Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-02-23
TELLS ABOUT HIS
RECENT TRIP TO COAST.
Times Are Very Good On Cast
-Diversification of Industries
Given as The Reason.

F. S. Winner, former editor of
the Chronicle, who returned
early last week from the coast
with shipment of dairy cattle !
for Idaho, Nez Perce and Asotin
counties, was in town Saturday
and gave the Chronicle some
interesting data regarding his
trip and conditions as he found
them on the coast. While away
he spent about week at Seattle,
going from there to the San
Juan islands and then to Belling-
ham and other points in What
com county. Mr.. Winner said
he found times every prosperous
all along the coast and did not
hear an expression about hard
times while away. He lays this
to the fact that there is a
greater diversification of in
dustries there, which results in
more employment for the resi-
dents of the country and more
money in circulation.
In Whatcom county, which
has the largest mileage Of paved
roads of any county in Wash
ington, the leading industries
are about equally divided be-
tween lumbering, shipping and
fishing, dairying and poultry.
The Whatcom County Dairy
mems Association, composed of
some 1900 members, did gross
business last year in excess of
one and one-half millions of
dollars, while the poultry ss-
sociation did almost as we'll. In
the first case the farmers as
ISOLATION does not control { III the
milk in the county either as the
Carnation people, of Seattle,
have one or two large condens-
cries operating there. 1t is no
uncommon thing there to visit
dairy farms and see from fifty
to hundred head of fine dairy
cattle in the barn at one time,
half of the herd being producing
animals. On the poultry farms
also one can often see places
with not more than five or ten
acres of cleared land and yet
housing from 800 to 1900 White
Lcghorn hens. Under the as
sociation management most of
the eggs are shipped in carload
lots by express to New York
City, the cost of the shipment
often amounting to 1910 for a
single car. The mild winters
and abundant rainfall in summer
along the coast makes that an
ideal country for the poultry
and dairy industries and every
one seems to be prospecting at
the game. Much of the feed
needed by the farmers is ship
ped in from east of the mount
aims, most of the alfalfa hay be-
ing secured from the Ellensburg
and Yakima sections while the
coast farmers use their land fol
providing summer pasture
growing of root crops and corr
for silage and native hay
Around Mount Vernon, south Of
Bellingham, a large part of the
cabbage seed sold in the u. S. is
produced and this industry re
turns a handsome profit. Farm
ers there also planted about
$500 acres to potatoes last yeal
but have failed to make goo(
with the crop, the price being Sc
low last fall that a large part Of
the acreage was not harvested
Mr.. Winner stated that Bell
ingham is a triving city Of abou
10000 population and while
| there he met Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Wright, former Cotton
wood citizens, who are in bust
ness there and doing well. HI
, was quite favorably impresset
; with the coast country and pre-
diets that in time to come tn
San Juan islands will develol
into one Of the leading summe