Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-09-21
ENDORSES CREAMERY
Also Some Other Good
Ideas Noted.
Heppner, Oregon, Sept. 10, 1911.


Club. Last night attended meeting,
and believe some missionary work
should be done among the Boosters. as
they evidently believe the creek bottoms
the only land tnat will admit of diversi-
fed farming. l believe you are wrong ;
| also believe that the demonstration
people have done this county much
good already. Discing the stubble soon
alter harvest and packing the soil has
proven to be of the greatest value. But
l will not waste time theorizing.
l have lived in what is now Morrow
county for over thirty years and have
seen with my own eyes positive proof of
all l claim. Now from the talk OH
last night lot of the Boosters think
it would be a feat to keep hog or
COW on hve or ten acres Of hill land.
There is hardly faIm among the hills
that there is not from five to ten acres
that will grow good alfalfa There used
to be good field on the Bill Hendrix
place. I'll bet Huddleston don't know
anything about that. James Hams had
piece below Hardman on the place
now owned by John Adams, that was as
fine as l ever saw on the creek bottoms.
and that on the Hendrix place would
average with the creek alfalfa
Wash Thompson's orchard last year
grew as fine apples as could be grown
anywhere. This land is quite the high
est OF all the surrounding country, the
orchard sloping to the north.
The farmers have grown on these hill
lands grains that have taken as many
diplomas as any like number of farmers
in any part OF the United States.
When l was ra2ching i sent potatoes
to the Portland carnival that took the
diploma and took diplomas on potatoes
at both Buffalo, N. Y. and Charleston,
S. G. These potatoes were grown with
out drop of irrigation. i grew sheaves
of oats and wheat that were five and
six feet long. 1t was difficult TO put
three Hungarian prunes in a Mason pint
jar. l picked Sc Duchs apples from
three trees less than one inch in diam
eter that filed a bushe box. Everyone
about what good ranch
Cummings had. l Id it and about all
it has produced since is weeds.
l know it is safe proposition to take
a half section OF this hill land and
demonstrate just what Can be done.
am sure the results would exceed all our
expectations.
have been travelling over the county
for 10 days and find there is splendid
crop of potatoes, good crop of prunes,
a large crop of splendid pears and
great many apples, but last Springs
freeze caused people to think their fruit
was killed, so they did not spray with
Of lead and the apples are quite
all so wor.ny they are unfit for use.
1 don't believe in misrepresenting.
wish that some of these Boosters might
20 with me in my rounds and see some
Of the things l gather. | will bring up
4 peach today that grew in Morrow
county on tree loaded to the breaking
point. w. B Ewing asked if tney were
any good. l cut one and he said ne
never tasted so delicious a favored
peach. There were three or four trees
ust loaded. I. d. Matthews has three
.rees of same variety. One of the trees
vas broken down after being propped
Percy Jarman has about three trees OF
jame variety literally broken down with
ruit. | have named the peaches Wat
eubu gers Oh ,ice, aud have about 500
,udded for next fall delivery.
Now Mr.. Editor, wan. time to finish
his. The real object OF this meeting
vas to discuss and devise means for
he establishing OF a creamery here
Tow know creamery viii! do more
or our county than any other one thing.
my good average dairy COW will give a
ure return Of 500 a year. This can I
e increased to $3.50, but to be couserva-
i've, call it 800. Every farmer can
eep ten COWS, it don't make any differ
nee whether he is on the hill or on the
reek bottom / don't mean that the
reek bottom is not preferable, but be
an succeed on the hill. He has a clean
leome Of $1,000 a year; then tie milk