Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-04-28

doors as good or better facilities for
homegrown vegetables. Our towns
are growing, the demand becoming
greater every year II the grocer can
pay freight from California, imagine
the benefit from homegrown vege.
tables, to say nothing Of having the
fresh article.
Broom Corn and Brooms
Here Is a fine opportunity for
someone. Broom corn costs no
more per acre TO raise than the or
binary yellow kind and our soil and
climate is ideal for II. All the equip
ment for broom making can be had
for 800. Make your own handles
with another outlay of about $500
for two-horse gasoline engine and
lathe. Raise your broom corn, make
the brooms, handles and all. There
Is a market right in the valley for
a number OF such small-sized plants.
They are now all shipped in with
large freight rates added.
Home Cannery
Few people realize that canning is
very simple process A small out
fit can be had as cheaply as 800 and
Installed in your woodshed. The tin
cans can be bought at any hardware
store very cheaply, or, better still,
make your own cans. The machin-
cry is not expensive and It requires
but little common sense and no par
ticular skill. Put in an acre of tom
atoes and can them yourself, and
sell them right here. Tasty lables
can be had In stock form at little
expense from the people who male
ma sell these home canneries. Can
'our peaches, your berries, beans
md peas. In cans they are always
marketable and will keep indefinite
y
Pickles
A nice business Is raising cucum-
ers and II is no trick at all to make
ickles. Put them In kegs and bot
les. Always ready sale for them
{ good prices.
Nursery Stock
There is about $4,000 worth of
ursery stock used in the Rogue
liver valley each year, nine-tenths of
'hich Is shipped in. We have the
quail OF the best nursery land in
he United States. Why not keep
his money at home and help build up
ther businessY The business can
g started and carried on in a small
'ay with little or no expense for a
eginning and worked up into a fine
usiness.
Beans
| don't think the people here real
70 the value OF the common navy
can ms catch crop to raise between
'uit trees for say the first two years,
for that matter, for general
rop. In California they are going
ITO II quite extens'vely and are max
'g big money. Beans are easily
larketed. freight not excessive and
hey VIII keep until marketed.
Hogs
AT the present price OF pork hog
lising Is very profitable. Certain
reeds, like Cheshire will Craze on
Italia and keep in good condition
uring the growing season. Some
orn to fatten and turn off a shoat
the fall of 15O pounds is less
rouble than any other farm animal,
nd with quick returns.
Mule Breeding
There is a great scarcity OF draft
nimals and they command big
'rices. A good two-year-old mule
olt will bring $3.50. The mule Is
he best draft animal known. Turn
our alfalfa into mule stock instead
" selling your hay and get at least
vice as much for your fodder.
Tobacco
Tobacco does nicely here and there
$ big money In raising with proper
ARE, not so bulky, but that II Is a
good shipper.
Onions
onions are very profitable and |
are fine shippers Considerable lab.
o. Is required to properly raise them
but the price is stable and they ar.
adapted TO small tracts
or course these are In an expert.
mental stage at present, but the elm.
ate here ia almost Identical with
some parts OF Virginia, where the
most OF the peanuts OF the United
states are grown. and I bello 70 the,
VIII DO well with some experiment.
Ing as to handling them.
There are many other things which
VIII suggest themselves which ar.
adapted TO intensive and small-tract
culture.
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