Catoctin clarion., 1913-05-15
PARKDALE, OREGON.

MANAGER CLARION:-
Your letter and bundle of CLARIoNs
reached me in due time, and surely en-
joyed both so much that am enclosing
you money order for a years subscrip-
ton for your paper and amount for the
copies you sent me.
While there are mention of lots of peo-
pie from around Graceham, Creagers-
town, Rocky Ridge and other places, |
have forgotten them or never knew ma
ny of them. ! do find names of some |
knew and remember, and it takes me
back to my boyhood days. You see, !
left home February 2S, 1887 and Travelled
about and through this western country;
have met many people and seen many
places, and one forgets some, especially
those persons he has not seen for so ma
ny years noted mention of Newton |.
Fishers name in one of the papers you
sent me. If this is the Newton Fisher
used to 90 to school with at Logs, re-
member me to him.
HoIS youi pdpSi SiFSo ioSo Va 6oou
hints on poultry and other things about
farming, and l want to say they are all
valuable and should be appreciated by
the people around Thurmont | am
somewhat of chicken fancier myself
along with my good wife. We went broke
once collecting a good strain of Rhode
Island Reds, but we were persistent and
kept at it., and now we are coming out
III to the good, and we are getting our
Information through just such sources as
is you are giving along with bit OF
We need more hints for no one knows it
I'll.
We have a small place in the world re
lownad Hood River Valley where we
,row the finest of apples and berries of
I'll kinds and colors. Our place is about
eight miles from the base of Mt Hood,
and three miles from the town of Park
dale, on the Mt. Hood railroad. Land
sells here at from $75 to 5000 per acre in
the raw state and costs from SIS to 500
per acre to clear and if heavily timbered
about 5000 for clearing. Set to one year
old trees and one seasons cultivation, it
runs about $400 per acre according to the
variety of trees set and other conditions.
Ten acres here is ample for one man to
handle and more too when the trees get
to the bearing age. Not over month
ago II year old orchard of eight acres
sold for 81, 900 per acre, cash down, six
miles from here, and there are some that
cannot be bought at that price. Howev
er, the price for 10 to II year old or
chards runs about $500 per acre. This
country produces the fruit and gets the
returns. Everything is systematically and
scientifically done to put the best on the
market. wish the eastern orchardists
could see how apples are raised here, and
then apply the same method. | believe
they would get better returns than they
do Nearly all the tracts here are of 10,
20 and 80 acres, with now and then one
of 40 or 60 acres, but money can be made
more easily on the 10 and 20 acres than
on the larger tracts.
Well, this may not be interesting to
you, but you know when man is all
wrapped up in certain line of business
he has to explode SO much just like the
steam from an engine.
| specialize on single comb r. |. Red
poultry, celery and apples, and hope some
day to have enough made on the right
side of the ledger to make a nice little
winter trip with my family to the home
of my boyhood days in dear old Maryland.
Yours very truly,
HARRY S. GROUSE.