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About Gilt-Edged Butter.
Benton Co., March 17, 1870.
Editor Farmer: Seeing an nrtielo
' in our paper (that is yours and mine,
yours to edit and mine to read) on the
fruit and butter market, headed " A
Burning Shame," and signed " Way
side," with your permission I will tell
Mr. Wayside what I know about the
Oregon and California butter market.
Methinks I hear you say: " Speak
on!" Thank you. Well, Mr. Wayside,
iiowdoyou do? I live uwny-out-to-one-side,
but then I know something
about Oregon and California " gilt
edged butter." What I did not know
before, I learned from a merchant's
lady in Albany. Said merchant had
made a good deal of money off us far
mers he:s in Wobfoot (if we are lazy),
by buying our butter and other nice
things, such as sold well in tho markets
of California, and elsewhere, so said
Jady grows very stylish and aristocrat
ic and takes a visit down to San Fran
cisco. When she comes back the tells
us what fine things she saw clown there.
She said that we didn't havo anything
here that was fit to cat; everything
was so much nicer down there; fruit,
vegetables, butter, everything, was so
much nicer than ours. Tho men were
prettier, and walked like they were
hung on wire springs; and "Oh!
what nice, gilt-edge buttah, they did
have down in Califomiah!" Why, ours
hero was not fit for any one to cat, she
uid. and while she was in San Fran
cisco .-he had bought a firkin of " nice,
.sweet gilt-edge buttah," and had it
thinned m to Albany for her own
Jamily use.
So she was showing her nico Califor
nia nutter to one of her neighbor mer
chants hi Albany, and he recognized it
by his own firm's privato mark on the
firkin, as having been packed here in
Albany and shipped to San Francisco,
and slio had come acioss it down there
and bought, and sent it Kick where it
iMino from, and was gobbling it down
with such a keen relish, calling it Cal
ifornia butter.
Now, Mr. Wayside, this lady was a
little light in the upper story; that was
what wnb tho matter with her. The
butter was all right, and I think your
Salem nieichunt who ottered nothing
and a half for tho emigrant's dried
fruit was alllicted with tho same com
plaint, so was not gentleman enough to
give his would-be customer a civil
answer, tjio lruit was no uouui an
right.
When dealers say to you that they
can get California butter so-and so, with
;tu air to intimate that it is better and
worth more than Oregon-made, you
may just set it down, Mr. Wayside,
that they are a little light in the garret,
and wo will do well to shun them and
deal wih civil and respectable people.
I would like to tell something that I
know about making and packing butter
for the markets lxforo I leave you, Mr.
"Wayside, hut this conversation has
been quite long for first acquaintance;
co, good bye.
A WAY-ouT-fo-ONE-fcim:.
The Echo says: An old settler of
Washington Territory, named Gravell,
died at John Birch's, on the De Chutes
river, a few days ago. He formerly
Jived in Pierce county, on the prairio
north of Yelm, which io.irs ins name,
and was about 7!) years of age. ilo
cauio to the territory in tho Hudson
Bay Company's service, ubout 35 years
ago.
A cnrrenoiiderit of the Ittgiitcr, writing
f nni If bonon unil(rdateofMdrchJ5th ssys :
An altercation took placevner Swrt t Home
eeulemp', Just cross the river, on the 13th,
between Tyra Alley and lion cs ta'rcloe, In
wblcb the Inner wan severely injured. It
prw fhey ern trying 10 niaVna settlt-meut
ml could not agree, and a fisibt ensued.
'mr....M. l(aIa u as Btri.lr mi thu hPAl with
t . .. , i , il
nar, near me outo 01 me nraiu, ana ,..u.. ".1"5--r,--7vr"
prsaeut crnlte dellrloua-out of hU mind. Dr. He waa ftrmerly xnnged In the lobator bual
Toley, of jebanon,- u-aa ctlletl to bis wilt, new at Cr Cau to, M. H and conaequenUr
neef YSare 1 Utile ijr'pe nf hi ncorery.l brlnjt with 1 biin Ibe UneHtpf piaetlcsl
yarDo:tttol,ylwUtobUM.ieactmthaUrteiMiiiSh.i.
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A Four-Pago Supplement with the
- Oregon and Minnesota Contrasted.
Hutchinson, Minnesota, 1
Kub. '22, 1870. J
Editok Willamette Fahmkr:
I have been learning what I cinli), from
papers and correspondence, about Oregon,
its climate, soli, eo. Comparing its ml van
tages, iu an agricultural point of view, with
Minnesota, I havo been, surprised an the
contrast, climatic ami otherwise, in almost
every reiect, between countrlott in tho vim
latitude. Wheat is a loading crocl in both
States. In Minnesota, except plowing tho
land, thrashing, and tnaiketlng the crop, ev
erything must be d ie In twenty days The
seeding is nearly all pel tunned in ten duyo
alter It is begun, and harvesting iu the same
lime a Jailuie In oitln r case would be very
likely to itisttro a failure of tho crop, as liar
ve'-t work lu liable to be iutorrup'cd by
rains, an In the last reason.
In Oregon, I undersiand, your seeding
time extends through a number ot months,
with a reasonable expectation of a crop, and
that you rarely have rain iu harvest, and
thatyoucan work two months or lunru, It
neces-ary, in securing tho crop. In Minne
sota, It the weather is just right uot too
wet, nor too dry, nor too hot, either, as it oft
mi is the crop conies on iHst, and matures
lu a surprisingly short time.
I conclude that the wheat nop is llnblo to
more accideuts here than in your Slate, and
is not o sure a crop, and does not yield as
much per acre, or as much pnr man or team
power (If jou know wbat I mean by that)
That Oregon wheat would not make as good
"Patent" Hour (!eJnj:oftnr),bul.doeinj!ike
us good " Straight " Hour as our wbtmt, per
haps belter. As to price, there has no been
live cents per bushel dtflereac between the
quotations at Salem (jluce I hao taken the
Kaumi.ii) and the price obtaiued,at IjMwel,
the neatest railroad gtrllou loour place, Hlx
teon miles distant 'and sixty the mites tram
Minneapolis, the principal wheat market
currency here and gold thtie, making pr-
naps ten cents in fat or of Salem. Minneso
ta, though not ealk-d a tlrst-class corn coun
try, is, I presume, better thnn Oregon, and Is
a very fair fruit country lndted. while I
judge Oregon is A No. 1.
I uave kept sti,cK, moro or less, for nluo
teen years lu Mlnnesott, qulto a large dairy
most af the time, and tho loddbrlng Mason
basatraged two hundred diys each jear.
It costs about as much, to raise s.uck heio Kb
they are worth. Tho keeping ot shoep and
tho production ol wool have decreased large
ly In tho last teiv jours. I havo hoatd H sla
ted that there was not enough .reduced, tor
sale, in lboSUte to supply tho woolen ficto
ry at Minneapolis.
As to my own Ufo-long business, dairying,
I am ut a los what to think. Although our
w iutt-rw ate long, Mich leed as is very essen
tial to a lull How of milk is, at present, mueb
cheaper Lere bran and shells lioiu $7 to ?10
per ton at (he ullis; hay has rarely bean
over 3 pbr ton in tho country towns. I no
tice mat butler and cboete bring good prices
in Oregon, much boiler than In this state. 1
cannot Je-dat ice liiipiession that jour farm
ers are poj ing liss atlentlou to the dairy In
tetest than its Importation demands. I am
coining to si e what tkuiua.toi Ik, just as, 5(0 1
as I Co ti cloto np hen , and it Mr.aes me that
when I (.e: my ldr.) utatud 1 shall huo my
cows mostly come in in tho tall. Of ojime,
1 sliill have ono of my newly-iuvouti d
mitklng-buriiN erected, end, If I cau raibe
such titnothj- nitd clover, and such crops of
oaU, and roots as vou " w ebtooten, " talk of
raising, it appears to mo that t ireugu each
rains as jou have bad this winter mj-cons
a ill play iu the barn; if it clears otV, and
there are a f,tw fair days and t-onio sreen
grass that thej ctti get, to much tno better
Now, your tarmen, will call me a fool, for
uuikiui; plans co far ahead, Tout's right.
say K)tntblng about the dairying business
I luuu tHkeu the Kaiimer near two years,
and one 1-iity has tela liow much butter she
niHfle Irom i.wo cows, and that is ubout all I
lme seeu on dalty matters.
CKAItLhS D. Mchwi.N.
AsTouiA. The -lttonon has the following:
The Thirteenth Llgbt-honao District buoy
depot havlug ben finally located nn Tongue
jtolnt, iu obedlnnce to orders Gen. Wilson
arrived here this week anil with Capt. Kempff
took KMseMtlon c f the site In the name of toe
Government, agreeably to the leimsof the
ssle, and work upon the buildings will be
commenced at an early day, Uongreas bas
appropriated f 10,000 for this purpose.
Mr. C. M. Huxford, late of Portland.
Maine, bas recently taken up hla realdence
at AMoria, Mr. H. will be employed with
Mr. Kinney in .the cew Astoria canning
I II I I hum In ,1,111 uf iiiihimi II III In 11
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SALEM, OREGON, -MARCH
Aaswsr to Problem.
Mil. Enrron: As I have not seen In the
Wir.LAJtKTTE Farmer any answer. to the
tobneco-chewer's problem, I transmit the
following table. Tho first column Bhows
tho number of cows to calve the following
spring, Including the two-y6Hr-old heifers;
the second, tho number of bulla to sell; tho
third, yearling bulls; the fourth, yearling
heifers; the lUih, bull calvei; tho sixth, heif
er caHes:
Yoorllop I Calves
Co us. 1)1. bis. MfriS.-";l)ls. htrs
Jan. 1st, 18(10 1 - 1
1MJI 'J 111
INK 4 1113
JSiU li 1 3' 3 3
lhhl JO 1 3 3 3 7
lS(i,- 1113 7 7 7
lWKi i 3 7 7 7 15
JS07 30 3 7 15 15 15
18bS 40 7 IS 15 IS 81
ISrtO til 7 15 31 31 31
1S70 .. .. 91 15 31 31 31 63
1S7I 120 J5 31 03 63 61
1S71! 100 31 01 63 61 127
JS73 il 31 03 127' 127 127
1S7I 3S2 111 127 127 127 255
1S75 510 63 127 255 253 255
1876 510 127
For sale, Jan. 1st, 1S70
510 cows, at $20 .1?10 200
inJyonrllnKH, hi $10 3S20
r.lOcalvos.Bt $5 2 550
.W bulls bold, at i0 7,310
Intoiest 1,412
Total 825,322
The prices are above the price of cattle nt
present, but. not much above the average for
the past litleen years.
If tobacco chew era think this table is not
rli?ht, let them speak out.
J. A.iAyres.
Cottage Groro, Lane Co., March 16, 1876.
How to Work Three Horses Abr&4
riJoiTOR Faumu: AsluWp ploljflnfJssn
erally con coded (o be tho best It Is Somttimes
necessary lor fartnera to work three liorsoe,
and as J am not sure that the way I shall
dectibo isgeuetally ktio.vn,l'horewith sub
mit it to your columns:
Tako n bar of iron one foot long, bare a
him k-mith punch throe holes lu It, one at
each end, nud one four inches fro.n one of
theto. I lave a small clevla put In each of the
holts merest together, and a hook on the
other cud, Thl is cllt-d un evener. Make
a doubletrro about lour leet long, fasten u
iingletreo to tacii end, and the short ond of
thBHVftior to tho middle of It by a cleis.
Theu fasten the unsll ole U 011 the evener to
tho plow , lirnU h sluulntree to tho hook, and
jolt re ready lor wotk.
Tl is is Jar supnrior 10 any wy lever saw
tried, Mtid they to not few. 'lid tho hotsns'
bits about 18 inciifH ujiart with a small cord,
put ttieliiihHon theou'slde hotses aud fasten
nii-ldo chivcltn to the middle one. Trv it wbo
tlllV. nrifllAIM t-LREK.
Fiituun Mii.e Cukek, March 11, 1&70.
That laaa and his Tobacco-Cow.
En. Farmep.: In your pipor of March
31, the question Is propounded: " Wha
would a man be north who Is In tho habit of
sptuding a mi (Helen t amount of money eich
year Jor tobacco to buy a good cow, If in
place of buying 1 bo tobacco bo had purchased
n cow on the fust day of each year t "
Now, supposing the experiment to have
begun on tho flist day of Jan IbOO, aud to
havo endnd nil the first tlaj of Jan 1870.
flitm In auis rdtrcu with the statement of (he
question, n)j answer is, fill 171,
J. A. Payton.
Crop Phosputs in Yamhill From Mr.
A, A. 'lilppei nuu lias nst leturtied from a
trip through Yamhill county we learn that
the farmers in that i-n'tioh are fowling u llltlii
bine over the crop prospects. Vary litilo
Fall grain was sown, and owing to the ox-o-twive
rains it present a ralher Mckly ap
learauce, almost drowned out. A tew teams
are worktuu 011 the high lands, but water Is
still standing on inostol tbo low land, and of
courte 110 plowing tun be done. Mercury,
IthCAPi uitKii. Kiotn the Oregonutn vo
haru that the three prisonorf, tiiepardson,
VYsuon and liirke, who eicaped Imui the
Jail lu J'orlland several dajs since, were
arrested last Saturday evening by SherlU
Dale 01 Yamhill county, about ten miles trnm
St. Joe. hopaidsou is now under Indictment
by the Untied States Grand Jury, aud hla
bond fixed at f 10,000.
Salt Lakk, Xurch 21, John Weg
gins wits to tlfiy bentenupil to bo hot
un Juno 23d Jor tho murder of John
Kramer, tho prisoner choosing this
mode of death in preference to hang
ing or decapitation.
Tho U. 8. Senate on the 7th inHt, by
a vote of 32 to 29, decided that Pinch
back, the colord claimant, was not en
titled to a seat In that body ae Senator
from Louisiana for a term of six years
from March Itb, 1873.
Farmer this Week.
24, 1876.
The Hog Business.
Salv-m, March 20th, 1870.
Ed. Willamette Farmer: As there Is a
great enquiry, and by request I take np my
pen and give my views upon the best brotd
of hou-s. Now this much depends upon our
market, quantity, quality, and worth of feed;
and, before I cominet'ce, let me ask all who
may read mj- communications to roserve
their judgment and lay aside their preju
dices. I will give you my candid opinion,
and permit mo het o to say that 1 robably none
upon this coast has had raoro experience than
myself, as I havo been feeding, breeding,
and marketing this product for over forty
j-oar", aud my hogs at our lairs have taken
their shaio of premiums; my bacon, cspe
cially tho ham", has stood first Iu all tho
markets upon this coast.
Mr. Editor, I am glad to bo called upon at
this time, and it is with pleasure that I give
my experience, as wo are inn demoralized
condition In tho bacon market. You have
repeatodly called upon me, and I have been
glad to see you bring this very important
matter before your roadors. But It was nil
horbe, then sheep, mules, aud goats, cattle,
while hogs, the loading and most Important
of all others, wero greatlj- nogltctf d. As It
will bo too lengthy lo give my opinion of
breeds In this, I will give it In your next,
and will give your roadets, time lermittlng,
a little eRoh week first breed, noxt manner
of raising, proper age tor feeding, probable
cost, aud piospecitve price, our bacon mar
ket, how wo obtain tho government tiade,
how wo lost it, how Eastern uicats wete In
troduced Into tho San Francisco maiket, and
how they lau be to a great extent driven
out; nnd as it is to tho interest of Govern
ment to purchase supplies hero they no
doubt can be Induced to.ugaln makothler pur-
"cSaiiw here,"lf.n proper, ooureRliipertUM', as
.!.. ,41t..n....n Bi,i..t.lMhl-Aj,u A,,. Mnl.&Jfltt
the best ever sent to Arizona.' I havo said
you have often rtqaested me to assist you1 to
bring bi fire your many readers this very
Important branch, which I promised yon to
do. I waited until I believed tho peopln
n as ready to take an Interest, and now wheat
Is being so extensively raised and stubbles
lost without hogvuid 1 """d hc farmers gen
erally avsako to the nreil uf hogs. Seudlng
out money for bacon,ought to make us biush,
n hen It is a fact thai one million dollars an
nual'y can be brought in. Shall we do It?
TlIOJIAB C'l.UMs.
From Umatilla.
BuiTin; Gnhijic, Match 0, 1S70.
Ei. Willametti: Faiimui:: The winter
In this country has betn viirj- pleasant, and
though stock wero portr last fall than usual
theto have beeu Ibwor lost. Maimers are
looking lor heavy crops, and from all ap
pearances thoro will bo more grain raised
this reason thau aver btlure. U.'ef cttttlo ur&
Lclns driven lo The Dallon, and sovertl buy
ers are here fiom the Etst, aud tho "horned
trlbo" are looking up a ltttlo. Thoro
will be moro wool ralsul In Umitilla
county this year than In any seaoon past;
aud will, iu all probibllity hoof bettterqual
lty. Hero is tho phuo lor wool-buytira.
Ptudiolon is Improving quite Jast, and all
our country bun tho ap.earance of a thrifty
(jrouih this hU uumur. H. A.HAi.ibimuY.
Now Advertisers,
Mr. S t'elton and Jlr. Lowis Savage havo
lormed a parinornhlp lor tbo manufacture
and sale of thrrshing machines and horse
powers of Mr. I'elton'M own luvottlon, We
have open not led Imth thiso midlines, and
shall at an early day det oto especial atten
tion to the Mihject, as wo consider It lorlu
nalo that tho mamiluctiiro Is oommenccd,
and very important that It should succeed.
Itchards ,V Holers, of tho Willamette
Stove Works, I'onlam), call attention to
tholr operations In a business card. Tboie
is another Important buvluuM of mauitfHc
ture gone Into, ami de-ervlng of success.
We shall visit these sometime In Portland,
and shall devote the attention to their opera
tions ibey may deserve.
Mr. M. P. Lee, State Agent, I', of II., has a
new buklness card in the Faiihkk this week.
The Strayer Drills spoken of In Mr. llurk
hart's lefer arrived, Mr, leo tells us, on the
'.earner Idaho.
Administrator's sale of valuable real estate,
nd notice of school district olectlon will also
be lound in our columns.
From an estimate Just made of Ibe amount
of wheat sown in the vicinity of W( on, Irom
nrvnnutk la itlahard'u Station, on Wild
Uorae, it la found that 0,000 acraa Utbel
proximal amounU
Volume VIII Number 6,
Acctnr.T On KntiirdrtV evollilltr.
ns Mr. Noui tin was driving his wagou
up tho bluir, one of his horses balked,
tlio team coinmenced backing, and be-
foro Mr. IN. Had tiino to compreneuii
tho situation, hu was precinlated, hor
ses, wagon and nil, off tho blufi, nt the
hiL'lith of over twenty feet, nearly per
pendicular, titrungo ns it may beein,
though slightly bruised, no escaped
without Injury. Tho hordes, too, wore
notoriously hurt. Wo consider this
one chance in a thousand of n man
iiinntlncr with siii'h mi nccidnnt and
escaping with his life. This road is
very dangerous and should nave ntui u
fence running along tho lower tide,
long ago. We hopo tho city fnthevs
will not wait till some one is killed
hnrn luifnrn ill tonrlin'r t(i tllf mutter.
W'licn the city shall become involved
iu a law suit lor criminal negligence,
and have to pay live or ten thousand
dollars to a party injured at this place,
tney win probably mnitc me rotut up
fhn hliitTnqs.ifii ns It enn bn under the
circumstances. Ovajtm City frilci'
prise.
Ni:v YoiiK,March 13. The Sun says
Daniel Drew bus Hied petition in
bankruptcy. Mr. Drew states his lia
bilities would probably amount to
$000,000. Tho endowment of l)row
theological seminary nt Madison, N. J.,
for $250,000, nnd that of Weston uni
versity, utMidletown, Conn., for $100.
000, aro secured by mortgages on his
farms. This was done soon niter his
first troubles, when he felt the need of
protecting them as executor of tho
estate of his grand children. -Mr. Drew
is liable for $000,000 additional; but
this ho says is secured by mortgage-'.
Mr. Drew has been in Wall street for
thirty vears oast. Ilo datos tho begin
ning of his financial misfortunes to the
lock frf tt million in North Western
jtock two or three years ago. .-TJfc
YAtt;-PithB!LhfayetiJ
Cottrte)'i'"ThQ farmers fiivv that' til c
stock has but Just commenced to die.
and that If this stormy weather contin
ues much longer that the loss of stock
will bo enormous. Thoro is no strength
in the grass now, and those who htivo
used up their feed cannot hope to save
their stock. Some one was counting
up, the other day, tho number of
burses that hnvo died in C'iielinlem
alone, from different causes, litis win
ter, and tney cstini'itcd the loss ut no
less than 50. This will have a tendency
ti advance the price of hordes. There
seems to be quite it tlenutnd now, by
tlioso who havo to Hire, lor teams to
do tho spring plowing. Many tt poor
farmer is praying th.it this stormy
weather will liutcoutlnuo much longer.
Fmt Tin: UiiXTUN.viAii. From C. P.
Jliirkheurt, ono of the Centennial Com-mis-ionor.s,
wo learn that Dr. John
Hobson, of Clutsnii county, has prepared
a bundle of shingles for tho Centennial,
half of which aro 10 inches lu width
and h.tlf 20 it'ches. Tiieso shingles nro
niado from a whito spruco treo that
stood upon tho camp grounds where
Lewis and Clarke, tho explorers, en
camped in 1802, on Clarke creek in
Clatsop county. From this same treo,
Mr. Ilobson got out 100,000 shingles
for which ho got ?! per M,and CS colds
of wootl. Demuvrat.
London. March 20. Nearly all tho
railways north of tho river T.iy aro
moto or less blockaded by snow. Tho
Caledonian lino is covered with snow
20 foot deep ne.ir Aberdeen. Twelve
trains aro snowed in at ono point.
More than a do.cn trains aro blocked
on the great Northern Hue. The tole
graph Hues are buried at several points
north of Aberdeen. The mull from
Dundee to Perth yesterday took four
teen hours, Instead of tho usual
forty minutes. The cold to day Is in
tonro. J)jhapii:ai:i. dipt. Nettorvlllo of
the 21st U. H. Infantry who was station
ed hero at this post last Hummer, has.
disappeared. Tho Captain was noted,
while bore, foa his captclty as u whis
key drinker itntl story teller. Ilo had
tendered his resignation before his dis
appearance from Fort Vancouver nnd
threatened to commit suicide. No ono
Iw.llnvui. ho bnu pnrrli'il nut his threat.
It Is supposed that ho hits gone to Vic
toria and enlisted In tho Hritlsh BJiny
as u private. Wutla Walla Union.
fhn Wnlhi Wiilln MlnJfHllUUl 8HVS:
Tho O. S. N. Company take wheat from,
thn mouth of Ibe Tiiccanon to Portland
at tho rate of $8 per ton. From Walla
waiia, y r.uirouus aim Hiuumuuuin, &
costs $11 por ton to Hlilp wheat to Port-
liinil. Vrnm rlinsn flirums it Would
seem that the shorter the distance tho
moro it costs to sot It to market"
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