The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-03-15
THERE Is MONEY IN IT.

THERE Is MONEY IN 1T.
From a gentleman who has travelled
extensively over the state, and who is
a close observer of industrial and
| business conditions, it is learned that
those sections where dairying is large
! ly engaged in show evidence of the
! greatest life, prosperity and content.
! The man with a few COWS, the better
class Of boyines, of course, has Ger
! tain and steady income, and where
| there are incomes there is where bust
ness is to be found. In dairy coun-
| try the returns are not spasmodic and
| uncertain. Creameries accept all the
| cream offered, and the pay check
! comes in weekly. fortnightly or month
| ly, just as the seller and buyer ar
| range. Butter is a staple article of
! consumption for which there is al
ways a demand, and prices are rarely
| so low that there is not a margin
! of profit for both the dairyman and the
| manufacturer This state has never
| yet produced sufficient butter to meet
consumption. for vast quantities are
| still shipped in from other states. 1t
will probably be some time before the
| home product gluts the home market.
In learning this fact regarding the
happy condition that prevails in dairy
| ing sections it struck us that not
enough attention is paid to that indus
! try in this vicinity. There is no reason
why dairying will not pay as well here
as elsewhere on the coast, and it is
a feature that is usully coupled with
| farming that should be carefully
looked into by land owners in this
neighborhood. The conditions are
Ill.
where dairying is now carried on sue
cessfully, and it is up to our farmers
to take hold and make dairying
source of profit to themselves. 1t is
said that the product of single COW
viii yield net income of $75 per year.
1t is claimed that this is the average
in localities where dairying is made a
Speciality. The results should be equal
| ly favorable in Okanogan county. If
a single COW will yield an annual prof
it of $75. it is easy to figure out the in
| come that could be depended upon
from each addition to a herd The
| figures are based upon the yield from
a superior breed of COWS, but it is
just as easy to raise thoroughbreds as
| scrubs, and the difference in returns
| from the two kinds should be an in
centiVe to raise only the best.
1t is stated that it is now the prac-
| tice in dairying districts for auto
| trucks to run routes through the cOun-
! try picking up the labeled full cans
| here and there and conveying them to
| creameries, returning the empty cans
! to the proper owners. This simplifies
! getting the product to the creameries.
| What an ideal route it would be to run
a truck down one side of the Okanogan
| river to Tonasket and back on the 9TH
| er side. And such a route could be
| established if eacn land holder should
| keep a few COWS with the aim of fur
| nishing the raw material to the cream
| cry
This is only one of the many posi-
| bilitiCS Of income in this section, where
a combination OF opportunities makes
| the Okanogan valley the most at
tractiye location for Il home in the
state. Fruit is not the only resource
to be looked to in the future as
means Of profit, although it is an i'm
! portant item There is no better coun-
| try in which to raise melons and vege-
| tables. Small fruit OF the most lu-
scious kind can be grown abundantly.
Alfalfa will yield heavily. AS hay it
| pays Put it in hogs and cattle and it
will pay better Pork always COM
mands high price There is no
country better adapted to the raising
OF hogs. The conditions are favorable
for the breeding Of thoroughbred
horses, and the price Of good horses
is steadily advancing Why, there are
any number OF openings for the man
CT small means, backed by energy, to
get ahead in the world The country
| invites effort in every line, and sue
cess will respond TO effort Opportun-
tiles have. been too long neglected.
| People should open their eyes to the
chances that are here awaiting those
who will seize them. 40 field in the
| northwest is more inviting. Here is
the opportunity for diversified farming
in the hroadest sense OF the word,
where 10 element OF risk enters INTO
! the game for 8 winning is assured for
| those who try.