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I h ) ' if ?.& !! M M VOL. XIII. Ill) o Hi cultural. OKCIIARDINO. MUMUKIl '.'. V htar that sumo communications on fruit growing will come in duo titnu, .nml wo liiqo thoy will nut Im long delayed, but tmiit con fess to iliiMioiitim'iit that micli mi impot taut item of iioiliiction an frtiit gtowing Inn not rcceivul inoiu aitt'iitic-it from those persons of uxperioi.ci-, who aro no well alilo to wnto it lip. An no otl er yet oiler to dircus it, wo will procied with tho subject with what mean nml infotmatioii wo can cnuimnnd. Wo rfiUo lant Hi-tic of tho importance of good location!) for successful fruit growing, nuil without pursuing the subject in a prac Ileal way in the linn of methods to bo followed ill cultivation, will now take n glanco nt thu diilcu-iit ftuitn nvailahlu hcru mid thu linen wo have for tliuin. The npplo i king of fruits in thin htitude, but unfortunately, for yearn past, in Oregon tho apple hu been subject to depredations of tho npplo trro louse, which ban injured the tticn and dostiuyul tho Iniit, though thin pent ban ilcoioused tomewhnt. It in to he ho pid ttiat it will dinnppear altogether Re side tni, a gloat deal of fruit is spotted with a f lingua growth that nlfecU both tho buf and the npe, anil this Winter wo find many that seem In hato small spots of dry tot on the surface. Hern is a field wo lenvo to ex pes i i-ncvd orchnidUtH, to explain tho cause and euro f jr these spots tli.it alfeet ltli treo mid fruit. Heretofore tho npplo ha been a Very ho!'.!iy uud yuceMful treo, and wr still havo nil wo can uiu, Iretly supplied. The.in com plaint mu not Hindu everywhere, mid prevail often to small degree when they tu known. Thu farnioi' wifo dtios apples, and wo ship thousands of bushoU to California. Timo do inonatrattH that some nricties do in.t succeed here. 'I ho ltambii oneo did well, but mm' is seldom mi'i but tho best fruits Lenerally lo thrive and are (if excellent quality. Wlint wo desire to know fioin all kcelioiiN it: the va netle that do well mid in what noil and local- itie certain kimli thtivo and do not llitivo. Pears do wonderful)- well here, mid thin volley in tho natural homo of that friit. No betttr fruit can bo grown. When th North ern Pacific ro.nl incompleted, air oichardista will have good dciiiauil for choice peam to ship Kant. The best varieties for thin piiri,Kso eliouhl be planted without herniation. Hart lotts will bo valuable to can, or to dry, or to ship Kant in a green state; some otlier va rieties, an the Winter Nclli nud Henri o East cr, an- ei tain to bo III demand. Information concerning pears mid tho varieties most cer tain t !' "1 demand ii needed by nil oicli nil iaU, I'eople aro apt to net out too many vu rielicn, w herein tho safest way ii to ho ntiro to hao a fiw very ehoico varieties of fruitn and plant uuiiy of a kind. Win rover tho ji-nch can tin ivo it should bo planted iiuiiitrously. It in auro to bo in do maud, and can bo canned or dried to good ad vantage. Tim records of each neighboihiiod will give ail idea of the locationn bent united to pca.h growing, and tho varieties that tin ivo butt in that motion. dull n uro very fino witli us, and must bo in ptcat demand in tho future an our popula tion iiiciiianeH. They nucccid hero wondei ful ly nnd dtlicioiibly, mid whuio thoy tin ivo best Hhuultl lio planted fiecly. Tho Mt.niul.ifil vn rietieu mo tho lioyal Ann, May Duke, lllack Hepuhlicau, fJovemof Wood, and tho Maily Purple (iuii'iio in aUo commended nn u fa vorite! Iieaiilcn thcHo, olhur variotioa mo valu able, nnd wo i..vik fiiomlH to ivo nt their oxpeririico. Chen if can bo canned or dried, and should bo very prolitablu indeed. The plum and pruno mo naturally at homo with ll, and wr look to them an tho surott to pay a profit. They thrive well on uplniuU nml bear will. No other fruit yielda moro aliun ilaiico, and tho quality cannot bo urpaied in any country. The writer U making a upo cialty of pluinii, priiium -mid H.utlott pearn, having tiOOO tnun already bearing and IIOOO inoio to bet out this HoaHou. Wo hope, within three yearn, to have ton thousand trecH in orchard, and nhall plant about 100 pearn, 11000 Ovo'm (lolden Diop plumn, t-VUO Keiuo ClauilodoJlaxayplumn, lOOOeachoflVyliuuand Petite d'Agun piuncs, Columbia plums, mid Wanhington' plums, which wo Bt.ito to show tho varieties wo prefer. There aro other va rieties that may bo equally valuable, Wo have aUo bearing a number of Peach plums, which aro tho earliest of drying fruit of that flpuoicH, Soiuo of those aro drying fruiU, and sumo aro both for canning or drying. A btrmigo frmk of publio taste excludes purple nluuis frotu biing uamioil, without nufllciout reason, . i.. i ,1..... .1. am.. .,..ll nml most oefiauiiy, uccaunu nij ux vu. wi.'ii are rich o.iting. AUo t'10 prunui aro to bo ilii'.il with the pits in, whilo hoiiiu fruit hit to be cut before it is driod. A lon nrticlu could bo writen concerniinj tho various plum and prnn-H A'nl th-ir best unci. Certain it in tint many varieties have little value, nnd tho per non who commences orcharding extensively must jiost hiiutelf thoioiigldy, mj as to know what varieties to iucludo or exclude, or elce he may raio fruit without profit. Wo have touched lightly on a broad field, and invito all who have experience- to elabor ate upon what we have said. Tho topic in in lorentiiig simply because fruit growing l a veiy iuterenting pursuit, but its importance consists of the fact that fruit culture oilers great rewaidn to those who know how "to la Uir mid to wait." California iictit up nud nl mont stripped our best numcrys of their belt varieties this year, simply b caupc thoy h.ivo piovcd there that it pays to grow pears, chef lion, plums nud prunes, mid they sent heie, becauso tho demand there was nbote the sup ply. California wins enormous returns fiom its orchards, and there is no naou why Ore gon and Washington should not bo equally successful in tho lino of fruits that wo can glow here to food advantage. MTcomlcnce. Tho owl as a Quail Exterminator. Tfit.Nfclt, (Jr., feb. -I, lfc.82. Kditcr W illauietto 1'aruieri List week a party brought me .n largo homed owl to be stuired. While itibmitting tho bird to taxidcrmal inauipulatiuiis, 1 ob servoil that ho was very fat, and after duly mounting his skin in position, I romoved tho fat from tho body nnd "tried it out," getting nearly half a pint of clear oil. Here is food for rellection touching tiie game laws problem Not that n diet of 04 1 grc.no is calculated to sharpen the intellect, but the s.imo question a rial r, in regard to owls as did to the !oy as to tho miller's hogs : what d i thoy get fat on ? Prom owls kept in captivity wo can arrive at a pietly accurate conclusion as t thu nniutiut of daily mstenanco n quired by an owl with a vigorous appetite, and 1 consider that one uuail tier diem, or its eiiuivalent, is within reatouabln bounds as a li.is.s to calculate from. Then, supposing Mr. Owl lived exclu sively upon adult quail, 1105 of the-o would be destroyed each year by each individual owl. Hut as a "hunter out of .easou" the owl ex ceeds the most ruthless "pot hunter." lie taken the blooding quail liom her ucst, snatches her from her untlcdged joung, uor sp.uen these latter either, but like the .Sliaug haul chicken, ho ents up everything ho can ovcilul; so that 1 itssiiuie tliat,'U0 quail less each ycur would only n nder on- owl capable of yielding lialf a pint of oil at uiid-w inter. Hut as the owl does not e uliiie himielf exeju. sively to quail, but eats every grouse, plieas -nut, plover, spatrow, thrii'h, lark or other useful bird that he can cntch napping, fiom the egg in the ucst to tho full-grown bird, it is very prolublo that 1,0011 or I, '-'00 useful bit ds aro sacrificed annually to keep each largo owl in good condition. Count tho satin' for evciy largo hawk, mid at least ono half as much for tho other smaller i.nwks nml owis, mid also thu crows and jays, wlucli mo equally destiuctivo, and soin . idea may lu obtained of thu iuiuieiiso destruction of uitect eating and game birds by those agencies. All the pot hunting mid trapping th.it is of would be cariied on in Oregon, even if no game laws existed, would not equal ill destruction tlio owls alone. A pot hunter in tlio market can leali.o nbout six cents each for quails, ten cents for pheasants, twelve nnd a half cants for giouso, nnd smaller ganiu birds in proper tion they uro woi th more to the farmer as insect destroyers and for this small pittance thoy aro hunted to the verge of exteimiiia tion, while a luwk, owl, crow or j.iy is en tirely valueless in the market, yet liejwlio kills ono of these latter does tho community a real service, which has a lid ney value. In view of these facts, would it not be thu part of wisdom for our State J.egislatuio, in addition to tho g.uno laws restraining tho hu man bined from tho useless dostructh u of useful buds, to oiler smalt bounties for the heads and scalps of predacious .birds mid nui mnls, Oncu mnUu thusu latter ah valuable to tho hunter na the ho-callcd game, and they would soon be us scarce, mid gauio would be correspondingly ns abundant, nml thu whole people of Oregon would be benefitted. Hero's reason mid argument. Natukai.iht. t i Burglary Hear Turner. TuitNKuTor., Feb. 0, ISS'2. Kditor Wiltnmetto Farmers Tho dwelling houso of Mr, J. 11, Foster, half n mile from this place, was burgUuizedon Friday afternoon, tho lid iuftt. Tlio family vufi) away from homo, sttud PORTLAND, OREGON, turning, almost canidit tho burK'ar at his business. She did heir him in the houitc, and saw him run away, nnd noted tho direct ion taken by him Homo orn pasiinit along tho road noon after, Mrs. Foster sent word to this place, nnd thrco or four of our citizens went out and tracked tho fellow across tho field'', tracing him to a hoil"e where Im railed, nnd not a prutty good description of him. After following tho trail two milfs or more, night came on, and the pursuit was discontinued. A saloon is usually a uood placf. to "see a man," oipecially in a country town, and that night tlio boys were around. Sure enough, a while after dark, in walked a chap who'; appear mice pleased them, and c was interviewed acioidingly. The interviewed was a new comer, just from Sab in, and lately from Ohio, and was hunting work. Tho boy thoui;lit that a job could bo found for him, nnd being a stranger, thoy took him in. On his eximiualioii before Justice Matt"on the next day, tho evidence produced was deemed Midicictit that ho bo held to answer tho chargo "f burglary in a dwelling bouse in tho sum of S'.'OO. In default of bondsmen ho was com mitted to jail. No booty was secured from the houe entered, but it is tirob.ibla that tho man ha found a job of work. He gives his name ns William Campbell, is about I'.O years ot ago, !,elow medium big'it, blueish grey even, brown, straight, noft hair, light sandy iiiustn.'hc, hoard sh-ivcd clow, complexion light, no freckles, claims to bo a carpenter, is intelligent and of fairly pleasant appearance and nddren, smokes, and most probably tnkc a drink of beer occasionally; dressed in black clothes, good but well worn throughout, me dium sized, will weigh aliout l.w pounds. This n:uii may bo innocent, but the whipping fKiiit needs to bo usod in Oregon for tho pun ishment of certain clashes of misdemeanors. 11. 0. Hkmia.n. From Linn County. Swkct Homk, Or., Jan. 27, lSS'- IMitor Willamcttu Farmer: Think-in;; that tho readers of your paper would liko to hear from this part of Oregon, I will endeavor to write a few lines. The Winter hero, so far, except the last two days, lias been very mild. On the morning cf the 'Jfith tilt wo hud the first snow to speak of; it was four niches deep, but it has nearly all disappeared. There is not much doing hire this Winter; the principal employment is hunting deer with the hounds, until nearly all of them have been killed or run olT; and now tho dogs, for a change, have turned loose on my sheep. Now I pr-'poso to keep a sharp look out until I see tho ric.ht one), and then I will turn lnoeo with my gun until I extermi nate all siuh dogs. The young men and some of the old hao organized a debating society, nnd they have hem discussing some very im portant subjects, such as dpit.nl Punishment, Woman .SiillVage, Secret S 'cieties, Temper ailco Question, etc., and all teem to feel satis fied in tho way it ii conducted. Tho people of this vicinity are pleased with tho new grist mill, run and owned by William Sauford and S. Doty, It is much mo e con venient than to go ten miles to mill, as wo usually hid to do before Ibis one was built. Abbott it Co havo their new siw-mill in in running ordir now, and aro ready to fill any bill that will come to their mill, so you see that Sweet Homo is still alive. Koine of tho neighbors aro slashing brush and prepnring to sow grass seed, while some otliciv are fencing that that thoy havo bowed. As this is tho only tiling wo can do to make such land pay us anything, wo propose to go after it; wo sow Timothy, Orchard grass and .Mosquito sted; Timothy on the bot tom laud, and Orchard grass mid Mosquito seed on tho upland tho Mesquitosccnis to bo bucoiiiing more popular in this vicinity. Some people seem to think that this thing of clear ing bind and sowing grass seed makes poor pay, but I think that I havo soeu worse things, or things tbatiaid less. There is moro pay in stock than in anything else, and tho moro grass tho better thu pay. Now, Mr. I'M i tor, if you think tlwiso fow remarks worthy of a little corner in your valuable paper publish them and may tho F.utMKit over live. K, 0. Jackson, Suoep-KUlluK Docs. McCoy, Or., Jan. 27, IS82.' Fditof Willamette Farmer j If you will allow mo a little space, 1 will mako nil oil hand shot nt tho shccp-killing ani mals. 1 often sco communications on this subject, but yet, in my opinion, most of them shoot wido of tho mark. For the last ton years 1 have triod to keep a little Hock of Bhocp, but Inst Winter I sold them nud gave it up ns n bad job, ns thu indispensable curs got away with the in faster than I could raise them, witli a little assistance from tlio much degraded eayotes but a very small per cent- lit- tho lsiler. altboimli thnv nniwsr-tndini FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1882. tolerably plentiful in this neighborhood. I have suffered nothing from them in compari son to the dogs, yet there appear to bo no remedy when we geo such affectionate love for the indispensable cur. It appears to do but little tfrVd to kill them; when you kill one, there aro two more ready for the work by the tjmi ytm renew your flock of nhecp. Three year ago this Spring, thro; of mv neighbor' dog tnado a partnership job of killing my Ismbs, and they male clean work of it; out of twenty lamb they left six. I put out strych nine and killed thrm. That -mn Spring, a nciglilxjr'n non went to visit another neigh bor, where they chanced to have a litter of younsr dog, and on heing asked if he didn't want a young dog, he promptly replied, "I want two, ns -vo have but five do, and we would like to hare seven " So you scp, Mr. Hditor, bv the next Sprint? this bind of seven dog were ready to devour my limbs and alio another neighbor's lamb, and that neighbor got a little indignant, and ho took the job off my hand and he killed the band of seven dog. But in the m".nntime a newlv married cuple emigrated from Tillamook county, and tho most of their wealth consisted in a little whito cur, and the little cur did not appear to be very well pleased wih his new home, and ho roamed the neighborhood and finally made a raid on a band of shc-p and got his dose Hut this wa onlv the beginning of sorrow; th new bride was heart stricken, and she made vijilant search, and at last found hi dead body, and with tho aid of a hand sleigh, she removal his dead body homi, and with many tear consigned him. to a tomb. So you see, Mr. ' Kditor, amid such deep sorrow and tears f'-iao indispensable cur, it is but 1'ttlo usa to tr vtahrfeD a Qocl- of sheen without we can get some rVmedy. it rtpjieart to mo our legislature could introduce a law to prohibit any family from kcepinc more than one dog; it would bo of great alue to tho sheepmen and sheep husbandry. Sasickl Konm.vs. Weather Report for January, 1832. During January, 1SS2, there were 13 days on which rain fell, and an aggregate of o.Gu inches of water; six clear days and thirtr en cloudy days other than those on which rain or snow fell. The mean temperature for the month was 30 deg. Highest daily mean temperature for the month, 40 deg. on the 4 th. Lowist daily moan temperature, 22 deg. on the 211th. Mean temperature for tho mouth at 2 o'clock r. M., 42.22 deg. Highest temperature for the month, 4S deg. at 2 v. it. on tHe 1st, 2d andoth. Lowest temperature, 0 deg. at 7 a. t. on the 211th. Frosts occurred on the 7th, Sth, 10th, 11th, 12th. 13th, 14th 13th, Kith, 17th, IStli, 23d, 21th, 2oth, 20th, 27th, 2Sth, 20th, 30th and 31st. A very little snow fell on tho 10th, which melted as it reached tlio ground. Snow fell on tl.o 2(Jth, and on the morning of tho 27th; there was 10 inches of very light snow on the gioimd, which settled down during tlio day 1 1 about 0 inches. In tho valley near here the snow was perhaps not moro than 4 inches deep. Lunar halo on the 30th. The prevailing winds for tho mouth were from tho south" est duriiiL' 13 day s, north 11 days, south 4 days. liming January, 1SS1, there were 11 days during which rain fell, and 7.79 in. of water; 5 clear day and If) cloudy days. Mean temperature for tho mouth, 39.21 deg. Highest daily mean temperature for tho noiith, J'J deg. on tho 11 th. Lowest daily nitan temperature for tho mouth, 20 deg. on the 22d. T. 1'EAltCK, Kola, Feb. 1, 1SS2. Note by tho Kditor. It must be remem bered that Mr. Poarco lives on tho Kola hills, and at tho samo time snow was never two inches deep at Portland, and went oil during tho day. Washington 'AKrlculturai Fair-Time for Hold ins It Changed. ilis.i.snouo, Or., Feb. 0, 18S2. Kditor Willamette Farmer! At a meeting of tho Directors of tho Wash ington County Agricultural Society, held in Hillsloro, Feb. 4th, it was deeded U change "tho timo of holding tho annual Fair from Sept. 23th, 2tltb, 27th, 28th and 29th to July 3rd, 4th, 0th, 0th nud 7th, and hold an Agri cultural Folr iu October, tho exact time not yet set. You vJill pleaso publish tho abovo in your paper "By order of Board, R. S. PERKINS, "President. J, A, Imiikik, Sec, BO Cards (no 2 alike), 10 cents; 35 lovely floral, 10 cents; 25 transparent (nobby scenes!, iu oeuts) vo nana ana bouquets, so ceuis; .umjiuxiu.l.l'UiMUmr.l,,, tvaranxm. WHAT STRAHOKR3 THINK Or OREGON AND OREOONIANS. Wo met the other day with two vell in formed farmers, who have come here in mid winter, from Missouri, to see Western Oregon in the worst season of the year, with view to makinc their future home in our State. They are both men of means, well educated, and well fixed at home, but are seeking a milder climate and exemption from the terrible itorms that so frequently devastate the West. They have traveled over Texas, but say the many advantaee of that recion, nhoso equa ble climate and rich soil aro all that can he desired, arp neutralized by the frequency of drouths that mike crops too uncertain. So they have come to look at O'egon, to judge for themselves a to its good qualities. Kan sas was well advertised by railroids, so that the prospect of many who went there were mined by failure. Mmv States are adver tised a possessing qualities that they do not have, so they concluded to see for themselves whether Oregon answers to the claims made by its advocates, and after travelling through th! State from Siskiyou to Portland, stopping. all abmg tho route and examinine and inquir ing for themselves, they feel satisfied that this country answers all their expectations. Tuesday, when we met them, was a raw, blustery day. with a cutting South wind that ended in a steady rain, probably the worst day of our whole winte-, but these gentlemen were amused at the sneeestion that the day was particularly uncomfortable, and iBatd it would not be considered so in Missouri. They have noticed that the last month, spent on this Coast, has showed less clouds and rain than the preceding month spent east of the 'Rocky mouulaiiis ; aad inqrad of needing here with a continual downpour and heavy and drenching rains, they have met with many very pleasant days of actual sunshine; the rains have been gentle and warm, bearing no comparison with tho heavy rain storms of the East. For a month past they have seen farmers plowing and put'ing in wheat, and summer-fallowed wheat del Is, and all that was sown in the fall, look in lieat possible condition. They put in wheat in Missouri, but early in the fall,- early in September, ami to do it they are obliged to plow the ground in a hot and dusty sea-on, when the labor is severe on both man and beast. They havo the chinch bug to contend against, after the wheat has lived through the winter ami makes a good showing, and spring wheat they do not veuture to grow. Here, they find it actually po-sible to sow wheat every mouth in the year, and this is literally true, though' not often expedient. Winter wheat can be siwn to good advantage through all the Fall and Winter months, and Spring wheat is nown through March, April, May, and often iu early June. They wcro surprised to find that corn does as well in Jackson omuty as in Missouri, as they found to bo true upon inquiry; they also believe Ja ksou county (or Rogue River Val ley) to be a natural homo for orchards, as we claimed for it in our article two weeks ago. Tln-y say, however, that land owners are so set up with the propeot of a railroad that they hold land at as high a figure there as it is held at in tho Willamette Valley. What has surprised them most of all has been to see that our wiutsr climate is so temperate, that our seasons aro so regular ami reliable, and that crops aro so uniform and satisfactory. At the East they are in constant fear ol the recurrence of thoso terrible cyclones that oc casionally devastate tho country, destroying life and property. Kven without them, they aro subject to heavy storms, such as wo actu ally know nothing of. In January, 18S0, a wind storm swept from Southwestern Oregon to Northeastern Washington, for seven hun dred miles, throwing many trees nnd doftig somo damage, but that is the only storm of magnitude known siuco this country was first settled. There is no natural indication to show that auy similar storm hai swept over this country in a century. With all its vio lence this storm oniy equals tho ordinary wind storms known east of tho Rocky mountains, that frequently occur. Our travelers found in tho fact of our comparative immunity from storms and tloods a great argument in favor of Oregon, Rath of those gentlemen aro inclined to lo cate where they can combuio stock raisiug with farming, and to our suggestion that the Umpqua Valley affords the best facilities for carrying out their scheme, becauso it is tho natural homo fir sheep, with its sn.ooUi grassed, oak-crowned hills ami intervening valleys, they auswerod thoy had spent consid erable timo there and seemed to thiuk they hould locato there. A sheep range of 17C0 avres, 400 acres of which is good plow land, thoy said could be bought in tho Umpqua for i-?r'T--r''Lvmx NO. 5& Umpqua Valley should be popular with in-"" tending settlers. When wo rather insisted that these gentfo men ought to visit Eastern Oregon and ther Walla Walla country, they answered that it was of no use, they had found what thsy cam after and they should come here, if at all, to realize the climate and advantages posesseJ by the valleys of Western Oregon, so the had no inducement to so further. AVe were interested in learning the opinforf of enterprising and intellijent farmers front abroad as to our methods, and learned that they consider our farmers lacking in the dili gence and effort that make Western farmer succeisful. They saw much indifferent farm ing; too little tudy, and slack work in many instances, and we incline to think they were correct. Wild oats. French pinks, tar-weeol, and many o'her weeds, have a font-hold, and must be put out of existence. They wonder' that wo do so little with gras and clover, and they sustain the oft repeated assertion of the Faumeb, that our farmers must certainly com bine stock-raising with farming to bo thor- ouchly successful. They did not like Ciliforni.n. with its bipf ranches where a hired man is less consequence) than a neero slave nsed to be in Mississippi. They did not enjoy living in a Stato where they were warned, a thev were there, not to speak out loud when they called the Central Pacific a detestable monopoly. Tne last man they saw in California, who lived on tho Sis kiyou mountain ride, close to the Orezon line, almost astraddle of it, took offense becauso they accused the railroads of ownine and run ning the Stato of California, and they were glad to get over the mountain and into State where men were spot in fear of their lives because f a railroad monopoly. Thqr say they wero'snrprised at" "the'differdnce, fcV in all Oregon they have not found any ono who was at all afraid to speak his mind. Wo do not believe it will be possible for tho timo ever to come when railroad influence will ter rorize this Stite or Washington Territory aa it does California. We omitted to siy that these gentlemen favor sheep-raising especially, and are attract ed thereto by the fact that the wool growers of this region receive more for their wool than do the wool growers of Missouri, besides which our sheep grow much heavier fleeces. We do not even know these gentlemen's names or their location, merely happening to sit with them in acar and engage iu desultory conversation, and write up their views be cause it is good to occasionally learn from a stranger the impression ho receives from us. While they do not bestow unmerited praise, yvt they show a very cordial appreciation of our people, ami viewing Oregon under diffi culties, find it exceeds their expectations. Facts about Idaho Territory. Correspondence LeuUton New. With your permission I will auswer somo questions, which have been put to me by many farmers and on which I have thorough ly experimented. Question Which pays the best to sell, pork or bacon? Answer I killed ono hog last year that weighed 2S7 lbs.; cured it to bacon, nnd it brought mo moro money in bacon nt 15 j per, pound than it would in pork at 9c por pound. There is a scientific process of cutting up your nork to make oood bacon of it. and that is to leave the shoulder and side together and tako all the bone out. I find that this plan makes bacon much more nico and sweet, and is worth more and not so much troublo to cure. The philosophy of this process is that tho meat absorbs the pickle uiore thoroughly than when the bones are left in. Some of my friends in the Eastern States want to know what wo feed our cows upon in Winter in this country. One acre of rutiba cas grown here will make 500 bushels of feed, sufiicieut for five cows for three mouths with hay. I refer hero to milch stock, because If you want a cow to give milk iu the Winter you must take care of her and feed her well, I milk ono cow this Winter; sho gets all the hay and rutabagas she call cat, and gives In return thrco gallons of strained milk per day from which we make niiie pounds of butter por day, which is big pay. I nnd carrot to be good feed for horses and cattle, and I have raised as much as ten tons to the acre on a hillside with a northeasterly aspect. This statement will make east of the Rocky moun tains open their eyes, but it is a plain state ment of fact and is done every season in this neighborhood. There are a great many men who come out West thinking the people here are a set of greenhorns who know nothing; these, I notice, are the very first to become dissatisfied and turn their bicks upon ovirythiug nnd ever) body, oursiuj tho o untry an I declaring tha liltuiijgasauil 'uwboiioix tho only legal tcude out here. We have plenty of that, 'tis true, but that is better than nothing, and any farmer hero can give a man a good square, meal and that is moro than I met with in Kansas, and I lived there six months in wlut was called the best portion of the State. The foot is that this country oiler any amount of good oppoi Utilities to men who don't expect to make a living out of nothing, and are not in too L'roat a hurrv to net rich. Those who in- tend comiug here, but have not the energy t work nor tho patience to wait, should stay wnere vnoy aro, jor wiey win otTitny i nam nBWi. j1 i '".
