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-(ffmi ADVERTISING RATES, sr (xriton 532.50 ?.'nr month Fotan Inch nf ailvn-tlstnx rface, r thourst m mth; fSft.OQ Tcr aionth For (no Inches; S0.00 cr SV-onth fftt three I richer, llh rwor.sblo lermi for long Umo eitrert elements. ticcal Adverilnurscnt published on PiworaMo TYirms. nu.iiNr.ss MEN Dolling liberal spue-) will have spoclsl forms; not ten than $25 per month for atotumnol titanl Indies. OF 8UDH01IHTI0N w orrrt tub Willamette Farmer, Whm paid tii sdnuieo, at tlw low rata of 03,00 cr kiinum. 1T With Uio added expense of an es ux;ed lania cannot afford tha t0 without pro pajmcullt ton lhaa a2,oo. -n Bote twonr UraiUMo charge BW K3.00 a "SToeuel t MUSI.T TIN ADVANOKm jOSsUsftT ' VOL. XI. PROSPECTUS FOR 1880! Tho Willambttis FAR-inwill soon enlor on its TwELmi Ykah oi roniJCATiOH under more lavorabto assurance ot popular import than it h.ii over had, and able to do bolter work than over it has dono. WU VT l-MttlSNDS SAY, Ilvcry day wo rocolvo tho pleasant atsur ancca of popular appreciation. Men wo havo neTor aeon, hut well known to no upon our tiit ot subscribers, como to aco us and pay their duos with expressions of good will and promiio of influential support for "tho boat paper in Oregon." Not a diy passes that wo nro not told by friends that thoy and their neigh bora valuo tho ViLLAMi.Trr. Farmeii for lis sturdy indcpcndcnco of tone, its aineero do voliou to tho intorojts of producers, itn good aetno and od morals and its correct reports of tho market. It ii conceded thatnoolhor paper is as reliable, to tho farmer, in ita com mercial stataments. Now anbicribori como in, five to ten a day, and rcitarato thoso kind words and empha tlzo thorn with payment ot subscriptions. WU AIM HlfJH In our efforts, and nro dotormincd to niako tbia paper nioro ascoptablo a wo aoqniro moant, and wo asic i'.vkrt BUBJCnmnu to iw WHAT HK CAN TO K.XTKND OUIt ClIWULATION. Wight years havo passod ainco wo took hold of this busincM, and they havo demonstrated that wo havo tho ability to makon good news paper. Clivo us ndequato support and this apr shall real 1 70 all your wishes. O-JISOTS IN VIBW. The objects wo havo in viow can bo briefly oi pressed a follows t Tho Willambtt- Faumeu is published in tbo interest of agriculture in tho Btate of Ore gon and Washington Territory. it.-t-ttv Ita editorial columns give a review ot homo and foreign markets from tho producers standpoint; advocate his interests against the world, and hay vxvca bhxn add bhali nrxn db swatkd nr mokkv istbiibtw. ITAnwIRAadfHfl. We have correspondence from all parts of the country, from well known farmers, and this papr is especially tbo medium through which farmers make known their experience and stato their views. Hews, ,.i As many take no other paper and depend on tho Fakmkr for news wo giro all tho im portant dispatchca from obroad received up to noon Thursday, at which timo tho paper goes to press, and the Stato and Territorial news is compiled in full by tho oditor himself. We piy especial attention to all that re lates to tho development ot tho Pacifio North west every part of it. No paper in Port land publishos fuller details of all that relates t tho material protpoiity of thia region. in us iiomis ainoLK. Wo publish choico miscellaneous reading relating to farming interests and othor mat ters. Last, but not least, the IIomk Circle is carefully edited in behalf ot domestio affair and is especially liked by the wives and daughters of our subscribers. Tho Farmbu is always on tho aide of good government, good morals and good religion, aad exorcises what influences it possesses with constant remembrance ot responsibility foritx right use. VI'. AIM HIGH. Until the first of January wa offor a years subscription to any person who will vend us threo new names and SO, money. This Bub soriptlon can either pay back dues of an old subscriber or for the year to como for a now one. CASH IN ADVANCE. We havo reduceJ tho price W tho paper to Two Dollars, invariably im apvancb. The credit system has proved disastrous to many and we have tried it until our list shows $8,000 due ns. A thousand subscribers owo us for one year and hundreds owe ua from two to five years. Wo prefer to tako less and get it, and have less trouble than we enluro now from this sourcn. TO VICTIMS OF RUST. The past year has been very hard on some indeed on many who have lost entire crops by rust, and even the newspaper bill worries them, but they will be all right in the future. In snch cases we feel inclined to make easy terms for the past and allow their to com mence anew by paying t- for the jar 18S0. We need all that is due us. but in case any person has lost a crop and is embarrassed, our proposition is that they go to our agent, give a due-bill for what portion they cannot meet just now, and pay $2 in advance for 18S0. some owe for several yean but have been struck by nut, and we leave it to their honor to do fairly by ua. We want to keep all our old friends aad give them all Deeded tavorsii they happen to be temporarily out ofluek. WINTER. Whilo it is not nsuat to havo eovcro Winter weather on tho northwest coast, ntill wo do occasionally ham bitter winters, nnd tho present time, ascitis to bo 0110 of tho excep tional years. Thcro is no reason why farmers and stock men should calctilato upon uninter rupted aucccsa in crops or a succession of mild winters. Succon makes inon bold, and both stock raisers and farmcra with ua calculato that crops will nsvor fail nnd tako desperato chances that Winter will remain further north and not encroach on their hopes or injuro their forturco. When exceptional ycara coinu they prndiico disaster. Last season tho farmcra of Western Oregon pinned their faith upn Spring crops, and tho country differed millions of loss froL-i rust. Tbcro wan no way to avoid it, and it may bo aiid, mid is aaid, that tho Bucccca in former ycara com pensates for tho Iosscfi of 1S73. fitill, wo recognizo that If possihlo to prosecute mixed husbandry tho result! will average belter and houcn not bo ro effectually blighted. !!o w ith atoek-raicing ; thottock man figures that ho will probably havo a good Winter, but tho exceptional Winter ia euro as fato, and bridge great lom when it comes. , Wo havo now a apoll of bitter Winter, nnd though not very dcop, tho nno'.v lica over tho whiila country, nnd no doubt stock sullrra aivercly. Our region is not prepared for audi weather. Tho herds and flocks of tho Hastens plains ore apt to bo to scattered to bo gathered in for feeding, oven if their own era havo provided hay for their use. It is probablo that great loss will follow, for wo cannot xpcct any favorablo ohango ot woathcr until after New Years. Many year' experience shows us that the aovcrcat weather may bo oxpeetod from tho 20th of Doocmbor to tho 10th of January. Thoro have been sevcro seuoua luat conunuou lor I ycr a month. It ia certain that if thia severe spoil is protracted the atook interests will auffor aoveroly, causiug great suffering to domestio animals, as well a lot to tbsir owner. It is tnoreforo to lie hoped that rain will not bo long doferrod, though we must also recoguizo that tho wido aown fiolJs of Fall grain aro thnving woll undor the snow, and that tho crop of 1SS0 will probably turn out much hotter if tbo snow shall lio on for a month. On tbo Beach at Tillamook. Kditor Willumetto Fanner: Alboit, it may sound ajnonymous to aay "from the coast to tho beach," yet your whilom correspondent in tbeso parts wont and did tho tamo recently, nut in words only, but iu tho raw material of the act itself. It was during uno of thoso fretful attempts of tho elements to inaugurato Winter very char actoristid in tho climate of our coastwise commonwealth, but which seldom result in nioro than a comfortablo approximation of tho same. Tho diatancu involved iu the caso was a ten milo "lap" of mud, iu length I mean, but perhajus not so abundant in depth, though this fact wua not clearly ascertained. llut tho ooiy poJcitrian feat at any rata was accomplished with tho grave, Turk-Iiko fash ion with which tho gennino Tillamooker al ways discharges his muddy duties of foot, and a vigorous scraping off the adhering real estate iu an opening of ferns, a gentlo knoll of privet and of pino was turned by tho ruad uoar tho mouth of Tillamojk'u httlo satellite NotarU bay, uhcii tho broad expauso of a mighty ocean burst into viow, Tho sight, though grand, was anything but a "l'acitiu" ono then. A November galo had blown for many days, tho same that in its breadth and might playod tennis ball with the shipping ot tho Golden Gate. At far out as tho ovo could discern them tho huge billows with combing crests were sweeping grandly in, with majes ty of heighth and strength, until shallow depths denied equal speed of baso with sum mit, when l'isa-liko they would toss forward rnd fall with thunder upon the beach, send ing forward of their now broken advance a streak of from a rod wide and often a hun dred long, this to be caught up by the fierce gale, and scattered far and wide, to fall like driven snow. There before mo that day was a grand field for the play ot seutinent, a study for imm.rtality, but being endowed with these things after tbo fashion of pewter spoons, your contributor could only look out upon tho turbulent scene, yawn and imagine it all to be a huge Congressional joke, or a' tremendous case of Tcutonio beer. And whilst traversing the pebbly beach of the bay towards its mouth, a great roller at times would overcome the foeble obstructions of tho bar, and ride boldly within and up the beach, tossing the cosmopolite drift about like cork, and set the gravel to rattling with a noise like tho tall of great hailstones. Here was food for Shakesperian thought, for thus wa Herculaueum overrun by banished in csjuletceoco of Vesuvius; but alas, I ootid PORTLAND, OREGON, DEC. SO, I87J). think of nothing softer than tbo practical idea that that atrango rattling of tho gravel suroly indicated that tho bottom was drop pine out Komowhcro and then scramblo away for hlghorground. In walking along tho ocean boach, on looking out rcannrd, tho spectator would bo surprised to notico that lilt g.iro was obstructed beyond n few hundred yards by tho great high wavra which would seem to bo milling upon him wilts an overwhelming capability, but their advnnco being broken by tliu beach, their tops would fall away to their trua ocean level at his feet. Ordinarily thrco lines of breakers am obecrved rushing in, yet at this timo thcro uoro fivo of them, and no living craft could long withstand their weight mid fury. Iu a cabin hat d by thoro was seen pondaut from a nail n ainglo lifo-preserver a drift of tho sea, with tho words "Great Ho pnblio" inscribed thereon, words wonderfully tuggestivo of wreck and dicactcr. Two miles from tho b.iy'e mouth thcro stands n succes sion of rocka out in thu ocean, remnants doubtless of a onco bold prumentory project ing into thu oca two thouuand years ngo but now worn away by wavo action to n fow stragjilinj pillars, some of thorn fifty feet high ami some barely abovo tho surface. Ono of them, affording an cosy anglo, is a favoritord ort fur sen lions, whothiokly cover it during tho Fall and Winter acinous. Another onu is a natural arch, through which a largo steam boat could pa with case, but it would provo n deadly patsago, for throngh its tunnel tho wavos surgo with terrifio violence. Arouad, amidst and against them devotod rocks did theso great rollors, stirred up to moro than thoir usnal wont by that Novomber galo, rago with demonical thunder as it with a dctiro to coinplcto at once their work licgun so long ago. Tho night was paseod with an agod couple, whoso residence wss fow yards from the beach. ISoforo retiring tho gentleman, as was Ilia custom and wont, offered up ills sup plications to tho Great Cauio of the thuudcra without, but if tho being to whom it was ad dressed heard no moro ot it than did this do ponent, it availed not, for thoso waves held on in thoir noisy carnival and overbalanced the sound et a feebly spoken prayer. Wo re tired but ono of u at least did not sleep for many hours held awake and noarly appallod by tho terriflio warpers of a mighty ocean against tho rocky outposta of tt continent. NrarouTOK, Deo, 17. F. M. L. After Loratno Again, Yamhill Co., Dec. II, 1879. Kditor Willamette Fannen In yonr i.nuo of December 12th I read an artlclo under tho head of "Plain Talk from a Farmer," eigne. "Loraino," "Clackamas," giviug a very discouraging picture of farm life, which if road abioad would certaiuly convey a very erroneous idoa of our State. "Iiralno" has certainly mado a very bad selection for a fann, or mistook his calling, when thcro aro millions of acres of the richest kind of land uuoccuplod in "this Stato and tho eastern part ot Washington Territory," it seems strango that a man could or would solrct a farm on which ho worked "from day. light until dark" for twenty ycara and get no better off. Loraino can do a groat service to the hun dreds of strangers coming to our country if ho will designato his location and give a dotailod account of his modo of farming. How much land docs hu cultivato and what kind of crops doos ho raise? How ia it that ho cannot uCord to koep but ono cow! People looking for homos would like to In informed on these and kindred subjects si as to avoid such stcrilo localities. Now, Mr. Kditor, we all know that Oregon has many poor thriftless fanners but wo aro not eure that it is the fault of the soil, cli mato or high taxes. Nor ia it always the re sult of lazinca. Many of those work hard enough and live hard enough and yet they don't prosper. Their labor is miaatplid. They plow deep enough aud sow seed enough bat it is done out of season. Tboy often de vote much time and labor to producing some thing that is ot littles oi no valuo when raised, Iu short they uso too much muscle and too littlo brains. This is doubtless their misfor tune rather than their fault. They fchould embark in some occupation whore muscle only is required, and not seek to disparage our good country and discourage emigrants who have brains cnousdi to cultivato its rich soil from coming and settling among ua. ilAnilOM, TuKcase of a deaf-mute cow is reported by a Itussian veterinary surgeon. A cow, twelve years old, of Algava breed, belonging to a Itussian nobleman, never showed signs of bearing or bellowed. Seeing the other cattle bellow, she tried to imitate tbem by stretch ing out her neck and bead, and opening ber mouth, but she could not produce any sound. The seme of vision of this cow wa found to be unusually developed. Liver Fluke, or Hot Anions Sheep nnd Goats. Editor Standardi Heading an article headed "Dead from Leoc'ses" in tho Ortgonhn, which should havo bcon Drad from Fasciula Hcpatieum, or in Kngltab, Licr 1'lukp, which creates tho rotiu eheep aud goats andalto destrn) a largo numbers of cattle. Liver fluku wai llivt described by Ganibnciiiut in 1017, mid mado lti appearance in Holland ns an cplzolio disease, and was very dctttuotno among sheep. 'J. ho KdiuburKh Veterinary lloviow for 18G1 sayst Tho scnurgo cf tho otlue raco has orca ainually reduced tho number of sheep, so much as to materially enhance tho price ot healthy aulinalsi for instance, in tho acasutiof 1 830 III, tho estimated death of shcop from rot was be tween ono and two millions. Supposing tho number to bo l.dOO.OOO this would represent nearly l,U0O,00U iiouml sterling. In ISXJ-3I shotip raisers iu tr.iuco Inst from nno-quartcr to sovrn-righthof their cntlro flocks from tho effect of liver tluko. T'icro aro two species of flukes, tho most common in a Hat worm, iu hapo, flmllir to the letter V, and measures from ono to ono and n half inches long aud tiiroo nuirtor laches wide. A Uoruian professor, Soucknrt, rayi tho uterus of a full grown livrr lluko may contain 45,000 ova (t'gg). The other specin is called tasclola hepaucum gigautca which measures threo inches in length and ono and a half Inched wide, is flat nnd V shaped and not an common at tho Entailer fluke. Shocp, goats mid cattlii nro mostly alllictud with said worms in wet seasons anil Iu low and fresh water marshy laud. Stock is seldom trouhlod with llnko worms on dry aud hilly land, nor salt watermsrslies. Ifaaheep is afflicted with fluko it pastes almost daily, matura fluke avas eggs nr embryo which falla on tho grasses and other stock feeds therein; or they may bu transferred by the wind into tho water thoy drink; thoy may alto bocomo infected by in haling tbo air. The eggs aro light onongh to float in tho atmosphere; in this way tho hu man beings becomo infected with thu liver fluke, or by driuking water, or eatiug green vegetables. Aa soon m an animal or human being becomes inflicted with tho fluke, they grope their way at onco to tho liver and make that thoir dwelling place, whero thoy propagate. Tho liver fluke i very destruc tive; one liver may contain 1,000 fluke at one timo) thoy aro not often found in tho in tretlaal oanali they also intrude the gall and bladder and create gall stones, ulceration and geiMral'degeneration of the liver; rot. omacia tion nnd death finally relieve the sufferer. It is easy to know when tho diseaso ha far ad vanced, by it looks; but still moro convinc ing by slightly pressing the hand over the region of the loius. In this region tho Mil. mal is particularly weak and the pressure cause him to wince. At the Bsmo timo tbero ia communi cated to tbo hand a yielding sensation totally unliko the firm resistance which ouo meets with whon ruuning tho hand down the spino of a sound sheep. In bad cases there is a visible hollowauco ot tho back, associated with a corresponding penduloua condition of the abdomen, and a general emaciation ot the body, the apino uticks out prominently, tho gait of the animal is foeblo, its wholo apiicar ante being dull, dejected and melancholy in tho extreme. An examination of tho eye will astitt materially iu determining tho question of disease, If tho lids aro everted, tho menibraua nictitans being pressed forward, it will ho found that in the early stage of tho malady, and especially if thu animal has been excited by being driven a short distance, tho vessels of tho conjunction are turgid, with palo or yellowish colored blood, and that tho wholo part has a peculiar moist or watery appearance. Later on the same vessels aro blanched, and scarcely to bo recognized, ex" cepting, perhaps, ono or two, which presents a similar watery condition, or aro turgid, with dark colored llood. Soiuo other symptoms might bt mentioned, but tho above aro suffi ciently uumeroui and thoroughly character!!- tlc- . . Trcatmect for prevention is bettor thsn cure, and ai In tho present stato of our knowledge wu nro in a position to offer many sngjcstioiia, which, it properly carried out, cannot fail to bu of ser vice in aheckiug tho fluke malady. It it, in the first inatsneo, desirable to mako a few remarks on this head; moisture being es sential to the growth aud development of the lluko, it is clear that sheep cannot hu affec ted to long as they are kept on high and dry groeml, aud even in low pastures they can scarcely take tho ducaso so long as they aro folded and fed on hay, turnips and fodder, procured from drier situations. The moat im portant is to separate the rot affected, from the unaffecto 1 ones, and tako both to dry ground and good shelter, supplying them at the samo with a'libcral quantity of manger food, such as beans, peas, oil canes aim other logumnious seeds. The fodder, of whatever kind, should bo frequently chauced, and many other lijgienlo measures adopted, all tending to promote the appetite and general health oi tho animal. it mutt not bo neglected to give them plenty of table salt two or threo times a week, it is well proven that sheep and goats feeding on salt water lamts liavenoter been aimcteil Willi lluKes. As to remedies they are legiou. I know of one drug which is a ccrtaiu cure but uufortu nately it is so expensive as to forbid us to ad minister to thu lower order of animals. I have recommended to sheep owners iu Cali- lortua, lupuun, wnicn is ijivlii irum u vu i. grains 3 times a day, Tho profession and those interested, are invited to call on me, and examine specimens in my possession, lln. J 1. 1. Van Dkx IIkhu. McCouuack'h almanac for 18S0 is duly re ceived, and, as it has been for years, is placed in a handy place for immediate ute. All book-teller have them. l(.n (l, l!.t M mrontl for th FaUMU. and e who U the agent in your vicinity. Eastern and Foreign Wool IdnrkoU. Concerning tbo wool trade, wool supply, and general prospects ot tho wool market for the present and future ot tho United States, tho ICconomlst of n lato data sayat It is clearly manifcat we must seel; for sup plies tomow hero elso outsiilo of Kngland, mid in order to secure tho samo wo must outbid Kngliah buyers in all markuts. It is very evident, therefore, that prices ot wool havo not reached thoir altitude In any land. Tho truth is, tho American people aro just com mencing for tho tlrtt timu in our history to roahra thu Unit fruitn of their long-cherished dreams. Wo aro growing stronger and richer every year na n nation. It is now booh that thcro haa not boon any contraction of tho currency, hut with tho uid of silver wu havo had rather an cxfiusloii. Willi moro abuudaucn of capital, and a lower rata of interest, tho American manufacturer will hereafter bo placed in a bitter position to computu with thu llntlth aud KuroiKi.ui manufacturers, and, therefore, ho van afford to pay a hotter prica fur wool and all raw materials. Tho pouulaeo nt largo ..iw find thcmsoIveH financially iu a better iKizition than at any period siuco tho oloso of our en torncaitio stnfo, nnd nru more willing to pay better prices fur everything they wear aud contumo. Fur somo jears p.ut wool mid shoddy woolens l.nvo been Belling nt very low fiimrcK. Hut thu pcoplo havo hod a eurluit of tho Litter, and aru now disposed to wear moro costly apparel. Aa it coimcnuouca there has been nn active demand for alt claues of wool, on and dry goods generally, and, as wasBaid at tho Philadelphia lunquet, tho othor day, our woolen producers were never before iu a better position financially than they are to day, and it would matter littlo to very many of them whether thcro was high tariff on for eign goods or not. Thu market continues to gain idrcngth un dor a good inquiry, and pricca of all gradeH ot domostlcs nud foreign wooU are again firmer, What Thoro Is in Wheat- Tho wheat grain Is a fruit consisting ot a seed and ita coverings. All the middle part of tho grain is occupied by largo, thin cells, full of a powdery substance, which contains all tho starch of the wheat. OuLtido the contral starchy mass is a single row ot squar ish coll filled with a yellowish material, very rich in nitrogenous, that ft, flesh forming matter. ISoyond this again there are six thin coat or coverings, containing much minoral matter, both of jiotasli and phosphates. Tho outermost coat is ot but little valuo. Tho mill products of theso covering of tho seed aro peculiarly rich in nutriment, and lino flour ia robbed of a largo pcrcentago cf valu able and nutritious food. Middlings not only contain more librin and mineral matter than fino Hour, but alto moro fat. Tho fibrous matter, or outer coat, which is indixostiblo, forms one-sixth of tho bran, but not ono hundredth ot tho fino Hour. Wheat contains the greatest quautity of gluten aud tho small est of starch ; ryo, a medium proportion of both, whilo iu harloy, oats and corn, tho largest proportion of starch ami the smallest ot gluten aro to bo fouud. Iu practice 100 pounds of flour will make from 133 to 137 Jioiinds of bread, a good averaga Iwiug 130 pounds hence a barrel of 100 pound should yield 200 one-pound loaves. American Mil- or. Flour from Shriveled Wheat Much having been said ab.ut shriveled wheat making good flour, Mr, 1). M. Guthrie, who had soma grain that wa badly shriveled aud almost unlit for any uso, determined to hava it ground to sao whothor or not it would make flour. Tho first lot of eight and una half bushels ot wheat was ground at tho mill ot Uglow HrothotT, in tills city, ami 310 pounds ot flour waH thu result. The flour provod to bo of first lato quality; but Mr. Guthrio was not satisliod with tho one test nud a short time since took to thu mill fifteen bushels of grain, iiiachina nmsuro, which returned COO pounds of flour. Samiilui ot the grain and flour havo been brought to this ollice, ami Willie trio lormcr ii naniy sunvei ed and appears unlit for ate, thu flour is of an excellent nualitv and has uiven entire satis faction to all who havo tested it. With this showing In favor of grain that has been affected by rust, tho (tamo should havo n con siderable market valuo, and whothor it can bo sold or not, it can bo ground into flour of on excellent quality, as tho test mado by Mr. Guthrio fully demonstrates that rutted graiu will make flour lit to bo used for any pur pose. Dallas Itemizer. Australian Wheat Yield. Wo havo remarked before that our Austral Ian neighbors havo been buffering fully as severely as wo have in alternations of drouth aud rust in their grain fields. Indeed the statistics of tho averago yields of somu of the colonies would seem to indioati that their misfortunes were greater than ours. From tho Australian's accounts it appoars that two and a half million acre of land iu Australia were under wheat in tha last harvest 1878'0 being more thau twice tho area under wheat eight years ago. Tho produce, how. ever, in the present year was littlo moro than 20,000,000 bushobi, or about 10 bushels !ier acre, the largest wheat-growing colouy South Australia) having an average yield of ittle more than seven butheU per aero while Hew Zealand ateraged nearly 23 buth tiM, and New South Wales H bushels per acre. l'aciflo Itural 1'reu. I'lisejumwa !'! uu.u!.iiu-Yiii ' L",IJ NO. 45. Hofnndod. W. P. Leonard was collecting and canvass ing fcr this paper one year ago and ho and hid partner colloctcd over n hundred dollar, that remained unpaid until tho other slay, when Loonnrd remitted ua what ho claimed wa duo us from Denver, Colorado. Ho anserta that ho left tho matter in tho hands of bits partuor and did not know of 'thadolinqucncy until lio heard from us about it. Wo glvtj him tho lienofit ot hi explanation and rs very glad to got tho mosicy. Ho baa our re ceipt In full. A Good Lino of Goods. Till Summer whilo travoling through Mast cm Oregon, wo mado tho oequaintonco of Mr. J. M, Rabin, who is tho P.icifiu Co.aat agent for D. IUnsom Sons' "Kinj-ot tho Wood" mid other patent medicines. Mr. Srdiin ia nn excellent rcpicaoutatlvo of a good lino ot goods. Tho "King or tho lllood" is adver thed ia uur paper; And in thii connection wo would say that it ia nu now incdloine, hut ha stood tho teats of years. Tho houso of D. Jtansjui It Bon h.ii a quarter ot n contury t "baok it," aud ia pjrloitly reliable. Election of Oi-ccrs. At tho annual olcotlon hell by Oaweg Grango, No. 175, leo. 13, 1971), tho follow ing oflicora wore eloctcd to servo tho coining yean Master, J, II. Dickinson; Overseer, Miss ICttle Carman; Steward, U. II. Wilruott; Assistant Steward, I. M. Davidson; Chap lain, U. W. Uryant; Treasurer, Joa. Ranger Secretary, Milton K. Shlploy; Galo Koepesr. F. Ford; Core, Mrs. 11. Whlttell; PoaaoM, Mrs. F. Ford; MorMUsZelUCarrniUdy Aasiataut Steward, Mias 1. A. Hayo. Noo-Hck. The Puget Sound Courier Bay t There are now over one hundred aottler in tho Nooksack region. The settlor will open the big jam iu tho Nooktatk river in tha etrly spring. Tho crop all turned out wlL Thoro i only one thresher there now, but next Beacon at least ono more will be requir ed to perform the work, as tho acreage will bo largely lucre od by that timo. Nook sack Crossing i gotting to be quite a nktoe. There aro two stores, a telegraph ofUxt, A blacksmith shop, et., there. Mn. A. J. Smith, of Quillohuto, write to tho Argus to ascertain tho most offoctivo moans of killiug largo fern and rod-top aorrel. Wo are not publishing rui agricultural paper, and houco do not lay any claim to being authority on audi matters ; but our limited exporiouco load us to asy that there ia no way of successfully exterminating tho kiud ot aorrel spoken of, except whore it la just aUrt ing in small patches, in which caso old atraw or manure may bo piled on it tbiok enough to smother it. Wo would say that the quickest way to got rid of largo feni ia to pasture tho laud short and koep the young; fern talk broken down until about tho latter part ot Juno ; then uso a good nod plow and turn tho soil over to thu depth of six or eight inches. From that time until Wintur it may bo har rowed well as of ten as tho torn starts. Iu tho following Spring it nuy bo planted with potatoes or some other hood crop that will afford amplo opportunity to keep tho young feru cultivated down and also to loosen tha soil up and let tho font roots decay. Very littlo can ho done in cropping heavy fem land tho first year It i plowed, and therefore wo deem it cheaper In tho long run not to try to raiso anytuing on suoh soil the first season. Port Towntond Anus. Mulks.- A correspondent in tho Ohio Far mer says that after tloicn yeans of cipori enco with mules oil tho farm ho consider thorn far superior to horses, aad would always recommend, where two teams aro kept, that nuo should bo a mulo team, Tboy aro bettor than horsos for tho following reasons i They onduru tho boat much bettor, nud aro not so liabla to sickness nr injury, and when lamed or galled, thoy recover much aoener thau horses, Thoy also havo greater vuduranoo ami will do more work. They require leas feel ami will last many year longer than hortos. Notwithstanding thu prejudice exist lug against them, thoy nro, ns n rule, a trusty as homes and moro responsive to kind treatment. A I.aii'ih Ari'iK,Mr, N, Ford raisod a Gloria M unli applu nt tho Diamond fruit farm on tho Walla Walla river weighing 40 ounce and meat ureing 10J inches in circum feronc. This U said to bo th) largeat applo ever raised in this or any other country. The laigest appl'iat thu Centennial woighei V2 ounces, huch it our country and climate for fruit, yet many rofusu to believu it, be. causa it looks "big." but still it's true, nev ertheless. W. W. Watchman. Yoo can pay any agcut ot the Fauuku your subscription for the noxt year, See eighth paje. a.i. j'-i, IS TK
