Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-08-22
MARKET GARDENING
A NEW ENTERPRISE
Cash ~ Gadtlis Develops Big BUSH
ness ON Twenty-acro Tract Near
Town-Farms Scientifically
and Gets Big Returns

newly converted Ford truck
bearing the legend "Gaddis Gardens
victor Vegetables ambling merrilv
down the street for the first time the
latter part of last week was the first
lntimation that many Pullman nom
pie had that there is an enternriS,
Oh considerable magnitude and of
great merit in existence in the ouy-
skirts of the city.
The originator of the new enter
prise is Cash N. Gaddis, well known
pioneer resident of this place. lie
mas Tor many years devoted consider
able time to the culture of flowers
and vegetables on his home place on
kamiaken street. This spring he
developed the idea that the growing
OF vegetables on business basis
would be profitable and began to
accumulate land to cultivate. He
had been for many years the Joint
owner with John Squires of numer
Gus lots in the southwestern part of
town. He purchased Mr.. Squires'
interests and then began to pick up
various pieces of property. He pur-
chased the Henneck property, an
acre from Walter NJ. Savage. and
other parcels until his holdings to-
| day total some 20 acres.
The land all lies in the cove a
the extreme southeastern part of
town and is sheltered from late
frosts of spring and the drying winds
OF midsummer. 1t was in this Sec
ton that John Kerr, an old time
resident and gardener of Pullman
used to grow tomatoes, cantaloupes
and other products in great profu-
| sion.
Having sold his residence prop
erty on Kamiaken street recently
Mr.. Gaddis Immediately set about to
build home on the newly acquired
land. He is remodeling the old
Henneck residence, and when the
workmen complete their task, there
will stand a modern eight-roCm
bungalow, with full basement, and
every convenience necessary for a
| home.
Mr.. Gaddis' gardening operations
commenced last spring. He fls~~
built a small, but complete packing
| house south of the Henneck resi-
dence He put in large amount of
seed and has since been marketing
produce. He has laid some 500
feet of galvanized iron pipe and is
praeticing irrigation to consider
able extent. By so doing he is en-
abled to put in a later crop the mo-
ment an earlier vegetable has beer
harvested Thus, the other day,
when the writer visited the place, he
had sowed lettuce, turnips, beets and
other understanding vegetables on
land that had already produced pro
| fusely.
Mr.. Gaddis has a large number Of
| tomato plants coming into bearing.
Likewise he has considerable area
devoted to the culture of cantaloupes
and cucumbers. Each plant has
gallon can, with a small puncsure in
the side. These cans are filled
daily with water and supply the
growing plants with sufficient moist
ure to insure crop. In each can,
about three times during the grow
ing season, Mr.. Gaddis drops hand
| full of nitrogen and dried blood TO
furnish plant food. He finds that
this is a wonderful boon and the
prospects of bountiful harvest VIII
undoubtedly make the cost and et-
fort to supply additional plant FOOD
elements well worth while.
Mr. Gaddis efforts this year are
a mere beginning of what he expects
tc do next year. He is digging out
large spring with the view of pump
ing water to reservoir to be buht
nm the crest of the hill on the south
end of his holdings to furnish water
for next years irrigation operations
He will put in a larger acreage ana
tI,a tract