The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-08-18
SEES Big FUTURE
In PALOUSE REGION
HAS BEST FUTURE OF ANY SEC
TION IN NORTHWEST IN
FARMING

From my observations, I believe
that the Palouse country has great
er possibilities Of becoming the cen
ter of a rich diversified farming sec
ton than any other in the northwest, ?
said Robert Whittier of the Moscow
State bank, who, in company with
Mrs. Whittier, has just completed a
two weeks tour of the Oregon and
Washington sections.
II viewed the Willamette river,
Pendleton, Walla Walla, Hood River,
Wenatlhee and other agricultural dis
tricts and will say that to the disin-
looks better th2S most of the 9TH
ers.
Perhaps the farmers of the Will
annette valley are a little more pros
porous than those of this section, but
that may be due largely to diversified
farming on smaller acreages. There
each man has just enough land that
he can do practically all his own
work and keep all the acreage under
production
"Practically all the farmers of the
Willamette valley practice diversified
agriculture and the results seem to
Justify fully the growing of different
crops and the raising Of stock and
dairying, and the like.
"The Pendleton country is, I think,
the best wheat growing district in
the west. The land there is partic-
'ular1y adapted to the raising Of wheat
and almost nothing else, save way
back in the foothills. The yield is
perhaps above that OF the Palouse
section.
sBut nowhere are there greater
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farming or greater attractions to the
are well suited to the growth of a
different lines of farming.
CAS- soon as diversified farming
takes a better hold upon the pro-
ducers of the sections the Palouse
country will step right to the fore
front and be one of the best farming
districts in all the northwest. The
weather is propitious and practically
anything can be grown here that can
be grown elsewhere in the. northwest.
1t is only question of short time,
too, until the country will be the
scene of small farms and diversified
farming"
Mr.. and Mrs. whittier made the
trip to the Oregon country by way of
the Wenatchee fruit country, Seattle,
Portland and other points Of interest
They visited Mount Rainier and the
Hood River valley and many ether
places. The return trip was made by
the way Of the Columbia highway.
speaking of the Columbia highway.
cannot praise too highly the
beauty and grandeur of that road and
the scenery along the route. Words
are inadequate to describe it. The
most beautiful and grandest things of
nature gree the eye of the traveller
along the way" said Mr.. Whittier.
When questioned concerning the fl
nancial outlook, Mr.. Whittier spoke
very reassuringly. He said that con-
fidence was returning to the invest
ors and it was comparatively easy to
get credit.
s'The banks are willingly cooperat-
ing with the produce growers in lend
ing money to take care of. the har-
vests In fact money is quite easy
to get now for agricultural purposes.
Investors are seeking to place their
capital in farming Industries and
credit is available.
s'But the thing that the farmers of
the Palouse section are anxious to
do is not to borrow money which is
nothing but an emergency makeshift,
but to produce money. Diversified
farming in my mind will in few I
years bring the country to the fore
front as nothing else will"