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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1876)
$3.00 per Year. Correspondence. En. Farmer: Several months havej passed since we sent you n correspor A ence regarding tho beauties, utilll'es, and prospective benefits of a wp fjon road across the Cascades, via tho ' jnto survey; but wo havo become pome urTuit quiet and .submissive since then, loot ing on with local pride and satisf tction at tho results of elements that outdo numerous petitions, or tho most plausi ble metropolitan plans. AVithin a radi us of ono and one-half miles, an in crease of forty persons to our popula tion has taken place in tho In st eight months; parties who havo eitJier pur chased or hnmestcaded claiina. The heads of these families represent about ono thousand acres or land, and this is a mere margin of the forty thousand acres of arable railroad, whool, and public land, contiguous to and between tho two forks of tho north fork of tho Santam, from their confluence at this place, easterly towards their source, twelve miles distant from this point. Beyond is grand pasturage, and occn-' sionally belts of tiliuble lands with rich ! and deep soil, furnishing room for set-1 uemems, wnicn in a lew years win i)eit j s HpJonclld on sandy bottomland occupied by tho sturdy Immigrant. Several familiorfhave taken up claims at Elkliorn, on "the little north fork, twelve miles east of hero, on land that will compete wifchnny in tho Willam ette bottom for richness. To assist and' encourage these hardy tillers of the soil, the citizens hero almost uriani - irraunry Signet.. rvitu rr nisl?tanoc from the county to lHp jn bridging this (ink of thoSunliam, giving these families an outlet at all times of tho year, and being a fundamental start towards opening the Minto wasron route,"which would lead to an Eastern social and commercial relation that would vastly increase the business of Salem, and contiguous places on tho route. This fork-sheuld be bridged for tlie benefit of tire public, as well as to give an outlet to:Jhe families between the two forks, as tho river is fordablo at certain-seasons of the year. Thcafore said petition was left with Dr. McCau ley, of-Btayton, to be handed to Mr. Clarke, -editor of your paper, to be pre sented to the honorable body, theCoun tv rYlllrf. tlllirl fnnniitQctnnurfi fti .tmip "7 , " " , '' "-" Mau not know how it would do on Or- action. 'Informatioa has come ito usl.ni.ni i,... T i - . thatthis4iotition was never thus .pre sented. Will any one knowing the whereabouts of tlis petition please - arase and explain."' Miv Morris, fortaorly of Sublimity, JSias opened a store at Smith.' Terry, iind iodoiug quite a-brilk little traae. He hrs bought an tao of land within the to vu limits, and is gitttingont lum ber for si store, house.jantl barn. J..ff. Blair h s alsi purchased ,n acrejiu.-&Kt tto hea i of the ferrydundUng, aod -line broken ground for a torc, and other builtlingv. AVeatherford, of Salem, purvhusetf a .lot lust .sea. ion, and htiti beeu on tl to ground to-tluy and coatruc-1 ted with Mr. .Johnson ito erect huu a houso. AV ork ou it wilboomtmence im mediately. Thin is th corrwergingawint of both valloys of the iittlo and main north orks of the i vintijiiaj corweqirently tfeo natural ,point of this soablotr of tlie State, for trad e and passing communi cation from iti ceitfjxil poiiiou of the State, eastward' aad south ward toward the sources of t.he aortii Sanaiam, and the Minto route acres thetCascades. Smith's ferry is a little city in embryo. A rltiuring will and' a saw mUlre talk ed of. Arrangements are almtut com- letetl for the eree.Mon of the latter, and tt flouring mill is a necessity that cannot he much longer dispensed with. There is complrte and ilnely situated water iwweroif Stout's ciek; sufficient to run a numlier of mlllr 'o riner opening in tho State for a few good millwrights and mechanics ."Villi a little means. JJ. Smith's fny, April 8, I87if A Four-Pagd Supplement with, tlie Farmer this Wfeek. Grass For Pastures. 'Gottaoj: GrovH, April U. 187G. 13d. Farmer: As Yk rain is pouring down in torrents to-day so I cannot hurry my already bcMnted crop, 1 will fry. if my stiffened hands will allow me, to "write a few lines for your paper. vWe have had ti very wet season; thuro has not boon more than three days since tho .ground became 'wet enough to plow last fall, that it was Ary (tirougb to harrow j;ood. Ipropa-o writing to-day ow thcfiib joct brought forward In the last TVjrm- sesi: " Grass for Pasture." Itigenoral- Iy ad mltted, iin this locality, that the 'Batumi grass is tho best for paaiure. "But i ,he qiwss'fitt-t i, how to restbio it. Ans ver, do not over-pasture. 'But we are o pmrro to over-ride a (good ' horse, that this 3s impossible in climate in wbi ;h we pasture tho year rourfd. Yet if n ny o will try a small 'piece of laiv I, ho will bo surprised 'to seo how (iii jk it will1 ;o re-set in -native grass. et we can tic better than to wait on the loturn of'-the natural grass. I) ', we havorolling red land,- orchard gva 3i is good tnough for anybody: and Bu. . lf lho ,i;iiu(I vlno nMtto hottom !,im js and wrshed gravel bars of Or- j egi ii, were set in Kentwky blue grass, it rould amount to four times .as much as the .same number or acres of our eon imon pasture. Thisgrustfisso ten- aci. us that It will .spread ifc spite of nas iurina--ttiiether !Lirn.itnjKuLjw4 not. .As wn as it Rets hd. ftlft gro- and, it sends oat runnerwfn. every din iction, mA slops everything that it .flnd 8 adrift n,t,,ough iVmfly lo. ;...,, i n aemvol lmr. ft wumu... . ni swa rd, spreading and thickening every , , ...,. yea r, growing green the year ronnd, and rellshcti by all kinds of stock. It offe. rs a bite to everything that comes 3 long. Although it never gets very tall, 11 is always growing, unci always nutritious. -Oh, says one, if ii had it, it would get all over my place, and I couM not gwt rid of it. Why should you wish toget rid of a geod thing ? 1 is .sot subl: a bugaboo as some folks think. It doss no harm on a well tilled form. It Mirely is a fine thing to utilize the kind of land that I have mentioned. D .. ... Bf J "" - iKl.u iJPUII iL K3W UIIUC1I- cs in the Cakipooia mountains among iho fern. 1 find no trras so eood on wet, or sod limd, us timothy. H saw aiotil three-fourths of an acre of alfalfa in "Coyote valley, -eighteen talks soutii of Eugene, on theminth of lastAugust. Jt was thpii fourrfeet tall, and ilie owner (John Simpson) told me thatiie had mowed a good crop of hay uU'Kie Mine, -on the ninth of June. Tiiiscivas on a level pieco of black land, at the foot of qaite a steep hill,ihaving a Boutlicrn expofiuro, anil consequently a very warm plate. Though the top of me gixjuiiu waury, it whs very rich and not very deep to plenty of -moM-iiro. Ilhave no doubt but it would bo a t:ne.thitir to sow in favorable localities. liuid I inieitd to try it. J. P. T. At a reeular mooting of Vai Fontis lottge. 1. . tr. T., u committee wasap' .,i:,.,.. .. - :.. ii -' r nn, ' '? .'. S,' "' r ?,"'. organization of tho lodge. The com mittee htirejiguged Jthc services of too. Geavxis Aimitu tr Atociation, who will preforsni "Tea 2sighU in a Bar Boom," uuu ii.ivu otherwise mauo arrange luents to givo a temperance entertain nient, U-which all ace invited, on tho ewniuirt Slav otb. at Zeno. Atriioa Bell. Ctmirniim Tho WJUametlo wus 'higher at Al lany on Tui'aday ia?t Uiau over before known In the muntli of April. From Suturduy to Monday morning it rose 2S feet. MAi:mi:n. Atthe-j-egidencepf tb bride' uio'iier in thU cil v .' tbe lilili iiat.. iv Dr. L. L. ItuwUniL UuM.i IL IlNi:ra .nrl Cllaln F. COX. SALEM, OREGON, APRIL 21, Trcm Clackamas. FtfCT HlLts, Clcckanws To., 1 April 12, 1870. f jKd. Farmsk: A it'hiw been a Ions time Itice tbe Higuaturo of "your hnoible corres- 1 wndeut lies Hppoareil 'in the columns of the Fahmiik, I will nialto no litrtber Bpotogy, for Intruding upon jou with n few lines of Hoip from our jnrt of the'.country. It is hn.-.lly worth (bo lime to mention tbe "weather, fur f presume yon bve litul a fair Hampioo'f Old WeWoot penionlfled, as ive'l hs tlie Pt or ui nqnatic Diortaln. A g'orloas out-burst of sansbtDe is about the pUtuftntpst sonsnlien cvo can eall to uilnd just now while the merry liirilN, tho murmuring brooks, the btiddin? lr('H ami tbe mafentto. old hills once more ultimo Ihe'pntnlture thst should have Vieuu tS'.eirx a month ngo, and Ihiinbs to Old Sol we again uel-ootno the herald notes of the blue Jrv'b piping sons, while Um he grouse ooundH his dole lit! horn, 1 need vol tall you that farmers are busy "verywlwioafc tills teMvn of theyar; It Is the "old Htory." Our land being dryer than mdiiyuthordoc.ions of the country, farmers hare tmplo tlmn between showers daring' tho uintwr t. do'ttp their plowing for spring ui-ops, and iu foul It in "not nnfrKjtinily the vise thAl nprio); ivliimt, u its, pea, ad euoh- like are toot in February . Fall-soim whami 0(.c.npy the ground to that extent bowowr is deddedly the best crop Onr Femlthat ,t U inlrc,i; bllt j an sati,fie(l J Hill rumla can'boast of, which is now look lag fino i'oiitii)eriii); the backwardness of the seistn. S'oi'k have required but little at teiitton during tho winter, 'are Infalrcondl t lou, -and out of danger, provldtatheylo not venture tx far while "WadaplbBr for banch grass." , Ilotda well, .perhapy, a little ,TOipatby for war -vxlley "oousins wopjd net e Hils whesiwe M-thra s!ohh;roljirpiuirti' belongH To the tork familfTfnHaVffi however are voiy .good sumtoer aud s; inttw DeiDga,ry online bill-side, and rocky lo the drains and crefcst Aa (br amoeeonent y had a "very jlviaut time during the:ptst winter auendintr church, singhis schools, spelling schools), eto. And by the way I must not fail to mention our chool exhibi tion which camo ntr'idime fonr weotteaftoat the Ewrmonv Ktbool Uonae, near Jude Htntf-j't, which was altogether a splendid aft'iir and did cmli' lo the teacher, Mr. John May, as well us to the scholars and friends who participated In the performance. I flud (.ociety a Utile backward here, but owlnj; to tlie fct that Rood schools bare been kept up, tho yoiir.B people are int6lllcent. and tho pirls (litaven bless thfro) are kind, but beautifully nny, and Just lho dearfet lit- tlnpaifcRgts ot swretuehs eer d'ine up in calico. I am Khul the Fakmkii is lludinj: its way to the homes of many new Mibscrlbtr; it Is just the paper e nettd, containing such In formation as a firming community requires. .Heat exoaw my long delay in writing, nd expect to bear fratn mo again soon. G. J. McCmaw. ' '-'.III! TOBACCO. Eo. Farmer: Throah the columns of your eicelleui papnr tobucuo seeuis to be u rather Nolt-yquEfhtion, atid because extrav aitaut calculations ImvH beeu made about tbe cattle raixed from the lobHoco money, they try to eiuko-oui that no one will be any bet ter oir by stoptiiug the iiunecessM-y expense, aud dsIdjj the money iu a different way. One says, there is no wrong done in spending money for what we pleiiAe, and to say any thing nbont It, you are meddling. Does he know he is meddlihg when lie writes thus T What would become of us if we didn't ex change opinion)? Huppose you take the money y.iu srt irtiir to spend for tobacco, - " .- " V" '" "-P"" interext. You (to on hiij do as welt an vonr nuigbbor", lor ten )cm, and then call for jour money with interest. Wont you have several thousand dollars more tbau your neighbors 7 Isn't that clear T If all those writers are oppoed to tobacco, why do some of them make excuses for using tobacco? Would any of them fay lo a con, yes, dm to bacco If jou want to. Can any of you prove that It Is not a filthy oractica ? It Uk&i the muscle of your wife lo clean after you; vfhy don't ome of tbe women write on this subject? It Is also dreinlug on lho health, aud preparing tbe stomach lor whisky; for about iilldrloksrs use tobacco. They naturally go together, yet all don't drink tbtt use tobacco. Justice. 1876. Tho Cra33 Question. I agree with you that this is a very important and diOlcult question to solve. how to renew our old worn out pas tures, and nuke thorn as good as they were when this country was ilrst set cd; and I suspect there is moro than ono farmer who has sold out because ho could not solve this problem. Wo have a very Hue growing spring so.tbon in this country, and gra-es of almost all kinds grow remarkably well dining from about the first of April, to the middle of July, when most kinds of egotation ccaso to grow. Now what we want is .omo kind of grass that will continue to grow right on through this dry spell. 1 havo been experimenting some with alfalfa elovur, and I havo had it growing on river bottom sandy land, and black foot hill land and red land. I find that it is not an entire suc cess in this climate, becauso tho weath er Is too cold during the early part of the growing soaeon, and while this cold season lusts, the native, and other Erasses. encroach themselves mon it. havo made a mistake in tho sowing of it. Instead of sowing about ten pounds, which is tlie usual quantify sown per acre, there ought to be twenty-live or thirty pounds put upon nn ncro of land. Then probably it might hold its own better, but still I am Inclined to think tho weather not warm enough for it tb.do well here. I think our two best grasses are timojhy, and orchard clhfcMr Tlmotftvi tot. ineadowl and or chard grasaTforfpatu're. i6wT5VSr:;fe, sowing grassi-for PiistHreTjellevefJU tho betier way to sewseveral kinds to gether, soils' to have the ground occu pied as much as pos-ible by the earliest and latest kinds.- This plan twins to Do in harmony with nature in clothing tho face of the earth with grass. It seems to me to be a good way to sow down our old fiehW to grass, and grub out our wild bruMi lands and turn thorn into grain fields The holding of so much brush land by tho groat majority of our farmers, i a great drawback, for there is no ovonue in brush lauds but a posi tive loss: and I am very much gratified to see tho change that is being brought about among farmer-j in this respect ir i see clearing going on on overy hand, and that, ton, iu very heavy grubbing, that a low yours ago a man would havo been thotigtit crazv to un dertake. Hut that h tho way to get grass, ami grain, and profit out of our land. Clean the brush oil'. Ij. IJ. Jcuso.v. How to Dress Mutton. Eo. T-'ahmkh: An some are writing about mutton, I thought I would write a few words bi regard to drtHalnt; mutton to pre vent it haviug a sheepy tnete or otTonsive smell. As to leaving the pelt on until tbe InteHiines are removed, it is nil a notion or humbug, Just as they have a mind to call It. I have learned by experience that if you can bebevl a sheep mid Jet it bleed mid kick Hn til it is dead, and then Initio it bv lliejlilnd legs and skin it, and then remote the on trallH without letting any of tbe contents of the bladder net on the mo.', jou will havo good, sweet mutton; if otherwise, you will uave someining jou can't e.it. a. HopBaising, Ed. Fakmrii; Will you please Rive us an article In your valuable paper on the culture of hops the kind of climate, soil, Ac, re quired, or suitable 7 Kay u man In eastern Oregon wished to engage in; tho business, Where could be get seed? what do they plant, seed or root!? what would It coat to get seed to get seed to plant live acres? how much do they uroduee tier acre? what do they bring per pound in Oreton market? are they raised iu Oro.'on lo uny extent? If so, wneresnci ny wiiotiir J'icave give a gen eral outline of the business, am oblige A SunscaiiiEn. rendleton, March 15, 1370. Will Mr. Win, Wells, Buena VItf, plMM answer tbeee InqulrleeTJ Volume VITI Number 10. Rathor Important -To Us. We enclose in tlie papor, this weok, circtl lars to thone who havo not paid for tho Fau mkk flnofi Aug. I, '".i. p"lllely calling atten tion to that fact, aud wh hopo that many of them will uwpond. The fact is strange ss it must Bppear to somo it costs money to run a iiBwnpapr. Wodiilliie to dun MilKoriberH, and iry to do It in a polllo way, but like to soo it respon ded to. YamihijI. County. The Reporter says : "Notwithstanding tho prevalent idea that there will be a great decrcaso in tho ncrc-ige of grain sown this sens.ai,- from what wo observe and learn throughout tho county, that decrcaso well not bo f-o .great as is generally supposed. The old land throughout tho valley may not be seeded as extensive ly ns it lias been heretofore, still ther farmers are putting forth their best ex ertions on this land, and are, in most cases, further along with their work than they got ctedlt for usually. Bot tom farms are hardly touched, as yet and there is considerable low, Hat lands out south of this place, that a week ago, had hardly been commenced upon. But for all these deficiencies, wo boliovo tho new la'ids, under tho plow for tho first thno this sea-on, will msko recom pense. In sight of McMinnvllIo, on the iillls, wo ee large tracts of newly plow ed ground, and wo aro informed that this is a sample of what it Is all along up the valley towards Sheridan. V'ts cannot estimate tho amount of new farm land this year, but it will bo sov enil thousand acres. Opposite Bellovue. In tho hills, there aro throe farms whicli have been Increased, altogether, near ly 700 acres. Tlie hill land, tills season, has tho advantage, having been ready ior plowing, without trouble, long ago., w'len most of the valley lauds could not; tin tnni'hiwl. ,,?,. ,...:&--, i-rA.t ; :: ' Mektecg 12? Oi'PbfeiMmr-TO "xmkm. . lUlLItOAI) AT WaMjA 'WAtiliA.-T-A" . special to tho Jouriqt, datedv-yVall&yv. Walla April 17th, states that at a moot- ' lncrof tho Walla Walla County Council of Grangers, held Friday, April 1th, tho following proceedings were niiu: liio rupresniitatives oi tne grange?, of Walla Walla county, in councilassem- bled, pledged themselves to trade with no merchant who patronizes tho rail road in preference to teamsters, or sell to purchasers knowingly who ship by railroad in preference lo teamsters, whilo teamsters do nut charge over five t'ollars per ton weight on board the company's witarmoai, auti nvo dollars per ton weight from W.illula to Walla Walla: and they further pled go ithoui- selves to shin all their produce by teams instead oi ny railroad tor tno next twelvo months, tit a rate of froiirht not to exceed $5 per ton weight on boartl tne uregou ateam navigation unn pitiy's wharf. It was uNo moved' antl curried that it committo of one bo appointed to confer with tho O. S. N. Co., or any other company, regarding the construction of Hiiother railroad from Walla Walla to Wallula. 1-Mtiicl Stewart was appoint ed to act iu that capicity. W. S. (i!.i,i..M, President. Jas. Madig.in, Secretary. AH tho liinre merchants hero hnvo signed a paper to'diiy agreeing to glvo their freight to the teamsters,. By private letter from J. A. Moon, duted Gooh.i Lake, March Ulth, tho Sentinel learns theie has been a heavy loss of cattle and sheep in that region tho past winter. At tlie time the letter was written, however, tuo snow hud almostdiftiippeared and grass was grow ing finely. Tho danger to stock h.ul not passed, however, us their condition would prevent them fiom Ireelngthom selvos from the mint conxoniiout noon spring thaws. Careful hinders' hud driven all stock able to travel to tho driest localities obtainable. Ho also writes that a through mail from this region had not reached them since March IbJL A Boiso City dlsii.itch" savs: Thn Jury tuought in a verdict of not guilty In the case of Stove aud Jack Hender son for robbing tho stage Fob. 2d. Steve has two moro charges to' answer for: one for robbing the mail November lutti, ana one lor tampering with tho grand Jury. Jack has uu moro charges against him. Marcus Talmage caino over tho moun tains from Tillamook last week, arriv ing In the valley on Saturday. Ho catno on foot, as it was an impossibility to brlug a horse out, tho snow 'being from three to fifteen deep in the mountains. . h. t It. it r id m ir t f4 ".. r J J