WrlMiMiETTE lECRMER.
wttknltntal
GRAPH CUTURK.
. Examlno your grape grafts, nnd
rub off nil suckers from the stock be
low, as they will rob tho graft of the
nourishment properly belonging to
It. But take care that you do not
move the scion or rub off the buds on
them.
Do not bo impatient if tho scions
do not start at once. They nlwnys
start later tlinn the stock ; very often
oven the principal bud having start
ed.lt drons off ncmin. nnd the side'
hud or dormant one (of which there '
are two besides the principal one on I
each well developed ioint. each bud.1
in fact, being triple) will start n
week, or even month, later. As long
as tho scion is fresh nnd green there
Is hope that it will grow, nnd those
starting late will often make up by
rapid growth for lost time. Keep
them well covered with saw-dust or
tan, so as to shade them from the sun
and keep thorn moist while tho young
buds can easily penetrate it.
rill up around your layers with
well pulverized soil, and as soon as
they have grown fifteen or eighteen
inches, pinch off the leading shoot.
Thoy will liocomc more stocky and
make better roots.
Examine your cutting beds, nnd
keep them clean and mellow, plow
ing between the rows nnd loosening
around the cuttings with hoc nnd
weeding fork. Should tho weather
threaten to become too dry, nnd you
enn procure saw-dust or spent tan for
mulching, it will be of great benefit
to them. If you can not procure
these, mulch with well pulverized
earth, dnwlngit up over them, but It
will not do to let this bake and hard
en Into n crust.
In vineyards planted this spring,
leave no more than one shoot to grow,
rubbing off all others ; but on this al
low nil the laterals to grow, as that
On vines '
will make It more stocky
in their second yenr, if they start
strong nnd vigorously, you enn leave
on strong growing kinds from three
to four shoots, as they should have
two or three bearing canes the next
year, and one spur as a reserve near
tho ground. Look sharp after nil
noxious insects, especially tho steel
blue beetle, tho different small worms
which make their nests in tho tips of
tho young shoots, but protect the la
dy ot'fft "o mantis and its eggs.
They are among the best friends you
have. Grape CiitfurM.
Good Xew far tke Peach Trrr.
Tho yellows which have been such
a bane to peach orchnrds promise so
to continue no longer. .Simultan
eously from tho East, South and
We-it, comes wonTthnf Mio tree re
vives, nuts forth now folhiiro nnd rl.
pens Its fruit under the Influence of.
hot water and ashes. John Whittle-
soy, Esq., was tho first In thlsvlelni-'""'
ty to announce this discovery of fun-'
goidal dlcaso nt tho root of tho tree.
Thomas Median, of tho Gardeners'
Monthly, shortly after announced his I
Investigations in the same direction. '
Tho investigation of Prof. Kenzlo of
Laming State Agricultural College
on tho yellows, led him in the same
Uirectionnnutothesamoconclusions. i paper on Hoc Culture was read by O.
From the April numlier of the Garth I C. Walt, Esq., of Georgia. Accord-'
encm' Monthly wo tnko the following :,ing to tho report In tho St. Albans'
"In regard to the yellows In tho i Mestenyer, Mr. Walt said honey sells
peach wo have little more to offer higher than sugar and costs Icm.
SSASTl?",":, "..learn -ro!
lug to the fungus at tho roots, tho ef-1 than ten good men. Scientific care
fects of which pervaded tho whole I will tell favorably. Bee-keeping may
tree. Since i then Dr. Taylor the ml-1 become ns common hero as in Prus
WwiWXSft!. t only to a great source of
suggestion, has taken the Inner bark ' revenuo, but u common luxury. Mr. i
of a stem of n yellowed peached tree, Walt gavo many jwirtleiilnrs of tho
taken just nbovo tho ground nnd history, management and habits of1
found it infested by a molifonn, i ,, 1,,nnf.1,rillu i,,tr.iw i.
thread-like fungus, ns we supposed! ! m, not o nly ofc ur lous Intern t, 1 mt ,
When tho season arrives for getting of Importance toany who may chooso
in tho ground, he will go to tho root to engage in the business. For !J,800
of the thing." years tho history of tho too has been J
We are safe in s.iylng that tho Intimately asoclated with thut of the
right direction has nt Inst been human nice. I Io referred to tho u
reached In the investigation of this of honey us food in the Scripturo rec-1
disease and Its remedy. As yet the ords. Though tho heels not mado
subject has not toeji exhausted nor In God's image, yet many of tholr
has It certainly been reached in the Inbits neatnosn, industry, economy
eradication or cure of (lie, evil. ThUjand government may profitably bo
however is certain," that the npplica-' Imitated hymen. It has been sup-
I tlon of hot water and n&hes hits saved
, many trees. Query. Is this due to
the action of heai nlone ; and If so,
i would not a peck of unslackcd liiuo
i nbout the collar of the tree well cov
ered up, by slacking, produce heut
enough to accomplish the same re
sult ?
1 Every tree in every orchard ought
to h'jve n pail of hot water poured
around the collar of the tree every
spring. Tills would accomplish two
.results, namely: It would kill the
peach borer or grub, and arrest the
yellows in its incipient stages. Eith
er one of these results would amply
compensato the labor involved.
' Joseph (MMi.) Hcraltl.
"
I,0Jf Dhiwsino in Omcii-
! akim. At n recent meeting of the
American Institute Farmers Club.
Mr. Wagner, who lives on Long Isl
and Sound, nbout fifty miles east of
New York, exhibited some primings
from his orchard to Illustrate tho ef
fect of putting Iron around trees. Ho
took an old place with twenty trees
in the orchard, full of dead limbs
with yellow leaves, and the crotches
oozing thick gum. He gave the
earth a good top-dressing of iron,
breaking up old plows and scattering
tho fragments. Tho effect has been
marvelous. The trees liavo renewed
their youth, and now look strong and
thrifty. The bark Is tight, nnd the
leave are green, and tho borer hns
disappeared. Ho thinks tho slag of
Iron furnaces, ground up nnd spread
on orchnrds will prove a valuable for.
tilizcr for fruit trees of all kinds.
Ekkkcts or Fkost ox Plants.
It hns been a disputed question
whether plants killed by frost dlo In
freezing or thawing. That tho form
er is tho case, nt least in somo cases,
has been satisfactorily demonstrated
by Professor Goppert, of Hroxlau.
Tho flowers of certain orchids, as, for
example, tho milk-whlto blossoms of
Calante veratrlfolla, produco Indigo,
,mt onIy ,y n t'"t,,n,t'al wetlon that
iukus piaco upon die iieain 01 mo
parts. When thoy nro crushed, or
tho vitality of the cells Is otherwise
destroyed, they turn at once. Now
this change of color occurs immedi
ately upon freezing, which proves
that life thon ceases. Certain other
species arc said to show tho same
thing.
WoiiTii Knowing. A corrosiond
ent of tho Country Gentleman my If
copperas and saltpeter water aro used
around pear trees, tho tree will show
tho effects In a large yield of fruit.
He tried this on n Burtlctt pear tree
that had yielded no fruit for two
years previous ; that very year It
yielded one hundred and fifty-five
largo, fluo pears, and tho following
yenr two hundred nnd fifty largo
one, and it is still doing finely. If
pear trees want iron, which mot
W),N nro drfflelcnt in, sulphate of
,ro,, or "l'I-s " boou way io
'"
Aijiurii.
s -
HKK Cl'LTl'KK.
At the Iuto meeting of tho Ver-
mont State Board of Agriculture, a
i
posed that tholr government Is an
absolute monarchy, but on the con
trary, It is ii more perfect republic
than the world has over seen among
men, and the females have their
equal share. Mr. Wait here drew an
amusing comparison between their
government and our own, not only
in a political, but in a social sense.
Every fruit-grower and farmer
should keep n few colonies of bees for
the more perfect growth of his crops.
They cary the pollen from tlower to
flower, and thus, while gathering
honey, they spread the seeds of
growth and multiply the fruit. Sta
tistics were given by which It ap
peared that colonies would produce
from live to two hundred and sixty
pounds a season, which would aver
age about '20 cents. He thought an
average would be nbout 18 ikuiihIs.
An Investment of SGOO would yield
about $900. He snld a single queen
may become tho mother of 5(50,000
liees. lke-kceplng ought not to be
considered insignificant under these
circumstances. It iseasy, fascinating,
and philosophical besides. Mr. Wait
extended his figures, nnd showed by
low estimates that It may be mado
more profitable than any other branch
of our industry.
Ukks are exceedingly susceptible
of atmospheric changes ; even the
passage of a heavy cloud over the sun
will drive them home ; and if an
easterly wind prevails, however ilno
tho weather may otherwise be, they
have a sort of rheumatic abhorrence
of its influence, nnd abide at home.
I'i.ain Ciikam. One quart of sweet
milk, one cup of cream, one coficccup
of sugar, or less If you prefer, lxillcri
with a piece of orange peel, or flavor
ed with almond. Moisten four spoon
fuls of sen moss farlne with cold milk
and stir into a boll. Two spoon mis of
rose uraiKiy is 11 iicucious nnvor lor
una cream, muwnny juicy iruu nice
ly, sweetening right, nnd when tail
ing stir Inn spoonful of corn starch
wet In cold water for every pint of
Juice. This gives a Juicy like appenr
nnco nnd clearness to tho fruit with
out Impairing the fruit in any way.
Whlleouly a moderato quantity of sit-
t;nr Is used, the Juice has a candled
00k. Cranberries, barberries, mid
such sour fruit arc improved by If. If
thojtiico is strained, tho corn starch
addition will make n very tolerable
Jelly, much plensantcr than tho Isln
uluss lellies. This must be noured In
Hat 1iihs dinhes to the depth of half
muii, iiiiu uiniini. it nun iiriii, iuur
on the cream, let that stand, nnd add
another Inyer of fruit. This will be
found a delicious sulMtitute for pies In
summer when pastry is too rich to be
eaten.
A western paper gives the following
recipe for keeping potatoes, and asserts
thuf It will preserve them for years:
Dust over the floor of the bin with
lime ; put In nbout six or seven inches
deep of potutocs, nud dust with lime
as before. Put in six or seven Inches
of jtotatoes, and lime attain, and re
pent tho operation till all are Mowed
away. Ono bushel ofllino will do for
forty bushels of Mtatois,thouuh more
will not hurt them, the lime rutherlni
proviugtholtavortlian otherwise. The
lime may bo used for fertilizing after
the use of it.
tH'JIMKK HKVKJIAOKri.
Apple Water. Slleo two large a
ples, put them Into ajar, and our ov
er them one pint or Imlliug water.
Cover close for an hour; pour off the
fluid, nnd sweeten if necessary
Apple Tea. Honst eight fine npples
in the oven, or befuru tho lire; put
them in n Jug with two spoonfuls of
sticur, and iwittr over them a quart of
hoilliiu water. Let it stand one hour
near the lire.
lUvraije 0 Vnj amt Apple,
nave iwn quarts 01 wiucr ooiiiug;
split six llgs, mid cut two apples Into
six or eight slices each; lxII the whole
together twenty minutes; pour the
liquid Into a ImmIii to cool, and pass
through n sieve when it is ready for
use. The figsand apples may hodmlu
ed for entliiL' with 11 little boiled rlw.
" 'I
The Jews are certainly gaining k
sltlon and power. In Euro mi "(here
Is scarcely a State In which they uru
not inlnMoi's; not one, extent Itussin,
and .Spain, In which they have not a ,
kind of preference In the suffrages of,
the people. Ill England, u Jew Is solicitor-general
; in India, another sits,
In the supremo council ; in France, 11 !
jew ruien (lie j'ej:iriiiiviii "' instruc
tion ; lii Austria, one Is president of'
the Lower House." Tho same pfilrj
avers " that all over the continent, '
stfitl lltttipts.
I Jews arc tnklngpoaseiwlon of tho Jour-
: nals; that in Italy, Austria, Germany,
I nnd many town In France, they are
the most acceptable of candidates, and
in England, while 800,000 Catholics
have not a solitary representative, 80,-
1 000 Jews have eight representatives In
the House of Commons."
An experienced hop cultivator says
that on most soils, barnyard manure
once In three years, and ashes and
plaster every year, will best meet the
requirements of the hop crop.
BREYMAN BROS.,
I'ommoiclal Street, third door from Moore' Corner,
Mnlcm, Oregon,
WltOI.KSAI.K AND Itl'.TAlL IiKAI.KHS IN
FANCY AMD STAPLE
DRY GOODS!
CLOTHING,
Hats cfe Oapg,
BOOTS A.IVD SIIOK8,
GROCERIES, ETC.
Wi- hive now
A Complete Assortment
of the nhoe nininl good, nnd nro otferln them
AT
BXTHaBODbY UW BATM.
Wo nlto kei n full llu of
Carpets,
Oilcloths,
Matting,
Lace Curtains,
Window Shades, Etc.,
to which we linlto eyiecUl Mtentlon, wc ran
offer now
SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS
TO MJYKIIS.
We have alo the Ageacy for the Sale of
OftMOXOXTT
WOOLEN GOODS,
nml ronttnnlljr kerp now n full luppljrof
BLANKETS,
OASIMERES,
TWEEDS,
FLANNELS,
TARN, ETC.,
Wc nrc t'linhletl to fell to dealer M innulcturer'
price.
HKVHAN Mien.
Halcm.Jan, n, lfi7J.
Ulf
James F. Brown,
Agent for Willamette Farmer
IS KUflENK TITV.
BOOKSKM.KIt AMI DKAI.KII IN MAOA
xlnca, 1'vrlodlcaU, Mewpaper, Hooka and
Novel.
Suhterlptlona taken far the WII.I.AMKTTK
PAUMKII.and all Kaitern l'ubllcatloui, at I'uh.
Ilvher'a pncan,
Wlllametle rtreet, aertmd door to lh St. Charlea
Hotel, KUKtne City, Orej.-on, Apl!.
II, M1LU1IIT. 1. 1, aiuw.
JCAIOUT IIAW,
ATTOHNKVS AT LAW, HALKM, OUKOO.V.
Offlco nrrrClrair'a rlnre, turner of State and
Liberty rtrecta. -Vyn-lr.
1 OtO, II, JONLM.
1. . r-ATriiiHiN,
Jones & Patterson,
Real Estate, Insurance,
....AM
GENERAL AGENTS,
COMMKHCIAI. IIOTKI, lll'II.DINfl,
Halrm, Orrcon.
UI'KCIAI. ATTKNTIO.V (IIVKN TO TIIK nalo
l or Ileal K.tatu In all parta uf Orr.n.
A larnv amount of my iletlrablu X'lTV lilOl'.
K1ITV, rnnilitlu-.; of DhcIIIii llounii, Ijjtr, Hall
lllockt aud lllockr, Nlvrte. Ac.
....Alto...,
Improved KAItMS and Valuable Uncultivated
I'ralrlu and Tlmlwr l.and, altuatvd In thu belt In.
calltlK In the State.
AIm
ItcnllOK and Leailng of all Linda of properly.
Collrcltuii of Claim. Ac., Ac , will nciliu prompt
attention.
AIIKNTS FOIt
Tho Mutual Life Insuranco Co.
or Now York,
,,,.1x11,,,.
The Union Fire Iasmrance Co.
OJ Hun l'Vuiioiwoo.
Kor compute d'crljtoii of proixrrly
htlroafcc.
ply at their oMce,
If t'orrclM)D
L'orrciondnt promptly au.irel, and all
IpfortnatlMi Klrrn free of charife,
AAlrm.
JOSKS A I'ATTHUSOK.
' Box W, Halera, Oreiron,
Ortti-r.
ainii;mifratwT!
BOSWELL'S
Standard FruitDryer,
; Iron Beater, Bread Raiser,
O O M II I N E 1 :
PONITIVKI.V TIIK MOST ritOKITAni.K and
useful Intenllim of tho tgr, ronihlnlni: cbp
nem, iluralilllty nml economy, ntnl run ti appllol
to n civnter r!cty of pnrporr thnn nny other nm
chine extant.
As a Fruit Dryer,
II ftnnu tinrhnleil, nml In ncknow lodged lijr tclen
llrle men to contain the only true principle for
ilrjlm; fruit, nml l io lmpl In coimtrurtloa thil
n mere rhlhl at onco umltrtlahilt and eptratci It,
As a Room Heater,
Thu 1'rUmntlc Cjllnilcr concentrate tho heat,
Ignite the carbon, nnd produce mora heal thaa
nny other known dot Ice. which, bcluir dllrlbuted
hv the pe rforaled phlrldln dotihle etirrrnti of hot
air, will heat Iwo, llinr, or ru-n four room! Of
properly connected) with li fuel than any ono of
the ame room can l heated to tho anmo temper
atnro by nny ilmtur heating npparntn In uo,
while at tho rame lime It devtanya all noiloua gaa
e, cauKlni; a ileaant nud heallhr ntmoaphcro aud
een lemieratiin' tbroucbnul nil the nnniiment.
In the rummer t
maklni? toart. hrallm? Iron. Ac. hi a alnplo vair
lime, nn lie nolllnj; I no teakcltli).
Ihcfo current of heat arvlitrinil Into the ontald
flue, ahd the heat I rcarci ly ft It In the room
As a Clothes Dryer,
IT HAH NO rOMI'KTITOU, nnd whereter known
I hailed with delluht b the ladle, a thu urcateel
lb(irnlnK Intention of the ni;e,
la Lumber Dryiag,
The prlnelpli- of thl Intention, at applied, are
luialuable aud without competition.
MILMNKIIK, UAKKUS. CKIAlt NANLTAUTU
ItKIIS AMI OTIIKIIS
Will nml It greatly In their adtantap' to cv thin
machine and tutctli;ate Ita propertle.
We could puhtltti column of tetlmoiilala froan
the lH-t cltlaeut or Ohio, Indiana, llllnol, Sllchi
Kan, Iowa, and idher Hlato. of II auperlnrlty oree
any Intention of llieaije, but a the nuuhlao miiat
taud on ll own M KltlTN, It tnut he vn In on
eratlou to be fully appreciated.
r'AIIMKKS, Ultl.Nll OLIt KAMI LIES
TO KK Tlir.
Boswell Heater and Dryer.
It I exactly what ion want and need. rr;rardle
of au dry buuo or kiln. )ou may uutt hate, Wi
do not ak you to buy n complication of patent
rliihl. mvrelv from au examination of a model,
bill come ana rcc the mlWUcd machine (x-rform II
work a reprerented.
There I no llwelllni llon.e, Church, Hemlnary,
Public Hall, Hold or irvtanrant, to which tula ma
chlno I not appllrabl, , ueful and profitable.
Ladle and L-vntlemen. ou am rvpoetfully Invl
led to call ana examine the machine for ynurrlrc,
for ll I Impoirlblo In a rbort adfi rllpement loenu
merate ai.i. the ffoml iiuallllea of thl truly wondiv
fill, )vl lmple, FAMII.Y KltlKNII.
tlT'Hcvcn claim are tcurel by letter pattful,
which place II lxiynnd (he reach of a rival.
Tho eulurrlbcr, bating punhatud the exclutltr
rl(,'hl for the Mlatc of Oregon, I uon manufaclurlui;
t bem for rale, on Nlato Hlnit. In Kalera, whem a
tarlely of tle and a machlmi lu operation can Ik
eeen ai any lime.
J()n CAIIIt,
()ipolle (llll, Meel A Vv.'t mk Htore,
Notll-if, Halem. Oreaou
H. D. BOON,
iii'Aimi iv .
BOOKS, STATI0HEBY
MUSIC,
Periodicals, Newspapers,
Wall Paper,
....AM
Musical Instruments
TIIK CKI.KIIIIATKU
BURDETT ORGANS
...AMI...
Hallett and Cumston'e Pianos
t
AIa)tou band.
Tbcj Inttruuent are HAVOIIITKS with all
mii'Ulau, and lht htore Ulho retort of all wliu
w lh to buy flood che.ii. '
V- ' !
H. 9 avewpj,
Dec? Conmenlil trwt hiU-ui.