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itv..j(fK..-;ttiiMS.ti,afwrt''ii(M Tit . - 1 83.00 per Year. CENTENNIAL MATTERS. INTERNATIONAL F.XIIHUTIHN Buukau or Au incur l.TDnn. rph, 1870. J PHlt.ADKLriUA. 28 h Mare Editor Wii.lami..tte Farmfii: Tbe Cen tenial Commission are erecting a special luanez for the exhibition of fruits; the dimen sions of structure, situated on the enst of the Agricultural fluilding, and connected with it by a covered way, area one hundred and eighty by two hundred feet, affording roo.i for the display rf eight thousand dishosot fruit at periods of special display. Although the exhibition of Pomoloirlcal product will extend over the enlie teim orti.e exhibition affording most marked manifestation of the wide range of our soils, and climates. kiIH there will be certain periods especially des ignated for the display of particular fruit, which have special spawns, under the In fiuences that more Immediately pertain to Hie State near to Pennsylvania, ad whlnh from their proxunltv tntho pumiol dlsply will sfford the material tor large hihI ox prenslv e exhibits The periods decMed upon (or these h fecial displays are an follow,., thotikh tnv id i he fruits euumera'eu vi I.h tecelved fur ex hlblllon either .receding or subsequent to there dates: Pomologieil products Mav HI to 24 Ntra wherries (one 7 to IS ItAspt errle ami i) iik briis J ill v ;i 10 8 Southern Ponio'i products Julv 18 to 22 alelnns Aim 22 to Peaches Sept 4 Ui it Northern 1'ouio'l prisou'is ?ept. 11 to Hi Nuts Oijt. 2.1 to Nov. 1 The Poimmigical annex will also be lived for the exhibition of vegetables, orntlnuntis ly uud Ht the stated dates ed .Itine 2U to 21 for early summer vegetable, .Sept, 111 'o 2d for an unio vegetable, HUd Oc;. 2to7forpota toe and feeding root. Tables and dishes for both fruits and vege--fable will be 1 urn Iff bed by the Commission free of chari't, producers' being simply re queued to pay the charges for transporta- 11(111. Yon are respectfully requested to advance me eusriay nt 'runs ana v true' sons as mucn as possible bo'h at terms of 'stated displays and at all intermediate dates. Yours respectfully, BUKNKT hANOItETII. Chief ol Bureau l Agriculture. U. S. CKNTOKNIAL (OMMI'SnN, ) BUIUCAU OP AGKICUtlUKE. FlIILADWJ'HIA, 10, April, 1870. J Kditor Willamette Farmer: The Cen tennial Commission has provided thirty aquaria for the display of the Fish ot our llvois lakes, and ses. The fresh and sail Wtiter will le of about equal quantities, tbo aKgref.aU) approximating to ntteen thousand gallons. Full preparations havo been made ior thorough nitration ana aeration, and when necessary tor refrigeration. Tho ex penses attendant upon the full diepl y will be assumed by the Centennial Commission, and itls expected that nsh will be contribut ed by the various State Fish Coimnissious, by Associations, and by individuals interest ed in Fish riilturu. Parties so desiring may exhibit fish in tanks of their own contribu tion, the on u of nhich will be gra uitntisly assumed by the Commission. Inadditiou to the display of living fish, ill be exhibited, the processes of batching fish, and a full fo rtes ol all tlie apparatus n-eil in hatching ami troosp-u-iiog roe and ouog usu. Those who are in a position to contribute rare Dob to the display , will receive all ubc essary Inform uion by addressing, Yours resp ctfolly, HiiknV.t LiANnKKTH, Chief ol iijieau ot Aijriuuiiure. Ed. Fakmrk: In your paper I see articles on the tobacco einesliou, I answ er one ques Clou be asking another. X have been usieg lobaicoaootli twelve years, and all tho tluie had the b t,L of lieaitU. Three years ago I quit chewiiiK tobaico; I thought it a til thy jrautlc ; but us soon iut the 11' ct of the to tucesj bad lefimy system, I bad to commence buying medicine, consequently I commenced using tobacco aain. I found I was ge ting better,' It cost ine ten times as much lor aiedjckie as It did for tobacco. Now, Mr. Tojfaeco-hater, I bate been all over ibis -Cohot, ui.rt i'veeeou uieu in every stage of life uriii tobscoo. Mr. Tobacco-ha ei says !inMiHn. TIjo oldost men and women in Oregon are uIiib tobacco; you ask them why tue.v us it, and tbey will tell you it does ibem goid. Mr. Tobacoo-hater says If we 'touid put ruir tobaixi money out at iuterest, in feo or twenty vears we would all be rich. j Wf that be theca-V, howls It, then, that al- VOMt all th ricbotit men in the Union us 'jn" weed," r Mr. Tobacco-hater calls it? i wly H tb tobacoo-haters I evpr eaw are S(yor,(1rsppUonrriiekly rlasa of people, ami' 4 he mot envinu- sr of j-ersons tbere is. It " perfect miners' to them to vea man. after Jie ha done a hsrd day's work, ooie nd tfUu bin pito ant' have s qui t smoke and er joy himself; It jxl'ke pullingl.lsieeth out. I vould like so'ue 'obaciKi hator to re- jlv totimqiiMition: Whyi'o tbe very eldest iueu and women use tobacco ? . t -H. C. Bust, m Nswburg, YaroJillI ooun .'y. A Four-Page Supploaioliit "with: the ABOUT BLOODED STOCK. A Trip to Hcedvillo, by Thomas Cross. Sborlborns Berkshlres Cotswohl nd I.ei-oi-Mer Sheep lloroa of tino It ond and Merit. Editor V'iLi,MtTrj: Karmi:r: Too much ;ira(ee cannot be bellowed upon Mr. S O. Iteed, for the introduction of tlno stock into Oiegon. The benefit lo bo durived trom a proper utilizAliou of hU lieni, to Ibeyialn at large, Is far beyotut my calculation. Prob ably no one upon ibis coat has studied the subect inoro than myself, for fifty years, pd my opportunities havo been very exten sive, as I was boru am! rnlstd adjoining one ol the finest shorthorn herds in Kngland, and that herd created itt my nature such de light that I have inf.. Id them a constant study and have been more and more im pressed Ith their wortlvthonh I ara salts tied I hve never been able to rtal!ze it fully. When, on a late journey to Wuxhlngion .'ountj, I arrived at Mr. Keed's farm, 1 felt regret that It was my first visli,, for the sur roundings were much beyond my exptcta- lion, and I catnijt describe my feelings, winch were a mixture of pleasure, regret, even mortification, and I ask yon and your numerous readers to tie patient and hear me through. It wis a gi eat pleasure to find all the slock in such grand condition and the improvements not ei wily but good, not only go d stock but good tanning, as showed in the gaassos and tho condition of tbe fields. The barns Ac. are) within the meansof almost any fariur in Oregon. It will pay well for thoss who ctu d i so to visit Ileodville and carefully observe, and go home and do like wise. A fanner In Polk county lately told me that he ouch paid Mr. I'.-otl one hundred dollars lor two small pifrs, and it van tbe bestepeutof auy inoooy he ever expended in his lift), ' t Fonrears ago I vWted a number of tbe best bonis in Illnoi, Wlsionniu, nud in Eu rope, au'd itls with jiloasure, Sir, I cin ssy I saw none excelling this herd hero in Oregon. One hi.rd in Wisvousin, that of Mr. John Murray, was purcha-ed regardless of ex pene, and a nttmbnr ot his cows cost ?3,00O each, and his lowrst prico tor calves was from J1.0U0, uplo"),(100, yet I consider bis herd tot any superior to that of Mr. lined I was surprised to lear.i liintho was finding no sale lor his young auiiuals, and more surpr'sod still al tlmt fact when his courte ous superintendent named the low prices lit whicli they were oifcnd for s.le, attertaiuly not more thin ouo lourlii tbelr true Vdluo, as I think I c.iu establish. Tt occurs to tue just hero, to say that I write this comiiiuuli-aiioi; without auy un derstanding between 1113 self and Mr. Itocd, as I ,uve not spoken to him at all utou the subi"Ctnil indeed have not seen blui lor some tlm, so your readers will not aeciiee uieof riling up tho Ftibjcot for any person al motive. w , I wrl 0 thi b. ov.ua I fool awuro'i thnt I can give sr,m ii'eful stl.go.Hous it. paftlt tiifn, eiieciHlly those who 011 larto bands east of ihe inuuutalns, and some of them may seo the matter t s I do. and bure for tho Ua leu joars. I simply f-l anxious lest thoe reullv in omo I slull misithe present opportunity and let .Mc. Heed become dfs- eoiiraged, as has been th case with all s'ock importers bplore him. fir instance such men as II 0. Gter, fol King. Mou-s Wright and myself, who'ln ro luml dnu b'oidascoiill be found but were not sustiine 1 by pitron age, and so abandoned the business at gnat loss to each and all. Now the question wo want to got at, is, what Is a tine bull ot Mr. Heed's slock, worth? aud I will answer in part by giviDca on vernation I had tour years sgo with Mr. J. H Spears of Sprinaneld, III , one of tho oldest Importers of tie stock to that State. My own first purchase of fine stock was trom him. After Iliad uiven my views of the value of .Shorthorns, be said lo rue: 'Alter ail you do not understand tbelr worth, and I can convince you that you do not. Go with me to tbe herd and I will sbowjotij figures alone shall tell tbe tale," We went 10 a herd of 100 stall fed steer, among which were some or his full blood steers, not snoh animals as he would recommend for stock getters, ho they were fattened for beef. Said he: "I will weigh a two year old Durham steer, and yeu shall select the best four-year old from atnontr the rest, and we will get their weights " He selected b small red s'-eer Chat pulled down 10j0 lbs, and the largest fotrryear old, comnionstock, weighed afewpounls under that. Said be: "They bare run in tbe same pasture, fed in the yard, both bsrorvU'n alike, and the Durham ( l.wn.- -. n, -., rv.t , . SALEM, OREGON, MAY 5, time, find in New York he brlnga me 3 cen'a per lb. more on account Of quality, and be brings It In Chicago, and any of the Kwtorn markets, and amounts to $58 CO, besides a saving of two years t ed, trouble and care upon tbe farm, and Interest 00 tbe money, and as the two years keep cannot be less than one dollar n month, Ibat is (24, which added makes SS2 50. Now how many calve will a bull got? Say S3, and multiply $S2 B0 by that number, and you have t2.47f for one year, though I will almlt the rule will not work up to that value hure. CORRESPONDENCE. ' Canyonvilmc, April 27, 1876. Ed Farmers Yesteidav evening (after the last shower) in cqinpany with Dr. S Whitte more, deputy of tbe lodge here, .and for merly of Salem, I strolled outol this lovely mountain shadowed vllUj;a, do'wn to Uncle .llramy Clark's residence, near by, to have a short visit with tho good old folks, the only ones at homo. While tbcro, the old lady said she nantnd to show me the " Fool's puzzle," and lmaiuo my wonderment when she spread out before me a quilt which site has jtiBt comploted in this her seventy-drst year, composed of uinety-s'x blocks or equares, forty-eight of which are plain while, while the remaining forty-eight are made trom small pieces of which there are 111 in each block, making tbo enormous number of 0,472 pieces In one half of the blocks. " Aunt Kachol," aa she is familiar ly called, says that sbo will sell this quilt at the rate of twenty cents per hundred pieces, the laige white sqnnris thrown In; at which rate sbo would receive $10.01 only for this intricate work. Tbe purrl consist in tbe observer's guessing the n irUber of pieces in tbe quilt. The Dr. and I mJaJMr, wldoly in ourguesH, .Tho old lady tvui'auolhor.ono of tho same number of p'eofcs set together, and she is also engaged in piecing others. The Inhabitants here are very niueh aston ished tbi.s morning tosetho suu out, and no indication of rain in the heavens. The largo si.eep raisers lime are waiting for a few days of suiibtime before commenc ing -.-hearing. Tho wool tropin this valley, it is thought, will be larger this jear than ever before. W. R. Dumjar. Letter from Minnesota. I'n. FaiimEu An old ledy moved trom Vermonf, where -ix shillings were counted ado'lir, over to Ntw fork fetato, wbete it took tight, and was much bothered at the change, Dj'ngiisked what l.or sbawl cost, repHtd, "a dollar ami a hall, Vermont money." Utitshudld not know how mu.,li It as in York State. I am about us unable to lignrn up bow ljn.r my currency and post otllce order romlUancDs piy for the Willamette t-'aiimki .11 your ' coin coun try. I do not kuo.v as I owo you a'.ytbipc at present, but since I received your modtl ilun, I feci I'ke send."- you a leflalUuBCf for feAf sticli mfrtlu Iiu I ii ctie, If iot now, tu s.omo future time. 1 do not kuow, ifyon are obliged lo publish many such appeals to your subscriber!, but that it may be discouraging to outsiders; for one, I should not like 10 live in a country hero farmers onuld not pay lor such a pata-r as the Willamette Farmfr. On tbe other hand, what-for neighbors would uion bolikply to make lh.it could pay and would 1, after such Inviia tinns ? Your types make mo give Mlnne'o'a the credit of boing a air fruit Slate. I said a very pour fruit State. I would bo glad if the facts would warrant tbo mistake, but they do not. I have never seen a pear, tame plum, or cherry, and but very lew standard apples, that were grown in this Slate. Some few farmers, have just got a start of the dillereut varieties of crabs, snd are having some of that kind of truit. Nothing glowing yet some wheat sown last week. The bulk of the crop will be put in the grouud tho preseut wetk on tbe prairies. In the timber tbn ground is much loo wet yet. C. I). MuKwen. Hntcblnson, Minn,, April 17, 1K0, Testimonial. Corvallis, Feb, 18, lb70. Mns. B. ItonREitMadam: lialngachlld thai has been sick a great deal, and being advised by Mrs. Conk, your agent, to try a bottle of your New Ktmt dy for the Lungs, We got a bottleand belore it was half taken, the child was almost well. And now I think it la rwrteclly cured, and 1 must give your medicine the credit tor it all. I would certainly advise those haying diseases of the throat or lungs, to try a bottleand 1 feel con tident ihey will cover regret 11. K. T. Kay. Farmer tliis Week. 1876. Beautify Home. How lnnny people think of beautify ing lumie'. How many think of " Home, sweet homo "? How many think of making home sweet? Alas! wo think there nre too few who do. Aro you sick? there is no place like home. When the head ache, and tho eyes aro dull and long for sleep, there is no place like home. When friends leave u, when poverty overtakes us, when sorrow tills the heart, when the loved ones take that journey we all must go, when the eye loses its tiro and tho beaming counte nuttco grows wan, when weary, weak, and worn, there is no place liko home. Ah! there is nothing like " Homo, wife, children, and friends." Home with all its a-sociations! With father, mother, brothers, sisters, all! What moro? Thcro is Pa, with his specs on, reading about tho " sins of men, and a lost and ruined world; " There is Mn, pale, placid, mending Jane's little dre&s, and thinking of the days whon she was a girl; and there's " big Sis," she is makiug a bouquet, and she's thinking, too, for that " nice young fellow " may come soon; there's little Jimmy playing with tho kitten; and littlo May, she's talking with her doll; aud pussy is purring on little Pink-eye's dress, and Pink's asleep on the floor; there's old Pomp lying on the step, with his head bftween his paws; and there's .tho big looking-glass, and Ma'tT'ned with tho ciirtainavnll faded;' hero's tho old rocking chair, tlm cradle we all were rocked in, tho mantel, the Are place and tho bright tiro; the papered walls, and the dra pery all round; there's the littlo libra ry; there's Ma's candle stand,-with the late paper on it, and Emily reading tho new novel; there's ten thousand things wrapped lis a mantle around the recollections of homo. And 'twould tire to tell 'em all. Who that has been away a long time from the home of his youth, when Hearing the loved place " 'lis sweet to hear tbe watch-dog's honest oari; Hay deep-mouthed uolcomo as we draw near home, 'TIs sweet to know there Is an eye will mark Our (omlug.Aiid look brighter when we come, 'Its sweet tn be awaken V by Iho lark, Or liill'd by falling waters; sweet tun hum Of bee-, the vo'ie of girls, the song of bird.", J'he 11-p ot chlldten, aud their earliest wortis, " If, then, there is onihrined so much of good in home, how hard should we strive to embellish home, clothe it with fruits and flowers, build arbors for tho vine, make home what it should be, the nearest, and dearest npot 011 earth. Tho influence of home is most po tent. In the Held, at the bar, in the pulpit, on the deep sea, In strange l.tnds, In the silent hours of the night, by the bed of the sick, the forlorn and the lost, wherever men and women are, there, in all its freshness, in all its beauty, in Its full fruition, does it throw its mellowing influence on their hearts, calling up memories of childhood, when we were pure, and when we were formed to habits of vhtue and truth. Alpha. Draining Low Lands. En, Farmkr, There are some farms In this viciuity that cannot be plowed until it has quit raining three days. Ah It dont stop raining that long at once this season those farms have not been plowed yet. For the beuellt of those farms and a good many oth ers In the same fix, I would like to ask the readers of the Willamkhk Fakmkk who have had experience in draining land, It those farms were properly under drained, if they could not be plowed much sooner, And if they would not produce much belter and pay big interest on the cost of draining? I would like to ask the cost of draining by tbe d liferent method. T. K. Williams. Fowell's Valley, Multnomah Co. Volumo VIII Number 2. From above Walla Walla. Mr. Geo. Hunter, of Dayton, W. T.,. Deputy for Columbia county, W. T., of the P. of II., and agent at tho Grange Warehouse on Snako river, at the mouth of the Tukannon river, writes us as follows concerning that region of country: "Columbia-county, W.T., has six sub ordinate Granges, with a membership of nbout one hundred and fifty. Three thousand dollars has been raised to build a warehouse at the mouth of the Tukannon, on Snake river, eighteen miles from Dayton. One house has been completed, i!Ux!0 feet, aud the mam building, which is' to bo -10x80. feet, is well under way. We aro re ceiving freight at litis time. Wheat prospects in our county aro good, ami there is anv amount of good wheat land in Columbia county, all the way from six to thirty miles from nav igation. All that is wanted is a few hundred grangers to exercNo their muscle on said land and build up our now county. Any information desired In regard to Columbia county, Washington Terri tory, will bo promptly given to the boot of my ability." That is certainly a very productive region and 11 delightful climate, and sooner or later must bo fully appreciat ed and thickly populated. In many re spects that particular section of the upper country cannot be surpassed for agricultural resources. Mixing Matti:k. S.' W. Forbes;,. manager aud superintendent of the( Oregon Quartz Mill and Mining Com- puny, writing fiom Kerbyvllle, under datu or April 21h, .tayst,"Jieiid..vou' 8ome.of the news t tho 'mlnes.'Thoi' O. Q. M. !fc M. Co., after lii.Yhig'-tip'nll winter, havo once more started their .works, and are opening up their quart, ledges with vigor. I am happy to say thui this company means husnes They aro now running two tunnels on a line lodkimr vein of irold-beailiiif iiltartz. nearly four feet in width, and showing splendid walls and cl.tv casings. Tlds lode Is situated in the hill abuve their mill, and has large amount of territory. Gold was taken out just below their location iu the good 11I1I times. They may Impound enjoy a golden time when they get this lode properly open. O' eyoitiun, DieronMKli I.AMiis. Mr. H W. Gibson, of , Lflne county, inquires if any sheep breeder can give a true reason tor deformity of lambs when the bucks are changed regularly every two yoars, not breeding in and in at all, Tho trouble is diformlly of limbs aid mouth. He bus lot 2" out 73 fiom tola plrguo this spring, snd at same time tho ewes ,ere In excellent ttndltinu and wmttr d fat. ATTENTION, PATRONS! A special meeting of the Order of I', of U. is called to meet at tbe Orange Hall in the cllv of rsslein ou Saturday, tl n 13 h day of May, 167H, at trie hour nl ten o'clock a. m.t lor the purmse of trsusacting important business connect! d with the sale of wool and grain the ensuing year. All meabors in good standing from the adjoining counties are Invited to participate Iu the iiieotlng. W. J. IlKUKliS', Salem, April 27, lb7d. County Agent. A Goon Oumio.n Htii'.i) IIorsk in auothor column will be foiiuil theadvetltsement of G. G. Glenn's thoroughbred s'allion "Capt. .lack," wlioe pedigree Is given, end com bines the best running and trotting stock In America. The horse shod two years ago, when lour years old, and is now in splendid condition. Ho shows very exielleut iolts one year old, aud all must realize from tl 0 prices namod, that Mr. Glenn makes It an object, by charging very low rates, Cor horse- bleeders to try a thoroughbred cross. Those, wishing to raise roadsters, and horse for general purpose, will do well to beartbis. n mind. Eepablican State Convention. The Republican Statu Convention met at Portland May 3d, and made the following nomination!: For Congress Ilichard Williams. For Presidential Elector J. W. Walls, W. U.Odell, JohuC. Canwright. For Judge, 3d dlstrlot It. V. Uoise. For Prosecuting Attorney, 3d district G. O, Duniett. A.