Willamette farmer., December 29, 1882, Image 1

VOL. XIY.
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B0B3CRIBE FOR THE FARMER.
Portland, Dee. 25, 1882.
Editor Willamette Farmer :
As this is near the close of the year, a time
when many subscriptions expire and renewals
are mide, it may not be amiss to express a
few thoughts on this subject, which the time
and thn occasion suggests.
In c mvert-ation with, and in my communi
cations to farmers, I have often remarked
that every farmer should take the leadirg
farm journal of the State where he resides:
that he cannot afford to do w ithout it. In a
pecuniary point of view, in the matter cf dol
lars and cents, I maintain and' defend this
propos tion. The fatmer'a life is'a busy onej
his whole time and mind )s 'occupied iu his
rocation; ho live remote front tovVis and
cities, the centers of trade where' he expects
to find 'market for the fruits of his toil. He is
vitally 'interested in knowing what his brother
farmers are producing; vitally interested in
knowing the stato of the market; vitally in
terested in knowing when to sell his products
and in knowine what he can probably get for
them. How can he obtain this much needed
information ! The Faumeu proposes to supply
it, dues furnish it; it gives the market report',
corrected every w etk, and forecast 3 the prob
able condition for the future; notices the
circuniftauces and conditions that arise to
affect it, whether favorably or unfavorably; it
furnishes free a me Hum through which farmers-may
communicate with their dies to reek
and acquire any information upon any a' d all
subjects affecting their interests. How can
he supply this want except through some
snch intdium ? I'll tell jou how a ftw supply
it, thit in the course of my business I as come
under my cbstrvnti'ii. Within a circu.t of
from eight to twenty miles of this city, at
points remote from I lie railioad, furm'rs come
iu their wagons with their produce, peihaps
once a im nth, perhaps only mico or twice a
year. One man comes in with his load and
sells it out, and on his return informs his
neighbors of the prices he oblaintd, and the
pries s he paid for supplies purchased; and
one by one as the different neighbors go to
tewn, each one on his return furnishes the
needed information. They co opeiate together
to economize, to save cpcn e, and they do
save expense, and they do save the cost of
taking a paper, and save the time that would
be wasted in reading it. I am happy to say
this class of farm economists are not very nu
merous, hut thero are a few; they ay they
can't afford to take the Firmer; it cost? too
mnch; and 6ome of the more intelligent
among them have a feeling that they ought to
take a piper, a sort of vague impression that
they will lose caste if they do not; so we find
a (ew d, take an agricultural paper, published
way back in some of the lnlind towns of
Missouri. Wisconsin, Indiana or Pennsyl
vania, which costs fifty cents or a dollar per
year. The fifty cent ones are the most com
mon; they are practicing economy; with th. m
-paper's a paper; one from the latitude" of
Florida suits just as well as from the latitude
of Maine; it's no difference to them if th lat
itude and 1 ngitudc, the roils and the produc
tion of the different localities aro widely dif
ferent. Theso aro matters that do not concern
them. ''It's economy that we are practicing,
and don't you forget it; we can't aff ml to pay
9'2 50 for a farm paper when we can get one
fet fifty cents; your city folks can take all the
papei a that are printed, but we can't." Well,
such arguments are clinchers; it is a waste of
time to try to refut them, so we will change
th subject and test their economy. They
come to town with their produce. The
'larper who keeps a little 7 by 9 dinuy, with
coon skin, a buck horn and an empty chicken
coop for a sign sees them afar off; he recog
nise his game as readily as a sportsman
picks out a' duck from, among a flock of
birds, and he goes for'.him, kindly informs
him the ma'rk'tiprioe,nd don't tears him
till be bas consummated his trad ; such dis
interestedness, such suavity of manner, such
sAorfaence and such persistence? is sure to win.
Tlw 'fanner' recognized his new made friend
a an economist also; he sees evidence of it
in his chaip.sigas, in the tptal abstnee of
paint1 and glittering show,' To illustrate, I will
give a caee in 'point that occurred several
ieninV since': 'due of this class came with
a wagon load of oats, and met a purcha er
in the' outskirts of town, and actually sol i
lit'lna'd at eight cents per bushel less than
the, mitket price i of that dar. Kit lit cents
per biyhjl .D. 1? busheht i only (I, the
anion 1. 1 he lost on Mat load. It is unneces
sary w state befwas not a'sabs'enber to the
'iitMnt."He!Temained in'4ciwn-over niht
fice eki .g ioforJ'o,jjlf as I wis cot
specially busy I devoted the timo imparting
to him that for which he was seekiug. freely,
without cost, and I could not resist the
temptation which the opportunity offered to
impart a practical lesson illus'rating his style
of economy. I labnred to convince him that
he had similar experience every timo he
came to town, and similar losses, although
he was not aware of it, and that ho would
have gone home this time in blissful ignor
ance ot his loss thit dsy had 1 not po'nted
it out to him, He was considerably amused,
and made good resolutions, end satd "He'd
be d d if he'd be ought that way again."
I showed him that if he took the Farmer
and read it, ho would be fortified against
similar experiences before he left home, and
save in a year many times the price of the
subscription. He partly promised to take
the Eakuek; be could not do it then, for
his losses of that day bore too heavily on
him to admit of it Ten to one he will keep
on in the same old rut, and a similar expe
rience will be enacted every time he comes
to town. Evidently with him gray hairs
have not brought wisdom. This is not an
iso'aW case; they occur frequently under
my observation. Intelligent people recog
nize the principle that next to food and
clothing a yootl paper is a necessity. The
different trades and professions support peri
odicals devo'ed to the advancement of the
interests of the calling they represent.
The physician patronizes the medical jour
rals; the lawyer those devoted to law; the
merchant those devoted to trade and com
merce; the lumbermen and ironworkers each
have journals devoted to the particular indue-
tries they lepresent; the different religious
societies, the Masonic, Temperance and Odd
Fellow societies all have their papers and
i lumals to set fotth and advocto the
claims and pri iciples of each pirticnlar
association; and these, are carried on and ed
ited by practical men, men who know of their
own knowledge whereof they write.
But how is it vith the faimers J We have
plenty of farm journals, edited by men whos
trade it is to make newspipcrs; they are made
to sell; they edit with a pair "f sciss rs in
stead of a pen, and when they do at etnpt an
editorial, they betray tn the practical farmer
their ignorance of the subject they write
about: they mix in their scisaorings and re
vamp the material and piss it to tha una
phist citad as pure coin. Such papers re,i ind
mi of a dish of hash that has been turned and
turned aniinxen up arid appeared on the table
of a second-ra'e boarding-hbu.se for the fourth
time, and every time un ler i different snapn
a,ncfname.-Thelfjmertakest because t is
resDectanle to tako' a paper;" b;ojuo it is
cheap, because he can get it for four bits,-be-cause
it ia cheap way of satisfying ths p p-
ular demand that hi ought to take a f inn
piper. But we have farm journals thit are
edited by men of thought, men of briins
men who have bronzed their faces in the fi Id
and hardened their muscles at the plow han
dle, men who are practical an I who write
from practical experience, some of them car
rying on experimental firms and giving the
public the benefit of their expeijences, dis
trihuting valuable seeds and plants to th. ir
patrons, disseminating and stimulating a
spirit of improvement among the farmors
The farmer who takes such a paper if there is
any get up in him, will imbibe moie or less of
its spirit and be stimulated to better ways
and methods; he gets more than value re
itived for his money; he sees his own deh
ciencies and makes better provision for ids
children, and the spirit of iniprivement is as
sured for the next generation. But, Mr Ed
itor, the other day I came acroBS a curiosi y,
a farmer who said he did n.it take any piptr;
did not waat any; had no use for a paper. He
has a good farm, plenty of stock, is a gopd
judge of stock, can read and write, is nu
body's fool, sharp enough in busin ss, out of
debt yoa,woold not get him in debt if you
should try. ' What shall we do ith such a
man ! How can we get at him ? Csn e in
vent some sort of a literary hornet's n-ft and
g-t it under him to aronse hiui? I peuse (oi
suggestions; he's worth raising if it can be
done.
I have in my mind's eye another cae of a
different type; he takes the Frmer and reals
it; also takes other farm and literary 'iiapers
and he takes the best; none ot the cheip f r
him; he's a sort of a critical genius; makes
invid.ous compirisotii,.ays the editoriali are
g rod, but J hat it ought to have a corps' of able
correspond -nt, like, foritince, tbeAiiicri
can Amir'van Agriculturist and Ilural .NTtr
Vorltr. Now, Mr. EeJ.tjr, I'think these com
parisotis are unfair aji'ruf Juft, y Hat's tmM
you think of a man who would stmd and rid
icule the eff.rti of a tottling child in its first
att-mfU o walkHjveauss'hejtJoji'J stri leotf
like a man?
II iw would our inlignstiiu boil
if sonis foreign "shotlTcpiS land
u I
on our
PORTLAND, OREGON,
wharves and, after surveying the surround
ings through his eye-glas. we should pleas
antly accost him thus : "Well, how do you
like the looks of our city ?" and he should re
ply ; "Aw, I should suppose it would answer
the purpose of a backwoods town pooty well,
ye know, but it's no comparison to London or
Paris, ye know." I should ask him, "How
old is London and Paris !" How many gen-'
erations and centuries of toiling millions has
it aken to rear those vast piles of mechanical
skill and architectural splendor?" How old is
Portland ? Not yet a generation. We pio
neers well remember tho original stumps and
forest trees iu Front and First streets; we re
member the foiests beyond; we have'nt for-
gntten the first winter, how we waded the
mud, as everybody did, lawyers ail ministers
and doctors as well as the clod hoppers with
our pants tucke 1 inside our boots, when there
was not a sidewal'c nor a plank to walk on.
The journals alove-mentioned are all older
than the Farmer; they have within a circuit
of 100 miles a rural population to snpport
them greater than ill this Northwest Coa-.t;
they have a large circulation, and are thus
able tn support able correspondents, and at
the same time afford a first-class paper at a
low price. If these critics will have patience
the Farmer will in time come up to this im
proved stmdardof excellence, and if they will
take a little pains to secure additional new
subscribers among their neighbors we would
arrive at the desired tioint sooner. I call on
nil such to just put i'l their oars and helpthis
craft over the rapids. I call on Mr. Critic to
give us a specimen of able correspondence;
come down off that high stool of criticism on
w hich you have perched yourself, a d get out
your old rusty at-el pen and cor-tributa'eome-fiing
to aid in building up this new Nor'h
west, the home of our adoption, to something
tike your ideal standard. I say sganyand
would repeat it, subscribn f' r the Farucr;
contribute to tho Fahmfr; help extend the
circulation of the FARMhK; help to make it
what it hould be, and what you wish it tt be,
a first-class agricultural piper, prac ical and
ndapted to the latitude in which we labor.
In one branch of agriculture the editor has
marked buccbs; he stands in tho front rank;
his experience is worth something; ho takes a
deep int rest in all; he does not edit with a
pair of scissors. Mr Edit ir, I lose all patience
with 'hese would-be critic ; I have not ex
hausted tho subj ct. but certainly hnvo ex
hiustid all re 8 nable space; I don't know
wheie to clip it short, and will le ve it for
you tobodtlown and condense wiihiu reison
il)le limits. J. B. KNArr.
Is the Pig a Nuisance?
Is the pig a nuisance in the village ? lie is
and he is not, just as he is managed. On the
farm he has his place yet, as an indispensable
worker, and cheap source of food andfertiz
ers. But iu the village, where (esthetics
sometimes interfere with profits, people are
g tting lastidious, and avoi 1 the pig pen as a
nuisince. It would be a nuisance, perhaps,
under the eaves of a dwelling, managed in al
most any way. But at tin back end ef the
village lot, where the barn, if thero is one, is
Incited, there the sty may be safely placed
without offense to eye, ear, or nostril, and
with decided prefit. It is tilts cheapest source
of good pork, ham, shoulder, sausige, head
cVesc, and lard, that a village can hare. As
a manufacturer of fertilizers for the village
gadeu, the pig cannot be beatdn. He turns
every weed, sol, vt'gctibic, fiuit, aud all
kitchen vasto into go'd, "Ah ! but he
-ijuials!" Then feed him more, an 1 he will
be quiet as a 1 imb, all day and all niht. "A I
Put tho pen is uiisigbtlj !" Tlut is your fault,
not bis. . Kven the sty has its aesthetics, and
it may be made "a thing of beauty and a joy
f irevrr" if you like. "Well, be anvils badly,
any way." No, sir. Not it you take proper
care of him. Give him a sheltered bower for
his nest, and plenty of st&w or leaves, and he
will keep his bed as clean, as a parlor, fine
Imn, plenty of innck or peat, gaiden soil, head
ands, or absorbents of any kird, and lie will
? thorough!; observe tha Mosaic law in re
gard Vaninml wasUs, thit no niihbor of
y ur shall mutrmt that a pig is within a mil
if your premises. The hedth committee of
the viflage will never smell you out, or enter
complaint against your sty. Dei not lay your
fi s of omission at the door of the dumb
beast. lie has his lettlietio side, and odly re
quires a fair share of attention to be made or-
iiuaental as well as useful. Please take par
ticular notice that we ras our own pork, eat
home. cured hams, an I know the Wi.uiau wl o
nuku soursauiae meat A wertain Ayncul'
turitt,
. ''Wise men say nothihgi In dsnjerous
time." Wi-.e man use ih ttiiig in ilang-r.'Ul
disuases but thn he.t ami ni'sit approved
rrineUits. TtU Kidney Wujt is employe 1 1
univerauly In cae ot m.ea-e I lytr, uiuney
and btjvrrh. '"It ' ill tost yuu 'but a trifle to
tiy il.-.aud tin ieuU will bo most dclfghUuV'
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1882.
Visit to Lake County.
Prlnevllle Ne,
If one hi possessed of a sufficiency of con
stitutional strength ('lit greatest draft is
made on the elbows an lungs) to endure a
ride of one hundred and Iffty miles behind a
bunch grass buggy team, a trip across the
desert south i f us might afford a series of in
cidents and pleasures unexpected and un
locked for in a country that is just beginning
to awaken into life. We (there are always
two of us) were encouraged to believe that
the necessary ability was in our possession,
and after taking leave of varioua friends who
almost wept for jov at our departure.launched
ourselves upon the vast deseit. Most aus
picious were the circumstances that attended
our departure and fust day a travel. Twenty-
five miles travel over a hard aud level, but
somewhat dusty road, through extensive
ranges of never failing bnncb grass, where
hundreds of cattle industriously grazed,
brought us to our hotel for the night.t This
favcrite resort is situated on the outside of
Bear Creek Buttet, in a narrow canyon. Some
idea of its narrowness may be gained when it
is known that the house is on one hill, and
the front porch is on another. The landlord
bad all of the characteristics teculiar to his
da's, and, of course, was glad to see us. We
discovered the source of his joy after paying
our bill next morning. But the next day's
drive was even p eosanter than the first, if
possible, thot'gh the scarcity of water was a
drawback, that so far as tho team was con
cerned we had supplied ourselves with a
bottle of water lefnre leaving home. And
after ending this day's jnurney.whioh brought
us to the celebrated watering plsos known as
Button springs, we we'e sorry thot-we had
not brought bread, also. This paradisical
hole-in-the-ground is between sixty and sev
enty miles south of Prinoville, and is t ccupied
solely for the purposo of accommodating the
unfortunate tiaveler. Here the weary pil
grim may find food and res' a'ter a toilsome
journey of forty milos, eitht r coming or going.
The ranch was located jears an by an enter
prising individual who discovered a spring
near the imturai roadway, and rewarded him
self by Belling water t thirsty men and am
mils Of course, he had things all his own
way, and sold at 2." cents a drink, or rather
2"i cent) a fill, which is about thn same thing
in this country, aud it is said that he used to
charge two bitB to look at a man ritlo by.
This was about the same as an average silver
mine, but one day a mean fellow discovered a
nice little lake just over the hill, and there
was a sudden depreciation in the value of
Button spring water. We coul 1 get no satis
factory answer to our earnest inquiries ob to
whether tho former proprietor was dead or
not. Dr. Thompson acted as host of the
evening, but was there only on probation.
Ho complained of the ill-arranged home, and
general inconvenience of things. Ei'her tho
door was too low or tho Doctor was too high,
for he had to double up like a jnck knife and
" scoot " in or out, as occasion required. The
fault might have been with the door or the
Doctnr, but tho latter failing was one over
which he had no control, and as ho only in
tended to remain this winter, hud concluded
to make no chmues. Another 40 miles drive,
under a clear sky, and past a continuous se
ries of the most b autlful landscapes wo ever
beheld, but uninhabitable on account of the
absence of w.i'er, wo arrived at Silver lake,
where wowcro intertaliKtl will true hospi
tality. This ldke is situated in the midst of
an extensive gra-s pn ducing country, and its
shores are dotted wi'h the resiliences cf the
settlers. Rummer lake lcs about 15 mil s
Bouthof Silvtr lake, and is much larger, be
ing upwards of 20 miles in length, with an
average width of seven or eight miles. On
thn west shore of Summer lake are many fine
stock ranches, as well as large tracts of valu
able agricultural land.
Our real dtstination bc-in reached, a glance
at the surroundings reveal-d some of the most
beautiful farms one might imagine. True
these places am net yet under high cultiva
tion, nor on amented with very gnat im
provements, as time is required to do all this,
but their natural beauty and advantages are
apparent, and before many veirs have come
and gone. Summer lake settlement will be
one of the cosiest ami 1 asantest neighbor,
hoods, so far as natural reaouro-s and beauti
ful surrounding go to moke this, In the State.
We spent several pleaai,t days with our
friends, Messrs. Dillard & Partin, who aie
engaged in the cattle humrie-s, und iu tho
meantime took iu t'i'i sights aud hospitality of
Paileey, a Uautilully situated ami a fine,
growing town. This latt r p ace is built up'ju
the banks of the Lhevtauc u river, 10 miles
south of Sum im a lake. I! irg built far in
land, like cur owu t;wn, arid depending
mainly en the stock men for supp re, iti Ilia
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ilistlibutliig'noiu't for a Vat territory
There are two atores, well filled with gen
eral merchandise, and both doing a lively
business. Two blacksmith shops, one hotel,
livery stable, saloon, and, in fact, a fair rep
resentation of the various trnd"s and profis
s'ons thst aro nocesary to the growth and
progress of a town, Paisley, also, has a neat
and commodious school houe, wcIfurnished,
and at present occupied by a lafge school.
Also, a town hall, built and owned by J. P.
Cochran, an enterprising business man and
merchan. It is large, well arranged and an
ornament to the place. AVe would be pleased
to mention, in detail, the many pleiaitre tw;
joyed at this very lively little towri, brtalavs)
not space to do so. We called at th'e took
faim of Mr. Foster, and had tho ploashreof
seeing some of the finest runners in the State,
among whom wag Lulu Itiggs, in tho full en
joyment of home life. The sports and adven
tures of our voyage to Lake county, if all
told, would make a volume, but let this suf
fice for the present, as we hopo to
bo able to give a bi ttcr general descriptive
artiole under tho same heading before many
months. After two weeks spent in relax
ation, away fr m the cares of business, as
well is Seeing from the appointment to some
high official h"n r, we returned to our hnmci,
aud were almost as well pleased at our sa'e
return, as our friends were happy to see ns.
The Danger to Our Orchards.
Wo find in the weekly Sacramontn Record
Union a report of a lecture, dclivertd before
the State Orange, of the Patrons of Husband
ry, at Stockton, bv Chief Executive Horticul
tural offieer. Matthew Cooke, of Sacramento.
We hope to find sfacefor' the publication of
this'ipstflicuve document enti e. It is full of
valuable "fnforination, an ' much of it addressee
itsalf directly to tho farmtr, stot k giower and
fruit raiser of this Tcrrit n y. Mr Coketikoi
for his themo, "The pes's that attack true,
fiuit, grain, vine and flowir" IncideiitiUy
Mr. Cooko referred to t ie di-taes which nt
tack our four foitcd frie tls, bucIi hb tho horsu
bot fly, the scale mito wbn li produces ecab i i
sheep, e'c. One portion of Mr. Cnokit's be
tine pocsesses ptrhaps a noiti immediate in
tercst for our rcidcrs than a y other. Were
f-r to what hn has to Biy ab nit the apple treo
pests. The woily nplns, liu sijs, is n grtut
pet to fruit g ovvtrn, c mating of white
blotches seen on limb a d tru ksoflrotB It
lives on the roots iu thn winter, and ascends
tho tiee in the. spiiog. An npl.is, of this
sptcics, produces ninety-five oung in 21 days
and ten broods a viar, the tenth genciatitui
numbering (no quint lhon Its eff.cts are oV
8ervabbi in a hard, dry, brittlo condition of
tho tree, which i, morcov r, covered with
piotubcranccs. Coil oil is mire destruction,
but dangerous to the treo. A safe and effect
ive process is to wnsh the treo with a decoc
tion of tobacco at a temperature of 130 deg.
Tho apple leaf lriuso, which Mr. Cooke says,
is plentiful iu the Saciamt nto Vall-y orchards,
from whence it wts doubtless introduced into
Oregon, and brought thence to this Territory,
is of a dark green color. They complitely
over tho surfaco of the. leavt . Mr. Cooku
siys: "Such trees, when iloriniut, should be
washed with an alkali u solution of eonccn
tiated lyu -one pound to each gallon of wa-t-r.
SpriV the leaves and fru t in early sum
mer vvith a solution of whilo oil snap; but
whale oil soap and sulphur mixed is a prefer
able remedy one pound of s ap and sulphur
to each gallon of water." This pest, Mr.
Cooke says, is ccitain to spreid alarmingly if
not checked.
Our i rchardists have a diBigreoible experi
mental ktiowlcdg of the t nth of this lattnr
asertion of Mr. CooLe. We bavii heretofore
urged iu these columns the uigaiuation of an
active, well orderrd, snil intelligent associa
tion of horticulturists in this Terntory, and
we now icuew the suggestion.
The recommendations tn.tlei by Mr. Cooku
aro entitled to weight and r spect, and th i
remedies he pro so for thn particular pest
wrich is doing so much mj'My to our apple
orchards ought at Uat by giv. u a fair trial by
those nf our fruit grow err who nisi eto save
their trees from destruction. In this connec
tion wo suggest that there are m this territo
ry, especially iu the western p.rtofit, thou
sands of trees, plant d many J ears agt;, w Inch
at best produce on y an lipurn r quality of
fruit. They have outlive I their usefulness,
anl now gnarled, withered anil verimii in
festeel, serve no earthly purpose, s eve as 1 refill
ing houses fur theH ix ats, w Inch rci ilon g so
much hrui,nil threaten to do much more.
It would b a graceful ami pol'liu spirited
act if the owners of such tries would cut tlnm
down and male tliejaood of them, destiny
them ut erl, root ai d I riiieh. '
Pruit gultur pan Im ludlea ea iijMo d-
.' . -.-.'. .. " - ..
junct t . our pio,.c-ri.y i( mutinnc u.rtcu, Br)fWU , j;0(, ., ,f Je act. ,)
the business; but if It l t'j lid.cuiKliicU.il.witu rvt6iniij tu li&il'li dlld MreitH
L toUliiuregaldt'Jthepialeiltialriileeiv.hrehlni uret ' -' "''.'
NO. 4G
most be observed in ortltr to mike nuv busi.
n sa successful and remunerative1, we may as
well make tip our minds to pay liliculously
extravagant prices for impirted articles,
whish, after all, are not as good as we can
raise at homo
We again invito and urge attention to this
subject, and shall be very glad to receive com
mnnications from our fruitgrowing friends on
this, subject, whether they su.-pest other
remedies than those proposed by Mr. Cooke,
or embody the results of experiments made is
accordance with his plan.
We may remark further that Mr. Cooke
'tales that a species of aphis tn'e 'ts pear trees,
which can be destroyed by tbo same treatment
recommended for the apple la if lnuo. T
kill the pear tree slut he recomuvnds a liba
eral application common dry dust or pow
dered lime, although jtwill be found, ha.
thfciks, that a thorwsijh washing with whale
oil soap'aMeatrJUrlwet.1 c
jaui mere i potmuen us invere& ami vaiue
in Mr. Cooke V lecture that it ia impossible to
epitomize it in an artio'e like this.
We trut that our fruit grow, rs will Kccond
oor efforts ta create a' healthy public senti
ment on this subject "If cannot bo muck
longer n-tlrcted without larionB loss and dam
age. Srattle Pout IntrlRydtett.
Sheep Husbandry. ft
We Itavo frequently sharpened our pencil to
write articles in favor of m re slieepr n'ing ia
Iowa, but suddenly there, ootnii t our tninj
the infanv'os sheep-killing do:,' And vet
there are millions of acre in I a j h suitntj
for shoe p pastures which nui-i lm i la, and
tales paul on them uvcry ye at- Im rougi
Ua bordering on all of our stro i, I rge and
small, now occupied plainly with w luslns,
with -litfp aim wjtii a little wp.u application
of labor, ccrujcl baidn as pr fi'al In us any
other land jn th,e State, Sheep, himovi'r can
n'tt prosper on hazel brush, sip 'a n d other
brush and bnars, but with go ! i.isuionf
bluo gnseorcluwr coiitigtmu-, t t will clear
the soil nf all the tra ll now i ' "lei ng the
growth of grass. 'I hero aro tbtni nnls of far
mers in Iowa tilling nud pistui ng not over
half of their land aud paying In avy tiixea oa
hizel brush to support vipahmut .liters voir
after yosr, just for tho rcasni t i nil ins of
men who have amasi d enourh t livo mi by
overreaching the feeble nn iiitelleu in urn too
lazy to work, owning anil sta vmg pn ks nf
log fin sporting purposeB. T i.-se oic i will
tell you that it will not do to f i I f i d these
dogs, for tliei reason that it inaUes t'iu n lizy,
and thev v ill not hunt. Ilenc" they are kept
half starve I, in which londpi u tiny range
the country nights f r tometl In ' t it. It
matters not whether it lip asp p gs, or
calve. They, however, profeir iniittnii. Not
until these dug nuisances, or tp n mvnciH, are
auppres'cd, can it be expectod Hi it ho wasre
pieces iu Iowa will hu utiluni! Sbn. p hus
bandry requires careful atteutii , but it is a1
pleasant business and more) proli'iible fop the
amount of capital invested than uiino-t any
other branch of industry. They k-ep firm
from being overrun with weo is in I bn rs,
Improve! tho futility of the s II, mil witk
stnng'mt dog laws, would sound uu of the
most extensive! and profitable unlit tries of
Iowa,- luua Stutr lltijuilrT,
Bhecp
The reasons why firmeis do nu urn e gen
erally ke-e p Bhcep are various, t' piinipal
onet, bowi-vci, being that the av t .tt farmer
elO'B not Imp I linself posted in wh i" is going
on about him iu tho world. 1 1st tnk.s life
easy; stes littls of the world; is content to
read that cltss of agricultural piipt m tlut are
givrn away with thosdvcrtisemei t- the) eon.
tainfrtr Bold at a merely ikuiiiiiI price.
Hence, he gets not only cheap reti'l l. 1 ut in
formation calculated to lead him 'Mmy The'
wi hu tills yields so bountifully th t Im take
little or no care of the future, i nd is eont nt
with wheat after wheat, ami other g aim after
their kmd, to 1 sold i If tho fum w . n they
should bo fed. He las hesid thit .Bmip'u
li of is gdib'ii t- tho anl; but He d es not
know why. lie has heard that the Incppaje
tlce; but lm does i ot know li w
tho why and the bow that cr .i
wealth of all civilirsd nations; t
anil the how .Imply mtaniiitl.
money out of thn means at ouit e
shoald b remembered that th
U'B the soil whereon it feeds,
llcth unil wool fredn iindelothe
dretls of millions of the popul i
oarlh. 'I limit ley the fetot nl t
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