The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-04-05
Recommendation That Above be
Added to Resources of This
Region
WORDS OF ADVICE BY R.
B. MILLER OF Q. w. r. & N.
He Believes it Possible That in the
Course of Years Fruit Raising
May Take Second Place on
Local Farms

country as a producer of apples mas
been triumphatnly heralded to the
four quarters of THE earth and back
again. A word of warning is beinS
sounded, however, by those who have
given the subject much thought and
are interested in whatever pertains
to the welfare of the people of this
section.
When railroads build in and tap
country it is but natural that thew
should wish to have the people the"
prosperous. The prosperity of the
people means more freight and pas
senger traffic for the railroads, and,
consequently, their prosperity also.
Much stress has been laid upon this
subject by the o. w. r. Il N. co.
voiced by r. B. Miller, traffic man.
ager of THE system.
Other Industries
Hoy raising and dairying are the
| two particular branches of industry
that Mr.. Miller would as quickly as
possible call in to supplement the
growing of apples. He stated that
with the addition of those two means
| of adding to the wealth of THE farm
ers. they would be in a position to
make North Yakima strong finan-
cialiy by aepositing their surplus
money IN the local banks. Mr.. Mil
Ter waxed eloquent and predicted that
she might in the future attain the
same relative position TO the cities Of
the Inland Empire as d6ss France now
among the nations of the earth. Ile
| xua tn ,hnu
France and Holland had furnished
the money to build the North C6ast
into this region, then pointed ou'
that prosperity of the peasantry OF
| France, and the resultant prosperity
of the banks, had been brought
about by intensive cultivation of the
| soil
Some of the Advantages
Continuing, Mr.. Miller gave ex-
preston to the following ideas, which
are certainly of sufficient importance
to justify their careful perusal and
earnest Consideration by every resi-
dent of the Yakima valley:
"The Yakima valley offers excep-
tional advantages for dairying and
hog raising not only because of elm
|
of its close proximity to the large
consuming markets on the Pacific
coast. The demands for dairy pro-
duets is great and even now it Is
necessary to draw on other states to
supply actual necessities. This Is
| likewise the case with respect to
packing house products which move
in large quantities from eastern
points to the entire Pacific Coast
region Sufficient hogs are not raised
to meet local requirements and the
Portland and Puget sound packers
alone are expending about two mil
lion dollars per annum for live hogs
, which they are obliged to secure in
Nebraska.
IS Profita bic business
This Is wrong because we should
be able to produce sufficient for home
consumption and should also engage
in the shipment Of dairy and packing
house products on an extensive scale
1t is indeed a profitable business and
IS attractive for that reason and for
| the further reason that the returns
arS regular and often. It is not so
WITH respect to fruit culture. A num-
BIER of years are required for young
trees to come into bearing. the crop
may suffer injury frC,.- many causes,
and. is harvested only once year. A
permanent fertility Of the soft is a
master Of phe greatest eoncern and
) it san' be accomplished tn the most
Hcoi.smical and satisfactory manner
through the raising of stock. The
richest and most prosperous commu-
ulties are the communities that are
engaged in that industry.
Foster Other Indust ries
1T is not wise for any c. immunity
to have all of its eggs in ono basket
because in the levent of advers. mar
ket conditions, short OF dam age
crops, the entire district suffers, ii
my opinion the time will come wbA
dairying and hog raising in the YAK.
ma valley will be one of the princi.
pal If not the foremost vocation andt
IN the interest of the general welfare. |
IL seems to me that it should b.
fostered and encouraged in every
practicable way
Yakima Not Alone
THE predictions thas have been
made as to the shipments of apples
% move from the Yakima valley with
n the next few years are astounding
ma yet similar predictions are made
~ many other sections including the
Rogue. Umpqua, Willamette, Hood
tlVer Mosier and Grand Ronde val
eys in Oregon, Walla Walla, Palouse
ina Wenatchee valleys in Washing
on and in addition British Columbia !
southern Idaho, Montana, Colorado !
ma California are equally optimis-
&c as to the future production in
heir respective localities, so tina.
'lthln the period of short time the ,
otal production will reach an enor-
nous total for which markets aust :
e found. =
Wisdom to Be Original +
1 do not wish to be regarded as h
peakIng disparagingly of the fruit I
luuslry IN any locality and particu- "
'rly IN the Yakima valley, but l do c
ism TO suggest that because the Yak T
ma valley is so well adapted in every n
.ay TO the successful production of [,
ogs and dairy products that If @
QUA be the part of wisdom and in A
ne interest Of the country as a whole Fl
that industry should be regarded as q
equal importance to the fruit in Fl
uStry and its promotion uodou..,