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pALEM, FHIDAY, JUNK 8, 1877.
SHEEP AND WOOL-GOATS AND MO
HAIR. Tlio wool season Iihh arrived nsnlnnml It Is
vory natural to rovort to tho great Import
anco of sheep Husbandry nn a burner h and
estimate ltd growth and tbo vatuo or tho
annual rovonuo thorofrom at tbe prosont
tttno. At tho Htato consus taken In 1870 tho
number of sheep In tho Stato waa Riven as
6.10,000 and tho wool clip or that year at a
trlllo loan than two million pounds. With
two successful yosra slnca that lime and tbo
naual Increase, tbo number or sheep should
now bo very nearly a million and tbe wool
clip or the prosent year considerably over
three million pound.
The cllmato or all the Colombia river
region li ezcollently Adapted to aheep hus
bandry. It was supposed that wool from
Eastern Oregon and Washington would bo
Injured by the prevalonoo or alkali In tbe
oil, but manufacturers who have used It re
poit favorably, and Ibo present year tbo
price offered for Eastern wool is not so
strongly In contrast with that paid for wool
from tho Wlllamotto valley, It Is estimated
that a line grado orsheep will pay at least a
dollar a head, ouo year with another, over
oostofkcoplntf. irtho Increaso will pay all
oiponie, (which It will generally raoro than
do) then tho wool Is profit. Improved sherp
yield lloocoi weighing from 0 to 7 pounds
and tho profit on thorn can bo easily estl
mated. or courHo too extravagant expectations
must not In entortiilnod, It Is enough to
know Hist Hbocp husbandry Is a very prellt
ablo branch of Statu production tnlcou with
all lis dhadventugot or diiuger from scab or
dlai-ito. TU'io nro c.i refill and Miccosuful
brtu for uni ployed r.tlsing puro liloodod
stock lo Icj p up luip'roveuiutit and nun
valuablo h it- p costs no morn to kooplhan
tho poornst'grado It It not nocossiry to en
largo on tho advuutago of iiirtlutululiig con
tinual linprofoinont.
In tho iloh farming districts of tho Wll
lamotto valley fanners cannot afford to keep,
as of old, largo bands of nhoep tho land be
ing so valuablo for wheat culture, but the
value ofsheop In so groat lor fertilising tbo
oil and especially Tor cleaning as well as
mulching summer-fallow, that every wheat
(arm must have enough sheep to accomplish
this result to bo fully auccestful. As a con
seo.uenoe or this the farmers of tho Willam
ette valley will be apt to keep small but
choice flock of sheep and use care to Ira-
prove them so as to realise the boat quality or
wool coupled with the heaviest fleeces. This
sys'em carefully pursued for a number or
years will tend to Improve tbe breed orsheep
sad the oharaoter or wool through the whole
tttate. The WllUmetto valley can and
ahould become tbo experimental ground for
the sheep husbandry of the wholo Slate. A
man who owua thousands ot aheep has not
tbe opportunity for careful experiment that
Is afforded the owner or a vc II Improved
farm In Ibis valley, with fields toebsnge
them to, stubble and summer-fallow, ss well
m ordinary pastures, and shelter fiom
atom. It Is then possible for many experi
ments In crossing breeds and Improving
wool to be tested by Willamette farmers, and
it 1 very neoessary lhatauoh testa should be
made. Tbe aunoaas or tbe Merino sheep is
established, but it may be also shown that a
heavier, bod led, long-wnolsd ibeep will
yield more profitable lli-eco and furnUh
better ruuttou . The circular recently sent to
Oregon from Juslloe Ik to man t Co, or Phil
adelphla, well known and reliable oo intru
sion merchant, in the wool trade, -et sforth
the excellent reputation gained for Oregon
wools at tho Uoutttuitlalt shows tbo superior
value of combing wools that are sot-sally
produced In Oregon, and Ultimate that tbero
will bs strong competition utuoiig Thllsdel
phltt iimim factories for our wool.
Our cllmato ami ntlicrcouditinnHnrofitvoi
Hblo to nool-growltig nud It I ot the grosrst
lirtpjrtnmxi llmt ti.tublUli by kiitltrleut
tottt what hlicfp mo itn rsWn Kb t lit grvst
ettstt tunl let t-xnt-mii to yli.ld tbo mnt
MlNfiio'ory rtMilt. Mr, Mlnto ttuil others
In tliU vlolulty lmt Iih.iI nr4t Mii-Cfm with
Mtuliut'j Mr. WllkliiK, of Linn county, bus
N..A- (.i'oitliulrt; uiIkih Imvo C'ot.wolil
uud l.lri-!cr, but wlmt UBfbuuld ucr
lulu bnyouil ijiitltlim U: nlmt brtul or
crok iiftbfko lrrid will li n bnt rtkultn
l,,r wool, b.ith lor wnlgbl of iWfcutuul ieu
Utl'itiabrot'lT At It U, our Vool litrnui
rank' tlut ol CiliroruU mnl IcUU ixoflltun
ruiru, but II wo om wild tn llo iHuru.
bycttr.i In brvit-itlu luiirov!d stuck, tiist
iiuistMill budjno.
l'lnt Aiigorn Krut himI inoblr lt iy com
lu r.ir i blin of Mtiouiloii, Tl an Is a real
f.tnl oltblx tllcy, nml ihrtiuu'li nil Wrt.1
ru lhtwiii siiil WavtiliiK'oii, uhero brunli
limU srt uiiiMitluillvH hint wlitw th wild
Illy cr-, liNpNpIng tlio urssN, ''hl
rtg'nn Ntlih im'ni,l hnum of tbo gnst, I
Mtnn-fxUn Mildulri; tint briiHh hi d will
.ili.'tou tlit w, il'uand brukh lu prefer
i nctttt tint nimlotut i ihti wiowb, Tbts
ihii tilrmuiitr-itttl In I'm panture of Mr,
,l J.SIihw, nl.kH to the p ultttitlary, TLo
pin b i it, lurnUh nii witlcli of uiNit prt
lAirttllitttiiitiiitHiid lu ll-etnrtLttmolisIr,
v b n tfs Mr j.vl', whlliH a tt5(mnd
tt .t-lU 'ti tni Mnn th'" ilinKt. tlitt prl't
1 1 t.t'tl vud. 'flit Wiui; Ito rso vie un
uM ibr Ue toat aaA'W Ate1 to
takapalaa to bread the hlh,(TB4efortb-
sake of tbe profit to be round la thefleeoej
Tbo demand for mohair is sald.to be perma
nent and Ita value assured, eo those who
have brush land (and thore are. millions of
acres in tbo valleys and foot-hills and on tbe
coast) can afford to glvo tbe goat a fair trln.
There Is a small band of choice goats near
Salem that tbo owner expects will average at
loast $2 b0 per head for ench fleoco. Wo con
fsss that wo havo always taken tbo M'.orlei
told about goats and tho proGIs of gom
raising with many grains of allowance, until
tboexperloncoof tboso ongagod Inbreeding
thorn warrants tho conclusion that they
possoss groat valuo both for aubdulng brush
lands and for tho valuo oftholr mohair. One-
groat advantago seems to ho possfHjd by
thogont In common with tho mule, In not
being subject to dlnoaso. Tho goat It i
hoalthy croaturo, long lived and not allllclo I
wlthmany irauy orthollls other ilesli Is
bolr to, and though troublesomo whore
fonoes aro not good, it Is tho mostdocllo and
gentle of all domestic animals.
One other point of material Important
relates to the sale and disposal ot our wool
and mohair, for tbo time is at hand when
Oregon mohair will be largoly for sale
Duyera come here to get our wool and take it
East and sell for a profit. If wo could bull-
our staples oral! sorts and offer largo lots for
sale It undoubtedly would be loouradvor
tage. It Is to our advantago as a people to
ship onr wools on consignment to some good
bouse at the best wool market nnd havtflui
sold for our account to tho best advantajy.
Mr. Wllklns shipped his wool to sdvanlsge
last year ;and proposos to do so again sshe
received satisfactory results. Such belngtbe
caso every man could ntlord to let a portion
ofhlsollpgo Kaatto (out thosdvisablllty of
shlpmontou wool-growors account, and If
successful It would bo only reasonable (o
continue illroot wool shipments in the
future,
Squirrels and Gopher.
Tburo is rosily groat dovastallon rommll
tod lu tho firming districts by squirrels who
oat tbo growing stalks of whoU and ovn nn d
afterwards destroy largo quantities of tho
rlpoulnggrnlti, and ulso by tb burrowing
gophorstbat work underground. Thong
gregato of louses by tlioso pints would noton-
ish our readers If It could bo arrived nt. Now
U tho llmo to destroy tbrtu, boforo they find
froth grain no tomptlcg that I hoy will refimn
poltou. Ah soon as this rainy weather
coaxo every man who millers from (his
causo should low no tlmo in putting out
poison. Siiino prepare mixtures for them
helves hut not hardly ns Bnfu aud effectual rn
that olfored for sale. Wo hear good report
from Uodge's Squlrrol nnd tiophor Poison,
and havo row trloi It successfully cuuolvia
for two years on the worst kind off qulntl
Infested ground. It surprises many that
they do not llnd the dead aqulrrela nud Uioy
perhaps dgubt Its efiloaoy on that account ,
Wo nevor found but one dead iquirrel
where we must havo killed buudreds, They
died In their holes, as waa shown by tbe
presence of blue tiles going in and out, as
well as by the fact that no farther depreda
tions were committed until a new Immigra
tion came In, for they are migratory animhls
and will come In continually from abroad.
Wakelee's Hqulrrel and Gopher l'olson Is
reported as alto very enVctual and those who
use It report sudden death tit all animals
that eat It. We have received fnr trial a cn
of It from Messrs. T. A. Davis A Co., and in
tend to make use of It as soon a the rains
cease. It Is not rnuoa use tmtilinr out wiulr
rel poison when It rains, lioiu these poisons
are very enVctual, and while we have tried
one wa have received aufnnlsnt evidence that
tbe other is also good. Wbeat will be worth
money next rail and la worth saving to
count into ro'a.
OitTiuoic. A correspondent writes us that
while old Mr. Adams and wife who live
in tbe hills tea miles south or Salem, sre
probably on their death tieds, some persons
came with a ragman, siuir-tl with straw, and
hung it on tbe porch or the house. This
act really troubled the old people, and
nelgliuora think It wa done as a refieo Ion
nn their son, Jetse Adams, who has oharge
or them. The care or the old pople, and
expense or modlual attend'ncti hss oorue
very hard on Mr. Jk Adams, and hss
cripplxl his means, a we happen to know,
snd this act was cruel and uo doubtuncalled
for.
Ten-bcsdod AuMrillau wheal, that pon
from six to seven feet high, and headed out,
groMsou Mr. O, Dickinson's place, North
Stlcui, It prmnlies a vy heavy yield.
Very Deairable Property for Sale.
Nlnoty.threo sort- nf land on SaIoiu Tral-
rln, iH-Jr tbo Fair Ground, will bit told uta
gient bargain ton ra.li j urcl asor. Tor terms
and other InforuuUou ;ln(iu!ri rf H, A.
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Fax in? aud liitul lot Salu.
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tiki IH III IBlllVll I'll, l'll in l.tnl, .uu 10II
lrt I'lia t Hill mi. Kb.iii M it tlt imtit ip no
t'tty. .!, sIkhiI I Kill ttoro i f V1XHI I.aM),
tonii' f tho I'i'.i alirj m l"iu-r I'a'ii l.-iml tn lliu
rouiiW, u KiiinOfii lit lull mil bnuh JUj TinMcr
f mr urvpuxl ftnn inn Uo milt cm ef tl, llil
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vr. Tlil IjiiU Utlluutvl In t.-no rutitiSr, t,Hit ii
mllfKfii'iu lll'llt'l.'Hy. tut lx icrnn rit-rll.
JjS Mint V II . O.NN, AV?- ('?.
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l'KRKU'M 1HID VO'l
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Notice.
flllirt nnimtl miMlne t'fllis PlncVhilt'rr of the
J. I.ti t- (Vuni) M.ifj'l') ,((wltlnu lll tiohtM
ii Kit'ir.twtirtti llt'l In 44K'i.i' (M, in toinvMliy
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nnur-i n ina'ii'iil CliOHOK HK1!IAV.
n'.tnt', 'JUf'A ISIVl l'iut tit.
BAJLUni.
Tho IIlGlinST marmot price mil for anj-n-ronnt
of Wool. .'uno 1 3
Leo Willis,
Bnns tiAVK to om.tiik ATrnsTioN op
tliu public to III i vw luik nf
Pianos and Organs,
In iters n J r t tve, hlch nro ollVnil at
Gi'uatly - Roditood. Price,
cltar jir eahor cji lutlulicnlf.j
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Books and Stationery
In aUo COMPLETE, and III be iu'd at crlcts to suit
tbe time.
Will fara''i, thorl no'lc. any Itook nnbllihod
Is Ibe Unit d 'it. at pulll.hf r" rale-,
OnlrnMillclltnl. aua an vxmlbatlou ul liU itook
retpectf illy liiTltrd.
LEO WILLIS,
apsins ttitoStrctt, Snloxu,
1004. 1077.
This OHly St rid If Wholesale Drug Houe
H OffROR.
T. A. DAVIS fe CO.,
71 From Nli-eei,
'MtTUANU. (iHCO'N,
Otrm TO THE DRt'O AND (lENritil. MKR
thiuJIta trade a coui,tv kMortoittii of
Drugs.
Patent Medicines,
Fine Chemicals,
Glassware,
Shop Furniture, and
Druggists' Sundries.
Al.10,
WINDOW GLASS,
Ot a I rUa uili iaiI'1. ,
WHITE LEA13,
Of ill tho It'UlliiR tir.uir'i', it, in. i int'l kec-,
COLORS IN CANS and DTIV.
Putty, 1 ninpb tide,
Red Load, tluo.
VARNISHES,
nrlii'.liisll i".nvt Unml f r nU l'lii ?r' ntc.
IMInU MhUvuasb, and V.irnlD ilrthltiK,
I,l,.sKi:i OIL, liilnir:Waudk-iif.
TuriHiitlnc, Cn:il tills Castor (Ml. Lard Oil,
.NeatVfbiii Oil. Fish Oil,
AlOOllOl,
In turrvu and ttt e
tllMo Vltrl.il, Sulphur. Castile
Jtoup, Coined' ruu-it Ljc,
iuiuli.
33tttomai all lcixcf.
Quioksilver and Strychnine.
TATl,
In Quart, llairoallcu. Ou-aUm, nd KoGal'oa
Can au4 IUrrrl, etc , tie.
We art AginU tot Urvirnn nJ Wathlrjlon Terr
iwy ftir
THE AVERILL PAINT,
THE UUr MIXKt) r.Vl.ST IN UsE for
Ualtlfr dt'a mti h rp M. MaWUfa fbeep
Hats and "nuI rrl ' ". tJ e a aad
Ja)ss rrrlri rj U.UitUcv.
ltrm W.biirojf sio.tfmm Crl laril. Iha ra
abler U I" rt'Bprlr with itiTlnlXfl on Ibe l"uL
it acoJrviiltoo.ui uuritii.o vti i prove. iu)
czaGLaavn ami i 1 1
w w ,ai,uM nun ,ni nn, iiM
USE THE.
IN THE WORLD!
Be not IDeoeiveca. !
See that onr Trade Mark is on oaokFaoIiage!
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jet uiaoic j ana ATiTi COLORS.
TJLVxLe5L FLGCtLsr for tta
AND EASILY APPLIED.
For Sale by (bu AgcnlNt
JOHN HUGHES, Salem,
HODGE, SHELL & CO.-
WholoMile nrugglMlN, ana UealerN lu I'mIhIk, OIIn, and Clara,
XP.TSyHONThTHEKT. . , . . - FQgtTIiAKrP. Or.
AND
PACIFIC THRESHING AIACHINE COJUIV
MAJJUFAOT0UKL8 OP f
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PELTOM'a SIX-FOLD HOH8E-POWKKS
na uouuiorDjiunco boparuiors
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au SkKju toft Lvvj'tiie'in u "v "V00.!" " ,l,,.1'; '' "i ' u oi" mi--1 jmk.
mud for cliVubi. bANhs aut WtAtA. Vor lurttcr jjarUculart, kddrw. ttio,.fficu uantd.lioc or
tiuuwrcmuBii. Maim, Marcn 3-!y
Establislied 1840.
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Original Liver Medicine.
FOH All DlJKiSE-j OP THE LIVEU. 80UIN
N Ess OP TUB bl OMACH, Lubi OP AI'PK,
XITS.SICK HEADACHE, WO. ETC,
l'UICV, una Dollar.
T. A, DAVIS, i CO.
VtioW.al Ur;rclii,l Prcst Si. l,t a;d,
a,iJal-,,u- Aititii f.r Orwu.
UK. K. V. VMASBX,
Oalc OiulMiU Uoet. au Malri. ' WBUlJ-
HODOH'S
Gopher and Squirrel-Killer.
BUllE AND DEUAIILE FoKTHEDESTHUCTION
OK GOPtlElte, fcQUIUUKL3, KAT8,
Mlt't, CJtUWs, iC.
Safer, Retlt-r, nud hrnper Ihaa
Mocliuluv, IMiosiHiuiUM. r
Nvnic, or olhr prepura-
tfoua uh u alMgltt trial
will coiiviuc-e.
SOU) UY DIALEICOtNSKAlLV, AhD hX
HODGE, SNELL V CO.,
Wholesale Druggihta
Not. 73 Front aw li PIm SU., roHTLlMS.
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