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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1872)
& IIXkl&METTE lERMEE. W'M!'M i, JLij-Wi-i. jSalein, Saturday, May, J.8., Portland Agency. 1.. BAMUEf., (Jcncrol AcUcilWni,' Agent, la authorized tu Act tir olo Agiiit for the KAimtn In PortUnd-to rccihc knd receipt for lubtcrlptlont tod tdrerttrcmcnt. Tbo Big TklH before the Country. According to most of the papers in this State, the only intercut which 'tho people have In tlto next Legisla ture is the "Senatorial question." (And accordingly wo sco tho papers 'of both parties nro appealing to tlic peoplo in frantic efforts to elect t litis or that man, "In order to secure the next U.S. Senator." Out upon nil such hollowncss j awny with such lium buggcry, delusion and trash. The peoplo nro not fools to be hoodwinked and deceived by stteh empty, good-for-nothing politic. Tho great ques tion before tho country, tho ono im portant, over bearing issue of ulloth crs, is tho question of tho honest men against tho thlovcn. What the country sorely need", and what wo must surely have, Is thorough hon esty in tho administration of tliu government and tho laws. Wo have grown weary and sick of tho ever lasting cant about principle and found doctrines. This has been sounded in our ears long and loud, and nlwayM longest and loudest Just when tho tho biggest stealing was going on. What tho peoplo want, and demand to know, is Just this; that tho men they scud to the Legis lature will not use their position to betray their trusts, put money in their NK'kutH in exchange for ofllclnl honor, accept brllies, or lend their votes to tho schemes of any infernal monoiioly, or other scheme to rob tho people through tho mentis of miIhI dies or faxes. Tho Senatorial ques tion is a very small matter. Tho people of this State have not much renson to be proud of some of their Senators 5 and less reason to call fur tho sacrifice of any homo interest to advance tho fortunes of any Senato rial upstart. TIIK LOCKS Ql'KSTIOV. 'l'UoJauhl assures us that ono has been frying to play onto 1IX1II our fears In reference to tho manner In which the locks at tho falls or the Willamette nro to bu built, and fur ther aspires its that tho work will bo completed according io contract 5 thnt stone, cement and iron wilt bu used, and (hat tho works will bo built In a durable nnd permanent manner. Tho information wo gave through our columns was derived from a -outvo which wo consider en titled to credence, but wo hopo our Informant was In error, and that tho Ifenthl N correct In everything It sty. Wo regard tho construction and completion of these locks with an unusual degree of Jealousy, and think that any short-comings of any ono having anything to" do with them ought tu bo promptly exposed. Wo liavo no desire to Injure or mis represent any individual or compa ny through tho columns of tho lu- Mf.tt, and should Miclt.a (lIng lo un intentionally done, its columns uro open to an explanation or defence by tho individual or company o injur ed or niNivpro.-ontod, r A SuTimwrioN. Wo, suggest to farmers in the southern ortlonof the State that before; they give the right of way to tbo railroad through their premUes, they make the com pany contract, In writing, to fence tho road through their enclosures. This Is tho only safety they have for tholr ktock. The railroad company shows very few symptoms of honesty iu thin part of the Statu in denllhg with our farmers. Turtles u ho have hUI In claims for stock killed by the cars cannot even get nn answer from tho company. Tho "gypsim!' who go after the right of way are profuse written contract, properly signed, ih'un UihHwpwmtfrt. l " VFKrawr' V ' Tf nrr HOW SHALL I VOTK 7 , aged, and will over encourago all Attcf oldTnd"edQb3crlbor legitimate efforts to construct rail writes to us ns follows : 1 J, to s,,bmlit "j0 whl0 Jn; "The Fakmeb has taken-nu active, , towfS,of the peoplo to tho control of and I mutt say a commendable, Inter- ono matt, to allow him to choose our est in questions of a general Interest Senators, Iteprcsentntives, and Lc S?,rtl lilfivtt'S S ' Bons nnd make our laws, we will of the State will support you therein, never agree so long as wo can raise Hut how can I best serve our Interests our voice to oppose it. Voto for u by my vote In this county? I have Bcpublicun, Democrat, or whomovcr nlwuys voted with tho party. , ' . J , . . . lloth nortles have now full tickets in J'ou please, so long as ho is not n tool this county, and 011 both of which there Is about an cental number of good, anil also itountrui, men as catuti- . . . . - .. iiutcs mm uy doubtful, I mean pur ehasablc men." We would not, be long in deciding for ourselves In such a case. Our advice to the people is to pay no nt- pcoplo Is to pay no nt tent Ion to tlto action of conventions. Take up the two tickets, scratch tho mime of ovory doubtful mnn on el- tlier ticket, and then voto for tho honest and reliable men left, no mat- ter on which ticket their names nH IKiar. In this way tho people may hopo to get men sent to tho Legis lature who will not sell you out to tho railroad und transportation mo- nopollos of this Stale. Wo bog of tho eoplu to keep in mind this one, great, overshadowing, alMnqiortant fact, and that is that the great con test now going on all over tho 1,'nltcd States Is honc(y ugttliml corruption. It is not who shall bo Senator or (joveruor, or Congressman; but it is, Shall tbo rights and Interests of (he laboring mnsscs'bo properly protect ed from the exactions of railroad kings, aristocratic nalKibs, and cor rupt politicians, or shall wo supinely sit down and sco men ...1... 4..11 .... WIIO Kill ll()t for their bread deliberately swallow up the substance of tho people, and bind them down in a woro than slaveholder' bondage to tho group ing and grinding claims of avarice and wealth V Wo hope the people will open their eyes and lie warned In time to de feat every corrupt and corriiitiblc man now seeking their votes for tho next Legislature. Wo care not ! whether a man Is called a Itepubllc-' an or a Democrat ; out the ma in I question Is, Will ho bo controlled or Influenced to do tho bidding of tho monopolies anil capitalists who nro laboring to fasten tlielrehiiiuson the ' tuvksof tho people V TOO .MICH KAILKOAB. Tlto peoplo of 1'cnusvlvanla nn- pfartobe getting into tbo fminoof mitiil that recently animated nguug."," tnetopor the soil thrown out by come forward nnd defend them, but of Chinese laborers In lt.Wana to a illnd'ry 'folow ift !!ro - of the people characteristic performance. 1 hey cuts a furrow and lays It over In the regarded nnd denounced it nsu mo took umbrngo at tho interferciHoof, deep trench, thus nimlo by the sul- nopoly, and proved for tho day when ''toured oyeimtfMd they might 1' delivered from its they astonished their wnploycrbyiHi power. Thl, was (he exact state of marching in'solMWflle up to .Ills, changed places. Tho 'mould-board of affairs in tho Wlllametto vnllev iiiansontLMngon.thelr8houldow.',"M,l;)ilir'i',1 ho changed so us to when ground was first broken for adarkobJect.-ThU'provedtobothe aXKVSMSU'Kl"'" l f PtaS StK obnoxious overseer,s8ecurclynnddn-( with the surface soil at will. J "'- ICnlifornin line. Is It any wonder gcnlously bound with many conN, Some of our ,iuuuufneturers might I that our people then rejoiced, and whom they deposited on the broad piazza nearly 'frightened to death, with tho words, r"Too muchco nig- gab, too muchco mggah." Then they (rotted hack to tholr work again. So the Peunsylvunlnris ap pear ,to boj getting altogether "too muchco railroad." Says tfib Ijiii caster luff lllfff net rt "Tho tlmo has como In (his State when political par-tie.-, must Imldly declare where they stand. 11 inu political names in . ... t . ... .. .. ...... . .. ou id protect inu peopio irom tno .'..I'V-. iiii.i illllliviuil? 1-llllU.ll 'II- i mentsof corporate ovor, they mut Ini.v m In tho mo-st authoritative man ner at their State conventions. Their candidates for Govornbr must bo men who have no entangling alli ances with great corjtorotlons, nnd their candidates for Auditor tfeneral must lie pure and able bu.-lue.ss men whom neither the accounting otllcers of corporations nor the tools of the (rensury ring will dan; to approach." So llkowlM) in Oregon. Tho re form is spreading throughout tho leugtu ami urcaqin 01 tuo lauu, aim 1 we must 00 true io onrowniiiioreMS here. Tho thrillers must' stand to gother. It Is not ttf railroads' or roll road officers, as such, that wo object, but to their omeloua Intermeddling H JteuMftlJsil, tul4 their, eucf yon to bciul every interest MiHllMlftry hi thoCountryYo 'their own aggran dizement. AVohavo always encour- of the Railroad King, SUBSOIL PLOW. new subsoil gang plow has been brought out.in California, , t0 inventor, docs not clain iHnnlltv in thn uinu-.slin Myers, m any or- - . Hnlltv In tho tilow-shnrea. but lllproiv i ti,0 imnirnr irenrlnir. That combined mftny advantages which ...oro ,lot POml,Iiiod in other mine- v0Wt It cou(i t,0 ndjuted so that any hmra or two different kinds of riinres couldta attached to It: either i0f tho 8,iarc3 could lot jnto the ground any depth under about eight ecu inches, independent of the otb cr : it could bo run ns a common franc; ,(lcm. or n)lw,0 to do subsoil plowing ; and by placing tho subsoil plow for ward n shallow furrow was made for tho horses to walk in, instead of hav ing them walk lit tlto stibsolIedTur row a'nd tramping it down. A committco has examined it and reports to the farmer's club at Sacra mento as follows : 1. That tho plows can bo used as an ordinary gang or as ono plow and a stibsoller. 2. If used in thclattcrmnu ucr tho sub-oiler follows In tho prev- Inltu fit.w.1.. ..... I...I.I...1 .1... if """" "i "ennui nit: (imiiiury I ,,,.. . ,,, 11.,,.. ..Inlni n .I...I.I...I I.,.. I I ".. ... . . .. .Kkiiaii . tirovi-nicnt In this. IiiiihiiiiipIi iih tlm nil animal always walks In ahanl furrow. .'!. They claim a decided Improvement over any axletrvo now In uso In , siifiiirin nun cast- or ralHliig or lower ling the plows. 4. Tho gangs are all I made of wrought Iron, except the fall, 'and are made' stronger 'than auv now ' In im, l'iio plow was not tried as an ordi nary gong except with the Htthoolllng iilow attached, but ralM-d to the posi tion ol an ordinary plow. In tills con dition It was put to work on a piece of land covered with a foot to eighteen Inches with weeds and salt or Joint Krass. It performed Its work on thlx bind admirably, uuil to tbo entire sat isfaction of nil nre'scut. turnlnir tbo furrow wcUaniUcovorliur the weeds and grass completely beneath the soil . 't'lie uubsoll plow was thoifdronptM nmil live Inches below the other", and the uuichlne set to work In this condition. Tlio stibsoller IivIuk at the bead of the other, It follows theoll'borse, and cut, a furrow directly in the bottom of the furrow mndo by tbo other plow at the cntliely out of Its way and laying It up previous mint, throwing tho suli-oll lo well to look Into this implement, . INKKNY'S I'lim. -This farm is situated n.bout ten miles south of Saloni, on tho Hueua Vista raid. It consists of about thirty-two hundred acres of land lying partly on (ho Snutiam liottom and partly on tho hills adjacent. It Is ono of the most heautlftil location ' y. uj.'ti.i.uMjiiyjius .. I. .... ..-.. ..n-.. -...! 1 A. I' ji I b" '" '"" """ " " ' " " " - ' All his buildings aro supplied with water pipes that bring tho cool spring miter from tho hills. Tho Uirns mo neatly arranged, with com plete drainage and convenient ar rangements for feeding. Tho drains from the stables all lead Into an Im-men-ie underground tank or cellar where all tho' manure is preserved, audewhonco It is taken at tho proper ! season to enrich the land. If wo remember correctly,. Mr. .1iKe11y now iiuiKs nnoui seventy- nve cows, ana tno number Is con sinmiy increasing. Tho stalls nro arroiigedvlth stunchloBsithaf terve (a. .thofriiksQ uOropoa for AtsteHing tho cows. Iu thc-se stalls tho cows stand to lie foil and milked, and the quiet, good onler which they obX ftorve'lri taking their places, Is wor thy of note. They inarched in with all tho apparent' eatlsfaeUon'"of a company of 6oldiers coming to re ceive their rations. Tho barn is supplied 'with fine ar rangements for cooking food by steam. This is a crcat saving of food and improvement of its quality, ns n large experience shows. The calves are taken from tho cows at tlto first and raised on wlioy from tho dairy. They thrive on this food, nnd appear perfectly contented. Ono notlccablo feature of this plan is thnt there is no such bawling and stampeding ns is genornlly witness ed when n large number of cows comes homo nt night. Every ono in Salem knows thnt the choico butter of our market du ring the past winter was thnt mado by Mr. Ankcny. Wo tried during our visit to find out his secret, fully resolved to let all our readers know it. All we could learn was that he uses tho Diamond churn, which It is believed will mako butter nt n lower tempcraturo than any other. Ono renon why so much poor butter is mndo in tho winter is thnt tho cream is too much heated at the tlmo of churning. Mr. Ankcny makes no butter dur ing tho cheese-making season. Wo witnessed tho operation of making ono day's milk into cheese. Tho re sult of that day's work was about two hundred nnd fifty pounds. Tho average per day will rlso above thnt amount ns tho season advances. Seven thousand flvo hundred pounds per month Is " some chece." Then the quality of tho cheese mado is not to bo overlooked. Those who tasted (lie premium cheese nt tho State Fair last year need not bo told that Henry Ankcny makes good cheese. It is no desire to puff Mr. Ankcny thnt leads us to glvo this brief notice of his work, but n desire to encour ago neat, thorough, nnd systematic work on the farm and in tho dairy. All farmers and small dairymen may notbonblo to work, bit tho same scale, but all who will study tholr business ,mnyr work so neatly and with such system that it would nf ford nny one n day of pleasure to visit their houses and barns-. Wind the People or tkc nave got. Willamette .some years ago, when the I. T. Co. had tho sole monopoly of the carrylnir trado on tho Willnmnttn river, no hireling could bo found to balled tho day as tho ono long waited for? No peoplo under llko circumstances wero ever more lib oral In their contributions to an en- terprNo than wero ours, nnd in no place In the country wero farmers more generous ns to rights of way than wero thoo along tho lino of this road. Wo nil thought that our .Mecca had been reached, and llm the morning of the day had dawned (m Oregon when ono mnn or 0-- -" . .1.1-1 one company could no longer exact from the producer nil tho nradt nt h long year's work, for no other ser vice than carrying his produce a few hundred miles to market. It was a day of general rejoicing, nnd might ho compared to tho moment when tho children of Israel wcro npproach Ingand first permitted to look Into the Promised Land after their long years of bondage. 1 'the Illusion was most complete, , but It lasted for only 11 brief period. .nr. jioiwuay luui got only n respect able foothold on our soil, with less than a hundred miles of railroad com pleted up our valley, when ho con celved the Idea that if ho wero tho owner of tho I T. Cc's boats ho carrying trado of ho valley would bo In his ctwjijiajitls, an.ajjiat wealth would theneeforwnnl flow, into his !otP;.,?,' ?9 "sooner '.conceived than tlioprojeet iwas"'exe!uted,,and Jie iKvamo tho solo owner bf all the lines of travel (steamboat and rail road) from Portland to Eugene City. And this is what the peoplo of tho Willamette volley hayo got for tholr trouble and money arid" Innd-MO-nopoly n soulless, overbearing, grinding monopoly ono that has never yet raised a hand to accommo date thoso who havo fostered and nourished it into being by money and real estate ono thnt, for greed, can "double-discount" Shylock him self, because ho wanted only what was mentioned in "tho bond," whilo this monopoly demands nil, everything. Tho question for Oregon to decido will remain open till tlto adjourn ment of tho Legislature. It Is this : Shall tho people surrender into Ben Hollnday'8 hands tho Willamette river, allow him to control that stream, and demand of tho shipper, merchant, or farmer Just what he thinks proper for carrying our sur plus wheat, flour, wool, etc., to mar ket ? This is an important question, and must bo decided by the coming Legislature. How Important, thon, thnt tho voters of this State tho men who work nnd pay tho taxes-1-sco that no man Is sent to thnt body who can Imj swayed In his duty to the peoplo by the jlnglo of gold. Whkat PitosrECTs. Tho follow ing is a Now York Commercial Re port for April 25th, 1872 : "Thorohns been a further increased tono to tho wheat market, ns compared with'lnst week ; and, with fnvornblo cable nd vlccs nnd only a moderate stock on hand, prices havo advanced from 23c per bushel, though thero was somo variableness In vnlucsntcertnln times during the week, owing to nat ural influences'. Tho export demand has Improved, English shippers man ifesting n greater disposition to tnko hold, notwithstanding thnt margins havo been somowhnt against them, even with tho rise in gold nnd ex change nnd the prevailing low rato of ocean freight. Tho milling de mand, too, has Improved ; in fact, tlto purchases havo bben heavier tills week than many previous ones; Tho comparative high prlco cur rent for winter growth lins caused spring to moot considerable nttcnt Ion, and It is thought that thero will bo n complete exhaustion of tho winter crop throughout tho country. Tho extravagant prices obtained for wheat at tho Southwest, It Is tho opinion of tho trado, cannot fall to divert much of tho wheat nt tho Northwest from tho senlionrd, nnd every day only confirms their esti? mntes of tho paucity of tholr surplus for export. Tho present stockls less than 1,800,000 bushels, tho bulk' of which will bo required to meet our homo wants oro any considerable supplies reach hero from tho Upper xikcs, leaving that on tho Cnnnl for export. Vd vices from tho principal sections of tho West, since our last weekly review, have been moro favorable for tho growing crop ; where a total fail ure was anticipated, Indications nro thnt the crop will Ihj fully one-third to ono half." Tin: WiiiutCjuh From nrlvnto sources wo learn that tho vyhcatorop ill all Darts of tho Ktntn nmml - well. In some places tho fields look extraordinarily tine, nnd in nono Is thero a prospect of a declino on tho yield of nny preceding year. Tho very favorable season wo nro having nnd tho largo additional acreago sown to wheat this year, will give Oregon tho largest yield of groin by nearly one-fourth that sho has over had. Handsome Wooi,,-Cript. John P. Miller has shown us iamplea oMvool from the Leicester sheep brought from New Zealand tothls State by Messrs. Cameron Gootlwyn. Tho samples wero from lambs fifteen months old, were an average ofUio lot, and measured Jijteai inches In length, The fleeces. forty-s ,1 ;' seven In ull, nyeraged thirteen" pound's each. and wero bought by 'tho Wlllametto AVwlen Manufacturing Comphny'Kt 55 cents. iiO -"r Rkad the new advertisements.