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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1872)
2 WILLAMETTE FAEMEE. --c- liscflhtucoiis. The Horse Disease. 1 some may bo better nnd others best. ) 1 would any get tlio best ntnny price in selecting males. He sure lie has an cmlncnldcgrcoof all tlio essential points of tlio breed in size, make, I characteristics of wool, Ac. Again, let him bo sound in constitution and limb. It Is found that defects mid . disease nro more easily coinmuiilca Steam Culture In England Sen age. Professor James Law of Cornoll University rccontly delivered n lee hifn finTrirn Hin Tnfnrnnttrmnl Anoil. mnvnfloiien nn " Tlin Tim-... nic tod to offspring tlinil 111010 dcslrnblo emyorbcleuce, on Ihn Hoi,o - nutilHlcp. Heuco everything or this ease." I kind .should bo avoided with scrupu- Tho diicaso is by no means i now i lous care. Tlio character of tho fc one. Uotweon 412 and 410 U. C. it n,n, li or loss Importance. True, If Lord Duumore, who is Chairman of tho Scottish Steam Cultivation Company, in reply to inquiries, has published n pamphlet giving his ox ! riic Fire at Oregon City. il'rom CorrefpouJcncc of the Herald.) similar disease raged in Greece, Italy, 'l "'"" 'ia a " WoMUffKarsH and .Sicily. It has also occurred ?,! f,&Mafla f CTA A. l)..Tlfl, 870, 1173, 12o9, 1209 (then .a flock of crudes or scrubs ho need Oiikgox City, Nov. 1W. This morning about three o'clock tUnnMvnnanf Hits nlllct little tOWll perlcnco nnd observation respecting awakencd from their slumbers steam culture in Great Britain. Tho , tho souml of flro.bou3) necompan- especially severe), (5 times in tlioi'10' Ko to tho expense of buying a fourteenth century. . '19 times in th0 1 ''r0"'! stock to build up n Hock flftpmilli twlc-P In dm ivnmiii r. I wl.tl1, . "lth tho proper caro in tho iiiieonin, iwko in tno sixteenth, ' so oct on of bimki!. n flnni- mn unnn times in ho WVWtConth, IB tliu. '! l' '-'.It up'ioahih point of excel In thu nirilnnnni.mil 17 tlintiM III i i'iu-- Willi oinv tho nineteenth, thus far, probably ! start with. common owes to With the facilities now " 'AAitHlim ttttrtiitrt 111 fill U - . . -.. iiii M'i'iii ' 1:111111. iiiii.n4i not mom frequently 111 wr times, ; ,,,, ,s ,10 0V(;,1S0 fJr ti,0 llin Who but apparently so from tho lack of, continues to propagate tho With full records earlier. .Sometimes it .stock of the country. Lot none but first-class males bo used, and soon nil our flocks will become first-class Hock". Cur. Ayrlcultuml Common-irndfi. ,1 Hints lor Housekeeper?.. As a general rule it is most oco- lias especially attacked horses, dogs, iits, and oxen, and man. It Is essen tially an iiifliienx.it. After Infection, from one to three days Intervene be fore Its appearance. Its symptoms .ire sudden. They differ according tn thn n.'irl illdicl.-ed mill Hu mivnrllv of tho attacks. Sometimes tho dls-' m""a" to buy the best articles. TJ10 r-asocoiiHiiosilw.irtotliolliroat,hoiiio.i!)r"'u '"' of l-,llB. ulwnys u little times to tho partsof tho neck further ,1,K'ier ,ult 0,mI """'lo always back, sometimes to tin lungs, some- hl)cnt,s l,ost- u ,4 'l 'nerlfico or mo times to the digestive iiwiiw, and "('y to ,)lly ',oor ,,m,r mcat fi,8nr nomotlmes to tho tendons and iUrt. ,""'-, eliooso, butter, lard, ote., c.Ics, when It Is rheumatic in its form. 1 ,oway '"'"'ingor the Injurious effect A common symptom or all (.s(, 1' 'iu liunltli. forms Is great weakness and prostra-', 'i"!1.0,1" 11ll", Is Vla,,,l ''! 'ul'luV1,K)r tion, indisposition to move, halfS ("'""'ur N tho ,,cst for wi,,,(-'r closed eycx,relaxi'dllmb--,staggerlng, l.ard should be hard and whito; etc. 1 and that which Is taken from a hog Tho present manifestation Is large-, wi',r, ' yH"r ",(1 iH 1W '"i- . IvtllllLliftllPthriMit mill ImiiIIiiihIi.iI llMl L'"!,-,so ft'!l ft Under tho jy nun 01 the tl oat, mill Is attended ( .inniiaro r lho nKor. TImt w, , , by coughing. Tho lecturer thought Is very strong Is neither good nor Unit It could not be tho result of con- healthy. To Keep 0110 that Is cut, tlo illtlonsor tho atmosphere, lor those .V1" '".'I ,mK ,ll,at will t '"'mlt (imlil mil iiiiiiniii. 1111..1..... i I-.... Hies, and hanir In it cool tlrv nlm-n. tho length of tlmo that tho disease ,f, "onll upiicar on it, wipe it off runs; nor to gases, or Ingredients or " ,V,"7,H l,",n . the air, for these must become dllut- , ' ho best rlco Is large and has a ed and pass away; nor could tempo- J',1 "' ft?.. . . J"'1 ri(' '''l., r.iture bo lis cause, for It hud occur- ,t,l,"s.l",'(.1. ,)lm'k I115''1' iusldo tho red under u great variety of thermal , kornul-, J ,l0 H,n,l,.,l whlto sago call londltloiih. These and other agen-' JM' I'curl mik, N the best. The largo ios might, however, iiillueuci) Its' 'r)WI1 k,l,1,' ,ms " 'i''Hiy taste, coui-se alter its Inception. It was true I ,.I,0H, "rtlclo.s and gniund rice, ta that for the past few months butchers 1 1''!!!'"' .,0m s',,"1, ,,, kL'll covered, hail had unusual trouble in preserv- ', so,!''rt """'K"'. piclc them with nig meat, and there must have been ' a 'i11, lf ""'' art' K0(l! ' H will . great growth or fungi from lll-pre-' j'wtanlly spread around Hie pnuc served meal, but whether this was 11 . lm,i'' ... , ., , coincidence it was imiiosslblo to do-' ',,,'l' 'lh'o by ilself, as (m odor lermlne. The lecturer, however, In-, "' ether articles, .lined to the belief that the dNeiMi ,VLM'I, ,l'il '" " closerhest orcaunls. was the result of poisonous organic, ,(T: . . matter hi the atmosphere, not piiib-1 'ranges and lemons ;oep best nbly vital, but rather morbid matter. ' wrapped close In soil paper and laid As to Its prevention, one method "1 a drawer, .complete: the shutting 1111 or the! , " hen acask ormoliissesMiouglit, .iiilmal Ina stable, uud the use of ills- draw oil a lew quarts, else tho fer- iifectaiilrtj but this Involved lioublei ,mJ!,!al',)" produced by moving It and expense, nnd, as the dlseaso is ' will burst the cask. now light In nn m, he thought the I vrL,,,l ,,m' l'a,,'' s,,m,,,"0 koJ'1 ,n iinliniils should be epo.cd. Ti(.l I'll box or.slono jar. tables should bo closed and genera! ,'Sa" l'M",,,n liItl be kepi in a dry iireveiitlves employed, such as the' I1':.11-'0 where tho odor of it will not burning of a little Milpiitir on a Miov I ll,ll,rt't,tllu ,alr ,f "' liouse. Kish el in the stables two or three times a !,kl"i r')r clearing coll'ce, should bo day. Again, lest and proper reme- washed, dried, cut small, and put in mes wiiere the animals are attacked " ' ."'J' r "" , . . .iro iiksiuiHiiI. Tim I. ..in....- .1 1 I N)tt seal) Mion d Ihi konl In 11 ilrv .il Kinie length tho dlH'ereut iiIiu-cm ' llllK'u ln ' cellar, and should not be of the disease and the methods of! "S,(1 "" t,l,,n ,llolltllH old treatment. Tho hei-so is a iliu.lv or. , ."ar wml' should bo cut Into pieces Loudon Times publishes an abstract or this pamphlet, and tho general in terest attaching to tho subject justi fies us in re-publishing the moro im portant points. Tho direct advantages or steam culture arc enumerated by til? Lord ship to he, jiivt, that steam does tlio work at the proper time, with suit- ablo weather and soil, fifty acres or more can bo broken up in a day. In tho xccond place, steam executes hea vy tlllngo more quickly and moro cheaply than horses can do it. A six-furrow plow, in 0110 "bout," turns led by that dreadful cry 01 -rirci fire!" As speedily as possible, and with all hasto I could command, I mado my way to the street, where I beheld tho Woolen Factory in ono mass of flames, which lapped around and almost completely hid from view liin Ml and stately building, which a few hours before was tho prido of our city. Up, up, into tlio very sky roso tho angry glare, tossing us nor-, rible IIIM.OWS 01' 1'I.AMi: Into the very clouds, v;',iicli glowed back rpnsivo to tlio blaze. Tho 2 1 horses. Thirdly, fewer horses are required on farms where plowing is dono by steam. Tho commissioners of tho iloyul Agricultural Society, in 18(i7, visited 110 farms in England under steam culture, and found tho reduction in the number of horses kept varying from 10 to 23 per cent. Ihurthlt, by steam power only can thoroughly deep cultivation bo so- cured. Tho greator part of English plowing he calls "scratching," tho depth not exceeding five Inches, but tho steam plow will go to 0110 foot ; and besides thus increasing tlio ara ble area or tho land, dralnago will bo greatly promoted. which Oregon City have heretofore ' suffered wore confined to tho same locality upon which tho factorv wn built. This is tho third time that that spot has been thosconoofacoiu iiagration. ViNDnx. 'Anothkh Mammoth Cavi: in Kentucky. Tho dlscoverv nf i. now "Mammoth Cavo" In Kcu tttcky is roportcd. It is close to a placo called "Split Rock" In Boono County, and is causing much excite ment. The local papor says thnt tho neighborhood has been tho resort for picnics for years, nnd yet until July 10, it has remained entire ly unknown, Tho cave, so far as explored, is said to bo moro than two miles long, and it contains single chambers !9 ?9 th,qn 100 foot iii length by io in width and 20 In height. Limcstono forms tlio en trance, nnd generally tho sides of tint consists of a alls aro ofte and mnnfmnncn .i ,..m. i.i : . """, .,.,,, n.n .,.,. u-lilnl. was the most imorpwsvu mui om.u.ig crysia s of ""' -- ;, I, . i gypsum, remiaiit irom tho cciuhfr fearful and at thosnmotlmotlio nioit ,0' beautiful Malactltes, tho growth magnificent I had over beheld. Tho or ages; and those ln somo of tho smirks and cinders were carried high halls extend quite to tho floor, thus .. ..1 rmmtmif me Imnn'ilnn1 vnnrrna r ,.i into tlio nir, wiiero tney werecaugiu , --; r - , --TS r., l f ttlt1fl nilfl i i Vvhhh;x cstiiig accounts win soon bo mado up about tho same quantity of land -- o J .. , -- as twelve l,oc and In half tho W n ol!l I hlgh S2on elthel.cavy shale. Tho w time ; hence it will dp tho work of fi,do of the r,;op tbftst ft gImslly glcnm jnyrusted w Ith iron a. in an uniicr current of wind nnd whirling in circles in their mad af fright, were carried northward, far boyond tho limits of the city. A storm of fire, as it wore, descended public of nrtlcles found in tho cavo. Already arrow-heads, tomahawks, and other utensils, bearing marks of tho hand of tho red man, liavo beeu discovered, and there is strong pro- upon tho city, and at 0110 time threat-1 liability that furthur researches will ened destruction to tlio entire town. Largo coals of lire fell In every direc tion, nnd for hours Oregon City was visited by a iiai'ti.sm or rim:. add largely to tho relics thus at tho outset stumbled upon. Di:r.r Wi:m,. At tho vlllago of 1 apornoorg, aoout twenty miles from rinflfll n iftll lino Iiaa.i ..!- j Ills Lordship counts tho indirect rortunately, however, tlioro was a J'0 "" ,r T n TJ TV, , th ndvantages-such as throwing sovo- Jicavy frost and dampness sunlclenl j 3" ,,'ti ,.'?.;,. t 8,mft V ral small field-into ono. ,i r ,.i. I lo extlncuish tho brands as thovfell. I. ,n t. s IotaUtJ becauso tho I rcllcction. all hope of saving 1 0 hui-1 f.e' "'"f""' """ continuing on i...... 1. ..11.il ...... i.. I thov linsspcl Hirnnrrli 41m coH ,l,.ii IUI"V IIIIIIUIUK "S KIVL'II IIII IIS Ull llll- " " " uviiusil. Isc I'lilMllnmli'tl llmks. Perhaps the most Important step hi securing and uudiitiiliiliig 11 good fkK'k male.s that aro the period type ofluto of eight years ago, .stoamlioats what you wish your Hocks to be. As have not eporleuccd nearly so much to what a male should lie 1 would siy Urst let them be tlioroughbivd. No iirado buck hliotild ever be u-ed w lieu then is a desire to Improve or even ' Keep up inequality of the Hock, even though hu may be the most desirable dllllculty as during the past hI weeks. This is particularly the case on the upper river. 1 no .UKsKshipi is within a low Inches of the low water mark of ISO I, when navigation by the hide- wheel and largo Meni-whccl boats of sheep Is tho .seeming of' wa entirely suspended. Since that louiKi iisoiui on tno larm almost eve ry day or the year Lord luiiiiunro also dNeuso.s iho sewage question, claiming that that and strain culture constitute " the J two moinentous agricultural ques. tlonsof the day." Tlieconclu.lonhe , arrives at is that tlio .sou'inro t'mm Long Maud has, the llltecn million of people livimr llowers. twenlv of in liritih town and cities mleht ln III nppear.uico of the whole Hock. ' ui,i,.i, nn. ..ntln.lv ilovntcil t. 1.1,1,1. mado to produce H.OOiUKH) miarlers The chuncesare against the traiisinls.' ion. q-iw.,--, urti'nlsi ten acres of!"f wuiV0,r:u,.,W().MM'"'"'i,'s- T1,c0 .,,, , ,, , . . 1 nK"ei iiv wiiniHs ir(ii mi enm.ue .liiMii lilies, and five acres of tube by Mr. Hope. iHlsCS. A Ki.onihT seventy acres of of llliMIn m. WlffAllAn I" --.. J tlvating tlio laud horetoforo used for othorwlso tho entire city would have ,", " " -;';-lu'"-" olt'J pwm tnero hedges and fencos-as verv linnor- '!' destroyed. j ' ' -M ra .0 inier mat thoy tint The diiinmr,. .inn,, i.v vorn.i., I T,1 llro company was promptly on . migni possiuiy mm 11 mine of rock 1.1111. 1 no iamagu dono ny vermin 1, n.i 1.,, t ir..i,,n,. i!rt,i f, n ..ii . m. .i..... ,... . . ' harboring In its hedges, will bo ' , nrf, l l s'Vvn' ,nV ', ""1:.. "l",UMCm, . ot, tlioy greatly lessoned. In this country, wnere nenires urn nni n iiiimiiiin there would bo a gain in exemption ;'?,' TSrW.!. 'T I W'WntJrJ ..,., uwimii u. 11. 1 iiu curing MOUKI liavo liccn continued to ascerfnin ..in... u.v uiniin Mllll'll L'luir 11IUIIK "3 l"" ' s lUIHX-lllUII, IIL'VOieil 1 j 1 ... . . them. Another advantage claimed 1 " ntteiitltin to , ) iloio-.lt lay under the salt, but by l.or.1 Diininoio Is in laving the savismi tiii: city tho mechanical dlfllcultles were too surface Hat, the steam cultivator do- ,'m ll l?struetlon which at 0110 , ?reat ro greater part or tho bor- row.-, which are the ehlol obstacles thoIrdiitMiiidl.vJ.iiiiPrlinmmi'n-nH-i . to a reaping machine. Anolher ad- tho city was saved from destruction. , ,"iA':''fc',r?3 Emihuati.noto Am- vantage is an innueno saving in ',' s,ay t,ltJ ravages of the Haines it hwcu. The Lam! Ofllco has inror- food now cousuiiicd by horses em- was-found necessary to I mation that forty thousand Israelites ployed In farm labor. On this point . vvs'u imvs -x nuiMuxti (from Itouninnla and other parts of the writer enters Into an elalsirate ?f,0:t '. 't0 n'S'01'' ,a,ul lllIetl b . ''"'ojio mo makiiier nrrangomonta to .ompMtallon toshow that the food tho j.relSv'or 1 fettle in this country, nnd thus cs- impoilsof Oreat llrllaln amount to1 Donald, who sustains a loss 'of si "00 . Ci,I the por-ecution to which thoy a' 1 1,71 1,000; that there aro :?29flM 'i'ho adjoining buildings were Jfcpt lluvo uce" a,ul nro siibjcctcd In their niriiis, aim mat tne increaseol crops i,,'.,""v.Y , Jv,li;i """ "iusnivcci. , miuvo inmi. more is a company in i-iiii'iiiy 1 iiirn tiiiii iiui ! wir n . .. ... '' IlousJ,ibcaVedop,o3tootl,efitmV were at ono tlmo In liiimliiout cluii ' ,nllllo vo hundred thousand dol ger, but by the elliirls of the firemen, 'nrs, nnd they want to purchaso a aided by citizens, were saved rrom fody or land hero and sottlo together. liWllKCSffiteifV ifln,tlon abroad, showing tho result, for had there been anv- 10W 0"ri,a"ds may bo obtained. thing like a strong wind tho whole! city, from tho basin to Its northern c ...... limits would have fallen easy "ev to I 8iii:i:p IX Oiiia-Accordlnjr lo tho Till: l)i:VOl'UIN(i IOX.STl' '- immci uiu rejiort Ol IHO iuu- ,03 4,-im,BD3 as sheeep in Ohio this lambs of the shows an in- sheop over 1871. irnnil lnrMnn nf nieivstoiidopt to secure lis use is by a dollar per pound, were ilestroved. tlio present year's Hceco is still In forming co-operative companies. Of .Ul. dye and wool houses weresaved, the hands or tlio farmer, but thnt riionisn's road steamer "in direct " ".. '.'"A." Rirai oxeruon. I under- those who soi.i nnviwmmri nn In- traction of implements" bespeaks miruico 'of SS0.00U ' oiMho" factorv" ! oreaso ,11 ll10 ftverago weight of tho very highly, and thinks it can lie 1 As to the ' fleeces over Hint nf lnst war. ouioix or 1111: run;, -- h Is belipved by ;s0nio to have been i 15i:xton County Omw-During the work ol 1111 Incemllary. There , tho last harvest a Miss Wndsworth, are many conflicting rumors in ciivu- or tho south part of tho county, cut lung to do inlus- all her fathor's crnln with a reaper. Inst.. Miss Mary hoitipsnn nml T,l-ln Adams. Of 1 S'nnulna Uav. wliiln tho men wero w u urn t j.mi'.o .mi.xt. on votniir. snot aim captureu a iiirgy by steam culture, and a decrease or only one horo lo a rami would di minish the food Imports necessary rrom e;i7,000,ooo lo Cis'.OOO.OOO. As examples, he cites his own case, the number or horses kept by him hav ing decreased two-thirds since ho adopted .steam culture, and in tho case or Mr. Homford's I'aiinsal I'lts- 1 hill, where l.ojil acres of heavy dav irlinl...l .i..t.....l. il... f. 1 111 I'ltllVitll littit dlvji nml ,xC n,li.....i ti Itlltil Ij i,nMIi.iL,.l n 1 : ,11.7. ..i:"r.v w :..::' " .'.'.: win i,,,,,,. ,i' v l ; :: v. i .::::. .. ..;., : '. r'",rr" " The ios of the comnanv hum i,ni,lorl lliai o gn I:' -:: -. ,,:i.K.i...TJ,: .J : ,.11,1 weeks before us.' :. ."I? "mM wo,', ,ormort- '"V,tlcl.by-somcat$2oo;itl'0''"'"''er or sfflS,aw!3s!-ai,,,,P 'em i;iSi.-.A, asjsisrria with peculiar severity. " "rK1" " m"r " '" I ,mK,S ""- .lonn l-owler V Co., besides iiftvorsKtvtlionr crenso of 101,991 of heeds; and tho best way for far- of si-oni-ndm,,! li,.;., V.VAAi i " . ?".," The F.innnr s:iv .1 are many conflicting rumors in ciivu- of tho south part of t billon, but not wishing to do injus- all her fathor's grain ieo to any one 1 will, therefore, not ' On election day,.t!i In epeat them. A largo number liavo Thompson and Lizzl been left slou of his desirable qualities, ami it Is probable ho will transmit unde sirable qualities of his ancestors that are concealed In him. A thorough bred male can Ik) relied 011 to repro duce himself in his olfsprlug, but such Is not tho case with a grade, however perfect he may U in form. 8000ml, 1 would Niy let him bo a; good specimen of tho breed (what-; wvwr that breed may be.) Among 1 tlio best of Hocks there will bo a illf-1 fexenco. While nil may lo goxl, Ni:w hl) CONl'AN. A Tim liuttiiirimi siiv-.-i,l-!lillimnl This portion or the cmintry now or-i.X'V.. .1. ..V.' !'K. "S. ?."" r.H,r r,nsiiu,ii,,P iii, ,..,, ,i,,u r.'.r ...ni.rs ""';.. ".'". '.'W '"? 1 "i a 1. ....;:: ..v. '. :vv; ;";;. icapmu u si.ww.wm. tho oi .-".' w".v. ,.... ... V-.Vf,.,... Dr. lUiyley Infornis the Ikmwat that there Is no foundation for the published report that tho Oregon Central Mlllltary ltoad CoiHimny bus soUJ Its land grant. nd tho loss in that direction, ospoe-. (,.eor u,at a sculino Nlmrpd had ally as Winter Is uwi us wll I iS ' wounded, but was afraid to inmeibo, and will be "elt 'severely fkIt-, '"' , ', 6hot, V.. -'Opie. The Willis nf tlin ""U"B" mu niiiiiiiuvi mm mv.. - ialn stan ,ik with tie ' !tched him with nnoar, mado fast : the Lmu le ,)f tl e ,nV h . ' nnd towed him home. Men- 1 I by all our peer laciory rem: exception or end, which foil during the pn or the lire with a terrible and v vr.isn, liritM.M,- HKNKATil IT ru:i:iA. Nanied lllack well, who was rescued gablo of the north ' rogres lolent 111 IX A Meet is 10 purchase, iiiijirovc and hell real llollli. llliN,a tin 1. .... .....I 11 ll.l I'niuiu iiluiilt 111 it i in "'iiu 11 iiii iiii.it- .. . ..... ... lltlkUlll lllliv (l.'llll llllllllln. . 1 ma ami tno oreiron Central ltnii. 'enivmi ini.in" f.:,.: "'".', '."V"' ciiimeu admission as rtvuls. ThnnVrs..Wf.l rn. w 1 .......... .iJ A"-1 ."u,u """V" lie is not ineilleliioniwl snrtrorv nt tho 1.. HiiIm.v. Pr.whl.mt.ir iri.r..'i... .V ' iiV.' .T.!V" . l0 .rOlOVer. 'lhrouchoilt onnnoil Mellon! ft.liohl ofSt James (:huL.hesamVi:aL: un cm- liure. Tho numbor of nirtH-tiir.. Hullr'l.t. " i..:-..ii .".' ""u'"5 water on the.liolncr flvpiJ linwnvnr. at 70. """,u""rT nun. The tires from wiliTioa : Jrea tn an.vill ton county girls against tho world. UlKCllC. Ri-njia will soon beat the world in her staff of feminlno doctors. Tlio lirithh Medical Journal says Hint two young Russian women hao siuueuis " newiy Peters- admissions tnero appointed.