Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-07
GROWERS IN ALL PARTS OF THE
COUNTY ARE JpBILANr.
YIELD WILL BE RECORD
Acreage Large Of All Kinds of
Fruits, Vegetables and
Grains.

There is every present indication
that the Rogue River valley will
produce a record crop in 1912.
Fruits, grains and vegetables of all
kinds are in the best possible condi-
ton, and with increased acreage of
planted crops, and many orchards
and vineyards just coming into bear
ing for the first time, the production
will be the largest the valley has ever
known.
From all the agricultural districts
tributary to Grants Pass there come
reports of orchards loaded with
swelling fruit; or meadows of al
falfa just coming into bloom ready
for the first cutting, of fields of po-
tatoes, melons, tomatoes and of
hops, berries and grains that are
making the best possible growth,
with assurance that the harvest will
be full of profit and of satisfaction.
Weather conditions have been ex-
cellent, with no late frosts; the rain
fall ample and distributed as we'll as
the most experienced irrigator could
ask. The ground is now filled with
moisture, and irrigation can thus be
delayed this summer much past the
usual time.
The orchardists are busy with the
final spraying, or are thinning the
apples on the trees, many of the
trees having five or six times the
fruit upon them that is left to ma
ture. 1t is this strict attention to
detail, the production of quality
fruit rather than quantity, that
makes the Rogue River brand the
standard of perfection in all the mar
kets of the world.
ID. NJ. Clute Tells of Hops.
Along the upper Applegate crops
never looked more promising" re-
marked D. NJ. Clute, who was in
town with a load Of butter from the
Valley Pride creamery at Applegate,
Friday. Alfalfa, especially, Is max
ing a heavy crop, and large acre
age Of new alfalfa has been seeded
this spring. Our new creamery start
ed up in March, making at first 700
pounds of butter weekly, but We have
increased this till now We are mar
keting 1900 pounds each week, and
the farmers are planting out more
forage and buying more dairy stock,
so that the success OF the creamery
Is assured. / am hop grower my
SELF" continued Mr.. Clute, "and my
SO-acre yard is making record
growth, the vines having already
climbed to the tops of the poles and
started down again, with a fourteen
to sixteen-foot growth. They are
arming out well, and the outlook Is
great" Mr. Clute is one OF the di-
rectors of the new Valley Pride
creamery located at Applegate, u
miles above Murphy.
Cutting Alfalfa at Murphy.
"In the Murphy district the gen
eral crop outlook seems to be the
best for many seasons" is the report
Of DR.. Wilcoxon. Alfalfa cutting Is
now IN progress, having been hast
ened BY a rather heavy growth Of
lager grass, brought on by the
heavy rainfall. making 1t necessary
10 cut this first crop before this grass
rlpened and injured the frality Of
the hay Fruit Of all kinds seems 20
he in a most satisfactory condition.
there being no frost injury Pa's
Brothers are again planting a con
siderable acreage Of tomatoes. this
having been a staple crop with .hea
for a number Of years. You o1l SAY
that the Applegate vii. send out a
big crop again in 1919, as usual"
McKinstry Grows Forage.
"I have been pretty generally over
the county in the pas, two weeks.