Year: 1868

WAAlA WALbAs My oUtnJ 1905.


EDIroR SrArssNAx Having spent over one
year in this beautiful Valley, looking around for
the purpose of settling into some branch Of
business, l must now say that ! am favorably
impressed with the climate and country, and
from present indications, the great drawback of
the country will soon be overcome, and we will
have railroad communication with the rest of
mankind. am pleased to notice a great i'm
proyement already in the prices of property,
and the frmness of land and other real estate
Much has been said in yourpaper relative to the
comparative value of various crops or farm
products have made up my mind that one
thing is apparent in this, as we'll as every
country, and that is this, farmers must resort to
more of what is called mixed husbandry.
Wheat alone will not do corn alone will not do;
the whole effort of the farmer for hogs alone may
not do stock cattle aloue, # one has . herd
large enough to eat the grass of his vicinity, Of
course would make any man rich but we can
not all raise means sufficient to accomplish this


But there are some things we can do we can
supply this market with all the above mentioned
articles, and add great many others which at
present are scarcely to found in this market of
our own raising. Many Of these articles have
been advocated in your cOlumns as a-proftable
crop, but as yet it would seem that enough has
not been said to induce farmers to engage in
their culture. We lack Jet q, hundred tons Of
beans, worth by the ton seven or eight cents per
at tha


We could raise and find market for ten tons of
hops at rs cents per pound, say $3.50 900.
BrooIns and many other articles would make up
9 total of very large sum that could be pocket
ed by the settlers of Walla Wslla Valley. The
importance and profits in fruit growing is be>
coming pretty well established 10 the minds Of
our people. All the common varieties of fruit
are. grown to great advantage, and many are
engaging in it largely, and will for years find a
remunerative market in the adjacent mining
camps. Bat why we should we all raise apples,
pears, plums and peaches, and neglect the great
article Of fruit In every country, where it will
succeed, and that is the grape l see as fine
grapes raised in this Valley as could be wished
for, and surely where such grapes can be raised
il is the best of all fruit growing and the market
can never be overdone. Who ever heard of a
country where grapes were so plenty as to glut
the market and left to rot on the vine, as is
sometimes the case with apples, peaches, &c. 2
For the very good reason, that when the table is
supplied, the wine vat will consume the surplus.
Every one is aware Of this fact, and why not
engage more extensively in it2 We hear of one
or two who are planting large numbers of vines.
One man l hear of has upwards of five thousand
vines planted and is raising thirty thousand more,
large portion of which he intends to plant.
This is indeed beginning, and if others start iu
the same direction we will soon have grapes
enough, at leat, for table use. A great many
other fruits could be grown to advantage in this
Valley, such as cherries, apricOs, uectarines, &C.,
all Of which would add to the the comfort as
well as wealth of the producers. Walla Walla
Valley is surely paradise for the fruit nursery ;
every variety is produced in extraordinary per-
fection, and no form of disease, mildew or rot,
affects any of them. And here let me say, that
when the time comes that we have railroad COM
muuica:ion with the East we will surprise the
epcures of the Eastern cities with our f ne fruits,
and even with a connection to WalluIa We could
ship grapes, peaches, and other fruits to our
friends of the Willamette. Let US look to our
interest in this respect, and make and save every
dollar for onr community that can possibly be
done. ru CAL