Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-01-11
OF ORE
Con AND CROPS
LAND $500

ting along N ll.
Va ma a long, dry summer nus
~ Is our crops were good sna :
ss.,.e. ,good prices. and there y
,arss r sowsd for next ysar-
I've VA a Ions, dry fan just encash
,s,,rs 10 plow and SOW. rnt nov
, shlnk winter rains have 80 IN tos
sooa 10 the people Of Missouri
ssva eny idea how this West y
eoomIugs Wheat land or common
valley land sells for all prices. tss
to $500. / sod my farm uwo
aro for sil5 per acre. None Of 'ni.
and WIN Yield as much as 4 alo
wears ago. nor half as much any
.land EARNED every year IS bouna 90
wear oaa. There Is lots Of clover
sowna here Of late Cor seed tme
year II yielded ave 70 eighf SACKS
per acre and sold Tor twentsStNo
cents per pound. giving a profn o.
s75 10 SEQ per acre. Some farmers
sola rs high as $4,000 worth. nov
+ have told you about our wneas
RAISING. i wAl tell you about ~
hon.raisins. The people who raise
hons haze made all kinds OF money
this year. About one+haif Of ?
hons were contracted for behogs
tbey was picked. az 40 cents per ~
Al this price an acre Of hops yielos
a clear profit OF $500 TO $500 pes
acre. depending on the Location ana
cultivation. The River bottom lana
M really she only hop land as ~
Yields almost three times as much o.
The wheat lands. / know one man
who paid $500 per acre last spnns
for a hop yard; selling his hops
he cleared $500 per acre and af'er
he sold his crop he was Offered sivv
acre: it contained 100 acres. That's
pretty good profit-s2OO per acre for
his hops and $500 profit on the A.
In 4 months-and be refused II, for
he can contract next years crop for
IA profit OF $4,000 per acre. ] have
one close neighbor who received q
check for ST., 900 for this veal
hon crop and Horst Brothers p
Kreebs Brothers each received al
! most three times that much Inc
Horst Brothers are clearing up z0V
acres more; this viii give them me
largest hop yard in the world,
They pay $3.50 per acre for clearsns
IN up. So you can see how heavy
the timber Is. They have Tires
b donkey engines pulling stumps An
! large ones are blasted; some Of
! them are v fet acroas and i
takes as much as 50 sticks q dyna'
) mite to raise them; a man on ING
! Willamette River has 10 be care
, ful this year that a stump don't
J fall on him for they are blasting DAY
and night. They have IS meu q
I work on this 200 acres and " - q
) sight TO zee what these engines can
pull. They have their steel cables
fastened way up in the top Of
some fir trees and when a stump "
once pulled up II goes on up 20 tho
top OF that tree and ~ dropped Ia a
/, pile, and what plies. beaieye
one acre OF this land viii make 300
/. cords OF wood. and then some. Now.
as / have written about hops don't
take It for granted that hops are Al
Q ways a good price for ! have seen
them for bedding for horses In a w.
e cry stable, but last year this year
d and next IS a wonder and the best
e the people have seen for a long
a time, and It will come again. Over
a $40, 0O0. 1000 was left in Oregon
this year. Over 100. 900 bales were
Z raised this year. ! forgot TO say
my brother, Z. Nj. Young. cleared
$4,000 on his hop crop, Pretty good
for one who was down and out With
rheumatism. 1t looked as though he
wousd never get well, but he is
r by going to one Of our many hot
t. springs. These boiling Springs are
nd certainly the best remedy on earth
too bad so many people live SO
far away from them. Now. to the
people: l don't want any of you to
~ think BY this letter that dollars grow
on trees here, for. honestly. the best
i and safest place TO buy lard is old
! Missouri right today.
forgot to say / Was down TO
,e California not long ago and / saw
ID few Of the boys saw John EARS.
ON, OF Sturgeon. He Is worth over
s. 500, 0OOi also saw James Bwatzel,
/ of Wellsvlle, Mo.
N forgot to tell you about one
great industry here-prune-raislng
II. A prune orchard paid a profit this
a. year as great as hops or a goldmine.
This valley is fast going into fruit.
r, One can travel in many localities
Is. Tor hall a day at a time through
prune, cherry and apple orchards-
such cherries as grow here. IL ia
nothing unusual to find thirteen chez
Il. RES laid side by side TO make one
loot in length. This Valley 10 The
X Greatest potato country j ever saw.
ana they have also paid d handsome
s. profit for the three years. After an.
le. don't think money Is easily made
in mere Oregon has just struck A ltIel,
streak because other countries were
n short There is n Japanese an
california Who raises 100000 eaoks
u potatoes annually. He is called
q ene Potato King of California.
~ Goodbye.
~ John Young.