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VOJL,. o- OREGON CITY, OREGOjy, FRIDAY, jgVEMBER 11, 187Q. V f KO.l
The Weekly Enterprise.
A DEMOCRATIC PAPER,
FOR THE '
Business Man, the Farmer
Ani tht FAMILY CIRCLE.
ISSVED EVERY FRIDAY DT
o A. NOLTNER,
KDITOB AND PUBLISH EIV
Off ICE Corner of Fifth and Main streets
Oregon City, Oregon.
TERMS of SUBSCRIPTION:
Single Copy one year, in advance, $2 50
TERMS of ADVERTISING:
Tranent Aert"wement, including all
notices, ) sq. of 12 lines, I w . 2 50
ent insertion 1 00
n,,-column, one year $120 00
il hi
CO
gutter " " ,
O u.,ue. Card, 1 sqnare one year 12
&g- Remittances to be made at the rixk o
S'criber, an? at the espne of Agents.
ROOK A XD JOB PRINTING.
tW The Enterprise oftice is supplied with
bca'itifu!. approved styles of type, and mod
ern .UVCHIN'K PitKSoES, which will enable
t!ie rroprietor to do Jab Punting at all times
Neat, Quick and Cwnp !
Work solicited.
AH Until- traniactiont upon a Specie basi.
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CIMKL.ES E. WARKEN,
Attorney at Law,
Oregon City, Oregon.
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Seit.lfi:ly.
1
AW FAUTXEUSIIIP.
.1 AS. K. KELLY.
J. II. HEED,
Residence ornor of
(Columbia and 7th sts.
ltesidene, Columbia at
bet. 2d ani 31 sts.
Jas. K. Kelly and J. 11. Reed, under the
lirm name or
KELLY .t BEEP,
Will practice law in the Courts of Oregon
Olliee on First street, near Alder, over the
new I'ost office room, Port.and. (4otf
I
AXSING STOUT.
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
F( HiT L A N P, (3 11 EG O X .
Office Under the United States District
Court Uooui. Front street. 4utf
AGE Ss TIIAYEH,
ATTOUNEVS AT LAW.
OFFICE In Cree's lfiiilding, corner of
Fiont an 1 Stark streets. Portland. S2:t(
J. F. CAPI.E4. J. C. MOKELAXD.
CAI'LES & MORELAXP,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cor. FRONT and WASHINGTON Sis.,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
J W. HOSS, M. IX,
o 'physician and Surgeon,
r5fOirieon Mam Street, opposite Mason
ic 1U!1, Oregon City. 13tf
SAFFAUUAXS,
"physician and Surgeon,
r.-?yoniee at his Drur Store, near. Post
OrS ;e, Oregon City, Oregon. l.'itl
O
J. WELCH,
DENTIST.
Pennant ntbj Located at Oregon City, Oregon
ROOMS With Dr. Saffarrana, on Main st.
yII. W ATKINS, M. D,
SUHGEONT, PoiiTLAND, Ori:o( n.
OFFICE Odd Fellows' Temple, corner
First and lder streets Residence corner of
M tin and Seventh streets.
A LA MS Oft SMITH j
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
PKOCTOa. .VXD SOLICITOR.
AV0CAT.
Practices in State and U. S. Ccurt. ,
0-e y. 108 Front 8treet,Foriland, Orejon.
Opposite McCorinick's Ijook Stoaj-
O
W. F. HIGHFIELD,
Established since 1849, at the old stand,
Miin Street, Oregon Cittj, Oregon.
An Assortment of Watches, Jew
elry, and Scth Thomas' weight
Clocks, all of which are warranted
to be as represented.
Repainnes done on short notice,
nd thankful for past favors.
CLARK GREENMAH",
City Drayman)
0 REG OX CITY.
t5 All orders for the delivery of merchnn
ai.e or packages and freight of whatever des
enption, to any part of the city, will be exe
e i'-ed prom.ily and with care.
EW YOKK HOTEL,
(Dentfches Gafthaus,")
o. 17 Front Street, opposite the Mail steam
ship landing, Portland. Oregon.
H. R0THF0S, J. J. WILKENS,
i
PROPRIETORS.
Boird per Week ?5 no
" with Lodijini? fi on
" " Dav 1 00
IMPERIAL MILLS.
C
Savier, LaRoque & Co.,
tKeep constantlv on hand for sale, f?onr
Midlines, Rran and Chicken Feed. Parties
QpJicaa.,ius; feed must furnish the sucks.
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JOHN FLEMING,
wzmL
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
IX MYERS' 'FIRE-PROOF BRICK,
MAIN STREET, OKKGOX CITr, 0RE6OX.
"Live and Let Live."
JPIELDS & STKICKLER,
DEALERS IN
PROVISIONS, GROCERIES.
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Ac, ';.
CIIOICK WINES AND LIQUORS.
JAt the old htand of Wortman & Fields
Oregon Cit , Oregon. latf
JOHN II. SCIIRAM.
JIanufacturer and Dealer in
SADDLES, HARNESS,
etc., etc.,
DIain Street, Oregon City,
3" Wishes to represent that he is now as
well prenared to furnish anv article !n tino
as the larpest establishment in the State. He
particularly requests that an examination of
his stock be made before buying elsewhere.
GEO. NOAH.
JAMES MOBRISOS.
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,
Formerly Mew Columbian,
Comer Front and Morrison Streets,
PORTLAND, OREGOS.
NOAH 8c MORRISON,
. PROPRiETORS.
Free Coach to r ui 'n House.
July KJth If
OREGON CITY
BE EVERY !
HHl H E X 11 Y II U M 15 E T.,
Having purchased the above Brewery wish
es to inform the public thnt he is now prepar
ed to manufacture a No. I quality of
EAGER BEER,
As nood as can lx obtained anywhere in the
Stale. Orders solicited and promptly filled.
Patronize Home Industry.
THE PIONEER CURLED HAIR
MANUFACTORY
IS NOW PREPARED TO SUPPLY Til
market w ih a No. 1 article of Curie
Hair tor Up! olstery work, which will com
pare with any imported article In quality r
rice.
I p.iy the highest price for Manes and
Tails of Horses and Tails of Cows at in
store, corner Front and Salmon streets.
D. MKTZliF.R,
Portland, Oregon.
JOHN M..15ACOX,
Importer and Dealer in
GLJ CC& U6L 9
STATIONERY, PERFUMERY. Ac, &c,
Orrgon CHy, Oregon.
At Charmanfy IVarner's old ta nil, lately oc
cupied by 8. Ackerinan, Main street.
lotf
STEERS & HiriDE5
WJioiesale Dealers in
T0REIGN AND DOMESTIC
Viicfi, Drttndics, IVilies, J-Jso
No. 40, Fboxt Strket, Portlaxp, Orkoox.
Constantlv on hand a genuine article of
Cuttei Whisk j
HOW'S TKISFCR HIGH?
PAUL CRISBER
Havincr thorouchlv reconstructed inside and
out, Lotus' building, formerly occupied by
Chus. Freidenrich, lias opeid the same,
where the best of
inW, Deer and Cirar.,
can be had. A sliare of public patronage is
respectfully solicited.
Aug. 2J:ni.J
CIl AS. IIODGE. .CIIAS. E. CALEF. .GEO. XC. SXELL.
HODGE, CALEF & Co.,
DEALERS IX
DRUGS and MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS, AND WINDOW GLASS,
VARNISHES, BRUSHES. PAINTERS
Materials, ana j.riggiats' Sundries:
07 Front Street,
35. Portland, Oregon.
Jacob Stitzkx. James B. Uptox.
STITZEL kUPTOW,
Heal Estate Drokers and General
Agents, Corner of Front and
Washington streets,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
"Hl attend to the sale and pnrchnse
of Real E-tate in nil parts of the City and
t,ite. Special attention given to the sale of
East Portland property.
Address P. 0. Box 42, Portland. Oregon
ST1TZEL k, UPTON,
9 If . Real Estate Brokers.
A SUMMARY
Or the Bills, Memorials and Joint
llesolution, Pastd by tle two
House of tlc Lrgislitture at Its
Sixtli Ii iu 11 nuu 1 Session, Commenced
on Srpteiiiuer 1, una ending Octo
berS6, 1870.
(From the Mercury.)
SENATE BILLS.
Senate bill Xo. 4, an act to create
a Hoard of Equalization.
No. 8, an act reilucing the fees
of county queers. -
No. 43, an act to amend the code.
No'. 54, an act to regulate . and
tax foreign insurance companies
and express coqorations doing
business in tliis State; j
No. 55, roviding for paying o-
penses of contested election cases, i
No. 31, selection and sale of
swamp and overflowed lands be
longing to the State.
No. 93, to incorporate the city
of Jefferson."
No. S3, for the relief of Wasco
county.
No. 75, To amend the laws re
lating to where the laws may be
published.
No. 12, To appropriate funds for
the construction of a canal and
locks at Oregon City.
No. 20, Creating the office of He
porter and Clerk of the Supreme
Court. t
No. 95, to amend an act estab
lishing and regulating qnartz min
ing claims, town sites and water
rights in mining camps.
No. GS, an act relating to oysters
and salmon.
No. 30, a bill to increase salary
of the Private Secretarv to the
Governor.
No. S2, an act for the relief of
Grant county.
No. 50, an act authorizing the
Treasurer to loan ten thousand dol
lars to the Hakcr City Academy.
No. 1, an act to provide for re
linquishment to the United States
in certain cases of title in land for
sites for light-houses and other pur
poses, on the coast and other wat
ers of this State.
No. 57, an act attaching Tilla
mook county for judicial purposes
and defining boundary line between
Clatsop and Tillamook.
No. 2, an act giving consent of
the Legislature of this State to the
United States of lands, within the
same, for forts, magazines, arsenals,
dock-yards, &c.
No. 10, to tax bank stocks.
No. 30, to provide for reimburse
ment iu certain cases in relation to
tenants in common.
No. 18, Abolishing the office of
Adjutant General.
No. 23, To amend an act regu
lating the times and places holding
the Courts.
No. 3, a bill authorizing the Sec
retary of State to furnish members
postage stamps.
No. Go, to appropriate money for
the erection of penitentiary.
No. 81, to provide clerical aid in
the office of Secretary of State.
No. 17, Amending private cor
poration act and appropriation of
private property therefor.
No. 48, Tcramend the charter of
Oregon City.
No. , For payment of mileage
to members.
No. 4G, To amend the charter of
Corvallis.
No. 45, Helating to elections and
filling vacancies in office.
No. 91, A act providing for the
ordinary expenses of the State Gov
ernment and redemption of out
standing warrants.
No. 5, Amending an act provid
ing code of civil procedure ap
proved October 11,1 8G2.
No. 41, an act to permanently
locate the Agricultural College at
Corvallis.
No. 67, An act to protect liti
gants. No. 34, amending charter of the
City of Portland, and creating a
Hoard of Police Commissioners.
No. 34, An act creating the office
of Assistant Treasurer of State.
No. 6, defining the boundaries of
Grant county.
HOUSE BILLL. .
No. 2, an act donating lands to
the Coos Hay Wagon Hoad.
No. 22, an act amending an act
for the perpetuation of testimony.
No. 34, an act to incorporate
East Portland.
No. 71, an act in reference to
public roads.
No. 81, an act to em power as
sessors to assess bank deposits.
No. 23, amending Code of civil
procedure. ;
No. 46, an act amending Code.
No. 26, Authorizing the Tuab
tan Canal Company to take water
from the Tualitan river for the pur
pose of constructing a canal.
No. 80, an act regulating the
salaries of the Count Judge and
Treasurer of Umatilla and Grant
counties.
No. 51, providing for ordinary
expenses of State Government anil
other general and specific appropri
ations. No. 61, an act for the relief of
Douglas county on State taxes.
No. 91, an act providing for the
payment of officers of last session.
No. 21, an act for the payment
of H. F. Uonham for services as
Territorial and State' Librarian.
No. G5, an act to reapportion the
representation of the counties of
Columbia and Clatsop.
No. 57, an act authoiTzihg the
State authorities to receive United
States prisoners.
No. 54, an act regulating fees of
officers in the counties of Union,
Haker, Jackson and Josephine.
No. 40, an act to exempt firemen
from poll tax.
No. 49, an act to provide for the
quarantine of ships at the mouth
of the Columbia river and Coos
Hay.
No. 87, an act to amend she char
ter of Albany.
No. 50, an act relating to ovsters
and salmon.
No. 33, an act to amend the
charter of Dalles City.
.No. 55, an act to prevend frauds
in elections.
No. 53, amending piloting and
tonage act at mputh of Columbia.
No. 6G, an act to change the time
when assessors shall enter upon the
duties of their office.
No. G7, an act to incorporate the
town of Clatsop, in said county.
No. 22, an act for the relief of
John Lnper and John Needham of
Linn county.
No. 29, an act for the relief of
Josephine county.
No. 73, an act to exempt firemen
from poll and road tax.
No. 78, an act repealing an act
relating to swine running at large
in Wasco county.
No. 79, an act for the relief of
Union county.
No. 14, an act to define the du
ties of county surveyors.
No. 18, an act to disincorporate
the Trustees of Trinity School and
provide for the transfer of the
property and funds thereof.
No. 1, an act requiring proper
marking of salmon.
No. 7, repealing section 31, chap.
18, general laws, so far as the same
applies to Wasco and Umatilla
counties.
No. 37, an act amending the act
regulating the Fire Department of
Portland.
SENATE JOINT MEMORIALS.
No. 3, Praying Congress to va
cate the Siletz Ueservation.
No. 4, Praying for extinguish
ment of that portion of Siletz and
Grande lionde Reservations lying
north of Grande Hondo Agency.
No. 5, Praying for the extension
of the time for the location of Salt
Springs and the ten sections of
land for the erection of public
buildings.
No 6, Praying for the construc
tion of a military road from Snag
Harbor, on Smith river, to Siuslaw,
Lane county.
1IOUSK JOINT MEMORIALS.
No. 1, Praying for the construc
tion of post roads in Southern
Oregon.
No. 2, Praying for the removal
of obstructions in Umpqna river.
No. 3, Praying for relocation of
northern boundary of State to con
form to the line fixed in the Con
stitution. No. 4, Praying for the establish
ment of a wagon road from Winne
mucca, on north bend of the Hum
boldt, to Pendleton, Umatilla Co.
SENATE JOINT KESOLUTIONS.
No. 7, Requesting the passage of
the Oregon branch railroad bill.
No. 8, Providing for printing 100
copies of joint rules of the two
Houses.
No. 2S, Providing for an adjourn
ment on the 16th of October.
No. 14, Relating to petition from
citizens of Josephine county, pray
ing for the disorganization of said
county.
No. 5, Instructing Secretary of
State to furnish laws of State to
Judges of Supreme Court and offi
cers of the two Houses.
No. Providing for a joint com
mittee to procure suitable buildings
for the use of the State.
No. 14, For location of a road
from the Central Pacific to Jack
sonville. No. 18, Requesting the abroga
tion of certain portionsof the Hur
lhigame treaty.
No. 29, For meeting in joint con
vention for the election of officers.
No. 30, Rejecting the fitteenth
amendment.
No. 27, Creating a commission
to investigate the accounts of the
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
State officers.
No. 17, Authorizing the Gover
nor to contract with Dr. J. C. Haw
thorne to keep the insane for four
years.
No. 33, Creating a joint commit
tee to 'wait on the Governor and
inform him of the adjournment.
No. 16, Asking aid from the
General Government for the im
piovemcnt of the Willamette river.
No. 24, Instructing Secretary to
have the school and revenue laws
printed.
6, Creating a committee on joint
rules for the two Houses.
2, NoticcT to' the Governor that
both Houses were organized.
1, Requesting the Secretary to
furnish laws ami the journals.
I, For printing the inaugural and
Message.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
No. 22, Creating a committee to
examine the books and occounts of
the Secretary of State and State
Treasurer, tc.
2G, For a grant of land for a rail
road from Corvallis to Yaquina.
27, To secure approval by the
Commissioner of the General Land
Office of the selection of idemnity
school lands.
29, For the appropriation of two
thousand dollars for the education
of deaf mutes in Oregon.
10, Authorizing the Secretary of
State to draw a warrant in favor
of W. E. Howell.
23, Asking aid for the improve
ment of the Willamette river.
18, Asking aid to build a rail
road from Promontory Point to
the Columbia river.
20, Fournish county clerks with
the Code, as also precinct officers.
32, Authorizing the Governor to
till vacancies in certain offices.
25, Requesting aid to build a
wagon road over 3IcKinzie route.
21, Providing for additional pay
for the Clerks of both Houses.
13, Providing for canvassing the
vote for United States Senator.
5, To provide means for the care
of the insane.
16, Commission to examine the
penitentiary accounts.
II, Requesting the Secretary to
furnish 100 copies of the laws re
lating to election of U. S. Senator.
10. Instructing the committee. to
procure suitable rooms for the
standing committees.
A young lady, who is of a very
nervous, excitable temperament,
and who hears much of the cruel
treatment of animals by railroad
emphn'ees and others, while being
transported to market was one day
visiting with others, at the hous3
of a friend, when she discovered a
wagon load of calves being hauld
toward the slaughter house.
When nearly in front of the house
one of the unfortunate calves man
aged to jump from the cart, when
he was roughly seized by the ex
tremities by the cruel driver, and
lifted unceremoniously in again,
whereupon she, blazing with ex
citement, exclaimed: 'Look! See
that wretch! He has got that calf
right by the ears and tail! I wish
I had him the same way; I'd let
him know how good it was!"'
Which little speech brought down
the house.
A pun upon a slang phrase, per
petrated in a material form, is trav
eling around the country It is
simply a dilapidated shoe, fastened
between two old book covers, on
which is pasted a picture of a prom
inent public man driving off flies
with a broom. This curious mis
sive travels from post-office to post
ofllce. It is stamped with the
post-marks of cities in Illinois, in
Oregon, on Pacific .Railroad, on
the Panama steamship route. When
last heard of it was on the way
from Cincinnati to New Orleans.
Each recipient, after studying out
the enigma, posts it to a new sta
tion, and prolongs the waudcrings
of the "shoo fly."
One of the witnesses before Gen
eral Hutler's Cuban Investigation
Committee, testifies that he had
127,000 worth of Cuban bonds,
for " preparing pamphlets for the
Cuban Junta," and that a fellow
correspondent of a New York pa
per had $3,000 worth for his "in
fluence" in behalf of Cuba in his
dispatches.
. ine lievoiution asks,- are
women naturally liars?" and re
plies that ; they are, " in conse
quence of their common humani
ty;" and it excuses the trait on the
ground that if the truth only
should be told for one day, it
would destroy households, rupture
business relations, sunder friend
ships, and come various games of
that sort.
The Willamette Locks Bill.
An act to appropriate funds for
the construction of a steamboat
canal at the Willamette Falls.
Whereas, "The ' Willamette
Falls Canal and Lock Cmpany"
was duly incorporated under the
laws of Oregon, on the 14th day
of September" 1868, for the pur
pose of constructing a canal and
locks at, and on the west side of
the Willamette Falls; aud,
fc Whereas, It is of great im
portance to the people of Oregon
that the obstructions to the free
navigation of the Willamette river
at that place should be removed,
and freights carried on said river
should be cheapened; therefore,
De it enacted by the Legislative
Assembly of the State of Ore
joji: Section 1. That the State of
Oregon herel agrees and pledges
its faith to pay the Willamette
Falls Canal and Lock Company
the sum of money in gold coin as
hereinaftei' set forth, out of the
funds donated by the United
States to Oregon for the-purpose of
internal improvement.
Sec. 2. In order to entitle the
said corporation to receive the sum
of money hereby agreed to be
paid, it shall be the duty of said
corporation to construct a canal
and locks at and on the AVest side
of the Willamette falls; the said
locks to be not less than one hun
dred and sixty feet in lenght, and
forty feet in width, and to be con
structed chiefly of stone cement
and iron, and otherwise built in a
durable manner. The said canal
and locks to be completed on or
before the 1st day of January,
1873. And after the completion
of the same, the said corporation
shall pass without delay, through
the said canal and locks, all steam,
boats, flatboats, barges and other
water craft, in the order in which
they shall arrive at either terminus
of said canal.
Sec. 3. The State of Oregon
agrees to pay the said sum of
money upon the express condition
that the said corporation, after the
completion of the said canal and
locks as hereinafter set forth, slmll
not charge a greater rate of tolls
than fift7 cents per ton for freight,
and ten cents for each passenger
going through said canal and locks
in steamboats and other water
craft. And at the expiration of"
twenty years from the time said
canal and locks are completed, the
State of Oregon shall have the
right to take and appropriate to
its own use forever, the said canal
and locks, upon the payment to
the said corporation the actual
value thereof at the time of taking
and appropriating the same, which
value shall be ascertained in such
manner as the Legislative Assem
bly of Oregon may hereafter pre
scribe. Sec. 4. Within ninety days af
ter the approval of the Act, the
Willamette Falls Canal and Lock
Company shall execute and deliver
to the Secretary of the State a
good and sufficient bond, with
sureties, payable to the State of
Oregon, in the sum of three hun
died thousand dollars in gold coin
of the LTnited States; said bond to
be approved by the Governor of
this State, conditioned that the
said company slmll, on or before
the first day of January, 1873,
construct and complete said canal
and locks in accordance with the
provisions of this Act. Upon the
delivery and approval of said bond
the Governor and Secretary of
State shall issue and deliver to the
said Willamette Falls Canal and
Lock Company gold bonds of the
State of Oregon for the sum of
two hundred thousand dollars, in
bonds of five hundred dollars each,
payable to said Canal and Lock
Company or its legal assignees in
ten years, or sooner, rvt the option
of the State bearing interest at the
rate of seven per cent, per annum,
payable semi-annually in gold.
Principal and interest of said
bonds shall be paid out of the
fund arising from the five per cent,
of the net proceeds of the sale of
the public, lands of the United
States, lying within this State, or
out of the sale of the five hundred
thousand acres of land donated to
the State of Oregon by Act of
Congress for the purpose of inter
nal improvement, and not Other
wise, or from both "of said funds,
and not otherwise.
Sec. 5. The faith of the State
of Oregon is hereby pledged so to
administer said funds as to make
them available at the earliest pe
riod for the payment of said bonds
by this Act authorized to be issuer
upon the express condition that
said corporation shall construct
said canal and locks in the manner
before provided in this Act; arid
not charge a greater rate of tolls
than is herein set forth. And it is
further provided that the issuance
and payment of-said bondsshall
be made upon the express condi
tion that said corporation shallepav
to the State of Oregon ten per
centum of the net profits shall be
paid into the common school funds
of this State. '
Sec. 6. The
ii ti'anai jina
Lock Company, shall be. required
to fully complete said canal and.
locks according to the require
ments of this Act, on or before tho
first day of January 1873. And
if the above condition is not com
plied with, the bonds required bp
this Act to be given by. said cor
poration to the State of Oregon
shall be deemed to be forfeited and
broken, and all the rights given to
said company by the State under
this Act shall be deemed forfeited.
Sec. 7. Upon the completion of
the said canal and locks the Gov-.,
ernor shall appoint three Commis
sioners to examine the works and
report thereon; and if, from tho.
report of the said Commissioners,
or a majority of them, the woks.
are declared to be .completed . as.
hereinbefore specified, then said
corporation shall be discharged
from all liability on its bond exe
cuted to the State of Oregon.
Sec. 8. The sum of fifty thou
sand dollars is hereby appropri
ated out of any moneys in the
treasury belonging to said funds
hereinbefore specified, to be appli
ed in payment of the interest on
said bonds, and in payment of tho
principal of said bonds, as far as
the same will extend.
Sec. 9. In case the State or
Oregon :hall at any time take po
session of said canal and locks as
provided in this acfV the said smu
of two hundred thousand dollars'
shall be paid into the Common
School Fund of this State by the
State of Oregon.
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Have you a Flan.
We mean for the next year's op-
erations on the farm. If not you
have the long winter with its many s
hours of leisure, to study aiut)ma
ture one. Take an honest view of
the last ten years of jour farming,
and answer fairly to yourself, at
least, if the result- thereof would ,
not have been more profitable, had
you chosen a different course.
Have you any more system now
than ten years ago; or do you
grow crops hap-hazard, such as
you think will best hit the market?
Is your land richer; IIiCq average
product greater ; is it less weedy;
smoother on the surface; better
fenced, and supplied with more
ample and convenient buildings?
If not, your system of farming is
unprofitable.
Perhaps you have made a great
deal of money, and have invested
it in bank stock, oil stock, or Unit
ed States Bonds; and you think
this- accumulation an evidence of
prosperity. Hut deduct a fair
compensation for your labor and
has not the remainder been taken
from the intrinsic value of your
land? If you sell the products of
the farm now for the same prices
they brought ten years ago, and
incur the same expenses you did
then, will your income be- as
large? If the conclusion is forced
upon you that the farm will not
produce as abundantly as in for-'
mer times, then you must own that
the land has been robbed of this
surplus money, and that it is not
legitimate profit.
Suppose that each year for tho
past ten, you had built fifty rods
of durable fence such as will last
a lifetime; and each year had con
structed one hundred rods of under
drains; and instead of allowing
thistles and other weeds to increase
had annually diminished them ten
per cents. Suppose you had pur
sued a systematic rotation, sowing
each year the same number of acres,
and planting, mowing, ami pas
turing an equal breadth annually,
feeding all coarse grain, fodder,
and turning off increasing quanti
ties of meat and wool, as your
high fed land yielded more, would
not your purse be as full as at
present? And more than
would not your farm bear a r,eflrer
resemblance to that icai your fan
cy creates, when lt pictures the
homestead yo1;, desire -should' shel
ter and comfort you in old age, and
which v,vould be a proud monument
of your skill as an Agriculturist.
It. is plain what results would-
have been reached, if during the
last ten years you had worked with
a wise and well matured system.
Waste no more time. Let tho
success of the Future atone for the
shortcomings of the Past. 0
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