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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1873)
. j i rmva re jnmtrmr ti'twmrii,'nurmtwrmM HAilJPtWI7": mm h jmhuj. p idi.mw c SE"" 53 feormsponbrwa. I'r tlio WlllamuUu l'rm. r. , Wlij no Thunder In tlio Willamette Vnllej. I1T A. r. 1IAVIO. O S. There Is occasionally tlmmlor In tlio Willamette valley, hut less than In most countries. Why? Let us ue: First, tho purity of tlie air Is one cause; another Is its eitialle Ftate ; and another Is the peculiar chorographlcnl features or the conn try; anil, iiIho, tho vast hydro-thor-mil current of winter; tlio northern breezes of summer, with the inllu once of the sea'H cooling; winds dur ing our warm weather, all have a formative character In giving us our oven and gonial temperature. And, secondly, tho magnetic and electric, which are both atmospheric nnl terrestrial In their Inlluence, hear it mighty sham In keeping up a just equlpoho iu the different .strata of our atmosphere. The balance is o exquisitely tirr.niKed that there conn ordinarily to lie hut a flight climli Uil wren the negative and the positive stales of the vapors which float in our valleys, over our hills, nud around our mountains. Tho Willami.'llo valley is peculiarly ulul ated so us to produce un equable lain of atmosphere; and, coiise quoiitly, I'ewslorms, sudden changes, thunder showers, ami electrical phu noinetia occur. West, is tho groat I'.iellle ocean, with its pure and gen ial brcees Mowing Inland during uiiiuier ; for, when the air of tho Willamette is heated by the sun's nlmu-t vertical rays, the heated air nsi ends, mid tho cooler air from the ocean riches in and prevents too much radiation, which would other who disturb the equilibrium of our Atmosphere, ami thus hydrostntlcul ly the air Is kept iu its best condi tion to ward oil' electrical phenom ena. ' I lent it in "tit'h mi atmosphere few storms t.cctir. Now, were it not for tho lo.wl Chain of mountains between us and the ocean, the se.i breees would rush in the Willamette with such force and volume as to in ike our til pi Ue too dimp and cold fnrugrleul t ml purp w.'s, and com'ort to us. i iieso m Himains army mo sea coiillne both the vast southern cur- rout of our winters and thenorlbero breeres or summer It h thls-real livdro-thermal .lottd-htreai.i which fives us so much warm riiu thus making our winters, so ealled.'i.leas-1 I nut, but very irrt. The Willamette river, and its thousands of tributa ries, with the hill and mountain prlngs, have considerable inlluence In Imparting, by.naporatloii, a gen ial moisture to our otherwho dry climate in summer. The Columbia, on the north, with the freshening :epbyrs from tle soa up the liver, nd. 1 much to enliven. The peerless now peaks, whoso heads are wrap ped In clouds, tllng aiound them delicious coolness so happily blended with our heated valleys. There h not on tho globe a country so har moniously arranged iu its choro graphical features, nor in Ih climat ic conditions. The reasons why we have, In sum mer, thunder on the mountains, 4ccuis, when Investigated, to be the mountains because att meted by .,,.,,,,..,..-. r i Ihein, nud If the cloud h highly rharged, Iu passing over a forest or ".'!' - ly, which aro less euarfen, an ex- breezes till ovenin-. and blowoulv wUul" ","1 w' ,l:,Vt' peculiar at-1 l-r laisbel as l0l bay is worthdel- r n,-,,,, ml ...!. , f ,. i mosphere, drv, w.rni. vet L-eniil ' "M"''" Ion. u.H.out taking Into, on- It would mviu as though this was long enoug! I. ,viy.MiV for the ' "Tj - ' M ' sldemt Ion the Increased value of the to., plain to bo Insisted upon, hut, In treat r.ulntloii .ff the lorcno..n. l"" " "I" "i ', mhl.nuw. lence, ,.,, mt the average cost r.,., "line uimii linn" Is ....... I...I Ti The t:..c.ules, east, form a harrier ' viille.v, summer, there Is p.-r lm-liel, wIi.mi stored In the cell .r , , ".. ' ' N 'wlul. It the whole length of the Will imette ;''"'' lii", r,,I" 't'"-tf, or Morms, or put into pit-, with .e.-y item or "' iO-iij, mt ths poultry ng.ili.st tho drv almospherie lnllii-1 ,,,,,t-s l,,f" ."' l".vdro-thermal eur- ''M'''" ;nclu.l.;.l. need not exceed Hpon the farms the lountry through, ences ..f ,s ! n, A llohn I ' rm... the ..nth should blow long j; gl-i '..1Mht bushel.-f .,, ,,,- thh car.fi.l and into llget.t telectlon ..... .en,. u...i i ..,..! enough t.Mlestr...v.bvits.iverwlw.lm. i oftheb;st for breeding. mi i ii linn ir iihi iiiiiiiiiii'i. nun aivii - - - ----........ - -- - tear, i n.. tail pe.v:s oi uie mount- ',, r ,i,., i...ii,...M it ... '..,. ,:..... r v mi it .i ,-.--.-...-.-..... ..- ......... ... .. i.ni i iii.i iiriiitr ur rut: iiKin vrn.i .Ins nro conductors; but morv .wp0. i ' , , ." ;, . " , , , . ir" ,,,,," " """"B ' l incUlng sea ... .. .... . , , pity mat mis nut not neon uono , M()1. rnr i.,... ,v iu'. .., ...-. lu.,.,..i rhiltyare the millions of trees, which ' .... ,,...,... . ii,.rl....ll n.u1; . - 1huiuH, are Ci in inv spires for electrlcltv to ' , ' " rliirll this tho oxtremo range of prices at Chi- are -o m inj .pin or n iru n. m tmu 0 n10 ,Klh ,.lou cx;u.ty W,.,t leap from or to; a cloud passes over , ,.. ,,.,.,.., )1.tw..M011PimV((r,1. 1 u ". "iU "" "" w ,r,a ,lt. ,lM" pliLilou ukes place; a streak of light- A I'r.siAt.i: l'un.vciii:!:. Tho Joi ning from thiMloud to the forest ur' let (111.) Couferonce or the Metho- hli-li ih-iI- IsM-eo mul 'i rnlltir tliun.l Nt l.pt'-s'opal Church, by a unaul I luhpeau lsMen.anii.ir.Hiirtiiun-j1J10Ui 'V(1.P( ,mvu Bru,,tw, trt der follows. On the contrary, If the , tree tops or high peaks are moru the (io-spel and to perform the mar heavily charged thaa the cloud, an ' riugo certiinony. explosion follows from there to the cloud. Hut generally the explosion Is fiom tho clouds to tho earth, for there Is, as n rule, moro vitreous electricity in tho upper regions of tho air than iu tho lower. sou occ bctw I" and clouds. There It is, There must always bo means n-ed to accomplish ends. Causes produce effects. Let , then, look at tho mcaiiit lined to Induce rain; rain be ing tho ... iu view. J'lrnt, the earth Is, by Induction, a magnet, and theroforo both attract vo and repulsive. The e. nth h res- liccmiiKsoinnuiiMi ..i.... ,.,i ....... ouomesomewiial conileiiscd, mergu why those electrical nheiioiiieiin .i r t.- i r. ...i ,.-.,..1 ' Ainnnir tho smaller State", ermoiit ur,isto produce an equilibrium . ZL VTl, of , m d lor h!lWVW:SKXl eon tho lower, middle, and in. ., . ...,......,.i i. .,. ?:,',W''.S!""1 .VV. ' .........i n,,r lliu illlnvMI u-i.i;imiiiiiih ...v UrO lllllllOer Ol IIIIUI ill VI ni-i lii.u . r strata of air, as well as vapors' ,rnt.. v..!.... ......i. ...... ......f.ilne.l. ........ ...... states Is bull ttlo over the kv t ? ' i111""" making a dccMon, let us (U,wnl fining or mixed bus- raising .npor, oi itself IIfiii-c( ,,,, lu. tWoc-strmoHliBotlier whli-li bandrv In more than nine cases out hen, a .oco..d moans must come In wIll UIIloUllt , ,,.,, ,, onc-quarter. ru.nv be found to be better than .? .', Ir'Si m1"'' Tml'T" , "'''iTIiis.UvIded by two, the number of j03ecIlIM,vc. ttotitIo to any specialty. . ii IH.ur, rorll hh positlvely-ehaiK-1 ,,,, VLH us flvu ,, ne.cff,t, T,,0 oWH(JM (f mnbor y l11Wtthtt! ,. r wn,"" , mlU '"" "T ' '",ll,,,N "f U,uU !1 ll m,,riti ve l,,'ui v" '" '''"'" rarn.ersrho.e who m v,.7 w i er Zr " T'0 ',,,l '' fiTom-IKmiitlnf hay. Taking -mvi. ,?,., ,U for tillage cannot v ', ,, r rN V '' rM,U-I,,,;; tl.K fstlu.a.t, s a tor.oct o.uS If h.iy Kmw grain, but the general rule hold, , be me vlh .': TV' i" : N w,r"' W l,or ",l1' ,M-'uH an' w,,rt,, "' The rea-ons aro tnany-too Si S u, , w b vVel' ce,,,H aml M,vcn ,uiiU lK" ".any to dhcuss in full. Tho gene- oomn L '!,; I,ty bushel. Jlut the value here given Is raI MyBlolll 011il.les tho farmer to . erl i f oi 71 I IT "' "trillvi' v,uu 1,,lu'' w,,,,out l"!- ."ore economically make use of his gf ,r o, ta , I ll"1'lli"" l,,u 'K '"' own or hired labor-work can belter .1... . ' U ' ' ",,a" .wu tn,m their use iu other reject.- bo.Ihtrlbuted throuirhout the year. vwu-i-'iui'iiri-, in ii comer position. i t ,, ! I ii UlUi:-, lIU'll lfiai.iiv.ll lllin.- ll.n iiv-i-ii int.. the middle strata and become j m((U () niu,mu ,., l0-w.nts ,lljr re,l..ous. It ihco clouds are not , w,h n, m n A co idensed Into raln-drop., they are i im.t ,.,. ,,r 10 ,ir.,,t,u value iractei i.y, and merge Into, tho(). rr ttittli- TtHMl In u dltllcult upper Kiruiu, which h Mtreous- miltl,r ,, t u mw am (,v,.r wji "li. l; "v ""' "'Km r,riim, ,,, from IMnrtsll kll. Tll(, im. farnit.r , ,IMlk wlth undisguised t oplca current over les all the,e, ' , r ht! ,(lW ( wll!II p,y on his plodding neighbor; but and, like the earth, Is again resin- . ,, ...., .i,,,.,.,, ,.,,,,1,,. , V.,, . I one of the-'f croin he his sole (Ic ons. There, then, tho clouds aro U" X" oWs;1 lrln ,wl "or; lH'r I"' peudence and sell at three cents a eo.npellcd to float, nrdh-olve in rain. 'vrott'i Iu",",,t "'r'" '' t' 'ro mund, the plo.hllng neighbor may n.i. ' , . , ... ,, , ', reason, her lessened liability to .sick- be asked tor the loan of enough mon- i, , J Tn ,TM, ' ,' "-""I 'I-eases which high feeding y to buy the necessari-s of life for a earth below and the tropical current . . .. ..,.., Mll. year. Jt seems pawdoxlcal, but wo above, are both reshmus. The triple ' H 'l,,m -v ' "' '-nt kinds .nno U i,,,., ((( ;,,,.,,, strata of vapors lloit between tliceo two, and are held iu iii.u.'iuii by them. Here, then, is law. The sun, the earth, the tropical current, the triple Miutu of vapois, the altitude (inldiiess.), are causes producing effects. The effects, the ultimatum, is ruin. In summer, the sun bents, r.irllle-i, and renders the air of our vallev very elastic. Iu this condition it Is capable of al,.orlJng an Immense amouiit of moisture A.I.I i.. il.is am. tint oi iiioIsIuk. Add to this state of Hut air our dry northern '"HV '" """"'v, ino equii.iirium of our "Huosplii-re, mid thus bring rain. '''",",'rt "'" wlmli. thing. NVhat " '" '"'tit country is tho, Willamette salley! Ulorioiuiuall its 'wi-n-vil In Mill, In purity of air, in i ltn.illti. isimltlliiiw mi .I...I - . ', ...i. ...ni'ii. " I'ltm ' iintK-t .iu;ilrullliliai." .VM.H. Co.Miii.Nfi Wool,. The New York 'em hogs that were packed iu Canada KiMiumihi Mrongly urges American :nd oiw K.ister.i cities to tho number tleck musters to brei d In tho direction that was packed at the various p.u k of combing tleoces, anil especially j lug points In the West, and we now mentions the I.Iii.miIiis as an ailmira-, expect to si o the number for coming bio breed for crossing on the ordina-j season reach fully (j,lloi),00'l, and we ry Merino or grade Merino sheep. , expect to see them made fat enough Our manufacturers want more comb- j to weigh as heavy as any equal mim ing wools evary yo.ir, and with a her of hogs have ever weighed here supply of good quality would rahu I tofore. We expect to see this result theeharacttr of their fabrics from ' because It will be the only course that such as they now make and sell for , fanueri can take for getting rid of a ' 2.i cents yard up to goods that j goodly pU1t of their corn supply at would command 50 cent to M or something like living prices, and even $1.'.'5. whib we do not expect to ,-ce an t .. .., Z"r,' . oer supply of pork, wo do not be- A dispatch from Washington ht.itoj'uevo u will bo prudent or safe for that congress will U called upon at (10,0 engaged In rahing hogs to ex- ,i rt, n, Indian-, Kor souui nidi mum tur Aimiiiu-s rwi -mjiiiu purposes wo hae regarded theui as i members ef lialcpendent nations, X?&r .. , -The Jul-1 jt,,ini0 i. Whltlni: license to nreach "WILLAMETTE FARMER. . &. large aggregate Illinois has he 1 rp TFjUa ShWimu 'e't number of any State, L',iO.VM; ViDt JftlXlH. At tcsoi.rl shows i'.300.5:W; North Cur- W lollim, l,07o,215; Indiana, 1,87J,'J;I0; . --; T.-..ii.llnl.'. I.SI7"i: MiniMUSM.!.-. 1.- Value of Kools for Cattle Food. Taking good meadow hay as the .UnduJ.lV which all other kinds of cattle food aro compared, 1 llnd that some of tho chemists llnd one pound1 of hay equal to about six mid three- fourths of beets, and that others ll.nl three and one-half poundsot beets enual to ono ot hay. "Now who ,, ,,.,,, when doctors disagree'.' ' """ vah.iiiiiv.iiis n.M.n- iiiiuuuii, ', .i.... . ......i ...,i.. i.tlJ i...,. i.- it.i(.nij ......ii. in r...atw " " " " ""h"v". lease of life, her evident satisfaction and perfect contentment, which is so nierea- -n,,, ,.i,n.i.u.snr tins countrv and hoi? r.tlslmr States in me union. plainly manifested, while enilng'lier' Savi: tiik Hkst Fowls koii dally ratiiai of roots, are each and Hui:i:iiN(i. It is the worst posslhlo every one legitimate itoim to bo ta- pulley to kill ail tho best and hand l.en Into the account in estimating some fowls, and save only the mean thepractlcal, theactual value of beets and scraggy ones to breed from. as food for dairy stock. This is precisely tho way to run out After carefully looking at the sub- yourstock; for like tends to breed 1 I.. .11 11 . . . !.... . , , , " 1,HMni ' "" mn,y l""iU' M'i'rloino has given me ot.. l"''"'"'''V l"1'I,';l. ' h iveciiuetothe .n,.n.i ,,. .(l,s ,-,. (..ltt r,m, are well uorlh fullv as inaiiv cents Vltc t'oialtig Hog Crop. We take the following from the Piotm' Juiirtntl of Chicago. It pos- s,.sscs.iluousa stuthtlc.il statement: The entire number of bog, produced iu the West for the last packing sea- sou illil not fail Pir short ot i,i)i)i),U0i, i If we addthe largo number of West- , . , .xu,uUi "(,ur ll() ,0 I'-k such a nuin- iber of hogs its wo now-a-.hiys have S?' rJ!! 1'0"1'51 ,0 eousuniptlon of tho product ' w.. ....... .ivim-iim. 'hi, --whii'i wjfui.nui rwiwwi illiu l .'both at home and abroad. My tlio United States census report lately publishod, tno whole number of hogs .., nil tho States and Terrlto- j rles Is given at 'J,'.,t3l,&0V Of this ( t:""?"Ai,v. -'.rn ,.o. t..... t -.r. ()0s! These are tlio eight heaviest J ..- .w,.. . number tn at nas ue. mi e cov e .. u K1Sli!ru,s,iSi,.;!ifc 0f ling's Is Increasing ntiin amazingly rapid rate, tho-o two young States being eminently fitted with soil and t'a,te for tho production of com nim "" ' , Specialties In Farming. ... . .. .i .. i .i . . ... n ii, lis ii rule, oeuer auiipieci io re- :.,.. i.......t.,.. h,,. i-.-iin.t. r iuihiiil; hi i hi i-ii-iii lliu ktiiiii. if. ,0 oH lul,i It genres the farmer mm 1e (vJls foI,nw,K lhl! ,,. tions In .rice in all specialties. Willi a g.iod crop of tobacco or hops selling !lt nftycentsa pound, the specialty uioe crops aiono which seem ii) pa.v the be.st. tt'tvtirn Farmer. ... ... "'."'"' ",ie result is, mat hy con- tlnually taking away the. be.st birds, and using tho eggs of the poorest, ..';, ....,, ..,... ... ..,' ..... ' ,r " " " " h"? ,,oori r MVl iinii c. i'n,v Mici'cciiuig year, Nothing Is lost hy a little Mdrdonl- i.l to start with. Theextra poundor two of poultry llesh that you leave " 's legs, Instead of sending it to "Mr'' '" "" Kood seed, and will ,r," f,ir'J t-ifoltl and twentyfold '" 'm"' flllr' l'oh. S.ivo your be.st stock for breeding. Poultry World. .'snitV.WM AM) MtSTr.K-'Stvs-. " Maria," tald a lady to a colored chamber-maid, ' that Is tho third silk dress you have worn sluco you came to in.'; jiray how many do you own?" "Only seven, miss; but IN saving my wages to buy another." "feven? What Use are oven silk dresses to you'.1 Why, I don't own , so many as that," '"Specs not, Miss," Mid the smil ing darkey; " you dooson't need 'em ho much as 1 does. You quality white folks: every body know.i ii quality; but wo bettermoat kind ob colored pus-ons has to dross smart to stinguhh ounelves from common niggers," ' So, critics, who denounce the present extravagant stylo or dress, , be lenient, and when the pir.ipher- nulla of hoops muI tlounces, tilhs, ...a..... ii .. 'I i vi (.'in tutu u think-Well hh-iii .inn ...vfs.is vur.v iisioiiiiuin... . '" U'iu iu i hud. i. i-'n.imcii iiMhii ii"'"'i' poor things, they Tho woolen factory at IXivton will soon bo one of the live Institutions llu' eouuty. Openitlom will bo tf"lly s'ommenced In the course or J ami all the machinery moving. , u , (.() t.01'u.tllIni? to .nVi,,,,,,!, I write I for J know how It .sometime InemormcomnmntlL'r'-Np""'- - " ii bc i05rl)olb. Women anil llotmouurk. J'cople generally think that all wo men, young or old, whatever their taste or In whatever direction their talent lies, ouglil to UKe housework. If i. young man husuta.sto foruny particular vocation, he is expected to follow It, and ho h awarded great coinmendatiou for p'rollcicncy lntli.it vocation, ho matter ho)V little he may kiiowofaiiytliingel.se. If ho takes naturally to journalism, it is not con sidered his duty to work with hoe or spade nil his life. Hut custom. ana prejudice liuvu marked out one voca tion for a woman mid that is liou-o. work, and unless she excels hi this she receives wholesale denuiuin tion. Men are apt to sneer at women who aro Inelllclent in hoii-ehold dutloT but .did man ever think that if Jds own . sex were all to follow any ono special business there might be some who would prove Incompetent? Sup. posing agriculture should he laid down as the onlyUod-allotted sphere for man, shouldn't we bo likely to mo us many slack farmers as wo do noW of hoiisokeoporsr" Wo expect man o attain excellence iu oiiu direction only, namely, one for which he li.ua particular taste. Is it not insulting, then, to require that all women who from lime Immemorial haven id al most no advantages of oduciilioiicoiu. Pared wiili mun.und in.inv oi'wlinin already excel iu some departments of learning, should attain the very maximum ol exielleiiie in lioiisu w I mry, tor w hlch mihiv have no taste? Ot caimo we do not deny thai it Is better to be a good housekeeper than a poor one, but surely no one ought to expect all women to like house keeping equally well, any moro timn to expect all men to like tanning, tailoring or any other pursuit equally well. It will bua great blessing when people le.irn that wotiiel. have its no ble a.sjilr.itloii.i as i'vur beat within the breast of any mini. Kvery f.dr slgh ted person can ee that there Is as much dilfeioiiie in the tastes of women as lu Iho-o of men, and ho who known it. not, undcr.staiuls not bum, in nature aright. CirhHun Union. A lady writes thh: " It appears In this age that an exquisitely .neat taste U 'acquired.' Girls under twenty are rarely tidy. They may desire to look neat, but they do not attain to exquisite freshness. Old maids and women happily mar ried aro the ones who lonm the re finement and qulntes-enco of neat ness. Tho former naturally Incline that way and the latter have the In centive to excite and retain their husbands' admiration." Kim.i.no "Wix-ds with Acid. Tho method which was published some mouths ago in some of tho 1'itiglislt papers, of killing weeds by placing a drop of sulphuric acid In tho centre of each plant, will an-wer well for plalntains, dandelions, Ac, In lawns, but for weeds In cultivated ground, we shall nut ho likely to llnd a better mode than that now well understood by skillful cultiva tors to exterminate them by raking tho surface of tho soil before they come up. Keep tho soil constantly clean and mellow for this purpose on a small scale with n flue steel rake, and on a largo scalo by tho use of light harrow furnished with many teeth. There, nro no two letters in th manuscript alphabet of the English language which occasion so much misconstruction as tfto two letters I and J, as many persons write them. The rule for writing them properly, whkh should bo universally under. stood and adopted, lstOBXtond tho J . , . l...illll lc-k.w tlio lino, wniio ine i suu..." 1 be written on the Hue. If those who . . these suggestions. A correspondent at Junction City says that about 00,000 bushels of grain Are stored iu the warehous at that place, and th crop Is not half harvested. Mliii-1in
