S3.00 per Year, in Advance.
1HE CASH SYSTEM.
The farmers of Oregon, of this roast, atd
elsewhere, are all alive (o tho advantages and
and Importance of dealing strictly for cash,
and we have a few brief remarks to unke on
that subject.
Wo have tried thi credit system, and are
tired of it. A portion or oar subscribers pay
up punctully,.bnt the most do not. Wolose
interest monoy, and meet with some losses,
and tho subscription list does not average
over 2E0 for each subscriber, per an
num, and this loads us to makiugtho follow
ing chance In term:
Ilcrenttcr all renewals nud auburrlp
tlons, where the cnsli shall nccoiniinii
the order, can bo paid at $2.50 per mi
lium. AHSnbscilulloii tiiat arc nllnvicd
to run thlrt) ly 01 er time will ton I11
larlublr $3.00 per annum. Tills oiler In
made to liiduco prcpaviticnt ul Mibscrlp
Ileum, and Mill be applied oul) to those
who pny strictly In advuuec.
All those who are iceelvlng this paper are
invited to remit the balance that will 1)9 due
us on the 1st of January, and add $2 50 to
pay for the year 1870. That will commence
the year punctually, and place thorn on the
prepiad cash basis.
A look at your tag will nhow you how
much you will be indobted to us January 1st
at the rate of 25 cts a mouth.
Remittances cm bo made by registered
letter, currency can be sent by mall at lt
current value, or money cm bo paid to our
local agents.
For tho Will imctte Farmer. 1
FARM ECHOES, NO. 3.
Baying Oats.
Like the llgbtheaited cricket we all read
about in our first readers, there aro those
who call themselves farmers,. who after the
raius of Winter beclu, wake up some dark
wet morning to rind tho granary empty.
Now what do these shiftless fellows do? Ir
is easily told and in very few word", they
go to a more thoughtful neighbor whose
storehouses aro well tilled and try to bsrrow.
They even become indignant when a-ked,
"have you the money to pay, or can vou
give good tecuritj?" " Why utither, sir, "
rolling a bi quid of tobacco as a sweet mor
sel under bin tongue, " "but loin readily
pay after next joai's harvusl," which the
other knows a promise, that will never be
lultllled. I want right hew to relate an in
cident of thii kind that rauie under my own
observation a Jew days sitae, and which will
serve fully (o lllui.lr.ifQ tho unthrltt which
chanceries a certain class cf Oregon far
mers. It was it dark Nov ember morning,
but uotblcg deterred by the soaking talus,
I saw a 3 cling man of perhaps live and
twenty yearn, alight lrutu his horse, come it.
and dniw oil his overcoat, whioh be hung on
a peg outside to dilp, then seat blmselt neir
thecheerlul tiro around which several otheis
were lejd.n and conversing. Ihadagre.it
desire to li-iijh, tor I lelt Intuitively that this
was one of those chronic buyers or borrow,
era that never pay and who was only aaait
ing a favorable optortuuilj' to present hls
plea. 1 was 1101 Inli'akeii, tor altet discuss
lug politics and other subjects of cmiiiiihiii
interest, in all of which tie dlsplajvd great
egotism and prolouud Ignorance, he made
known the object ut his lit. "Could you,'
Jlr, A. let me uavea hundred bushels of oats,
and II you wojkl accommodate me with
live or ten bushels of barley tor till sow in
it would hi mighty nice" his exuuv word
he linn settled back in his chair wlih a look
ot veil coniplaouoj, mm it u interring a grtai
iavor. " Well sir," replied Mr. A, I havo
both tl en.its and barley, and besides um in
nre-lng nted of money, how much wj 1 jnu
jjivv, oats nro high now" ' It-ally, Mi. A,
1 dou'i. ktiow, the liuttj Is, I could not ptj
yon anything just now, hue if could wait
until alter next harvest," but Mr. A. had
grown weary from receiving so many fair
promises to pay utter next harvest and said,
"1 can't fut yon have the grain, sir, without
ibo cash down." Now thought I he will say
no morn about It, but with the pertinacity
thtt reminded in of the little bsy who was
n-ut 10 a ne IghborV lr '.our milk and on be
ing Hid It was swret, rrtinarked tiiat Le
v on'd stay till it Mt rd,t' ' tttin' man w ho
)iOUid havo uad aswtet cJ.van mo'illi or at
le.ibl bitter juaunerh, took out h's pipe,
Jclattro'y Ihltcl U, uud besautir'oV.lDjy. That
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there were those in the room who detested
the very smell of tobacco and that nqftber
were indulging In the habit of smoking, did
not srem to disturb his iquanlmity in the
least. Why don't he have his tobacco money
and pay for his oats thought I, as tho desire
to Iauh was changed to a feelini; of disgust.
He soou plucked up courage to return to the
suljectol buving oats, and as a last ro'ort
ohVred his note for thu amount. "Olyes,
said Mr. A. if jou give good security." He
was nonplused, but tin ally promised that
ho would. Mr. A. brought out the inkstand
anil paper, und desired linn to write out a
simple note ot hand payable in eight months
llm. Would vou believe it, he rould not be
u'in to do it. This toll grown man, who
boa-ted of what he bad done, wli it he knew
anil what he could do, interlarding his con
versation with "you know" thi Hiid "yon
know "that, whuuyou did not know any
thing about it, could not write a simple
"promise to pay," of lour lines. Mr. A.
wrote the uote ami handing it to him, said,
that when he had a certain man's name
thereon as a security he could have the
graio. He took the slip of paper with a du
bioiiiloik and as ho has never returned it is
saro 10 conclude that he purchastd his oats oi
wiiia one else. It is a bad elgu lor youug
men or old ones either to bo seen riding
about the country i tew weeks after the liar
vest is stored away, Irving to buy oats on
credit. There is no earthly use lor a farmer
iu tho Willamette valley to bo borrowing
oats Iu this style. With every facility lor
sowing and reaping, the strong healthy far
mer may and should be the possessor of at
least hulHc-ient provender to keep his learn
thru ugh the rainy sasou without
trying to buy 011 good promises.
They should not forget that promises avail
nothing without they are made good by ful
tllluient and it has long been a demonstrat
ed lact, that he w ho always wants to promise
rarely keeps hU word. The farmers of Ore
gon can never boast of their Independence
in all trtithluluess till they cease going trotn
house to houso asking lor something lor
which they can give no honorable return.
Hawy Hai..
The Potato Its Importance.
Totatoes aro somewLat sc-vrco this season.
The farmers seem to havo neglected many
things for the sake of growing more w1ih,v.
This is another instance of tho folly of tjic
rialf.iruiiug. Grow wheat and buy poti'toes!
The farmer ought, to prosper, raite as much
as possible, and buy as little as possible.
Potatoes are among the stable productions
of the land. Almost, nay, we might say, ev
ery family uses potatoes, more or less. They
are a product over iu demand; are bealthiul,
ami chep,as f.ood,v hen Lot to scarce or loo
hhjh.
T!ie reasons why tbo polato is so impor
tant as an article of everjday use tire, In
deed, quite obvious. Iu the potato we find
dry ash of potash, nearly one sixth, sill
pbuiioKcid nearly one teuth, and phi'spliorlo
acid one twellth, leaving comparatively a
small margin fur silica, lime, magnes! 1, pdr
oxvde ol iron, soda, ihlurluo. I'o'ash,
sulphuric add, and phosphor!" acid, aie
very iuifmmint Ingredients in food. Heine
the if and imjxn tunic ot the isxato. We
see, too, why me p'.tato 7 unis land when
grown on it, ,vear at or j(.r. The soil be
comes exhausted ot po'aali, sulphuric acid,
and phosphoric acid. In order, therefore, o
grow heilthy IuImj.s, the potato should be
grown 011 Jicic land, every season, or else
these elements must beartilicially applied to
tho soil. To apply them artillclvlly Is sel
dom done. Hence, in many instances, the
decline of this valuable e-culeut.
Wherever, and whenever, w po any es
culent, it, matters not ol what kind, dinaised,
wh know there Is something wrong some
wher. Either the soil is exhausted, iu pirt,
or the 1111 an- ued in growing them, have
-been w.onglv used; or. the climate i too
dri, or too wet, A,ti.
Timi lunch attemiion can not he given lo
planting gond potatoes, 011 good soil, ntid
glvng them kooiI attention. Alpha.
Osvviao Iuo.v Wokhs Sisu cotempora
r.v: "Alihoiihfi the O.uego Iron Woiks
turn out .(bout one tnousaud tons of pU Iron
.( vear and export, netilv all toti.ii! Francisco
our fnuutirirH import (OiiiideratiJufroui Call
lorniA so lar tills month over forty tons
have, been receivt-d by them from below.
We should think the iron Works c in sell as
(ihesp ss iiiii.ur crs do ttui K i,liuh and
.American p'glron.
The Maggie tuliiont Wajrontown, Idaho,
utuipr 'be superintendence of A. Z. l'onlln,
Is bo.'ug workoi 3iy i.d niht, acd pros
pvi very rich iu tilvcrorcv
Supplement with the
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SALEjVCBEGON, JANUARY
A Story of Oregon Apples.
Hood Hivj-.n, Jan. 8, 1873.
Ed. Faumer: The following is a reminis
ceuce In tho life of one of our nation's great
est military heroes, Gen. -Volt, which I
deem too good 10 bo lost, and theouly apol
ogy I have to offer In this connection Is my
inability to toll it as it was told to me by one
ol the parties, Mr. Joeph Hamilton, of Linn
county. Oregon. In lb59, Geu. Scott was sont
out by our Government to settle; the Sin Juan
Island difficulty, and Gen. S. leaviug Port
land ou tho steamer Brother Jonathan, Mr.
'Hamilton rh inced to sail lor N)vv York on
tlieims steamer. While silting on the up
per deck enj ylug a quiet sea, the following
conversation pisod between the parties:
(?n "-Votf Are vou an Oregonian, Mr?
Mr. Hamilton I am, General. I camo lo
her snores in 1SI7.
Gen I em aware jou have a fine country.
I haveobtiiitiKl sonteot the largest fruit that
overgrow In th vorld, sir.
Mr. H. Geueial.cau I be favored with a
sight of soiiio ot h?
Gen Certainly, sir.
Hero Gen. M.o'lt. summoned an aid, and
had hlsbxnf fruit brought on deck, where,
on tho same being opened, Mr. H. rniaiki,
with Ms much gravity as he eould cmninaml,
that the fruit was not an extra sample ot Or
egon lrtiit.
(ion. Seott (With a look and air as only
liw could glv) I am aware, sir, that I have
the largest fruit In the world, eir.
Mr. H Pardon me"; General, but you
have not the largest fruit.
Goti. S. Do jou mean to say, sir, that you
have lartei?
Mr. H. Yes, General, I do.
Gen S I glory in a man who, niter be
has mad.i a statement which lie knows is
riwht, sticks to it, sir. Will 3011 convince, me
by producing tbo frui ?
Mr. Hamilton getting aoji-tanco, had a
Inx brought up from below, whioh was
qnUkly opened. Gen. Scott, alter fuzing In
wondnr lor 11 moment, said, " There, that
will do, sir. St the box away." 'I lien the
General quickly wrote on three slips of piper
an order Ntiiuiuouiug three of his nilli'ajy
slsll to appear, w biuh thev soon did. and as
eaoli anpetred tho General ordered them to
10 sit (town.
Gen. Sitt Have you all teen the fruit
turn 1 ontaineo while at rorllauuy
Answer bv nil Yes, General, wo havo.
Gnn. H Is it large Iruit?
Ans. Yes, General.
Gen. 8. Did you ever expect to see such
larrfe fruli ?
Ans Never, General.
Gen. S Well, here is a pontleman who
pretends lo say that, lm has seen Urger fruit.
Whereupon the three oilicrs wers anxious
to bet that there never whs larger Iruit.
Hero till General quirkly interrupted them,
and renindt,ii them ot the lact th.it his truii
w es largnr than thev hud eicr expeoed to
ses. Might thoro not be a Utile laier liult
grown?
Allanswered, No, (her" never was larger;
and all three profiled a20 dollai piece each.
(Jon. f. liur hole1; lie lcoks like a man of
(ruth, and I would be rather loth to doubt
bis vi racily.
Ollicnts iint. General, wo are all anxious
''- risk a tventi eich on the reult.
den. b' -I'trliKpi tho j-eutlfWHu bin self
ecu sco mihuilrtfe mf.
Mr. H. No, Uenenl, I never hot.
Ghti.S Well, then, 1 will take tho bets,
iujs.il. 1 uere the unerm covered ttielhrtt
twenties, biiU, turning to Ml. H , he sld:)
How will jou satisfy thee gentlemen ikkt
jour stntenienis are tine, su?
Mr. H I know of no better wnj than to
produ(e the fruit, General.
1 1 e fruit was soon produced. Itwasofthe
G'orla. Miimii atlety, and ot mi'intnoth
sizt TheGiiiiir.l uDsprespnled with a earn
pleof the laigest, and. while holding It up
in his bund, he began u leettire, wh'e.i listed
overtAentv nilnii es, that euriiai-Ki-d iu elo
quence and sound morals anything, Mr H.
assert", that he ov(rilnti ned to, and closing
by wan ing hi li lends that it vas unwise to
bet under any ( Ircui"taiices; that tho win
ner, in ihe oud, must be lo-er. He then re
turned eaoh his money. Tho General said
that If ho could only arrive home safelj
wlih his valued specimens or fruit, lhat lltiv
eljllars would not purchase them.
Mr. II, Genera), how lopjj have you been
In theserviiHiif vnurcountrj?
Gen. S Mr, I have served mv country
fifty-two jears, and 1 am Hill 'willing to
serve In r whilo lite and strength last.
Mr. H General, could not the difficulty
have been settled at Uushiiuron iih vvhII h'n
at "sari Juan Island ?
Gn S rru, my frlpr.d; but, jou know,
tho people would not have1 heon sstlsfif d.
Wh how bid .idle ti lo our honored mUlluiy
chlehahi, and will folio our Oregon frimd
n the A Y, Tribune office, whero ho proilu
cil his sample bo. of largo Oregou apples,
vvheu tbepriiK ipsl rematkod that, after hav
ing beon editor for over forty-tlvo years, he
had jiii btUbed uothlugso much dreaded as the
facts in connection with tho above, as ho
would not be bslieved Iu so doing; and said
that his paper went all over tho world
Whilst at Keokuk, Iowa, Mr. Hamilton was
present a' a well known hotel, where a man
read from the .V. Y. Tubttuc the story of (ho
big Oregon tipples, when qilllo 11 number
pieentdeclatfd that that was "another big
Uregin He" Afer listening fo a gewrrl
explosion against O'etron products In nan
orul and her fruit in particular, Mr. liaml'-
lun, pioiHiug a j met uictiui of ueu. Scott, Lt-
Farmer this Week.
L l7
21, 1876.
gan Have any of you ever been in Oregon?
No. Well, I would be verj' slow to condi inn
any statement I e'ore I was advised as to the
facts Ono man asked, Have you ever beon
Oregon? Mr. U. Yes; I am tbo man who
gavo tho Tribune the statements jut read.
Do you believe llicni? inquired one of the
pirty. Mr. U It you will go with uio lo
my room I w 111 show you the veritable ap
ples themselves. Wheieupon thecrowd fol
lowed, and, after seeing the specimens, they
all surrendered. Mr. Hamilton then gave
them a lecture on Oregon, and her present
and future prospects, which was produoiivo
of good fruits. ' w. r. vv.
For thu w i'.lainctta 1'
'armcr. 1 ' I '
.-No. 1.
Brio-a-Brac Papers
After all, we can form a pretty fair cs i
mate of a person's lite and charicterbj ob
ssrvlng their actions a little. I said this to
mj'self last ovenltiL', as I watched the pro
gress of that came plajed with cards and
called " Cilb." I own to a prejudice against
cards. Handling tho Instruments ol sin,
oven in the most refined company, does not
takeaway from them their wicked useless
ness, and iu the few times that I have jield
ed, jut tooblige, 1 have felt a sense of-well
degradation. Too tastidloti", am I ? Well,
what difference, so long as I luteifere with
no ono else's pleasure? I think the great
success of happy social life consists lu letting
other people havo as much freedom of
thought as ourselves, and not getting excit
ed il their opinions clash with our own.
When I was younger than I am now 1 liked
very 1 luch to argue Rome absorbing ques
tion with an opponent who called out mj
deepest thoughts, aim kept me thinking
deeply and intently. I like to argue j et, but
do not care to have my Interest wrought up
to so high a pitch of enthusiasm as I then
delighted in. Some good people tbero are
who loye to continually be on the spur. I
thought of that, last evening, when I watch
ed those crib ployers. Mr. Infidel was so
pool and calculating, evidently tsking no In
terest In the game unless his opponent was
nearly or a little ahead of him. And I find
that this la his character. Ho delights In op
position, and calls no min his friend. Has
no compassion for other people's little cher
ith(d weaknesses, aud, as he himself ex
presses it, U ho " does anj thing to bo sonj
for, is glad of it." Yet 1 know ho his a
warm, kind heart, and is uncompromising! v
houtist. It is wonderful how rough a shell
Nature endows some of her human Iruit
with. Perhaps it is for the wlso purpose of
making us prize tho fruit more highly when
we do get it. And that romlnds me of some
thing mj lriend the Unit 11 Ian said the other
daj He was speaking ot miracles. Said he,
"A man may diiheliovo all the miracles iu
the ISIblo and j cl be a Chilstlan. This may
Btarlle those who think much of tho shell ol
rsllafHi; but It Is the kotn&l in th-j slill that
we must give fo (ho v.oild." Tills Is fruc, I
uotouly in reIl!loii, but In life. Wo don't
think ot wrapping a shell ol -cie mony end
form iMty nb. ut our lovo tor our deinst
friends. And our fi lends might bo moro nu
merous and dearer btill it wo came out ol
our shells still more. I have met people
who didn't have any shell at all. I cannot
saj' tiiat I sincerely admire such people.
Thnj are over tho sati ( : no dopth ot fitollnjr
or of character. Atjlal, who Is fo graduate
tins j ear Iroui "St. I.ticntia's Seloct School
f jr Young I.tdies," is one of that sort. She
Isa tull,dark-ej(d maiden, with tho lresli
uess of youth on her faee; but, nf.or one
looks at her a little while, ono grows weary,
and does Lot earo to look again. I know of a
certainty that Aglal lias only a verj' super
liclel knowledge of a low fanciful branches.
Doubtless the honor of graduatlig from St.
I.tiorelia's is suiudent honor for a j'ottug
ladj'. Miss Wllto passed through tho
room just now, with her stili, wlilto face,
and still black robes, ' here Is a look In her
facoss If sho had mls-od some of Jlfo's hap
iiness. hho Is in t yming, liut there Is a
shadowy tn-ei imtion uhout her faui. I should
HUo to sto the shell oil, and havo tho warm
blood surge Into those palo cheeks. Hotter
as It Is, perhaps. Pygmalion worshipped his
marble statue as soinithiug almost loo sa
cred lb look at. He only loved tho living
Agla'ea. Still, I have considerable curiosity
to change my statue. I wonder If sho ever
thinks her life might have been brighter.
I went lo see poor old entry Nina lo-iliy.
Sho is the Units; of women, with soft gray
Inlr, aim a fiou ouco Mill and tin therly.
iJei eye vvorooiicti 111 Id nul J leasint, and
nro v a, at lulervnls, hui they are not so w hen
tho lire of insanity burns In tht.111. She Is
very ill, tho doctors say dylnj;. bhe ha ta-
Volume V 11.-Number 49.
ken a lancj to ute, "1 do tghls to havo mo
ootne and sit bj her, bringing a green leaf or
tinj- flower they retnlud her, she saj-s, of
her little cabin In tho woods, by the 'branch.'
At times she talks locoherenllv', and her ono
theme is her baby, bhe will lie and moan as
If her heart would break, and plead with
them to bring her baby to her. All ttuueed
to tears as mj' j es are, tlioy rjrow moUtiit
the sight ol this broken, darkened Hfo steal
ing with slow uncertain sttps down tho hill
that brings us to tho Hfo we (all Death. She
will find her baby thnro, aud all tho bo-iuty
of happiness to " hy uiod auj" tears bo
shed? Uiuoiitu.A.
Letter from ElcHIhmville.
I'd. Farmiiii: I huvo not nolkcil
:inytliinr in your p.tper concerning
ful 111 ninths in this part of the countiy,
and thinking that oil will pay 111010
attention to subject than phra-eology
I venture to uiito in my blunt way
a short tuticie for your column-;.
Fiom ono wlio li.ia -pent tho greater
part of his life, following the plow you
can't e-pect long, ilowing sentences of
delicate conjunction and rhetoiitnl
llouiishes, but I will try and pre-ent a
few simple facts for jour dipoal.
Tho vicinity mound the pleasant lit
tle village of McMiiinvillo is one of tho
most fertile and healthiul in tho Wil
lamette valley.' It is a valley of it-elf
thu valloy of tho Yamhill liver almo-t
surrounded by hills and mountains.
Our climate is a lew degrees warmer
in cold weather than it is otitsido this
little valley, the north wind being bro
ken by tho (Jhehulem mountains. Wo
mo blessed with a balmy mountain at
mosphere and the lich anil product! vo
Miil is pecttliaily adapted to raising
wheat, not only the rolling country -t
well known on the north Yamhill, but
the more leel laud on the south fork
of tho river. Thu main is a littlo
plumper and heavier mid good judges
sty makes better Hour than that
iniiu'ii in eitlinr n.irts of the Mate.
Ill this neigboihood as well as in oili
er paits of the country, the breadth of
fall-sown grair. 's not gn'.it, owing to
the unfitness of the season. This is not
generally eonsidmed any loss lioie,
however, as tho gioiind will produce as
much put in propotly iu the Miiing its
In the lull. Home tiro pi ejudiccilagiiii't
spiiug wlieat. Jt is 11 good thing that
it is not giown mi extensively us lor
nieily, lor when the laud is suctessive
Iv cropped it never receives proper cul
tivation. It Is ihe custom to .siiiiimer
Ittllow land tint is to be -own in the
rill and if the land could bo as highly
cultivated for a spi lug eiop the yield
would probtbly bo eijietlly huge, it not
git'tiU'i than that lealLvtl Iroui the fill
sowings. ,
The .McMiunvillo grange is peril ips
(ho most active organization in tho
.-date. Our membetsliip is not tho
lingestbut someot them Invc a Treat
deal of " get up " about Ihem. We
have a large hall, with a paid i.p I-all
and out of debt. Iselow the hall is tho
gtange store, with ihe largest rto.! .
goods Iu thu county, Kept, hy -h T.
ilettman, an e.-perieiii.i.d merchant.
Mr. liotluiuii is bound by agteement to.
ptiichttso his goods In the best tnaiUet
and sell them lorc.i-h at 11 piofltot ten
percent, above tost and freight. Jlo
buys principally In San Fiaiicisco. Wo
get our goods cheaper than wo could
before this arrangement. Wo benefit
the outsiders too, for .Mr. Hettmati sells
to all alike. lie has an extensive,
stock of all kinds.
The glass is good and tho winter b
ing open leeditig his not been neces
s.uy where pasture is not over-Mocked.
I have written long enough lor th
llrnf. If litis icteives join attetill u
iititl you cliDo-o to publish it I 111 ty be
encouraged to wille agtfln.
Youis truly, xNi.wrnx Ilunw.
Wo shall be glad to hear olten,
fiom Mr. Hibbs, aud wish wo could se
em 0 as attiaitlvo cut respondents li(
other sections.
Tho dwelling of Air l.s-l.t, iuai d about
tlin o miles Iroui Wall. Walla, was lull not
vvith us content-, tho lot on ihe liiniv slid
liiriiiinru aiuouiiilh Iu alsiut fl.'iUI I no
ii.iish was bw J i(( nil V pUiLll-i.r 1 bj Mr.
Leddfrotu I' ." s-nip n.
r e 15
1. .3d . a ittjf, . - c tuerz
1 1 1 h imiir 11 ie- b . c mi t il
t ritio,ui.iw ,, i it niiii ... i.u r;
blowhig iu 'hu sticcta and inu b't--h Jjraii
ull around."