The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-11
I'm FARMERS
ND THEIR TRIALS
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Papers of the Big East

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'''ef and torA:esume Of what the FARMERS
est have to contend with
n western viewpoint, but
Me- Manage view Of a" e"ste5"er only,
conditions cited do not eX
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Here is what he says:
WA%ng men inclined to follow
Greeley's advice to Go
would do we'll to read this
woe that comes i'll news dis
ON You r.: seems s:' a:;., * !. s: ':
the farmer or fruit grower
worried and harassed by
5 cheerfully form Of wild animal or bird.
l'ry and mill 'ound Dayton farmers are
lg the ground squirrel, which
>,nc troying mucn wheat.
NDS OF Sc EllsnsburS rancher reports
he beaver protected by the
laws, has increased rapidly
r. w 4 amin ais have built dams in
nLLoothills, and ranchers fear
RACTOR,ets may break these dams,
causing floods of srrious
Eff e.
L"ViISlWA queer little animal called the
marnot' comes down
OTrcr =, the Olympic mountains and
FINAL N the garden truck of farms
-, lnh Port Townsend and Quilcene.
nty, STATE d AT Brinnon deer leap fences
the matter eat hay and trample wheat
rles Mason d. T-af
'tice is herstJ =.
ell, the lrF1ying Northward to their
red and Inner breeding grounds, focks
:, and filed hid geese have stopped along
nj trat;on =. - Columbia river near Prosser,
Monday, TIE u BY fOraging on the young
!, IN 81 -, e w.. liter wheat have caused much
duly appoints cage. Farmers fire guns in the
ioh s .:uas Je that the detodations may
sted in said Sghten the geese away.
lie Exceptions 'Sheepmen in the Walla Walla
d this 3rd hintry bewail the presence of
W,,annies' in their hocks. A
he Superior fanny IS an Ola sneeP WHICH en-
County Sin Is lambs away from their moth
-. Once away, the granny de-
ICE TO cRlr4e Tie lamb and if starves to
FILEH.
Superior CNAtn.
,ington, for "Okanogan farmers report that
> matte, lid horses in that region are
dward Myneuace to their domestcated ami
ns.s% r,a1s, Inducing the latter to go to
dward Mym1e hills.
to the e.s ur Bears kill pigs and poultry near
rior Court Tent.
sons haVM Near Sedro- Wooley bald eagles
e, are rq1 49,
the usasttave carried away chickens and
' resdsnR .,,{t,I
IN. within
t this nods Al lhOrp ana EaStoh the ialm-
barred srs. some of them, not all, are busy
EllensbH -.
Law Of Jur lighting any proposition to have
JOHN their arid lands irrigated, believing
strator . -,
Edward THAT y VIII cost .ne"i 9oiiie'iii"N'
ion ylG5causing them to have to do little
} CREnI1Work in spreading the water out
C ~. ut and ia harvesting three to six tons
Ton for Dof hay per acre, worth $50 per
-. = ~ acre annually.
b giebs At Sunnyside the irrigation
here" b ditches become SO clogged with
tio ny Ayoung salmon trout that ranchers
to r. wG11eced to place screens acress the
court o4iways near the Roadway OF the
hsvia 4 e0pD)y. The law forbids taking
= e "ess fSout under eight inches long.
sun%p pheasants near Ellensburg light
' ~ ~ q r. ~ barnyard and steal the grain
y kns q ~ domestic fowls
e M complaints are of rabbits,
BIGw b1ockbrds, crows, mosquitoes, to-
.! !'e' " ro16es. skunks, weasel, wild cattle,
,ort A co1Sars. lynxes cranes and looms. "