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Stock IntereiU of Oregon.
Tho Pacific Northwest contains a great
variety of country and climate, and with its
eastern plains and western valleys offers suit
ablo homes to all tho domestio animals.
Farming in tho Willomotto region is agreeably
diversified with stock raising. Through this
valtoy can bo found somo excellent specimens
of tho best breeds of horses that aro known io
tho world, ranging from the perfect thorough
broil to tho best families of trotters, and in
cluding draft stock of all grades, even to tho
mighty l'crcherons and Clydesdales. Tho
Umpqua and Koguo Ilivcr valleys aro famous
pasture grounds, and aro dostincd to seo not
oaly improvod broods of caltlo upon thoir
thousand hills, but all other stock, and
ospocialiy (looks of shcop that show superiority
to all others grown on this coast. Along tho
foothills of tho circling mountains of all tho
western valleys exists a rogion naturally
adapted to stock, and tho futuro Includes in
ita certainties tho oxistenco of many broeding
farms for tho production of all varieties of
domestio animals. In thoio mountain pas
tures and on tho ocoan sido of tho coast
rango, especially, dairying will claim a fair
share of attention, and wo may oxpeot with
in another generation, to sco this business as
sumo much greater perfection and proportions
than in tho present. Stock men havo freely
anticipated tho valuo of beef cattlo by tho
introduction of Short-horns and Dovous of
tho tiest families, and tho best of them raised
on our soil, are for salo cheaper than similar
animals can bo bought at tho East. Less
attention has been paid to dairy stock, but
tho timo is closo at hand when mora inter
est will bo taken in milk cows. Wo havo
a few lino spocimous of Jerseys, Aldcmeya
and Holsteins among us, and it is strango
tint intelligent dairymen, and others havo
not paid more attention to production of good
dairy stock.
Hut tho unexampled pasture lands of tho
1'aoiQo States and Territories lie cast of tho
Cascades. Kastern Oregon, Washington and
Idaho offer facilities for stock growing that
cannot bo excelled. Herds and flocks thcro
aro numbered by hundreds and thousands,
Tho finest breeds of horses, cattlo and sheep
liavo bcon imported in great numbers, or
clso purchatod of Willamotto brcedora, and
tho stock interests of that wido region are
paramount to all others. It will bo matter
for regret if thoso famous bunch-grass
ranges are to bo eaten out by inferior stock,
Tho timo has come whon our own Stato
affords the moans to improvo all the herds
and flocks that exist here, and though stock
breeders do not show much liberality in ad
vertising their businoas in tho Willamettk
Farmkr, wo have reason to know that our
State possesses much improved stock, and it
ii tho simplest possiblo rulo of common
sense to reoognlto that stockmen cannot suc
ceed, in the end, unless they uso all reason
able effort to improve. There is not an ani
mal among the domosticated brutes, from tho
dunghill fowl to the noble horse, that does not
need caro and judgment in the reproduction.
Wo depend upon stock growing for success,
and that success can be at least doublod if
improvement is sought after.
It coats as much to grow and devclopo a
scrub Horse, as it does to raiso a noblo animal
worth twico to ten times tho money. It takes
as much timo and caro to gentle and train tho
cue as the other. A good cow of tho best
brcods pays best, and a sheep that will yield
twico tho wool far more than doubles tho
profits.
For all that we havo mado such improve'
ment in stock, and that cnteqirising men
liavo brought such lino animals to our Stato,
it must bo acknowledged that too few among
producers and stock owners appreciate tho
valuo of further improvement they can and
should make. As we travel through the
Stato wo sco too many scrubs. Too many
shosn and cattlo and horses that cannot pos
sibly pay to raise and keep. If there is any
subject that comes up for consideration as of
first importance, it is this of the improvement
of all kinds of stock, and it includes the
renovation of pastures and dctern.uation of
what varieties of grasses are most necessary
for our use. Every intelligent stock grjwer
should feel tho deepest interest in these ques
tions; and it seems to us as if no man in
tercsted as a producer could otherwise than
feel a pride in competing in the raising of fino
animals. There is pleasure as well as profit,
in recognising that the animals horn on your
place are beautiful and perfect of their kind.
A whole family can bo delighted by such
possession and ownership.
A Scotch Fakhsb. Mr. Smith, of Smith
field Farm, near Eagle Creek, Clackamas
Countv. finished sowine irrain veaterdav. 24th
iast., the first we beard of this season. Three
years ago Mr. Smith was considered one of
the leading agriculturalists in Forpansbire,
Scotland, and by all appearances he is to be
the same in Oregon.
Have Ton Paid Upl
Wo aro sonding out hundreds of noticos to
subscribers whoso timo has commenced upon
An unpaid year, notifying them of that fact,
and requesting them to remit. Wo know
that theso aro hard times, and monoy is not
abundant, but it takes monoy to rnn a news
paper, and tho only way to do it comfortably
is to rccoivo monoy in advance Wo shall
adopt that plan next fall, and from this dato
no namo goes on our books that is not paid
for; but wo shall givo old frionds timo to
realize
It boing a season of monoy scarcity, makes
it all tho moro necessary for us to rccoivo
fair consideration from our patrons. Wo aro
making a groat nowspaper, and it cannot be
dono without tho monoy. Wo aro tired of
humiliating ourselves to tell this to our read
ers, and after January 1, 1880, eight months
from now, wo plodgo ourselvos to avoid all
such annoyanco by refusing to send a paper to
any person, under arty consideration, that is
not paid for. Wo should to-day havo 310,000
in hand if we were thus paid up, and wo havo
not tho least doubt that whon wo adopt this
system strictly, wo shall lo ablo to make tho
publio a great deal better nowspaper, and shall
havo many mora subscribers.
In tho mcantimo, wo request overy man
whi can raiso tho pittance of $2.50 (and very
few of you will confess that you cannot), to
scud it to us, for tho paper will otherwiso
cost you $3.00 noxt fall, and you can savo
monoy for yoursolvcs, whilo you mako times
easier for us.
Thoro ought not to bo any futuro punish
ment for a man who publishes a nowspaper on
credit, especially if ho follows it up for years.
It is onough to demoralizo a saint, and whilo
our day of probation in that lino it going to
bo short (as wo shall infallibly claim cash in
advanco noxt year), wo request our friends to
mako it as easy as thoy can for us in tho in
terval which means, pay us up, and give us
all tho show you can.
English Farmen.
At the present timo 2,000 persons own over
halt tho land in tho United Kingdom, and tho
farmers aro almost universally mcro tenants.
American production is ruining tho farmers of
all F.ngtand, few of thorn being ablo to mako
anything, and miny of them boing in debt.'
They pay too much rent for land to leave any
margin for profit. American production will
bo apt to increase, not decrease, and tho re
suit must bo that things in England will revo
lutionize to accommodate themsolvcs to the
situation. Thoro is a monopoly of land in
England that keeps tho peoplo poor. If land
doesu't pay, as heretofore, wo may look to seo
much of it sold, and if the English fanner can
own his small farm, as the French farmor often
does, thero will bo a great improvement in
that respect, and tho English nation will bo
stronger for tho change It is a curso to any
country and to all people to havo land held in
large tracts. If evory English farmer, or
Scotch farmor, or Irish farmer, can own his
own land, there will be mora general prosper
ity, more ambition to excel, moro intelligence,
and tho Hritish Government will bo stronger
therefor. It is coming to that, and tho sooner
it comes to it tho better for tho English peo
ple and the world. Even in our own State,
there would bo moro prosperity if land was
divided into smaller farms, and cultivated as
well as it ought to be. Tho present situation
over tho water is a threat of ruin and bank
ruptcy to many of tho landed aristocracy who
aro in debt, and their lands heavily mortgaged.
This would bo disastrous to families, but
might produce beneficial results to comen
aato. All aristocracies aro doomed, and when
the world gets shook down to a healthy work
ing level, there will bo better times for all.
Sheep Husbandry in the United States.
The Department of Agriculture, iu re
sponse to a resolution of the Senate, has is
sued a painphlot giving information in respect
to sheep-raising in tho South, which incident
ally treats of tho same topic with reference to
the wholo United States. It is interesting
and exhaustive, apparently, and combinos
much historical and statistical information, as
well as techuisal, dealing in particular with
the Southern States, their varieties of soil
and climate, and their adaptability for that
branch of industry.
It shows bow sheep husbandry has been
revolutionized by the necessity of breeding
flocks to secure product both of wool and
meat, giving the moans by which this has
been accomplished, by which alone, in many
countries, and parts of our own, sheep hus
bandry has been made profitable, the value of
sheep for enriching and sustaining the soil
being an additional- inducement for the keep
ing. The importance of this last will be ap
preciated more fulfy with us as soon as farm
ers discover that apme systematized method
must be adopted to keep up the fertility of
their fields, nnd that tho presonce of thoup
and a careful culture of the best meat and
wool-producing breeds is consistent with
profitahlo and successful farming. Wo shall
tako pains to present to our readers somo of
tho f&ots that wo find demonstrated in this
report, pertaining, as thoy do, to ono of the
most important of our productive industries,
Glvo Thorn AU a Show.
By tho wreck of tho Kepublio a thousand
persons were left at tho threshold of our
State, and whilo alt lost thoir baggago and
porsonal offtcta, many of thorn wero thereby
left moro or less destituto nnd embarrassed.
Thoro has bocn no stop taken to provido or
ganized assistance for thoso unfortunates, and
yet wo cannot doubt that many nocd assist
anco and are deserving of sympathy shown in
a substantial form. Wo commend to tho
farmers of Oregon tho necessity of oxtending
a kind hand to all worthy peoplo who como
among us, and especially to any who havo
been victimized by this disaster, and whon-'
over possiblo, to offer omployment to new
comors who ask for it, and show ability and
willingness to labor.
When wo look this thipwrock of tho Ita
publio in tho face, wo have to aocuso corns ono
of blame. It was unreasonable rivalry that
loJ them toattompt to como in in tho night
over tho bar. Thcro was no use for such
rocklessncss, and it jeopardized a thousand
lives and causod cloven doaths, and oho left a
thousand people moro or loss destituto. When
tho passengers wero taken away it seems as if
their baggsgu could alto havo been saved, and
tho negloct to attend to it has caused groat
wrotchodnoas. This disastor reflects discredit
upon Oregon, and tho history of it goes back
Kast to deter many from coming to Oregon.
Tho carolessnoss, or rather recklessness of
those who had chargo of tho great vessol,
causes injury to tho State at largo, at well as
hardship and unnecessary loss to her thousand
passeogort.
Crop Prospects.
It may bo considered true that so far tho
spring has not been favorable to fall sown
grain, tho weather sinco tho first of April
having been cool, and much of tho timo
cloudy, with enough rain, but too littlo sun
shine to give tho growing wheat fields good
growth and good color. Tho first of April
the fields had a dark green, thrifty look, that
has given place, in many districts, to an un
healthy yellow look. How this will operato
with regard to the producing qualities of fall
wheat we cannot say, and much depends up
on tho weather we shall have in May and
June, but it may safely bo assumed that we
would havo reason to oxpeet a better yield if
April bad furnished us moro warm, growing
weather. Tho outlook for spring sown grain,
so far, is not unfavorable, and if wo have
soasonablo weather in May, with enough rain
to keep up growth, without any excessively
hot days such as wero known a year ago, wo
may expect good returns from alt grain well
put in, dospito tho unfayorabln weather of
April. Thcro is no reason to anticipato abort
crops, but observation, for many years, has
shown that much depends on tho spring
weather. Tho trip of tho Idaho showed tho
prevalence of very strong winds from tho
north, and such winds havo always damaged
California crops yory much, ami may indicato
that wo cannot expect very abundant rainfalls
within tho near future.
Case of Abduction.
A strange story is told in tho Portland Heo
of an attempt by a man named Igaii, who
Homo time since married tho divorced wifo of
Joaquin Miller, and Maud Miller, a yonng
girl, daughter of Joaquin Miller, to abduct a
little girl named Alico McDonald, 12 years
old. They dressed her in boy's clothes, cut
her hair off abort, and told her they were
going to send her to Hau Francisco, but be
came alarmed and bent her homo with n made
up story that sho was to tell her mother,
under threat that they would kill her if sho
"gave them away." Sho told tho mado-up
story at first, but finding sho was safe, she
finally told tho truth. Logon and Miss Maud
were arrested.
Dxatic or Mil. Conskr. -Tho funeral of
Mrs. Nancy Corner took placo at Jefferson
last Thursday, The services were conducted
by llev. 1', S. Knight, and tho attendance
was very large. Mrs. Comer was born in
llichmond County, Ohio, July 31st, 1622;
moved with her parents to Illinois in 1S30,
immigrated with her husband to Oregon in
1848, and died at the residence of her sitter in
Walla Walla, April 18, 187t, with an abscess
on tho lungs. Her death was very sudden,
being without a moment's warning. She was
aged 6G years, eight months and SO dajs. She
was married Feb. 28, 1839, and shortly after
wards joined the Methodist Episcopal Caurcb,
of which she has ever since been a faithful
member.
Reciprocity of Growth and Manufacture
of Wool.
From ! lato report, issuod by tho Depart
ment of Agriculture nt Washington, rolativo
to aheop husbandry in tho Unitod States, and
cspcciairyin the South, wo tako tho following:-
In this country, rapid growth of tho manu
factures of wool has been concurrent in point
of timo villi tho principal development of
such industry in tho mother country; and con
sidering tho fact that this maternal ancestor
attempted to strangla the infant industry
and nearly euccooded In accomplishing the
infanticiJ) after tho war of 1813 and tho
additional fact that hostilo legislation at
home, as well as frequent changes of such
legislation, has at times crippled its cnorgics
and retarded its progress, the growth of wool
manfaoturing in America is a greater wonder
than its progress In Britain. During ton
years prior to the war with that country thero
was no industrial Interest, so prominent in tho
public eye as this manufacture. Domestio
manufacture in tho family by tho hand-loom
began to givo placo to the associated effort anil
Improvod machlnory of tho factory. The famo
of tho new merinos flew from farm to farm,
and at fhtces grew heavier and prices ad
vanced, tho finest, rams of this stock com
manded iuSorfle cases a thousand dollars
each; factories wero built and surplus farm
labor was diverted to tho mill, raising tho
prioo of rural labor, making 'a market for
superabundant produce and inspiring hope
and conlldonoo, resulting in 1810 in a product
of wool manufacture of the valuo of $25,008,
783. After tho war, In it gush of conciliation,
th& bars ol tho customs wero let down, im
proUmW ttAuio ossued, too milk ware
stopped, sui this magnificent begiaalBg was
qucnohod in failure, so that the product of
1820. vcarj after! had beeetae oaly $4,413.-
003.-H rato.of .Iserenae Has ataea boon
vstiablo as U rirMegttlatlcn has fluctuated.
Tho figures for 1630 are$l,528,16fljfor 1840,
820.C0fl.99a: 1850. U3.207.54S: 1800. 101.894.-
080, Then comes a period of magnificent
progress. Iiitovcntceu years twofold mora
was acomplithod than fii sixty preceding,
whether in valuo of product, quantity of wool
usod, or increaso in skill iu manufacture and
variety of fabric. An advanco was mado that
rendered possiblo tho magnificent display of
.iiu. imaUh. ..i ti.M ...t.-n..ti iiii.i.:,:..n
I1B.IIU nUUIHUI Hi ..W WV.........M, M .1 1 U VIVII,
which astonished our European competitors,
and onenod the eves of thousands In our own
country to an advance iu skill in workman
ship ana excellence 01 goous 01 wmon low naa
any conception.
This progress Is indicated in part by the
census returns 01 io iu, snowing a product 01
woolen goods of $165,405,339, and of worstods
a total of $22,090,331, In 1800 theso totals
wero respectively $61,891,030 and $3,701,378.
Tho increase in quantity of wool usod for
woolen goods was from 63,003.103 to 154,
769,093 pounds domestio and 17,311,824
pounds foreign; for worsteds, 3,000,000
pounds domestio in 1609 to 13,317,319 do
mestio and 3,830,932 foreign in 1870. The
product of carpets was $7,857,030 in 18C0.
and $31,761,673, with an increaso in wool
used from 8,843,091 to 25,139,999 pounds.
Tho valuo of hosiery was $7,280,200 in 1860
andSIMII.GGI in 1870, with an increase in
pounds of wool from 2,927,020 to S,304,055.
Since 1870 tho increaso has been about 2.'
percent. Wo now manufacture about fire
times as much as in 1640, and moro than
threo times as much as in 1800. Our recent
importations of wool are leas than, 60,000,000
pounds per annum, and our homo production
four times as much. In brief, we manufac
ture fcur-fiiths of all goods mado of wool
which inter into consumption, and what is
better, wo uso homo-grow u wools for four
fifths ul that manufacture.
Instead of increasing tho cost of clothing
and carpets, by tho national policy of nro
duciugthutu at homo, prices aro lower tlun
iu ISW) Instead of wearing tho shoddy of
cast-oir Europoan clothing, our goods aro
flrmvrand stnmgur and mora durable than
foreign importations. Had our factories no
oxirtenv-o, the extra demand of 40,000,000 of
woobweaiiiig peoplo would advanco tho prico
of clothing throughout tho world. Had thoy
no oxUUuce, wool-growiug would likowite
havo no status, as tho history of this industry,
tho tendencies of our rural economy, and the
genius of our peoplo all show that tbo success
of wool-raiaing and woot-manufacturiiig U
correUthv anil inseparable. If manufactur
ing declines in this country, wool-growing
will retrograde; if woobgrowinu recedes, thu
prosperity of manufactures will bo impaired.
Theru nevir will bo an export of wool from
this country under any probablo circum,
stances.
Tho superiority of American wools, in
soundness, strength, and length of staple,
gives our manufacture!) an adtantago of great
value. Tho inventive genius of our people
has already nbviated much of tho competition
of European rates of labor. Our factories aro
rapidly ocqumug tho secrets of peculiar and
Hjpular foreign sty'cs and fabrics, and even
improving upon them and inventing new
processes and textures.
Fancy casaimercs wero until recently en
tirely of foreign production. Now world
famous establishments of Sedan and Klbacuf
aro equaled or distanced. A bit of K. llou
jeon's goods, taken from the insido of a collar
of an overcoat worn by a contloman from
Paris, was the inspiration of tho G'rampton
loom, on which fancy cassitnercs aro now
woven, not only iu tho United States but also
in several coantries of Europe. These goods
were at tho Centennial Exhibition, and the
Swedish judge, Mr. Carl Amborg, a practical
wool manufacturer, was compelled in his
admiration to say to Mr. Hayes, tho secretary
of tho Wool Manufacturers' Association, "You
know that tho best fancy cassimorr in tho
world havo boon mado at Sedan and Elbeaut
In France. If theso goods wero placed by tho
sido of tho Elbcouf cassimcros, you could not
toil ono irotn mo otner, ami tno goous couiu
not bo bought at Elbccuf for tho prices
marked horo. Thcso'iroods wero made from
Amorican wool.
Tho worsted coatinirs. diffcrini? from tho
fancy cassimcros in being made from combod
instead ol carded wool, aro a recent tnumpii
of our manufacturing skill. Theso goods
obtainod notorioty In tho Paris Exhibition of
1807, and havo sinco been produced success
fully horo; and as an incidental result another
industry hat beon created, tho combing and
spinning of worsted yarns, of which an ex
hibition was mado at l'hlladcipbta by com-
Sanies representing $1,600,000 of annual pro
uction, which obtained on award) showing
them to be superior to yams from tho best
Australian wools, beina ''kinder, moro clastic.
and itrongor."
inventions lor predating (elt tactics, by
two Americans. William and Wells, after
teportsd failures of tho French in tho same
uireottoa, are used .a bom cobubmu lor
almost innumerable forma of goods.
Iu tunnels. America bat already surpassed
Europe, making goods of a better Quality,
becauso as well mode of better wool. For
twenty years European flannels have been
driven from our markets, and we now export
them to Canada, and may soonJo able to
mako a market for them in Europe. Tho
yarns from theso flannels aro moro clocly
twisted, the goods shrink lost, and aro more
highly finished and smoother in face. Kven
tho opera flannels are now made here, from
American wools, whioh produce a softer
fabrio than Australian fleece,
Commondablo progress" has been aaado in
competition with Franco in the tine styles of
ladles' dress goods, such as delainoe, serges,
and merinos. There is a sincle corporation
tbo Paclflo MUU-in Maaseohusetts with a
flooring area larger than a forty-acre farm,
wfth (MlliUtffor manufacturing a .ttjtUioa
yarns oi wiesegooas per mestfl, givtsg em
Blovmsst to mere tho five thousand laborer.
largely women and children, wiUta meatalj
pay-roll of SM0,0t. . ' '
Bat tho greatest of Americas iaveatioaa
and progress la the taaaafaotitre of wools is
in the mrodaetioa M oarnetm. Evan Brasswls,
Wilton, and Axminister, of homo nroduotion.
aro taking the place of foreign goods. The
Imports of carpets in 185 amounted to but
$2,043,932, whilo the production of mills of
mo umiou oui uunng ui year amouaicu
to $32,310,108 tho monthly manufacture
eoual to tho yearly importation.
A fow years moro of success will perfect
processes, reduce prices of manufactured
goods, and open tho markets of tho world to
tho surplus of manufacture, without reducing
eilhor tbo value of labor or of wool to tho
level of foreign rates, or to tho point of
abandonment at unprofitable in competition
wuu oinor lauor.
As tho manufacture has advanced or do
clined, so has the production of wool. If
prices havo fallen rapidly, as in 1868, when In
consoquenco of decline and panio In tho mar.
kots of tho world, and the salo of an avJncho
ol military goods, our markets wero glutted,
the immediate result has been a sacrifice of
sheep by millions, not less than four millions
in tho year namo J, mainly for hido and tallow.
It may havo been unwise, but Uie American
Iieoplo are impulsive, and prone to change a
lusinoss at whatever loss that does not assure
a present profit. There are a few wisor opera
tors who act on tho principal of buying when
others aro selling out.
After the first era of rapid Increase, from
1802 to 1312, succeeded tho fall of manufac
tures, and as a result the destruction of shcop.
husbandry. Slowly recuperation bogan tho
retrieving of this national lost, until in 1830
thoro may havo been seventeen millions of
sheep in tno country, mostly in the Northern
.Status.
In 1830 the imports of wool slightly ex
ceeded 12,000,000 pounds.
Numbers of sheep had increased in 1810,
according to tho census return, to 19,311,374;
In 1850. to 21,723,220; in 1800 to 22,103,105.
Theso figures wero not quito up to tho actual
numbers, as is now known, but much nearer
the reality than tho returns of wool, which
wero quito too low, averaging but l.8i i-ounds
per head iu 1810, 2.42111 1850, and 2.73 in
IKflO. In 1870 tho census returned 13,177.
951 upon farms; whilo tho estimates of this
department for all sheep in tho country was
31.851,000, and their agKragatu valuo $7 1.035.-
837, Tho prjwsnt numbers, assumed to Im
about 36,009,000, exhibit wonderful im-
lirovemeut in quality ami quantity of wool
by a strong iufubioii of blood of tho American
Merino, aided in a cry limited dugreu by
breeding from tho best English mutton breeds.
, Taking into account with the fluecu wool of
onuual shearing tho wool of tho yearly in
creasing numbers of lambs killed and shuep
butchered fur mutton, tho sunply of United
States wools approximates 200,01 X),000 pounds.
It has not bocu estimated annually in this
department, but the commercial intimates,
possibly a little high, do not greatly ux
aggeratu the quantity.
Whilo tho trices of fine wools liavo declined
all over the world, thooo of coarso and long
wools have appretiated, andlhegreat incremo
of weight makes a much higher uvcragu valuo
per flccco and gives a lietter profit to tho
farmer than could tho former style ami prico
ol wool.
Doug County Convention.
Editor Willamette Fanner!
The Douglas County Convention of P. of
II. met in Orange Hall in Hoaeborg April 6th,
I). H. K. Uuick, Chairman. W. K. Owons,
Secretary. Bro. James T. Cooper and Sister
Cooper were elected as Representatives to the
State Orange. J, P. Duncam.
Tub well-known photograph gallery of
Davidson Bros, is receiving tho patronago it
deserves.
From Tamer.
Tunmn, Or., April 20, 1879.
Editor Willamotto Farmer:
My attention has been called to a statement
in a Canada paper that "a Mr. Ross, near
Hullsville, clippod COJ pounds of wool fross
threo Cotswold sheep. Ono of thorn was a
ram, two years old, from which was take
SI pounds, tho others wero yearlingAcwsaj
yielding roapoctivoly 18 and 17 pounds. Caa
Oregon beat that?" And I was not prepared
to say that it could, but didn't like to admit
that it couldn't, as I believe that Oregon caa
beat tho Canadat raiting wheat, wool, fruit,
babes, or anything else almost
Flouring mills are, as a matter of course,
necessary and important adjuncts to tho In-
duttrial interests of a wheat-grow iag oouatry
like Oregon, aad the ntw mill of Messrs. M.
CockerUn e k Co., at this place, is bow run
ning aad turning the golden grain into a
superior quality of Hoar. I visited the mill
yesterday and was shows through the builds
log by tho industrious and orbano propriotor,
aad took a pu led look at the wilderness of
elevator spouts, fan chutes, whirling wheels,
put traveling belts, quivering shakers and
humming smutters, and watched the pouring,
dancing wheat as it traveled through the .de
vious windings of the cleaning machinery, on
IU jwsy to tho burrs, and thence through
another serial of elevators, convoyors, screen
bolts and spouts, until it is ready to be packed
at flour. Not being verted in mill-lore, I
shall not attempt to describe aay of this la
temal moehlaoryyDut I accept the statement
of the owner aad millwright, that it is first
class.
The miU-fcauM is 4XkJeet,J,storiea
high-; tell " atremgiy kails, aad -well in.
Uhed. It is aeat the railroad awrtah,
whioh it has a aUttena etrtaaded, tkaa giving
the beat of faoilltUs far sUpfiag ? -- The
approaches; ay wagon are also ged,ad an
exoeUtat featara lea ahsltot to drive aader
while loading or unloading, this being a great
convenience in stormy as in worm weather.
Three run of four-foot burrs aro already in
placo, and the mill is arranged for throe run
moro, together with tho necessary conveying,
bolting, storing and packing accessories. The
present machinery it run by one 48-inch Tur
bino, but two or throe moro wheels can bo
added if necessary. The water it conveyed
from Mill Creek in a ditch, and tho fall it ten
foot. The supply of water is amplo at all
seasons, perfoetly under control; no back
water or danger from freshets, and is alto
gother ono of tho moat desirably located
water-powers iu tho Stato. This mill will
add much to tho already thriving industries
of our now village
Another item of importanco to this placo
(to Marion County and indoed to Oregon gen
orally), now on the tapis, is tho building of
tho "Minto Pass Iload." This boing tho
point whom travel over that route touches the
railroad, makes it quite an Horn for our burg.
Yotsomo citltens horo aro backward about
lending their aid to that enterprise. Hut as
the matter is more thoroughly discussed, and
moro information gained regarding the organi
sation and laws of tho company, this lies!
tanoy will no doubt disappear, and Turner
will not be behind other points in backing up
an enterprise so vital to her own prosperity
A dramatio and litorary soslety is in pro
cess of organization horo, which will be char
tered and an iffort bo made to maintain it
among tha permanent institutions of the
place.
Crops are looking woll, and stock ou range
is jiiipruing iiothwithstaiiding thu cold and
rainy weather, which is putting back tha
spring work ou low laud,
Mrs. H. 1). Knight of this placo died Ust
night at 10 o'clock, and wo mourn tha loss of
a must uitimablo lady. Sho liugered long in
her Mine, and complained very little, and is
linw passed to bur eternal rest.
I'rujiosaU nro advertised hero for tho con
struction of the Marion and Wasco Stock and
Wagon Itoad through tho Minto Pass. Tho
company appears to mean businoita, S.
Plant Food of Ashoi.
rillLOMATH, Or.. April 21. 1879.
Editor Willamette Fanner:
For Iho information of vour corrcanondnnt
I'hiuiix, and others, in referenco to the plant
food in ashes, I would say that wheat straw
ashes do not contain as much essential la.
ments of plant food as wood ashes. Tho for
mer lias a largo portion of silica. Wood
ashes contains potash and phosphorio acid,
whicu nave a wonderful influenco upon the
wheat plant, and it used by the eastern farm,
era a a fertilizer for wheat, rye and grass. I
havo applied leached ashes to small fruit, and
it uujiruve-s .no ei ami quality, especially tho
issolves slowly, and its effects aro visible for
wrttm - flam f..k.w- T t 11 li .
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tographs of any size or style.
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