The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-11-27

phlet covers much ground, yet every
portion of the ground covered is faith
fully protrayed. and no section is ne
elected. Brief letters from actual
residents tell facts as to what has
been done and what car be done by
anyone owning lard and applying
themselves intelligently to putting
that land under intensive cultivation.
Two pages of cuts containing a
group OF nine views are of special To-
cal interest, as they were taken on
the ranch of j. A. McGinty, just be-
low town. When one stops to con-
slider what Mr.. McGinty has accom-
plished during the short time that he
has occupied the land upon which he
lives there is "a feeling of disappOint-
ment that this part of the valley, so
long settled, is not in higher state
OF development and production than
should rather put to shame many who
have been in the valley so much long
er and have SO much less to show for
their efforts. Mr.. McGinty's land is
no better, no richer, no more favor
ably located than the balance of the
low land in this vicinity. Indeed, he
had much labor to perform, much eX-
pense to go to, in order to secure wa
ter for irrigation, and his supply is
meagre as compared to what can be
obtained by land owners fronting on
lake or rivers. Mr.. McGinty has no
secret formula for success. 1t rests
entirely on intelligent management
and capable muscular energy. No
better fruit, no better vegetables, no
better grains are grown than those
raised on the McGinty ranch. Yet any
and every valley land owner can raise
just as good fruit, vegetables and
grain if the same system of care and
cultivation are employed. Had every
land owner followed the same course
in handling his land as Mr.. McGinty
this part of the Okanogan valley
would today be veritable Eden.
Another item of interest in the
pamphlet is letter from Mrs. G. X.
Stanton. In brief, lucid modest and
interesting way she tells of her sue.
cess with Jersey cattle. Mrs. Stair
ten is entitled to great credit for what
she has accomplished in raising Il
large herd of thoroughbred Jerseys,
single handed and alone, laboring at
times under such adverse circum-
stances as would have discouraged
physical and mental energy, with a
determination to succeed in any un-
dertaking she may embark in. Con-
sidering the fact that she has been in
poor health considerable of the time
during the past few years her success
is really marvellous. The following is
her statement as it appears in the
pamphlet:
Il came to live at Oroville thirteen
years ago when we were far from
the nearest railway. My present dairy
herd the Nasika Illihee herd of fifty
animals, has grown in that time from
one Jersey COW on a small town lot
| have about 140 acres ON the Okano-
gan river bottom joining the town
meadow. l have raised about ten
tons of corn silage per acre and seven
tons of alfalfa hay in three cuttings
per season. My milk cows consume
about one ton of mill feed per season
which costs 500 per ton. My stock is
all pure bred Jersey and l get $50 per
head or better for young calf. My
cows average about 1000 pounds Of
milk per season, but have had as high
as 5000 pounds and the milk has test
ed as high as seven and four-tenths
per cent butterfat but five per cent to
six per cent when fresh. l average
about thirty-four cents per pound for
butterfat. | am now milking twenty
cows. Thirteen of these brought $100
| iE butter and 500 in milk each month
during January and February or $400
| in butter and milk in two months.
Counting the calf the average income
from my COWS amounts to more than
$3.50 per year, and | received at least
SIS per ton for the, alfalfa. Only
about 100 acres of my land is produc-
tive, the balance being brush and
waste land along the river bank.
believe this is the best country for
| udiIyluS COuSlueTl0S Cne amount Oh
feed that can be raised per acre, eli
matte conditions and health of stock
that can be found in America. My
experience has been thoroughly salts
factory and l think had / been in
good health to give the ranch personal
attention the past few years could
have produced still better results"
The following letter from e. c
Leedy, general immigration agent, ac
companied the publication Any o.
our readers dropping Mr.. Leedy pos
tai card at st. Paul will receive copy
lof the interesting publication:
Dear Sir:
| am enclosing a copy of our pub
lication on the Wenatchee north coun
try which may be of interest to you
: We will be glad to mail a copy of thi
/, publication to anyone upon applica
: ton. We would especially call at
tention to the fact that people living
: in the Wenatchee north countr
J should furnish us with a list of tn