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aaS55SgautJii-MJ,''MJ"iW.8cegi'aOT i.rsii WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON. AUGUST 25, 1882, I r Ik l I r 11- n " Wmmi i..u(.u oiery Week by the Wit i.o:; rrn i utm.n i'i hi isijinc o. TFIIMS OK Sl'IiSCltllTlO.N One jcar, d'OHtiKC pild). In adlanee t 2 &0 Sit mont) , (rostneo paid), In advance l. Less than 1 montln will be, per month 25 AMKItSISIM"! KATfcS: A'lrerllsemcntlll be Inserted, proilllnjrtn i .n...m tol.Ip t. (a fnllnulntr tattla of rate"! One Inch of spaeu per montl . $ 2 fO Threo Inches ol ppace lr month 6 00 On luhir cnluuii. ikt month 16 00 Oil column per month . 30 00 la Sample copies sent freo on application Publication Offiic .No 6 Vtmt.ln.fton htrcct. Lp Ulrs, roomfl J.O. 5 and 6J1 I'l III IMII It'S INMIIMMII.Nr Tho tolloulnirore siitliorlrwl to rcclpt tor suliscrlp tlonslothlsiui ll ' '" nilttonccs Ml'sr lio made, (expenses lill), to us 1 Jtcfct tired I cittr, or .Money Orders, or Ktprun. AIM'AI'I l.hlHM'OMIXI H) AT 1IIH hM'IllA TIO.N Of Till, TI1I1. l'AII) Kill. 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II moss I'lliiialiiirif Hon M Itit( Sattin H Vt Church Konat (Irovn H lluirlus htajton ..A l (larilmr fox Valley . A l Oanlncr SiiliHmlt) Jno llowiilicr fJoshcn J lliii.lsikcr bun JS Morris (loston A V Icivinoiid.blicdd Vt M lowers nervals MMItchcll'Taiiirtiit John I upcr ilol li ndalo II h HylorVt'o Turner is Maiieson IlarrUburK ..lion II Smith Ulll.ur Hun Then biiillh liaise) . Ill ick, IVarl ft Oo VV illalnctlo K M VV llkins Irvlnir .A 0 Jeniiln.ni VV tllca . A A Mllllinison lliil(n.liii lito I. HwIkIii Wuiton Lb Wood JaikHonvlllo Max Mullcr Waltahnri; N bmlth Jiinrtlon II llihtr Walli Walh J Jatol.i WTcrion J W Kolaml en i SSOlmhlc ALFALFA 0M BUNCH 0KA3S LAND On tlio wiij ilown Hie Coluniliia list wrcK, wo fctoitpcd n. day at 'I lie TMlks, and got our friend, S. I., ltrooki, to ttlio n tti into thn Lountry two milt 8 and n. li.ilf It) tliu farm o' V, fair Hill, Kmj to fc(u liow alfalli 13 ftrow tug mi IhrIi nilfjf land, Thn (jntstinn of pa turo yrSH(H is t.rctnd to no ollur, ns c liao .tttfiii)ttil to dim oimtrate of I ito. Having hraril tlat Ml Hillliad mado a bikcoss of al falfa, wo wliu iktirinmed to tertt tlio i-xpcrl ninnt by tlio foil nuil txiiiinialioii of tlio con dittoim of tnltiva'ion. Wo found I lie alfalfa jjroH in;; all mtr tlio siiIls nnd surfaco of ,1 ulitin lidu. I'lio noil aa hiiiiIj loiiii, bik.1i w is foiiml all tlio wiy to Walla Walla; tlio giound vt3 in good fondition and cleat of hcciIh. Tin' alfalfa wan grten and still grow ing. ItN limtory as gitn hy .Mi 11111 in tins Last Jfir Iih iiindo a tin rough tent to ham if alfalfa could lio cultivated to advantage 011 tlio dry lulls uhuo lux faun is loiatcd, Ho bowid 20 iiouiiiIk to tlio aero on thitc aius. Uiic aero was in whrat and alfalfa was wiwn with tlio win at; another aem was high, flat laud, and attll annthii was tioiithwrstirii, stop lulUido xpoaid to the hot altirnoon 11111. 'I ho lcault uastliatthowhe.it held its own, and alfalfi did 1 ot tniiio up 111 it, oxcept that on a small pietu win 10 tlio win at fathd tlio alfalfa cauio up and thioo. 'I ho uatuial iuftrviiot is that alfalfa will 1 ot grow with wheat. Itoth tlio nthir pn-i 011110 up well and grew vigorous ly. That Willi tlio hottist I'vposiuo on tho attrp lullsido did rs well as that oil flit up land, Ilia Kiietics last) tar uidiittd him to attempt on a linger unlu tins, and ho his thu ty aeiea in all, glowing on tho Miles anil sum nut of a iidgo. Tho location has no atlantngis supciiur to I lie aMiage- of high and iliy lull laud 011 Milletcik Last veil's sowing has thickeutd imd utoolul, K) that it inakis a foil s tuil to a wollstt wlu.it lit Id, Ahout tho fust of July ho ait u ton and a lulf to tlio acie, and now it is up tight 01 ten inrho", tnil is gictn and vigorous The hud town this )( u 111 spam Iv nt at present, and tho stalks look old) spindling; I ut ho sijs it will IliioUin nhiindaiitly nuothcr cai, and is suecouling fully as well as tlio elliei ilnl, Ho had just run n mower cvi. it t.i eut oil thu topand in 1 10 it to utool. It is liniilj tooted, and no effort can pull it up. On this ) cir's 1 mil ho put ( Jy 17 pounds to tho acio 'I ho heed was procured ft out California, and oust 111 tents a pound. Mr. Hill has liudo an mipoitant ov poruiHiit with hiicrtss. Ho eaj h 'alfalfa will suppott font titius tlio stoek oidiuary liuneh glass ill, and Kin uns guen and glowing all uiiiuiiui. It is dillieiilt to cd alfalfa started, 1111I it glows slowly until it has made a good ut. It improV(S with age, ni d luioinea hi well looted as to defy drouth, When we con sider thut this has bun a vtry dty spiiugaml auinimr, wo must eonoludo that Mr Hill's ex. peiliuent has Ihsii ngrtat suecets Mr Ilrook told of Mr, 'I lioinpson's Held nf alfalfa on Kivo-Mile ertrk that was in a hottom hut not ovtilltmul, whtili ho cut thrie times every so.ii.on. I'rohuhly, win 11 his alfalfa Ins undo a sulhcieiit growth, Ml. Hill will cut sevoril erops if ho denns, hut lie said his w mh was to ute it us pustule. Wo were well lepud for tho 1I1) spent at The Ddles.hy !( coining informed of this iinpoitaitt faet, tint all tho dry lulls of Kastt ill Ougoiiaiil V .ishiuglou will protluco altslfs, which is prolM) tho most valuable ftrago pi nil known With that fait An.li red tl.e ciacit) of that iigion u rv.itly iucreasisl, Mid Its pnwril) doulilv attrcd. It has 1'ieu a h"'oub ipieatiott to ansuir, and one oftin uskid 1 "Ho shall we leplne tho native grasses, that aro easily trodden out, with Utter and lnrdier grssi!" MIMt OTIlt It I'AlTH On tlio saiiio lull with allalfa, wo found a fiddofiom that was riHinng in gotxl onlir, nil ought to mse ,10 bushels to the acre. It tocxl G foil lilgli. A uttl of potatoes Ixstdo it WMjiddiiig wtll, aud rivaled other pota. toes wo saw givwing lit thu Imttoins, 'Hie coin and potatixs who plant 1 among (tuit Uvea that wtio doing very well, M thece facts d uninitiated that tlio lull lands of Was o can piodueu unfailing crop of all kinds. IjIiIo or 110 inn has fallen nidi flantieg. ilr. Hill says that w should hv wu hit turnipi", that are mikino- a fine growth rn the same dry upland. Ho seems to bo accomplish. ing much good by Ins practical experiments. Another experiment he has made may rival in importance the culture of alfalfa. He says he prourcd and planted a unall quantity of tho seeds of the Egyptian or Arabian pcrennt al millet, which camo up, and is holding out heavily ,1J Jr 4 feet high, and will mako heavy fodder. It lias a dozen stalks for every seed, and new ones sprqut up a foot from the main stem. He alto proeured from San Tranci'co a piece of tlio loot of tlio samo grass, which is jointed. Ho cut it up in as n.any I leces as there were joints and set them out. They grew finely, and are doing almost as well as the Beed that was ptintfd much earlier. This also seems a viluahlo experiment, for the per ennial millet when onco in posse sion hold its own remrka!lv. We sliall wait tlio further n suit 01 Mr. lull expeiiuients Willi mleiest. Below Mr. Hill's place, in tho vallcv of Mill creek, is tho t lace of Mr. Charles Adams, rpnee a resident of Salem. Mr. Adams has much fruit. 'I Ik re aro many pitches of straw berries and a world of blackberry vines all loaded with fruit. Ho his also tliousinds of fruit trees planted only 0 feet apiit; plums, prunes and peaches aro in majoiity, 1 ut eccin not to have borno well, probably from frost His trees and vines aro all watered by a ditch from the creek above, and bis placo should prove profitable. Tlio temptation to plant trees in creek bottoms is great, but w o believe tho hillside, up sufficiently to bo clear of frost, would pay llfcttcr. Mill creek is famous for orchards, but they aro all in the bottoms when they ought to bo on tho hills. In Dalles City tho garden orchards aro all loaded with fruit of all kinds, especiilly pearsand peaches. Tho vapor from the broad river tempers tho coldest atmosphere and prevents injury from frost. In town, haek of tho old brewery, there is a successful experiment of growing alfalfa in sand that has drifted there It has been wa tered by hose, and his undo a wonderful growth, PILOTAGE AND TOWAOE. Tho farmers of Oicgnn aro interested in whatever lelates to commerce. Kvcry tin uasoi able tix on eoninieico is a tax 011 pro ducers innro th 111 on merchants. 'I hu coming session of tho Legislature should so a uood liw pifsed for legiilation of pilotage and tow age, and tho farmers in tint Legislature should sco to it that this incisure, or somo other measure that shall meet the cise, shall pis. Wo hivo reason to believe tho bill prepared wilt be in the ttuo interest both of commeieo and piodiicirs. Wo publish clsew hero n letter received by Donald Maelay, llw(., from r. gentleman 111 Muglind, who tilks plainl) of tho estimation our commcicial interests maintain abroid. Whilowo have never flatten d tho pndo of l'ortland nuieh, wo tako pleasure in giving the merchants of this city ciedit for making n movo in thu right diicction, that show .Pa pub lic spirit wo appreciate They hivo orgmied a tug boit company, with n largo pud up capital, and now hive a first class tug an tho way out that was puichised at Philadelphia. 'I hey will meet with ditcnuimd opposition fiom C.ipt. I'lavel, who has controlled the pilotage and towago of tho Columbia long (iiough to beeoma very Ui.il thy. It is cer tain that wo shall havo safer towage and also cheiper. This (litirpuko of those I'oitland merchants looks to tho guuial pood and ciiinot ho (tie8tioii(d. Wo may expect to sea 0111 eomiucicu better piottctcd and also 111010 iui8onably conducted. It remains for tliu next Legislature to do its pait hy a thor ough revision of tho law legulating pdotago and towage. K biSAloil Mm HhLl, is evidently intend ing to mako all the fight that is ill him and there is a gruit deal of tough and tumble political "sciunniago" in him to gobickto Washington as U. S Senator from Oregon. Whin hu was our Senator ho appealed as tho indefatigiiblo d( fender of tho Central and Union 1'iuific nail", and, in their interest, de nounced tliu Thiirmau bill as uncotifctitution ll, which only had for its object to reiitiro tin so lOiupmos to do something towards st curing the (iovtriumnt for tlio millions loaned to build their roads. The Supremo Court did not agree with Senator MitchiU( toitouatcly, hut Ins record on that matter is very plain. Mr. Mitchell has a way of driving his paity to his support. Hu was tho political "boss" of Oiigou Republicans a long time", hut the day of "bossism" is waning 111 other Stitts, and wo wait to see, now that Republi cans again lnvo power here, whether tlio Mitchell nog can control tho next Legislature. Thu I'eMMiu has not often meddled with pol itics, but our position towauls Senatot Mitch ell lias been plainly tikeu, for )ears back, and remains unchanged. Mr, Mitchell liasehitigenl his tactics pet hips, but we cannot forget hu fierce advocacy of tho w 01 st monopol) in ex igence, or bo willing to trust him as 0111 Sena tor, As to hu eliingo ol liise, our Senatot should piwsess consistency to 0 iiiiimiid re spect both hero and in Washington Tho mm who once won his way to the Senate b) liar teiing ollices for votis will bo Mire to repeat tha experiment llicwo who favor civil sr mco reform will s. e haw fouigu tolt must Is) auv 111,111 who.. iuc4s is lucd on tlio abuse of pitwsige. lUeaiuo we oppoao conujitioii 111 politics wo shall H(,nt to see all) lira suc ceed whose career in politics has beem a "Uws" of tho inaclnuo, Tho professional politician of any party is a corruptor of pub lic inoial", and at eiuutty with tmo govern ment b) the people. Information Wanted Atl Hi, Spokan Co., W. T., Aug. 1. Kditor Willinutte r'artneri 1 address )0U to know if )im can gtv 01110 thn whereabouts and l. 0, address of Mr, Jonathan lUgattb. If v,ou or any nf )our rvadersewn, it will ohligo mc very much by doing so. I was told his name appeared in )our paper as a number of a graug lodge, Kcspoctf ully ) ours, Jons lloeUKTIl, HARVEST TIME IN THE UPPER COUNTRY. WHAT WAS DONE IN A DRY 8EA80N EAST ERN WASHINGTON AT ITS WORST. Forty Bushels Wheat per Acre In a Dry Year Seyenty-Flve Busnels ot Oats per Acre Without Rainfall A Half Crop In Spokan Equal to a Full Crop In Minnesota. Hiving rccen'ly returned from an extended trip in Kastrrn Washington, and to the front of work in Montana, on the Northern Pacific railroad, vie cm give svno definitoidca to our readers ot the general prosress tint is being made m tho region cast of tHt Cascades, and of the appearance of that rct'ion under the least favorable circumstvnces that have ever been known. Tho past seaon or rather the present sea son has been the worst ever known for drouth. Of course it cannot promise us much in such 1 year as in ordinary ones, win n all conditiors favor large yield of crops. The true pirt of a hist'itiin is to elcil withficts, co in writing up the interior portion of tho Pa cific Northwest wo must take things as they are and give a plain statement of matters as wo found them. After viewing tho country oast of tho Cas cade", and miking the conclusions that natur ally suggest themselves, wo realize that it is a region of w onderfnl fertility, w hich even a season of severe drouth "innot seriously de press It s 1 matter of doubt if any other country can pr"scnt as favorable an aspect tin drr thv simp dmdvantiges We shall nar rate facts nnd leavo tho reader to draw his own conclusions Durinr tho spring wo visited tho diffi rent feetiori" nf Ka'tern Washineton Territory it the time when farmers wer putting in their erops. ThrotiL'h tho country ouh of Snako river there w as morn or Ies winter wheat. epeci.illy in the vicinity of Walla Wa'la. Tlis pcasnns aro consMrrablv earlier in that section than cvn thirty miles to the north andeist of there, so that thev were row ing wheat lb ut D iv ton, and beyond th're, from two to four weeks later than around Wnlli Walls. Crosm? Snake river we fnun 1 the fanners of thn falou'e recion still later with their work "south nf Snake rjvorthov aim to grt the'r sprine- erops all in dnrine the month nf April white to tho northwatd of Snake river in he region rxtondinc 0110 hun dred mi'es rortb ri the Spokan river farm ers vor" I lowipf nnd so'vinr grain on old land stubble all through May mil even tlirniiEii the firt week m June. Very little land is sowed m- planted on od the same a ear it is broken Whrn "o functioned whether they eould depend nn "urn returns from such lato planting, tho nnvver ilwavs was tint " they would not thank any one to injure them less than forty bubels of wheat to the arm on nrnnnd sown by the first, and even to the tenth of Juno in inire ctcs " We noticed, t"i, tint in thn Pnlnue coun try snd north of the N. P R. R in tho Spokan eouutrv, no winter wheit had been sown The reeminc certainty ofgool, nnd even of extraordinary rorinn. from sprint? Hovrint? placed nra'nst tho other fat.t that winter w heat hnd in some instances froen nut. made the farmers nf tho creator portion of Ki'-tern Washington too confident. Thev had had dry enn". but had known no fail urn nf ernp It vi as show n to us by M" Matlnek nt Palonso ISridgo, that wheat ' nd matured well and mad" very heavy return" wheienoiain h-d fallen to thnrnughlv " rt tho sod from thn timo nf planting to herv st. o thev snwed all thrnuch Mav with pcifect confideneo they "-ould rem in duo season, and so thev are reaping but tho crnps are liahter than thev evpeeted, rankini? only at ono half to two thirds nf what is nn average vi.ld in favoinble seasoi s That I" to ay instei 1 of lnvinc 30 to 50 bushels of wheat, their I ar- vest only raners from 15 to 30 bushels, iv. nging, say, from CO to 2S bushels to tho acre To bo plain and specific, tho jcar 1SS2 has been the worst seann for crops evrr known on this line of the Northern Paeifio mid, and in all Pastern Washington and Oregon. Wo accept the situation, then, that this is a vear exceptional in its character. There has been no effective lain fall through alt that region for threo months, though light showers hivo gone over parts of it. Kvery where wo found good gardens, and fruit trees planted the past spnne have made a good growth. Corn has done exceptionally well, foi it has been a geod season for com, tho best ever kiovvn. At tho land office of tho N. P. R R. Co., at Cheuej, we gathered interesting fads, repre sented by specimens githered from the pres ent )e,ar,B crops in that vicinity, and on ex hibit there, bearing icspe-ctively the history wo give Inlaw Mi Ainslcy, near Medical Lake, 111 the Diep Creek hcction, sowed Russian oats Juno 1st, and harvested them August 14th. I he average luglit is f feet, and will jielel at the rate of 75 bushels per acre. There was actu-' ail) norain.ia.i 1ro.11 1110 tinw 01 punting to reaping tnco osii. moisture in all cases, can show an average There is also, exhibited by Ainsley, some I ,eM of no.,mlf to two-thirds of a good bar hull les cits, crown by him this season, 1 eit lhat rfmuuUhed jfcM, morevcr, is fully without anv shell, that he savs will go 40 up to u,c axeraK0 JleU o 10 great ,xhcat bushels per acre; sewn Mav 15, harvested ' gro,K states of tho Northvvct. Tho Pacific August 15, on which not over one fourth of Xorthvvist stands a crucial test of its agticul au inch of ram has fallen since planting tural carai;ity ai uo other (,! , au,i At the s,.ne otlico is asainploof Red French ' tW Us wori(t ycar( jugt,y icrea,e, its great wheat, grown by M. N, Knight, near Rex-k ' re pUtat10n. creek P 0, that was sown September 15, 1 It must bo rememWrel that this is tho l.sSl, and lmrvesteel duly .M, lSs'J, vet) ex. newest part of tho Pacific Northwest, and the ccllent heads. It w as not measure.!, but vv ill ltt leveloWjl Farming there is only just ..,.,,. ., , , comnienced They hive much Und plowed to vergoJ5to 40 bushels to tho aero of good i,0 ,0vvn this fall, but their etforU hitherto have merchantable (.lain. been without iv item or method. ith th-ir Ultivilleis thefirt ponit on the N. P. R. farms, opened and prepared for systematic R. that is cearsidervd to b arable laud iuvit- joltivitwn. Jliev will sow-their grain in the . ., .1. ., ., , , ., fall, and be independent of a Kitted ipnnc lug icttlemeiit. Ireiu th-re the land otlico for the spriiic of fSl was late in coining ami shows sample of Snow flake wheat, sown land could not b plowed in April, w hicli was April 12th, by J 0. Reunett, who also shows " uuusual occurrence. The sure way 10 run bunch of well filled oat. sown this season m h"t u to1"i'n, ,ho fft.f " prCl? W , the seitou previous. W ith that niethoel fol- tame locality, lowed, no possible drouth can affect tl e liar. They 1mi have ipecimtiu of grauea grown veils of the Upper Country disastrously. this season in different parts of the Spokan region of country; orchard grass giownon hill land is four feet high; Kentucky blue grass threo and a half feet hi?h was grown 111 Cheney; all cultivated grasses do well in this part of the country, as wo Karned from Mr. John Robeits, Waverty 1'. O., Spokan coun ty, who is County Commiss oner and a man of excellent standing. The li d rfiico shows good cloicr tint was grown on high rolling land near Rosalia, south of Che ney. They hivo buckwheat threo feet high, also alfalfa threo feet high, that was towed lst sprint' by Lefevre, of Medical Like, w ho alo shows well matured corn that was planted May 1th and was ripe Auguvt 11 th, tint grew eight feet high Mr. ftoberts cinie hero five years ago. He is well informed from personal experience and from information dcriv ed from older settlers. He says this has been th driestand hotti st season he has known; duiing five years of his rest denco there has been no dry season that 1 as injured crops. The oldest residents say that in right ) cars they have only had one season w hen they could make a complaint of drouth, and that was not nearly so prolonged as it has been this car. All accounts agree that this las been i year especially unfavorable for spring sown grain. Mr. Roberts lived for a time near Walla Walla, and previi us to that was for a long time a resident and practical farmer in tho Willamette Valley. His official poition shows that he commands the respect of this commu nity and his experience is reliable. List year (1881), he had .1 threshing outfit in the field, and says that with the cultivation na tural to tho beginning of agricultural develop ment in so new a country, the threshing of last year showed as an avcragoth.it wheat put in in the spring on stubble land gave from 37 to 43 bushels to the acre, and that oits went from 50 to 73 bushels. The present j ear Ins been less livonble for wheat and oats, but is unnuilly good for barley and corn, which do 0 st 111 iliy. warm seasons. Corn grows well in the vicinity of Walla Walla without any rainfall, owing to tho na tural tendency of tho soil to retain moisture The only tioubbi is to got the varieties usual ly cultivated at tho Kist to ripen 111 a region, wlnre they have such cool nights all summer. Tho dews of the Upper Country are so heavy tint they refresh the crops, while tho sandy loam, often dfop, is inclined to retain moist uro. In tho garden of I, W. Pange Hmj , at Chenoy, wo saw goo I results from vccctables planted lato and never rained on or irrigated Trait trees have mado good growth that were set nut this spring, and Catalpi seeds plmted Juno 1st, have come up with out ra'n, and hive grown well. In the gravelly lands at Spokan Falls, we saw, in Mr. A. M. Cannon's parden, corn, potatoes, cucumbers, melons, tomatoes and other eg etabies, that had ripened and ieldcd well without rainfall or irrigation. Ho alo had a field of oats that yielded well. Hy the kindness of Mr. Cannon, wo visited tho Peo.10 Prair e, nine miles north of Spokan, and close under the Cccur d'AIeno Mountain", which is .1 beautiful fanning dNtrict, with deep, rich soil and rolling surface. This valley claims an average of 25 bushels to tho acre for 18S2. This, too, for grain, which has not had half an inch of rainf ill since it was put in tho ground. List oar fivo fanners on Peono Piai no hid 50 bushels of w heat to the aero. 1 hat was for spring sown grim. TVom Moran Prai ri", 1 fit c rilcdtui 1 d stt " t 30 lthof okan Till-, 11 'omo ii'tinec, they iepoit 1 full ci p of wl tit tho present veir Cummin" up. tho nmicu'tural 1 rosri ts of j:18tnn Washington, tlio present yi.r wo fi (1 tn,t illt ! llCati eli put ; m1t,ea on EU mi;o A ,,R0 ylc aLj tint spring K,aln un(icl. m0,t diba.lvnnt.iKcs cvci ki own, fiives r, to 30 bushels ti the acre. The gar- ,iu)S aro 0(,a , 1 con) :3 eNce)e t fjood cltiv.at.nn. nnd snwni" nf fall wl nit. v mild Hln(t. l,o fariiiers nf all this ri conn al,n . anv .. . -.0 , , clmico for disastrr t Mr Roberts, 1 f Spokan county, allii 1 d to I alove, asserts, as tho result of Ins oxpu enco in Oregon and Washington, that Spokan county will produce one jcar with Hiiotber, one-third more grain than the Willamette valley ever could in its best days. He con siders that region equal to the couutiy south of Snake river, and cast of Walla Walla, As to the best v ariety of w heat to sow in the fall, to stand tho winter, he says the little club vv inters vv ell and doesn't shatter. He says all whoat sown last fall has done well this year, and will yiell 35 to 40 bushels to the acre, which confirms our own impression that the farmer here can insure hims.lf agiinst drouth by sow ing fall grain. We saw many fields of oats, not )et ripe, tint look well. Comparing that region, and its crops this vear, with the Willamette valley, it seems certain that under similar conditions crops there are much better than thev would bo in tho Willamette sorn , at the same time, and hav ing no rainfall to develop them. In couclu8ioni It is a fair question to doubt whether there is any part of tho United States where crop", without a drop of rain in some in8tallccS( inil wlth sllch emaU amoui.t of ORASSES AND PASTURES. NOM11HI IV. We propose in this effort to tako up the most radical feature of the question, and show that even at heavy expenso for preparation of the soil and purchase of seed, pastures aro more profitable than any crop the Willametto farmer can raise. While wo sliall apply tho test directly to this valley, it need not be re stricted to this locality, but farmers of all other regions, East and West of tlio Cascades, cm draw their conclusions. We will suppo-e that land is worth 30 an acre, in a good locality, close to tiansporta tion, and in every way adapted to wheat cul ture. The fact is established that the only way to grow w heat to advantage is to sum mer fallow and raiso a crop tv cry other ) ear. To do this lie plows in the spring and plows and cultivates again in the autumn. Ho spends money to advantage and pays two)eara' in terest on the laud. It is tho same as if he had the money loaned, we will say at ten per cent. aeir. Then the interest is ?0 on tho two years. He is out S8 an aero for work aod seed before ho gets his wheat into the ware houso. That is not a lariJB calculation when wo corsider tho superior quality of work necessary to make a good summer fallow. Wo will bo liberal as to returns and concede the farmer 30 bushels to the acre at harvest time. His chince for price for three years past would be S25 in acre, and a very high return would bo SI a bushel, or $30 an acre, which would give him 55 50 an acre, according to lito years' average price, or $S an aero if ho reseived the very high la'e of 51 a bushel. The most probable result w ould be 25 bush els to the aero, and S20 an acre as his reward, which would give him S3 an acre profit over outlay and interest on tho investment. We have several times referred to the storv we told two cars ago of the success met with by Mr Richard Cary, of Waldo Hills, who said that ho had 24 acres of land in pasture on which ho expended $100 for grass seed. This ws choice lind in the best locality, and will answer our pui pose for an estimate, for we do not wish to underrate on one hind or over cstinate on the other. We desire to be as fair as possible, Ik came we have no object but truth, and that for the gool of Oregon agriculturists. Let rs c mate : Value of laud, 24 acres at S30 $720 00 Cot of gras Sf ed 100 00 Preparing lind for seed, 2 an aero . 48 00 120 sheep at $- a head 240 00 Total SI, 108 00 Mr. Cary si'd he thought the land could support 5 or 6 he id of sheep to tho aero all th ' jcai, and wo lnvo stocked it at the lesser figure. Wo lnvo estimated 3hcep at $2 a held, which is only tho puce of good, common sh ep, while the same land could I eep full hloodo 1 animals woith ten t'mes tho money. Tp all things wo piefer to work on the basis of common lifo and common stock. Mr. Cary said it might be necea'aiy to feed the stock a little a few weeks in winter. HU oxper'cnce wn.3 th-it ho had town his seed in the spiing, put stock on the hnl the August following, and Ins stock hud imvoi been able to keep tho grass, 01 some of it from toing to seed He said ho puichised seed of nine different grasses, red, white and alsiko clovers, timothy, orchard grass, mequite grass, lye grass, Eng lish blue grass, etc. He purchased, in fact, all sr.'ts of seeds, and did not make an en tirely judicious selection, we thought at ths time, and have hoped to hear from him in course of time, a statement of the growth of the different grasses, showing which did the best and were best adapted to this pui pose. As we remember it this 24 acres was part hill and part lower laud, but none of it really bottom land. Let us figuro on tho pro'eeds, increase and wool from this land. Wo liave put 120 sheep on it, and we will claim 100 yearly increase, aud sell that many each year, or rather, allowing something for old age and natural losses, vv 0 w ill claim but 90 increase, though by selling off yearly his surplus stock, tho ow ner can readily get rid of his oldest sheep and havo very few, if any, losses. He sells, then : 90 sheep at $2 .$180 00 250 00 1,000 lbs ot wool at 20c. . . Annual sales $430 00 The debtor account stands as follows 1 Interest on $1,100 at 10 per cent.... $110 CC Dipping slieep ana leeeltng in winter months 90 00 Total $200 00 This is certainly a liberal estimate, es pecially when we consider that if the sheep are kept up nights tho manuro that can be sav ed vv ill bo no small object. By this sort of husbandry tho farmer leads an easier life, has less care and uncertainty and his returns of actual profit are $10 an acre, when, by tho other, at tho highest rcasouable expectation of yield and 1 rice, he cannot make over $3 an acre profit, and has a much greater probability of not miking over $3 an acre; he cer tainly vv ill do vv ell to realize $5 an acre. It is undeniable that, as a class, the wheat farmers of Western Oregon aro less properoua than tho stock raisers. The latter are some times ready to sell out, for they know they can find a wider field in Eastern Oregon, and make more money, but many a wheat farmer sells to pay the mortgage. The wheat crop, ho .e ever ell it may be put in, exhausts the soil, whereas the pasture with its sheep, is recuperating, and is a permanent thing to de' pend on. One third of tl e farm in good grass, well put in, with another third in cram, and meadow and summer fallow for the rest, looks more sensible than to only depend on grain. Land that is worth 930 an acre, that lies in possession of this cheat, or June grass, aud csunot support two head of sheep to the acre, is as poor an investment as any man possessed of ordinary reason can possibly nake uur pastures anouiu do matters ot nrida and profit, and should, call out our very iwak juugniem. Tim great distinguishing feature Bedding's Russia Salve is its power to reduce inharama-tiou. STATE NEWS. Lots of drummers in Jacksonville. Several vessels ready for sea at Astoria. The ,-ailroad camp over on the Umatilla has an extra supply of measles. The Southern Oregon Pioneers will meet in Jacksonville on September 15th. There is a party from the East in Jackson ville who will start adistilleiy in that section. Forest fires prevail in Coos county. Apples sell in Baker City for 2 ctnts per pound. The Coos Bay fisherman has commenced taking salmon. A money oruer office has been established at Diains Station, A steady printer is vvanted by the Bedrock Democrat of Biker City. Hounds are reported as killing many young deer in Coos county hy running them down. A son of Wm. Alexander, who lives near Roscburg, was accidentally shot through the body, near the lungs and the left fore arm. He is doing as well as could be expected. Mr Buley Willis, the gentlemen ir charge of the western division of Villaid's Trans continental survey, was in Pendleton, aud has gone into the mountains to day to look at the coal mines lately discovered. A young man at Centeiville, named Eagen, is suspected of having stole a horse. Ho uoi rowed a suldlc for a couple of boms, and was next heard of at Waim Springs. The deputy sheriff, Henderson, followed 1.1 pursuit. On last Saturday, siys tho KoscLurg Plain dealer, as the overlaid stage left Roscburg, thoSihei Col net band gave it a serenade, and it was intended that tne last stage on Sunday would be honorel 111 thu same way, but on account of the fatal occurrence of that evening it was dispensed with. On the 14th day of August, 1859, tho Overland Stage Company's coaches fitst arrived at what, at that tune, was the very small village of Rose burg. While (Jco. Sargent's men were at work harvesting near Weston, a couplu of Indians put elovv 11 the fence, and taking 11 tail each ad vanced towarel tho header, on which wis a young man named Hay, The Indians wcro intoxicat. d and I ent on mischief, They at tempted to injure the machinery. Day threw the monkriv -wrench, files, etc., at them, when, gatlnring up the loose instruments, the In dians tinned and fled. Day and the other men followed. TIhso tame Indians have been tho cau"t' of trouble several times in the past few yeais bays the Weston Leader. Bishop Morris will visit Eastern Oregon next month, nnd has made the following ap pointments, subject to tome contingent changes : Weston and Pendleton, September 10th; L-iGraude, 11th; Wallowa lake and vicinity, 17th; Cove, 20th; Baker City, 24th; Canyon City, October 1st. Says tho Union County Iiecoul: Wo learn from SI. Baker, agent for the Blue Mountain uuivcrsit), that arrangements have been made whereby the Columbia River Conference of M. K Cluii c't is to liquidate the indebtedness against the university, and the board of trus tees aro to put S1500 worth of improvements on tho buildings and grounds. "tekkitokialT- Emigiants aro passing through Walla Walla d uly. A foot lace between P. Brandt and H. Mar shall, of the Star and Walla Walla clubs, re sulted in fai rr of Marshall, at Walla Walla, on Monday last. Distance, 300 Icet. Citizens of Boie City, says the Sentinel, have raised a purto ot $1000 for a 50 mile race, to be run over the track at tl at place, at tho annual meeting this Fall. We learn at least four well known riders hive decided to take a run for this 1 irge purse, among whom is C. Steers, Erq,, of Union. A gentleni en who is in a position to know informs tho Walla Walla Union that the right of vv .y foi tho milroad from Walla Walla to Mu'on Junction, 13 miles, has been practically and amicably secured, and that the work of coiistiuctiou will romrrence, as soon as certain documents which are daily expected from the East are received, Patent Window Ventilation M. B. Burke, of Dayton, W. T., shows us a model of his patent window, designed to facilitate ventilation. It is readily adjusted and opeiated, and really strikes us as possess ing merits that should command the atten tion of builders and i chitects. The subject of proper ventilation of houses and publio buildings does not receive the attention it re quirts. Mr. Burke's invention is so simple merelj causing the w indow frame to swing on a pivot instead of moving up and down that it can be cheaply put in operation. We first knew Mr. Burko here in Portland 31 years .1.0; he is the father of E. B. Burke, the well know 11 cl rk of the courts of Columbia coun ty, W. T. He has sold the county right for Warhington county to a well known con tractor and builder, who says he can build windows on this plan much cheaper than he can put in the ordinary weights and pulleys He proposes to sell county rights here and then yisit the Eastern States on the same business. On i. of the best hotels to he found in all Oregon is the Cosmopolitan at The Dalles, owned and kept by Mr. Thomas Smith, who formerly kept the Chemeketa at Salem and the Occideu al at Portland. With long ex. pcriecee in business Mr. Smith has learred how to provide for the comfort of his guests. The Cosmopolitan is close to where the trains otop, only a few stcp3 above the locomotive, anil alwav s has a carriage at trains or boats. It is one 1 f the largest and most commodious of our Oregon hotels, as -well as excellently kept. A Few More Left And a happy circumstance it is, too, that notwithstanding the rapidly increasing de mand for Hunt' Remedy, there are a few more bottles left. This is, indeed, jojful news for the afflicted. People are beginning to find out ther.nave kidneys, and that weak ness of the back and loins, and many supposed rheumatic pains, come from those delicate or gans, and lie precursors of serioas troubles, like Bright's Disease, and of death. People are also finding out that the sure specific for all ailments of the liver, bladder, and kidneys is Hunt's remedy, and hence the great and increasing demand. And still we are able to aay of the bottles of this Rreat remedy, there are "a few more left." Weston Leader; A field of wheat near Weston gave an average of fifty.two buskeli to the acre. The only secret of such a yield is that the grain was put in properly and at the right time, "Barhapaib. snl Urturr IHteuM. fl. Druixu. $mmmmmmmmmm
