The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-10-12
TW0-STORY CROP
PROVES SUCCESS
Enterprising Farmer Discovers
How to Make Fourth Plain
Land Pay.
RAISE CHICKS and PRUAEs
Chickens FertIize Land Good Only for
Raising Prunes-Farmer's Discov-
cry Leads to Rapid Growth
in the Industry.

| Vancouver--Fourth Plain, now a
community with the thriving village
of Orchards as the center, is expect
| ing to come into its own in a few
! years. The reason is a system of ag
, riculture known to Orchards residents
as the "two-story crop" If the Or
chards residents make their present
system work it will be the first plan
for tilling the scanty Fourth Plain soil
that has proved success since the
land was first cultivated by the Hud
sons Bay company some 80 years ago.
The Hudson Bay farmers made the|
land pay. Until very recently, the
only other people that profited from
Fourth Plain were the real estate men,
who frequently sold the same tract
of land two or three times year.
Soil Looks Fine.
The soil of Fourth Plain is fine look
ing on top. In fact what soil there is
is good soil, but it exists only in very
small quantities. An inch or SO be-
meath the surface gravel is found
Eastern people, lured into buying
small farm, soon found that it could
not be made to produce. Even prunes
failed, this being about the worst
thing that can be said for southern
Washington land The prune crops
were usually small, although occasion
ally big crops are harvested.
r. ]. Kenny, well-known chicken
man, discovered the "two-story CROP
In searching for farm for a chicken
ranch, he found a place at Orchards
that was well drained and otherwise
suited On the farm when he bought
was a prune orchard. Mr.. Kenny cul-
tivated the orchard and raised the
in addition. He soon found
that the chickens fortified the prune
the light soil being well
adapted to the purpose. AS a general
rule animal fertilizer cannot be used
for prune orchards except on light
we'll drained soil
Mr.. Kenny specialized on quality
stock, and his birds and eggs command
ar better than the market price,
others Of his neighbors tried out the
experiment. and 1t was soon foundI
hat practically every Orchards farm
s as well adapted to the two-storyI
rop as the Kenny place. Ten yearsl
go but one commercial chicken raiseTI
vas located at Orchards. Now theI
lumber in the district is probably
lose to 500, and every flock is beingI
increased.
Chickens Fertiiize Land.
thousand chickens in the hands
an experienced chicken man will
reduce comfortable living at Or
hards. The chickens occupy the
ground floor" on the farm and fer
lie the prune trees, occupying the
econd story. While the prune trees
re not remarkably productive as
rune trees go, nevertheless they rep
ssent practically all profit.
AS over so chicken ranches have
cen established in the last six months,
is conservatively estimated that at
lie present rate of increase two more
ears will make Orchards the great
st chicken country in the United
-ates, not excluding Petaluma, Cal.
every chicken raiser, in adj
tion to his flock of birds, has an or
ard. and the receipts from both fruit
I'd chickens make farming sue
SIS.
Orchards is six miles from Van
uver, WASH, and but ten miles from
'rtland, Ore, and as street car line
ms through the new chicken country,
e growers have little to fear about
ding market