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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1872)
K a WILLAMETTE'. FARMER. Y?jr5rSvirfTi Yi tV Cri-.ri vet Imvn lint htntnil lin tmlnt Mint Tn Mm nnvlt. ilmu if c1imn.t-il.lllr III i take to wer.. UK112. fcjr wVwkw .:. . :::;: " . r ,: : r...ir" :. . i . r.. r."r .' ..:..,: ...i !,, nr which wo obtain fertilizers u .' ".! mm fcYfrti 1 ii'i?-- - WMKlfw'' ' j'i"'n""Mr mum. 11 wisiuregwn uic gnii ww umiimuui mm i . ,j . p l to the -oil. foct1, T,,cro Is another mmvmmMmtimm "z?'",,ix"i 'r:.!.::,! wihreWtotiio .mctum be ton which ought to v KrtU5 STl'-5r I ." , ":""""'' "J J""". iii'tui,;, uir , luti wuru cunsunu.,) .!," y " V, ,.,',, J wlll Sfly tllttt lUSt UlO farmer, tllOUgll It - - I " " " " .: .7. ., """! " . . " " """' " ,; ,i In mnur m.v wheat Hold of twenty ' exact y relevant to the Solum. Sntimlnv. Xnv. .'10 '..,.. "... . .." ."' .' v" "v" l"" ' " "u"' "0"' s"1" ,,i ."'"'."" . ,, -.,. out with u howling tier discussion. Jt is not .v..i rrf . ... . . w . ..... vjii Kiiiirti iiiiii L'riiiifi iifir i.mii.1 riifiin kiittfiviiit 'iim frnn.'Tii ill ii'fiin iwit. 1 '"- "-"& ' - ......... ..... uiiiiu uivu iiiii.iiuii iliu ,"' " .w - hi;.uov.i, TlicI'AiiMMiuftlca lint been rcmouil fu i.tl Mock, Commercial ftrcft up nt.llr-1. i"oor tl ll.e left. filft forces to perpetuate their nower. never chocked, and the animal oil ,"Wo Iiavo .seldom soon opposition gave the fleece a lino luster, and ship, steamboat, or railroad compan-1 licnco lino manufacturing properties, ics that would not finally unite their ' Things have changed somewhat, energies to make money out of the and particularly in the line of feed, people. How many times have the The grasses are short now, and overy peoplo of this country been flattered sheep-raiser must pasture his sheep with tlio prospect of opposition intho on hisown lands In tho valley. Jlcnco carrying trade on rivers, road-, and care niu-t now be taken and .sheep ocean, and how reirularlv have the-o i must bo fed in winter to keep up the JKlll.1 . " - ( Z e Tt is through their combinations and l"lwuvu oppositions noon uni; in qualities 01 the wool ami w.o -i.u m mutual sympathies ,hat the ,vran-U' K'caicomi.mnUon.s! Antlalltho the sheep, nlcs of the old world perpetuate their i w,,,,u l",oro "n"y "'"""J? " rule. .Scarcely a government in Kit- I'ooplo of Mich a character as either to 1'iui'ti iiiuiii in iiieirmiurusis or nil- vanco tliem in knowledge. Kvon " ji i ...... - ,.. . ... .. .. . - . j only with a Jealous view to nrocrv- -enooi uismcis 01 our wtnio are a hock oi Miccp niiriy roi ami suirvu ing tlio balance ol power, but with a ""- h;ii uy uuiKiiuur'niuu m uuiiiu in uiu uivhciiiuk wiL-fjuii iiu.iiivii, iiuiiy riviurics mm con- nun, wiiui' ini'ii owner if ncii in lomptlble jealousies, that schools are funds and money, but was loo care COMBINATIONS. j Combination is tlio modern form j of tyranny. Jn this country it is tho only form that tlio pcojile tolerate. rope would bo .safe a year if loft to . itself. They watch each other, not It Is too painfully true that some men .should never raise sheep, as ! sheep require more attention than they are wllllntr to irlvo. I have ecn market, and In tho produe-'nnd that is, the grain is eutwhllo oettcr for conMdora- ''clghed by ay not bo question mi- "1 ways a machine, the grain taken directly to , question of cost as to methods, but tho thresher in the largo jieuuui- nciui;iii, muuiui mecosttlio bed- and I must my, witli all due (farmer can pay tu his own labor.-. respect for tho workmen, that as i Now, I can take a, Marsh Harvester much as one hundred bushels of, and my two boy.-, and do all except flr-t-rato wheat were wasted in tho J tho threshing. That is, lean avoid various operations of cutting, haul- all tho money cost of harvesting tho lug, etc. Tho Iovi would uavupiim gnim, cAcuiit uu cuius per oushcl for mittlmr the crop Into tho granary if wo lnul used the Murah Harvest- view to the pro-crvaliiin of kingly lerogativcn. If any -ingle nation tries the experiment of a Republic, us France Is doing at present, nil tho influonco of other powers, M.-cretiy if not openly, is brought to bear to thelrownehlldreiiofthut which they Miould esteem dcarwr than life. Now wo do not pretend to say that the broken up, and many famines rob less to ral-e sheep. Jl is a fact that many Hocks are too largo for their range, and the sheep get very poor in winter, and many die, and tho-e ".... . - i. i . .. ..... i.i.ikn ih.. i.vi...Hin..iii .1 r.illiii-,.. ir iarmer.soi our country can lonn an umi struggle tnrougn certamiycan- A radical Itepublican of IVancetaki-s organization that will bo able at once not have llrst class fleeces. While advanced positions in regard to the an'1 forovt,,'i to crush out tho giant wo would deprecate .juchhecp-hif-K)lIcyof his own nation, as -overal ' :'"ntloin that oppress Uiom. bandry, we can as highly commend of them have lutclv ilone. I'rosid.m! 'r,l(-"''' 'oniblnutlonsaro the tlovelop- a dlflercnt class of shcep-ralsor.-. n.li.ij iii im uniioii mum i.vii... "leuls of years, and It will take years There are many firs-class flocks In and In- J.I.fl I Wl , .11111 111-1 .. uch llniMiits wimiot,"",n,"K lm:y, ',,,,HI,, roaii umi I gotMIcal renn-eiitatlves of Idiotic ' l,a,,"lt onduranco and concerted thotatoand their owners take pride I.I. .... .. ...nu. ....... .1...... 1.... 11... I..1 I...-.1. .. 1 iiiuiii in inritiiHiu iiiuiii. inii me 111 Kuuiuuir mem 'ucii. Tho breeding of Mteep, like all other benefits are to bo derived other kinds ofstock.reouiresa noon- from union. A teachors' institute, a liar mind, and since but a few really trade union, or a farmer1 club, may improve their flocks tho many must not exert tho immediate influence of keep their flocks up by purchaslnir a hoard of trade or a stock exchange, i tho best males from the flocks of the best breeders. Oregon at UiN time lias almotall kings and bastaid emperor formed that boullowed "to endanger the peace ofKurope." In (helreye " the peace of 1'uropo" Muuly another phrase for tho safety and perpetuity of their rotten monarchies. And we ny it "J (!... I . . . . . ... N their combinations that enable1' '" ? mwm wnu"Bmi waiting, !...... niniinn.hu .. L'nnnl Hl.m.u ' "'P least 1 1 1 IIV becOUlO greatest. If and grow fat upon tho hard tolls of ,""1,,1"utfons are tho onler of the the kinds of sheep necessary for the the masses of Kuropo. world, mi be Jt. Let labor combine different manufacturing purposes, In tlilseountry,tliosplrilofoppro-lus w''" ,,, cal,lt"1' 'ut every town and men can -elect their type of -.ion and arlstocratie.solflshne-s takes ,l!lV0 U UwU' ""io"' ,U1I CW1'.V ' ",l't,''I' "",l l,1'0L,,I "I' n'u illl(-'-t flocks, diirereut forms. It Is thos-amoMiirlt. i ulKhl)orhood Its farmer-,' club. Let That sheep can be Improved here, I IthasIlH root Ina.-ellish disregard ,h t think to reform abu-os by as firmly believe as any where; for tlio interests of (he common p'co-' s,ri,;('s or 'lots. Hut let them work and farther I think tho even tompo- ple. The lmlu-trl.il is-e- both i '"' ll" r 'orgoon -ciioois and roads, r.aure oi our cimmlo warrants the farmers and incrhanii-, are INi !lmu. Now we eucoiinigo twcen labor should mi talk Imiiltl In- 1 hi' ery la-t to any thing liken war be- and capital. Tlif two bo iiutagwiiNtie. what wo are talking aboul N " coniblna- tlons." CapllalNNarenece-aryand hhouhl be encouniged, but great crushing and arrogant eombinatlons flfciipItnlNtsure not invceary and should be opposed. If I-not a natu ral antagonism between labor ami npllul that cau-es our dllllcultle-, lmt the great combiunlioiH that put the ruling power in the hands of a' few men. My means of thee com blnatloiis, n few doen men rule the carrying trade of North America. ' If each Hue of railroad wascontrulUd and owned Independently, there i would Im healthy competition, cheap er freights, better price-, and gene ral prosperity. Ituf with our entiui railroad system under the absolute control of a few iin-crupuloiis money ed despot-, sgKes(IeIy called "klugH," we can expect nopeiuni nont or certain piosperity in any branch of Industry. The' pi Ice of our produce N not regulated by the demand of foreign market-, but by the manipulation-, combiiiatlousauil "cornels" of speculators ami mouoii ..lists. And these gieat coinbiuatioiis not only o.Nort iutlueiico In this wavoo the Intorest.s of the laNiiiug la-sos, but their iiillueuce eteins to exery important public inteiest. The poi itlcsof our country N more or le-s uuderthe inllueiico of ihe.so eombl- iiauons. 1 iu en - at e mul .In.ii auil for the dls-emlnation of useful production of tho best wool in the knowledge. Let every fanner read world, and all that 1 now needed Is the report of the " Highland Farm- for men to act with judgment and j ers' Club," in this ksuo, and le-olve labor for tiio prize. at once to aid in maintaining a sinii- In cln-Ing tho-e remarks, 1 would lar organization in Ids own neigh-' -ay, asa rule, that no man need ox horhood. Such a club as this may poet to mako money out of sheep, seoiiilnslgniileantniongsldo.thogreat that does not take good care of them, moneyed corporation, but a few bun- and to succeed well he -hould love ilred of such -ocietie-. oxchainrlit- vlews and experiences and laboring for mutual improvement for years together, will create a public -enti-ment and exert an Influence that will llually command attention and re spect. We, the people, must remem ber theso things: Wo cannot know our rights unle we become Intelll-' gi'iit; we cannot become Intellluent them. r. i.. i. IIKillLl.M) F.VUMKKS' (LLII. .Nov. L'd, l.s7-', tho Club mot in ses sion at Warren Cranston's Vice ('resident II. . Leonard hi tlio chair. I 'resent, ten members. .Mr. It. C. (Jeer, from the commit tee on market renoit-. made a ver. unless we work together Imrmuuloiis- bal report, and stated that, as a gen ly and patiently; wodnuuot preserve era! rule, and almost universally, tho mi iiKiusii wo no not Know Uieni; newspajier reports oi prices are en- wenceil not lo-e our rights If we mi- tlrely deceptive and unreliable, us derstand them. No foriitoflyi-anny they are put up In tho interest of tho on earth can long oppress a people, merchants or middle-men. As an " Who know thelrrL'hts. and. know- Item of stoek- nveimiiir., w .,..,., .,i... ... , . . . ' -.-......., .. mi? iu -ii ink, n.iie iiiaiiuaiii. ' on wheat and throo cents on oats. This sounds somewhat paradoxical or, and wasted with that no moro : nnd yet it is a ease or frequent nnd tlian wo did two years ago. Tho necessary application in a farmer's largest crop per acre that I ever life. raised (forty--ovcn bushels) was cut j Mr. It. C. Our had scon Mr. Al witli a Marsli Harvester, and It was ion's Marsh Harvester running, nnd the onlnion of thoso engaged in while ho cheerfully admitted tlint handling the grain that not a peck . tho work was well done and that tho to tho aero was left upon the ground, binders earneil thoir mouoy, ench I have been inclined to tlio opinion 'one ".-inching" five acres per day, that any method which leaves tho , the claim must still bo jnado for the most straw upon the ground and (.superior advantages of tho homier-, dispenses with tlio tedious and toll-1 n0 said that Mr. Hobbard's estimate some operation of binding, mu-t bo ! is nearly correct, and if there Is nn the best. Heading seemed to an-1 error it is in favor of tho harvester, .swer tlie.-e requirement-, and con-1 it oan easily bo shown thattherols .sequently the only questions aroja difference of moro than twelvo waste and the comparative value of dollars for every twenty acres of the headed grain. Tlio merchant , grain, whero everything is favor millers have repeatedly threatened ublo for the harvester; and whore to reduce the price of . wheat, there N much fern, or thistles, or but tlio inreat Jias never neon pur the straw Is unusually short or long, into execution. 'then tho header will save more Mr. K. L. Hobbard agreed with I grain than any machlno which dc tlio Secretary in regard to tlio im- j livers tlio Miithraslicd straw to tho portanco of tho question beforo the hinders. The old way of raking tlio Club, and ho had no doubt that gmln into bunches unit casting them much good would tomo from tho from tho machine to tho ground, to di-cu-sion of it. A great many far-, )C gathered up and bound by men mors are not awaro of the great sav-, ut t10 mto of two and a half acres a Ing there Is in harvesting grain in a ,i,,v to each, is played out with thoso certain way, and ho had never .seen who have seen that a man can bind tlio case fairly stated In any fanners' iu-o acres a dnv on a Marsh Harvest- Journal or other public print. Ho had Cr, and can do moro with a less ox- neon in uie uusmess over twelve pondituro of forco working In a year, mm owned three dfiierent leader crow. After worklnc two sea- kinds of reaper-, had assl-ted with ,-ons witli a header and thresher oi- other-, and was prepared to prove orating together, he is disgusted that heading unci hauling with head- with the system of cutting, raking, erbeds Is tho quickest, lea-t waste binding, loading, Imndio-turning, ful. and much tho cheapest method band-cutting, that ho had followed at present known. Hanking tlio for over twenty-flvo year.-. Thcro method by the Mar-h Harvester as ( are ajuxoriKly two valid objections tlio chcape-t ami best whero binding (0 heading grain-ono, that tho mor is done, ho had compared that with jng fogs and dews prevent work tiie header method, as follows : untit late In tlio day, and the other, tlio continual threat of tho merchant millers to reduce tho price of grain harvested with tliem. The first ob jection is answered by Mr. T. It. i Hobbard, who ays that he has cut io-r ut maiipii iiaiii:ti:i!. iitt ciiumlii.:-.M.icn or u licit, at $t., i-il (") Muiii,li!Ki;ralii.inoi!.i)'otk.iit $1.10, 3 ID llatil!iisi:iiilii to machine. lo bv, rurtnn mill nml tcim, at $ I )ior iby. h im Hiirrcftfiil for itMir hnrc. two i!.iy. v lilio iiniiiie ltmiii. s iiii.liol. : -,i) Ituroc li'til fur t ilajH hllc lim!li;' to tin iimclilin' or it ick, f jur liiitlivN, Toll.!. CONVMIStTIONS. I'l I'l.Ultli: TtltN IN WOOL. It is -aid by the Factory men of our state, that Oregon wool Neon stantlyileteriorat ing. This, no doubt, true ton certain extent, but hardly is soihh would have Us reported that It. A. Leonard has two good beeves for sale, and W. Crans ton has eighty head of calves at ten dollars per head. Theqiie-tlon fordNciis-lon being, "Tho comparative co-t of (ho ari- 10-T DY till: ItL'AMNw MA Ill St. !;tatin;,'SO.iTC. at ji.ii pcrnm. j-, io llnrfO li'nl for 1U hoiv mic ilny, 10 Im-hil-. t I'l 1 1 lit', w, . lir during tho last two years an average W 'U nf twenfv Meres nni- itnv. worklncr 111 - .. ....v. 4.. ,...tf , .. o --- connection with ntheshor,and mak ing all necessary accommodations to tin. ll'iitillini A w' 4t llin cnnnllll nil. .'" , e ., .V10 Joction, ho could say that the millers' )1 orence In favor ol heading, (IimU, luul nol mUl.cl tho j)rlc0 of ll.SO for every twenty acres. In hi-ernlu n i.nl mm limiilrMl bmli-. Kvon if tlio price of headed grain wero reduced flvo cents per regard to tlio question of iw-fV. ho .a- iiiuiii ouiy neciare HI- holier that i. .....it.... i . it... i. . . ... ,.., . i ii i . . , .. """ "" tm lc would usotho header e I , ,7," " Z. : "v. 1 : . "' !" to any other. -o much so ; that thev would corroborate his testimony, notwithstanding the fact that the .Secretary had boon unfortunate in having his grain wasted by n very imperfect machine or poorly-driiled hand-. There is no reason why a heading machine cannot cut as clean as any other. Mr. Henry Allen sam that ho bad woiKcu with all aim ii tr opinion agrees with neobard's lliruro: I Mr. Warren Cranston said tho con i test seemed to bo between thoMarsh Harvester and (ho header, and ho thought properly, for tho Harvester is tho best machine in uso where grain is to bo bound. It lias boon .shown that nbout twelvo dollars for every twenty acres aro saved by using tho header, counting tho waste oils ways ot harvesting grain," (ho secretary a- called upon to state the question, and put it in .ttuth. In ie-tmti. In .'il.l i. i. ...i .... i...ii...... 'i'i... i... . .'. ' " "" oi come 1 ' ' V, ' "m " M "' s""u w,mi(l " lt" i l'icparcil speech or anv wrlt- spol our market abroad mi that there ten or printed table of co.(- ( pro- would be no competition In price-, sent (o (he Club, b. would sav hat and (l.u- enable the manufacturer If ov!r (here was a tlmo whJn r here to make s,i ,a,Ker prollts. ego,, farmers -,,, 1 , h" , itttiit f.fii.. ......i ..i .. .. .. ' i-v - ii-i- iiiiv rnimt iji .iw v..i. ij ."- H me uhii was ioo tee tie mviw.i ..... .. .. i "...-"'' "' 'inciu. his t.,,,,,1,. .,, .. -..,.., ,...- ,.. 0...1-0: then larmeis bred lor tine- .,,.,. , " ' " "f .'" "" " t"o millers (hat the hea.leil ' '" . " w ' ' m,,u,Fra ' i- uiiH. 1 triiin iw,t nu r.ii ... jl .a ...i ... "" wiu iiiiuvuiiiauiL. j-iiuiv n MOII IllIHA ..(. 1 i. . .t .. -. cr...t ..! ... ,i r v' '"-'" -q""i om iiiMJii a rigorous , So rtf'r.' 'i"ationitwlllbofoundthattho' , that head inJ N ' rV,li.nsl''0C0- ,s tl,Q lcMt .w.,stof"1 anmrontlv n 1,,,., .,..., '" "lu ffenrai average 01 circuiu- lenown. If it saves as veir s 1, ?ta"?S' ',uo sea-0,ls tho wcathcr Marsl, Harvester; (Jen there no lot 1?" L ",Ml h "!,d.B,i gcr any room for nwrmiient. 1 t. "i upo, Mitmonng anuu ..... . il tt . . 1 vary branches of our National ami tho cry N there N ot ' w 0 Z h , lyrilJi1,i;!l"''hd l1' o.l.a, 1 threshc m Z '"'other eonslderaticn which should State governments are more or 0s, enough. , , ? 2" , , ' p lro;ul' ," h mWhxV,lw.vor " o overlooked, nnd that is the i"m.ei.ce, by thein. Their interfe- Thi- las, soa-on has proven .0 (he , , we ' . d a Tn ',' n''' T" " I,ad ,,(,p o hal.lt of oS 2 JT Mdo f Ul nuertton. The renco in elections many ins,a(.u.s ieep-n,l-e,s of the Willamette vul- e In, ill of - , r'1'"''!'''' tl,t "knitting wheat tVo, 'oa,,or;''os short work of harve-t- hasn corrupting intlucuce among, h, ley, that U.elr eol Is superior ,0 ,,g , wo sh ,!i ft "tr, ",lrel eves housewives of hard the people. I many pa.ts of our a. v o.her niNod anv where con il 1 , , , ' 0 aba"- "nts lw 'l'l, and tl.l , c n hX . Io ,uul m' ncros ot mlu' country (Iu-o evlj,, have been m-c.i ..landing a i, , l "it a lei'-t 1 " v TV" ' ' f,in,,,,l? a,,-' '"'-ml harvest ban 1 1, il in three days it was all 5?.fe !.! .! frit. They result from ,he-e attmlotr Xr5 ." '" r"1 l ,,WtluorkHl,jtin. oxt iCiT U'nu,ary ; only threo days of ex- great gra.sj.lngeombi.imioiis, ami are We I. avo he m luvors sllb. ?. , l'"' fon.pi.tatlon of the if the header i.e., , ?' tm lrtbor the kitehen-wlth tho illustrations of ,o double meaning were , Vm Si f ,m ?h S l i? Ti.n htfa,:R,U,n''' w,,-'- we transfer o J 1 i 1 u th Ma"h "tor there would linvo of the old law maxim that " cor,N,n,. ' more ft r V 'to , ) "L, u , , , ,', WN w,ieat uml U il w lor bishe It I era 1,1 ,iaIf '011ts boon seven. Ho endorsed Mr. Hob- Uons have no soul." ' v J , , 'JS"" "ix.v cents at any time, or In fact ho ftrmi tl?l J?Vllrto hsad'a oml Mr' Grt estimates of Hut wo havo wrlt.en moro haW wool "eU g, Hmu C ft, W "0t bollorto macMS th t. nstanUod to tho 8ecwtaij wo expected to when wo ,..,. si- i... ... ?.'.. ' u l,tn"fi"" "" thegrain Into wool, mutton, or i .... "7. -'"OJul waste In do-. .Mr. D. A. Leonard Mibl thatafter """' "w " ,,,u "Inm 'I'lestion. Hoof, which does .. ,.., i ,'. .: , .--. .w.. ; MllllH lU favor of u- ng ,, ' M" 1. T' '" I "" l ot thlrty-tlvo years In 'B uio .Marsh Harvester, I working with grain, he could en-
