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VOL. XL'
Ieo Peddlwa.
Tlila country lias lind enough of lwgug trco
uuers, nna it liouw not lio ticcuuary to
peat aUvico to intelligent pcoplo that they
it liavo no security in imrchasinrt trecu,
lrulu and plants from irrcspousiljlo tramps
lio go throtigii tlio country with no rccom1
ncndation other thnn their caudy picture
ks tiint are inevitably frauds, their good
bllics earned liy tho committal of swindles
and tho unlimited check that carries them
rough tho world with plausibility, but
ich should send thorn to tho penitentiary.
it astonishing that men and women will
:omo enraptured with tho well-spun talcs
a stranger who shows a lxiok with gaudy
turcs, by which ho sells fruits and flowers,
ring no guaranty that his plants aro what
ascribes them, and charging from five to
times what ai gwd or better, nnd far
ro reliahlo trees and plants can bo pur
cd of our moat rcsponaihlo nurserymen.
Is certainly true that tho strong point in
io mens favor with credulous pvoplo at
go is tho unlimited cheek, assurance and
schood thoy indulgo in, and tho extortion
oy chargo in prices.
11 1.1... ......... 1.. !..! ,
wMvwnu mvuiv nt iuig uur rcAicrs
lOdio valuable information. In tho first
place, they cannot adord to purchaao any
thing whatever of transient individuals if
cannot test tho valuo of tho articlo on
lapot. Of course they havo no means to
tho valuo and character of trees and
rubs that require ono or mora years to ma
rc. Wo have great and sufficient compoti-
Ion among nurserymen in Oregon and Wash
pgton Territory to insure us honest dealing
i their part. Wo havo in tho Kaiimkr tho
ivertisements of scrcral nurserymen who
f.Jave been long in tho business and aro per
Yfctly reliable. Thoy compete to secure all
I Kjfaluablo trees, plants and ahrubjy suited to
H ' SklA ..ItHiala anJ ftitij..l (n nil, JSHla TltM
og here, and experiment with, cverythiug
Khat line, testing its valuo and adaptabll
and are able to tell you what success they
to with it They are driven by competi
i to show enterprise, and it is much safer
et them test the value of trees and shrubs
i to take the word of irresponsible sharp
s ho never expect to see you again. We
a good deal ot consideration to home
and enterprise. Our nurserymen are
lucinc prices to correspond with tho times.
M d at tho samo timo giving us rcliablo trees,
i tl le to namo.
. Wo havo mado the best tight wo could
Mainat tree sharpers tho hut fall that, too,
en other Journals aeemod to liud more
lit in treo peddlers thau in the people.
read that these fellows aro now in Walla
Ilia, or thereabouts. hcrevcr thoy arc,
I advice is to let them alone. (Io to regu
dealers, and you will get good trees at
onablo prices.
Word of Good Cheer.
receiro by every mail wonls of earnest
will from old subscribers, with tho names
ny new ones, and tho promise of many
Wo aro satisticd that our removal to
ml is for mutual advantage of ourselves
adcrs. Wo propose to till tho important
o occupy as fully as possible to tho bet
ts of thoso wo fccno. Tho Iklitor is
iMKring from several weeks of illness dur
. arkicli ho has not been ablo to accomplish
nMch as ho desired. Producers of Oregon
'H&leaso keep it constantly in mind that wo
m exclusively for their interests, and wo
.pis; only influential journal in tho Stato
'Kalaesso, Help us to tho means to use
i Si-jo promise, you a nowspapcr that you
ignizo as all yoii need. We now give
rtaut news of tho day. forcltra and
f MMi national, btato and local.
k
iola WarehonM Swindle.
'anners of Tolk county who havo been
lied1 by tho Eola warehouse swindle, feel
' scrumivo at mo auuuuo auumeu uy inu
mcrcial Ks porter, which attempts to show
they had been paid for their wheat.
jtahly the Reporter gave Marshall's story,
it is not possible tho farmers interested,
idiug many of tho moat intelligent busi
men of Polk county, could be mistaken.
ust be that they were defrauded, and this
s the necessity for great prudeuco in se.
ng men to manage their interests, or to
t with tteir products, it seems to nave
ed a good plan for farmers to own their
ware nouses anu nave mem managea oy
of their own choice and who possess their
ence.
Iaprered Fmltry.
Jjjou are interested in improved poultry
desirous ol caving choice varieties on your
i uiucc, ioo. over ur auvcrimmj cuiuuiua
ou will nnd a number of dealers, all re
in so far as we are aware, from whom
er anything you want in that line.
:rcst xs icit ih uiw tuauvu vi uus
the dealers have shown much en-
uring the best strains of poultry
sp '
- Tho Season.
Wliilo tho early part of tho reason u as inott
favorable to farmers, to that a crcnt deal moro
than the usual amount of land was plowed
and sowed to wheat, tho Inst two months, and
more, have been such that very littlo farm
work could bo done. After thu frosts wero
over tho rains ret in and have kept tho ground
too Met for working. February was stormy,
but to far March hat deserved its very bad
reputation to tho fullest degree. It is hardly
possible, that tho whole month will continuu
to bo so unpleasant. If farmers could havo n
fair show to put in Spring grain Wo might con
fidcntly expect tho harvest of 187U to yield n
better and greater avcrm-a than ever licforo
realized.
East of tho Mountains.
From the letter mo publish from Col. f.ang,
and information received from other kouiccc,
it is probablo thattho loss of stock Hast of tho
Mountains is much less than has been sup
posed. This is good nowr, for loss of stock,
and imiovcrishment of stock men, means loss
for tho country at largo and discouragement
of ticrsons of enterprise engaged in an import
ant industry. Tho welfare of tho region Kast
of tho Mountains iiieaus a great deal, for wo
look to (hat wiilo domain of valleys, uplands
and mountains for tho growth and develop
ment that will make thu Pacific Northw est
known and powerful among tho States of tho
Union.
How to Manage Poultry.
fONTlNDllD.
Tho hcu has set twenty-ona dayr, tho
chicks are all out of tho shell. Prepare a
coop for tho young brood iu a dry placo
where the sun can shino on them. Tako tho
hen and placo her in the coop, then take the
chicks one by one and press with tho thumb
nail the pip from the beak., of each-littla
chick, as this prevents them from picking up
their food and causes them to starvo if not
removed in time, although it comes off with
out help sometimes. It is the instrument
with which thoy aro enabled to break the
shell, and if it is dislocated before the shell is
sufficiently fifed, which is sometimes the case,
the chick will die if not helped out,
Bear this in mind, when you get tho chicks
in the coop, give them to cat first hard boiled
eggs for two or three days. This is natural
food for them. After they aro four days old,
they can eat crocked wheat and meal, and
when twelvo days old they can havo boiled
wheat, and run at liberty if tho weather is
dry.
Care should bo taken to keep lico from in
truding uioii them. This can bo prevented
by dusting the mother hen in ashes, sulphur
and lime, equal iiart mixed together. Also
dust tho young chicks onco n week, to keep
off diseases of different kinds, (livo them
egg food as per directions on each package, it
being an invaluable article, making them
feather quickly.
Do not allow the hen to rooit up on any
thing, such as slats or jioles. Mako them
roost on tho ground. Uso sawdust or sand in
your coops and on tho henhouso floor for tho
chicks to set on. When tho chicks hate
grown to tho sizo of quails, and tho lun has
left them, they should bo pat iu tho houco
with tho flock, and inado to roost on tho
slats, ai do tho old fowlr. At this period
they may bo fed with tho flock, but up to
this timo they should Ikj fed scparato, as tho
grown fowls tramplo them down when small,
A place can bo prepared in tho shape of a
long coop slatted up to prevent tho large
fowls from intruding upon them. When
three or four months old they should bo sold
for breeders. I.aiso early chicks for market
profit.
In our next wo will speak of the most prof
itable fowl for market.
By the foregoing management poultry can
bo raised profitably and successfully.
Hoping that these articles may bo of some
use to your many readers, and encouragement
to tho poultry fraternity, I remain,
Ycun, etc.,
Wm. Short,
Alder Grove Poultry Yards.
To bo continued,
To Marion County Grangers.
The Mariea County Grange Conventfon,
composed of three delegates irom each Sub
ordinate (irango in the county will be held in
HeJezn on Saturday, the 5th day of April, at
10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of electing
representatives to the State Grange.
W. M. Hulsukv,
Tcrnkb, Feb. 20, 1679. Ieputy S. M.
Pearl Barley Wanted.
Editor Willamette Farmers
Yob will confer a favor by informing mo
where I can get lUllesa or Pearl Barley, as I
wish to get some of it for teed.
jErruwo.v, Or. M. Gunsacli.
PORTLAND. OREGON, MARCH 7. 1875).
Lnko County Letter.
New Pci: Ciikhh, ljku Co,, Or.,
Feb. !0th,iS7.!.
IMitor Willamette Farmer!
Tho valley of Goose Lake, situated m thu
southern part of 1-al.o County, and northern
part of Modoc county, Cab, is becoming of
no small importance Loth to farmers and
mechanics, as well as stockmen. The valley
is about forty-l'uo miles long, lying on each
sides of tho lake. Tho portion of tho valley
lying on thu cast side, which varici from ono to
thrca miles in width, is much better adapted
.to farming than thu west tide, which lies
almost under tho great shadow nf the Cas
cades, tho cast side being hounded by a small
spur of tho Sierra Kcvad i, which is broken
up into numerous littlo r.1ieys varyiug in
tiro from n section to several thousand acres.
Tho physical features of tho county aro nn
interesting study, indicating that it has
undergone indefinite geological changes and
has been subjected to numerous submergences
and volcanic eruptions. Thu mountains on
tho ''iorra Nevada side present a conglomer
ate mass of broken and displaced rock,
which crops out occasionally beyond a thin
covering of light, sandy soil. Thcro aro
proluihly few mountains which exhibit greater
diversity ot periods In formation thau these)
one is brought constantly in contact with
rocks which dato back to the Azoic Time, and
again to those which are of com-arativcly
recent organic formation. Tho soil in the
valley is of considerable, depth, virying from
nine to sixteen feet, and seems adapted to tho
growth of any kind of vegetation to which the
climato is favorable. Tho increaso ot popula
tion which docs not dato back farther than
ten years, lias !ccn very rapid; nearly every
available quarter-section in tho best part of
the country has been taken, and is being im
proved as fast as clrctimstMcec will permit.
though it has suffered very materially and
does suffer now by tho "Swamp Land Swindle"
(well known to readers of the Fakmui) which
was passed by the Oregon Legislature a fow
years ago, by which thousands ot acres of the
best land in the valley is being withtld from
settlement and improvement, the holders
of these lands being neither willing to sell or
lease, and theso tracts include land that
should no moro be rated as swamp land thau
should the Tualatin plains of Washington
County or the Albany Prairies of Linn.
Tho recent act of the legislature iu referenco
to swamp land was well received by tho peo
ple of this section of country, and is certain
to effect beneficial results. Before visiting
this valley I labored under tho popular delu
sion, that its natural adaptation to agriculture
was much limited, grain and vegetables grow
ing only when irrigation could bo obtained;
but my delusion was quickly dispelled on
learning from tho farmers with whom I con
versed that from twenty to thirty bushels of
wheat and barley was an average yield where
there is no irrigation nor any chanco for it.
It is thought hero by tho majority of fanners
with whom I havo conversed that grain does
letter without thau with irrigation, though
considerable better for vegetables j yet gardens
seem to grow as thrifty hero w ithout w ate-r aH
they do in tho Willamette Valley, Thocultiva
tion of fruits and shrubbery has been backward
here', (.wing to a general lack of confidence
in tho climato Icing favorable to their growth;
yet there aro a few early settlers in tho valley
who on arriving set out fruit trees and ber
ries, inclnding tho blackberry, strawberry and
raspberry varieties, ami are now supplied
with fruit in abundauco; and sinco fruit rais
ing has proven a success fanners are enthusi
astically setting out trees and shrubbery,
hoping to mako up for lost time, Fruit has
always commanded an cnonnous price hero,
beiug hauled from the Koguo ltiver Valley,
and sells from six to eight cents per pound,
There is a atrikiugicculiarity in this valley
in regard to markets for its produce; though
entirely without any natural means of trans
portation the price of produce has been sinco
the first settlement limber than in Willamette
or Sacramento Valleys, Thisis accounted
for from the fact that the farming portion is
small compared with the grazing portion, and
is no moro than adequate to supply the homo
demand; and although there has been since
settlement a constant increaso ot acreage in
grain-growing, the stock-raislug ponuhtion
has increased iu a direct proportion, and has
made continuously a handsome home market.
Last year's yield of grain was a fair one, and
wheat and barley are now selling for 91,75 per
cental, and will probably be &..00 before neit
harvest.
A considerable drawback to the growth of
the country is iU isolation from commercial
advantages, the iioints of railroad cemrr.uni
cation being Ileno, Nevada, and Bedding,
California. Freight from theso two points
costs from three to four cents per j-auod, and
enormous prices for heavy articles o( merchan
dise is the immediate consequence. Whether
this will ever Iki remedied is difficult to an
swer; tho majority of tho eltizcii-i think there
will be n railroad soon togivo them an outlet,
but I fear that not many of the older people
will livo to ynjoy it very long. Though I
havo had nucxjicrfenco in locating railroad
lines yet it seems to mu that tho amount of
valueless land n railroad would bo obliged to
cross to get here, and stock being tho only
exports of tho -alley, would hardly mako it
practicable at present. Auothcr disadvantage
tho country labois under is timber; not on
account of its scarcity, for there is an abund
auco within thrca to live miles of any portion
that is settled, Tho great need Is variety.
There is a scattering growth of what is called
mountain mahogany(and juniper.
Stock of nil kinds look well, mid will comu
out in tho spring in good running order. The
advantage that tbii country has as n stock
raising .region is lin'ortant. During tho
sovcrcr portion of tho winter stock requires
to bo feil, and the summer range will always
support mora stock in tho summer than tho
farm Ian I wifl support in winter, from which
it follows that tho summer range will never
be short. Tho winters here are considerably
colder than in the Willamette Valley, though
not disagreeably so, tho tcSnperatiiro licing
ns low as ono'degreu lielow rcro but onco this
winter, yet wo havo had (reeling weather for
tho last two months.
Lako View, the county seat of Like County,
situated tiflcen miles north of tho stato lino
and ftAir miles north cf tho north end of tho
lake, is a thriving littlo town full of business
and enterprise. Tho town is growing rapidly,
and tl)o gret amount ot building going on in
the counfTy makes a good demand for
mechanics, and tho price of labor commands a
good figure. There is a great need of mora
mechanics of all ki.)ds' here, and those who
may eontsssiplate (timing here may be sure ot
emptoymelK, .ffbV&tate Lin Herald,' printed
at Lake View, ia a neat and spicy little paper
which is edited by C. B. Watson, an enter
prising lawyer and influential citizen of
.that place. Mr. Watson makes his paper
wholly neutral in politics, and devotes it
entirely to tho interests of tho general pub
lie in Southern Oregon, where it finds welcome,
and in every family one may be almost sure to
find a copy. Cius. W. Pnarr.
Resolutions of Condolence.
At n meeting of Butto Grange, No. US, P.
of II., held nt Butte Precinct, Washington
County, Feb. lf, 1879, the folluwing resolu
tions wero adopted:
Whereas, Death has removed from our
midst our brother, Arwin L. Wood; there
to! c,
Booked, That iu him our Grange has lost
an efficient and faithful rneinl-cr.
Besolved, That we tender to our brother,
Kd Wood, and sister A. M. Wood, our heart
felt sympathy in this sorrow and I reave
incnt. Uesolved, That our hall lie ilrajied in
mourning for the usual time, in token of re
sjicct to nur dceeaied brother.
Besolved, That tho Secretary of our Grange
bo requested to furnish to tho parent of our
deceased brother a copy of theso resolutions,
with thu seal of our Grange attached thereto,
Besolved, That tho Wll.WMirrri: I'aumkh
and Oregoiibn bo requested to publish theso
resolutions.
Tiios. Pai'mev, )
Milton llicir.iiiox, VCommittte.
W. M. TlHAIIU,
Cultivation of the Chufa,
Philomath, Benton Co., Or.,
Feb. 28, 1&7.
Ivditor Willamette Farmcri
I have uultivated the chufa for three years,
and havo obtained tho best result by planting
the tubers tho first of May, two inches deep,
in drisfs eighteen inches apart, and four
inches apart iu tho drills as soon as they
come up, if tho weather is dry. Water well,
and when about two inches high other shoots
will appear. I then draw all shoots as soon
as they attain tho height of two inches, and
transplant in rows as above, and ten inches
apart in the rows. I contiuue the transplant
ing until tho middle of July, They should
be planted in rich, moist ground, and if well
cultivated will form bunches eight to twelve
inches in diameter, and look like coarso grass.
Kach blade or shoot has a tuber. They are
ready to gather as soon as the frost kills the
top. J. 8. 8. Powett.
Lane County Orange Delegates.
Notice is hereby given thfct there will be a
meeting of the delegates of the Subordinate
Granges cf Lane County, held in KugeneCity,
on the first Saturday in April, at 10 o'clock
A. M,, for the purpose of electing representa
tives tl the State (liange; iu accordance with
thu provisions of art.' le SKOnd, sections
1st aud il et the by-Uws cf the Oregon
Mate lir.-.i.ft. f.e-tf K-ox,
ileputy Matter.
(,r.ra'wi..i, Or , . e-. Si, H7,'.
A Woman On Woman's SufTrago,
Bditor Willamette Farmcri
lit reading ono of tho Portland city papers
my attention was attracted to an articlo en
titled "Women in Council," nnd I read nnd
re-read and after so doing I concluded if tho
privilcdgo was granted mo to intrude, upon
your columns, to oiler a few suggestions. In
tho outgoing allow- mo to say that I havo not
taken up tho jicii to advocato suffrage of
women, or uovcr can yield any encouragement
in tho movement whatovcr. From tho lio-
ginning of tho effort that has liecu mado in
this Stato in behalf of women to vote, I havo
often been placed so as to hear tho sneers and
slings in opposition to tho movement. In
conversation, whether in public or private
clubs, tho samo would greet tho ears of wo
men, and with shamu wo were obliged to ln-ar
tho oppression. When women who did not
care to havo women's rights mentioned, they
havo been mortified beyond endurance at tho
uprising of that question.
Womens' Bights! women have rights,
abiindatK-o of them, then why strive for
political )opii!arity. If those who thus
st rivo would yield their Influence in n differ
cut channel and not maintain that right and
privilege which la-longs to tho stronger scx,thoy
would bo tatter for it. There is work to ao
complish ot a moru elevated character than
political enfranchisement ot tho sex. Work
that lies perishing and neglected at tho hand
nf every woman who raises her voico for suf
frage, whothcr alio bo educated, or deficient
in all branches of education, that cannot
debar her from tho duty tliat is assigned her,
Talk about reformation; yes, that is tho pointi
go to work with truo purpose of heart to up
lift fallen humanity regardless of sex (yet it
will be well enough to commence with our
own sex first in the movement,) givo them an
encouraging word and a helping hand; tell
them in a gentlo loving way to reform and
get out of tho pit ot degradation in which
they have fallen) and when your good wonls
and fair promises havo brought them out keep
on w ith your noble work. Just because they
are out do not think they need your aid no
longer and leavo them alone. They must see
the promises brought into practice by stand
ing by them and encouraging them through
tho thorny pathway of life; and should one
mako an error, oh, do not treasure that ono as
a mountain against her. Tell her la a kind
gentle way of her fault, lest by a light spoken
word from your heart, you drivo her farther
than alio was in thu start. When a work is
brought around fur reformation on such a
foundation where is the honest heart but
would co-operate, with us, by having their
heart-felt sentiments in tho cause. Then our
faces could not feel tho blush of shamu to
siwak anywhere, and at any place, tho object
of our work. I leavo my suggestions with
intelligent ami candid men and women in tho
land, to ask themselves truthfully, would
-Kilitics bo purified, and morality elevated by
giving women thu liallot? Politics at present
are hemuddled enough, and it is a difficult
matter to stato which is tho most corrupt of
tho two parties, yet this will suffice. I,
with many others, do say we don't wish to
maku it worse, therefore don't want to vote.
Very lesixctfully, Pi.'IN Jaina.
From Turner.
Ivditor Willamette I'nrmen
Five persons of this vicinity who suhicribcd
for thu Marion and I.iiiu County Atlas, havo
resolved not to accept and jay for thu samo
unless coiniielled to do so by tho majesty o
the law.
The "Aumsvilleians" got away with thu
"Turneritcs" iu debating contest.
Messrs, Cockerlino k Co. are putting) the
finishing touches on their race,jand theTnow
grist mill will lie in ojieration shortly.
BTho officers of TunienJGrange, for I87i. are.
I-eviLM.UIcrrcu, M.t.M,yj.?Dmicaii, O.;
A. Ilalstcad.S.t F.Wilbcr, U; W. G. Porter,
8.; H. Smith, A. 8.) T. J. Wilcox, T.; W. M.
Military, H.; James Kimsey, G, K.I.Mrs It.
MipIer,C.;Mrs. M. K. Iferreu, P.; Mrs, I
Halstead, P.; Mrs. I. I.. Hillcary, L. A. N.
huirn'mmit.
Tcicurt, Or.,FebJ'J8, 1b71.
Not Quite All.
Aumhviuk, Ogn, Feb. 26th, 1879.
Editor Willamette Fanneri
In your issue of February 21st 1 find an ar
ticle written by G. W. Hunt, and another by
John Downing, in both of which it is said that
the Marion and linn county map men liavo
carralod all the couiity officers. Mr. Dow-
ning says we call it corraled because wd see
their names signed to articles stating that this
map was a c.mptete and correct map. Now,
if my name has been signed to any such arti
cles it has been done by some other person
auil not by myfel, nor by my eouseut. I did
nut purchase one of the maps, aud have not
had un opportunity to vxa-niuo any of them
f vry much, but I ra e not yet heard of ono nf
the rubv)U-r to the map in this -art of tho
iu -t'ty tin.; is satiti'd with it. 8. i.'onhit.
BUniNESS IflKN
Deilrlng liberal tpaconlll Into tpecM
termt; not ten than 123 per niontli for
a column of twenty Inches.
NO. 3.
Lotter from Col. Lang,
Ivditor Willanictteo Fanneri
Wu were somewhat surprised to leant
through your paper of Fobniary 2Slh, of tho
serious loss of "many, if not all of our sheep."
Wo are obliged for your sympathy, but
much mora gratified to bo ablo to assure you
that tho statement is untrue.
Wo had removed our sheep from tho foot
hills of tho Ditto Mountains to their usual
Spring ranges upon tho Columbia, when thu
now gross had becomo excellent grazing, not
anticipating so lato and serious a fall of snow.
Two of our lands were located soino distance
from preinrcd forage, but tho prompt action
of Mr. Varney with teams and snow plows
took tho bands Into comparative safety with
but insignificant loss.
So far ni wo know sheep bands lmvo suf.
fcrcd hut slightly, except in a few instanctv
where tho sheep were physically in poor con
dition from discaso or previous lack of food, to
withstand such n trial.
Wo feel quite sure that shcpfierds may look
upon tho last month's experience iu Kasteni
Oregon as of n satisfactory character and "re
new their faith in this branch of agricultural
Industry.
A land of shcop in n deep snow allows of
concentrated effort for relief that cannot bo
applied readily to tho collection ot cattle.
Without wishing to burden your paper
with tho affairs of shepherds, wo want to urgu
you to placo before tho public all sound argu
ments that you consistently can, intended to
load thu farmers of tho valley to apprcciato
the necessity for their cordial co-oicratioii
with their neighbors cast ot tho mountains for
tho establishment of a proper law which shall
operate throughout tho State for the protection
of sheep industry against tho miserable discaso
which now reduces a large portion of all our
sheep property to one-half its real value. Art
examination of the assessor's books will show
that scabby sheep are only assessed for one-half
of sound sheep.
Although tho law passed by the last legis
lature will give much relief, yet we fear from
misapprelieuslou of Its action upon valley in
terests tho original bill was so qualified as to
shear it of most important provisions and ren
der much of its action subject to the slow
routtino of thu courts. Bespcctfully yours,
Lano, Vaiinkv&Co.
ItoiKVll.l.K, March 1st, 187.
Xnatono, Eastern Washington Territory.
IMitor Willainetto Fanneri
A fuw good wonls for the Anatone country t
wo have had splendid weather hero all through
winter, with very littlo snow on tho pralrio
ami no cold weather couiarcd with Homo
jiarts to this Territory. Tho mercury only
dropped to zero for about three days. Stock
is all looking well, dcieiiding entirely on tho
buncli grass for their living. This Is ouu of
tho Iwst stock ranges In Mosteni Washington,
seldom .requiring thu exie-nsu of providing
feed for their winter usu. Tho soil is a rich
black loam with n good clay subsoil; it is
well ndapte-d to wheat and all other kind
of grain excepting corn, which owing to tho
cool nights does not yield an average crop,
Somu fields of wheat that wero sown on ,M)d
last year produced as high ns forty bushel ier
acre. .Ml Minis ol vegetal, lex mat nru grown
in thu eouiitrry do well here. As to fruit wo
cannot tell much alxmt it yet, for the country
is too new, and trees not old enough to heap
but all of tha young trees that havo Ihcii
planUd ulo looking well, even tho cacli I
think ran lo successfully luiscd here, as frosU
aro much lighter iu this ass than iu any part
of this Upper Country. A littlo ou-ronu year
ago there were only tlucu families living on
thu Ashton fiats; now there aro something;
over two hundred claims taken, Sinco then
wu havo a store, Mit office, sawmill, two
Kchoolhousi-, blacksmith shop, etc.
There is a little good government laud hero
yet, but it is liemg taken very fast, This
country is generally well supplied with good
soft spring water and plenty ot tlio Iwit ot
timber, both for building and fencing pur
inmcs Tamarack and tir rails aro worth Irom
ten to twelve dollars er thousand, IK) not
discontinue my aper, I will renew my sub
scription soon. I cannot do without the
Fammkii. T. B. Cooi-i i:.
As atom:, Feb. loth, 1870.
Velvet Gran Heed,
IMitor Willainetto Fanneri
You were Inquiring who had any Velvet or
Mosquito Grass Seed for sale, I havo quite a
lot for sale. My residencu is seven miles
west ot Kugene City.
P. G'ANrUKlL.
Young England Sold.
Mr. John lledmoud Informs us that he las
sold his Knglish draft horse, Young Kngtaud,
to Mr. William S.tvage, of Sheridan, Yamhill
County, Mr, Savage will, we uudcntaitd,
stand him this season.
Mil. Putt Coorru, of Jto.cburg, caded on w
this week, Mr, Cooper left on tlr steamer
Oregon for a visit to the Faoieru ijt ,,. Ilo
was accoiiiauh-d by Mr. Liminau.
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