2
WILL-A-METTE! FAEMBE.
mtisyaytoMtt.
to think, will iirovc n source of groat
I iiifornintion to the country at largo,
and have. Its influence accordingly.
approaching Centennial Internation
al Exhibition.
The Club got Into u warm dlseus-
IHor the Willamette Farmer 3
KtR.MKKK' CM'BS.
Probably tiiero is no one ulun tiiat
can bo inaugurated immediately,
that will have tho immediate good
cfrect on tho funning community,
as the organisation of Farmers'
Clubs In every neighborhood through
out the State. It. in at these places !
where all can meet on an equal foot-'
ing, and, without fear of criticism,
discuss various subjects thai would
provo of great intercut and benefit to
rll concerned.
Of course, dlfforont .octIons of the
country will naturally dicim differ
ent subjoct". One portion may be
most interested In discussing the
nuhlcctof rnlslnir wheat and other
ccrcnlsj another portion the best '"Wit h- And if a report of
mode of caring for Hheep, cattle, and on-'" "looting, condoned as far as
horses, tho euros for the diseases 'practicable, were made out and sent
that they are liable to have; another!'" the im.amiittj: Faiimi:ii, I
Club, tho he-l mode of dostrovluir have no doubt the editor would
fiqiilrreN, ele. All of thee and
xnurous other subjects are worth
deep consideration, and, by disc
ing them, information can bo brougl
forth and suggestions made that may
Xamo, a. c. 8 Nu.crMof farm cio slon on tho constitution or tho boci-
AcrGshcitrown,(riiiMo,ipiiasa),) :o j cty, which was disposed of by rc-
i. ..-I....I in '"B IIIO lUllllli " kvu.iuiuvu
Mciulim 2.)
Paitnre :
OutsritU- 313-ftlO
Sheep 7. 0
Cattle CO
tt'iHC 1S-333
Amount of wheat ralieC lMt fear,
' (,ivl " "
In " " "
" apple, etc. " '
And any other information flint
would be of interest, as It might be
that some particular farmer lias paid
more attention to dairying, another
to raising hops, etc. AKo tho par
ticular kind of soil, .such as red hill
land, black bottom land, gravelly
laud, or sandy loam that is apt to lie
found along the river bottom, as the
composed of John Downing and G.
W. Hunt.
The following named members
were appointed on standing commit
tees: Field Crons G. S. Downinir. . '
FruftandFrultTrcea-G.W.IlIunt.;
Gardening In Carter.
Market Reports John Downing.;
Stock-raising Mr.'iljtmphreys!
owing to tno lateness qiane nour,
tho regular discussion was' postpon
ed. The subject for next month's
discussion is .Sheep-Husbandry.
On motion, adjourned.
J. K. Gr.KAHON, Ass't See'y.
At a meeting of Rock Point Far
mers' Club, held Dec. 11, 1872, the
following proceedings were had:
Whereas, it has pleased the Su
premo Hulcr of the Universe to re
move from time our beloved brother
NEWS BY TEIiEGRAPH.
Boston, Dec. lS.-Suumer's "obliv
ion" resolution was condemned by a
resolution of thoSenate by 20 to 0, and
In the House by Ml to 70.
Cincinnati, Dec. 18.-G. G. Mulla
ly, a post-omYo clerk, charged with
abstracting money from h'Ucrs sent
to the agent Of the LoulKvlHe Public
Llbrnrv Concert, was held1 In fc-NvOO
wall. ,. ,
Lkavknwohth, Dec. 18. The epi
zootic prevails here to a great extent.
Iu eighteen livery stables live hundred
horses nre sick. Half the private hor
se In tno city are an;eeteu. ireoi
cars are withdrawn "from the Fort
count rhls afternoon, and tho fHires
elect Henry L. Plerco by a pluridltv
of 20 votes over Mayor Gaston.
, Sl0Jvv 4(LITi' Dcc- -P-A dispatch
from tort Sti ly says, In regard to the
shooting of Cant.- Irvine by Indians
Hie icoiing nero is mat the nni,.
for tho troubles with than,
remedy
Is to OCI
with miners,
troubles with
Blaak Hills
ml.- .-... -r"
mo jiiuiaiis ivn n
Is to occupy the Blaak Hills country
'I Im Itlfllnfiu ..!.. "
I
, Jessee Turner,
lands at' Grand
Island, ebnwkn, accidentally snot
and killed hlmselfto-doy, while clean
ing his gun. , -
A public meeting is to bo held at
Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, to
night, in opposition to the proposal
to dlvlclo that Territory among adjoin
IngTorrltorles. Reports from Laramlo
City and other points represent pub
llc sentiment as pretty equally divid
ed.
Washington, Dee. Is!. The Secre
tary of the Treasury gave notice to.
day that he would commence tho pay
meat of Interest due. lanunry 1, 187:1,
,,. ciiceriuiiy publish tno muiio in Ills j.ovi ijouuui; oy nisuenui, ins iam- '"!",u v "l,.. ' ; ',, ,. , .'5 ,
or column, I. ulVo been much ititor- a;
llss. ested In tho reports of farmers' clubs ff' ,"', resnecte cltlVen- iini It Ms 'several Senators on business matters
lt; already published, particularly iu dub of a worthy member: therefore, n" . ''JLSfffiVi. !.' " ,Fu 'i ... , !;
i T? the Highland Farmer.,' Holt .reso Wed, That : to fainUy ."nlolMfc
lie or groat practical value, which, if -'. ' Rremiy cicsiro to have tho " "7' ".' "Vi .i Vr lca products largely represented; It Is
not calletl out In this manner, uould views of others. Faiimuk. I MfflftS ff ftTl I $Almt t,,e Vroprtloii of only
remain locketl up In the owner's le
iiilml, and his neighlH.r not I... bene- MHLL1XB VEIISfS DKOADCAST. tho deceased. ( Kffi "'""t
fltod tlioroby. , Resolved, That a copy bo spread The Postmaster-General has made a
Tim dark iluvn of u Inter un now l A"'-';-N"''. iN-v Co., I JU'on the Journal of tfio C ub, and , very Imporfant decision in relation to
Jim uarK uiyaoi nui t iiio now , .. ,H7., . that a conv bo sent (n the illm,ieHe !.. r,.o.,A..uti.mvnfi.naf.iu.i.i-miiiil..r
- fc "1 v I". JTZ ----'-- "-' - - - taavavl'i'iaairaiit.f vai"w"J."'v
on UH,nnd all (ho farmer.s have plenty
of tluio to meet together and organ
ize clubs, ami, when .spring .shall
have arrived, each will bo amply io-
", 1CI-. I
Mit. Khitoi! : I see in the Faiim
i:it of Nov. :th an article headed
"Drilling versus Broadcast," dls-
nnntiMiUltv nt'lin.qf
farmer for mibllcution. with a ro-' hniuU tor n i,r riL'istiri'il letteiv. It
tiue.st that Oregon and Washington Is decided that postmasters are respon
fMlltlrr tlin iwn lnrwlfi. nf ftiilfliirv In '
paid for his trouble by the liiftiriim. ,,,. x... , ,,.... HO 11V ... ,.,.,
nun nun uiey navo given to eacn i ,,,t j
oilier. It is tlio iurormatlDii Hint Is
"' v '"- I wasoiu, wiuioir. super's '
lor ofllcor to bo for, nm, ,,, K,)0t, unIl,r wltll ,
And, when they nil-1 for t10 d(reieuce In the yiel
wanletl, not tho husks of nuiudcd
.ontenci's, but the golden wheat of
'uformatiou. Wo do. mil menu to
.'ay because u man Is n fanner that
ho cannot upeak properly, but there
uro a great many men who know
morn about farming than they do
ihnut syntax. j
Wo would Miggest a plan some-'
thing like this for the organization
that wo speak of: Lot all the farm
ers iu an election precinct, if not too
largo, meet at hoiiio place and organ
ize iy electing a president and sec
rotary tho latter ofllcor
'ay, one year,
Joiirn, to convene at a certain farm
er's house, lot that person for tho oc
casion ho tho presiding otlicer; It
would bo u compliment to the host,
and bo appreciated by him. Meet
overy week If possible, and every
two weeks at farthest. The ques
tions to be dN'iisxed at the next
meeting will of course bo chosen at
the pievious, and will furnish food
for thought and conversation during
tho recess, and all will become so In
terested us to obtain alt the informa
tion posihlo ly the day It Is to bo
discussed. And the longer the Club
remains In operation, the more in
teresting It will leconte to those who
attend. Thorn nre u thousand ques
tions that might bo beneficially con-
grind,
wish to .state a few facts as
they are. The writer of that article
i may be honest In his opinion, hut
he (lid not tell all the facts as they
nre, which leaves us to draw wrong
conclusions. In tho first place, Judge
uaiier.s is an old field that has been
in cultivation for several years,
whereas Martin r.upor'.s is now
ground, which lias always lain in
pastuie until 1871, when ho broke It
up, nnd kept his slock um it until
the spring of 1S72, when he plowed
it again, and sowed his wheat. Ho
you will sco that Judgo Ruber's land
was old, whilo Iwr. Luper's was new
accounts
iold of tho
two crops (which is not so great, af
ter nil), mid not tho broadcast sow
ing, as tho writer would have you
believe, notwithstanding he, Mr.
Flulay.son, is tho inventor and man
ufacturer or u splendid broadcast
seed-sowor.
Now, my own experience in the
two modes of putting iu grain, is
tills: Last .spring I plowed a piece of
grouud.nnd sowed one half of it
broadcast, harrowing It twice. Tho
other half I harrowed once, and put
It In with a drill; and went over tho
whole of it with a chxl-mnsher tho
drilling nnd sowing all being dono
the same day. At harvest, each
piece was cut and thrashed separate
ly by Itself, and tho yield was sov-
ill.
s a fair
stjdement of facts, which Mr. Fin
lay.on will not deny.
.Ir.s-noi:.
Territory papers please copy.
U. V . lll'KT,
(J. S. DOWXINf.,
I. K. Gl.KAhON,
Committee
IIKAT AT Ol'It I.ATi: F.VlIt.
-Mr. Hugh Small, traveling
spondent of tho fe'. F. llurul
writes to that paper as follows con
cernlng the cultivation of wheat In
slble, and he will hold them accouuta-
ble. Tlil construction has never been
'made before and Is contrary to the
opinion of many eminent Jurists, and
will greatly increase responsibilities
I under nostmasters' bonds.
Pakis, Dec. 18. A Woild's special,
says t uausey s corps is oeuig nicreiis-1
Jitierot, wno is a
lias only 43,iiuo
snlil lie intended
to keep the monarchists In awe.
iJKKMX, jjcc. 18. a rrovinciiu eor-
eounts of wonderful mines at an, ....
silver In those hills, and as the liostliu
r...li.... ...tit i.-t ,J.iii.i.'j ""iiie
minims nni iiui iii-iiim Jripuaiy ones
or white men to go there, fitiis but n,
stronghold for hostllpvassasslns that
should be broken up. Airilcmandgfbr
tho surrender of Indians hrd treated
with' laughter and contempt by hs
chiefs an(larrlor8.'' '" 9
' Nkw.Yokk, Dec. 21. At Washine
tonjtvlsutupught the polygamy prob
lotft wfll. soon bo settled by tho Acini In
isf ration. Delegations in the Interest
"of Brlghnm Young in thafelty, who
secently camqron U.tah, aro worklnc
with less hope to avert tho comlnc
storm. President Grant has recently
expressed n determination to put nu
end to Mormon Institution a.
the holidays, tho necessary laws will
be presented to Congress. Rumors of
imneudlng changes among hlgh'ofll-
ciiiis iii uiuii uiv current.
A party of Now York capitalists
lately arrived in W ashington, havins
In view the carrying out at their own
expenso of improvements lii.thcDls.
trlct of Columbia, if, iu return, Con
gross will donate them lands of cniil
vnlent value.
Information lias been received tlia'
Minister Cntacazy has not fallen Into
disgrace with the Czar. Ho lias just.
hfwn Pllllllnvoll in nillnuf iM.tnli. T-t.
.r. .i::i...A'.r..:..Y ""." ? :."ii,w
kiubul-iii uuiiuuuies uciwcoii tlio Por
and tho Russian government, coucorn
Ing the appointment of Catholic bish
ops iu Poland.
Ono of the members of tho Appro,
prlation Committee doubts ir anv
postal bill will bo passod at tho pres
ent session. Tho mensuro of Creswcll
seems to meet with disfavor.
Tho German Democratic Contra!
Committee has realllrmed tho princi
ples of the Cincinnati platform, anu
taken steps fot reorganization on Its
principles.
r corre- ed to 1HO,0(KI, while Dt
l Pre, doubtful Republican, 1
,ws ..nn. I men. Thiers to-day sn
three
! respondent confirms the report of Bls-
inlles manes resignation oi tiierremiorsuip,
this valley:
xrM i i i..ii......
from'Aibany. lias civen special nt-,Ut9 r9c! oftl'P WarOllloeln
tuition to the raising or wlieat nnd ' '"V""" tS"ine,', v .. i... ,
SUoftwmametto-fe
oxcels In cultlvntine- tho irroiintl nn.l ' h0'' ,.,, Ift.,,tr t?.8?nt,.t.. .?0." ' f
leans unco minaruai learned men to
niako full Inquiry nnd tako testimony,
oxcels iu cultivating tlio ground nnd
in selecting seen, tiicso nre tno es
sential qualifications for a .successful
farmer, and constitute the difference
between raising twenty, the mini
mum, and sixty, tho maximum,
bushels of wheat in the aero In. Or
egon. Any person familiar with tho
fine climate, rich soil, nnd regular
seasons oi tins .-state, won lit natural
Tho President said he supposed It was
competent for tho Supreme Court to
designate any one of Its members to
proceed to Louisiana, but did not
think it quite proper for him to mako
tlio request ot them. Congress had
power to investigate the facts of tho
case presented, but ho did not proposo
Kock Point Farmers' Club.
fildered, such as " Is hill html bet- end bushels iu favor of the ilr
ter for wheat than Isitlom l.imlV'i Tho above, Mr. Faumku, 1
"wnicii is mo most cerium crop, lau
or winter sown wheat;"' A simple
question you )nny say, mid decide in
favoruf fall soylng, hut your nearest
neighbor may stoutly tlcnj the prop
osition and bring forth argument
that may set you to thinking, other
questions might bo brought forth, its
to what kinds of eroi certain lauds
may Imi best adapted to produce; and
then the chemical properties come
in and assort their Influence, mid
when studied out, may bo the cause
of more profit than to go on as if there
were no adaptability whatever iu
r.oll.
We would like to mako one more
buggestlou, which is tiiat every far
mer furnish tho secretary of his club
u tubular stateinent.of his farm oih
ratlons.somothing like the following,
atul iitrik' hlny to compile it into
oio WPWt "'"I mlU (q ho couuty
convention or club, If there beoiie,
(iihI, If there In none, orgaulro one,
fio tlutt tl)Q Nimo can bo compiled ty.
Arouaty roport and aeut to the sec
retary of the Htato Agrkultuml So
ciety.) This table, w? nre Inclined
ly expect as largo an nverago nuan-' to Interfere with local affairs In that
tlty of wheat to tho acre, and equal Stato by putting one set ofofllccrs or
In qunllty to any Stato In the Union. ' another In power. No action was
And this, Mr. Burkliart, as well as taken In the matter till the decree of
many other fanners, havo succeeded "! I'idtod States Court was attempt
In accomplishing. At the Stato Fair'?!' tb5 set aside or resisted by tho
tin i-iiq tim innr.wf nmi mnaf cit,. i Governor of tho State: thou the Mar-
ful exhibitor of wheat. I sond von fhal was siinply instructed to sco that
threo samples of his fall wheat for
which ho got prizes at tho State
i-alr, that you can show to yourng
ricuiiumi iricnus as tney call at your
U111VU, IIIIU tllUIUU WU Ulllll iiiu guuu
Cirmors of Oregon can do Iu wheat.
Tlio sauiplo marked No. 1 contains
"Mammoth " or " Rurkhart " whito
wiieat. tnat y eiueii anavqrago or was that of a victim of sniall-nox.
i I uttsncls to the acre this harvest, though this wn i.nt i, ..-,, i .n,tifi...
No. 2 contains n samplo of his "Ton-1 body had beon conveyed to thodiscot-
zona" wneat, a trencii variety, that ' lug-room, which Is in a huge block in
yielded Ml bushels to tho acre. No. 3 ' tho heart of tho city, occupied In the
tlio decree of tiio Federal Court was
sustained, and military force was to bo
used, If necesnry, to support authori
ty. Toi.kdo, Dee. 20. The theft of a
body from n grave-yard by students
of tlio Charity Hospital Medical Col
lege mr dissection, some weeks
Si'kcia i. Points in a Good Dairy
Cow. In buying or rearing dairy
cows, always try and havo thorn of
good breed. Grades of tho Ayrshire.
Alderney or Shorthorns, are tlio best,
and should ho of medium .size, fine
head, very broad liotwcon tho eyes;
eye of n mild nnd pleasant expres
sion, small horns of a waxy color
proforrod, rather a long neck, which
nwt bo thin, hut may bo deep, par
ticularly wlioro It springs from the
breast, foro quarters, shanks from
the knee down short and line, barrol
round, nnd ribs arching well from
tho back, body long, back straight,
hips broad can scarcoly bo too much,
tail falling at right angles with fin
back, nnd should bo long mid fine,
hind quarters rather long nnd thin,
udder well developed, particularly
tho forward part of It, teats standing1
well apart, of medium sizc,and point
ing forward, tho coat should bo of
medium length, fine, nnd of silky
foel; tho skin should bo loose, and
mellow, nnd of a yellowish tinge.
Experience has taught us, that a
cow combining tlio greatest number
of the above points is tho most profit
able for the dairyman to keen. Such
HL'O. ... . . ...
has resulted serlbtislv. The oornV. n ww wm Rivo n greater quantity
ami inmei quality oi iiuik tnnn u.
largor and coarser nnlmal.
is n samplo of his "Golden Amber,"
nun prouuecu w nusneis to tlio acre.
In 1871 tho Rurkhart wheat produc
ed an aveniL'o of 01 bushels to the
acre, so Unit tho yield of 1872 is 17
uusneii doiow wnat it was tno previ
ous year. Mr. Rurkhart Is satisfied
from his own oxporionce, and from
mo lesumouy oi oxponouccu runn
ers, that an iweraeo of sixtv bushels
1l11V.ll tlflt lAK fiimo n...l nrtlAn .....I
...... j......ua niuuv. Ullil Ullll.1,', mill
above for lodging-rooms and tho Med
ical College. Tho contagion was not
only dissCmmatcd through tho build
ing and taken by tho uuvacclnated
occupants, but was carried by the stu
dents to their boarding-plnces, and
bus been widely spread through tho
i-iij. iiiuugii iiiBiriKiucu iroui a
mo cases
cornse, tho cases resultlmr thnrofmm
of wheat to tho aero can Ik raised In ! ?i'L01 worst form or black small-
Orecron bv coniiel..iit fiii-innr wi,n . , nunioeroiueaina lavooccurr
The Club mot Dec. 1 1, 1S72, at the
appointed hour Henry Udell, I'res-
idoni.lii tiu. efialr. Tlio roll he ng, S' lfv cu K tho land nnd "'"Si1, "''erpatleiuVareinn crtllcal
called, twelve members answered to Mvopi,,,! a?t0nt,On to the so,vi condition. Tf.o ieonl0 aro highly In
tlivlriiuniN. I b ' l "ttcntloii to the seed. ,liKnant, and tho City Counptl has
The minutes of the last mooting I Mits. Smith, wife of Captuln John ' "toTtenJS&ffi
being iippwvcd, u call was made for Smith, of the Warm Springs Reser-' co? ' tho Mure,
the monthly evsay, whereupon A J vatiou. died December 17th nt tbn yA8JXOTON, Dee. 20. Juilge Orr
W. Denny read an way on ti.o pro-1 Son e of ho Slln. ! 'vr. -' SSTS&ZtteS!
. -"'"-' iviuutuirv
icon fuue vreoK. nor remains were "uiino miuuio oi January, .though
buried in
She had been
The Rosoburg Plaimlealerot the
20th Inst., says: Ren Holladay,
President of tlio O. & V. R. R., arriv
ed nt the depot at 1 a. m. yesterday,
and left nt 0 a. m. on tho .ovorland
stago for California.
poetic
inerrl-
gross of Oregon, written In
style, which elicited some
incut in the Club room.
On motion, a committee, consist
ing ,of 0. S. Downing,' G. "V. Hunt,
and 1. K. Gleason, was appointed by
tho Chair to draft resolutions' upon
the death of I.ovl Donthlf, a mem
ber of this Club. Tlio resolutions
wero ordered sent to tho Wilfumetfe
Tlmntr for publication.
A couunltoe, consisting of John
Downing, T. K. Gleason, and G. W.
Hunt, was appointed by tlib Ch'alr to
net for the Club In reference to the
L'reok. Her remains wore about tho mlddio of January, though
the Dalles, Wednesday. XrtAllS
?en suffering fornbout two middle of March. cuu, U,,UI mo
years with a cancer, which was tlio Tho American Geographical Society
cause of hor death. She was about L1?s undertaken to collect for tho Vlen
02 vears of ace n.ft International Exixwltlon, maps,
u-.M-arsot m,c. i iliotograplw, scenery, geographical,
IT Is estimated that China will be which .11 TS? Viill'rl
a market for American butter nnd condition of the country, and mako a
cheese to tho amount of ,000 tons e"eetlou d export articles at Its
annually.
A jiaun belonging to Allen Hussey,
near Slioridan, was consumed by Are
u few days ago. It vas valued, with
contents, at 5500.
own expense,
Georgo Francis Train was arrested
this evening for publishing obscene
literature.
Ronton, Deo. 0. Th Committee
.,JJ,wount,nK vtes for Mayor and
Aldermen concluded the mayoralty
Tlio Rosoburg I)tntagrapft says:
Tho moro prospecting Is dono in the
Chromo district of .Douglas county,,
tho richer thoy provo to be. Late
development prove them richer that
tiny on tho coast.
E. L. ArrwiaATE subscribed 201
shares to the Stato University .Fund.
This Is $100 moro than tho amount
necessary to bo subscribed to ontitlf
the Company to Incorporate.
A spKCiAr, term of tho Circuit
Court. for Marlou county has been
ortlored to bo hold, Monday, Dec.
30th, for tho hearing of two or throe
equity coses from Multnomah county.
A special post office will be es
tablished nt tho resldorice of P.'-M,
Jlrldges, at tho forkif 6 Coos river,
and Mr. Bridges appointed Postmas-
v -' - - '
He that thinks himself the hap
piost man, really Is so; but helbat
thinks hlmsolf the wisest; Is g$?X
rally the greatest fool,