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use; and Coos and Curiy export to California markets about 5,000 

 boxes of apples annually. 



From the foregoing estimates it will be observed that the hor- 

 ticultural industry' of the Third District is in a healthy condition 

 and rapidly expandins:. 



During 1903 and 1904 were planted in Jackson County about 

 4 000 acres of apples and peai^s. During the same period Douglas 

 County planted 1,500 acres in apples and pears, and Josephine 

 County about 200 acres in apples, making a total of 7,200 acres 

 of new orchards for the two years. 



From present horticultural production, and only 10 per cent of 

 the land adapted to fruitraising planted in the District, the magni- 

 tude of the industry in a few years Avill be large. 



The great profits derived from apple and pear-growing is from 

 year to year stimulating the planting of new orchards. 



I estimate that Jackson County will plant 3,000 acres to apple 

 and pear trees next winter, Douglas County 2,000 acres, and Jo- 

 sephine 500 acres. 



Irrigation is becoming a factor in successful apple-growing in 

 this District. In all cases where pumping plants have been put in, 

 and apple and pear orchards irrigated, the profits from the orchards 

 have doubled. 



Gasoline is found to be a cheap and effective power, and will be 

 largely used in one or two years more. 



Where water for pumping cannot be had from running streams 

 or lakes, wells are dug, and with tunnels to create reservoirs, an 

 abundance of water can be developed on any 40-acre tract to ir- 

 rigate it. 



At the present, the future of fruitgrowing in the Third District 

 is bright, and promises to become one of the greatest industries o-f 

 Southern Oregon. 



Climate and soil being congenial to the apple and pear, and the 

 markets of the IMiddle West and Atlantic States, together with the 

 European demand for our Yellow Newtowns, and the Oriental trade 

 that can be had, stimulates men of capital to plant out large 

 orchards as an investment. 



Our present production of fruits by comparison will look very 

 small to what it will be 10 years hence. 



