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ADVERTISING RATES. WD enstos S2.80 ror IVIonth Koran Inch ol ads frilling space, Co (lio flrot montti; $4,00 Per IVIonth Vor two Indict, 55,00 Tcr IVIonth I'cr Ihreo ntlira, althrcamntllo tcrmt (or lonf tlm ailrerUsemcntt. Legal Advertisement rutitltticil on KafOnWo Term, nirsiNKss mux Pivilrlns lllioril sp5 111 Into a pcsls terms; not Iom than ttt per month (or a column o( twentjr Inches. TERita SUIiSOKIPTION ws inn tin Willamette Farmer, kJtapiHli dsr,s ttclowpticso 4BSs,50 Per Annum. . Villi tho adilcJ expense ol an en- lluuo we cannot aHorJtlm pper ut pro payment it 1cm tliau ra,oo.-tta battorour InrsilaM charge lll to (2.50 in advnee, or $3.00 after Six months, two prefer to nas spay Issdsanco. VOL. XL PORTLAND. OREGON JULY 4, L87!. NO. 20. CROP PROSPECTS. WHEAT FIELDS OF THE FUTURE. iTo form anything like nn Mm o! tlio price t shall rule nftcr harvest, wo must luvso cct knowledco of tho crops to ho gathered, id whllo it is impoasiblo to form anyopin- I to dcnond upon as certainty, it is possible (govern ourselves by tho information ac- aircil. So wo have taken especial interest I tho crop reports that havo como to us from 11 sources. Knglaml is qur great customer, and w o havo rcrvlatonowa in tho dispatches' which sets forth that anothor had harvest is expected, orso than last year, and tlieto is no Indies- tiionthat any of tho nations of Kuropo will tenjoy any better success. All that wo hear firom abroad indicates that thcro will bo n European demand for an Increased amount of f American breadstuff!, but wc must bear in 6 mind that in times of commercial depression fliko tho present, tho grain market does not ro- Japond to a deficiency as well as when tho Jfaorkiog classes aro all employed at good wages, and ablo to feed well. Much depends on tho American crop, and u.-wo aro drawing so near harvest in America, as I veil as Kuropc, that crop prospect havo tin- "ajsual significance. On the Pacific Coast wo And that California will do about tho samo as last year, though somo writers thoro indicate that tho yield may fall lolow that of 1878. I'ivo hundred thousand tons is named as tl.o probahlo surplus thoro. Jforo in tho Northwest tho agricultural lands of tho Columbia river region promisoan increase much larger than 1878. Crops were novcr hotter than now, nnd this applies to nil tho wheat field tributary to tho Columbia. From tho rich valleys and tho bmad uplands of tho upper country, nnd from tho hills and vales of tho Willaujotto, with but low oxcep tions,.coines tho samo etory of plenty. Wo shall havo tho wheat, and tho only qucatiou left is, Shall wo havo a market for It! Ono matter of importance relates to freights. Wo cannot with any certainty count upon having nbundant tonnage, and cannot expect to havo freights ns low as wo had them last year. Wo read tho San Fran cisco Commercial Herald with somo interest, nnd gather from last Thursday issue that they do not anticipato scarcity of tonnago or very high freights, tho ruliiiR rates at present being 40s to 2s per ton to United Kingdom. Even if wo do not havo very high freights, wo shall hao to iwy enough moru than wo did last year to mako a probahlo difference of 10 couta a bushel, and shall lio fortunato to kiep within that. Tho shipping news wo now liavo docs not indicato that many vcssola aro on tho voyage direct to the Columbia mcr, AVnmav as well count oft' 10 cents n bushel for advance on freights, then, from tho pres ent outlook. Tho I'raino Farmer (Chicago), of Juno 21, speaks of tho wheat crop of Minnosota, Wis consin aad Iowa as promising well; Illinois lias au average crop; Michigan will havo an exceptionally largo yields Indiana and Ohio will lose something by dry weather and other oausos; Missouri will havo an averago crop, and Kansas will fall 20 per cent, short, but will make it up in acreage. From tho crop prospects of these States tho Prairio Farmer predicts cheap breadstuff for tho working classes of Kurope. Tho Rural New Yorker of Juno 21 pub. lishes crop prospects from soseral hundred points, furnished generally by practical farm ore. From these, and from reports received hv tho Department of Agriculture, that paper concludes that tho average condition of winter wheat through the rsoruiern aim Southern States, and the Mississippi Valley, comprising all east of tho hock Mountains average 00, against 03 last year, States north of tho Ohio averaging 93, Indiaua being 103. Middle States SO, New Knglaml 01, South Atlantic States 00, Southern Inland States .89. Gulf States 83, West of tho Mississippi 79. All over tho country, it says, lato spring and severe drouth hae proved injurious. "While this is the case east of tho hock Mouutains it concedes that California and Oregon will show an increased yield. The condition of spring wheat is about the same as winter wheat in all these states. The Rural New Yorker thinks the increase in acreage will makeup for tho dimunition of .yield. We conclude from its figures that the wheat surplus of 1879 will be about the same as that of 1878, and it saysi while tho pros pects for the fanniug world aro not particu larly brilliant they are certainly encouraging. We form the opinion that from this ioint of view wanced not exjiect to see breadstuff's in Digland fall below present price and if wo were certain of abundant tonnage and freights as low as last year, farmers of this whole region would see good times, simply because the yield promises that ths samo price secureil as lasi jear win uy mwui .. ru. ..,,,; nf freight enters verv largely In to all our calculatioi J of profit from the .present crop. It Is interesting to look nhcad nnd plan our work, nnd tho prudent man sees tho wholo season boforo him and knows what its ro curring cares ami duties will ho. Why not look nhcad with thought of futuro years and ournbilityto meet their demands upon us! This is of courso neccsiary, and wo may ns well ask ourselves what tho world is to do for bread a quarter or half a contury from now, and what condition wo shall bo in to furnish our proportion of it. Knglaml buys bread largely, nnd the timo has como when tho new soils of Russia, Aus tralia nnd America furnish so much grain nnd so cheaply that tho Knglish supply must como moro nnd moro from nhroad. Thcso now countries nro themselves filliim up nnd becoming great consumers, nnd their soils nro rapidly becoming less productive, and tho question stares tho world in tho facot Whero will bread como from when tho now countries nro thickly peopled and tho soils depleted of their fortuity! Tho older countries maintain tho fertility of their soil by careful cultivation. All now countries seem to bo destroying tho richness of tho soil by forced production, to tho last docrco that is powible, without using nny euro to change crops for tho preservation of producing qualities. Tlio soil of all this region i being destroyed ai rapidly as possible by an exhaustive procoss of wheat production, aud wo shall find ourselvoi, nt last, not only compelled to cultlvato tho soil with a viow to preventing its deterioration, but obliged to go to work, ns best wo may, to restore tho fertility of w hich it has been robbed, which willlK) hoensytask. We, tho ncoplo of tho Northwest, will havo to do this. Perhaps when tho present workers nro dopartod they will Icavo tho task to their childron or suc cessors, but it will havo to bo dono. 'J ho timo will come, if tho world continues to in.icaso in population, when it will havo to huilmiJ its resources to havo bread to cat, nnd if wc, of Oregon, desiro to continuo to lo exporters of grain, v.o must prcscrvo our fields from dee-ay and so keep in condition to soil to others. Tho problem is ono that every ono can study out at will, audit is woith tho serious study ofnlliiho caro or tho futuro. Against a Herd Law. Whereas, Believing that tho enactment of any law restricting tho free mo of tho un occupied lands of Columbia County for graz ing purposes would not only work an Injus tlco to tho stockmen of our county, b'lt tho common landholders throughout lastem Washington Territory, thereby materially lessening tho resources of tho country, there fore, bo it Uesolvcd, lly Union (Irango No. 12, Colum bia County, W. T., that wo are opposed to tho enactment of tho so-called Herd haw, nnd that wo will uso every means in our power consistent with our duties ns citizens and (I rangers in tho furtherance of our view Columbia County Council, P. of H. Tho Columbia County Counoil, P. of 11., convened nt Marengo, W. T Juno 14th. OrcjanUallou of tho Council was effected for tue ensuing year n follows! For President, U Oliver, of Union Orange; Vico President, W. W. Sherry, of Harmony Orange; Secretary, F. 11. I.ognn, oT l'ataha 0 range ) Assistant Secretary, A. L. 8anford, of Harmonylrango; Trcisurcr, J. C. Wclls( of Pataha Grange Council olected Urn. Henry Chihlcrs a special lecturer for Columbia County to visit nil Subnrdhfito Oranges and lecture them on tho principle, nlm, nnd objoots of the Order. ' ' SHEEP IN EASTERN OREGON. iissfessw ysssk. ssssssssss. -Jsfr MtfiH LsLsLlLsH SSSSSSH LsLsLlH 'aft W lJB B IK .aL'&stiE. ssH 1 rssslsH. " ItXBUlCn." Property of Itcdinond 4 Smith. TRANSPORTATION MATTERS. As near as wo can judge, tho corporation recently organized under tho namo of tho Northwestern Hallway and Transiortation Company, Is intent upon business. It is sup- posed that tho transfer of tho property of tho 0. S. N. Co. will tako place the Hint ol July, but tho samo management will continuo for tho prcsettt. W read In soma 1-utcrn paper that Mr. Villard was at Ogdcn and had ordered several moro engineering parties to bo put in tho field btwceii the Columbia llivcr aud the northern terminus of tho Utah Northern road. That enterprise is to bo pushed towards the Columbia Hivcr as fast as posiiblo. Surveys are also being mado up the valley, cast of Walla Walla, towaids tho Pataha, and over north of Snako Hivcr towards Colfax, and it is stated that these roads will Iw built in tho spring. Thcro is every reasou to believo that enterprising capitalists aro taking hold to build tho transportation lines needed to connect the Columbia Hivcr with all tho rich agricultural districts that are adjacent to it, which will Lo very wclcomo news to those who nre producers there. If they also givo us lUstern connection they will do a great work for tho racilio Isortn west. Applo Trco Blight. Tillamook, Or., June 2Kb, 1879. Kditor Willamette Farmeri I notice in your last issue that thcro are different Ideas being advanced in regard to the apple tree blight. In your last, '.oralne thinks that raising om, potatoes, beans, etc., has a tendency to bring on the blight. Til lamook Comity has suffered more or 1cm for the last seven years, or ever siuco the potato blight first made its appearance. Now while I agree with Loraine that it is not good to exhaust the land, and put nothing on in re turn, still I cannot think it has anything to do with the so-called tree blight. 1 1 is as much a mysUry to the oldest settler hero as it was w hen it first made its appearance. One thiug is noticcablci Trees tho most exposed to the cast wind hat-e suffered tho most. Now in rtsard to cultivation! Wo havo orchards here that have been planted since tho blight commenced, both cultivated and uncultivated, that hae both suffered alike with tho blight. Will somo others of jour readers advance some idea, or some remedy for the blight. I think it will need a little deeper investigation than Loraine has jet given it, S.D.U. REDMOND & SMITH'S H0R8E9. Wo herewith publish nn nirasing of KIsber, n stallion owned by Hediiioqd jfcSuiith. KIsbor's pedlgrco is as follosssi Hay stallfoni" white strip in tho fscof white near foot) white hind logt foaled May 23, I8":l got by HyJ dyk's Hnmblctonlan. 1st dam Jjtdy Fiilllee, byhcoly's American Start 2d dam by Lonj Island Illack Hawkj Hambhtonlanthysdyk's) by Abdallah, son of Mambriiio. Ilu Is a direct descendant from utrain of trotting hoi sos that havo splendid ivcords on tho track. Among thosowo nolo are (Jrcat lastcrn, timo2ilS; Dick Swhlcr, timo 2ih's aud many others wo might mention family prc-omlucnt fxiong trotting families, nnd Ixriiig fulliruthor ti tho fiuc, young, rising stallion ''rwoosl, who Is fully sustain Jug thimpHi artsTTjisj Kulerhas U-en t'amfiiirf'foi- tlwp.ut'sta son In Portland nnd has mado a very gool ecaion. Hut tho only trouble it that wo havo a numhor of good stallions In our young State, but no hero do wu find ininy lino bred inaros. Aud it ia next to impossibility to get n first rato colt fiom a third-rato man-, although she may I o bred to a high bred Imnto. Wo hopo to seo n-moru general interest taken in breeding good mnns, and then, ns a natural consenuciico, our Stato will begin to show somo fast as w oil as lino stock. Hcd. Wallace's Monthly savs of Kisbori Ileaults mond & Smith should le highly commended highly satisfactory must follow thu cntieo of for bnnjing this excellent strain of horses Kisbcr in tho stud, r-oming as ho does from a I to Oregon. THE SAN FRANCISCO FAIR. MECHANICS' I Ho Kiev makes some astonishing cures of that terrible disease, catarrh. This fair commences August Cth, ami will continuo until September (ith. Tho nrtlcles intended for oxhiblticii should ho in possession of Mr. Schulze at least ono weok before the fair commences, and whero ai tides cannot l got ready by that timo -as will bo tho caso with grain that is not then riio, -they will bo forwarded afterwards. Mr. SchuUu will attend to tho display himself and scu that everything is in good otition, und probably remain thcro during tho wholo time tho fair continues. Kvcryoue who is Interested in showing what our Stato can do will furuMi something towards making this display if Oregon products a grcut success. Growth of tho Upper Country. The Columbia Chronicle saysi Judging from the present asjiect of things, there is "a good timo coining," This part of the coun try is just undergoing a close inspection by surveyors and chief engineer sout hither by railroad companies. Tho country is becoming filled with au industrious, enterprising peo ple, whose industry aud enterprise will be reanimated at the completion, or een tho beginning, of a railroad. Our couutry abounds in plenty; the crops of grain aud fruit and the immense clip of wool this year will moro than fill to the utmost capacity, all the granaries and storehouses in the country. Money is the only necessity. That this is true seems strange, for the rule is, produce and its monetary equivalent go hand in hand; this is not tho case, howoer, in this in stance. Wo base our strongest hojw for prosperity on the present indications of a railway, over which tho wealth, in produce, of this section can bo transported. Not only is tho yield most abundant, but the capacity for producing cereals and other products is rapidly increasing. Tho arablu land of tho counties east of the mountains in the Terri tory has doubled within three jcars. The increase of stock is moro than double the amount it was three jears ago. Kxceptin Walla Walla County, the population has nearly doubled within this time. Remedy For tho Atlas Peddlers. IMitor Willamette Farmert Your correspondent Mr. Fuller wants a remedy for the County Map swindle. I will gio you one that has been adopted by a few of my neighbors. On delis ery of tho atlas thiy oxamincd it ami found that it did not fill tho bill, nnd refihud to pay for it they then entered into nn agreement among them sehes, that if any ono of them svas sued, to stand by him and test the matter in tho courts, Good legal counsel ha l-n secured and they nro adslsed to stand firm. It ia reported that tho matter has been tested iu tho courts of California, and the Map Com pany were beaten ocry t mo. Nusv atlases are offered here at flvo dollar each from secondhand. W. M. IIll.LKsliY. TuHNtlt, Juno SOUi, 1879. Seatonaulo Rains. The rain that prevailed list week has b.'eii very refreshing ami welcome, save in a few instances svheu thu fall gram is too rank, or parties have hay cut, but It is probable that very little damagu ha bueu don. com pared with the btnelit that occurred to late sown grain, Tim rain will make a good crop of thousands of acres that otherwise would make but a poor turnout. It will refresh the wholo country and bo graceful to pastures a well as late-sown grain lieldi, and if ue havo another rain within a month, crop will aussser it with such a showing m Oregon never made before. Wr. are under obligations to Mrs. Iicuo I Ililhary, of Turner, for a full and interesting account published last week and this, of the commencement woe., at the Stato University at Kugcne, that rctlects great credit upon that lady's talent as a reporter, as well as tho institution iu which the people of tho Stato arc to greatly interested. Look at tho advertisement ot Mr. Daniel Clark, who offers for sale A No. 1 portable engines Kiuxk Abell is happy when these pleas. aut days come around, as he is then "able" to make a picture suifable" for any one. Kditor Willamette Farmer t You will remember somo time slnco you questioned mo ns to our HllEKP I.NIlDirritV EAST Ut TUP. MODSTAIN.. At that timo it was too early to givo you nn intelligent idea of tho results for tho past year, lly this timo jou may havo gathered nil deslrablo information upon this subject. An earnest wish to advanco an interest so thoroughly identified with our business thrift throughout this region, prompts mo to urgo you, my friend, to place lwloro your readers throughout tho year nil tho' practical points and interesting matter which you consistent ly can, which will tend to encourago shop herds, or individuals who aro looking to en gago In this as a profitablo business employ ment. I nm conscious that tho Wii.mukttk FAlismi is acceptably dovotcd to tho various industrial Interests of tho Columbia valley. Yet allow mo to represent that tho varied in terests of agriculture cannot ho readily over shadowod by dovotirj much apace and re search to developing ono of it imortant da partmonts so cosmopolitan nnd unsectional aj wool, rnobucnov ani it ini'ikknti', Pursued ns it is with ndvautago in its vari ed forms iu all localities from tho sea girt Islands and shores of Mama with its six montlis of rigorous cold, to tho hct, dry plains ot Nuoccs ami Starr districts of South ern Texas, tho List two namod localities, which sheared tho present year no.ir a million flooccs. 1 am well nwaro that to lo pursued exten sively as n business, it ro mires uxtonslvo range and a strictly pastoral region. Yet I fear no charuo ot misroprciontatioii whou I stato from personal Inquiry and oxperioncu In tho Kast, tho South, in foreign countries aud ujoii tho Pacific Coast, that no toil is so stcrilo as not to respond with msrvolous promptness to the demands of thcso ileccy representatives of thrift and plunty, and lands that hato been Vorn out by cropping ai'o idreliwcfci'e: LliuiuTCEr???8 Tho Incidental TduVorr"of thlFlnduitry aro most important considerations iu tho economy of every household in tho land. Our food, clothing, carpets and bedding, tho direct and indirect labor of au immoiisu army ot laborers, and tho benefits of exchange of capital AUK ALL UMI'LOYKb III converting this primitive product into ondlcM combinations for comfort, necessity and pleasure Wo have only to look back ono generation to tho practical wants ot tho nation to discover inteicitlni: facts in our history which cnablo us to comprehend how essentially this industry and its adaptation to our physical condition has bocomu a primo pillar in our industrial progress. During the War of tho Revolution it was estimated that there ww not wool enough produced within our boundaries to furnish ono pair of stockiugs for each inhabitaut. Our soldiers were mostly clothed with linen, Wool was worth in Huston ud Philadelphia 81,20 a pound, and was manufactured mainly by hand. Tho Assembly of Pennsylvania jass. od a rojolutiuu that "hutchors bo ndviaad not to kill sheep and tho people not to oat mutton." During our loat war wo clothed not only our own people, but 2,OS5,S0O soldiers mainly from our own resources. Aud at the closo of thu war had a surplus supply of overcoats sufficient to supply one to ono-third of thu voters of tho United States, Many ople can remember when not n yard of strictly woolen good for ladle was manufactured by machinery In tuts country. Tho manufacturing tf goods for lilies' woir from linen and wool, called "I.iusoy Woolsey, was commenced a late as the year 1800 Aud now one establishment in New Knglaml, manufacturing an undlesi variety of woohli fabrics for ladies' wearconiumos 10,000 lleo.oi per week. I havo referred to these iwlut as a fow among many that may 1,4 mentioned as Wituesses of tho VAST I'llOOKM 0 Tllli IMjU'sTrtV, And from my staudpomt feel like as.urug you that we havo ouly stepped lljion till threshold of manufacturing demand for this raw product, which vsu by reason of our poculiarphjaical advantage (absence of ox- cossivo heat, wst, cold, or snow), can pro duce cheaper than any other locality iqioii the globe. I have no cympathy with timid fears of overproduction, untes Free Trade opens thu gates to foreign wool, and tho product ot cheat, capital aud labor aro forced upon tho country. It is a significant fact that wool growing has suffered less iu tho late revulsions of business than any other indus try. We have learned salutary lessons of economy which will be remembered in the I future. OnVOOK HAS OONC BTEADII.T ON In tho production of wool and incrsaso of her bands of shcop. Many favorable locations havo increased annually CO per cent, and I nm Inclined to think that tho August returns will show Umatilla and Wnsco to havo in creased moro than that, as many bauds from California havo been driven upon our moru favorablo feoding grounds. Tho character ot tho wool grown in thcso counties is taking a moro nccoptablo position in tho markot than heretofore, and tlio freo interchange of vlows nnd experiences among shopherds, tho legiti mato results of labors of tho Wool Growers' Association, is now clearly showing its results. Keeping sheep upon well-grossed ranges during tho spring boforo ehoaring, so as to avoid as far as possible all dust, and kocp lug up carefully tho condition of tho sheep, so as to uroduco strong, hoalthy wool, is boing appreciated by buyers. The stormy weather of February and tho cold spring has materially reduced tho weight of this clip. So far a I Invo observed, nbsenco of dust on nccount of tho frequent rains, ha kept tho wool clean, and afforded us another proof that to produce tho longest nnd weightiest lloocos calls for warm woather ami Abundant fowl to fully atimulato tho bodily functions. I judgo tho production of wool per head will fall 15 to 18 per cent. 11KM1W I.AHT YKAll'H rilOIIUCTIOH, Upon tho samo sheep. Tho prlro of wool in tho market so far has hcoii satifactory upon tho nveragc, and in my viow entirely satisfac tory to tho shepherd. Thero seems to bo nu discouraging points before mon who nro in or wish to enter upon this business, except tho surcad withlu tho last year of tho scab amoug shcop. Its provalenca and tho reck lessness of somo men whoso actions havo tended to its vprcad, calls for tho earnest effort of ovcry v.lor who rcallzos that this in dustry brings 30 por cent, ot nil Industrial return to Oregon. Tho fact that a scabby shoep pays ouly half tho tax upon a sound ono ought to bo conclusive ovidauco that a la which palls for nothing, but power to Jirvtlll?j protect nn industry ' vhIc,rrfurnIslioa food, clothes and inonoy to so largo n portion of our citizens. T, 8. Lanu. Nkw Yoiiic llor Mauklt. Kmmctt Wells' circular, dated Now York, Juno 0, saysi "Our market continues in about tho samo condition as reported for tho last fow weeks; tho chango if any, being in a little better demand without nny improvement iu prices. Most of our merchants aro well stocked with hops nnd will find no difficulty in meeting tho demands of their customors during tho sum mer months. Thcro is still somo talk ot slow growth of vines in tho Interior caused by tho lato drouth, but tho copious rains of Monday night and Tuesday, if extended to hop dis tricts must dispel all fears which previously existed of serious damage to the vino from lack of rain, aud within tho next fow days wu may expect to hear moro encouraging no oonntt. Prtciflo Coast hops am quoted at from tight to ten cents." A private letter, dated tomton, Moy 21th, saysi "We havo no alteration to notice in our market this week. All good parcl of Knglish hops well maintain their lato improvement in values, while other descriptions cuntisuu at ft dis count. American hops are slowly changing hands without any advance in prices." IIloomu Hiock. -Wo are gratified to announce thu purchase by a couple of Wash ington County horsemen, of thu splendid stable brought here horn Kentucky by Mr. DulloUo. Thu lot includes "(lion, Dudley," daii "Madam Dudley," by "Islington," 17th ,1,1111 Moon ill Ikirh Maiv. This magnificent hurio wa biud by M. II. Samlford, ot Lexing ton, Kj., und sva held at 91,000 wheu first brought to Oregon last spring. Ho will not be iu training iu timo for the meeting July ;iJ and Ith, but will make it lively for tho fans next fall. There is also a bay four-yoir-ald by "lxmgfellow," a lay four-year-old by "Ihysvatcr," brother to "I'rcaknesr," a chestnut Idly and u bay filly, by I'miuircr, and a bay filly by Hod Dick by Lexington, tho latter nil thno-jcaiolda. All of thesj marcs aro of such blood aud form that distinction in uxcdluuco cuu only Ij mado by tho best postal linrsi'ni.111 iu tho county, 'lhey aro now ut ihu fair grounds near this place iu charge cf Mr. Lucy, who will put them Iu order for fall work, 'lhey were purchased for 5:1,000, and thu intention is to keep them 111 Washington Comity for breeding purposes. This is without doubt tho greatest addition to Oregon stock that has ever U-eu made at ono time, nnd we nro proud that they are owned nnd to bu kept in our county.-Independent. Diwiuos lllioi. hiso agsllcryiu tovsu as well as ono in thu country, traveling from to mii to town.
