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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
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
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
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Vol. 2, No. 6, May 1912 Last issue--see message on page 24. Page
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