country was sup
piled In n small way with two pri-
vate irrigation systems covering
about 5000 acres OF farmed land.
The cost Of these systems was per
haps somewhat shove the average Ia
construction OF western private pro-
i.cts We find. however. that with
u limited crop range. scarcely any
market. and with n whole series of
les. than normal advantages. the |
'armers under the bitches were as .
class well to do They did not farm |
we'll. though they progressed. When |
the larger development began q few !
years since. the klamath basin WAS
filled with good grade and biooded I
cattle. II was filled with well bred /
horses and In this regard was second
To none of any western locality Wis \
tied during an experience Of ~ years /
as n specialist In soils and ssricul-
turaI conditions throughout the
West. The results here shown give
practical demonstration. that with
cheap classed land. high water cost
(from 2 to I dollars per acre per
ysar). distant markets. no railroads.
and narrow ranye'of crops. the re-
suits obtained were In the main fully
successful aud sometimes even phe-
nornenai.
What the Klamath country needs
Is farmers skilled In animal hus-
bundry and dairying. The develop
ment no far made Indicates that Ms u
stock country orr possibilities are es-
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