?sr stTX. at 4r laww j - i. : ! '!. ' - t I ",i ' I " i ' 'Vi: I 1 A i 1 N I " , -i V :i 7 r i V7TLXJAMETTE FARMER tlSCSD BTEHT PtUDAT, BIT OXA-KjICE &z OK.A.IO, runr.ti"nriis inn rBorniRTons. H. A. CI-AItKK. U. W. !UAI(;. TrrniM of Nubarrlpllon. Ono copy, ono year (Mnnmbcn') $2..'0 Odo copy, rlz montnr (2)1 numbcrr) l.'iS Ono copy, tlirno month (IS nnmlicrr) 7A BALKM, FRIDAY, UKO. "5718777 " MEEQUITE GRASS. "Wo linvo frequently alluded, of Into to whnt we could learn about the vnluo of meequlto grass, which has been tried by a number of persons of our acquaint ance, always with success so far as wo have heard, and Mr. John SImpsen, of Hlusolaw, who Booms to havo thorough ly experimented with It for two yeore past, has given the results of his expo rlcnco In the Fakmkh. From All that can bo learned wo havo rcasoa to sup poso that this grass, (which Is a natlvu grass of Texas) makes u close sod; kills out fern; thrives on hill land, as well 118 bottom Innd; will growiipgrcon Im mediately after euttlng and remains green nt all seasons. While it does not mulco heavy hay It Is eagerly relished by stock. Its great value is for pasture ago. A late article In Wallace's Month ly, concerning sheep husbandry in Tex as, speaks of various kinds of mosquito grass, hut endorses tlio great vnluo of it in connection with slouk-mlslng. A Into numliorof (ho Sacramento liword Union contains In Its agricultural de partment h very Interesting notice of lit stock Journal that every lover of stuck this grass, which thoroughly endors- ought to have, wo ilnd an urtlulo on es It3 character and value, in unison Wool-growing In Texas," Unit do wltli In opinions expressed by those scribes the various grasses of Unit State. who hao experimented with It hero and says: "tho mosquito grass Is of makes, iMr.tSimpson, of Suiselaw, in fjrms us that It grows higher Uian his bond, (and ho Is a tall man) in bottom land, nnd four feet high, or more, on a rjd hill point that was never plowed. It will bo remembered that tlio mos quito is said to bo native grass of Tex as and what of It has cotno to Oregon is said to havo come direct from Texas hero. On the road to Smith's Ferry or Mclmmii on tlio nortli fork of tlio Santiam, Marion comity, about half way between Stayton and the ferry, Mr. Barlimas has a little of this grass sown near tho road, and in frequently traveling that road wo noticed that tho grass remained green all summer. All wiio cultivate It report that It quickly forms a closo sod and affords a wonder ful amount of forage. Mr. Albert Schneider, who lives ubovo Smith's Fer ry, In tho foot hills, has mado a success of it there. Ho sowed a picco of fail wheat last May, part with timothy and part with mosquito grass, and In No vember, when we saw It, the mosquito grass and timothy botii looked woll, but tho formcrcovcrod tho ground twico as well nnd nppearcd to bo doing splen didly. Mr John Miuto who examined tho grass growing near tho road, on I Mr. Ii.irtlmus pi ice, assures us that it is identical with what ho knows as vel vet gras, and that is a question it is well to settle without loss of time. We know of a Scotchman, recently come to Oregon, who says it does well on up lands in tlio old country, and it may be known there as velvet grass. It is true that the mcqultc grass lias a vel vet on it. Jn Wallace's Monlhlu, for November, In Or) on, and Its great interest Justi lies us in reproducing it enure, as un ion's: A n.ino'doniblo InUrrt 1mm Iiduu oxdlHl of Into III ft mo foutlotiH of tho Hindi In rojtiinl id llio mttN limited nt tint IiohiI of thlx urtl cln. KiinnorH who occupy up or crnin IhiiiIn, mid who mil not nuccooU with iilfiilfa on no- count of tho Kjulrroln uml Koiilicra online thn rootn, nro iiiixIoiih to liitroiliico noiiio kchnh that will roniulii urcoii tlirouuh tho dry una- son mid will contlmio to grow lain In thn fall after tho raltiy hoiuoii kmh In. Nona of tho Iiatlvo Krjmu'H miswor thulr purtKmif, nor will tlmotlij', rod top, or miy of thn frrabHOK wont cultivated for puttiiro und meadow In tho Atlantic Htato.1 or Kuroiio. Thoro IhiiNo a pood doal of Inlortst luanlfoilod by lliono who own Nwamp land, which enn only bo rendcrml available for culllvnltou by lovotm long tho banks of running ttroaum, to llnd a BrH to now on tuoao Iovcuh to form a nod to llx and hold tho hoII In placo. Tho towni and oltloN of California Mtuato In tlio vallojn and on iiinkn of rlvora aro alao Intoroatud In thin lam queatlon of Invito protection. With a view of a In t Inn to hoIvo Uiono (iiieitloiia for ul! rartloH lutaraitud, wonIirII InroitlKato tho olaluiN (if tiiiiiii of llio dltlorent vurlotlna of uniHHcm adapted to warm nnd dry (illiimtcn llkn oiith for cultivation for thonbovn nmuod purpoKOs. Flint, In bin uxcollont worlt on KrantOH mid forao plantM,dtwarlbosino(piltn Kraut iih ToIJowh: "It ktowh from Nix to twelvo lnuhi)4 IiIkIi, Umvon nurrow, Hpikot ouo to llvo, kIuiiioh und lowur fiirtlln pale Mllnlitly hairy, trlploawnod. Itlarulllvatud to h ooiiMlilcrftlilo oxloiit In hoiiio mIh of thn Houth, as In I)iilniauii, uud Ima bvoomo n f.tvnrilo uranH In many hooiIoiih, Vory natU faotory iixporliuaula huvo iiluo liodii uuiln with it In VltuliiU." A cnrroHiioiidmil of tlio JUral 7Vc.ii In July, 1S7I. h.vh oftlilt KraiH hh Krnwn In Calirurnla. "Tho lion. J, I M, lluiUpotu, of (Ircon valluy, Hououia county, mvh tho lrt to placo tho Humt of thU KriiHHm tho California inarkot. To fully ap. prcclivln tho Yiduo of thla kthhh It will to uoroNxary to hh It khiwIhk oii all ooiiiIIiIoiih of noil. Many poo pi o think that no voKia tlon will itrnw in California without Irriga tion, or a ktrouir root that itom down to llv liiKwalor. TIiIh laa inlMlHko. WoHawacrra of mo(ultn KraiiH Krowlnjj on light adobn land, and on gravelly hill aided and bottom land, hard nnd dry aa brick. A patch of thla graii la araudluic, two or thrtio foot blub, in tho bottr.in of a orcok and on an old, bard t roil il on road noar by, It adap'a Itsolf to ulri'Uiiitlaiu'OM, whom all othor griHHCH fall, and will producti a crop mi poor oll tbroo llmra llio (tight of natural gratiHi, and on rluhor, inolxt hoIIh In rolatlvuly lunroaxod proportloiiH. It la tho opinion of iimuy In ihla ipiartor that tho ino(piltu will runout all oilier grasM'w, wooiU and green Norrol, In a fow yoaw. Afior a crop la cut, u oucond growth hptlngt up on tho drye-a miIIh that uiakea fridti pitturo I'orotook when no otbor en 1 1 I hi oIiUIiiimI." Mr. JauiCN A, I.owla, of Uaimwha, Wcat Virginia, wrllim to tho Asrlcultural Dopaic iniuit at WaNhlni'tou. imiIiIIhIhuI In tho ro- port of tho dcpiirtuiKiit lit I8.MI, aa lollnwa of una gr.iMHt "in inn laii or iNa i procured hiillliiidiit uinsiulto gruii froiuToxus to ow HiMcrn of hill laud on my firm at (Imtin Doll. On ooitipirlng It Willi tho Kentucky liluo graux, orchard grasv, clover and tliiiu. thy, aa cultivated on tlio xanio lurni, I am Inclined to rank II an tho inoit valuabloof Kit forihw xpciloii ot country. It miiiii lo hlaiiil tho el' unto well, complotidy coxorlng tlio ground HiittppilugliiK uphooii afiorctit liui;, boiug lest itll'io'ed by drought llitii Hiiy otlmr giaxM-H, It nlno ituualua green during tin. Mil and winter, wlion IUh highly rell.litnl by httok, ll uiikiw u lUblha, Ihikiimi', but lagrcoillly (lovnurctl byc.itllo, 1 foiiHlilr ihli gri"H KxamoMt linporliint no (piNtlou " Other iullf a w ho lm it non bin! xauilncd llio mrnqulto graa mn grown by Mr. MiiiUpi'lliNey that It niakraa ilcep,cniu lucthiil wlib roota, otu., luierwoveu; tbtt It la dllUciilt to Hfimiaio a pl(C when laketi up except by culling with a knife, and tint In I heir opinion It will nrovonno of llio lmt proteeilniH lo levuMof any veaMablo pro.1 uolloti that ran hn plaui'M upon tliem. Thn Iturklaii Itlver )ui of Augiut, lf7"-' hat the following item In icgard to thla giaca "Somo two yeara alnco tho met quite grma wax lutroihuvd Into thla county direct Irani Texan 1j. llakblue, of Sebialoml, slaUa that In bottom lantUlt lacoiupletoucceia, and doH well abo on uiilaiuu of iHtlam kliula of t-oll. Mo baa nlue aorea of this gram on hi1 land, and InUuita to auw man, houitiof It Unix leet hluh, and tho ilold av eragia four and a half feel high," Wewball glvniir nronal Obiervatloua of thU graaa at other time. Ab tu the growth the mosquito grass two kinds here, and constitutes tne main foodot tlio sheep." "Those mos quito grasses, tlio running nnd tit 3 cur ly, aro vory good, and moro abundant hero than any grasses in Australia, but they do not hold vory good through (lie winter." In tills hist respect tlio experience of those who have tried it in Oregon and California, docs not agree. Wo further copy from tho same writer on " Wool-growing In Texas," as follows: " The nictquito grass Is u species of Arisludii, and though only two mentioned sorts of this variety ou ter into tho sheep-man's summer cal culation, thoro aro at loastton othor va rieties of It which mora or loss spars o- ly appoar during tlio winter. Tho cjilof of these latter is hero called 'tho win ter mosquito' which only becomes green when ull tho othor grasses aro dry in winter, nnd this, together with the prickly pour, forms, in some dis tricts, tlio only food for ahoep during December mid January. Slioep hero, as elsewhere, improve their range, and tho coarser grassses slowly disappear before thorn and give way to tho curly and running mosquito." within whhh it road may be constructed. Mr. Mltcboll, of Oregon, however, has Intro ducod In the donato a bill which under tho ptctonso of extending tho tlmo for Its com pletion, virtually alienates a valuablo part ot its land grant for tho benefit of the Central and Union Companlos. Mr. Mltoholl'd rela tions with thorn do not admit of misinterpre tation, and the devlco employed to conceal bis object is too lllniHey to bear txplanatlon. Ho sotiks lo Inluro what ho professes to Bid ; no Portland, Halt Lake, nnd Southern Fam Kallrond bolng a mere pretext for enriching tno uontrai monopoly ni mo ixpensu oi iuu Northern line. When tho Times assorts that "Mr. Mitchell's relations with them (the Cen tral and Union Pacific) do not admit or misinterpretation," It implies, beyound question, that Mr. Mitchell works in tho Interest of tho two great monopolies that constitute the Central lino from San Francisco to Omaha, and wo con fess thnt wo attach fur imro importance to tho assertion of tho Timet, n Journal that has nover given unkind criticism to Sonator Mitchell before, than to the assertions of thoso hero in Oregon who aro known to bo the Senator's personal enemies. To show tho popular estimation in which bonator Mitchell's eilorts aro held in Journalistic quarters, wo will also stato that tho N. Y. Sun lias treat ed tho mutter In tho satno way as tho N. Y. Times, whllo tho Washington correspondent of tho S. F. Chronicle., of late date, speaking of tlio bill intro duced for extending timo to the North Pacific railroad, says: "Thoro will ba but llltlo opposition lo their bill this wltitor oxcopt wnat cotnoi rrom Monitor Mitchell or Oregon In tho sonatnmid his old luw pnrluur Thompson of I'onnsylvuntii In tho houso. Mltcholl Ih playing ii cry deep catnr, tho ultlmato objnuinl which ih his riolecllou to tho ken- HAWLEY, DODD & CO., Portland, Oregon, Offer for Sale, at the Lowest Possible Prices, a Full Line of AGRICULTU RAL IMPLEMENTS. WE ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED MOIjINjE,I&jL. II I HIIHM.MJ-n OF Which combine tlio greatest strength, extremo 1 ghtness, and durability DFEItE is the solo Patentee of tlio Wrought uiock an u woiciou irog, und their Plow is tho only Plow so made. Tlio Plow's mould board nnd sharo aro hardened by a Patented Process PECULIAJl TO THE DEERE PLOW. THE DEERE SULKY AND GANG PLOWS,, With or without Breaking-Plow Attachment. f AUnUilDBSM RAILROADS AND CONGRESS. Under tho head of " Tho Sonnlo and the Itallroads," tlio AVio York Times of late date says: Loni; iiko tho IIouro (llnposed of tliol'noll'.o lt4llroad liidebtitdneHs In nuiitior tlmt mot tho MibNUulUl re(iilr(iHiunts of Jimtlco, Mouths woro not wnntod lit oUUUIhIi disputes Hbout rlKhttHiid conditions, or viiluitttempts tncoax thodHbtors Into n settlement which they never will make except upon compul fclon. Tho HouHnHiitlHtled Itsolf that In IHUt (NiuxrefH roKA'ued nnd Htsjnod n nDioliito rly lit to nmoiid or repeal the Uwnu ojnd I tlon upon which tho requests of tho compa nion worn compiled with, And belnj: In law ful poMhloii of tho power to compel thn LMiiiipunli'H to iniiko provlalon for tho pay ment of thulr debto, it oxerclkod tlio power ltb u vlnor nnd proiiiplltudo whloli, wo four, IhoSeuuto U uuittitoto ImiUto. This is ceriHiu: Tho mutter bits been morn than n year In tho liamN of tho Souato, und up to ibis mimioiit It Is iippsroutlv hh tar ell" ileol. slvo ttiMtuiiiiit as ovor, Whothor It bo tho ohroulo iillatorluesof that body, tho Intitti plblo but Milliliter lulliionoo of hoiiio of lis members, or nuiuul Inability to ducldo w bun and wlKjroprnor.nllnatlon should und nnd rent htiliieH IickIii, woarouotpronumptloiis (iiionuli lodotermliui.' Tho faal which HtamN out to llliiHtrato tho liudliirts of llio Sonxio and toouiidumu Us motliols N, tlmt n bill reported irom tho Judiciary Cnmmltto hm been iiiaito mbjout to porpotuil potpnno iiieii', and tlintii question whloli In essentUl partleulxrH U not opou to leasonabio eoutro veiy H kept open to unit tboooiivenlencj of tho I'oiup'OiltM, wIionii lawyers mid stents set in UiiiiikIi they were rompleto insnters of tho sltiiktlou. 'I'no diiimiiiN otoipily nro unheedod, Thodemaridi of tlio oomp-mlis nn (retted with it delerouco that U wholly uilsp'aeed. After showing tho impudence with which ihoso Central lino railroad com panlos defy tho law, tho Time refers to thu bitter hostility they entertain to wards the Northern Pacific enterprho as follows: "Tho Central and Union Companies have built up huge monopoly, and by IntriKtii or moro open oppoaltlou attempt to break down any cuterprUo that promises Interference, wbh ItH proQts. Their hoilllty lo the Northern Pacific Is more bitter and treacherous than that evinced to ward tho Texan line. The Utter U an anpll cant for Oovernment aid on a scale which challenge opposition, and wecannot wonder that tho exUtlnir monopoly uses the oppor tunity as boat It can, Hut the Northern P oltlo Is no', an appllcmi for any form or sul tildy. H seeks only au extouslou of tho time iiiuntid thoHijvritndlK'jiiiunt of Jay Unuld. Tlio Mitchell bill proposes to tolco In hii onorinotisfcllcd of tho Northern IMcilluirr'int nnd confer It upon tho Portland, bnuth Pa and H.ilt LsUh Rallroitil Company n bogus concern of no rcspnnMblll'y whaiover, con fhtlitgHololy ofaHliiKlolitipccuulouHKontlo mnn named Ohnpmiiu. ItH not lutouded to build even u mlloof tlio rocd, but aimpjy to givo Jay Ooiild control of llio routo, nnd, by urlpptina tho Northnrn Paulllo, prevent tho nompletlon ofa compbilnir lino. That this Is thnotjectof tho mnn may bu Inferred from thn fact that boloro Mitchell's bill whs ro er red In (ho Hnimto, ho cot Thorn psou to Intro dnco n resolution In tho ileuss looklnn to tho forfolturoof llio ontlro unearned portion of tho grant by legal proceedings, under tho direction of tho Uecrotnry of tho Interior." That tho Stato of Oregon nnd city of Portland huvo no reason to entertain suspicion of, or fool any Jealously to wards tlio Northern Pacific Jt. It. Co., is shown by Into notion of tho Exeeulivo Committeo of tho company, nt a lato mooting held in Now York, declaring the wlllingnossof tho company to con struct its road on tho south side of the Columbia river, to Portland, and declar ing that tho provision of Mitchell's bill cannot bo accepted by tho company These resolutions aro published in full by tho Hoard of Trade, of Portland, to which thoy nro addrossed, nnd seem to bo explicit nnd satisfactory. Whutovor havo been our vlows Iti tho past wo confess Unit wo recognize tho need of legislation to securo tho Northern road la proferenco to nny schemos that In volvo tho possibility of securing two roads by ono act. Wo cannot nfiord to tuko any risks In tho vaguo hopo of "killing two birds with ono Htono", especially when tho cloven foot of Cen tral Pacific railroad monopoly Is visible in tho transaction. If it is understood In Influential uud Journallstb! circles East, that tho Oregon Sonator Is allied with tno Central Paci fic railroad monopolies nnd working in their bohalf, thu pcoplo of Orogon may well study his courso with interest nnd should hold him to tho strictest account ubllity. Wo should bo represented in Con gress by men dovoted to tho interests of Oregon and committed to tho enter prises that nro essential to our prosper ity. It has fcoemed to us from tho mo ment tlio suggestion was first made, that tho hind grant on tho branch lino of tho Northorn rand from Walla Walla to Pugot Sound, should bo vacated, and tho samo amount of land In lieu thereof bestowed upon tho Dalles and Salt Lako road, and ho Insure tho complo'.Ion of both; it lias seemed that such action might advantage tlio Salt Lnko road, white it will merely divert from tlio Northorn grant a portion it would prob ably never utltlze. Wo consider tho Northcsn Pacific road tho most important enterprlso pos sible for most important ontorprlso pos sible for tho advantage of tho Pacific North West, and whllo wo deslro tho construction of tho othor road, If possi ble to bo nttnltted, it is entirely es.ou tint that no obstnelo or hindranco bo placed in tho way of the construction of the Northern road. That is nn im portant necessity; n rdad that will give us character and individuality; open up n country of our own nnd insuro n business nnd tratllc which tho other roads cannot mako subverslvo of tho selfish ends of California capitalists nnd business men. ARK atWI aWoictoA?oU. lOOurtt.ftw OUU "Ollr.O. Y1CKKSY, AogMl, MtUe, 7bjiriifl !.il" r S'v'ni: Itiiflrnipn'M yet Icwntid VaMly Impr''vd for Kail of 1877, COO ISoZcl iaa. CrcRon ira. Oo "S"cs.. fJi" Kvci-v !-niicr IhihpmmJ. 'Iho J),ere sink N tn imn iul L or Plow mado. EWI.Y UI'KUaI Kl Nrtom Mr licit d bnt tj n mb-hl :, tn t il I i Do Plow Is run mi of thn urouiMl nrd r.lKed char, by Jioue-ItiNUrd ol niiit pix-ir. I is tlioi gi.raud lti-n loitipbcitcd than 11113 other. Volo AuoiiIh lor tLo well l.lmwu SOUTH EEISTD 0U:iLLE2-3n0N VZtQVJS. BUCKEYEDniLLS and BROADCAST SEEDF.RS The most successful in ue. Too well known to r.ccd comment. j'AJ''S7!fSrMrn'm " cunt "f 'iSTi $$&- 'f. ?.! IICIV iM 1 mm m win ?j7mr:n Schuttler Farm, Freight, and Spring Wagons. FAItM GKIST MILLS, all slylesand prlctB. FAN WILIS, ficnl forSpocial Clrculaw MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Willamette University. SALEM, OREGON. session or istt-'ts. FACULTY! T. M. OATCH, A. M Pii. D., Trcfldentof tho'Unl vrltr. JOHN 1IOSWRI.L, M.D.. Emeritus I'rofemor of Ob- rtctric and Illnearca of Womcu and Children. I). l'AVTON. M I).. iofcor of Obtotrlc and niitaMa or Women anl Children, with Clinical Mldwlforr. JAS. M. MoAFKE. M. D., l'rofc5r oi 8nr8lcal and Uoicrlntlvd Analnrny, I). M. IONICS, M. 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C Ono sallon Is cnonjtn for one bnndred to two. nonirKlBUo?. according totbclr ace, (Lrosetli, ani eoadltlon. If U put np In FIVE-QAL10N 0AN8 atd In BAR- Bciidforclrcuhr, to T. A. DAVIS & Co.. PORTLAND, OREGON, Wholesale Agent for llio Ntate, Or to roar noareet Ri UU Drn iLli t or deal jr mrt T?DTTIiN AUEN( I yAl)VEKlEIN(r J 174 ELK'STREET; CINCINNATI. . OHIO .' AdTertiseneBta laawted In any paper. Before adTertUiDg eend for taj catalogue M' ; t B-l'Xut