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VOL. XI.
WHEAT FARMING.
Tho London ICconomitt says the main ad
vantage of tho American farmor acorns to llo
la tho cheapness with which ho obtain lila
'Crop. Ho produce loss than half tho avorago
yield of wheat por acre that is roaliicd by
Itoglish fanning, and pays a freight charge
for transportation to Lirorpool oqual to the
root Uio English farmer paya for hia land,
and yet is prosperous. Tho Amorican aoil ia
usually light and easily turned oror, whilo
tho stiff English clay requires thrco or four
horses to draw tho plow and tho Englishman
lias to purchase- expensive manures tj sustain
his soil, which ovon then will deteriorate,
whilo tho soil of many Kuropean countries
hiu actually deterioratel and has greatly
decreased in production.
Eugeno Lawrence in one of his able con.
tritmtions to Harper's Weekly, takes for Ids
subject "Tho Caro of tho Land" in whieli ho
states that in all tho grain-producing regions
of tho world tho land is steadily deteriorating
and the yield of wheat constantly growing
loss, In tho fcrtilo Colds of tho Vistula, and
most of tho whoat lands of Kussia and ltou
mania, tho yearly product lins doeliuod from
twcnty.flvo to llftccn bushels per acre. Tim
wheat lands of antiquity tiro nn longer pro
ductive. Africa, that uicd to bo tho granary
of Itomo hai n starving people, and Egypt is
famino stricken. The yield in Franco is
fifteen buhol- ouly por aero, Germany, llol
gium and Holland havo to buy bread. High
farming ami a moist olinuto maintain English
Holds, but tho soil is supposed to bo deterio
rating. It is thought that a lowering of land
runts in England irfuat soon take place.
It is settled that Europo must look to tho
now lands of America for bread, but tho time
lias already nrrived with us when tho East
Xeoks to tho Went, and wheat fanning yearly
Rjcodoa farther and larllior form the Atlantic
nealtoard. Only tho richest lands in tho
Middle States maintain themselves as whoat
producing, and wo oamiot deny that already
tho yield of California and cultivated portions
f Oregon shows decreased yield. Tho
present inducement is for wheat cultiva
tion. Europe needs bread and wo havo fresh
aoil to produco it, but both tUo writers alludod
t and all others who treat intelligently of
tho subject, show that wheat producing
weirs oat tho soil and will in a fow years
and half a century Is a brief period in tho
history of a nation loavo us with greatly
decreased capacity for production, ami greater
oiponsa for successful cultivation.
Every ship load of wheat that leaves tbo
Columbia River bears away tho lifo and heart
o( onr soil. Wo plow deeper and may some
time summer-fallow, but tbo effect of sueh
Tanning as wo generally find in Oregon is to
deplete tho land of its wealth, and rob it of
rta fortuity, Mr. Lawrence claims that wo
apply 1ms intelligence to farming than to
manufactures. Wo permit our lands to go to
waste, and Massachusetts and Counocticut,
Virginia and Georgia ncod to bo reclaimed,
and can ho reclaimed, and wo may believo
will bo reclaimed, but it will bo when tho
proasuro of population demands bread nearer
borne, aud tho wisdom of man adopU a pro
tectivo policy towards tho toil that wo havo
never felt tho nood of in the first century ot
our.nationahty.
This saving process bad best begin now
with m, or at least wo should recognise that
wo aro spendthrifts anil reckless wasters of
a noble heritage if wo take all and return
stothiug. There aro methods by which wo
anight conscrvo the virtues of tho soil; ways
of farming that involvo sheep husbandry,
frit culture, and more and better live stock,
but tho posh of to-day, the needs of to-morrow,
overcome all measures of prudence and
cause us to demand all from the soil and
leave it barren for our children, Tho history
of tbo world is before ns. The deserts of
Syria were once the garden spots of the world.
We despise the Chinese, but they understand
tiut as much must be returned to the soil as
taken from it, aad they often practice a
thoroughness and excellence in fanning that
would put intelligent Americans to shame.
FUTURE OF AMERICAS FARMUfQ.
It is probable that in the near future the
approach of storms of rain or wind will be an
Bounced by our Signal Service everywhere
throughout the country. A forewarning of
this kind would serve, even with our present
conveniences, to greatly diminish the heavy
losses entailed on the fanning community by
,the unexpected advent of stormy weather.
Approaching discoveries in science and the
useful arts will doubtless enable farmers to
turn such warnings to still greater advantage.
The accompanying sketch of a field electric
light shows one method by which the farmers
of the future can hurry up fanning operations
on the approach of unfavorable weather. Nor
will this be the only benefit derived frosai
such a convenience; for whenever it shall bo
widely introduced, many labors ia tho fields,
which ore now wearily performed during tho
torrid heat of our midsummer days, can then
be pleasantly dono in tho coot summer nigkts.
Then again, such hoary and cxponsivo ma
chinery as threshers, etc., can bo utilized all
the tiiuo in tho busy season, by means of
relays of men; and thus a considerably larger
profit will bo realized from tho capital invested
in them. Favorablo spoils of weather, too,
can bo utilized to tho utmost and the evil
conscquoncos of a paucity of labor will bo re
duced to a minimum. There i no class for
whom tho futuru holds so much social and
intellectual advancement; so much assured
prosperity, and so much rational happiness
as for thceo engaged in tho various depart,
ments of agriculture, and in no country in
tho world aro the farmers so well prepared as
In this by intelligence, cnorgy, enterprise
and political as well as natural conditions, to
pluck tho earliest benefits from tbo trcasuros
of the future. Ex.
RAISING! P0TAT0E3.
I'M 1 tor Willaisotto Farmor:
OrteaoM Crrr, May 18, 1879.
As it is raining and but littla out-door
work can bo done, a few words about raising
potatoes would nut lo amiss. Thero nro but
few farmers that placo tho proper estimato on
Potato liaising. Most fanners think that
thoy will grow if thoy havo lnlf a chanco.
Wo must put tho ground in good condition,
cultivato well, dig as soon ns they nro ripo,
and proporly caro for thorn through tho wintor.
Tho farmer ought to dooido in tho fall where
ho will plant his potatoes; ho should bo as
particular about his potato ground as ho
would about hit wheat ground, for the very
reason that ho should try to raise as largo a
crop as ho would of wheat.
Prepare your ground In tho fall by plowing
doopi do not harrow it for tho i canon that tho
frost ot wintor will not pulvorizo tho ground
so woll. Do not allow stock of any kind to
run over your proposod potatoo ground.
Early in tho. spring, or as soonns tho ground
is in condition for plowing, break it up nicely;
do not cut and cover; by this I mean not to
allow a plow to cat mora than what your plow
wilt measure if a twelvo inch plow, do not
turn more than twelvo inches harrow and
cross harrow; farrow out your ground but
ouo way, not very deep, for tho simplo
reason that potatoes planted deep do not do
so well as if planted shallow; deep planting
tonds to lossen its vitality, and to cuiso tho
rot.
All annuals should be planted shallow to
do well. Tho best crop of potatoes I havo
raised were planted about two inches deep,
I cultivated well, and it was but littla labor
to dig them, nearly all wero large enough for
tho table, Cnt your potatoes into oyce, and
plant twooyes in a hill, anout eighteen inches
apart in tho rows, and then step on them;
this will aottle tho potato in tho ground, and
cause them to come up sooner. Now before
you cover the potatoes put a small handful
of air-slacked lime over each hill, then cover
by hand with about thrco inches deep of
mellow soil. Tho lime will prevent the pota
to rot through tho summer, and ameliorato
tho gronnd so that your potatoes will grow
beyond all expectations.
Neighbor A. says that ho has not money
enough to carry on other farm operations and
if ho pays out money it will be on wheat.
Now you miss it brother farmers; wo are
raising too much wheat for onr own good;
batter raise more potatoes, corn, beans, and
clovers, and lets wheat. Tbo labor bestow
ed to raise tho former is less than tbo latter.
I believe that potatoes at an average of 35c
per bushel is better than wheat at a dollar.
I do not mean that farmers should make the
raising of potatoes a speoialty, but I do say
that every farmer should raise all bis family
will use and some for sale, and as we im
prove our seed so will be our sales. A good
article will always sell.
Dig your crop of potatoes as soon as ripe,
when the ground is dry. Let them lay on
the ground until evening, then haul to your
root-house or cellar; put your potatoes about
eight inches deep in your bin, then sprinkle
them witblime; then another layer of potatoes;
then lime; and so on, nsing about ono bushel
of lime to forty bushels of potatoes. Try it.
Loiuunc
Gen. Fremont, of Arizona, has a scheme
for bringing the waters of the Gulf of Cali
fornia back to their old batin in Southern
California, which, be says, would create an
inland sea suitable for navigation about 200
miles leng, CO miles broad and 300 feet deep,
converting what is now a desert region into a
highway of commerce. He thinks the climate
of Southern Arizona and Southeastern Cali
fornia would be tempered and improved by
this change.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MAY. 23, 187J).
FRUIT GROWERS' MEETING.
According to announcement tboro was a
gathering of persons interested ut fruit cul
ture, at tho city council room,, hut Saturday
afternoon. Though not numerously ottond
od tho moeting contained somo of tho prom
inent fruit growers of Orogon. J. II. Lam
bert, 8. Luolling and W. S. Falling, of Mil
waukie; G. W. Walling, and Mr. Dickinson,
of Oswego; II, W. Prcttymannnd IF. Hanson,
of East Portland; If. Denllngcr, of Hen ten;
Gov. Gibbs, Dr. Watkins, Dr. Oardwoll, W.
L. Morgan, 8. A. Clarke, Dr. Henderson,
and A. A. llyron wero present, and 8. W.
Brown, of Vancouver, and others not ablo to
be there, sent word that thoy would do all in
their power to assist tho association when
organized.
S. Luolling, having been President of tho
old Horticultural Association cf Oregon, was
Invited to tako tho chair.
II. Hanson spoko of tho ncod of a porno
logical society for tho protection of fruit
growers, so as to authoratively pass upon the
quality and character of fruit offered for cul
tivation. Ho gavo a short sketch of the
old association, though it was now defunct.
W. 9. Failing, who was n member of tho
old association, Hpoko of tho iutorcst taken
in such societies in other States, and of Hor
ticultural exhibitions by tho Society, six
yturs ago in this city, and tho way matters
should bo aouductod. Ho favored tho or
ganizatiou of a Statu Society, and not merely
u local quo, mid thou going ahead with it.
G. W. Willing thought it wail n matter of
inoro itnportouco than many would imoginoj
that action upon tha fruit interests in Oregon
would attract attention all over tho country,
wo should lay a good foundation for futuru
work. A society, to sucoccd, ohonld havo
oorrcit reports from all parts of tha State,
II. Dculinger thought tho first thing to do
was to organize for work.
Mr. Dlchinsou thought uo. should not tako
too much on oursolvea in acting Mr tGo"
wholo State, when wo roprosent'only a local
ity. W. S. Failing suggested that committees
bo appoiutod who should report constitution
and by-laws.
II. Hanson felt a little discouraged that
inoro prominent fruit growers wero not
present.
8. A. Clarke called attention to the fact
that tboso preaont represented fruit growing
interests in Denton, Marion, Clackamas and
Multnomah couuties, aud Uiis was not thore
foro a morely local representation.
8. Luelling suggested that perhaps tho
old constitution might be tnado subject to
revisiqu. It was discovered that tho Presi
dent, Treasurer, and about half a dozen
others of tho original society wero already
present. Luelling continuod that tbo old
society died for want of interest.
On motion H. Denlinger was appointed
Socrctary pro tern. Tho payment of a feo of
ona dollar was represented na requisite to
admit any person to membership in th.
Oregon Horticultural Society. Such being
tho title of tho old association, and it was
decided to rovivo tho old organization.
On motion of W, 8. Failing, a comrnitteo
of three, consisting of Messrs. Cardwell,
Lambert, and Gibls was appointed to pro
euro tha books of tha association, and report
sueh revision as they should deem advieablo
in tho constitution aud by-laws.
On motion that somo ptrson bo selected to
deliver an address on pomology, or soma sub
ject of interest to fruit growontG, ov. Gibbs
was appointed to deliver an address at tho
next meeting of tbo uuociation.
J. II. Lambert inquired if tho society was
to pass on fruits, etc, or if such work was to
be done by a committee.
W. 8. Failing thought no mora could bo
dono until the society had met again and de
cided what should bo its permanent con
stitution. The President thought another meeting
should b. held aoon to complete organization.
On motion of Gov. Gibbs it was
Resolved, That tho association shall meet
two months from to-day, at the Portland City
Council Chamber, over the National liank, at
10 o'clock, and that all persons from this
State and Washington Territory, who are
interested ia fruit culture, aro cordially in
vited to attend and give aid and encourage
ment to the objects of the association.
Then the association adjourned.
Davidson linos, take photographs cheaper
than any other tirm in the city of Portland.
Thoy aro A No. 1, too.
Mr. A. W. Forgey, of Curry county, who
was just getting well of a bad cot on his
foot received January 14th, had tbo misfor
tune on the 7th of May to cut his leg just
below the knee with an adz which will lay
him up for some time again.
Fins weather makes fine photographs.
If you don't believe it call on Frank AUU
and Ust it. And yon will be convinced.
AQRIOtJITBEAL MACHINERY.
Editor Willametto Farmon
Having seen aavsrabiitttoloa in jtmrs and
other papers referring to self and wire bind
on, which involvo questions ot vast impor
tance to the farmers of this 8tato, as at tho
present liino agricultural machinsry absorbs
olmoet every dollar of tha net oaraiog of tho
farm, and wfearo tboro la s want ol economy
and (kilt, at the end ot each year a balance
is found against those improved "labor-saving
machlnoa," and aa tho season for purchasing
tho mots etpeaaivo of this machinery ia at
hand, I propos. to lay before your readers
somo ot ray experience and observation.
I have kept in tha front rank with referonco
to Uiosa Improvement. In 1848 I swung
oradlo forty mommIto days (Sundays except
ed). This U io cheapest mods of harvest
ing, but under present circumstance, it is too
slow. It vht almost tbo only modo until
about tho yar 1850. I think the Pogh fam
ily, near Salcin, brought tha first McCormio
Reaper to this Htato, and Hon. S. Drown, of
Gervals, tha second. Next caino tho smaller
and more convenient Manoy, Kirby, and oth
ers of that olasi, great Improvements on tho
old clumsy McCormio. Those wero followed
by tbo Solf-Kaking lloapor, then tho Com
bined Itoaper and Mowor, all of which in
their turn bad to meet and ovorcomo tho
prcjudicco cf habit. Hut now romes tbo
Self-Hinder, worst of all, raid slop by stpp
wc havo l.cptpaco with thoaaneveni! improve
ments, nntil Inst year vo crabmood tho first
opportunity aid bought an Osborno SclM'ind
ing Harvc-Ur, which was certainly tho long
est advanco step of any yet inado. With tho
old fivo and six-foot machines, with two men
riding, ona to drivo and ouo to rako, llvo men
to bind and eso tofthook, making i. total of
ciglif. iur, ) wore); aula to put shout ten
acres of grain in tho shock dally. Thoso man
bad to. bo boarded and lodged, making a slave
of tho fnnor'u wife, nod giving her just
causo to Wt,Vi farm. Tha UcU-lUle itu
quito an imp-ovemcut, bat it only rayed ono
man. How was it at my placo last year when
harvest commenced Wo bad four men at
work, and si soon es tho thresher could bo
started two ot us went out with tho threshing
machine, and wa left two boys at homo with
two horses, to tako caro of n ciop ot ICO
acres, which they did with porfect caso, ono
running tho machine aad the other doing the
chores and shocking tho gram. My wife com
plained that it was the lonesomest harvest sho
ever know, Mid it was certainly tha cheapest
to me. During the season, wo threshed about
400 aerea of wiro-bound grain, in tho wholo
of which I do siot remember aoeiog an on
bouud sheaf, neither did wa oxperieoeo any
ineonvenienos from wire in our machinery,
and where th proper appliances aro used, tho
bands aro easily cut, anil no grain lost by
passing them through tho machine, as is tbo
case with straw bauds, and I do not believe
that either millers or warehousemen will over
be able to tell the wire-bound from the straw
bound grain in this coin try, as our grain doos
not get wet, and tho wire does not rust and
break in bits as it doe in tho Atlantlo States.
In soreening about COO bushels of wheat from
onco to four time through "Western," or
"Tom Human Ian," wo never saw a particlo
of wiro.
In this article I do not wish to bo under
stood to fsvor any ono of tho several self
binders now offered for ealo in thio country.
I only name tha one wo used becauso it was
a perfect sueceas with us. In conclusion, I
will simply say that I estimato the solf binder
to bo the greatest improvement yut rnaJo in
farm implements, next to steam, and it is to
tha reaper what a steam engine is to tho horse
power. Maiuon Coontt Pakmih.
Pom Italian Ham. Mr. D. E. Howling,
'of San Diego, Cat., has an advertisement of
Pare Italian Bees for sale. Anyone wishing
to see them can call at the corner of Front
and Grant streets, Portland, where they will
And Mr. Dowling. They are lively littla fel
lows, as we can attest, having went, seen and
felt thorn.
Hslkbold's Msdicinal I'kui-aua-oi.vh.
Helmbold'a various medicinal nrrnimllMi.
have for tho last twenty or inoro years occu-
picu a pruuiiuciii. place on mesucivcs 01 every
respeetablo druggist and physician in the
land. Tbo skill displayed iu their prvpara-
of their action, the alwcnco of nauseous and
.isjuiung imw or ouor, ami Uu attractive
mauner ia which they are put up, havo mado
Ihem universal favorites. Especially is this
the cajtu with Hidmbold'n fati.f.ua flu!... .
modicine which hat become indispcnsabla in
tho treatment of a largo and troublosome
class of disease, particularly tho.io which
affect tbo digestive and urinary orgaas. Aa a
ilinretia. it m invaluable, nml ttm frr.f t.lv.n.
tages it poMcxitxs over other preparations is
' wum uivjr v uio lugreuicsM, ana
the uniformity of strength. Parties pur
chasing should bo careful to see that nelra
hold's DTODrietarr stansn ia aSxad to cti
bottle.
Crop ia California.
Tho San Franoiseo Bullolin of May 12tb,
oonsludea thoro will bo no more rains, but
that was not a correct ssrmste, as tho late
rams have extended to that Btats. It says:
"Thoro will be a complete failure ot tha
whoat crop In throe largo counties, vis,
Fresno, Tnlaro and Kem, except where artr
flcial irrigation bas boon employed. There
will also be a short erop in somo parts ot
Merced County. Three or four Inches of
rain will not make a wheat crop, and that,
wo take It, is tha maximum which has fallen
in these counties. Prom other parts of the
State very few complaints ot short steps aro
hoard. The spring has thus far tmon moist
and cool. Over the dry parts of tho San
Joaquin Valloy, especially in thoeo counties
above named, thero have boost strong north
winds; In somo Instaaeos crops rhich bad
been started by means of irrigation wars
blown out of tha ground. Somo ot tho
ditches also wero filled op with sand. Tho
wheat crop will not reach the aggregate of
last stason. Tho difforcneo is a maltor of
conjecture. Possibly it will fall short ot
tho oggrcgato of last year by fifty thousand
tons, or oven more."
"Tho coast countion will produco Iar;-or
crops this year than last. Thuso counties
aro at their best, ogrioulturally, with from
fifteen to twenty inches of rain. Mora than
tho latter amount hardens tho land, and in
many placcn drowns out tho grain, Santa
Cruz, u part of tun Mateo, Alameda, Mann,
Napa and Sonoma counties will ntako bettor
returns thau last year. Tim diOcrcnoo will
not aiTcet tha deQcicncy in tho dry counlina
of tho San Joaquin Valloy, but it willgoeomo
way in that dircotlon,"
Tho wheat harvest will commeueo about
the first week tii Juno add the Bulletin thinks
thero is Uio promisu of a fairly good yield for
agnculture in that State.
Largo Balo of Fan.
Tho Albany Democrat says: Our readers
will'.-emombcrof reading inosr paper from
llnio to d'rao anelcs in regard to tha labors of
a party which has been trapping up in tho
Cascades during Uio past season, and it will
probably interest them to know with what
succoss tha party lias met. Tho pelts were
brought down from the mountains fast Mon
day, and a mora beautiful lot wo bavo novor
seen. Nineteen varieties of funs w.-ro repre
rented, and the nainoa and number of each
were as follows: marton, 242; mink, 31; rod
fox, 8; crow fox, JO; otter, 14; fisher, 35;
brown bear, 3; black beer, 4; coyote, 3;
beaver, 80 pounds; racaoon, 4; lynx, 0; wol
vorine, 5; wildcat, 3; ermine, 4; muskrat, 7j
badger, 1; black wolf, I; grey wolf, 4. Bo
foro the pelts arrived here the fur dealers had
hoar! ot them, and five different men wero
hare to bid for thero purchase San Francisco,
Salem and this city being represented. On
Tuosday afternoon the furs wro examined
and sealed bids were mado, and Mr. N. Solo
mon, of Portland, having bid the highest,
took tho whole lot at $1,010.
How About tho Old Honel
How about tho old horse! What is to bd
done with him? Or, what is to bo doao with
a horso that is growing old! Thesa are hard
questions for is humane and moderately air
cumstsnead farmer to answer. Thero can bo
nothing wrong in disponing of n horso tan
yearn old, having considerable work in hiu;
but how old and feoblo should ho bo boforo it
would seem wroug to got ml of bimt If ono
has an old horse and ho cannot well be kept,
tha best way is to find Homo huin-.no fanner
who wdl taku him for what ho is worth and
agree to keep him so long as ho lives. Hut, if
possible, he should bo kept on the placo and
be fed and cared for, in part for the good bo
has done. And he will bo useful for the
women and children to drivo, becsuso his
ways aro understood, and ha really has valid
claims to a living from tko farm. A humane
man will be certain to have a calm and re
flective isiud, and rich a mind will dcvisii
ways for keeping a horse or worn-out animal
which a cold and cruel mind would not think
of, so that nothing would bo lost.
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l)u. Kac-K can be consulted frea on that
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belling cheap. P. Selling.
NO. 14.
Tto Bprtag Ova of Hqiim. ,ZZ
Thoro is but littlo wonder that the Itfest
tho average farm korse is so short, aad 1st
many oases it is a wonder that they tuts
long as thsy do. The curry oomb andbrasta
aro not used as often or as vigorwssly as they
shosid be. In the rooming the horses shotslet
first be fad with a good strong feed of grata
and a modsrato amount ot hay, tho stablaa
then cleaned aad tho horses well curried off,
tho latter having rauoh to do with the thrift
of the animals. After the farmor has Isk
own breakfast; water the horso and tako Mass
at to their work, but do not put them U
a trot or to their hardest strain for the first
half hoar or so, by whloh time thsy will havo
settled their breakfast and be ready for U
reasonable dontands on thara. When they
are brought in from the fields, with a whisk
ot straw rub them down well all over, attar
which sponge off their shoulders with eoel
water and good castilo soap if they show
signs ot galling. When this is done, water
yeur horses sod Mien feed them, giving a
generous feed of good hay, froo from dust,
not forgetting tho accompanying grain, and
do not negloottho rubbing down with straw. '
Tins latter takes but a few minutes and is ot
great bcnoGl to tbo horso. Do not water or
feed tha horses whila hot from tbo flold; at
tend to thorn rationally and you will not only
bavo domes presenting n (inn appearanco, but
tboywillla.it lougor and will do far mora
work than tboso treated in tho slipshod,
careless manner too oitcu mloptod,
Tilc-Hrninlurj.
J. G, Brown writes for tho Marshall, Iowa,
Republican that lio Iiaa been putting in somo
tile, and is pleased with tho results. Ho be
gan by putting tile in tho rlotighs, through
tho pastures and feed lots, where tho; raijif
and livo stock bad been tearing out dcop gul
lies. Places that beforo draining would mire
down cattlo are now as dry as tho highway.
Ho secured water for tho stock by raising it
front tho drains, olid allowing tha surplus ia
return to them, and thus had a running
stream of cool and clear water at nil times in
tha tranche. Ho estimates that his aloushs.
when drained, will viold nearly three times
as mucn grass as land inai is suppose to
noeu urnminir. iioiniaKs sua popular ests
mate that tiled land is at least doubled la
productiveness is not an over-cstlmato.
KENNEDY'S SHEEP SIP.
Tim nssrr-KnowN mr ron corinii Tim mum
in sjiiutr.
To WooL-GnowsKHi I havo for a number
ot years been manufacturing, soiling and using
Sheep Dip, with a view of getting an article)
that will bo acceptable to sheep men aa a rem
edy for tha disease known aa Scab in sheep.
Objections havo been mado to tha use of my
Hemlock Dip, on the ground that it was
poisonous, and in somo cases it produced,
death when tho dip was swallowed, or taken
into the stomach by the shoep when dipping;
this of coursu was one objoeilon, and in tho
hands of inexperienced parties and rude work
men, a sufficient amount of care in using tha
dip was it observed, and notwithstanding
its cflloacy as a remedy for tho skin disease,
porticii wcru constrained to abandon its nso
through fear nf handling it. I havo removed
the culy objection loado to tho use of my Dip
by making aud placing on tho market Non
PoinoNnuii and Toiuooo Sheep Dips, and I
confidentially rt'couuneuil them as tho chcap
cwt and most effectual remedies ever made, ,
and by their use you can envdieatu tho dlseaso
from yoer flock. Try it, it is safo to nso at
any degree of strength, and is a remedy di
luted 100 or I tO parts water.
P. 8, Order cither of my Klicep Dips, via.:
Coiicontratod Extract of Tobacco, Homlock
Rtieeji Dip (x'oiious), also Non-Poisonous
Shraji Dip.
ricioK mi (lAUiKt
Tobacco Dip, r.'.7Si Hemlock Dip, --;
Non-Poisonous IKp, Vi.'",
Yours trnlv,
S. II. KsNNRur,
Omaha, Neb.
Ornifu ov frenniiMJ, Poirr & Co., I
IUnkkki,
CuBrenMK, W. T April 19, 1870. J
Gkntijemkr: I Uvo known the bearer, S.
II. Kennedy. I'lwi.. for over three voars. I
have also used the sheep dip manufactured by
him during that time, and I know from ex
perience that it cures scab, as I bavo eradi
cated tha disesso from my own flock by the
use of his dip, when all other remedies tried
had failed, f confidentially recommend his
Non-Poisunou aud Tobacco Dins as the best
ami chci:p t diiw in use.
very nspecmiiiy,
M. K. Purr.
Mr. Georgt lUblc, wholesale dealer in sad
dlery hardware, leather and finding', Denver,
Col., under date cf Apnl II, 1870, in order
ing somo CO gillonM of dip, says!
"I bvliuvu von have struck the thing now
on which I will uvnitually succeed iu making
big sales. It works to perfection so far, and
all those tlat havo iiied it are much pleased
with its 0crution. Will semi you a low
tcstimouiaU soon. 1 bavo no fear but wo
shall coma out nn top eventually."
Yours truly,
(SroKUr. Uouix.
Mr. Kennedy will bo in Portland for aosse
time, and anyone wishing to sea him will And
him at J. McCrsckeu A (Vs. Front Street.