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VOL. XIV. tm$$?mUnt$. SOMETHING FOR FARMERS TO CONSIDER Editor Willamette Farmer: "Let us reason together Every effect has a cause." If prices of farm products are low and un satisfactory there is a causa for it; perhaps a combination of causes some farmers do not stop to reason upon the subject, orasceitain the cause, but jump at onco to tho conclusion that the merchant is tryiDg to swindle them. It is a genetal law of trade that prices are , regulated by supply and demand. If the sup ply is large and the demand limited, prices go down, and vlca versa. Other circumstances have their influence, and n odify the prices of farm products. Staple articles, liko wheat and wool, that are not perishable, if not wanted to-day, can be held till the returning wants of trade create a fresh demand, for them; their market value remains nominal during the time of such inactivity; while the summer fruits and vegetables that will last in good condition only a day or two, are subject to much greater extremes and fluctuation of prices. Again the quality of farm products has an important influence on their market value. If the market is dull the best quality is given the preference, and it commands tho first sales and the best prices. Farmers say to me sometimes: "It don't pay us to be so particular about quality; wo don't get any more for it." Here we take issue with you; let us see whether it pays. The Board of Trade of this city have for several years forced you to clean your wheat; so we will let that pass. Your oats, if nicely cleaned, will bring 3 or 4 cents more p--r bushel. In a carload of 550 bushels you will save $10 50 tMs will pay the wages of your hired man half a mouth, and he can run a carload through the fan in a day. What can you do in a day that will pay bet ter? The fruit season is upon us. Did it ever occur to you that one-third the fruit grown on your trees is unfit for market? You think it is economy to pick everything from the tree, and tumble into boxes, and send it to market, else you would not do it. It sounds well to ship a large number of boxes or bushels; you sacrifice quality for quantity, and now let us see how it affects your pocket. Say jou send twenty boxes good, bad and in different, just as they come from the tree; they will sell for 30 to 40 cents per box, and a drug at that. Now pick out ten boxes of the fairest and best, and pack them nicely; throw the balance to the hogs, or make them into cider or vinegar. The ten boxes h ill bring 75 cents to SI per box more money than the twenty boxes would bring, and you have saved the cost of ten boxes, the freight on them, and the cost of handling and haulinf? them to the depot or landing. Now let me tell you another thing some of vou do with this inferior fruit which is fit only for the hogs or vinegar. You dry it; it makes weight; "it's good enough to dry." Here, again, vou sacrifice quality fur quantity. You seem surprised when I tell you such fruit is not fit to dry. It is sour, tasteless, worthless; and the dried product is worse stil. it's a deception, a fraud. Those who attempt to use it don't like it, and don't want any more. You won dcr why dried fruit is so slow of aa'e; why yours is Btill unsold, apples at tl or 7 cents, and plums 10 cents, a drug, while those who made a choice article sold their apples at 10 cents and prunes 15 cents, and got their mon ey three months ago. Let me tell you, and most emphatically, too, that an apple, peach, pear, plum or prune, that is not well grown and fully matured, and a good one to eat, is not Jit to dry, and all such immature and im perft';t fruit should be rejected for drying. If this care was exercised all lovers of fruit would relish the dry as well as the green, and our home market for dried fruits would be in creased four-fold,anda foreign demand spring up equal to that for our wheat and salmon. Still you say: "It don't pay; we are obliged to economize." Yes; your economy reminis me of a man who was ery intently trying to stop a leak at the spigot, while the barrel was rolled down on its side and leaking at the bunghule. More next week, or as the news aper men say, 'To be continued." J. B. Kvait. Portland, July 12. B0TS IN THE HORSE. Editor Willamette Farmer: In your valuable paper of July 7th I saw an article on the above-mmed subject that in part 1 indorse, but in part substantiates th inexperience of the writer ou the subject. The terra "Ignorant Horse Doctor," that the writer makes use of, he would ap ply to. any person wbo entertain different views on this subject to those expressed in hit letter. The conclusions I draw after read ing his ably written article, is, first, that ho is an intelligent man; second, that perhaps he never saw a sick horse in his life. And let mo here remark by way of digression, that it is a very great mistake, as well ns misfortune, tint men will undertake to teach others on subjects that they know nothing of, oratleatt have never had any practical experience. Hence the impropriety of the lawyer trjingto teach medical jurisprudence, or the doctcr disbursing on common law. To illustrate, a prominent lawyer, in Dallas, a few days s'nee, lecturing a number of old fanners, advised them to let tin1 wild oats and sorrel alone on the summer-fallow until fully matured, then turn under, so they might have a splendid coat of manure. And many articles wiitten for the Farmer by professional men (ably written), yet only to tho amusement cf the practical farmer and stock man; yet, permit me to say I do not include in this list the edito rials I find in the Fakmek on fruit, farming, stock raising, etc., for I generally find them sound and logical. Owing 1 1 the long expe rience of Mr. Clarko in searching out the truths o.i these questions, I find him able t" impart valuablu information on these subjects. And as I havo been trying to make the horse my special study for twenty years, I will give my view, on tho hot, however, not claiming others ignorant who may tntcrtun different views, first, the cause, second, the pre ventative. Third, the symptoms. Fourth, the remfdy. The bot By usually appears about tho middle of July and disappears about the first of October. From natural in stinct the horse is very much afraid of the fly, and readily regards him as a deadly foe; when confined he will stamp, kick and bite as though tho fly gave him grc.it pain, and when at liberty he will run as though a swarm of bees were upon him; and whilo there is really no more pain from the bot fly than from the green blow fly, that the horse does not notice, yet instinct has said to the horso, "this little insect is your deadly foe." After the fly de posits its hundreds of little yellow eggs upon the horse, take lard or any other greaso and thoroughly grease the legs of the horse or tho part where the eggs are located, and you will never have any bots in horses. This should be done about onco a week, as the litt'o rggs do not readily part from the hair until they have been laid over a wek, and as greasing will prevent any eggs from hatching this is a sure preventive. Do bots cut through the stomach of a healthy horse? I think not, but yet they often produce de ilh to the horse that other ise would get well. While the stom ach is cool, not scorched by fever, the bot is satisfied to live off oi the gastric juice of the stomach, but colic, inflammation of the stomach and many other di-eases that have a tendenpy to dry up the gastric juice and rcu der his diet unwholesome nnd his house mis erable, will cause him to get drowsy, and in fifteen minutes after they commence to cut their way through the maw the horse will die. Although quite frequently they may disturb the horse by rambling in his inner mw, and gnawing at the inner lining of the stomach. The writer in the Cliico Uecord takes a very bold stand when he says "there is no remedy for the bot," and he goes on to say a bat will live in turpentine or alcuhol a longtime. This is true, a bot will live fifteen minutes in tur pentine enough to swim in, and twenty min utes in alcohol, but mix up red percipity ami lard, equal part, and rub over hi head and ho will keel over dead in less than fifteen sec onds, or almoit instantly. Take a raw potato, scrape it fine, cover the bot in it, and in ltss than two minutes he is dead. Hence to pre vent tlm horse from suffering f row the bots now iu him, once or twice a month or oftencr, if you have plenty of them, give him what potatoes he can eat (and the oftener the bet ter); if he will not eat them, cut them up a few times in his oats, and when he gets the taste of thein he will be as eager for them as an Irishman; arjl this will not only prevent bots, but many othsr diseases that the horse is heir to. Symptoms; It is frequently hard to dis criminate between bots and colic, and in this it requires the greatest attention. In spas modic colic the horse rolls and tumbles and places his head to his side as in bots, but does not carry his head so frequent to his side in colic as in bots. In bots when the head is carried to the side the hone acts as though he was listening for some noise, ani pauses be fore taking his head from his side, while colic causes him probably to suing his head care lessly to his side and away, without pausing. A positive cure, without danger, take as much red percipity as will lay on a dime, mix thoroughly into a tab'esj-oonfol of hogs lard, open the month, draw out the tongue and put this on the root. of the tongue, let go the tongue and the animal will readily swallow it. This will kill every bot in the horse in less than fire minutes, 1h worm. Do not re peat, for this i sufficient, and frequently, 1 1 PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1882. might say in almost every case, the horse will get in better healt'i, ard his hair slicken nicer than before taking fie medicine or being sick. If tlin gcntcmau in the Chico llceortt will try this remedy on a real cao of bota ho will never again say there is no cure. In many cases bots are caused to work from co'ic, and the two work at the same time. When this is th'e case, give first the lard and red percipity, and next treat for colic, as I shall direct when I take up that disease in my next letter. It. F. W. A. TRIP TO YAQUINA BAY. nv J. 1 TAYLOR. Cottaok Grove, Lane Co., July 8, 1832. Editor Willamette Farmer: In order to gratify a long cherished desire to see tho ocean, I started on the 21st ult. for Yaquina Bay, with my wife and daughter, in a light, two-hors.) spring wagon. From home to Eugene I found tho crops about avirjge; also from Eugene to Long Tom on the river road. Aiound Junction the crops are splen did, espe iallythe dog fennel of which I think, they (tho fanners in that icinity) havo enough to glut the market. The giain that is not mixed with that articlo looks splendid. Ti c grain fields between Long Tom and the Buttrson the Corvallis road are a sight worth looking at and being proud of. Below the Buttes we left the Corv.illis road and tjok a zitrzag road leading northwest to I'liilomath. In a few miles we came to a section of hills And vales beautiful bcyoud description, in a lino state of cultivation. Philomath is in the right place, and has high hop s and a bright prospect. B tween this place and Blodgct alley we passed a company of men putting up a telegraph line, which amused the girls considerably, as they had never seen men tree before, as they called climbing the polos. Tho crops in this section promUo well. From Blodgct valley we took tho Little E'k road, which wo found in very good condition, and the crops in the litt'o clearings along tho h ad waters of Mary's river look very well. The timber along this road all through the Coast Range is dead, except an occasional Irce, and an imnieisj growth of underbrush. Tho people said, as near as they could ascertain, t'.e timber was killed by tiro somo eighty years wjp. So tho timber is almost valueless, w Inlo the underbrush is very much in tho way. S 'ino of tho settleis are making use of the brush by keeping goats. After we p.issed tho summit the grain and grass generally, and some of the gardens, looked stunted. As wo parsed along we saw the Short Line men at work on the tunnels for their railroad, which is about all they are doing, although they have implements along their line, an! consid erable grade rcad for use. When we got to a level -with tide water tho grass and gardens looked fine, and the ftrn on the hills is pro digious. Well, we came in sight of the bay and ocean at last, and were soon brought to a halt by a fork in the road no guide board, as usu.l. Why is it so, in Oregon, that nine tenths of the roads havo no guido boards ? I ask our legislators why ? Well, we took tho left-hand road, as it looked more directly toward the bay and Newport, but we soon rame to a standstill in a trap a corral built Jor the purpose of gcttiog a bit' out of tho proprietor of each wagon that would stop in it. So we had to climb out again and take the other road in order to get to the ocean beach. I will not describe anything that I saw there. After looking around a little, we crossed over the bay, as I would advise every one to do, as there is plenty of good shelter, camping places and fiee pasture, which will soon save the cost of crossing, as hay is two cents per pound at Newport Messrs. L. Davis It Sons will soon hare a new steam ferryboat; then the seaside t'avel at Yaquina will be accommodated, as they are very obliging gentlemen. We went some distance below Seal Kock and fcot a glimpse ot some sea lions, but could not get near enough to see their shape, as reckless men and boys shoot at them, so much so a to make them wild. This should be stopped by law. Well, I went tithing in the Pa.ific. Think of a man stand ing on a rock, with a rod fifteen or twenty feet long, and a line and hook with a littlo black worm on it, reaching out toward China or Japan trying to catch a pen h 1 Do yon think that when the great wives rolled up from those distant shores that ho would feel more than an inch high ? Well, I could not stay long ecough for the perch to bite, so I didn't catch him, I did no: see any agricultural land to sreik of, Ike culture and sheep husbandry are car ried on to a limited extent, and dairying might be. as clover dot well there. After seeiug all we could, we started home without getting foundered, a wu did not catch the fiih, and could not open the oyster as fast u wo could rat them; th- Indian being on a I strike, we left without coming to their term, I thinking that we coold do Utter at tome, On the way home wo found the road splsndid until wo leached Eugene, where we camped the night bcfoie the Fourth. The Fourth was ushered in with a thunderstorm. Tho mighty artillery of heaven outdid tlm anvils, so that they made no display. The firoworks of the Almighty displayed in tho clouds and the elements outdid those displayed in tho jail yard at Eugene, so as to mako them look meigre, astho lightning tore a small poplar tree all to splinters right in town. The sprinkle from tho clouds outdid tho street sprinkler that ran until 10 o'clock the night before, so that it wasn't needed on tho Fourth. Tho ram simply poured down, so that tho ground was sufficiently vv.t. On re turning homo we found that several trees right down in the valley between tho moun tains had been torn to splinters by tho light niug, so contradicting tho theory that light ning willalwavs strike tho highest object. PROCEEDINGS OF THE OREGON UNIVERSAL IS! STATE CONVENTION. Tho Oregon Universalis! Stato Convention met at D.illas, Polk coun y, Oregon, on Thursday, the 22d day of June, 18S2. The Convention was called to order by M. C. Brown, Vico Picsulcut. Minutes of last year read nnd adopted. Convention adjourned to meet Friday at 10 o'clock A M, Fm da v, Juno 23, 18S2. Convention met nt 10 o'clock a. m., Vico Piesielent in tho chair. The Convention listened with iuterest to appropriate remarks by Mrs. 0. C. Kelly nnd Brothers Wiglo and Brown. The Chair appointed t'io follow ing commit tees: On Nominations Father Wiglc, Mrs. C. C. Kelly, L. 0. .Kddlemau. On Resolutions P. Janney, L. O. Eddie man, Maiy Eddleman. On motion, adjourned 1 1 meet Saturday ot 10 o'clock A. M, Saturday, June 24, 1882. Convention met at 10 o'clock, pursusnt to adjournment, President in the chuir. Roport of Treasur r read and ndopted. Exo cuthe Committee failed to report, also Com mit eo on F. 0. and F. Resignation of Rev. Paul A. Smith ac cepted. Committee on Nominations miulo a report, which was accepted. On motion, the Convention proceeded to the election of officers with tho following result: Pro-idcnt, Rev. A. J. Wigle; Vice President, Alonzo Brown; Secretary, Jennie M. Brown; Treasurer, A. Coudra; Preacher of Occasional Sermon, Rev. E. A. McAllister. Place of holding next Convention, First Universalist Church, Linn ceunty. Stato Missionary, Rnv. E. A. McAllister. The Chair appoi ited the following commit tees: Executive Committee George Sylvester, J. II. Wigle, Aaron Coudra, J. II. Noskr, A. Brown. Committee on F. 0. and D. L. G. Eddlo. man, P. Janney, George Svlvoster, E. A. Mc Allister, J. D. Wigle. The Committee on Resolution reported the following, which was unanimously adopted by the Convention: U'iieiikah, Our ministerial force is weak and financially poor, and the cause of Uuiv-cr-salism in this State is not in a condition to support itself unaided; therefore, be it tetolred, That our Corresponding Secretary bo instructed to send to the General Convcn. tion tho following memorial: We. the Universalits. in Convention as sembled, do hereby petition the Convention of the United States to donate or appropriate iuiiiis tor pari oi tnc support oi a missionaiy in tins State. Wlir.RKAS, Our cause looks daik, that (here are but few met here to attend this Convcn tion, and that our ministerial f:rce is weak, yet fully believing that beyond tho clouds that obscure our mental vbfon tho sun shines brightly, and that the mists will be driven from our view, and then the light will shine forth with all its resplendent glory; therefore, be it llemlml. That wo will uto every available means of which wo are in possession to main tain and keep up the organi-ition of this Con vention. llfrtlml, That Mrs. C. C. Kelly, of Albany, be hereby requested to .continue tho corres pondence with the Secretary of the General Convention, as instructed by our Convention last year. Ittwlrtil, That the Universalist of On gon renew their devotion to the cause of temper ance in all judicijua measures, looking to the final prohibition of the saloon traffic in this State. HuoUtil. That we. the Universalis of the State of Oregon, in Convention assembled, do riereuy tenner our thank to the Oregon and California Railroad Company for their liU-ral-ity iu passing delegates and others to this Convei tion at reduced rates. Jlfolml, That this Convention tender its sincere thank to thu H'ends in Dallas for the hospitality shown, l,y providing for and en. tHrtAimnff thu-n in .tt.twt.ti, ultn liaio n.-.-,... from a distance to this Convention. is mkmokiam, Wii-Hra, Our beloved brother Site has been removed from this life by the hand of an nBsassin, while in thu dischargo of his duty; thcicfore bo it Jtesohtd, That wo eb eply mourn his uu timely nnel tragic fate, his loss as a faithful and efficient officer, as a kind anil loving father and fricnil of peace, order and good society, and indeed do we mourn his loss as a messenger that labored to snrcad the. beloved Gospel that brought glad tidings of great joy which hall bo to all people; but above all .this do wo mourn the manner of his death and tho stato of society wherein such things occur, Jleioltal, That a copy of this resolution be furnished to his widow, to whom we offer Christian sympathy in her affliction, nnd also that it be spread upon tho minutes ot this convention. Whereas, It has pleased an All-wise and ovcr-niliiig Providence to take our beloved S ster Slmrtleff, of Bet'-cl, to a higher stato of being; therefore bo it Jtenolved, That while we deeply mom n her loss, yet we l.umblysubmitto the will of Him who doah all things well, and that wo hereby tender our heartfeltsympathyto her bcrcavc'l husbaud and children. That heart so full of tenderness and sympathy has ceased to beat. We sco her face and hear her v .ice no more, but our less is her eternal gain. Jieiulml, That the Secretary hi instructed to furnish Brother Shurtlcff with a copy of those lesolutions, and that thoy bo i.prcad upon tho minutes of tho convention. f solved, That tho Secretary cau,o the proceedings of this convention to be published in tho Polk County Itemizer, Star mid Cor tnnnt and WiLLA&ihros Farmer. On motion, the report of Sister Kelly, as Coi responding Secretary, was adopted. Religious services were held each day and on Sun lay at ll o'clock a m, und 8 o clock P. M. Ou motion, adjourned to meet with the First Universalist Church at Halsey on Thins d.ybeforo tho second Sunday in Juno next. A. Brown, Secretary, Circus Frauds. Turner, Or., July III, IBS'. Editor Willamette Farmer: Tho soi-dUaiit "Great-Kastern-Equcs-Cur-riculnm-Eiiuino- Paradox-Twenty Performer" Circus (all the way from California) exhibited ut this place last night. Your corrcsiiondeiit did not attend, but would say a favoring word of the pciformancc if he could learn of any thing favorable to say. One of the parti, s dis tinguished himself iu a little (out) side show, which consisted of picking tho poeknt of a Chinaman of a handkci chief, und then sink lug the Celestial on the mouth when ho wanted his litudkerchief back. But w hen the .unstable came looking around the handker chief was returned, and the valorous "show feller" disappeaied into the tent. Glory enough for one day. Query. If a show company advertise to perform ccitain things, to havo a cerUiu out fit or "cast," etc., and then fail notably and palpably; iu other words, they "bilk" the public, are they not frauds, and cannot t e Statute of Fraud bo enforced njjainst thuiu ? The public should certainly have some protcc tcction against this kind. "Queiu sabc?" B. O. II. Honey Dew la Oregon. Honey dew is being deposited unusually etrly this year upon the alder boughs nnd un derlying shrubbery in this vicinity. Last Monday J, K. Vandeiburg left with us a handful of alder and fern leaves, plucked near his place at Bay City, which were thickly coated with this dew, which Woicestcr calls "n sweet substance ejected upon the leaves of plants by certain insects of tho genus aphis." The above is taken from tho Coos Buy Xtwi. In regard to tho honey dew, which iu an absolute fact, wo will say that it is plenti fully found iu the Cascade and Coast M uu tuins. Thu honey made from it is of a fciipo nor quality, and bees do well with it. ilunny bees and the proper cultivation of h.-es whtro these belts exist is a good business. The hist wc know of is in the Cascade Mountains, back ot Oiegou City, and wc le'ievo it ex tends also through into Wasco county. Alfalfa on Upland. Two miles and a half from Dalles, on a dry hill, Mr. Lair Hill lias a farm, on Mill creek, where liu has, it is said, successfully tested the fact that alfalfa can bo grown ou dry up land, we were mfi rmed that it grew vigor ously thero without irrigation, for in fact ir rigation is impossible. It Is dry upland, sim ilar to much of that section, and whilo the soil is deep and friable, with some sand in the loam, the region is of tho driest known East of tho Cascades, 'ibis grass was cut last month for hay, and was grown again six inches, so the experiment piovc that alfatf will take care of itself on the driest utdand iu the very driest season. Our solution is that the toil is probably deep and is naturally cakulj. ted to retain moisture: that alfalfa root crow- deep ami so has ability to stand iliouth. On the train we met II P. Isaacs, Esq., il Walla I iV ' I Ti i ?""'" alfalfa on his place near that cit . It will br matter of tho greatest mportanco to the coun- try hast of the Cos isdes if it really prove. possible to letdace the bunch-grsss iiithlil,.. :.i if.it .1.4 .. .if. ..... i ,...,,., tjruw. .i ... Kitsuu wuraiio ot studies. luxuriantly. We have teen alfalfa, that looked I - well, on the hill of Northern Wasco, In the Fifty families of i.unsi.ii refugees have been vicinity of UUloek. J 'itunud to Karone, not fimliug support htrr. NO. 23. WOOL AND SHEEP. Tho following itcm, gathered from our ex changes, will give lonie idea of sheep hus bandry nnd wool growing in the Pacific Northwest : Tho Dallas, P. Ik Co . Jtrmizer, a Willaia ctto journal, says: Mr. Ed. Clark, who live about a milo north of Dixie, brought into our oflieo this week some specimens of fine wool from this summer's ahtaring. One specimen was from a two year old, and measured nine inches; tho other, from a t hi cc-y car-old, and measured ten inches. From 45 sheep his clip was 195 pounds, being an aveingo of 11 pounds to tho sheep. Thu brcod are tho Les ter mid ColBivold. Such faetB speak eloquent ly in favor of rearing tho b.st blood iu all kinds of stock. Fiom The Dalles, Wasco Co., Timtt: We am informed that Mr. A. Kinlaysrui, -living m Klickitat couutv, V, T thearod 15.000 sheep, tho average b lug 10 pounds to the fleece. A Spanish Merino buck slirntcel 47 pounds, and tho Champion buck imported by Mr. G. W. Waldron fium Mr. Hammond's band of Vermont produced thu unpiccodented amount of 55 pounds of wool this clip. From tho Weston, Umatilla Co., Leader' This year's clip of wool is beginning to conui into town. Last week J, M. Swift, woll known as a sheep miser, deliveied Bear A Blocli about 20,000 pouuilg of wool; tho price being 20 cents per pound, making a total of $4,000. Also, Mr. J, S. McLeoel'a band oi 2,400 sheep yielded an uvcrage of 10 pounds of wool apiece. If any one knows any better than this wo will be plesed to hear of it. From the Walla Wnlh Statesman: Prcstm Bios. & Si upsou sheared an average of 30. pounds of wool from nine head of Buck' thoroughbred American Merinos. Ono two-year-old shoared III) pounds. The wool is long, staple, very fine and frco from gum. Thoy have for sn'u about three hundred full blood, and high grade Bucks which will bo ready for uuiket this full, all siiud by the above cele brated nine. From the Baker County rrvie.fW Geo II. Chandler, who lives near Wingville, called on us this week. Ho informs us that ho clipped 1(1,300 pounds of wocl this season from hi band of sheep, which uiimbcr about 2,300. This is said to bu tho largost yield yet heard of in tho county. W. A Sallcy recently sheared 1,073 sheep, which avi raged ciuhtand ono third pounds each, This is a good avoi age, and at '-') contt- pur pound for wool is over 91 DO per head. About 4,000 uwes and lambs, belonging to J M. Swift and Ben. Tonuy, p-usjd through tho city last Sabbith, on their way to a slit ep ranch in the moun tain. Lewistou (Idaho) Teltrr Mr. John Ureal -ley hosu band of sheep which has been under (ho care of Samuel Iliitehiugs, Esq,, and dui ing most of thu time i.uvo been ranging upon tho prairies ou Craig's mountains. The band numbers 5,017 all told They have recently been clipped of the growth of wool for the pastyutr. The wod clip aggregates iu weigh 48,778 pounds, -iU..l ui nil averago of 8.68 pounds to caeli sheep I'Vom ouo back was clipped 30.2 pounds Th'j aliova is the best wool clip we have Invi: mudu acquainted with In this Upper Countrv An Eastern wool mala was hero before the clipping, and ho was told that it was estiiuitcd that the yield from the band would uvorigu ovel seven pounds per head. Ho was loth to hclitvu that any large baud in thu country would average that much, Mir this bund hi beatiil that by ovrr bnoaud a half pounds', 7'rttert Duncan MnK y hasn band of 1,800 sheep, puichased by W. A. Ca. dwell, from which lie eli, pod this bu-ioii 15,217 pounds ol wool, or 8 2 each, Colfax (Ksttmi Washington) Democrat : n r u... .... . . -ii. umiics owiiisou luiormn us II. at Ms whol band of sheep uvt raged ten and a quarttr IKiiintU of wool each. One two-jcar old buck sheared 39 pounds; out rwei twenty and one half pounds, and nine bocks averaged thirty and one ninth iwundr euch. Mr. Stimscu sold 18,000 pounds of we,ol at 21 cents per pound. The WlHtmette lnlveislty This old and popular institution of learning ha a card in this issue The school last year had a total of .151 pupiii- and a corps of 2B teachers. Tho catalogue for 1881 2 is t hand, and is replete wild facts slid figures concerning the school. Professor Van Scoy lias labored faithfully, and has succcded in 'uikiiijj much improvement Iu every dejiart- '"ent. 'Ih Woman's OolerB ha beni en- irged, and is a ,,wv.t and economic il plac for yi,n la.be. Thi. is an I-.ipoi taut auJ muiJi ii.w.1., I i,nrnv u....'i i rui.i,.. ... i :... . . "-:- ..--.u.iu- mc .uuraa ana
