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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1876)
.fc-tet..- ,.1 H Over-Breeding and Close Breeding. The breeders in England of improv ed stock already see that the refine ment of breeding and the forcing of stock has been carried quito too far. The SHturtluy Jieviewha9 the following Just comments on the subject: Doubts begin to be expressed pretty freely in England as to whether high breeding has not already been cultivat ed to excess. It appears to be admitted by all hands that .Shorthorn cattle, for instance, have decreased in size, while it seems also certain that the fecundity of theio highly-bred animals is not so srreat as it was: for it is said that cer tain tribes have become celebrated for the barrenness of their females, whilo at the -arno time a delicacy of constitu tion has been developed which unfits them for roughing it, and requires luxurious arrangements to preserve them In health. As in our race horses, wo have, according to somo authori ties, sacrificed stoutness of constitution and capacity of endurance over long courses for the sake of obtaining high .speed over a short distance, so in our cattle, the desire for fineness of bone nnd rapid development of meat has brought into fashion animals which iiave lost many of the valuable proper ties of their ancestors. Such breeds cannot exist when subjected to the rough weather which prevails on the oxpoed hillsides and moors which are M) valuable as breeding grounds and nurseries for stock; and perhaps it is for this reason that Ireland, which is prolific for cattle raising without shel ter, falls to send us anything which can obtain a place in our exhibitions. No doubt Ireland possesses first-class cattle; but these aro bred, sheltered, and fed under the same conditions as those to bo seen at Islington. And the consumers have something to say also in the matter, as thorc is beef and beef. They prefer, and justly prefer, the meat of tho Devon or Scot. wIiosg young days are spent in cropping the scanty herbage of the moor or mountain, be cause the meet has moro flavor than that of tho rapidly-forced stall-fed ox. Mhich has boon crammed with corn and linseed cako fiom its calf-hood. So that even if it bo true, as tho breeders of the tfclicato animals contend, that tlioir meat can bo produced moro economi cally, beeauso more rapidly than tlioo of other races, let them remember that in losing stamina they restrict tho area upon winch tlio Deast can no rearcu, and that wo want flavor in our meat even if wo have to pay a price for it. Peculiar Talent. A great deal has been said and writ ten about tho groat mathematical prodigy, "Iteub" Fields, who lives in Fayottviilo, in this county, and tiio moro that is said of him tho moro of a wonder ho becomes. He does not possess tho simplest ludimcnts of a book education does not known letter or figure by sight and yet ho can solvo tho most intricate problem in an ins tant, or can perform a calculation in less than a minute that would require tho work of an hour by tho ordinary modes. For instance: Wo give him tho day of tho month and year of our birth and ho told in less than a half a minute, our age in seconds, minutes, days and years. Givo him tho day of tho month and tho year of any event, however remoto and he will Instantly givo tho day of tho week. Wo hpont two hours with him last Saturday, nnd, notwithstanding wo have ofton talked with him ami seen him display his wonderful gifts, yot wo always tlnd something now in him. Wo placod a column of figures on a papor, equal in length to the columns of an ordinary si.ed ledger, and called thorn oil' to iiim in rapid .succession, and when tho last number was called he gave tho sum without a moments hesitation. Ho did not .seo tho paper, and would not havo known a character on it if ho had. Ono hour lator he re peated thotjo numbers inexact order in which wo called them to him. Wo then began at tho bottom, and would call two or throe numbers correctly and thon ono Incorrectly, and ho would cor rect us by giving the proper number. Moro mysterious than this to us is tho fact of his ability to give corroctly tho timo of tho day and night, when ever called upon, without any roforonco whatovor to n timo piece. In this place tho time-ploco.saru all rogulatod by railroad or St. Louis timo. If you ask "Houh" tho timo, ho will say: "I am lf past one, If you havo the railroad time you havo so and so," giving tho exact diiroronco between -5un nnd railroad timo. Another remarkable fact is that ho gives tho exact time ot his locality. If he is in Washington city ho gives Wash ington city time; if In San Francisco the timo there, lie cannot possibly do Mouao inmgs iiv any mouum 01 calculat ing the passing timo as accurately while waking from sloop at night as if it wroro daylight and tho sun hln inc. TIiom t-eems to bo nothing too groat in numlors for his mind to grasp, ami yet nufeing too small. Ho can toll what tb .Interest on ono cent would be or throe AAConds at the rale of ten per cent per iimini, as readily and easily us ho coukl toll tho Intenvst on one dollar for on.o year at tho .same rate percent. IK N, Indeed, tho wonder of wonders. U'arrensburg Mo., Vhio t'rat. Crating the Breedi of 8heep. Tho Live Stock Journal says there nroagreat variety of opinions on the best way to cross s hrr-p to improve them. That a cnwsof the Inngwool-, say Lots wold, Lelce-to't or Lincoln, will Insure an lucrcav nf carca-s to nearly or quite double tin v.dueofthe common, or native ditin The llc.vo will havo additional lonuili. confident' ble improvement In style, ;md a per iwptible iucreaso in uciKtu. Tho im- provemont in length and lustre will add to its market value. A cros or middle wool, say Southdown, Shrop shire, etc., will add greatly to the qual ity of tho meat, somewhat less though considerable, to its quantity: will thicken somewhat the fleece, and give it slight additional weight, without adding much to its value per pound. A cros of tho American Merino will make a marked improvement in fleece, adding to all its desirable characteris tics, except that of length. The weight, in many instances, will be doubled, while in any other than an anomalous condition of tho market, the value per pound will be somewhat increased. The size of carcass will not be increas ed, though its compactness and sym metry of outline will bo greatly im proved. The Matrimonial Creed. Whesoever will bo married, says the New Haven Register, before all things It is necessary that he hold the conju gal faith; and the conjugal faith is this: That there were two rational beings created, both equal, and yet ono supe rior to the other, and the inferior shall bear rule over the superior, which faith except every one whole and undeflled, without doubt ho shall be scolded at everlastingly. Tho man is superior to tho woman, and tho woman is inferior to the man; vot both aro equal, and the woman shall govern the man. Tho woman is commanded to obey the man, and the man ought to obey the woman. And yet there aro not two obedients, but ono obedient. For there is ono dominion nominal of tho husband, and another dominion ical of tho wife. And yet there aro not two dominions but ono dominion. For, like as wo are compollcd by the Christian verity to acknowledge that wives must submit themselves to their husbands, and bo subject to them in all tilings. So wo aro forbidden by tho conjugal faith to say thoy should bo at all in fluenced by their wills to pay regards to their commands. Tho man was not created for tho WUIIlilll. IJUL IIIU WUUKUi iUl LIIU 111(111. Yet tlio man shall lie tho slave of tho woman, and tho tyrant of tho man. So that In all things, as aforesaid, tho subjection of tho superior to tho in ferior is to uo believed. He, therefore, ,that will bo married, must think of tho woman and tho man. Furthermore, It is necessary to sub missive matrimony that ho also be lieve rightly tho infallibility of his wife. I'orfcctly fallible and perfectly in fallible! of an erring soul and unerring mind subsisting; fallible, as touching her human nature; and infallible as touching hor foraalo sex. Who, although sho bo fallible and infalilblo, yet she is not two, but ono woman; who submitted to lawful mar riago to acquire unlawful dominion; and promised religiously to obey, that sho might rule with uncontrolled sway. This Is tho conjugal faith, which, ex cept a man bellovo faithfully, ho cannot be married. Origin of IIomnson Cuu.xol Iloblnson Crusoo was published in 1719, with tho following title: "Tho Life nnd strange surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, ot New York, Mariner, who lived eight and-tweuty years all alono on an uninhabstablo is land on the coast of America, near tho month or tho great nvor Orinoco." Tho Publisher, who purchased tho manuscript after all others had refused it, is said to havo cleared 1,000 by it. Dofoo was accused by his enemies, who wero numerous aim bitter, of having stolon tho idea and oven tho materials of "Robinson Crusoo" from tho n.irra- tlvo of Alexander Selkirk; but tho charge was wholly without foundation. Selkirk was not wrecked nt all, but vol untarily wont ashoro on Juan Fernan dez, which at that timo was as well known asjand moro frequented by ships than now. Crusoe's Island, as tho title of his narrativo states, was in the northern hemisphere, in tho Carib bean Sea, near tho mouth of tho Orino co; ami the most probable prototype of Dome's hero was Petor Serrano, who In tho sixteenth century was ship wrecked, and lived alone for several yoars on an island in tho Caribbean sea, noar tho mouth of tho Orinoco. His story is told at full length in Garcilaso's "History of Peru," a translation of which was published in London twen ty yoars before "Iloblnson Crusoe" was written, and could hardly havo escaped Defee's notico. its tho book attracted graot attontlon, and Serrano's story is In tho first chapter. KKKl' ClIICKKNH IN TIIK ORCHARD. Tho Scientific J-hrmrr suys: " Tlio amount of good done by tho chickens iimou? fruit trees can lmrtlly bo estl nutted. Wo completely conquered the eimkor-worim in an orchard of one hundred treed in two years' timo by colonizing a flock of fifty chickens or o in the midst of tho lot, not to mention tho ceaseless missionary work under taken by tho biddies in tho surround injr garden and fields. Wo always preserve all tho birds, too, not bogrudi; injr them a few cherries and berries. Ami now the busy allies build close to the house, and amply reward us for an occu-donnl kindness shown them." To Finmi THK ARK ok KctJs. To find the ago as eeirs. tho Ixjndou Livestock Journal says: " Dissolve about four ounces of common salt in a tiuart of mire water, and then immerse the egg. If it is one day old, It will descend to the bottom of the vessel; but if three days, it will float in tlio Mould. If moro than Ave days old, It will come to tho surface and project abovt) in proportion to its increusod age. WILLAMETTE FARMER. w. S. NEWBURY, 104 and 100 Front Street, POItTI.AND, ... OREGON GENERAL Traveling and Managing Agent FOR IDAHO and WASHINGTON TERRITORIES aud tho STATE OF OREGON, for FRANK BROS. & CO., SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND, Importers and Dealers In AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Sole Pacific Coast Agents for tho Genuine and World-Renowned WALTER A. WOOD'S Harvesting Machines, Embracing ENDLESS CHAIN & SWEEP RAKE, Self-Raking Reapers, One & Two-Horse Mow ers. MOWING ATTACHMENTS, HARVESTERS, AND Self - Binders. The Walter A. Wood's unrivaled Harvester and Self-Binder I the created Labor SaIng Machine In the world. With thi machine, one man with three horse" can cut and bind from IS to 13 acres of grain per day, and two week's time saved In hartcstln 'a cropby begin ning In season. It may henedcltbrraaa Harvester and Self Hinder, or as a Harvester alone, The Walter A. Wood New Double-Geared Iron Mowers, With Era Hearings, patent oil Cur", and new and Improved Guards, arc guaranteed to be the Host Mow ers In the world. THE WALTEE A. WOOD Chain Rake and New Iron Sweep Rake, Self-Raking Reapers, Are the betbclf Raking Reapers on tho earth, aud we are waiting 'or the man who will deny It andslvc us a chaucx to try It against anything made. TARMERS AND DEALERS are cautioned against a cheap and licbt mower ollcrcd as a W ood machine, and purchasers should be sure that they get machines stamped AVAITKK A. WOOD, As none other are genuine. The Invincible Threshing Machine. THE LA BELLE WAGON, (l'rll or the Pacific Coast), FARM, bl'RINO. or EXPRESS, wide or narrow track. Eastern bed and top box, or California stake rack bed and bo, with California ROLLER BUKE. LIGHT DIUFT AND WARRANTED. E i ry w hid rolled In boilln-F oil before the tire Is set. and the ua'on has stood the test of the climate of falitr rntil In tti thin ttitr nt ricv i a mm 1i li mnl nth vuiir iiutt vv,i pumii ij iiiiii (ipvu III tilt. UlalAV and runt four to iits hundred mninau lighter than any other, on in: to our wains kU" manufactured ex- primly for ue hum brass patterns nnd cat from the celebrated Lake Superior Iron, and from the superior manner in vwucn our ekcin arc set. The Buford Iron Gang ana Duiny now. Light draft, easily adjusted, aud tho only Gang or Sulkey adjusted with screws or that can bo run on a side mil Fully warranted to be tho bct plows on the Padflc Coast. Al'o a Full Line of tho Famous Itufbrd IHnckhavrk blnglo Plows, Hcolvlng and Sulky Hakes, Heed Somrs. Drills. Barlev Forks and a full lino nf Wood and Steel Goods. Stud lor Catalogues and Prlro Lists. FR MK BROS , San Francisco. W. S. NEWBURY, Manager, Portland. gue mixtureu Chills and Fever yo permanently cured by Dr. Jayac'a Ague Mix ture. With a littlo caro on the part of the patient to avoid exposure, and the occasional uso of Jaynk's Sana tive Fills, this remedy will b found to bo certain in its operation, acd rad ical In its oflccts. In many sections of tho country subject to Ague and other malarial disoases, it has tin es tablished character as a popular spe cific for theso harrassing complaints, and tho number of testimonials re ceived show that its reputation Is constantly increasing. Intermittent and Remittent Fevtrs are effectually cured by Dr. Jymt'a Ague Mlxtore. In theso com plaints coro should bo taken to follow tho directions closely, and especiU attention given to tho liver, which should bo assisted in performing lis functions by Dn. Jayux's Sakatiti Fills, T A. Orvson, DAVIS CO., Wholesale At. IortUid, oelJml STATE AGENCY rHIK TH of Husbandry. Patrons Vrout Street, near Flanders' Wharf,, FOHTLANB, .... OHEtiON, AddrvM all tcmuoJctloa U 8, P. US, A.-rut. Land for Jmmigrants. CHOICE FARMS FOR SALE. 4,000 ACRES, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers 2 Of ACRE9, duo south and adjolnlug the Rail OU road Depot at Salem, all under cnltUation, and (tillable for griln or vegetables. 04G ACRES. fonrmlls southeast of Salem, on the railroad, with Mill Crick runnlig through It. This 1 the cbolceat farming land in Marion count), with line spring., const. tlmr In part of tho old Rector donation c aim, on which I raised tho prent )ear fifty bushels of wheat and three tons of timothy per acre. The first crop of oats ecr raised on part of this lard raeaurcd nlni tv four bnshels per acre, grain weighed and ground chained by Mr. Alfred Stanton, of Salem. 2700 ACIiFS ofpralrlc and light brash land, wlfi timber for farming purposes, bounded by the Willamette rlur for four mile, beautiful lake on the cast, boat landings all alon tho rler, commencing four miles north of Salem tvXX olioloo GTX-A.ua. ln.xa.cl. the largest and most suit able body of land to be found in the Willamette alley to be purchased by a colony To bo sold from $15 to $23 per acre. This land will all bo Immediately re surveyed, and can be sold In larger or smaller parcels, to suit purchasers. It can be subdivided to the best possible advantage, and I can offer any person or per sons, or rolony of persons, desiring to purchase homes In the bct part of the Willamette alley, near the cuy oi saiemann wiuun rcacn or me oesi social an vantages, as well as most fa orably located with re snect to markets, greater advantages, on more favor able terms, than they can ever expect to realize again, THOMAS CROSS. Salem, Nov. 1 1875. Valuable Lands for Sale. JOO.OOO ACRES EASTERN OREGON, ron Farming and Grazing Purposes. Thee lands urc situated in Wasco, Grant, and Baker Counties and are cflered for sale in such sized tracts, not less than II u acres, a purchasers may desire. Here Is afforded a mot laterable opportunity to Im migrants and settlers seeking homes and low priced land, to acquire both on the most reasonable terms. These lands arc excellent for farming and Riazlng. On most of the tract no grubbing or other prpara tlonof the land for plowing Is requisite. A grontn of nutritious gms covers the upland', affording the bet of pasturage, v hllo In the alleys and bottom lands the prass can he mowed and mode Into ha. Living Springs and Streams Water the lands In arlon directions. The upland", or lolling land, can be put Into crops with the most satisfactory return. Particulaily PEACHES, PLUMS, GRAPES, AP PLES, PKARS. and CHEIUUES, as well as the bMALLEH FKUITS, can be grown lu great abun dance. The Climate ol Eastern Oregon Is ery Healthful. Flourishing towns arc located at cenenlent points fortralHc. the mails are regularly coneed through out that section, and a prosperous population Is al- reaoy csiaDiisncu, occupieu in larming, eiocic grow ing, mining, and urloin other pursuits. TKKMS $1 2o per aero and upwards, according to quality and quantity. Intcrctt ten per cent, on de terred payments r or lunncr iniormanon, appiv in person, or o lei- tcr, to GEO. L. Cree's Building, Stark st Portland, Oregon. iiluhi, Agent, betw. Front and First, JelCmG FUR.KTITUR.B STORE. I HAVE PURCHASED THE ENTIRE interest of Messrs Ycaton A Loughary In the Furniture Sune on the west side of Commercial Street, Salem, nnd shall keep on hand a GENERAL AS SORTMENT of goods for the retail trade. FURNITURE & UPHOLSTERY Farlor & Chamber Sets, BEDSTEADS, LOUNGES, ROCKERS, &C, By the est or single piece. Repairing and Jobbing DONE IN TOE BEST MANNER, And at reasonable price, as I am a practical workman JOHN CRAY. Salem, July IS, 1875 y FRUIT -P1TTERS, For Siile liy the Inventor and Patentee, B. A. LILLTE, Portland, Or., Second St , Mie. Salmon and Main, ' It pits even tho wort Tarletiei of frnit, with per fect success, without waste and great rapidity," Fhamiw I'lb, Surf. Atdtn Fruit Factory, Ortnon City. "It will pit 3,000 pounds of cherries in ten hours, and do it better thin It ean possibly be done by hand." 8. Li'klliku, Surtcrywan, JMuaukie. Or taon. aulSniJ LEBANON HOTEL, &KB.IXOX, i.V.V CO. S. II. CLAl'UHTON, ... Proprietor. THK undersigned would announce to thedtirens of Linn and adjoining eountlt., and to the traveling public, that he has thoroughly rcllted aud refurnished this well known Hotel with new furnltnre through out, and Is now prepared to acenmmodote those who may raror him with a call, in the most satisfactory manner, Tuo Tahiti will be impi) supplied with the best the market allords, and the utmost pains will be taken to plca all K-pccUl pains will be taken to procure comfortable coneynces lor psrtles wWhlng to visit the M)DA SPRINGS at r-odavillf, three miles frnm Lebanon, where a few dais oi even weeks may be pleasantly passed during the heate-d term. Mav S. S. II. CLAUGHTON. MOUNTAIN BALM The Great Oregon RKmefly for CHRONIC COUGHS, COLDS, AND OTU5R DiHOflMOH f tllO XjXXUfXH, IS PERFECTLY HARMLES-CNNOT INJURE the most dtllcate. The pure srrnu a beautiful article pleasant tu the taste prepared with great rare-can be had at both FKIHDMAN'ri and COX A BKLT'3 Drnr Stores Salem. felSt f An Oregon Institution. WE M UJK AND OFKUII FOIt SALE AT OUR Steam Potlcrf Works, JARS, JITKS, IH'TTKR - POTS, Churn, Dlllk-l'anx, &c. WoU-1ullnn, which will keep your air pun-and healthy, im from crmin, and la.t furver. I're li'i himhI Unfns.Dlna Fni-n Ihnv to HO" u ItiVs linlineter, thejp, and the in .i 3Blx"o 3Brio2c, J-wo v 0EX3O, FLOW Kit POls. FKl'ir-SRALSIUi, ic. W 111 in h aSle to .nppV sifir farmers with cheap lrat Ttle. Come villi vwr oagons, or send urderr U A. ."H. MrtlTIl A CO , jeftmd Hutu lata Or. t. W. WKATDlBIOaa. Weatherford & Co., Wholesale and Retail Dealers In DRUGS, PAINTS, OILS. CLASS, Patent Medicines. CHEMICALS, JE3 erfumery TOILET GOODS, Etc., etc. PURE WINES and LIQUORS; For Medicinal purposes. Medicines Compounded, and Prescriptions Filled. - Weatherford & Co., JanG-y Commercial street. SALEM. JOHN G. WRIGHT, Dealer In FAMILY GROCERIES,. Crockery and Glassware, Wooden and Willow Ware, Tobacco and Cigars, COMMERCIAL, STREET. Salem, April 20, 1875. d&wtl Patronize Home Manufactures !- WILLAMETTE Stove "Worfes HAVING THE BEST PATTERN OF STOVES non made, and tho latest Improvements, we aro manufacturing Stoves at The Lowest .Rates. Alen HOLLOW WARE, and all STOVE EXTRAS " cast on orders. We most rcpectfnlly solicit your pat ronage for tho Doxtor Stoxro. RICHARDS & RODGERS, PORTLAND, Or., Proprietors. Front fct.. betw. Main and Madison. mh24n:0 REAL ESTATE LOANS. 0REG0X AND WASHINGTON Trnst Investment Company OF SCOTLAND. THIS Company is prepsred to negotiate loans 1& sums from $500 to $50,000 secured over IMPRO VED CITY PROPERTY ard FARM LANDS, for fixed periods of jeais, or repayable by half yearly in stallments. For terms, apply to WILLIAM REID, Manager, novllr 9 First Street Portland. DR. K. Y. CHASE, TREVETLt.Col late Surgeon U.S. Volunteers. JD Office. Dnrhln'a block, nn stair. todx jWrfisnwnfs. 9 C. W. DIMICK, Hubbard, Marlon Co., Breeder of Shorthorn and Devon Cattle, Berkshire figs it Light Bramah thickens. rOONG STOCK. OF ALL KINDS, FOR SALE jl i ir t r caih nr tin time, with pnol ttcrnrltv. Oak. Uroc Mock Farm. July Jl, ItjT'i. ap3 Copartnership. JOUH KOTO. WJLVTXK A. iDlMS. MINTO & ADAMS, BRHKDE1M OP MERINO SHEEP, TAKE p'easnrn In offering tn the Wool Drawers of Oregon aud the adjoining Territories the chance to purchase TIIOKOUC.il DKKD UfcKINOS, and as surlng parties Inttrostui that they ran, and will en dearor tu, sell Shii.p of the samo quality and alue at MUCH CIIKU'EK RATES than men can possibly be Imported. Kxamination and comparison with oth er Sheep offered lu the market are cordially Invltid. Address MINTO A ADAMS, . . Salem, Oregon. N. R The Rims and Ram Limbs nf the flock can he seen on the hMNII FARM, adjoining Salem TneKwiscn he seen at the same place, or at the" IIILL FARM fmrandahall inllcs south of the city. tsa'ein. Se.ittmher 10, 1STJ. W. WIATHZBrORD. TnoXlOTJOHBRBD STOCK. B.E.STEWAKT&SONS, Importers and Br4ern f Thoroughbred Shorthorn: HOUTZXir OATTXaS, Pure-bred .Herlno uad Cvtuvroltf sheep, Berkshire Iloga, avn Pnnoy rowlB, Onr ftrns are .Itnaie on mile from North YiahlU frtitton, on Orvcnn -nl "1 1'ailmatL AdJrc". :oru amh'U, Yn.liUl Co .Orejoa. Jfl" a Cay FarBtfd mlir our Wall WCJa Auasr A Orllla. SI0O a hiodiii XWMm Wijlft. a M rfnU. jmjvr h-k r mmgr in, jua Au.tr (, at. Luuu, tu l- tV