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Newspaper Page TextWILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, DECEMBER 22. 1882 ,-i fi r"H tf M i SS.S 1 1 VI 1 I imuco every Week by th WII.I.A1IM1 K FARMKK PI HLIMIIftU CO. ThRMS OK SUUM.'HIITIO.V : Oneear, (I'ost&Ke palii). In adtance t 2C0 3li nontlia, (1'ohUjo paid), In aorancr .. 1 25 Leas than lx month will be, per month . 2 ADVLKMSINU KATES: Atvertlaemeritawlll be Inserted, providing tr are reapoctatile, at the following table of ratca ine men oi n ire iter roouui c z w Jhree Inches of space per month ftit half column per month in column itr uionui TSamrjle tooiea sent free on application. Publication Office. No. 6 Washington Street lairs, rooma No. and M (M 16 00 JO 00 Up l'l UUXUr.lV A.OI MF.MKNT The following are authorlzod to receipt for atiliacrip tloni to this paper. Ml Where we liao no agent re mittance MUhT Imi nw.le, (expense ptlel), to ua by Reirltterpl Irftter, Of Money Orders, or Klprewi. ALL I'Al'ERH IlISOONTINUM) AT THE EX I IK A TIO.N OK THE TIMK PA 10 TOIL Amity II I. Sliiipon Aurora Geo Miller Lebanon O W Umith Lewlavllle.IICMuTlmmonda ooklnff Qlaas. M CxKbran Lincoln. 7, Abratua Ufa tile IWStrawrti McMinnvillc J McI'MIIIim Mi-Coy. 1 Rolil.ina Mtl'Iuuant r 8 Thayer Marl ,lt II Rutherford Mohaw k J S Churchill Monmouth W Watertiouse rftonnavllle. .W It Kirk Butieville .Johnllatcheller Slitto Creek E hiltcrvln Urooka . . W II Harris IVIlerue Jeffllaila ijawforilslllle Itobt Olaas Uottaire Or .J II hhortrUVo Uonallis Mritr Harris Champotg A Jettoj Jtninasttis r. Ilavtori Drains lion J U Drain, Pilot Hock. ULu Jllhiiillli llufur A J liufur, Jr Kola Tliotnis l'carce fflktnn Allllilnta Eugene lion I II MttluiM I'. enainin; Hon M llllcy Forest (.role S llit-'lica Kot Vail I II fianln loahui J llirolaaktr. lesion C lUtnioml ;enili MMIUhill Gnlltn.lile It I SitlurV Uo. Uiigtnt Hirrialinv Hon II smith Wilbur If itiei III u.k, I carl Coi ill untile I' Nil llklna living A I' feniilii.rs'Willts A IV illUinrn lul'peinlcnie W I. Ho trill VWaton I, SWonil Ju.hintillii Mix lliilkr Waltnl.ur.' W hnu'li 7ltn tK.n W II II ib. r Wall i Walla Jim Is Jnfcrsoii ll Ito'wil 7iuv b1-mi i i ForlHinlNolaiiihlll OWSannlnirton I! U Hadawaijl'nwell ValUy Thwllllaius . K tillllalil Pendleton Itoi Liverwort I'errydjile J Vt Mellrew I'lcasantlllll UWIIanila liter lliiirsliie CKhnwlw llosthurg S K luivmoim Sweet Home II Mosa Salem S W Uiunli Miiyton V liOiirilmr iililiintty Jno llownln Sno I h Morris Shulil W 11 Potn John Lupcr if Oil IliOtf Mlllll " 'I'm u inira ntw lo'f" and eci mv iitiiy huh ii iiiiifl ,ii Kul)cii'nrR y cm gi-t to tliia fiiiinuiH' paini iiiul fiiLiid, the S'iilm mi 1'jAi.mik. Souk iiM- very kindly lit ua two iarr of coin, wmiicil in n copy of the Kaus-8 Citj Doily Jou) mil. Ilicy caiiin ronin neuk nj;o U'littliii tln'y canio from Kiiihih or from aoinu pirt of our (iimi niou iroliivu no nidi 1 1n- tuiitlir kinilly jiaiil tontiilcrnlilu pom'iih HII lllllHt I mi Iiml an nlijict in m tilling ilo com. An no nottuccon nniiil it or w.i Kill jftiiwiuili, wo nihkc Hint notiii' to tall out Jiifoin .it kiii CIVIL SEI VICE KEFOHM No'i tlint tin' uii Ii lint n inllt tti 1 a! tut polla tin it iliiHiimf n tinii with t'llatuig til" iniiia in iliiii, llitrn will liu ii raco httwtt i thu two pirtii'i to how tnriiiittnos.ii in tin1 prosecution of Ciul Sorvito ltofonn. Tlutii -Jlit iliti'ttioit to which tho popular ott point", nil. 1 politicium will ntlivu with out in ocliur to tlniin aii.ttiily in tho rolo of rufoiiu ara. Ciniines la lianllv in numioo htfoiu nieuBiiri'B re introiliituil InoLiny tow arils nitli reform That any acrious anil tlisirahlc rtforni will ho attoiuplialioil ib not to lio vip cttil, tliounh thini will ho plenty of tilk. Many will, without ilouht, liCHinCiro, hut the scaaion la ahon, lusting only to March I'.li, at wlin.lt timu this C.iiiHUus witula up ita circir. Ail) pine ii'al refoi in in audi iuipartant iiuostiou will ott'upj lonaiiUrul'lu time, morn than tin." C.iligliHH c in allonl. Tin Ii thu iUt'stiou iiivih, win-tin l tin party that Ima liocn out of pown or oir t.ienly yearB, ami lionm Utat ita ila of hiKicaa ii until, will h willing to forti;o tho Jjukni'in in tliin.ry in ollioe-lioliliii: "To thu TiMora I. flung til. i Hjiniti. " Umlor thcae eir iiiiuataucea, wo iln not uxptct that Civil Sir ticu Kuform will iiiuku pennanoiit a.h.inoc mt'iit iluiin thu alu.rt Miaaion now in progrtaa. CO-OPERATION. The only poaaihlo relit t ami aiturit foi pro uciia inuat oonitf throih cti opt ration. Ono in tit with alitiu.ltut ineaiiH may aucieeil, hut oven ho cm Mitt ceil l.i-ttor if nil Ina tlaaa oo-iipitutu with him foi mutual iooil, 'I he farmua of thu luuntry hao power to away p ilitict, in ciiitrol trailo ami 1 1 aocurc ttouoin ioil ami litiniHt (.uMinmeiit, 'limy tlo neither. '1 hoy nie, (.tut i ill) apcakiiiK, nine tools of oh I mul ili'lit mat political paitim, who allow Jim to ho tlttttil to tho h gialutuu: once in awhile if he philt'i Itinuitilf to mil) out ml chiiiuiulo. I'.uini'ia biiinutiiiicrt mini inouli of tin in to ill fett their pirty otiolccti m ilny, hut that la nil okuptlon. At to toiniiituu they taku wlut apcttititora niu real) to gio too often, mul give whit thi.lniuliint h.ta a uiiiul to ih.ugii. rooofto. ' y poor in tna;o nifiit, tin) iltm't oun then urtnD, ilou't own thttrptiHU', ilou't own thomaelvt a, .uul can not m) tluir ttoiila aio then own, Then to opu thin la not p .aiihle. Shall we gm it il. lihtll we iliop the gringo ami nil farunia' eltiha' hlia'l wt alwaya oitip ami neiei go alum It louka like it, aurclv,. ith all the talk of the lot ten )oir, a'nt no leaulta foi liming it, It truly looka aa if Co opmtion waa ai.t poa l.le, THE N1CANA0UA SHIP CANAL Our got in ut'tit can will atFoiil to omoiu go the piO'luctlMi power of ita I'acitio Conat ttl a hy riuitinatilc expcmlituiu cf milli ua, if ii email t Tho aupport of any out. rpnai tint i tu Koniiipllah tlna will coiuu ill the range "I nation il tint) If it Otn ho atcoiu pliaheil a r-aa able coat The I'ltimu i ahip caii.I will nut In an Ainoricm ontirpiiae, ami ciiiuot p rf mi for thn Ojluniliit iner wlut a t.i nl can that will alii.rten tho o.'ian route aa tin pmpoaiil N t'Aiiigua taiial will, CIl ftirua I- iiiiiing tln vcheuii', ami Otngoii la lu ititiitatiil Otii ulnat protltietiou iltpnida on faciliti a Uii.g luriiiihrtlf. t iti trtiiaportatioii otlni t nn the Imi); voyage nrumul the wotlil I In N i.uii'gu.i telitiue la praetuahto ami will le u nation it tnumpli. It will aci-ouipliali all that ta i h iluoe for punliicfra. When it la coinplit.il ilcMiioia ran Ii'al in the Coluiiiliii ritei, an. I, in a mouth, ho uiihalug at aome Kim pom port. The wotl I will iuoeti put ua if we tlo not rvtuo iural(a, m a nation, fo keep pace with it. Wo complain that tho ex oeaa of national income is a hundred millions annually over our needs. Why not use some of the national wealth to increase the power of production, and strengthen the national prestige ahmad, as the construction of itich a canal would do ? Tho great advantages to result to the I'a'ifio Statta, and the nation at larce, I y this enter prise, can be aecurtd by the pledco of govern ment aid to insure payment of 3 per cent, in tcicst on the reasonable cost of the wonc. At the most, to spend some two millions of dol lars annually for twenty jears will set the en tcrpnse on its feet. We can do that without miasing the money. It ready seems, then, aa if all the two Houses of Congress need do, in rcsponnc to the united demand from the Pa cific States, ia to organizo the matter on a safe basis, and give government aid in the manner asked for, in return for which our government will receive constant benefits by having the use of the canal for carrying mails, and for passage of government vesse's without charge, dive us this canal, ard the wheat fields of the Pacific will be more prolific than ever; they ill attract moro emigration; the whole Columbian region will be more prosperous and have more certainty of prosperity for all time. The sum called for is a trifle compand with the benefits to result. Let ns suppose as would bo the case that teamen carr) ing 5,000 tons could 1 'ad here or in California ports, and make tho voyage via Nicanaua to Liverpool in a. month, chart! ing the tame that we now piy for a fout month's voyage around Cipe If in. Tho sav ing in time alono will ho millions yt.irly, for it will iiinouiit to thrto or four n'UitliN' intnst oi fifty millions of dolltri. The raving in it au ante tltargo will hu aa ninth more, anil gi tin .mil II ur will mike ths sin rt voyage m ninth htttti nliipe than the longer one that cios-sis the I'ljuitiu t-vice. Anitic, wona Hiilijtct to sui'li lluttuttiou in tcnuagu supply ami fuight charge .is iit'cuired lial year, when nliips made fully 'J."i ctnta a liushtl inoru than a fair price on atvtn nullum IjuhIi.Ii of our wht at. That was two millions' lo-sto(ur acciion in one season, as much .is (.ou nuiiint ii afked to piy to niauru thu canal. With the canal to (Upend on, wo could telegraph for tonnage nu.l oxpttt it heie in n month, win re is, now, wc cannot ttll what tonnage is on the way in time, or taiiuot lonii, to a ttrtait.ty, how much whoit we have to ship. With this tauil to dipeiid on, we should ho al lo to do Iiiihiikss to (.'renter a Ivantig. in nil resptct", o .nl. I an id In nig chalgul t xor! itnut fitights n tl possess ctitiinty in plncu of the untti tainty that now n t uds our commtrc. II t vt a an lutt with the aSMiimn that thu Paulina tan tl is in touri.e of tniMruttiou, and whin tompluted will .iiiawir nil nulls. 'I ho Panama scheme ih Punch ami not Auiiiiean, Our eugineeia lino always favored tho Nl?an- agua loutt', lliu saving m tlisinuto in the voyage to New Yolk or Liverpool will he a thouaand links. Thu Aiiwiian nloa si ould prciail in this repict, and givu our nation prestige and Btrtngth. ltrsnle", some way, wo tlo not have faith that tho Panama canal will be speedily built, and when l.mlt it will he iiuihr no nnlig ttion to fav. r ourcomu crce. It ceitainly will lellett no trtdttonour na tion. Lit us show the world, ami our own ptople, that wu cm taku care of our own in tensts. of a fair yield. So it ia with everything on the farm. Some men are naturally apt and succeed, while others blinder in evtrything they touch. Some learn of tin lr neighbors, and improv e by every ono's experience. They even read newspapers and gain somt thing from them. We have had this snit of mm 1. 11 us they read the Farmfk with profit Indeed, they well may, for our mission ia to glean in formation fn m hi se w hose experience ia al uable and publish for the benefit of all. Seriously, if thtrc is i o prosperity to the farmer now, when wilt it come? Millions ate spent in carrying forward great public enter- p ises, and the country has much benefit from those sources. Wheat is not dear too mant I in all their hopes nn that one staple. Mixed firming ia the solution of that tiouble. Every nun who farms well and judiciously prospeis Ihe fact is, as we have stated before, gros" navs btttcr than wheat. The fanner who practices mixed farming with good judgment will thrive mvrc certainly iu the Willamette Valley, one year with another, than his friend and neighbor who places all his hope and im pendence on wheat growing. Enillaie. DOES FARMINO PAY 7 Mi. ,1, 11. Knapp, last week, asked what oiuse havu furintra to coiupl.uu? Ho euu inuratid thu going prices of farm products to back his inquiry, called our current prices and showed that the prosperity of our farmers should unial that of funnel n nlnio-t anywhere on the fncu of the earth. Wo will work up that matter a little more extensively, follow ing his idea, Wheat is worth now a dollar a bushel at Portland, sacked, Thnt gives an average of 80 touts a lundiel over the w hole Willamette Valley, and CO to "0 cents oast of the Cas cades. It is estimated that wheat can lie grown and piy uxpeusca and interest on land, in Western Oregon, for ,10 cents a bushel; and Ktst of the Mountains for .'10 to 10 coats. If that is so, fnrmtrs of both sections can tlo modtrattly will, raising whoit at piescnt puces. O its are 00 to (15 tents heie It needs no ell. ut to show that oats nio n good crop, at i0 tents, up the valley, 1 hey tould he sold for has and ho a fair business for the product r. Hay ia high priced uverywheie. Oita ami hay wire inthei tl 1 ght tlop l.lat buiiiuiu, but hay at 31- to f 15 a ton piy a well in any coun try. Potat ua aie woith fiO iiula lui.'ll) , "i.ish up and no giuiiiUnig. ' Win n you have 'JOO lui'licls to the atru and tan nriko an aero pay $7f to $100, you .no doing well llutier ami clueae, egs niitl poultry, aie all high .riio.! lliey toat so much that a pom ii mi, or any liboriug man, finds it tlillicult to get along on hia $1 fiO to $:) a dni ami pay tho piieea for living the fanner rtieuralor the mcekstrios of life. lteif la 7 CiliU per pound I y the caroars p irk the anno, tu niton fi to tl tints, The coat of plain living, of course, la incnamd b the utiilei'a profit, but tin re ia no dt'ii)iug tint till film products biaralirm and hialtliy price. Win, then, is not the firmer hpp nu.l conti litul ! Why are limes hard ill 1 lili'ltey hard to get Time la a leaa -n fur it I'litre la a reason for v. ry thing, I he solution imut I e tint pour farming and poor luiingiiiieiit ar so pn vilent that they ijilait thu prosper on j 1'oinlition of tho country. It is a thauk le Iiiolni as to talk plain aud be. unpLaauith intiral; but if, when the ciuutry Imi at good priira for its products, a uow, faiiuers com pi mi' of' t ard tunes, how will they mitam .euu. Kea whin litter puces rule? We luw in tic til in rou n try or in town that prudent iiiiluatry places ou o iu the hail, "(ioid farming pays," The linn who culti vates wheat will, alwaya has a goexl yield. Sjme yiara p) In tttr than otlieit and yield Utter Oropa,bt.t proper cultivation never faila The report on silos and ensilage published by the Department of Agriculture gives re turns from records of practical tets made m vaiiouB parts of the United States and Can ada. The summary say s the silos are gener ally built with reference to convenience in feeding, in, under, or near the fecdiiig-rooms and may be above, below, or partly below the surface. The form of the silo is gtnerally a rectangular horizontal siction. The cylin drical f..nn 19 retommendtd, Uipth is im portant, bctausc less surfito is exposed to the air, but if too dot p theio is danger of expitfs ing juice from the tnsil.tgo at the bottom. When the contents are cut in a veiticat sec tion tho narrow silo has thu jih.ii.tigi; of i. po-ing little sulfate to the air. The capa iti of thu nlos laiiitl fiom Ildt to 17,200 tulut fitt 'I ho 1 trgist would hold about -180 toi s Practically the capacity is loss to tho cxtuit tint ensila e stttles under picture. 'I hit. should notixtetd one fouith. Stone, brick at tl couciett are ustd for walls under giound In til in soils that do not become, saturated with watei, wall aie not ctseuti.il to preser vation of eni-ilage. Abov aground, two thick ousts of inch boards, with sheathing piti hetwrtn, if support"! apain-t side pressure w ill answer, lio, mis gi ntially covtr the toj put on trni sieisely, so 'hut a pait may 1 uncoil r d wlulu the weight lcmaius on tit list. Anything lit ivy may do for the wu ght The cost of a silo i una from ,r0 cents to $." a ton. Of thu crops for ensilage, corn takes the t.i I, hut oats, sorghum, clover, Hungarian grass almost any ciop, can ho used. Corn, iorghum, and similar ciops, should be plauted in rows, the quantity of seed com varying from eight quarts to a bushel and a ha f for an acre, The common practice is to put crops in the silo, whin they have reached their lull giow tli and r. pening begins. Corn yields pei acie ah ut twenty tons of fodder. The larg- tat van ty of corn is piefeirttl for ensilage. Sweit corn by many is valued the most, though it does not yie.lt! large crops. Vanoua cutters are employed; finn cutting a half- inch or less being in favor, because the ensi lage packs elisor and is likely to keep better tli. m if toarse. While tilling the silo, the enai age should he kept level and w ell trodden, li.ipiil tilling is probably the lust. Tlic cost of tilling tho silo is fiom ten to thirty-five ttntB for labor, and S'J at tl over per ton in cludes the entile tost of 'lie crop. The ensi lage Bhould remain under pressure till cool. Tho losa by decay is neatly always light Generally the emilage has ktpt for months m the silo. It ia better to expose a new surfate daily than to cut down sections. Knsilage is fetl to milch cows with no unsatisfactory results. Several feeders consider it equal in value to ono-thud of its weight of the best hay. Thero is a decided incicase in the quun ..,.. . t.t ,..1L. xor a uouoie purpose, .anrougn ine cirain tne overplus of water is discharged. There is inly need of a certain quantity of it; the water shnu'd be down where Ihe roots of plants cau reach it, and in the shape of moisture, not of actual standing water. Fill soil with water ami most plant) wilt b.- killed by it. Moisture coms up from below. Ditch the soil and the ditch villi carry of the flowing water. Air will follow the ditch and convey moisture with it for the use of the surrounding soil. Plant roots uecl tj breathe fresh air and do well on it. Ozone is the life principle, and is in the air. Land, that is thoroughly drained, haa no water standing close to the surface, and is moist in summer. The air that follows the drains ia charged with moisture, and keeps the air moist. This is all suoh simple and easy philosophy that it ia difficult to see how a man educated, both on the farm and in the schools, could deliberately write it down that cultivation is intended to seal the earth's sur face and keep moisture from evaporating, He must hav e seen it printed somewhere and sup posed it was good logic and so used it. It is always dangerous to use other people's brains in that way, though natural to some, The best way for an editor to do ia to study before he writes, and so save his credit. If he boi rows, and gives credit, then the author 19 responsible. When our neighbor writes again about evaporation, and shows his city readers how to cultivate fauns, he had better borrow some reliiblc and standard work on the sul jett, and write from that. NEED OF MANUFACTURES. Probably w e cannot grow broom corn here, but it lurks suspicious to see irr mense piles of it come up to tho broom factories fiom San Prantisco. We can make starch here, for our fiiend 0. lVterson, of Kast Portland, nco brought us some beautiful starch made from potat c. Potitoes are always plenty and cheap, so, why di u't somebody go into starch manu facture ? P rk can be made heie, for we have done it twe ty liv e y cars ago, selling hoi's at a good piolit at six cents, while lor a year or so past pork has been worth seven to eight cents But our markets are full of bacon, hams and I ird, brought fum cast of the Missouu. We 1 avu excellent oak, maple ai d ash, and yet we bung acios the eontinci t timbtr for si igle trees, neck yokes, o yokes, wagon t uiguts, o helves, ox hows and all wacon work. Turn whero you will you can find on all sides in mufatturid .owls that ought to he made at home. U e could go into any stoic and call oil' all sorts of canned goods, meats, fish, fm it and vegetables that c me fi m other countries that should be made at home. Tho list is monotonous. It includes every branch of trade and of household needs; wu seem to have little independence in auy respect. We import plows, tools, iron and steel, farm machinery of all kinds, 'vagoos aud carri iges, food and clothing, when we possess resources that only need development to give us independence and wealth. No people can buy all things, as we do, and manufacture so little, without remaining en slaved to those who manufacture. Let us commence, in small tlung, to manufacture, and the great things will como in turn. Ot couiso a new country has to grow into all these things, so we gue notice tint enterpris ing men, with cipital and judgment to use it well, cau find a wide field here for their operations, OUR NEW DEPARTURE. Since, we announced and have practiced our intention of leaving the field of common jour nalism open to the secular press of tho coun try and confine our cflbrts to fanning nutters and such matters as are appropriate for a family journal and general literarv subjects tity and improvement in the quality of milk selected especially for tho entertainment and advancement of the farming community, we have received a number of hearty endorse ments of our course from friends. Among others, Mr. Meyer, the well known stocn man writes from Ashland, Jackson county : Asm ami, Or., Dec. 12, 1882. Mr. S. A. Claiike. Hear Sir: I see from the last I'AKMHt that you intend to drop your cencial news depirtment and devote the rAKMirt to auiicultural and stock matters. Tins ino e 1 am highly pleased w ith, and is w hat I sut'gvsted to you some years ago. My theory is that in journalism, as well as in stock raising, or tanning, there are ili-tinct and butter alter changing from dry feed to cnsilaga, which is like charging to fitsh pas ture. Tho daily rations for milch cuws are from GO to 00 pounds, with somo dry food. It is not fount! best to feed cows on ensilage alone. Tho stock fed n this food has eained both in hi alth and weight. The general use of enul lge depends, of course, on its cheap lit sa There la haidlya doubt expre-aed in regard to its piotitableness. LVAPORATION ON PAPER. The Dii-nemuuilor notices an editorial from tho OriioiniM, about the evaporation of tie uiiiiaturo iu the eaith, says lino cultivation w ill pack tho eal th so cloic as to hold thu moisture in, and that is why it is uectasary to cultivate. The (heijoniiiii'n editoutl was something of that sort, wo t'on't uie.tii.il tu bo exact. We ii.tictd it at the time, and didn't caiu to allude to it. We thought vie lud see'ii it somewhere else'. That intlueutial j iiirualis u't. n aicust'd of using its sci-s is to borrow othn people's quill work Without credit. It probably found tins going tho rounds, and thought it would lie a good idea to tl.bblo a little in tho soil, as boys am! girls make mud pica. Now, the fact cannot be that haul puked earth ri tuns moisture, litcausu when you find it solid as bricks on top, you am go down below and find it dry a dtut all the w ty I'lio tiuth ia, the air is t barged with dampness, which coiidi'iiaeis, ami chimb the lew to fall. To plow aud stir the sml icine wlut perin.ts the air topnietiato and it far ms uioiaturo with it, Stirring soil iiublet tho air ta pom trate to the iiiota i f corn or po titois, or, in Knglnnd, where they aonietim a iiil'iiate wluat, it t'irrics down moisture am! fields tor each, and it piopeily conducted will result in tho moat goo I to all concerned. It haa In come a settled poiut in stock bretding that thu old, haphazard plan of the past is not what the prist nt age rtquins. The idei of ge ting in one horse, or family of horses, an animal that is a good draft hoi so, fine for the saddle, for tho plow, a fast trotter or racer, a safe bugy norsu for ladies to drive, alsaasafo htre for the littlo folks, is no longei thou.ht of, Ihe siinu may be said of cattle. It is out of the quistion to have a Xo. 1 milk art! but ter cow, as well as a lirgo beef producer, iu the same race. The same is ttu of sheep. A man would be thought wild that would expect to haveaXu, 1 scout hound, a shep herd dog aud an active rat terrur all in the lainoi'o.-. W.CMiik. Theio ar. so many kind endorsements of tho new departure that wo ftel sure of more general appreciation of tho Faumhi thin ever before. Wo shall go on and try moio and more to identify it with agriculture through all thia rei. n and be tt-e representative of firming interests all through the Pacific Xoithwcst. Now, friends, send us on names of new sub sciibna as fast as po.-sible. Die. n 11, KiUTTAN says: "As a ru's phj ONE WEEK'S WORK. We examined the Farmer last week with considerable intrest to see if it filled the de sire we have to make it fully up to the wants of the farmers of thia region aa an agricul tural and literary journal, While it shows improvement, we confess it does not quite equal our wishes. As a farirf journal it is varied in ita information; as a news journal it is Irief, but clearly tells all faita of import ance; aa a family and literary journal it should be acceptable to all well-in'ormeil people and to all seekers alter good reading Its editorials cover different subjects, but do not quite satisfy us. Taken is whole, we believe we can arrange it more to our satis fation, but oiler it as a simple of what may be expected in the future. The greatest fault is a lack of interesting communications from practical men, and that we shall be glad to have you furnish. Let us go over that issue and see what it h:s in it. There are several articles about the country, from different aources, that ought to interest general readers. Page ono commences with a stirring en dorsement from friend Knapp of our remark that : "The Farmer must Assert Himself," etc. ; a Wisconsin farmer compares California with our region in a way that shows inde pendence and ability; Mitchell writes from Newberg at: out the codlin moth, telling what fruit growers should know; a lively sketch from the Seattle Pott Inltllhjeneer tolh about the oats "boom" on Swinomishllnt; at some leigth we ask: "Where are our Waste L tnrts ?" antl show the great extent of valua ble lind in Oiegon and Washington. The editorial page tells abiut hops and gives a sketch of hop growing on this coast; we also give askttih of boo culture in Oregon, a'ld tell about the honev dew as well ns homy; two sketches tell of go nl country on Snako river, and what a. friend siys about Middlo Oregon as a good region; a corres pondent writes about the science of trnckine by scent or imprint, possessed by animals; the exhibition car of tno N. P. R Ii. Co. described on the la't column. The fifth page has several columns of newt and triceUany and proceedings of the State Agricultural Society. On the inside Aunt Hetty's page is inter esting for mothers, wives and children as usuil; it has several nice poems, choice re ipes, pieces about flowers; how to adorn hom, 'Self-Control" and tha children's letters. Another pie has more poetry, two beauti ful "tories, and an ii tercsting sketch of travel in Wa hington and Northern Idaho. Anothor page tells about the National Grange, and has several columns besides of good farm reading. The fourth inside page is chock full of farm news and methods. Somethirg about different breeds of sheep, care of cows, care of a 1 stocck; to cure bruises on horses; Angora goats are treated of; how cranberries are ?rown over on the Sound; how sunflowers are valuable; how they reclaim dry lauds in Yak ima; how trees do well along the N, P. R. R. above Ainsworth; how they handle grain on Snake river, besides other short but really go tl things. The eighth pago Ins our summary of the wheat market and tonnage question; Mr. Knapp's review of the local markets; full re view of the California markets; the latest foreign markets by cablegram, 'lhat last page, to a practical man who knows when he is well used, is worth the $2 50 many times over. This is the sort of Willamettk Farmer we shall always make, only as much better as you furnish the means; and while is is not quite as good as we hope to make it, we don't concede that any one else has any right to complain. Our itlea of improvement is that it shall come as near as possible to suiting the condi tions of agriculture hore at home. The Farmer goes all through Oregon and Wash ington, antl we collect from our exchanges whatever relates to the development of this region. To fill the greatest measure of use fulness we should reflect in our columns the agricultural needs and capacities of the coun try we occupy. So far as possible we learn from others what isp ssiblt and write it down for our rcadors, but that can be better done by our readers themselves Make the Farmkr what we design it to le, the vehicle for popu. lar thought among farmers, and it will reilize our highest wishes for it. In this connection let us suggest that vcu can he'p us effectually if you will endorse the V Rvim tj your friends and neighbors and do something to increase its business. yielded well, but he had trouble in saving it as it was not dry when harvested. The past season he had a 6plt ndid corn crop, and when he sold out it looked "as well cs corn grown any here." We heard a gentleman from Iowa assert a few daya since that corn can grow here as well as iu any paitof Io-va. W find other testimony to the same effect. It seems thst our climate and scirons are net altogether unfavorable if the right vatiety ia planted. There are some varieties that will not ripen here. No doubt in very wet seasons it will be necessary to dry the corn in a kiln, or in some house put up for the purpose. In the corn growing West they ltt the stalks stand through the fall and save it in Decem ber and January often, but here October bringa rain, and November and following montha are bo rainy that corn would inevit ably spoil if not housed. Corn growing, un der the most favorable auspices, cannot be conducted here aa safely as in the Mississippi valley. Still it may be made profitable to grow corn in place of summer-fallowing land, and now corn is worth fully as much as wheat. Wh shall never allow that Oregon cannut raise corn, and shall contend, henceforth, that proper cultivation will make a corn crop, and good management will save it. Those who have successfully grown corn in this State and Washington will do the world a gieat benefit if they will write to the Farmer and say what variety they planted and how they did it. We also of lata hearel the remirk made that some variety of corn wojld grow hero to an enoimous sie, but wou'd i ot lipeu. That, we thought, is the solution of tho ensilat'e prob lem. If we can import seed and raise stalks of sie, and plenty of them, we cm imko fod der as tlnai ly as they cm in any part of the world. The carrying mi of dtirv work at.d fattening of stock cattle and miittfii sheep is oue of tho most impoitint incidents of good husbandry. To tlo this wo must luve cheap fcttl. Wo can grow loots, though it never seems to hav e been ib ne to any great ex tent we can grow corn, clover and rye for en silage, and have all tho ability to put meat on stock not forgetting swine that any country has. Now, iu conclusion, who will give us ex puiiente as to the best km 1 of or rn to plant aud the best way to tultivato it in Orecon? Who will tiy to grow coin fodder and fill a silo with il, and tlo it in a t'lorouji manner so as to make the experiment satisfactory ? Asking questions is easy enough, but our questions are seldom answered. Taking up the Jluiul 1'iess, of San Fiancisco, and it is tilled np with interesting communications fiom the people of that State. Are our read ers less capable ? or are they less niter sted is practical m ttters ? Those are tho questions you can answer for yoursedves. COMPARING NOTES. CORN AS A CROP. It has btcu always claimed that this is not a corn country. Many things that have been received as positively certain have become un certain with the lapse of years. It was as serted that we could not grow clover here. Native clnver oorcred the Willamette hills when the pioneers found them in 1845, but it soon died out, though it appears yet once in a while. We well remember experiments made to grow tlove r, which resulted in fail ure, but now clover seed forms an important ti.tde, and clover fields are found in many places. Th small white clever is taking in along the highwaya, the lawns, barnyard, doorways, railroada and through the woods. Thia spreading of clover Ls very beneficial. Of oiurse this ia not a corn country in the lw.t sense of the word, but the WilUmette siiatiius the i'.t t So with trees dig around sieia.ta d n t by their pn feasiot al nietho.la, Valley, which Is least favorable of all Oregon them tveaiiouilly and the moiat air wi I nud '""J'1 "P the female con.tituti in, while they for that purp0M cm rrow mm im .v, the root, and the tree will grow to eorres- f,,,0 cu" ' "-" V',c,,,'t ' .! fX United" SutL Th.il. , " . liab e 1 1 our vau.ble climate ami under cur , umwci ataves. lne average poml. The theory of summer fallow ing ia that the gr. uinl ah mid be leitritlnr 1 rse, and eun rough, theu the air will penitrata it ai d convey ammonia all through It, thua feeding It v liile it is retting from production Moist ure iu the air slacks the soil am! makes it much more productive. We pie outy super filial infoi inition iu thia line, but the gemral principles are aa we statu them, Drainage la miperfttt iiuiz.tion, SjHcial reintdi s are ,e ' pld at twenty-five bushels to the in u r qunyii iu mi ork.i 10 naimoiiY ami acre, ao,i we can grow that much here. East sirei,tlieii th enfeebled powers of weiman- ,,l m r-,,.i. hMi.iulfor m..tof theUweare indebted "' c Mountains, nd here too, corn can be topsisuna outside of tho medical roltiou. fcTOwn in Mac of a summer-fallow and will A notig th viry teat of the-e remedies I Py well, Wo occasionally hear of good re a.U..apron.inintplac to Mrs. L, K Pink- suits. Tho past season, wa. rather unuaually lain igetable Compou tl " '.lt. , . unusually t ! ( frorbl. a it wsj dry nd warm all sum- Kl'SsU ahe u the ut.iwail remedy for i mtr Mr. K. L Corner, lately of McMInn bum., seal is, cut., brui c aud fltuh weund.. viUe, had a ejo;d stand of corn in 1531, that Our friend Knapp commends to patrons and others to take the Orange Bulletin, a weekly newspaper published at Cincinnati, Ohio, for $1 60 a year. The Bulletin is exactly tho same size as the Farmer, columns are the same, same amount of adveiti-ing and reading, only ho Bulletin type is larger, then fore the Farm t R contains the most readinir. In every sense the Farmer is as expensive a paper to pub lish and more expensive. To sst our type co-ts more, and the raw ma'er al costs more. Take it all round and the Farmfb costs one half more to publish than the Grange Bulletin does. It is edited with as much ability. Yet if the Otange Bulletin had to live and work on the income the Farmer has, it would wind up in a fortnight. The Bulletin repre-eita the whole order of Patrons of Husbandry through the Uniled States, antl must have irore than ten subscribers to our one, and every week we find in it stirring appeals to granges to send more names. Now, friends, there is no region nn the face of the globe that with the small pitronage to offer, possesses as good an agricultural journal as we make here. Ten years of work has qualified us for this field, and a'l we ask is a fair support. Look through tha world and see what newspapers cost, and then tee what we givo you, and you will approoiate the value of the Farmfr and try to do something to in crease its income. The way to do it is to get others to subscribe and send its the money. It is now about the close of tho year, a time when people renew their subscriptions. Now is the time to get up lulis for the Farmer as w ell as for the Grange Bulletin. STORM AND FLOOD. For nearly all of Decemlier the weather has been rainy; at times verv heavy raina have fallen, accompanie ! in some parts of this val ley by high wind, though not t ufficient to do damage. In consequence of suoh rainfall as have occurred streams have all risen to a high stage, and considerable damage resulted. Through the counU-y bridges have been car ried away and lwjttomj overflowed. For sev eral days railroad travel was suspended in all directions, except ru the West bide road. The trestle work south of the Santiam bridge was swept away. Tho East Side road was not operated to Salom for several days because of washouts and overflow The travel up the ColumbU suffered from the same cause. A heavy washout between Wallula and Walla Walla prevented travel beyond the first-named place. Otherwise than that travel is now generally resumed. The damage dona to tha country, far and near, must be considerable, bat will soon be re paired. ' . avnsss!?9s- Hew Propriator. Jama Caa-soo, a thorouffh hotel man. ha tiken charga of the Narrow Gauge Hotel, and fitted it up in good shape, and prop;, to eep a notei second to nono of its class In tha city. It will hereafter be known as the JVf. ferson Houaa, and Mr. Canon's popularity will insure it a ood run of custom. That poor bedridden, invalid wite, slater, mother, or daughter, can be made tha pictura of health by a few bottiaa of Hop Blttora, H i H o li then yfir t when w easily cuiedl tamumumn