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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1873)
4 Whmtmmm Snlcm, Saturday, Aug. .'50. tub OREGON STATE FAIR lor imt:s, Commences Monday, Oct. Gth, AS tllSTINTI." CSTII. iiittintuy ltriiliir I ! ill addition lov 10.000 In Pre miums, tin-Siiolely oiler over GGO In lidtDAMI Ml.VIIlt .-IKIMI.S. Thu iirviiiliims on callluitif InrKfly In- crciivcd on those of foitnor yon is. No ull'orl will li spared by tho Hoard of Malingers to make (In1 occasion one of uniimisil Iuterol. Krom letters receiv ed, It Is bcllovul tin- iittoiiiliineo and exhibition will hnriipcrlnr (n those of any former year. Tin; 1'rrmlumx of ISi!. Of llio $',ri(Mi due on premiums of 187'., at tlin elnxit of tlni Kulr, ovit $2,000 Iihvo been ialil. All persons li whom premiums arc duo tan obtain tliclr uiom-y at tlm Secretary's olllcc, on or after she Hr-l day of the Kulr (during tin- wcek, In full, In U.S. win. Kor partleuliits, tuldicss n. M. Waitk, Sccrcliity, Siilt'in, Orison. I'. S. Posters will ln distributed throiiuhoul the State and Washington Territory during tlin coming wcclc Piograinini"', Ac, at tin- Sccrclaiy's olllcc. IrtlrlM lor the Stair Fair. Ohh.on A I'i irmikit Itmt notn. hi rKitiNiiLMiKM llrrh r. rutin nii, lliirmci, Jiiiiii IS 111) I Drnr Sir: All stock anil articles Intended lor I'xlilliillon tit tlin Statu Kulr will lio forwarded to Snlcm tit turin rules, Imt will hi' returned free upon presentation of cert Itlenlo to the Agent "t Sail-in, signed hy tin Score tary of tin Assnoinllnu, that Mich took ornrtli ls Iiiivd boon uimiii ox hlhitloii.iinil have not changed hands. All regular trains will stop at the Kulr Orounils during tin1 Kulr. Yours truly, .1. ('. Ilii.mtinii, Snpl. To M. Wilkin, Piosidont State Agricultural St icloly. A ItAitic Tiin.vr.- Tho ininlc lov ing people or Salem will ho delighted to hear that .Madame Anna Ill-hop, tin world lonowncd prima donna, will favor our city with a Mt on next Tuesday, In the evening of which day she will jlvc :i juinil 1 011 eort of vocal and iiiMiuniciitnl inii'lc, nt Heed's Opera llou-i'. She will bo assisted hy Mr. Alfred Wllklo, Kng IMi tenor; Mr. L. U. tinttsehalk, em inent baritone; and Mr. Knml; (ill df., In lllliint American pianist. -Mailaine IINhop has sung hofoio the crowned heads of neatly till Kuropo, anil lecehed the enthusiastic plaud its of the limit iclliicd anil critical musical audiences in iilmoit every largo city of llio civilized world, and mi nppoititiiiiy may not again soon Imi pii'-onled our clti.en. of hearing o I'tdohiutcd a songstress. Wo hope the people of Salem will turn out anil greet her with n full linii-o on Tues day evening. Tin: I'i.a.n Choi. -Our advices concerning the Max- crop of tho Wil lamette valley warrant us In saying that tho ,Ield this season promises, to ho one-third, If not one-half, lar ger than over hoforo rotilUod In a Ingle M'iiMtii. Wo hear with pleas uro that tho I'loiiccr Oil Company of Salem havoonntigh ll.ivsccd engaged to keep their mills running night niul 1 1 ay for an entire year, anil that tlioy expect to inako fully 7",0oo gal lons of oil for export from thoomp Of tills M;m)ll. It.M.N. In tho early pint of this week, there wore several showers of nilu, which extended over tho val ley, Ion greater or less extent, and threatened for it while to do groat damage to tho grain crops, hut tho tirar, warm weather that has Mi" reeded removes all four of any seri ous loss. .s tho llulltiin remarks, tho recent ruins are unprecedented In Oregon, ami never hoforo havo howcr come to ilo lUiuago to our rrops. The Pork IrailP. Wo have occalonully urged upon. ourOrt'gon farmers tho consideration of the question : Shall wo make pork raising an important business'.' Wo I learn thai more pork will he fattened in this State thu present year than I there lias been ror.suvor.il years pa-t, hut that does tint entirely answer the . iiiestion, for any business to hecouio really Important .should he conducted well, and to the best advantage, and in thai view of tho matter we can af ford to thoroughly discuss the ways , and 111011111 of the pork trade. Jt has 1 heeu demonstrated in thu past that Oregon pork is .superior to that raised in California, our climate being more milted to meat curing and packing probably having something to do with our superiority In thai respect. liul wo uro nl tho present time brought Into contact and competition I with pork packers nt thu est, mid, I during lute years, when wheat has horni) ti good price, wu luivo neglect jotl pork-raising, niitlusu consequence have .seen Chicago hums mid bacon I -.i.IIIiii"' In nurou'ti markets. Vn are. " n --- - -- -i however, informed (liatOiegoii pork products possess mi ailx'iintagu over even Western pork, and can compete successfully in the California markets for Miproinacyi What wo need, then, Is to study tho hiinlne-s aspects of the park trade, and learn what Is necessary to be ilono to insure to our Statu preeminence therein; in other words, to doviso n way to realize all that can bo had for our wheat, and besides that earn a manufacturer's prnllt for our trouble converting wheat Into bacon. II will ci'iinlnly pay in various ways, to inako bacon, for wo thereby lessen tho bulk of thu product to be shipped, mill so assist to .solve tlm Important problem as to how our products can be sent to market. "Wo (also miswor the objection that flilp- I ping wheat Impoverishes our soil, when wo feed the wheat at home mid I Imvu the moans thereby to rocuprr- ate the soil. It is also true that the j work of fattening hogs usually oceu- i pies the time of farmers at n season of tho year when they liavo least i presstiro of business, mid of cour-o it Is desirable to utlli.o the fall mid . winter months mid derive ome lit- ' crease from tliein. I Let us consider, then, what Is ro- qnlcHe to give Oregon u prolltiiblii ; pieemliieiicolu the pork trade. I'irM: Wo should improve our breed of hog-, the necessity fp which needs i no argument, for it is apparent tomiy one who travels in part of the State hi itl soosllio miserable -took ofswlno j that now prowl along the roads mid highways mid have the half starved, deteriorated look with which wo are so well acquainted. The necessity for Improvement is apparent when wo leain It requires much ui.iroearo and food to fatten such swlnc than to fatten Improved bleed-, and the further fact that such stock will not make as good quality of pork. Secondly: We want to know how to feeil to the best advantage, and what to feed. The advantage of cooked food N not fully understood hy tho ordinary farmer, hut the truth is tlut food needs to be cooked for animals us well as for num. The on ly way to make a profit of fattening hogs is to scouto gooil stock, feed tho best food, anil feed in the host man ner. What Is worth doing at till is worth iloiug well, is a trite maxim. Hut there tiro many things worth knowing in connection even with so ordinary ti business ns fattening pork. It is worth while to know and re member that our orchards, which wo are generally allowing to go to waste, tire able to make good jmrk without any other feed, mid while wo M'anii mid Investigate its to liowj wo can niNe products to diversify Oregon industry, why not ascertain If orchards cannot he made to do much of the work toward prewiring hogs for market, Seeding orvhanls down to clover for hogs to run on be fore the fruit ilmps, might add to their elllcleuey. (!ood jvork Is some times made by feeding wheat in the sheaf, which is bettor than feeding 1 it In any way sivo soaked orcivikeil, anil lias Ih'oii found protltublo. - WILLAMETTE FAEMEE. Those of our farmers who have had ( experience of the benefit of or- cliiiiiN, and or illll'etetit modes ir feeding, can do goo'-t by furnishing Information of the same to tiio pub lic. Sex oral persons of enterprise, have imported the acknowledged best breeds of mwIiiii Into Oregon, and taken pains to increase their stock to supply tho farmers here, and wo understand that they oiler to sell nt rea-onablu figures, wltlt soaice a 1 buyer. There is something wrong, then, in the outset, for the first thing to do is to iniprovo our hlook of swine, and we cannot obtain excel lence unles we do so. It .'coins to us that there is no business that Oregon fanners can turn to that proml-os such certain ' returns as the fattening and curing of pork for tho Pacific, market, and wo urge the attention of the people of Oregon to it, because we believe tiio Held large enough and profitable enough to oiler them a permanent advantage. The curing of meat is not often done to the best advantage J by small dealers, and hue mi to bo an art in tho hands of some who, like Mr. Cios-, win reputation by excel louco in preparing bacon mid hams for tho eating of epicures. Ilo car ries on operations on a large scale, and with rule and precision that se cure certain results. It is perhaps as well for tho credit of the State that .such men should purchase tho pork and cure It in tho best shape. Such, in fact, is tiio ca-o at the West, In the great pork markets of the world, where the packing of pork is carried on entirely Independent of the work of fattening it. Tin: OVKiti.ANti Mn.VTiii.Y roit Si:i'Ti:Miu:it. The publishers havo placed before us mi altraetix'e number for this mouth, many of the articles being exceedingly inatterftil. It Is to bo hoped that our National Gov ernment will seriously take into con sideration some of the timely points made in theopctiingurtiticon "Our Indian I'olicy," from tho pen of Dr. IMtter.-on. of other solid subjects of vital luriirin.it iun we notice the fol lowing: "One of Our Kariulng Counties," " Hate of Hallroad Trans, porlalion," mid the "Savings Hinks or California." Miss Coolbrith con tributes a unique poem called "The Sea-Shell," mid Charles Warren Stoddard places before us another s.ivory tropical inorol entitled " in a Ti.in-poit." I r. Sillltii.in gives a interesting reminiscences of '!!, of which this is (ho commencement of a number of aillclo-. The tlctlou of ihl-Is-iio is embraced In three stories, and the best of them is the closing pirtnl" "ti'entleniau llan-e," which litis already been li.tsscd with (lie in numerable good stories produced in this new Held of literature since the establishment of the Onrlmu. The " lite." ltepartnient Is unusually full, and "Cm rout Literature" embraces a iiuiiiberofcoti-clentlous reviews of recent bonks. John II. Carinany i Co., Publishers, In'.i Washington St., Stn IVaticisco. f I per annum. Mi'i: liul si:.- l'riini published corK'spoudeiico wo Iwaru that the corner-slono of the State House will bo laid on the Mb day of October next by the (inuid. Lodge of Masons of Oregon, under tho direction of T. MoK. Patton, (iraud Master. Tho lirand Lodge will bo convened in special (iniiidCoiiiiiiuulc.itiou on the day designated, and thooornor--Unio will he laid In accordance with the ancient usages and customs of the Craft. Tho ceremonies will take place at I o'clock p. in.., and will U preceded by a prtHre ion of tho members of the Masonic Krutcrnity. The oration will lie delivered by Hon. S. K. chadwick, Secretary of State. As theo proceedings will take pl.ice on Wednesday, the third d.ty of tho SUite Kair, there will doubtless be u largo crowd preent to witness the ceremonies. To m: Kxr.i fn:n. The dispatches give the gratifying information that the Modoc murderers lately tried hy uiilltaryeoiuiiitssloiitirenlltoboliiing on the :td or October. The Patrons anil Pollllrs. ! The San lVanclsco llurul lWtt, in replying ttt a suggestion that thu Granges make a nomination ror the otllce of Supreme Judge nfCallfornla, holds the following language: 'Our cotoniporaries entirely mis- dai. iiir. iihlcct of thoOranirosi " l1'!' posing that they will take an active part In politics as Orangers-especl- ally In going so far as to nominate cnndldatesrorofllce. Tneirinitueuce can be more effectually emnloyed in 1.1.11 11 11.. hI,...j ....tlftll.lt till. uniiiiugiiii uiu Muii'us ..-" ,...- ties on their goon uenaviour. iuuj Patrons of Husbandry will vote for, good men only, and when thev go to the noils they will select such men , riom the various tickets presented i OFrici:or(Ji:v.M.MsTf.ii, t a-, In their Judgment, will best sub-, sw.km, oiihhin. Arnrsi i.itlu l.n. i servo their Intere-t. They will most ' (M:NM:KAb.IoiiNRMti.t.Kii,Uiiilr assiireillv reject all monopolists and ' man Hoard Cauitol HullUIng Liini-ling-nieii, and all those who may be mlssioners, Salem, Oregon : Dear In open or supposed sympathy with Sirt J have to acknowledge, the re them, or who may be even suspected jcolptofyotir favor ol the l.Jtli Instant, or oulitng to private gain irum me exienuing -.... "-:'" olllcc whicli tl'ey Hck. Cornerstone ortl.oCanltol Huildit g , it u st.itiwl tli.it a innlniltv or the i with Masonic ceremonies, on. the 8th last Illinois Legislature was made up , of October, niiiltohtiynii bolialfortho nf f.iinitisofllusban.lrv: ifsueh was Masonic 1-raternity, thai thu duty I- 41... r.... If i...i l.f.r.oiifi tlin tmntilo nt n... ...i! t,L- .....) 111 in iimiiliiiitol such men', and w'o know of no rule or reason why Patrons should not vote Tor their own members when they arc put in nomination at the prima riesespecially when no better names aro presented. Politicians and others will do well to keep tliuio facts in view when they make their selections of candidates." Mour. Kink Sin:i:i'. On Saturday last Col. Peter Saxo brought to Salem a fresh importation of Spanlnh Meri no sheep, embracing about twonty head of .splendid bucks mid ewes. They were forwarded here by the Saxo Urothers, of California, sons of tho Colonel, who are largely Import ing lino stock from Vermont and Kentucky. Col. Saxo kept those! sheep at Durhln's livery stable until Monday, when he took them to Al bany. Whllo here, however, ho sold to John I'. Miller twoof thexo bucks, two to J. L. Pnrrlsh, one to John Miuto, and one to T. L. Davidson. The Col. will return to Salem In a few ays, when parties wishing to obtain line stock can see him. Potatoi:. Dr. P. S. Matlosoii turlis ointment. This causs tho has presented us with some sped- whole of the eruption to appear on nieiisoftlne potatoes, being a variety' that part of the liody to tho re that he has cultivated eontlntiou-ly llef of tiio rest. It al-o secures n lor sixteen years, hut is unable to full and eompleto eruption, and class them, as they appear different this prevents tho disease from at- from tiny now raised in our vicinity. They are an excellent potato, and yield remarkably well, but a little In ferior in quality, wo think, to either the Dimli or tlm K-irly H.-. A rrlimrlnt miriilliim- .mnlil (IriKr.ilif.m ' ..... ..wv.. , ... rt , Host white settlers. Harry Ha-sott, lui not been HAriNiiM.vrri:ns. last year so famous', successful this year in the Tew races in which hi! has started. At Sara toga, July !ll, True Dine, I years old, by Lexington, carrying 108 pounds, ran two miles in :i::lJj,tlto fastest time on record. At Cleveland, Ohio, the mare Lucy beat American (ilrl in tlireo straight heals; tho fiistcat time '2:'2l It is now admitted that a seven year old stallion called Smuggler, formerly a pacer, trotted a ecoud heat at Olantlio, Kiin-as, in 'Jt:li. Little Is known of tlii- hor-e. Dr.NTihruv.- Dr. Smith, after sever al months of travel, lcis entirely re at llrst sight pronounced them to h,., Thursday, Slst ln-t.,wimo wnitch set tho "Oregon Me-hanock," origin- lire ton brush fence or P. N.ood allv brought to this coast by the ear-' x-rtl of Howell Prairie. I-ifty rodi covered his health, and has resumed Krx'KXT experiments In Prance the practice or the dental profession have developed n fact worth the In this city. His olllcc Is now in knowing or by physicians: that the Starkey's block, up stairs, where he epileptiform convulsions excited by will bo happy to wait on all desiring wormwood and Japan camphor may work in ids line. be allayed by tho uso of bromide of .," ""., ., . potassium. Tills may be regarded II.il. PKiw,.ixTs.rom Ln.met tll, addltiunnt evidence or tho val- ells' circulars and others sources of ()f brom(0 in cases of genulno er luformatlon it now appears that the ilepsy. American hop crop this year must bo small. It was recently reported that offers to contract far the coming crop at from la to M touts were made by dealers in sumo parts of New York. Winn. .r IlosTox. The receipts or wool ttt Hoston ror tho year, up to Aug. I, were ltil.Wi' Uile, against li:t,M7. In round numbers tho re ceipts or domestic fleece tills year are iii.lXXi bales greater, and or rorelgn 1S,000 balen less than In'correspond '.ns time hist year. Liijlnz ot tlif Corncr-Stotu' or the Slutr-llouxc. roititiMfoxncNi'i:. Or.-ira or rut: I'ovi.n or fcT.cti:) Cirnoi. iituiiiMi roM'n-stosi-iw, J sur.M. Arm -i Ulili. 18,a. ) Hon. T. McK. Patioii, (hand Mae to' of J.fw i i Qi'fjon ' Sir: It Is the wish of 10 Hoard 01 mo oiruu (imit nulldlng Commissioners thnt the corner stone of the t 'tipitoi muiu- ln r , ,,..,, with appropriate cere- tlm sih ii.iv of October )R,xt milj (.y respectfully request tu.(jriUid Lodge orMasonsol Oregon (o .nTfonn thu ceremony, after the . '.... ...It.. ...1 'traiiitiou 01 ineir vmicr. Verv respectfully yours, Ac, .JOHN e. -xiiM.r.n, Chtit'n Hoard State Capitol Com. !ifir opted. Tlm M. W. (Jrand Lodco of A. F. , v A. M. of the State of Oregon will iw. enlivened in Snoclul Oriiud Com munication on the day designated, anil tho corner stone laid In accord ance with the ancient usages and cus toms or tho Craft. Very respectfully youw, T. Mi'K. Patton, Grand Master. It. P. KAHHAitr.Onind Sec'y. I am directed by the M. W. Orand Master to notify you that the M. W. Orand Lodge of A. P. & A. 51. oftlto State or Oregon will convene in Special Grand Communication nt Salem on tho eight day or October next, Tor tho purpose hot forth In tho roregolng correspondence. Anv inquiries addressed to thlsof llco for Information respecting the details of tho arrangements Tor the occasion, will bo promptly responded - ", Ci'iu: roit Smam.-Pox. A great discovery has been made by a sur geon in the Hrltislt army in China, In the way of an effectual romedy j for small-pox. Tho mode of treat ment is in follows: when tho pre ceding fever h at Hi height, nnd Just before the eruption appears, tho chest is rubbed with eroton nnd tnr- 1 1....I.1... I.A I .. n...... I r.w.rt.ir 'I'lltU UlCKIIIg ills.' lllll'IIUIl Ul.llis, J.II13 is now tlie established mode of trcat- inent Iii-tlii! L'nglish army In China, and regarded as a perfect cure, , MAIiHMUIS MlsC'Illin On last ' of It burnt up, throwing open a large pasture. With much exertion, tho j Uro was kept from catching In tho Greenwood farm and thenco destroy ing the w hole soltlaniont. A certain well known dog remained nnd looked on, but he could lire. not tell who set the Vkto. The Stnto Agricultural Collego at Corvallls opens on Tuesday, Septem ber id, with tho rollowing Kaculty: H. L. Arnold, A..M., President and ' Professor or Physics; Joseph Kmory, jA. M., Proressor of Mathematics; ' H. J. Hawthorne, A. M., Professorof I Languages; Miss Irene Smith, Pri mary DepartnientjMiss Viola Hrigg!", Musical Department (Piano); ("apt. D. H. Hoswcll, Military Department. I'm i wikii Pints l'ttiVKss. Tlirre is u in w .iiki'. itMsl liy iiliotopnqilac artists In tuif itlln. In iiuiiiti'saii uval lurui, liciutltnl i iti in) Uto. Mr. r, A. Smltli. our outer- . ii- a.- uitit. li.i- Ms'iinsl om ot the im'f-cs .on li.i-ili.'.ul) printiil ipilti' u iiiiiulivr of ,i iirisiittir tlm iww t lc. Ilo vvai klml i ii.M'.-li In -liow u some pivtnif n of tl' work, ati.l wi' van say we were much jaVaM-il w till tlirin ; ami wlillo wpinllit occujiy cod lilT.iliV uiv .iiul tliiu'ln kUIiij iliHtfrip tlmi m hot Ii piv ami iicluri-, we ilosM. knowing tli.it Mr. Smith It pU-awsl to furnitli all ili'slnil intormallon w lien called upon. We uoitlil adtlsi all ilclrln a lino picture soiiirtluni; uivv ami ilmIn!c to adopt tlil i meant ot fimlliu; out all about Die cauiro , prcs prueer'. f Meaeury.
