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The Rogue River Fruit Grower
A table of contents to the Rogue River Fruit Grower, published irregularly 1908-1912 by Charles Meserve in Medford, Oregon. Partial collections are found at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Oregon Historical Society, Oregon State University and the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland.
   

A collection of photocopies of the complete run is archived at the Southern Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Vol. 1, No. 1, December 1908

Page

1 "Why Home Orchards Are Failures in Rogue River Valley"
1 "The Ten Commandments Revised to Date" (guidelines for good citizenship and boosterism)
2 "Codling Moths in Packing Houses"
2 "Rogue River Valley Newspapers" (survey thereof)
3 "Pollination of Fruit Blossoms" (O.A.C. experiments)
4 "Rogue River Without Honey" (most valley honey is imported)
4 "Improving Church Grounds" (landscaping at Medford churches)
4 "A Record Potato Crop" (L. C. Charley farm on Little Butte Creek)
5 "Oak Trees a Menace to Orchards" (breeding grounds for fungi and mistletoe)
5 "Towns Breeding Places for Pests" (in home orchards)
6 "Publisher's Announcement" (promise to be factual and unbiased)
6 "Rogue River Valley in 1909" (predicts another record-breaking year)
7 "Rogue River Valley Industrial Fair" (first two fairs were successful)
7 "Free Delivery Mail Service" (area has passed maximum revenue limit)
7 "Increased Property Values" (Jackson County tax assessment)
7 "Southern Oregon Roads" (modern road building being implemented)
8 "No Selling of Diseased Fruit"
8 "Rogue River Valley Grapes" (vineyards)
10 "Farming Demonstration Train for Southern Oregon" (O.A.C.)
10 "Vetch a Dry Land Crop"
11 "Southern Oregon Copper Outlook" (Blue Ledge, Takilma, Galice)
11 Paragraph encouraging planting of celery
12 "Ripe Strawberries in November" (E. S. Wolfer, Eagle Point)
Advertising
3 Grants Pass Canning Company (Sampson's Spray)
7 First National Bank, Medford
9 Medford Spray Factory, J. A. Perry (Niagara Lime and Sulfur Spray)
9 Williamson Haffner Co. engravings, Denver
10 Jacksonville Post newspaper
12 Charles Meserve, George H. Parker (automatic alarm thermometer)
Photographs
5 "Pine Woods in Rogue River Valley" (Crater Lake Lumber Co.)

Vol. 1, No. 2, January 1909
Pages not numbered.
"Government Experts Work in Rogue River Valley" (P. J. O'Gara, G. W. Taylor, H. C. Bateham)
"Summer Fallowing Roads" (recommends not doing road work in summer)
"A Brief History of the Oregon Fruit Industry" (significant dates, 1825-1869)
Two paragraphs on peach grafting and pruning
"Teaching Agriculture in the Country School" by Kirkman Robinson, Wilderville
"How to Kill Peach Root Borers" (Howard Ellison of Michell & Boeck orchard)
"Meetings of Fruit Growers & School of Horticulture"
"A College Education That Prevents Divorce" (Dr. James Withycombe of O.A.C. says that none of the college's female graduates have ever divorced)
Paragraph numbering banking institutions in Rogue Valley towns
"An Egg Famine in the Rogue River Valley" (local poultry producers are doing well)
"To Test Methods of Protecting Orchards from Frost" (J. G. Gore's experience, O.A.C. will carry on experiments)
"How Jacksonville Orchardist Eradicates Bitter Rot" (W. I. McIntyre, owner of Karewski orchard on Daisy Creek, uses lime-sulfur spray on his Baldwin apples)
"A Profitable Peach Orchard in Applegate Valley" by John H. Robinson, Grants Pass
"Growing Celery in Rogue River Valley" by Rev. J. E. Day, Woodville
"Some Interesting Facts in the History of Medford" (postal history, interview with J. S. Howard)
Paragraph on using blue vitriol and white arsenic to treat sore feet in goats
        Advertising
Deuel & Kentner, Medford ("New Store, New Goods")
Wolfer the Berry Man, Eagle Point ("The Best in Strawberry Plants")
Harry E. Foster, Medford, civil and mining engineer
P. F. Swayne, Grants Pass ("Sheep and Goats for Sale")
Medford Spray Factory, J. A. Perry (Niagara Lime and Sulfur Spray)
The Toggery, Medford ("A New Spraying Glove")
H. V. Meade, Medford ("Fine Printing for Fruit Growers")
First National Bank, Medford
D. T. Lawton, Medford (photo of Mitchell power sprayer)
John H. Robinson, Grants Pass ("Rogue River Valley Fruit Land")
Grants Pass Canning Company (Sampson's Spray)
Hubbard Bros. Hardware, Medford ("Carload of Spray Outfits," photo of New Way Sprayer)
S. P. Kimball, Salem ("The Kimball Cultivator")
Rogue River Electric Company ("Electric Motors for Pumping," photo of motor)
Southern Pacific, O.R.&N., Oregon Short Line, Union Pacific Railroad
       Photographs
"Spray Factory of J. A. Perry on Medford-Jacksonville Railroad"

Vol. 1, No. 3, March 1909

Pages not numbered.

"Epochs in the Development of Rogue River Valley" (transportation history after 1856)
"Government Expert Gives Warning of Blight" by P. J. O'Gara, Pathologist (urges action to prevent pear blight)
"Officers of Rogue River Granges for 1909" (complete lists for Wagner, Central Point, Dimmick, Fruitdale, Illinois  Valley granges)
"A Poultry Keepers Association for Rogue River Valley" by W. J. Messenger, Ashland Tidings (urges formation, seconded by Fruit Grower editor)
"A New Industry for Rogue River Valley" (urges inauguration of willow-ware industry)
Paragraph urging early spraying for San Jose scale
Paragraph on Indiana and Rogue Valley tomato crops
"When to Prune Peach Trees" (spring and summer)
"Onion Raising in Rogue River Valley" (L. E. Sivers, Evans Valley, treats fungal disease with lime)
Paragraph on hog cholera in Indiana, unknown in Rogue Valley
Paragraph on sulfur, used on earth to spray bugs and in Hades to spray humbugs
"How to Get Fancy Prices for Melons and Vegetables" (raising early plants)
"Cross-Pollinate Work by Bees" (low yields result from low bee populations)
Paragraph on landscaping of Dryden school, Josephine County
Paragraph on telephones in valley schools
"Strawberry Growing in Rogue River Valley" by E. S. Wolfer
Paragraph advocating kale as dairy feed
"The Story of the Siskiyou Copper" by "Prospector" (description only)
"The Last Act of the Rogue River Indian War" by Merritt Bellinger, Medford (Ledford massacre, hanging of Chief George)
       Advertising
Deuel & Kentner, Medford ("Largest and Best Equipped in Southern Oregon")
Wolfer the Berry Man, Eagle Point ("The Best in Strawberry Plants")
Harry E. Foster, Medford, civil and mining engineer
Medford Spray Factory, J. A. Perry (Niagara Lime and Sulfur Spray)
John H. Robinson, Grants Pass ("Rogue River Valley Fruit Land")
Rogue River Electric Company ("Electric Motors for Pumping," photo of motor)
Hubbard Bros. Hardware, Medford ("Carload of Spray Outfits," photo of New Way Sprayer)
H. V. Meade, Medford ("Fine Printing for Fruit Growers")
First National Bank, Medford
P. F. Swayne, Grants Pass ("Sheep and Goats for Sale")
A. A. Smith, Medford ("Tin and Sheet Iron Ware Tanks")
Big Pines Lumber Co., Medford ("Lime")
Grants Pass Canning Company (Sampson's Spray)
S. P. Kimball, Salem ("The Kimball Cultivator")
Southern Pacific, O.R.&N., Oregon Short Line, Union Pacific Railroad
Medford Furniture Company (furniture, undertaking)
       Photographs
"Scenic View of Wolf Creek" (panoramic view of valley)

Vol. 1, No. 4, April 1909

Pages not numbered.
"What Are Bacteria, and What Do They Do?" by P. J. O'Gara
"The Location of Route for Crater Lake Road" (description of route, construction)
"How a Colorado Fruit Grower Saved His Crop from Frost" (kerosene smudging)
"The Problem of a Market for Fruit" (importation of tropical fruit to the Rogue Valley)
Paragraph on Georgia pears
"More Small Farmers Needed" (eggs, honey, hay and grain needlessly imported)
Paragraph on Albany Apple Growers Association
"Havoc that Fall Freezes Make in Eastern Orchards" (damaging fall or winter freezes, never experienced in the Rogue Valley)
"Strawberry Growing in Rogue River Valley, Article II" by E. S. Wolfer
"Output of Canneries for 1909 To Be Reduced One Fourth" (in Washington state, to compensate for past overproduction)
"Grange Builds Hall" (Deer Creek Valley, Josephine County)
"The Mineral Wealth of Southern Oregon" by "Prospector" (gold, platinum, lead, asbestos, coal, fire clay, lithium, marble, precious stones)
"Ozark Strawberry Growers Associations Combine"
"A Stranger's Impressions of Medford" (advocating tidying up of downtown)
       Advertising
Deuel & Kentner, Medford (with photograph of building)
Medford Furniture Company (furniture, undertaking)
Big Pines Lumber Co., Medford ("Lime")
Medford Hardware Company ("Spray Hose, Spray pumps, Gasoline Engines")
W. H. Meeker Co., Medford ("Dress Goods, Dry Goods")
First National Bank, Medford
Southern Pacific Company ("Summer Rates East")
S. P. Kimball, Salem ("The Kimball Cultivator")
P. F. Swayne, Grants Pass ("Sheep and Goats for Sale")
John H. Robinson, Grants Pass ("Rogue River Valley Fruit Land")
Wolfer the Berry Man, Eagle Point ("The Best in Strawberry Plants")
Harry E. Foster, Medford, civil and mining engineer
A. A. Smith, Medford ("Tin and Sheet Iron Ware Tanks")
Rogue River Electric Company ("Electric Motors for Pumping," photo of motor)
Medford Spray Factory, J. A. Perry (Niagara Lime and Sulfur Spray)
Hubbard Bros. Hardware, Medford ("Velie Buggies, Moline Wagons")
Baker-Hutchason Co., Medford ("A Safe Store--Safe in Every Way")

Vol. 1, No. 5, May 1909

Pages not numbered.

"Fallacy of Experimenting with Pear Blight Remedies" by P. J. O'Gara
"Teaching Agriculture in the Wilderville School" by Kirkman Robinson
"Fruit Packing School for Rogue River Valley" (being begun by Fruit Growers Union)
"Address of Prof. O'Gara at Gold Hill Is Misquoted" (letter from Charles Riedel, clarification of remarks on pear and peach blight)
"New Use for Rogue River Valley Asbestos" (railroad ties)
"Thrips, Latest Pest To Appear in Rogue River Valley"
"Oregon Has Good School System"
"Fruit Growers Want O'Gara's Help for Another Year" (petition to extend his stay)
"A Wheat Raiser Gives Fool Advice to Fruit Growers" (criticism of article encouraging orchardists to experiment in treating pear blight)
"Rogue River Ants that Keep Dairy Herds" (remove ant nests to discourage aphids)
"A Pointer for Rogue River Fruit Growers" (T. J. Everton makes his own boxes)
"A Wheat Raisers Association Formed" (in Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington)
"Why Different Methods of Soil Cultivation Are Necessary"
Paragraph on California law requiring labeling of eggs and meat kept in cold storage
"A Woods Lot Profitable for Fruit Growers" (wood for smudging fires)
Paragraph on rust problem in Florida; local growers should be careful when buying seed
       Advertising
Deuel & Kentner, Medford ("Summer Goods")

P. F. Swayne, Grants Pass ("Sheep and Goats for Sale")
H. V. Meade, Medford ("My Motto Is Fine Printing")
W. H. Meeker Co., Medford ("Dress Goods, Dry Goods")
Medford Furniture Company (furniture, undertaking)
Harry E. Foster, Medford, civil and mining engineer
A. A. Smith, Medford ("Tin and Sheet Iron Ware Tanks")
Rogue River Electric Company ("Electric Motors for Pumping," photo of motor)
Medford Spray Factory, J. A. Perry (Niagara Lime and Sulfur Spray)
Medford Hardware Company ("Spray Hose, Spray pumps, Gasoline Engines")
First National Bank, Medford
Southern Pacific Company ("Summer Rates East")
Rogue River Electric Company ("Electric Motors for Pumping," photo of motor)
John H. Robinson, Grants Pass ("Rogue River Valley Fruit Land")
Wolfer the Berry Man, Eagle Point ("The Best in Strawberry Plants")
G. & C. Merriam Co., Webster's International Dictionary
S. P. Kimball, Salem ("The Kimball Cultivator")
Hubbard Bros. Hardware, Medford ("Velie Buggies, Moline Wagons")
Toggery Bill ("Trust Bill")

Vol. 1, No. 6, September 1909

Pages not numbered.

"Fruit Pest Menace in Rogue River Valley" (survey of local pests, San Jose scale)
"The Problem of the Glutted Pear Market" (not a problem with late ripening, cold storage)
"October Meeting Rogue River Horticultural Society":(topic will be "Fall Spraying")
"Peach Growing for Profit in Rogue River Valley" by E. E. Foss, Walnutmere Orchard, Talent (first of a series)
"Historical Sketch of the Jacksonville School"
"A Rogue River Peach Orchard Worth $5,333 an Acre" (Shattuck orchard, Merlin)
"How To Kill Pear Slugs" (tobacco solution or arsenate of lead)
"How To Make a Strong Cement" (homemade glue)
"Value of a Business Education" (separate paragraphs for boys and girls)
"O'Gara Again Detailed to Rogue River Valley" (petition was successful)
"Fruit Buyers Furnish Information" (placing postcards in fruit boxes to gather data)
"O.A.C. Bars Tobacco, Liquor and Hazing"
"Grading and Packing Rules for Rogue Valley Fruit" (issued by Fruit Growers Union)
"Annual School Report for Jackson County" (statistics)
"New Superintendent for the Eismann Orchard" (Harold Ellison to manage Grants Pass orchard, now owned by Shank & Hall)
"Walnut Trees Bearing at Three Years Old") (W. J. Dean, Talent; M. Calhoun, Phoenix)
"A Bouncer that Keeps Flies Off Cattle and Horses" (recipe for chemical solution)
"A Profitable Acre of Pears" (W. I. McIntyre, Jacksonville)
Paragraph on early bearing of peach trees, trees of J. Gillaspy, near Phoenix
"Some of the Causes that Kill Young Fruit Trees" by George H. Parker, Grants Pass
"Merlin Peach Crop Contracted For" (crops of Everton, Hussey, Ford and Shattuck)
"Rogue River Valley Industrial Fair for 1909" (to demonstrate resources of the valley)
"A Medford Metropolitan Store" (the Hutchason Company)
"Georgia Peach Growers Form State Association"
"How To Preserve Ripe Fruits for Exhibition Purposes" (recipes for formaldehyde and other chemical solutions for different fruits)
"A Bureau of Information on Problems in Fruit Growing" (Horticultural Society and Department of Agriculture offices, Medford)
       Advertising
Deuel & Kentner, Medford (photo of building, "Fall and Winter Goods")
Harry E. Foster, Medford, civil and mining engineer
A. A. Smith, Medford ("Tin and Sheet Iron Ware Tanks")
Medford Spray Factory, J. A. Perry (Niagara Lime and Sulfur Spray)
P. F. Swayne, Grants Pass ("Sheep and Goats for Sale")
George H. Parker, Grants Pass, agent for Albany Nurseries ("Fruit Trees")
H. V. Meade, Medford ("My Motto Is Fine Printing")
Ashland Business College, W. T. Van Scoy and A. C. Crews
L. B. Warner, Medford (Now is the time to order fruit trees)
Ashland Business College, P. Ritner, president
Montgomery's, Medford ("Ladies' and Misses' Goods")
First National Bank, Medford
Hubbard Bros. Hardware, Medford ("Do You Want a Stump Puller?")
Ivy M. Robinson, Ophthalmologist ("The Time To Save Your Eyesight Is Before it Begins To Fail")
Washington Nursery Co., Toppenish ("What's Your Land Worth?")

S. P. Kimball, Salem ("The Kimball Cultivator")
Southern Pacific Company ("Summer Rates East")
John H. Robinson, Grants Pass ("Rogue River Valley Fruit Land")
Wolfer the Berry Man, Eagle Point ("The Best in Strawberry Plants")
G. & C. Merriam Co., Webster's International Dictionary
Rogue River Electric Company ("Electric Motors for Pumping," photo of motor)
Van Dyke's Store, Medford ("Big Store in a Big Town")
Edmeades Bros., Medford ("School Shoes")
O.R.&N., Southern Pacific Company ("Oregon Calls 'More People'")
Youth's Companion magazine ("250 Good Stories")
Southern Pacific Company (National Apple Show, Spokane)
Ashland Business College, W. T. Van Scoy and A. C. Crews
L. B. Warner, Medford (Now is the time to order fruit trees)
Wolfer the Berry Man, Eagle Point ("Strawberry Plants for Sale")
Hubbard Bros. Hardware, Medford ("Do You Want a Stump Puller?")

Vol. 1, No. 7, October 1909

Pages not numbered.

"Bordeaux Mixture, How to Make and Apply It" by P. J. O'Gara
"Jackson County To Lead in the Codlin Moth Fight" (G. W. Taylor monitoring efforts)
"Pacific Coast Fruit Growers Opposed to Lafean Bill" (to regulate fruit boxes)
"The First Census for Jackson County Taken in 1854" (circumstances of enumeration, brief bio of William Kahler, transcription Ambrose-Barrett)
"Soil Survey and a Forecasting Station Asked for" (petitioning the government)
"An Object Lesson in Tree Breeding" (differences between two adjacent trees on I. A. Merriman farm, Medford)

"How To Preserve Ripe Fruits for Exhibition Purposes" (recipes for formaldehyde and other chemical solutions for different fruits--repeated from last issue)

"A Bureau of Information on Problems in Fruit Growing" (Horticultural Society and Department of Agriculture offices, Medford--repeated from last issue)
"A Famous Rogue River Valley Anjou Pear Tree" (record-producing 34-year-old tree on former E. B. Soliss farm on Griffin Creek, with photo)
"My Experience in Planting the Peach" by E. E. Foss, Talent (planting and pruning)
"A Tree Breeding Experiment on Winter Nelis Pears" (George A. Hover, Phoenix)
"A 3-Mill Road Tax Needed" (to build market roads)
       Advertising
S. P. Kimball, Salem ("The Kimball Cultivator")
Washington Nursery Co., Toppenish ("What's Your Land Worth?")
Harry E. Foster, Medford, civil and mining engineer
A. A. Smith, Medford ("Tin and Sheet Iron Ware Tanks")
Medford Spray Factory, J. A. Perry (Niagara Lime and Sulfur Spray)
George Merriman, Hugh Elliott, Medford, Blacksmiths
Mitchell & Boeck, Medford, Wagon and Carriage Makers
F. H. Thompson, Ashland Nurseries
George H. Parker, Grants Pass, agent for Albany Nurseries ("Fruit Trees")
G. & C. Merriam Co., Webster's International Dictionary
Edmeades Bros., Medford ("A Trade that Takes Years to Learn")
First National Bank, Medford
The Toggery, Medford ("Largest Line of Underwear Ever Shown")
Deuel & Kentner, Medford (photo of building, "Fall and Winter Goods")
Medford Furniture Company (furniture, undertaking)
Ashland Business College ("The Value of a Business Education")
Southern Pacific Company (National Apple Show, Spokane)
Ashland Business College, W. T. Van Scoy and A. C. Crews
L. B. Warner, Medford (Now is the time to order fruit trees)
Wolfer the Berry Man, Eagle Point ("Strawberry Plants for Sale")
Hubbard Bros. Hardware, Medford ("Do You Want a Stump Puller?")
W. H. Meeker Co., Medford ("Ladies' and Children's Ready-to-Wear Goods")
Pacific Monthly ("A Magazine Worth the Money")
George Merriman, Hugh Elliott, Medford, Blacksmiths
Mitchell & Boeck, Medford, Wagon and Carriage Makers
       Photographs
Photo of huge Soliss Anjou tree with little girl on ladder

Vol. 1, No. 8, November 1909

Pages not numbered.

"The Systematic Breeding and Improvement of Fruits" by P. J. O'Gara
"One Fruit Grower's Union for Rogue River Valley" (advocates cooperation of regional fruit growers' associations, outlines experience in other states)
"An Eastern Grower Gives Some Pointers on Marketing Fruit" by James T. Barbee (former Ozarks apple grower writes for the Fruit Grower)
"Some Good Pointers on Selling Rogue River Fruit" by F. H. Cowles (advocates eliminating commission agents)
"Jackson County Wins Awards at A-Y-P Fair" (list of medal winners at Alaska Yukon Pacific Fair in Seattle)
Paragraph correcting typographical errors in previous Bordeaux mixture article
"How the Fool Farmer and Helpless Consumer Are Swindled" (manipulation of markets in Pittsburgh)
"Cause of Crown Gall and Hairy Root on Nursery Stock" by P. J. O'Gara (experiments identifying bacterium, importance of inspection of stock)

"The First Census for Jackson County Taken in 1854" (transcription Beeson-Combs)
"Enlarging the Market for Rogue River Apples" (milling apple wood for tool handles)
Paragraph on Nova Scotia apple crop
"Varieties of Pears To Plant in Rogue River Valley" (characteristics of varieties)
"Some Corrections in Nomenclature and Pronunciation" by P. J. O'Gara  (explains French usage of d', advocating "Anjou")
"Why California Apples Have To Seek Second Class Markets" (Northwest fruit brings a better price in eastern markets so is not marketed in the West)
       Advertising
Edmeades Bros., Medford ("A Trade that Takes Years to Learn")
Daniels for Duds, Medford (free 1910 calendar)
A. A. Smith, Medford ("Tin and Sheet Iron Ware Tanks")
H. V. Meade, Medford ("Fine Commercial Printing")
W. H. Meeker Co., Medford ("Xmas Goods")
Wolfer the Berry Man, Eagle Point ("Strawberry Plants for Sale")
George H. Parker, Grants Pass, agent for Albany Nurseries ("Fruit Trees")
Deuel & Kentner, Medford (prices mean nothing--quality first)
Medford Furniture Company (furniture, undertaking)
Martin J. Reddy, Jeweler, Medford (Christmas)
First National Bank, Medford
The Toggery, Medford ("Sensible Holiday Presents")
J. M. Keened, Medford ("New Dental Parlors in Medford")
Harry E. Foster, Medford, civil and mining engineer
Medford Spray Factory, J. A. Perry (Niagara Lime and Sulfur Spray)
F. H. Thompson, Ashland Nurseries
Southern Pacific Company ("Newport in Winter")
Ashland Business College, W. T. Van Scoy and A. C. Crews
S. P. Kimball, Salem ("The Kimball Cultivator")
Scientific American magazine (free evaluation of patent ideas)
Ashland Business College, W. T. Van Scoy and A. C. Crews
L. B. Warner, Medford (Now is the time to order fruit trees)
G. & C. Merriam Co., Webster's International Dictionary
Rogue River Electric Company ("Electric Motors for Pumping," photo of motor)
Washington Nursery Co., Toppenish ("What's Your Land Worth?")
Hubbard Bros. Hardware, Medford ("Do You Want a Stump Puller?")
       Photographs
Lower Table Rock with Kelly Slough in foreground
View of young orchards in Eden precinct, looking east

Vol. 1, No. 9, December 1909

Pages not numbered.

"Pollination of Pomaceous Fruits, History and Practices" by P. J. O'Gara (botanical history of plant breeding)

"One Fruit Grower's Union for Rogue River Valley" (advocates merger of regional fruit growers' associations)
"Number of Trees or Plants per Acre" by P. J. O'Gara (table for different spacings and patterns)
"A Modification To Be Forced to the Lafean Bill" (amendment written at apple show)

"The First Census for Jackson County Taken in 1854" (transcription Coleman-Guest)
Paragraph on exterminating volunteer fruit trees to prevent blight
"Pruning Maxims"
"The Healing Strength of Mineral Waters" (Paso Robles Hot Springs)
"A Fruit Cannery and an Evaporating Plant for Medford" (L. F. Lozier's plants taken over by Rogue River Canning & Evaporating Company)
"A Hot Fight in Congress over the Lafean Bill"
"Will the Regular Price of Butter Be $1.00 a Roll" (decline of local dairy industry)
       Advertising
H. V. Meade, Medford ("Fine Commercial Printing")
George H. Parker, Grants Pass, agent for Albany Nurseries ("Fruit Trees")
Glen Fabrick, Medford, agent for William Cooper & Nephews Spray Fluids
Scientific American magazine (free evaluation of patent ideas)
Hubbard Bros. Hardware, Medford (free calendar, Furrow magazine)
Edmeades Bros., Medford (We carry over no shoes from season to season)
First National Bank, Medford
Pacific Monthly ("A Magazine Worth the Money")
A. A. Smith, Medford ("Tin and Sheet Iron Ware Tanks")
Medford Spray Factory, J. A. Perry (Niagara Lime and Sulfur Spray)
Southern Pacific Company ("Shasta Route")
Ashland Business College, W. T. Van Scoy and A. C. Crews
Ashland Business College ("The Value of a Business Education")
Wolfer the Berry Man, Eagle Point ("Strawberry Plants for Sale")
Rogue River Electric Company ("Electric Motors for Pumping," photo of motor)
J. B. Pilkington, Portland ("Fine Nursery Stock")
Youth's Companion magazine ("The Family Reading Problem")
Harry E. Foster, Medford, civil and mining engineer
Mitchell & Boeck, Medford, Wagon and Carriage Makers
S. P. Kimball, Salem ("The Kimball Cultivator")
Charles Meserve, Medford, Oliver Typewriters
Washington Nursery Co., Toppenish ("What's Your Land Worth?")
A. E. Bliss, Medford, Wallace Power Sprayers

Southern Pacific Company ("Newport in Winter")
L. B. Warner, Medford (Now is the time to order fruit trees)
G. & C. Merriam Co., Webster's International Dictionary
F. H. Thompson, Ashland Nurseries
Medford Furniture Company (furniture, undertaking)
       Photographs
"A Model Rogue River Valley Orchard" (E. B. Hanley's orchard west of Medford)
"A sample apple tree in a Rogue River Valley orchard showing method of pruning . . ."

Vol. 1, No. 10, March 1910

Page

1 "Rogue River Valley Fruit Prospects for 1916"
1 "Applies Stock Breeding Rules to an Orchard" (George Hover)
2 "Ripening Dates for Some Varieties of Rogue River Peaches" by Charles H. Pierce, manager of Ashland Preserving Co.
2 Paragraph on using blue vitriol and white arsenic to treat sore feet in goats
3 "Bartlett Pear Orchard--$5,000 an Acre" (Mr. Burke's orchard, Grants Pass)
3 Paragraph on planting of apples and pears in San Bernardino foothills
3 "The Leather Famine and Barefoot People" (steel belts for industry)
4 "Varieties of Rogue River Peaches that Can and Dry Well" by Charles H. Pierce, manager of Ashland Preserving Co.
5 "Varieties of Strawberries and Small Fruits for Rogue River Valley" by E. S. Wolfer (personal experience and observation)
6 "Industrial Training in the Public Schools" by U. G. Smith, Superintendent of Medford Schools (advocates its implementation)
6 "First Census for Jackson County Taken in 1854" (transcription Guest-Kee)
9 "Peach Ripening Date in the Talent District" by E. E. Foss
10 "Introducing the Basket Willow Industry into Rogue River Valley" (Fruit Grower is distributing cuttings)
11 "The Healing Strength of Mineral Waters" (Paso Robles Hot Springs)
12 "Roses and How To Grow Them" by J. A. Gilbertson, Ashland
13 "Rogue River Fruit Exchange Holds Annual Meeting" (election of officers, lobbyist sent to Washington)
13 "Milton Fruit Growers Union" (union is profitable; blight killed pear industry)
14 "A Soil Expert Speaks Well of Red Hill Land" (C. E. Bradley of O.A.C.; table of chemical composition of soil types)
14 "A Big Canadian Fruit Market" (Winnipeg)
14 "Grafts on Winter Nelis Seedlings" (Welborn Beeson, Talent, grows grafting stock from seed)
15 "Rogue River Valley Not the Only Apple District" (J. H. Watt has seen no district to match the Rogue Valley)
16 "Peach Ripening in the Merlin District" by A. C. Ford (table of dates by type)
Advertising
2 Charles H. Pierce, Ashland Preserving Co.
2 M. W. Wheeler, "Small Tracts Fruit Land for Sale"
2 Medford Furniture Company (furniture, undertaking)
3 W. M. VanScoyoc, Medford, Dentist
3 George A. Butt, Medford, Jeweler
3 Gaddis & Dixon, Medford, "The Page Fence Men"
4 W. H. Rainsford, Medford ("Strawberry Plants")
4 George H. Parker, Grants Pass (Fresno orchard heater--list of purchasers and number purchased)
4 J. B. Pilkington, Portland ("Fine Nursery Stock")
5 Briggs & Adams, Butte Falls ("Rogue River Fruit Lands")
7 Southern Pacific Company ("Newport in Winter")
7 Medford Spray Factory, J. A. Perry (Niagara Lime and Sulfur Spray)
7 A. A. Smith, Medford ("Tin and Sheet Iron Ware Tanks")
8 Southern Pacific ("Colonist Rates to Oregon and the Great Northwest")
9 Edmeades Bros., Medford ("Our Spring Stock Is Now In")
9 First National Bank, Medford
10 Pacific Monthly ("A Magazine Worth the Money")
10 Southern Pacific ("Shasta Route")
10 Ashland Business College, W. T. Van Scoy and A. C. Crews
11 Ashland Business College ("The Value of a Business Education")
11 Wolfer the Berry Man, Eagle Point ("Strawberry Plants for Sale")
11 Rogue River Electric Co. ("Electric Motors for Pumping," photo of motor)
12 Hubbard Bros. Hardware, Medford ("New-Way Power Sprayer" with photo)
13 Wolfer the Berry Man, Eagle Point ("Tested Strawberry Plants")
13 Harry E. Foster, Medford, civil and mining engineer
13 George F. Merriman, Medford, Blacksmith
13 Mitchell & Boeck, Medford, Wagon and Carriage Makers
13 S. P. Kimball, Salem ("The Kimball Cultivator")
14 Scientific American magazine (free evaluation of patent ideas)
14 Washington Nursery Co., Toppenish ("What's Your Land Worth?")
15 L. B. Warner, Medford (Now is the time to order fruit trees)
15 G. & C. Merriam Co., Webster's International Dictionary
15 F. H. Thompson, Ashland Nurseries
15 Wonder Department Store, Medford ("The People's Store," 10¢ coupon)
16 W. H. Meeker & Company, Medford ("Will Hold a Removal Sale")
Photographs
1 "A view in the famous Hillcrest Orchard"

Vol. 1, No. 11, May 1910

Pages not numbered.
"The True History of the Box Method of Shipping Fruit" by George H. Himes
"New Officers for Hood River Apple Growers' Association"
"Grafting of Fruit Trees and Grape Vines" by Charles H. Bartow, Ashland Horticultural Society (technique of grafting)
Paragraph in which Charles Bateman, Ashland, recommends Glen Mary strawberry
"Why Americans Drive to the Right in Passing on the Road"
"A Decrease in Annual Rainfall" (in Birmingham district, England)
"Distance Apart for Grape Vines" (experience in New York not feasible here)
"Southern Oregon Birds" by Mrs. J. H. Faucett, Ashland (bird numbers rapidly declining; discussion of birds' diets)

"The First Census for Jackson County Taken in 1854" (transcription Kelley-Orton)
"History of Discovery and Sketch of the Marble Halls of Oregon" by Elijah J. Davidson, Provolt (account of discovery of Oregon Caves, with later description and history)
Paragraph describing distribution of cherry trees to Missouri schoolchildren
Paragraph suggesting readers send to Department of Agriculture for booklet on canning
Paragraph describing peach tree pruning in Michigan

Paragraph describing increase in apple tree planting in Michigan
Paragraph about damage to prune crop in Santa Clara Valley, California
"Pear Blight Invasion of the Pacific Coast" (making great inroads, optimistic outlook in Rogue Valley)
"Decline of Potato Raising in Rogue River Valley"
"Soil Survey of Rogue River Valley" (Department of Agriculture will perform survey)
"How To Protect Roses from Thrips" (use tobacco extract)
Paragraph on promise of South Australia as a fruit district
"Rogue River Valley Can Raise Corn" (experience of W. J. Dean, Talent)
"The Lafean Box Bill Tabled" (in response to opposition of Northwest growers)
"Record Yield of a Three-Year-Old Pear Tree" (Bartlett tree in yard of J. G. Martin, 624 North Central, Medford)
"An Object Lesson in Fruit Tree Breeding" (differences between adjacent Bartlett trees on farm of L. K. Haak, Eagle Point)
"Practical Answers to Problems in Fruit Growing" (paper on small fruits by T. F. Smith, Ashland Horticultural Society)
"Roses and How To Grow Them" by J. A. Gilbertson, Ashland
Paragraph with recipe for grafting wax
"Pruning the Peach Under Rogue River Conditions" by E. E. Foss, Talent
"Change in Method of Sending Out Weather Predictions" (postcards to be mailed out instead of elaborate weather maps)
"A Seed Swindle Exposed" (Department of Agriculture booklets warning against ordinary sorghum seed sold as miracle grain)
"Home Economics Movement and Education of Girls" by Vesta Kerr in Oregon Countryman
       Advertising
W. H. Meeker & Co., Medford ("It Looks Like a Big Year for Us")
H. V. Meade, Medford ("Fine Commercial Printing")
E. E. Foss, Talent ("Small Tracts of Fruit Land")
Wolfer, the Berry Man, Eagle Point ("Tested Strawberry Plants")
F. H. Thompson, Ashland Nurseries
Ashland Business College ("The Value of a Business Education")
A. A. Smith, Medford ("Tin and Sheet Iron Ware Tanks")
W. M. VanScoyoc, Medford, Dentist
Harry E. Foster, Medford, civil and mining engineer
W. H. Rainsford, Medford ("Strawberry Plants")
George F. Merriman, Medford, Blacksmith
Mitchell & Boeck, Medford, Wagon and Carriage Makers
Gaddis & Dixon, Medford, "The Page Fence Men"
Jacksonville Brick, Tiling & Lime Co. ("Drain Tiling")
First National Bank, Medford
Washington Nursery Co., Toppenish ("What's Your Land Worth?")
Pacific Monthly ("A Magazine Worth the Money")
J. B. Pilkington, Portland ("Fine Nursery Stock")
Rogue River Electric Company ("Electric Motors for Pumping," photo of motor)
Wolfer the Berry Man, Eagle Point ("Tested Strawberry Plants")
Scientific American magazine (free evaluation of patent ideas)
Medford Spray Factory, J. A. Perry (Niagara Lime and Sulfur Spray)
Briggs & Adams, Butte Falls ("Rogue River Fruit Lands")
S. P. Kimball, Salem ("The Kimball Cultivator")
L. B. Warner, Medford (Now is the time to order fruit trees)
Medford Furniture Company (furniture, undertaking)
Charles H. Pierce, Ashland Preserving Co.
G. & C. Merriam Co., Webster's International Dictionary
Southern Pacific ("Excursion Rates to the East")
H. C. Kentner Department Store, Medford ("History of Development, Modern Department Store" with large photograph of Kentner)
Gaddis & Dixon, Medford, "The Page Fence Men"
Western Hotel, Grants Pass
       Photographs
Wagner Creek view showing E. E. Foss residence and Wagner Butte
"An Early Bearing Rogue River Newtown Apple Tree" (also shows J. A. Westerlund of Western Oregon Orchards Company)
"View of a section of an Anjou pear orchard near Ashland"

Vol. 1, No. 12, 1910

Reportedly held in the collections of the University Oregon.


Vol. 2, No. 1, November 1910

Pages not numbered.
"A Record Bearing Three-Year-Old Bartlett Pear Tree"
in yard of J. G. Martin, 624 North Central, Medford
"A Pointer on Potato Breeding" (advice from Michigan)
"The Record Egg Layer" (records by variety)
Paragraph on "hoodlums" shooting road signs
"Illinois Valley Plans To Advertise its Splendid Resources" (plans to hold a fair, description of businesses, industry, resources and area history)

"The First Census for Jackson County Taken in 1854" (transcription Redick-Smith)
"Way To Easily Reseal Condensed Milk Cans" (use paper, not wooden plugs)
"Reminiscent Sketches by a Pioneer Methodist Preacher" (Charles H. Hoxie, Phoenix)
"The Possibilities of Walnut Growing Being Profitable" by J. E. Day, Woodville
"Ripe Raspberries in October" (Mrs. L. Lindsley, J. W. Hayes, both of Gold Hill)
Paragraph on celery-growing in California
"A Successful Corn Breeder" (I. A. Merriman, southeast of Central Point)
Paragraph on W. M. Morris' persimmon trees at Rock Point
"Mother the Best Chaperone" (Iowan reminiscence on dating habits thirty years ago)
"Reason for Failure of Fruit Growers' Associations" (experience in Colorado)
Paragraph offering dairy ranch in Illinois Valley
       Advertising
W. H. Meeker & Co., Medford ("Clearing the Decks for Christmas Displays")
Ashland Business College ("The Value of a Business Education")
Carlton Nursery Co., Carlton, Oregon ("Trees!")
Briggs & Adams, Butte Falls ("Rogue River Fruit Lands")
Rogue River Electric Company ("Electric Motors for Pumping," photo of motor)
W. M. Van Scoyoc, Medford, Dentist
B. T. Van De Car, Medford ("Diamond Setter, Watchmaker and Jeweler")
Pacific Monthly ("A Magazine Worth the Money")
Paragraph offering to trade "wheat lands" for Rogue River property
Paragraph offering 150 acres of fruit land 16 miles from Jacksonville for $20 an acre
Kentner's Department Store, Medford ("Suits from $10 to $35")
Edmeades Bros., Medford ("Wet Weather Shoes")
First National Bank, Medford
George F. Merriman, Medford, Blacksmith
Mitchell & Boeck, Medford, Wagon and Carriage Makers
Medford Furniture Company (furniture, undertaking)
Harry E. Foster, Medford, civil and mining engineer
George E. Howland, Van Dyke Realty ("Bargains in Small Tracts of Fruit Land," photo of "11-mile lumber flume of the Three Pines Timber Co." in Jumpoff Joe Valley)
Southern Pacific ("National Apple Show, Spokane")
J. B. Pilkington, Portland ("Fine Nursery Stock")
Jacksonville Brick, Tiling & Lime Co. ("Drain Tile")
G. & C. Merriam Co., Webster's International Dictionary
Paragraph offering fruit land for $20 an acre
H. M. Parham, "White Leghorns for Sale"
A. A. Smith, Medford ("Tin and Sheet Iron Ware Tanks")
Scientific American magazine (free evaluation of patent ideas)
S. P. Kimball, Salem ("The Kimball Cultivator")
Southern Pacific ("Christmas Holiday Excursion to the City of Mexico")
       Photographs
"Record Bearing Three-Year-Old Pear Tree" in yard of J. G. Martin, 624 North Central, Medford
"Scene on Illinois River Where it Enters the Mountain Gorge to Join Rogue River"

"11-mile lumber flume of the Three Pines Timber Co." in Jumpoff Joe Valley

Vol. 2, No. 2, June 1911
Pages not numbered.
"Rogue River to Dictate World's Price of Pears"
"Area to Winter Wheat Larger than Last Year" (national statistics)
"Alaska to Undertake Fruit Raising"
"Appointed State Agent" (George H. Parker now state agent for Frost Prevention Co.)
"Reminiscent Sketches by a Pioneer Methodist Preacher" (Charles H. Hoxie, Phoenix)
"New England Planting Apples but No Pears" (revival of apple growing)
"Processed Fruit Swindles the Growers and Kills the Consumers" (buyers demand overdried fruit to reduce weight, bleach it with sulfur)
"A Manger Cover that Will Prevent Hay Being Wasted" (diagram by E. Erickson of Wilderville)
"Where the First Alfalfa Was Grown in Oregon" (in Applegate Valley; history of Cameron family and Uniontown)
"Wrapping Trees To Prevent Destruction by Borers"
Paragraph recommending Department of Agriculture booklet "Hog Houses"
"How To Stop the Noise of a Gasoline Engine" (Scientific American design for muffler made of barrels set in the ground)

Paragraph recommending Department of Agriculture booklet "Cabbage"
"To Hold Southern Oregon Mining Congress July 18th" (in Grants Pass)
"Great Travelers Are the People of Rogue River Valley"
"Six Boxes of Peaches from a Two-Year-Old Tree"  (H. B. Alverson, Grants Pass)
"Well-Bred Hens Money Makers" (Mrs. W. D. Miller, Foots Creek)
"Prices Had for Wenatchee Apples"
"Help Wanted To Destroy the Typhoid Fly" (sanitation, poison, traps)
Paragraph on Sacramento insectary raising ladybugs
"Colonel Mims Makes Harrowing a Gentleman's Job" (George P. Mims of Seven Oaks invents riding harrow with sunshade)
"Cement Now Leads All Other Building Material" (national trend, deposits of limestone in Rogue Valley)
"A Missouri Cow Holds World's Record for Butter" (at Missouri Agricultural College)
"The Chautauqua, a College for the Common People" (history, general description of Lithia Park and Ashland Chautauqua)
"Middlemen Get the Lion's Share of Farm Produce Profits" (long quote from Department of Agriculture report)

"The First Census for Jackson County Taken in 1854" (transcription Smith-Wallridge)
"A Nature Lover's Sketch of Some Birds and Animals" by H. C. Perkins, Grants Pass (crossbills, magpie, chipmunk, woodchuck, beaver, night hawk)
"Department of Agriculture Publications" (list of dozens of titles)
       Advertising
Western Hotel, Grants Pass

Briggs & Adams, Butte Falls ("Rogue River Fruit Lands")
Sunset magazine ("Oregon--the Last Call of the West")
H. C. Bateham, Grants Pass ("Some Attractive Acreage Close In, Near Grants Pass")
"A Ten-Acre Farm at a Bargain" (Rogue River bottom land close to Grants Pass)
"A Home in the Green Woods" (93 acres near Rogue River)
"Poland-China Pigs for Sale" (by C. W. Long, Woodville)
Southern Pacific ("Centennial Jubilee at Astoria")

Carlton Nursery Co., Carlton, Oregon ("Trees!")
George F. Merriman, Medford, Blacksmith
Mitchell & Boeck, Medford, Wagon and Carriage Makers
Classified ads: Half-section dairy ranch in Illinois Valley; fruit land near Rogue River; trade wheat lands for Rogue River property
Gaddis & Dixon, Medford, "The Page Fence Men"
First National Bank, Medford
R. R. Wilson, Grants Pass ("Drilled Wells, Dug Wells")
W. H. Meeker & Co., Medford ("Big Sales and Small Profits")
Kentner's Department Store, Medford ("The Store Beautiful" with interior photo)
Harry E. Foster, Medford, civil and mining engineer
Jacksonville Brick, Tiling & Lime Co. ("Drain Tile")
W. R. Nipper, Grants Pass ("Rogue River Land Bargains")
Medford Furniture Company (furniture, undertaking)
W. M. Van Scoyoc, Medford, Dentist
B. T. Van De Car, Medford ("Diamond Setter, Watchmaker and Jeweler")
H. C. Perkins, Grants Pass (mineral surveyor)
S. P. Kimball, Salem ("The Kimball Cultivator")
J. B. Pilkington, Portland ("Fine Nursery Stock")
A. A. Smith, Medford ("Tin and Sheet Iron Ware Tanks")
Rogue River Electric Company ("Electric Motors for Pumping," photo of motor)
       Photographs
Interior photo of H. C. Kentner store

Vol. 2, No. 3, January 1912

Page
2 "An Experiment Station for Southern Oregon" (predicts good things from O.A.C. experiment station, just established at county farm)
3 "How I Learned To Farm" by C. H. Chapman, Ph.D. (former president of UO, now farming in Lewis River Valley, illustrated. with line drawings. Reprinted from Pacific Monthly)
7 "The Possibilities of the Home Cannery in Rogue River Valley" by Dr. William R. Bagley, Talent, founder of Bagley Canning Co. (describes experiments with small home cannery)
8 "Reindeer Moss and Reindeer" (moss' quality as feed, introduction of reindeer to Alaska)
9 "A Method of Eradicating a Destructive Onion Pest" (smut, formaldehyde)
9 "The Pacific Monthly and Sunset Consolidate"
9 "Bees, Blossoms and Fruit" (importance of bees to increasing yield)
9 "California Fruit Shipments" (about the same as last year)
10 "Third Meeting of Mining Congress" (to be held in Medford)
10 "To Know the Farm Profit or Loss" (O.A.C. booklet "The Business Side of Farming" by Prof. J. A. Besell)
11 "Progress in Rural Technical Education" (Farmers' Short Course at O.A.C.)
11 Paragraph describing Siskiyou copper district
12 "The Unsanitary Privy, a Disease Breeder to Dwelling and School" (farmers' bulletin on building a sanitary farm system)
12 "A Very Easily Made Bean Stalk Cutter" (harvesting tool made from a file)
12 "Raising Wheat on Four Inches of Rainfall" (dry farming in Colorado)
13 "The World's Egg Record--280 in One Year" (contest at O.A.C.)
14 "Cheap, Quick Road Improvement with a Road Drag"
14 "A New Process for Preserving Fruit Juice" (using a cream separator)
17 Paragraph on peach root aphid
Advertising
3 Southern Pacific ("California . . . Excursion Tickets Costing $55.00")
7 Scientific American magazine (free evaluation of patent ideas)
8 W. R. Nipper, Grants Pass ("Rogue River Valley Fruit Lands")
8 W. H. Meeker & Co., Medford ("18 Years in Business")
12 Guernsey, Printer
13 Jacksonville Brick, Tiling & Lime Co. ("Drain Tiling")
13 Medford Nursery Company ("Grand Special Offer")
17 D. G. Scobey, Portland, 160 acres in Evans Valley
17 Paragraph offering ten-acre farm one-fourth mile from Grants Pass
19 William D. Guernsey, Medford ("Printing of Quality")
20 Kentner's Department Store, Medford ("Our January Clearance Sale")
Photographs
1 "Phantom Ship on Crater Lake; Llao Rock"
18 (Apparently) C. H. Chapman's farm near Portland

Vol. 2, No. 4, March 1912
Page
Cover "Dandelion Chains" by Anna S. Bryant
3 "What the Grange Favors in Good Roads" (letter from Grange good roads committee and transcription of proposed legislation)
9 "Onions a Profitable Crop in Rogue Valley" (growing tips)
10 "A Woman's Experience with Poultry" by Mrs. William G. White, Grants Pass
11 "Inside Facts on Queer Deal That Looks Like Big Profits to Promoters but Heavy Tax on the Fruit Growers" (proposal for central marketing agency)
13 "How To Cure Ham and Bacon for Perfect Quality and Flavor" (information from Department of Agriculture bulletin)
16 "A Necessary Implement in Irrigation" (for smoothing and packing laterals)
16 "A Big Yield of Vetch" (experience of H. B. Alverson, Grants Pass)
17 "Uncle Sam's Work for American Housewives" (Department of Agriculture home economics bulletins)
19 "Rest Room as Check to Mail Order Houses" (public restrooms to encourage shopping at home; letter from Ashland woman to Commercial Club)
20 "The Creamery Industry in Rogue River Valley" (focus on Valley Pride Cooperative Creamery in the Applegate Valley)
21 "Ashland Fruit & Produce Association a Prosperous Cooperative Organization"
22 "Josephine County Wins First Prize on Mineral Exhibit" (at Northwest Mining Congress in Spokane)
22 "Shall Siskiyou Belt Be the Name" (for the mining district)
24 "A New Prospectus" (new scope and format for the Fruit Grower)
24 "Efforts To Solve the Market Problem" (history and future of local efforts to cooperatively market fruit)
28 "Business Statement for 1911" (for Ashland Fruit & Produce Association)
31 "Field Peas a Very Profitable Crop" by D. Franklin, Medford Nursery Co.
32 "Capons More Profitable Than Cockerels" (trial of H. B. Alverson, Grants Pass)
33 "Coarse Stable Manure an Injury to Crops" (advocates composting)
34 "Domestic Stock Decreasing in United States"
36 "A Smooth, Level Road at Very Small Cost" (cooperating with neighbors)
36 "Hens and Men Not Disturbed" (dogs, cats and roosters forbidden in Washington, D.C. and Yellowstone Park)
37 "Try a Patch of Sweet Potatoes" (Department of Agriculture bulletin)
37 Paragraph recommending experimenting with peanuts
38 "Farmers Face Era of Soil Impoverishment" by H. C. Perkins, Grants Pass (shortage of potash and other soil amendments)
39 "How To Prune a Big Tree"
39 Paragraph on recently imposed fine on selling rotten eggs in New York City
39 "Some of the Qualifications Necessary for Pruners" (eye of an artist, judgment of an architect, industrious, temperate and a gentleman)
40 "Investigators Discover that Fowls Have Tuberculosis" (Ontario Agricultural College bulletin)
40 Paragraph of national corn crop statistics
40 Paragraph on albino quail seen in Limequarry Gulch, albino deer killed in Cow Creek Canyon exhibited in Grants Pass
41 "A Useful Rustic Gate Easily Made of Poles"
42 "League Tests Milo Maize for Dry Land" (O.A.C. experiments)
42 "Department Experiments Feeding Lambs in Rain" (O.A.C. experiments)
43 "O.A.C. To Teach Road Construction" (part of Farmers' Short Course)
43 "Decline in Tree Planting Due to Land Speculation" (boom in fruit tree planting is over nationwide)
44 "Grand Junction Fruit Growers Shake Up Their Association" (charges that their association was being extravagant caused a stockholders' revolt)
44 Paragraph with statistics for 1911 Colorado apple and pear crops
44 Paragraph with statistics of attendance at O.A.C.
47 "Grazing Permits for 1912" by R. L. Fromme and M. L. Erickson, supervisors, Siskiyou and Crater national forests (fees and statistics)
Advertising
Guernsey the Printer ("Why Guernsey Is Making a Success as a Good Printer")
1 R. H. Bullock, Medford ("What the I.C.S. Can Do for YOU"--poultry course)
2 Rogue River Electric Company ("Pumping Water for Irrigation")
2 Fruit Grower subscription offer
16 "Guernsey for Highest Quality Printing"
18 J. C. Schmidt Feed Store, Medford ("First Warehouse South of Main St.")
23 Rogue River Electric Company ("Pumping Water for Irrigation") (repeated)
23 Fruit Grower subscription offer (repeated)
29 "Guernsey Did It--the Slogan of High-Quality Printing for Medford"
30 The American Review of Reviews ("America's Leading Monthly Magazine")
31 Home Telephone and Telegraph Company, Medford ("Perfect Service")
32 "Guernsey for Highest Quality Printing" (repeated)
35 Southern Pacific ("Are You Going South or East?")
39 Paragraph advertising ten-acre farm near Grants Pass
40 Paragraph advertising 160-acre Evans Valley tract
40 W. R. Nipper, Grants Pass ("Rogue River Valley Fruit Lands")
43 Scientific American magazine (free evaluation of patent ideas)
43 Jacksonville Brick, Tiling & Lime Co. ("Drain Tiling")
44 Guernsey, Medford ("Personal Service and Quality")
45 Rogue River Fruit Grower ("Get at Least One New Subscriber")
46 Medford Nursery Company ("Smashing All Record Prices")
47 C. O. Beverly, Butte Falls ("Cedar Poles")
47 Paragraph advertising piano for sale
48 Guernsey the Printer ("Why Guernsey Is Making a Success as a Good Printer")
49 H. Heartfield, Medford ("French Dry Cleaner and Hatter")
49 Fruit Grower ("It's always robin weather in the Rogue River Valley")
50 George H. Parker, Grants Pass ("Bolton Orchard Heaters")
Photographs
33 "Primitive Quartz Mill on Josephine Creek Operated by Water Power"
34 "A Big Placer Mine in Josephine County" (hydraulic mine)

Vol. 2, No. 5, April 1912

Page
3 "Some Pointers on Making a Living from a Small Farm in the Rogue River Valley"
5 "The Crop for the One-Hundred-Dollar Cow" by W. S. Scudder, Oregon Experiment Station (dairy feed crops, with table of crops, planting specs)
9 "The Outlook Very Hopeful for Agriculture" by James Withycombe, Oregon Experiment Station
10 "Plant Winter Cauliflower Soon" (O.A.C. recommendations)
11 "How To Build a Storage Reservoir of Earth"
15 "Good Roads Special to Cover 15,000 Miles" (national publicity train)
15 "Some Rules for Handling Eggs in Ohio"
17 "Irrigation by Electric Power" by H. D. Stoddard, Medford, Rogue River Electric Co. (thorough overview, recommendations)
21 "Orchardists Keep Sharp Lookout for Blight" (how to recognize and treat)
22 "Some Facts for Fruit Growers To Consider" (collapse of Rogue River Fruit & Produce Association, at bottom of prices secured in United States)
23 "Rogue River Valley Fruit Prospects" (large crop anticipated)
24 "Steam Power Irrigation Plant" (plant of J. B. E. Boroughs, Grants Pass)
25 "Grange Organized at Willow Springs"
26 "Table Showing Size and Capacity of Centrifugal Pumps and Amount of Water Pumped in Four Months"
27 "Finding the Unprofitable Hens" (trap nests)
28 "Tree Surgery Saves Fine Bearing Pear Trees" (extreme measures of James Daily, superintendent of Hillcrest Orchard)
30 Paragraph complaining of inattention to market gardening in Rogue Valley
30 "Saving Currants & Gooseberries" (O.A.C. recommends lead arsenate)
30 "Will Fight Codling Moth" (O.A.C. expert will tour Southern Oregon)
31 "A Homemade Machine for Sowing Seed" (tin can with holes punched in it)
31 Paragraph lamenting neglect of gardening and dairying in Rogue Valley
32 "Cash Prizes for Bees at Oregon State Fair"
32 "Cost of Growing Peaches in Alabama"
34 "Easily Constructed Cement Water Pipe" (using trench as part of a mold)
36 "Reliable Map at Low Price" (30x40" map of Southern Oregon)
36 Paragraph about Suisun district receiving plant pathologist
36 Paragraph about formation of cooperative in Humboldt County
36 Paragraph about balanced ration for cow
36 Paragraph about rose growing in Hawaii
36 Paragraph about unscrupulously selling incubator reject eggs as fresh
36 Soil about overworked and underfed soil
42 "Bulletins for Progressive Poultry Keepers" (list of Department of Agriculture bulletins)
43 "Bulletin on Diseases of Bees"
45 "By-Product Oils as Fuel for Engines Used in Pumping and General Service" by G. K. Powers, Fairbanks-Morse Co. (engines designed for low-grade fuel, with table comparing gasoline and oil engines)
47 "Mountain Snows Cause Late Spring Frosts" (predicting frost in Rogue Valley)
Advertising
A Stockholder in the Rogue River Fruit & Produce Assn. ("Mismanagement")
Talent Mercantile Co. ("Best Staple and Fancy Groceries")
3A Medford Furniture & Hardware Co. ("We Pin Our Faith to the Rogue Valley")
4A Guernsey, Medford ("Guernsey Did It"--printed this magazine)
1 Rogue River Electric Company ("Pumping Water for Irrigation")
1 French Dry Cleaning Co., Medford ("First-Class, Prompt Service Always")
2 Cope Hardware Co., Phoenix ("We can furnish you with whatever you need")
16 Medford Mercantile Co. ("Department Stores Are Here To Stay")
20 The Toggery, Medford ("New Styles in Spring Suits")
21 Home Telephone and Telegraph Company, Medford ("Perfect Service")
24 Faber & McDonald, Central Point ("Quality Goods, Quality Service")
25 Berlin Tailoring Co., Central Point ("Who's Your Tailor?")
29 Guernsey--Printer, 123 East Main, Rialto Bldg., Medford
29 Portland Avenue Greenhouse, Medford ("Vegetable Plants")
29 F. W. Shapleigh Hardware, Medford ("Open for Business April 6th")
29 First National Bank, Medford ("Strongest and Safest in Rogue River Valley")
31 Medford Concrete Construction Co. ("Cement Drain Tile")
36 W. R. Nipper, Grants Pass ("Rogue River Valley Fruit Lands")
39 Producers Fruit Company ("Packers and Case-Load Shippers")
39 J. C. Schmidt Feed Store, Medford ("First Warehouse South of Main St.")
40 W. R. Nipper, Grants Pass ("Rogue River Valley Fruit Lands") (repeated)
40 Paragraph advertising ten-acre farm near Grants Pass
40 Paragraph advertising 160-acre Evans Valley tract
40 Jacksonville Brick, Tiling & Lime Co. ("Drain Tiling")
41 Southern Pacific ("Low Colonist Fares")
44 Medford Nursery Co. ("Join the 'City Beautiful' Movement"
46 Guernsey, Medford ("Up-to-Date Printing of All Kinds")
49 Fairbanks-Morse Co. ("Irrigate with a Fairbanks-Morse Oil Engine")
50 H. C. Kentner Co., Medford ("Things To Wear for the Boys and Girls")

Vol. 2, No. 6, May 1912
Last issue--see message on page 24.
Page
5 "Model Pear Orchard of Thoroughbred Trees" (J. A. Perry's orchard on Jacksonville Highway, Medford)
7 "Railroads Help Establish Experiment Stations" (in Crook County)
7 Paragraph about "auto truck" added to Lane County's road-building equipment
8 "The Septic Tank on the Farm" by W. S. Scudder, O.A.C. (advocating same, with description and diagram)
10 Paragraph on champion dairy cow in California
10 Paragraph on Department of Agriculture booklet on apple diseases and pests
10 Paragraph on potato blight in Florida
11 "Respective Merits of Different Poultry Houses" by James Dryden, O.A.C. (response to criticism of colony poultry houses promoted by O.A.C. train)
14 "How to Best Conserve the Soil Moisture" by J. W. Neill, Texas
16 "Trees and Plants by Mail Must Be Inspected" (per Postmaster General)
17 "U.S. Census Report on Production of Grapes"
18 "The Southern Oregon Experiment Station" by F. C. Reimer, president (description of station, its object and work)
20 "Windmills Profitable for Pumping Power" (tips for areas of light winds)
20 "Will You Attend Chautauqua?" (booklet available for event in Ashland)
21 "Grants Pass Poultry Keepers Organize"
21 "Cauliflower and Broccoli Profitable to Grower"
22 "Why Cooperative Organizations Fail" (due to faulty corporation laws)
22 "Penalty on Progressive Farmers" (fences defaced by advertising)
22 Paragraph on invasion of fruit buyers due to collapse of cooperatives
23 "The Next Meeting of the Pomona Grange" (in Josephine County)
24 "An Announcement" by Charles Meserve (demise of Fruit Grower)
24 "Boycotted by Local Merchants" (Medford Merchants' Association boycott of Fruit Grower because it revealed collapse of cooperative, as well as association with Guernsey, printer of a circular by the reviled I.W.W.
25 "Compliments of the Magazine" (list of well wishers)
26 "Commends the Fruit Grower" (letter from Chicago, defense of Fruit Grower)
27 "Selfishness Medford Merchants" (don't support magazine or fruit growers)
27 "Rake-Off of 10 Cents a Box" (charge for handling Rogue Valley fruit by North American Fruit Exchange, New York)
28 "A Good Method for Exterminating Gophers" (experience of Streets and Bagley, Evans Creek Valley; H. B. Alverson, Grants Pass)
28 "Forest and Grass Fires To Be Numerous" (heavy growth of weeds this year)
29 "An Egg Record That's Very Hard To Beat" (Merritt Merriman, Central Point)
31 "Some Profitable New Varieties of Potatoes" (F. W. Streets, E. E. Bagley)
31 Paragraph on O.A.C. bulletin about trap nests
31 Paragraph about O.A.C.'s seed testing department
31 Paragraph about resurgence in popularity of the bicycle
33 "Profitable Dairying Without Mill Feed" by J. W. Turvey, Shady Brook Farm, Williams (no increase in output with purchased grain)
34 "Strawberries a Very Profitable Crop" (experience of A. Frideger, Medford)
35 "Corn Fodder Is of No Value for Feed" (no substitute for green feed; recommends use of lister, as by Streets & Bagley, to plant corn deeply)
36 Paragraph on scab in California pear orchards
36 Paragraph on webworms becoming a pest in Hawaii
38 "Poultry Keeping Has Become a Science" (taught in agricultural colleges)
38 Paragraph with statistics of interstate apple shipments
39 "Senator Bourne Introduces a Parcel Post Bill"
39 "English Sparrows Carry Pests to Poultry Houses"
40 "A Successful Method for Killing Cutworms" (bait with arsenic or Paris green)
41 "Protection Asked for Our Oregon Forests" (Oregon Forest Fire Assn. formed)
42 "Some Tests in the Preserving of Eggs" (from American Food Journal)
Advertising
Fairbanks-Morse & Co. ("Oil and Gasoline Engines")
7 Cope Hardware Co., Phoenix ("Weber Wagons")
10 Cope Hardware Co., Phoenix ("Perpetual Motion with I.H.C. Gas Engines")
16 "A Homestead at the Price of the Improvements" (40-acre farm near Hilt)
16 W. D. Hodgson, Ashland ("I have Eastern money to lend")
16 Henry Huck, Grants Pass ("Four Jersey cows for sale")
16 Two lots in Medford, $250 each
16 E. T. Neal, Central Point ("Wanted--A driving and all-purpose mare")
16 160-acre timber claim for $300
16 120 acres of black sticky in Rogue Valley for $15 an acre
23 "Store Keeper Wanted at Once" (W. K. Parker, Central Point, Seven Oaks location perfect for country store)
29 "A Homestead at the Price of the Improvements" (repeated)
30 Producers Fruit Company, Medford ("Good Sale for Fruit")
34 Paragraph advertising ten-acre farm near Grants Pass
34 Paragraph advertising 160-acre Evans Valley tract
35 Dr. Rickert, Medford ("Glasses that Fit Your Eyes")
36 Berlin Tailoring co., Medford ("Removed from Central Point to Medford")
37 International Correspondence School ("You've GOT To Earn MORE")
38 Dr. Barber, Medford ("Sound Teeth Are a Great Blessing")
40 Guernsey Printer, 123 East Main Street, Medford
42 Guernsey Printer, 123 East Main Street, Medford (repeated)
42 J. C. Schmidt Feed Store, Medford ("Everything for the Chicken")
44 Southern Pacific ("Summer Vacations")
45 Rogue River Electric Company ("Pumping Water for Irrigation")
45 First National Bank, Medford ("Strongest and Safest in Rogue River Valley")
45 Jacksonville Brick, Tiling & Lime Co. ("Drain Tiling")
46 Kentner's Big Department Store, Medford ("Perfect-Fitting Corsets")
Photographs
5 "J. A. Perry and One of His Thoroughbred Pear Trees"
6 "A View in J. A. Perry's Forty-Acre Pear Orchard"
43 Photographs of Oregon Agricultural College buildings
 

  
Last revised August 30, 2021