The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-01-04
UEVE[UP MEHI
IS SPOKANE s
1871 SLOGAN
Must Make Unproductive Areas of
This State Productive-Cener-
al Farmers, Dairymen and Poul-
try Fanciers Are Needed.

haps the greatest problem now con.
fronting the people of Washington
Oregon, Idaho and Montana is the
necessity of making productive the
vast areas of undeveloped lands.
More general farmers and dairy
men, fruit, livestock and poultry
growers and other classes of desir-
able settlers are needed. There is
also need for manufacturers to con-
vert the raw materials of mines. for
ests, ranges, farms and orchards in
to finished products; in fact, the op
portunities, advantages and possible.
tiles for thrifty men and women with
some capital are practically limit
less. The four states will support a
population of 100000.
Statistics of the movement for
1910 are not yet available and prop
ably will not be ready for several
weeks, but the incomplete reports at
hand indicate that between 10000
and 10000 prospective settlers
Lnaye come into the western coun-
try during the last ~ months. More
than $4,000 of these located In the
Inland Empire.
Through. all the national gateway
there has been. a constant movement
of settlers and homeseekers to all
portions fthe Northwestern and
Pacific states The opening of large
acreages in the irrigated districts
the growth of the dry farming move
ment, the educational policy Of the
United States Reclamation Service
and the campaigns by commercial
organizations and western railway
companies all bore fruit. Added to
this is the fact that thousands were
7ervations opened in Washington
Idaho and Montana.
81 The National Apple shows in Spo-
kane and Chicago last November and
December and the annual gatherings
of the International Dry Farming
congress last summer and the Ma
tiOnal Irrigation Congress in the fall
! Of 1907 did much toward arousing
interest in the agricultural. orchard
sng and truck farming possibilities of
the far western country. Exhibit
tons of western products in other
parts Of the country also were fac
tors. 'i' .
- On the whole. 1910 was a greater
year for agricultural development in
the Northwest than was 1909. re-
markable as the land settlement was
during that period. The movemer !
"a. also was more substantial than dur
ing any previous year True it is
there were more inquiries in 1909
and previous years. but a large pro-
portion of them came from persons
who. we're more curious than deter
mined. Last year most of the In
qufrers meant business.
, The extent of the land movement
IL reflected in a way by the figures
given out through the United States
census department a. to the gains
in population In the western states.
Washington led every state In the
Union with an increase In population
amounting to 1904 per cent. Ida
hos gain was 1913. Oregon showed
! . gain Of 62.7 per cent. while Mon
+ tana's gain was 54.5 per cent. The
population of the four states was
2.s16.402, according to the federal
census taken last April.
One of the encouraging signs Of
the times is the fact that the large
grain ranches are being cut UP into
| small farms and that in many In
stances orchards are being set out
lin districts where the former staple
| crop was wheat, The total acreage
| devoted to wheat in the state of
Washington in 1910 was LASS. 900.
the production being 2s,603.0D0
bushels Oregon produced 16.414.-
900 bushels of wheat from $4,000
acres of land, Idsho,s yield from
| $4,000 acres was i2.6OS.O00,! and
Montana reported 40. 100, bush els
, from 100000 acres. The total is
much less than. In tS09.Hit ~ III
The apparent loss in the produc-
| ton of wheat Is made up by the
grain held over from 1909. In the
state of Washington alone 1t was a
| matter of more than ~ per cent.
The wheat crop in the Inland EN-
pire was valued at about $4,000.
600 the season OF 1909. but 10 per
cent was held over. Bankers esti-
mate that the crop of 1910 has q
money value of about $42.000.G00.
The greatest offset to the decrease
| III wheat pEOuuctlOn Is Inc enormous
increase in the WELD of commercial
| apples. Fourteen per cent or lhe
value of the entire apple crop of the
United States in 1910, estimated at
sSO,O00,OO0, was produced by com
mercial orchardists in Washington
| Oregon, Idaho 1dano and Montana
The Weld is placed at 7.b 90. 0 OF
boxes. apportioned as follows: "a
Washington. t4.725. 600: Oregon
2.250. oOesS Idaho. 100000 and Mon.
tana. 100000. The output In 1905
was: Washington. 2.414.2s1: Ore
.gon. $4,000: idaho. s25.0O and
Montana siso.000.
The avetage pace infths orchards
ranged from s1.16 70 s$i.s5 box
while the cost Of production. pick
ing. packinx. grading and hauling t.
the railway platform was less thar
SO cents a box. The eassrasel YIELD
| for matpred trees was 5e0& h oxes
but in many instances the crop OF
s. 10 ana 2O-acre orchards was n
high al 11Ao boxes the acre. ~
average Of 10 boxes a tree.
In addition, millions of dollars
/ revenus was produced from yieifs o
grains. grasses, fruits and vegets
4 bles but the outpuS is only a srlal
| percentage of what it should ne. F.
example, there is need for not les
than 900. 100 cows to supply butte