East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-10

Adversely in many cases has made
better men. The healthfulness of the
climate has increased their endurance.
Their close association on small tracts
has promoted optimism ana while
there have been pessimistic ideas
afoot for season the general hope
fulness of an ambitious people always
prevailed in the end
The first settlers were inspired
with the fruit idea. They saw the
splendid orchards along the edges of
the project under exactly the same
conditions as the project offered and
they planted Winesap and Rome
Beauty Then came the alfalfa man
who said anything like Butter Creek
was good enough for him. SO he
planted alfalfa. Then came the COW
and the hog. A first class creamery
on an Independent basis, buys all the
cream from the project and Stanfield.
Echo. Umatilla ana Irrigon, and the
cream checks twice month make
scores of farmers smile. Good Jer-
seys and Holsteins are producing
from 50 to SIS per head per month.
Alfalfa is the principal ration and an
acre keeps COW a year. The gov
eminent in cooperation with the state
maintains a dairy expert in Hermis-
ton and he is giving free instruction
to the dairymen. He is helping them
to build barns and silos and teaching
item how to get good COWS. His as
sistance is very valuable
The dairy herds of the project have
increased from a few family cows,
early in 1912 to over 500 Jerseys and
Holstein grades with a goodly sprink-
ling OF thoroughbreds. The local
bank has loaned considerable sums to
buy cows and with renewed buying
this Fall and the natural increase 1t
is expected that the creamery will use
, the milk of 1000 cows in 1914. No
\ industry has developed so rapidly as
the dairy industry and owing to the
wide seeding OF alfalfa which pro-
duces seven to ten tons per acre the
possibility of the COW is difficult TO
estimate. DR.. Withycombe of the
Oregon Agricultural College says In
an open letter that the land here with
the COW and alfalfa can be made worth
$500 per acre.
An alfalfa acre with hogs will yield
as high as 800 per acre in a year
and alfalfa and little corn is making
the hog industry very important
This is true with or without the COW,
Poultry Of all kinds is paying well
! and also bees, 4 stand of bees Will
produce 100 pounds of honey that
sells for eight and ten cents a pound
One man had an apiary when work
on the project began, To the late
Robert Thorn may be given the credit
OF the bee industry here that is now
operated by over leo project settlers
Berry Crops pay.
The berry patch has proved sue
cessful James Gent sold s125 wortl
Of red raspherries from a tenth o
an acre and blackcaps and blacl
berries are equally as strong produc
ers under proper care. Melons anC
cantaloupes are now producing a rev
enue and the egg plant is an import
ant industry that has found n nev
home here. Asparagus Is a heav,
profit yielding plant and the proiuc
Is delicious. onions have beel
known to yield at the rate of $500 pc
acre and early potatoes are each sea
son source of quick revenue. Fiel'
corn this year will produce = bushel
per acre. one might name score q
other small products that are enabl
ing the farmer to make good withou
naming the larger fruits all OF whicl
have been proven successful that hav
had time to grow to maturity. Grape
both American and European varle
ties. have in nearly every case bee
grown to the finest fruition. TIL
vine seems to take quickly to tn
sandy, warm soil and with any reas
enable degree OF culture grows strong
ly. Apricots are almost phenomena
as are peaches. The first apples ar
perfect In every case the yon
trees thrive and the few trees oil
} enough to bear lightly have produce
highly favored and colored fruit c
good size and unblemished, There
, no reason 70 doubt, and many reas