Willamette farmer., February 18, 1876, Image 1

3,00 per Year.
AN ESSAY ON HEALTH.
Epitor WiLiiAHUTTU Farmer: While I
ta very wllliDg (o admit that nirttiy loedl
tfes, upou tbo surface of the eiiilh, oie un
favorable to tho health-, longevity raid oven
the perpetuity of Iho hiimau animal, jet as a
general rule, and indeed, almost always, liN
coudilion us to ttoso incidents of nxisleuco
depends, mn'uly, upon his knowledge of the
laics of Nature and his ability to ndKjit him
self to their tim rail requirements. 15'it, in
asmuch, as be is nn intellectual, a rational
and enquirin,; btlog, cipabto of dli-cover-jng
and undo) a audiug anything pertain
ing to his wstfire. 1 am loth to believe
that tboro are any ginat number of his rictt
that cannot llv well and happllv nt utmost
any point of tha habitable globe. Am yet,
bowover, many of tho doctors are grosly
lijuoraiir. of the health laws and tho tine
methods of adaptotlon, and am continually
advising invalids to change tboir rtAldMioo,
in order to avoid tlioovlls which, they ought
to know, cotuo independent of gcoj rapl.ical
situation.
Those living In (lie southern states srt told
to go iifirth, tticse IMng In tbo northern
states are ricoimuoniiid to go south, tho'e in
the wit to o west, tid ihuH In lho west to
go ctit-t, and thus swarms of invalids mo iri -tag
and earning, pisihii? and npsin(r, chas
ing about over the globe in anarch ot health,
Just as though it wtro a commodity which
had been exhausted Rt homo or else that Jo-
ealh abit at i mi is not a normal condition of
mankind.
liurd by the fame of our Kditbrlou, ever-jyi-en
vullit-s, thousands of our inhabitants
nme to dud hetUli,nd now that sicktos,
pain and prnnialuro death inn bsre in abun
dunce, they aro pining for a country In which
t.lmv can disobey laws of health and not re
ceive tho penalties. We hear of in'atiy Ktru,-r
4Bitof tlio.fVFcade nits., up into Washington
Territory, down to Cidiiotuia, back into aion
tana and Idaho, and, sliange to st,y, a lew,
who have heard of the physically iine, sul
wart aborigiues of Alaska, arp Intending to
go up there. Kitall such iK-oplo may as
Wdll make tboir plaints to tbo moon as to go
hazing about, expecting to llr.d a country
-where they can live well tiy wrong doing,
Tiiorfl ia no uueh plnce in tbo world, however
muuli, wo may call
"Oh J thou, SHrenost Moon that, with eudi
holy ftu-e. ,
Dost look upon UiBoartli, nsleop in nights
Pinbac,
Tjll mo in all thy ronnd, bant thou not
found somn ppot
When wcury inau iuy Dnd, at last, a hap
pier lot!"
Tho poet makes Ibn moon au-iwor a moH
tiitvliistNo: Sciftnoo chiuiOH with the moon,
in tnti ltPirativo, and atJirm-s tha hcailh it)in
roMtlt of cprtain ronditiosis, most ot ivhlcu
canbeobtftlnidin any old sottliid country
within the tempornto z'Hio. Good food can
be obtained overy whorp; anlllcient and pro
19T clothing also, v hllo rsoiuIo, rot, llf;bt,
pir. water, oto. aro aa much within our
means', in Oregon, as in California, Alaska
or Now Mexico. Where can be found purer
und better air and w.tuir lhau in this State?
ami urlmiYt Min nnvkodv tlnd more ot the
comforts of pbysionl Ufa than the people of
OrptfOti enjoiV Huch a country wciiiut oe
bard to find, and yet sorno lihsattefiflrt ones
clHitn that Oi-nsou winters aro unluultliy.
Tha wiuiora here aro Just about an tboy wure
SO ywtn ai?o, when it was laid tiwt a penton
was otiiiifed to c;o Kst of ttio llocky Moun
tains (o die. Then, Oregon was understood
to bn tiro Willamette Valley and all hpasons
of tho year wero confessedly favorable to
health and vigor.
The diuwto is uncliangnri, and if r"opli
uro sickly they should enquire into their own
babits for tha comJIIIons of disease. Wo all
Jjnow that there i much more sdoknow) now
than 20 or 25 years ago and It would be well
if the I'ioaoer Atsoclatlon could pUee upon
record tho habilf of the people prior lo the&
period, as on aid to the lnvcfct!gtlon of the
IiphIiU problem. In pioneer tlmns the po.
plo livod upon boiled wheat,piMs,bjia, onb
Uir:es, poUtocs, onions, pea-ciflVe or wheat
30ff, sugar cud syrup mora spiriu'ly,
fresh beef in tho main, enisou, groune, out-
ier, milk, etc.; bosldos they roao much upon
Ciyueo horses, winter andaumtitflr, taking
the open air at all aeasons, Bleeplug in fr&ely
entllaled houses. Women wore not tied
indoors as they ara r.ow,but rodo and walled
out without corsets or stay to oountrict their
charts and pretent a tll inha'atinu i-f
jnnuiiMIn air. Tii'.re wa jnti -'i ino'.Mi,'!fll
jntircoort and Iiuixumi .? ieui(k rc
:nora itUvh, Now, cofr. "imw. ioriiiii.
CAit"' ftm to lv do-troyiiu' iho ep"ls and
bl.ult!rit.y which vihk t.o tiOlicblo iu furtuer
fecplo li?0 In t!3'l t hoasca which arc geu-
A Four-Pago
iSa-r aS?S hSv'S"
SALEM,
erally illy fitted for vcntillatlon; then live
loo much o the time in the home, and when
they fio abroad (Iia ctirso of fashi.Jii, covtr
in them from top to too, neither protects
th m Irota tho iuclomcncios of th
weather nor allows that frofdnA of ino
lion and fulluoss of breath wbtah was tbe
enjoyment of Nature In the Rood old timoa
Then there were fower bcoks and paprs nod
lo?s tlmo f pent In Fchooli and colloizos. The
lileriry, RClrmiflii, profsslonal and other
seiltntary occupations v.oio much less num
erously fi'l.id.
We Ulk of the hirdhlp of tho 6".rly pi
ouwrs and in trutii tlu-ro wero enough to
spare but, all lnWndnii, their occnsioiiitlly
nxco'&lve Kills, Iholr privations, thi-ir er.pos-
urotocold and hnUaud droughts andJl'Xd,
their Ions journey across tho plains with its
attendant anxlrtia and cue, were more fiv
orable to health, Ionir llfo, and maybe hap
pinf.ds, than tbo habits of the better fed, bet
ter clothed, belter niaunereil and bettor odu-
cntfld inlribltautsf.f to-dur. I U"0 words thore
ac(rdiog to common Kcroptnilons. but orit
b'a'ly spoaklnj;, tbo bad fed and thu bfHt
clothed uro Ihosu who feod and clothe
in (Hinfoi mity to tbe diclatca of -ci-onco
and reason, and of oonrso fav
orably lo hoalih B)).l happlnos. Iu Ibid
re'.pior, tbej-ionepr, though (juito faulty,T.as
iu advhtice of his purce'hors.
I hae ben led to tbe lortgolng remarks
und rtfW'tloiis, by lho larpe number ol
deaths ainont; Ihoso youjg in n and wotnou
just entHting upon liie aciive . iitles of lift)
aud aparently well fitted i. tboir careful
training ar.d education to become bhlning
members of 8i)oiety ax well as neetul und in
fluential citlzmit.. Tho rK-ord U that tho
gr(-at m'joiity of tbOHo who are brought up
under tho faahiouablr) plan, f ither die young
or am usehv,s, in a great dere'i, for want ol
physicil igor sad ihrco. Meteii out 'of
tvinlve of thoNe who gmduale wiih distln
culshed honots from the ivistern Colleges,
die bftore they hove readied middle ago.
And especially is this true of girls. It fceoms
that to educaio a girl is 'o doo.i her (o pains
und premature death. Tho lo'-s is alarming
aud may well attest the attention of the
thoughtful. Why is it? Is thore any tiect-ss-i
y or rational eonncc ion between mtntal
enlightenmeiil and jiliysicnl decay?
Anj t!i hubitH of civil Zfd man essentially
dtstruciivt? We put theso ipjtstioua lo th
roadeis of the Faumuk uud Utf.iro luom to
hefin tbo soluiliui ot them at ouce. Thsru
is nothing mom important.
HvOiiomie.lly ouiitJdorud, it elands uhoid
of leform iu goveruuientul ytialrs.
As a question relating u the affections, it
hs no moneyed price, and ia ihcrufore more
important tLau a qutstion of dollars and
cents.
Some more fads and theories relating to
this subject will bo gltcu through the col
umns ot lho Fakmub. t. w. d.
PEASS.
Ed. Fahmlb: It is surprising so fow
rfood pilars are grown. Go on fann afitr
tatm, and you will seo more iuti-r.or, than
good ppars. Why is this so? Evidently
through can laSMtoss. Ii H jut as Odsy to
procure and pliini iioo tariulles, us intVirlor.
Tliohillsandiolliuglttiidnottho Wllhtmette
valley an-, und have proven lo be, oxvellvut
for most kinds of pears. The pear is a beau
tiful tree to look at; rows of pe-tr tre's lortn
a beautiful iirtor aud a ratelui siiade. The
P"-ar tree is of vigorous, healthy growth, und
iMjutruh no Kieat outlay of labor aud time to
koHp it iu a due thriving condiiiou.
Now, let ma ak U ihero a finer treat, or
a nobliT gift, than u baskito' rich, rip-, dell
clous peais? Woliiiukuot. Wby.'onr mouih
waters to think ol it, much iei,a posts it.
The farmers can all possess so valuable a
fruit. Poar, when upp, are lino lor stock,
fa'.wnlitg them readily. Hogs and fowls
profur pears to apples. Herw, inulas, rattle,
iud shiep aro crazy After litem, and they are
mo'jt beali.btul,kt'eping the tligwtivo appara
tus cool, aud ia a normal condition. There
ia nothing better for u milk, cow than ripe
jiatx. Tne y are profitable to raise lor stock;
they aro profitable to raiso for (bo "old
oaiau and little follow;" they are good to
give the "ctranger" when ho drops in; they
aro lino tor a "nice young lelier" lo put in
his pocka, to present to "Sal," when he goes
to ape her. And when he hands her thin
pr.md gift of in an I i'oinona'n, how '"i"
vrili "inlie, Mm hu-A' lur eyw will ipuk'o,
too IJtilty, lr ptaisj
Thr b.-tt (era wa irnowof, nre,fr'ri(Ww,
tlo,l 1,1 1, I. arboniV .-edlluu, Iv.jeiino
I'i'Iie; fnr'7.. I)no!iritd'Angonleri.o,Kotlej
for u-iitiei; Winter Ntlft, Unrre Ewttr; there
art ay.ny otiie.w, bu' tLos-j villdo.
ltcaciu.
Supplement with the
. CFfrScr?&xp
OREGON, FEBRUARY
for thu WUbimstto Fannor.l
FAIIM ECHOES, K0. 6.
Social Wants.
It is U3bles to Cany that tho social wants
of the f.jrmor are many, and that the Grange
only pithily solves tho problem of what
.shull bo dono to supply the sooial needs of
tho country people. Ttioy who claim to be,
and JtHtly too, tho bono and sinew of the
Urn, are greatly in need ,of mental and
social cultivation. This becomes obvious to
anyone trntolin,; thioughiho rural distiicts,
tuid doubly so when it is considered how
UUlo tbo farmers trouble themtelves to bet
ter their cmdition in this respect. The
voiin.; people grow up strongly imbued with
thn principle that they are put Iu this world
in get a llving.aud liko their fathers before
t em, tboy devolo all their energies to mak
Jng mo toy, or ns Is oftent ho caso when tboy
g.jta uliwpM) uf the outsitle world the old farm
is fursikni, ami iustoad of becoming a
.staunch loyal citizen, looked up to at home
and (rustud abroxd, they become thriftless
aJvunturnrs, a difgrdcu to society Tbo op-
piobrious title of "oonn trifled" is not under
stood by uiiny, and ihe awkward ignorance
of the farmer miint ever romiln a aubjeist of
derlsinc, uiilil the fanner hlmMilf, takes his
dssitluy in his ovrn hands and works out the
prohlomof his own fu'uro. At the present
time ii seems almost an impossibility to bet
ter tho social condition of those who llvo in
lirgo fims, where several miles in'orvene
bstnoen tho houses of neighbors, and where
it is nt-els to organize debating clubs, or
Jllerary sooietks of any kind, or even gather
together a sutlleiont number to secure the
ssrvuw of a minister for Sunday fnstrnctlon.
there ato such neighborhoods, not twenty
utiles fioni Salem whore a three mouths
school is barely suppoited Bud vhere eacli
niembjr of tliolaiti!' Isffi'gllrg for it
own selfish ends. Sunday is their only hol
iday, aud with some oven Sunday la disre
garded. From early Monday morning till
dik Saturday night, they dig and delve,
uevor etoppiiM for a moment to consider
other wants of ihelr nature that mouoy o.tn
never satisfy. The Grange has brought en
llghtmemMo many a Imnitry hpart, but the
farmers lmvo yet to understand that they
mustopsn t!iHlrhOArt,dlvi.iis their big farms
into a ball dozen little ones, aud bo willing
to sell M reasonable rates to immigrants who
are constantly coming to Oregon in search of
honien. That with tho Increase of population
tho must build up schools and neighbor
hood societies which will rail tho people
lumber iu friendly socUloouyerke, and that
they must in&trttct tbe young iu the gaud
truths ut their oxistouco, for until those
things are done tho farmer will hdor at a
dlsAtlantsgoand bdfoired to content him
self with tiio husks of life. Farmers of Or
egon, lO'ik about you, and sooif those things
are not true. Study i our profession well in
all its departments, fir in no klud of labor,
does thore ojwn a wider field for study and
progress, 'fake iiioroholidajs for yontseivei
'.vivos and ohildien durlrnr week diyd, so
that wbsn Sunday comts it may bd made a
day ot rest unci quiet, aud not a day into
which to crowd all tho pleasuresof the othor
sis days. Give your eons and daughters a
chines to eao the craving of every young
heart for rrcreatieu and like c.nupaniouship
duniiKtlni weik, and tlioy will have no de
sire to break tbo Sabbath d-ty in duek shoot
ing or in galloping rockicssly over the coun
try trying to crowd all tho oufnymout they
nan iuto the few orief hours they are nt liber
ty. Go with your hard working wife once
ina while to visit an old frhjii d , and taki my
word for it the pleasure she enjojs will bo
but qtial to your own. iJe wise In time and
be assured the dava jou iwnd in rvcroalion
aad ?ojlal enjoyment will aorve to Iiglittu
to moiroiv task and brighten tho faros of
y.nir own homo circle lor many days. Uo
taxation from labor will keep from jt.u
many of tvilngo of rheumatism and bauish
from your btow thoo ugly wrinkles of care
which uo many facts wear. The country is
a go d place to live, tbe b H in the worl',
aud should tbe tanners take their fate iu
their own bands aud mingle judiciously
work, and play, aud education, their lives
may becomo a pleasure to themselves, a
blcteiug to others, and tho prido of lho
American nation. IIaitv iiAt,.
It is suppoiiwl tliHi some mlsahlevoiiH chap
w tb an ovil design, dro vo a lite, in one of (he
Hiwlui in tiio b'imii ofihe old sawmill at
G-irolner. a Hlsiut n wtek sincn the uw
s.ru. k a i.irt flu" uhilo saving one if lho
.o,s No Harm wi-idutie with ihoinci ptn n
of Iho brM'lUK I'fu.iuof tlititt-ethot thesaiv.
Ouo humlrt.'i dollars reward is ofihrtd by
ti e itstll ov.ni-r lor the arrcfct aud wuviction
of tho illal.'i.
saRmiiri.migimimuii,iMiwmHmniwin)fwm
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Farmer this Week.f
18, 1876.
How lo Cultivate tha Dry Lands of 'did-
dlo Oregon.
FirrccN Mii.i (Jttnnu, Wasco )
Co., Feb. 7, lSiti. j
En. PARMnn: Iseortoorroppomlonco
from Eugene City; reltilivo to plowlnr
deep in the Willattiette valley, which
is good nftor tht tint few yours' culti
vation; for I lived, there twelve years,
and know sonietliiiiR about it. I have
now boon in Eastern Oregon ten years,
and find it much dryer, and tho soil
entirely different for plowing.
What Is needed here is deep plowing
from the first. When I came to this
country, every ono thought that noth
ing could bo raifecd without irrigation.
Five years ago I took n homestead of
KiO acres of upland, and tho uiot of my
neighbors said, "Burford is crazy, for
taking such land." Tho first year it
was vory dry, having no snow nor rain
all witer, and but little in tbo spring.
I plowed four inches and it dried out,
so that I had to cut it for hay. The
next year I plowed deep, and have
dono so over since, and havo never
raised loss than fourteen bushels, and
as high as forty-four bushels to tho
aero. Twonty-fivo bushels hits been
the average for four years.
The laud hero is very mellow, and
must be rolled with a heavy roller, so
as to keep tho wind aud sun from pen
etrating and drying it out, and to pack
the ground, so that wo can cut tho
grain with a reaper. Wo have to
fallow the old laud hero to keep it from
losing moisture.
Du fur Bros, had a pieco of Innd that
was old and worn out. In 187-1, iji'oy
fallowed 'a pari oMt. In 1873, iliuy
sowed tho whole pieco at one time',
and I cut it for hay, tho part that was
(allowed, made four tons to tho aero,
tho rest of the pieco did not turn oil'
ono ton to the aero.
I may write about Wasco county
again. Geo. V. liuitroiti).
Note ivy Ed. Mr. Burfdrd's com
munications will bo welcome, and wo
aro pleased that Mr. Belshaw's cor
respondence litis interested others. We
wish farmers to remember that this is
their newspaper, and thoy are moro
than welcome to it hearing in it.
How to Raise Oats i'reo from Smut.
Lane Co., Fob. S, 1870.
En. Faiimeu: A re.ulor of Ihe last
number oi your paper wished to know
if there is any remedy to prevent oats
from smutting, I will inform him, from
my long experience of two modes.
Sowing too Lite, is tho principal cause
of smut. My first remedy is, put them
in as early as tho land is in good order
in Januaiy. I havo bowed tho same
variety of oats for seed for twelve
years, and they are perfectly clean
yet. By seeding early, they escape
the smut. If you can not get them iu
early, and tho seed is vory smutty, my
second moilo is (o dissolve one pound
of bluo vitriol in six gallon.1) of water,
sprinkled on eight bushels of seed,
well shoveled over four times on a
plank floor. If either of tho nbovo
remedies Is practiced, you need not
feel any danger from smut. Side oats
smut leas in Oregon than any other
known variety, and iu all respects aro
tho best to raise.
GKOltOE Bi'.I-SlIVW.
North Santiaiu Canal Company.
Stayto.v, Ok, Fob. (1, s87.'!.
E. Farmer: Please publish it
meeting of tho stockholders of tho
North Santiaiu Canal Company, on tho
Kith day of March, 187o. If you deem
it worthy of notice, alno state that th
Company is at work and, if the weather
permit, will soon havo the worst part
completed and sufficiently largo to car
ry water enough to pay a large In
come. U. W. Ha . ford, Sec.
Phldp Ki ngen .Nuii:h, ivho give Jwpr rt
titit n iilfi.' u iii tl o tii.il of ino MouiiiKiii
Meadow butcher, hit,1, hsi bceiiinurdcr'd
by tho Moriaon, ut his ranch on ths
Colorado,
kWSTJ MV..
wawyww gS(j vV? Wj i'liu p w "!4!WH'i jJj'a H ttsj
Volume VIII. Number
Letter from Q W. Walling.
O.jweoo, On., Feb. 7, 187(j.
Ed. Farmer: Boliovlng Orogon to
be ono of tho best fruit-growing coun
tries in tho United States, and perhaps
in tho world, I would liko space iu
your valuable paper to givo tho fruit
growers of Oregon a brief account of
my experience Iu that business. I
havo boon engaged in tho nursery and
fruit business in Oregon for the last
twenty-five years. In that tlmo I havo
made fomo money, but with tho same
oppoi tunity again could mako eonsld-
eiubly more. I find a great mistake
has been made by selecting so great a
number of varieties and tho manner of
putting the fruit into market.
1 have tried drying and have beoiv
largely remunerated for my trouble.
Plums in particular will always pay iu
their green state or dried. I think
canning will pay vory well, but have
had but littlo experience in tho busi
ness. For hotter information, 1 would
refer to A. L. Love-joy, of Orogon City,
who has been engaged iu the canning
business for some timo. When I first
commenced my orchard, 1 t ltvW, I col
lected 01 varieties of apples. When
they came into bearing, I found about
(if) varieties too many. I think a good
way to disposo of the variety business
would bo lo havo tho President of tho
State Agricultural Society call a hor
ticultural convention, to meet at some
convenient placo, and talk tho matter
over, and try to settle on some certain
list of varieties. Wo should linvo
frill -doaitra with us,4hty surely know,
what will bring tho most money for
tho least outlay.
And, again: We want to collect fruit
from all the different frttit-dryng insti
tutions iu tho Stato, and givo I hem a
fair test. Wo havo quite a varioty of
fruit-dryers in our State. The cheap
est stylo for drying that I havo seen is
what is known as tho California Dryer,
which costs from ono to three hundred
dollars; then comes in tho I'lumtnor,
cost from ono to three thousand dollars;
and, last, the Alden, which costs from
Hi too to eight thousand dollars, ac
cording to tho sizs of building and
number of evaporators mod. 1 havo
seen some good looking specimens
from all of the above named dryers,
and can show some good specimens
from my old dryer.
Now, Mr. Editor, I beliovo you aro
interested iu tho fruit business in this
State ; als; interested in a fruit dryer:
I hope you will htir ids matter up. I
still bitleive, as 1 ahvnv.s have dono
that the Oregon Peach 1'ium excels all
others for a sure crop and ready s.do.
Geo. W. WAUiiNG.
Sine Hogo.
liAi.snv, Feb. 10, 1S70.
En. Fahmkr: I tloiigit I wmld five
your readers my experience in hog raking,
whloh lias beeu vtry short, but vtoriii a
great deal lo mo. Bomethhigover two yoarn
nxo I got a pair of lino pigs, u cross ot tho
Chester While and Ma;le, Tbo sow had one
litter of plgf, but Ihpydld not eoetu lo do
well, so I sold ll.o male to otiti of my iidUIi
borsforfen dollars, lie fatted it last lall,
and It ttolghod 655 pounds at tho age of to
and a half years. Then I got a full blooded
Magle, for whieh I paid ?l7.fi(). Simd of my
neighbors thought Ibat too much money (o
pay for ono hog. Then I traded with one of
my neighbors for another lull Chester sow.
Tboy bulb raised a litter of pigs last summer;
lho Chester ralaod nine, tin other ruUed sav
i u; I iiavo sold ten uf those pigs for llvo dol
lars ptr head. Tho Un o limrths Ainirlo uro
the host pigs, t'ltiuh tho o hers are tho lar
Ksst frames. I like the disposition of tho
Magle much tho b(st; they aro perfectly
qulbt, nol Inclined to tie roKiieUh or lob
chievous, whiio the Cluxlor is the opposilo,
very rouuMi and ai-ilve. with raonoiH ap
petit!. I tblu'b a u'lusrf the Magle and Choi
mr is the btAt hog I have ever hi en. Too
Magle is iny fatltil at any upo. while tho
Chester gl vea slz j. I inner will havs stuilli.
r scrub hi'gon my pii'.co, Tiie.t us.dinn.y
tljul lluulioga ioro all In tie- ft id, but I lu
trittl llmt Ui my saimfaisliuii. Mmt.i the rng
law w.ih 'a t !, me tn run m iu this viuu.ty
nave iim-t ail q m t.tl In hoi., 'l'ljy a I
wn'it ooii.ti in li.kn in.jti niuijii .j in 'u,i j 1
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