The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-09-20
KNOW YOUR COUNTRY.

~ people living in OrOville real
: he possibilities of the valley as a
.ssrre Of productiveness, or the ex-
~ of the improvements going on,
=. transformations that are being
.",sad Immediately under their eyes
!. ~ way of reclamation, cultivation
"a exprimental farming. In a gen.
- way, it is true, they recognize
~ the valley lands are the most
,,dile in the state under proper con-
Stions but they do not go forth them
.lyes and see what has been accom-
,I1hed, and what is in the process of
- DONE The fruit lands. the gar
q lands, the hay lands encompass
n town around about, and one can
tep across the corporate limits into
pge Of the most thrifty and highly
seductive orchards and truck gar
- that are to be found upon the
veotefn hemisphere. In almost any
drscton you strike out you will find
IL same fertility of soil, and the
ufch Of improvements getting the
but there is in it.
ome time when you have leisure,
= before all evidence is removed in
,aIieipation of encroaching winter,
tvoll short distance to the south
md and enjoy some of the surprises
Ut are In store for you. The sur
Nue would be just as apparent in
" ether direction, but from a casual
inace south from along the east and
NJ road between the Similkameen
~ Okanogan bridges, the prospect is
n Inviting. An excursion across
~ viii dispell that elusiOn. A growth
I underbrush along a swail, and a
tIhe Of trees along the course of the
1looh shuts out sight worth seeing.
NJ old Macauley ranch never held
ufpgpmise of being valuable for any
~ more than heavy annual har-
~ 4 hay, yet experiment has gone
4 b prove that the higher ridges,
Nm there is an extent of level land,
r be made attractive orchards. f.
G lice has demonstrated this most
11lActOrily. He has few acres on
~ these ridges, irrigated by means
IN electric pump. set out to young
~ trees. The trees are in healthy
tn1fion, having made a fine growth
~ eone0n, and the land is in high
~ AZ cultivation with not single
e. y sight. The application of such
1pQgh care is certain in time to
"a Ole Of the picture orchards OF
l11aolley.
fos the slough, ON the former
- Thompson place. j. M. Norris
son J. M. jr. are evolving a
IA home place that cannot be
ltqeIled for its wealth of productive
ll)9 lprj the variety of those products.
V9QAHon fairly runs riot, and in
n yeprs they will have property Of
El1t value. But what will strike the
Fsltor as the most wonderful indi-
atioa Of the fertility of the soil is
.ell patch, less than an acre, upon
IlIch tobacco is growing. No one has
sef before experimental thoroughly
!m tobacco culture in this part OF
y yalley, and should this experiment
tae Norrises turn out successful in
'soouetng superior grade of the
~, tobacco growing Is likely to be-
ane Z very important and profitable
loustFy IN the Okanogan valley.
Last spring Mr.. Norris, Jr., received
49, tobacco plants, part Of them the
seneticut variety, and a part the
tead leaf Pennsylvania tobacco. At
= ume the plants were set out they
'ste attacked by the wire worm, and
uitd OF them destroyed. Probably 1t
= n . sense lucky that one-third OF
= plants were lost, for II all had
aehed maturity it would have been
cult to handle the crop. The stalks
~ 10 vigorously that when cut
~ weighed from 1S to 25 pounds,
= mad to be split in order that they
.ula be handled conveniently. Some
NE leaves are % inches wide and
long. The plants are now being
y strung and hung under shelter to
through the curing process. The
W. Of the plant for use depends up
ne result of this curing. To all
ppeatances 1t Is as choice tobacco
g = can be grown anywhere, and
louid this crop turn out to be COM
'sfcially valuable, as stated above.
eacco growing will in time become a
'ts Item in the income of land own,
9 y this part of the valley, and
we be the inauguration of an In
~ that would aid in the disposal
nnds and give employment to a
" 0fge number of peOple.