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Cerebral Spinal Meningitis
Scio, I.I.SN Co., Or., Jan. 30, 1833.
Editor Willamitte Farmer :
As you havo a veterinary surgeon in connec
tion with your valuable paper, I wish to write
concerning a disease that is raging among
horses in this vicinity. There his a great
many valnable horses died in this neighbor
hood! I have lost two. I will endeavor to
describe the symptoms of this disease : The
first symptoms noticeable is a staggering in
the hind legs, holding his head down with
rather a sleepy appearance; when raising his
head to drench him it cramps him all over.
- Wim1n liumo io gAh Ixttur h has a
alight cou eli at times, with a drawing in of
the flanks; will eat any old dry substance that
comes in his way. Hoping to hear from your
vttennary surgeon through the t armer, ana
also from am one who is interested in this
subject. Mr. Editor if you will answer
through the Fakmlii it will greatly oblige
an old subsenrjer. i. Ju. cuashrr,
t&lso a correspondent of the Harrisburg
Disseminator, from Scio, writes as follows con
cerning the disease that prevails among horses
in that county :
Your writer interviewed P. O. Smith, a
man that has a great deal ot experience, and
by the way a graduate in that department, in
regard to this disease. He says it is not Uie
staggers nor the pinkeye that is prevalent in
other parts of the country, from the fact that
the medicine given ior eitner unease men
tioned, or that as prescribed by our doctors.
ax a euro, has no effect upon them. Smith
says the first symptoms of the disease that
are noticeable, is the contracting of muscles,
wildness about the eyes, standing upon ne
leg, then changing to another; some will reel
or stagger with the hind parts; a few falling
(a "down at once and very few ever gain their
ft 'feet again. The head is constantly held
parallel with the body; the attempt to raise
the head for drenching often throws them into
fits or spasms; generally as soon as you an
net their bowels moved are apparently re
lieved at once. Many think it is .fern or
other dry feed as oat straw, but others do not
consider that reasoname, ior wnere mey nave
sot the least particle of fern and do not feed
straw of any kind, nothing but clean timothy
hay, they have the disease as well. Mr
Smith thinks it is the filth we feed our horses
in rats and hav that has much to do in brum-
ing on the disease. We would like to hear
from anyone tnat can advance a. .new mea on
this subject; would like to hear Dr. Withe
comb, of Portland, spoken of through the
Farmer very highly, give his views upon this
disease, ot its origin, remedy ana prevent
tive.
RErLT. In order to give a correct diagnosis
of disease of a complicated nature, it is
highly necessary for a person first to be some
what acquainted with the morbid conditions
of the different organs, as found in a jjosC
mortem examination. The disease is evidently
accompanied w.th a sympathetic nervous
affection, apparently analogous to Cerebral
Spinal Mtneagdit. I am strongly of the
opinion that the primary cause ot tne nervous
aflcotioa is some form of epidemic influenza,
very probably a typhoid form of that disease,
ana the meningial affection is due to morbid
changes in the blood, superin laced by the in
fluenza and resulting in disintegration of the
tilnnl r&niuilea. etc The tetanic snisms
! (cramps) of certain muscles, as mentioned by
Mr. Burnett ana tne correspondent a: tne
I Harrisburg Di-nemuuitor, are indications that
A the nerve centers are considerably involved.
f It is hardly possible that the primary cause
E ! of the nervous derangement, lays in the feed,
' I tnr if fhn frerl was the oulv potent a?ent. the
disease would not appear as on epidemic, but
only occur in isolated cases. It is well known
by veterinarians that unwholesome seed,
umtfr and imnroDer sanitary regulations of
the stable are extremely liable to produce
spinal menengitis. r ungus is a iruitmi agent
in producing menenigial diseases, and it is pos
sible that some seas-ins are more favorable
than others towards the production and de
velopment of ceriain fungus or cryptogams on
plants that are utilized for fodder, but this
fungus or mildew is asually con6ned to plants
of the same species. If the diseased horses
have been fed one particular kind of ft-cd, it
would be well to investigate that substance.
But it is shown above that the disease attacks
horses, irrespective of the kind and quality of
feed that they have consumed, which shows
conclusively that the generative agents
are elsewhere than in the feed. The cough
me: 'ioned by Mr. Burnett is a symptom of a
catarrhal or bronchial affection that accom
panies influenza, and the reason that it does
not appear until the conva'escency of the pa
tient is probably due to annsthesia.
Although it is almost impossible for me, in
the absence of any knowledge of the principal
symptoms, such as the state of the pulse, the
appearance of the membranes of the ej e and
nose, temperature, and antithesis (losi of
sensation in certain muscles, which almost in
variaoly accompanies spinal menenigiti,j to
arrive with any degree of certainty to a cor
rect conclusion as to the real nature of the
disease. The symptoms given above are ntE
cient to enable me to form an opinion, r gird
ing a rational mode of treatmeut to pursue, in
order to a'lewate the distaje. I'eention, an
ounce of which is worth more than a pound of
cure '.n stables or neighborhoods where the
disease is raging. It is very necessary to pay
strict attention to stable regulations, feed,
water, and all iw the hor.-es to exercise them
selves regularly, turn them in the pasture on
fine days, keep plenty silt within their reach,
so that they can lick it at leisure, not compel
them to cat it by mixing it with the feed.
Twice a week feed them warm bran mash (not
too w et) w ith a small tableBpoonf ul of the fol
low ing powder in it: Pow lerri sulphate and
Fenngreek of each 2 ez., Gentian 6 oz. mix,
To horses that are in a stable where the dis
ease has broken out, j.ive them a warm mash
every night, with 2 teaspoonfuls of the above
mentioned powder in it; in cases of obstinate
constipation, add a pint of thick flaxseed tea
or gruel to the mash. Horses that have not
been accustomed to getting medicine in their
feed, it is necessary to omit feeding them for
a meal or two, befo.o offering them the medi
cated feed.
Treatment of the diseacd ones So soon as
they exhibit the brat symptoms of the disease,
take all the hay and straw away from them,
and feed them nothing but warm bran mash f.
Put them in a warm but well ventilated sti
hie, if thev seem cold blanket them, and rub
their leg occasionally, so as to keep up an
active circulation in the extremities. If there
is no tendency to spasms or nervous excite
ment, apply a mustard blister to the sides,
breast and throat. Take 6 tablesponnfuls of
ground mustard, make into a thin paste with
warm water, and rub in with the hand, repeat
the application of a very light mustard bhster
on the same place every other day. Give 30
grains of cinchunidiisulpha'e in a little Mater
twice daily, or if the patient is difficult to
drench, put the powder into a tablespoon and
put it back on his tongue dry; also pive a pint
of good flaxseed tea morning and evening, if
they refuse to eat it in the mash drench them
with it carefully. In cases, w here there are
symptoms of nervous derangement, such as
spasms or contracting of the muscles Feed
and give tho tea as mentioned above. If there
is constipation, give first -sulphate oda 8 oz.,
in pint of warm water as one drench. Then
eive bromide of potas-ium 3 drams in a little
water every fosr hours; also rub some of the
following lotisns .three times daily, rll along;
the bade. "Tinct. arnica 4 oz., ammonia mu
riate, nitrate potash of each 2 oz., water 1 qt.,
mix; also give injections per rectum every four
hours until the bowels move of tepid castile
soapsuds, when the symptoms indicate that
the disease is considerably mitigated give the
cinchonidia twice daily, instead of the
bromide. It is presumed by the writer that
all the drenching wAi bo done through the
mouth, and the reader of this will not follow
the inhuman practice of drenching through
the nose. j as. tvith combe.
Mr. A. D. Gardner, of Fox vaSey, wntes ns
also on the above subject, and we would refer
him to tko article by Dr. Wifhycombe as a
diag now of the disease.
The Winter Season
Polk Oju.ntv, Fel. 12, 1883.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
The wuter is leaving us, but as leaving ite
traces behind, unfortunately for the farmer.
Itistoosaon yet to count "the -cost with ac
curacy, but from appearances, we should
think that most of the grain was gone up, es
pecially where sheep were permitted to run
on the grain, it looks as though it were all
dead. On red land on -the hills tie land is all
puffed up or raised up, and w e fear that all
the grain en that kind of land is ruined.
Spring wheat is sure to be in demand. All
barley sown in the fall is past redemption.
As to oats, like a heat, it is too early yet to
form a correct judgment, but tram appear
ances there is no show for it to sur ive Many
have lost all their potatoes. No stock has
been lost that o havo heard of, probably for
the reason that there are not many to lose.
A few lambs were lost during thine heay
windy nights by those wh keep only a small
band of sheep. Most of the farmers who keep
over a hundred head of sheep regulate them
so that their lambs will come in March and
April, but one early lamb is worth about two
late ones. An early lamb will sell in April
and May for $1.50 per head, and f r that rea
son it pays best with a small flock of sheep to
raise early lambs. The January freeze updid,
perhaps, more good than harm, but this late
freeze came, unfortunately, right after a heavy
rain, when the giound was soak in? wet,
and therefore, in a bad condition, to stand
such a hard freeze without snow. It has been,
we tluuk, the hardest winter on grain wu have
ever known in Oregon, and if grain should
come out of this injured we need hardly havo
any fears hereafter, for Oregon winters to in
jure grain. And now a few lines in regard to
freezing out of wild oats. We think many of
our brother farmers are greatly mistaken on
th.it subject, as it is neither the severity nor
duration of frost that kills wild oat. Let the
thermometer fall to 2S or 2U degiees aboe
zero and stay there all night, the next morn
ing let tne sun come up nngoc ana early w ixn
out any mist or clew, ana the una oats
will
hrst wilt, than turn yellow and die. On the
other band, let it fretze ever so hard, so the to bear Very uu'ck Oneof your correepiud
sun don't shine on it while frozen, and go off, ents said the VViluaukttk Iaiimhi had bem
with a rain,
and your wild oats will thrne
h'nelv. The
tact is, tiat ram drawsune irosi
out witnout injur' v me plant, nut n tne sun
draws the frost out the plant dies. Hi nee e
mav take aivautage of a spriog frost on ten
der vegetables, by sprinkling cold water on
the plants before sun up, and It will sae
thom. It also holds good on cherry blossoms
if properly done. There Has already some
"drawing taken plate, (like tne soiuier wno
drew the captain's shirt thr uh a window) on
granaries in this county, ana we ininu some-1
body is liable to get bsdly hurt by a spring
gun. Respectfully yours, I
U. II .ll.EKS.
PORTLAND, OREGON,
Poultry Raising for Front
Scholx's Ferry, Washing on County,
February 3, 18S3.
Editor Willlameto Farmer:
I seo in the Wn.LAMhTTE Farmer of Feb
ruary 2d, of information wanted on fruit cul
ture, poultry and bees. Of the first I know
but little, and of the third 1 know nothing,
only what I havo read in the Wilmmette
Farmer and American Agriculturist of many
cars ago.
I will give my experience in raising and
care of chickens : First I get good, healthy
young chickens, not to exceed one year old.
I started with Black Spanish, as thoy arc
good layers and not bad to sot early and easy
to break from setting; the wor&t trouble I had
with them they were more shy than any other
I have had. Second, I got two Buff Cochin
roosters that mado a good cross, as tho young
were large and hardy, while the first are very
tender and hard to raise. I then got roosters
of the light Bramas; they are large and I
think one of the best, if not the best, for
table use. They are ready for market sooner
than almost any other; very pood layers and
make the best of mothers for raimug their
young clucks. 1 next got a rooster ot the
Plymouth Kock breed; they ars 1 think, the
best, all things considered; they aro good
layers, make good mothers and are splendid
for the table. I have now about tour dozen
as fine hens as can be found; all got from the
kinds a'mve mentioned. Of course they aro
not fall stock of any kind. I have en
deavored to combine laving -qualities and
value for table use together, and I believe I
have accomplished what I aimed at. My hens
generally lay all winter, after moulting in the
fall (if not too very cold) and abundantly m
the spring. I never aim to beep any chickens
over two years; I select the best pullets from
mf young flock and sll all the old and refase
of the young; all are goo, but we always
have aokoice; I keep none but the yuUiig and
healthy. They have a comfortable house and
all the ranee ther want; ylenty of good spring
water to go to at will. I have tho advantage
of many in this respect. I say, keep plenty
of gooi water fir all your chickens. fflaey do
not drink muck at a time, but they want it
at option. I fe5 the best wheat, and oil at of
any 'tind can be fed with profit. If too
tough to eat raw it is boiled tender or cut
fine. I also frad by experience that beef is
one of the best meats to make hens lay and is
ery healthy. I keep on hand plenty of rot
ten granite rock, broken tine, tor my chickens.
They will often eat a -quart at a time; bones
are curat and broken fine. This is abiut the
way I conduct or manage my chickens and I
behove, not bragging, I make asjxuch off of
nry chickens as anyone and have them as nine.
I never intend to hawe a pocr hen on my
place. The (nan who buys a chicken of me
wall never get a poor one. I weald like to
hear from others. S. P. Ingram.
sheep Kjaing Dogs.
McOov, PolkCounty, Feh, 4, 1883.
Editor Willamette Farmer.
The slaughter still goes on. Xou, Mr.
'Editor, if there is auythi-ig that it more of a
enrse to the farmer than vicious dogs, I fail to
see what it is. This winter, I have, in a moa
iner, lost the use of a hundred acres of god
pasture, just because our count is overrun
with worthless dogs. To buy sheep and turn
them loose to bo slaughtered would certainly
not bo profitable. To undertake to guard
them, the cost would overrun the profit, m
yon would be compellc 1 to be with them aH
the time. You dou't (now when to watch,
as they come at a time when you lct expect
them. I will try to give you a statement of
the cheep that have been destroyed in this
neighborhood dsring the last bix months by
wortldesj curs : Mr. Joseph Watt, twenty
five head, and I think it wuild be correct to
say lorty neaa, as they were scattered
through the brush, and no doubt there were
many that w e did not tee Wo will, hon e er,
say twenty -(he, awl will estimate them at
S3 per head, which makes $75. Mr Isaic
Kees lost sevcireen head, which, at S.I per
head, would be tol. Mr, Aaron JJenny, torty
head, v.'hieh would makn $120 So you .see
the total amount would be $240 This Is a
snug little sum for three men to loose, with
out any profit to any body, Thero aro no
doubt others that I know nothing about
Our L'gislat ire makes laws for the protection
of all kinJs of stock, yet the worthless cur is
allow el to go tree to cut ana slush at their
will. Your correspondents in dilferent local
ities should report to yot:r column the amount
of damage done by these worthless aotmals.
I think it would open the eyes of the blind,
and there would be steps taken to put a stop
to some of it. I know of one of those precious
animals, and, of course, he is very innocent,
yet if our legislature will make a law to hate
them exterminated. I will brum my thotimn
.'greatly unproved lately I think it is always
improved when ou have plenty ot communi
cations frm ur many tubscriotrg. As soon
as I can I want to write you another Utter on
the subje.t of mixed farming, and tell you
more abo.it my bee crop
Samufl Rouiiivri
'."Eiample is better than precept." It
is well that dyspepsia, bilious attacks, head-
ache and many other ills can only be curtd by
removing meir huh, iviunefnun ni ueen
proved to be the most effectual remedy for
these, and for habitual costtenes, which so
amici. iiiuiiuu. ut iua niutrriiau iwuiuc.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
WHERE HOME SEEKEKS CAN LOCATE
With the coming of early springs thousands
of new co m rs in search of homes w ill pour
into the Pacific Northwest. It is not nlwajs
an easy matter for the immigrant, w ho lands
from a steamer, -a ith only an indefinite idea
of our country aud its resources, to decide
whero to locate. He naturally find his way
to the Bureau of Immigration, where every
possible means of information will bo at his
command, aud every needful attention will be
eh iwn. What he will desire most of all will
be a blief statement of the different sections
and the resources and characteristics of each.
WtVT OK THE CAlCAPE RA(1E.
Many new comers find homes in the coast
region of Oregon and Washington, where
there is practically unlimitod space for settle
ment. It is true that the open valley land
was settled long ago, but along tho coast of
Oregon and Washington for 500 miles; in the
font hills of tho great valleys; on all sidoi of
Puget Sound and in tho country one hundred
miles square lying between the Sound aud the
Columbia river, reaching from tho mountains
to the sea, are to bo found rich bjttoms and
bench land, moro or less cocred with forests,
that will in time support hundreds of thous
ands of prosperous farming population. What
com county, to the extreme north on flio
Sound, as will be seen by description wo
publish el ewhere, is attracting many new
rcttlers. South of the Columbia, in tho Nc
halem valley and vicinity in Oregon, there is
room for thousands. Towards the California
line, i Jncksrat county, the building of the
Oref on and California road will make valua
ble every acre of land that can bo reduced to
cultivation because of its adapibility to fruit
growing and the superior advantages of the
Southern climate I he Southern Coast regies
also possesses ihe same aelightlut climate,
and offers many inducements for settlers.
There is constant increase of population
tk rough all this coast section, one hundred
miles eastnd west by -five hundred north and
south, evra though the tide of immigration
sets up me fjoiumuia with greater to'ce.
The time is not distant when all the avail
able locutions through the western hillr and
valleys will be eagerly eouehtHor. and settle'
J llllH TTIa (MW VtlMU VVbUIIJ II1UUY IdtVIUUlO
niont tirirl Itl lino timn wuimtnir smnm fnnninKln
1 location in the coast mountains. To those
wnu ucv'ie iiiuu nd iieuiwilBlciimaie. wilii
out either heats of summer or frosts of w inter
in exeM, the advantages of the western por
tion niitlie Pacific Narthwest will be appar
ent, even if it involves the expense of clear
ing land. Its nearness to market wiC be an
attraction and permanent 'benefit.
1 he man wno oomos here with money can
locate wnere no cunoses to invest, and good
improved farms will beTsr Bale in all direc
tions. With $5,000 lio can buy a comfortable
home and improved farm in the Wotlamctte,
and with half that, or even muok lets, by
prudent management, he can buy land and
n x luctseii comiorcamy anywhere.
LAST Ol THE MKJ.NTAINH.
But the great majority. ef new oemers find
theirway up tho -Columbia, and seek homes
in the-op'n praine region that is waiting for
the plow. It has some disadvantages com
pared with the well watered and well wooded
region wist of the Cascades, but nature has
made -compensarjen in an open country that
n eds no laoor to clear it, and sual that
wonderfully productive. Water is oftui on
the surface, and can usually be had for dig
tring, and timber abounds in tho mountains,
'J'iio torttru.tion of railroad niake,it possible
to procure iiiinncr at reasonable cost, ana be
fme Ion;; transportation facilities will reach
every tiortioii of the wonderful wheat belt ot
the Pi n:i t'lcinc.
In aivmu a description of this inland re
l'ion, that will cail) tuko the great states of
JNewiorc and l'ermsylvama wiiliin its Inn
its, one is cnbarrassed by tho trj extent
.and anety it oil rs,
KASTKKK (IllhkOS.
Kortherc Wasco county, immediately east
of the Cascades, has a gn.at area of good soil
within C3 sy reach of the Columbia That sec
tion is not considered a valuable as land fur
ther cast, but timo may proe that it is no
whit behind tho best. The immigrant will do
w ell to look for himself at the lands waiting
Bfttlement in Vortlitrn Wasco and Uuutilla
counties where there is room for tliouiands
From Umatilla, south, the railroad is beni''
constructed thro'igh that county aud across
the Blue Mountains, through Union and
Jliktr countiu', toKards II .no City Ileauti
ful alleys Grande Jiomlo ami i'owikr Kiver
are on this line, aud toutli of them is the
Malheur country, that is now attract Lg im
migration. Ooii half of the whole State of
Oregon lies south of tho arable lands within
leach of the Columbia river, anil is only until
for stock rang), because of its ruuoteuu
from trannportition. The new comer who
withes to engn " stick raising c:.n find op
n.rtuuitvti commence anew or to buyout
some one already engaged in it.
The most attractive portion of country to
wards which immigration tends with greatest
force is cental Ltd in the eastern limits of
Washington Territory
Wil'TII ok snake limn.
The counties of Walla Walla, Columbia
and Garfield are contained between the forty-
sixth degree of latitude and the bend of
Snake mer. In Walla Walla county aro the
oldest settlements Katt of the Caicadea, and
to that and the cou ti a cast of it, named
1883.
above, immigration has been directed for
many years. First comers took up the creek
bottoms and left tho hills, but recent remits
show that the hills, aud especially the foot
hills of the Blue Mouutaius to the south, arc
tho best wheat lands of all. Gradually, set
tlement moved along tho basb of the lllue
Mountains to whero Snake river emerges from
tno south through its tremendous canyon.
The lands nearct Suako river were notal
ued for n long time. They were moro hilly
and water less abitnda t, so settlors located
nearer tho mountains, gradually encroaching
towartis mc river, until it is uviuciie mui, um
whole area from the river to the mountains
will soon be taken up. liast summer pn6 half,
of the arable land in, Walla Walla county was
vacant, but there has been Bteady nettlcment
of the lands in the northern parlpof tho cpnn
ty, and of the ri er pirtion of Columbia and
Garfield counties also.
Tho legion south of Snako mer has been n
favorite one. There is room still for in my
more, and timo shows that every part of it is
valuable for farming purposes.
NORTH OK SN'IKK RI KR.
Whitman county lies north of tho Sunke,
and contains tho wonderful Palouso country,
extending cast and w est sixty miles and north
and south seventy-fivo miles, including tho
southern stream of tho Spokan. Hero is a
region over sixty miles square that is a solid
body of as rich farming land as can be found
in North America, a great part of it yet unoc
copied and unsold. The odd sections belong
to the Northern Pacific land grant. Th? un
ncnpicd portion lies away from the mountains
and timber belt, but the railroad now build
ing through it will soon supply every need
tho settler can have for buildinp and fencing
material.
Snnkan county is north of Whitman, and
the Northern Pacific Railroad passes through
it diagonally. North and west of this road is
an extensive Arable area that has lately at
tracted much attention. Tho towns on tho
road Sprague, Cheney and Spokan Falls
have made wonderful growth that corres
ponds with tho development of tho country
they represent. To the w est of these is the
witle scope rncluded in the Big Bend of the
Columbia, much of which is excellent farm
norland, wad will afford homes for thousands
of families. All this is gradually developing
and settlement increases. It is proVable that
the bulk of immigration will seek this new re
gion the cominp season.
It is not easy to particularize concerning
this wide rtgioit, but enough te say that
thougl tho lauds nearest to tho railroad and
towiisinay be taken, thero is vacant land us
good r better to bo had at reasonable dig
tanoes. The n:w comer will hove to look for
himself and form his own opiaions, merely
taking an outline from us for his guidance.
YAKIMA U HCtm-KITAT OeUNTlEd.
The Columbia makes a wide detour, enters
British Columbia, swoops southward, with a
broad westward beuil, then joics Snako river
nud pursues westerly course over 300 miles
tn tho Pacific Oceau. Between tho Cascade
Mountains and the Big Bend of the Columbia
lie the two counties. abovo named.
Klickitatcountyiis bounded by the Coliun
Ixa on the south and cast. It has some thriv
ing settlements and brisk towns on tho wuit,
liut its eastern portitn is a;aut, containing a
t-trctoh of good country fifteen by sixty imlev
in extent, tins ohVrs many iaducements, as
it is nearer market and has the appearance of
Iving as good farming laud us thu balance of
tlio Kasecrn.couii'.ry. It is likely that a lively
lettleim-nt -of KastiTii Klickitat will take
iluco tho costing soa.'un.
Yakima county lies north of Klickitat It
possesses great prospective value, and when
the construction of the Cascade branch of tl.w
Xorthern i'aciliu inuken iti settlement practi
cable will attract thiusand of settlers. In
this issue wili be found full descriptions of
tluj Yakima country. Wuicfer to them for
particulars, merely asvrting that the state
ments therein mado are reliable
Above we have merely alluded to the por
tiociH of the Eastern country that are miv
made desirable, and that aro within eay
iea.:'iof facilities fur travel and transpvta
nun. i lie iiiimigru'ioii oi ina.i will sick
tin so fields, and we are merely pointing the
way.
The climate of all the interior is considera
bly drier and ooldir than tint of Western
Oregon and Washington, but the winters do
not 1) any means eiiuil in severity thu sea
sons hi Mates east of tho Kix.ky Mountains.
There is as dirtmct a charact r as is poisihlo
between tho two divisions ol our northwest
Thu Western i'js a moist climate and few ex
tremes, and the Ihstern, though not severely
cold, Ins much harder winters ami warm r
summers.
KAlAlintH MM) ;iusr-i
Tho Ortgon and California Knlroil has a
grant that ixtends sjuth to the Statu line, and
includis much giod lind In a rough stitu in
thu foot hills of the Cusonlea an 1 coast
ranges. These lands are sold at a ruisouiblu
price, on longtime and accommodating terms.
1 he 1 md olhcu of thu company is Portland
On gon
'I he Northern Pacific laud grant o vers the
valuable Uud in the Paloutu region ami the
Ilig Bend ot the Columbia, where immigra
tion is WiW tenilion' These lands sr In great
demand, ami arusald at reasonable prices aud
accommodating terms. '1 hu comp iny has also
earned lauds from the Cilumbia rivir ti
Puget Sound, Oler a a uablv district of
country.
Tie Oregon Iinpr.v incut Company liai
150,000 acres in thu I'jluuie country and
some 20,000 acres in Pun ler Hiver alley.
10,
NO.l.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
AlldUT 1l.l 1AM.
Mr. James Franklin asks:
Question Is salal I.inl gvd for anything J"
Ans. It is generally condemn d a poor
soil and sour and iinproluctixo land. We no
ticed on a mountain nnch wo orco had that it
appeared to bo rich blick soil in many placts.
Wo always believed deep plow rig would kill
tho salal bushes and roots and warm up the
soil by turning it to tho sun, and so caue
beneficial chingo ill not snmu reader w ho
Ins experience, tell whit he knows about
making talal land produce gras or other
ci ops
(Juc. "la fern in hay iujuiious to stock,
or is it nutritious? 1 seo siock cai n, uui.
horses aro dying nrourtA here rather strango
ly." Ars. -This calls for extended notice About
eight or ten oirs.sgo, Mr. W. W. Brooks
had n placo on Fern rulgo, east of Waldo
lulls, Marion c unty, wheiu ho had a Hock of
sheep. Not hiving good fod, ho cut the big
fein in its best stago (when not to i npe,l and
cured it for hay, Ilus he put up and fed to
his sheep during a rather soxcro whites-, and.
carried them through. Fern in ha is gener
ally too rips to bo useful, and certainly bos,
tendency to produoo blind (.taggers. It is of
ten asserted that shi op will ill on the best of
timothy hay, whero they would do well on
oat and wheat hay or cured olmcr. Dry feti
of any kind, too constant, has tendency to
blind staggers. The remedy would be to feed
carrots, turnips, mangolds or some grain, and
milt f..r.,l uiilinimislv to keeD the bowels tegu
lar. Horses fed well and worked hard never
aro troubled that way. If not fed well (oats,
null feed or carro's with hay,) they may be
affected. Our exporienco leads to conclusion,
that fern in hay is generally injurious without
some suitable leed to work it off.
I'hAS ON 11KU MOUNTAl.S I.SNU.
Quos. "Will it pay to raise peas on- red
mountain land to food hogs! The land is thin
and will only produce about 12 bushels of
wheat per aero. It is oovcred with fern."
Ans. Itsoomstousthntthobestnseforsuch
land is to raako It grow grass, and havo stock
to cat It. Clover, mesqulto (or velvet grass)
orchard grass aud rye grass will succeed there,
Tho soil will improvo with such pasturago.
whereas, peas, as a crap, tax its strongtli. A
to tho possibility of growing poas on Ittch
land, we seo no reason to (loubt. If the
giound is in good cultivation it will bring
thorn along, nnd tho fern will onablo them to
stand up. When tho crrip is ripe, by using
portable fence, you nan confine them to a mall
space at a time. They will harvest the crop
close, an 1 mako good pork,
Will eomo ono who has such land is use
give his expenenco on it with peas?
LAW Of NKWSI'APKRH.
Mr. James Franklin, of Philomath, -alssV
asks: What a man is to do if a publisher
sends him a paper ho don't want or hasn't or
dered? Ann. All a man has to do whon he finds a
nowspaper coming, not ordered, is to decline
taking it out of the post office It is tho post
master's duty to send it bock or Bend notice to
the publish!!', through tho postmaster of that
p'ace, tdat his paper addru'H d to such a per
son is refused, for tho reason it was never or
dered and not wanted,
Ones. Is a iiian compellid to pay for pa
pers, hu docs not take out of tho olhce?
Ans -Jf you have paid in udvaiiee, and
when tune pud f ruxpires nfuso to take the
paper from thu nllicei, you aru all riuht. But
your postmnsti i 's duty, in tint case, is to send
notification to the postmasttr wheru tho paper
is puhlisluil to tell thu puhlishtr that you re
fuse that paper, becausu timo paid for has ox
p nil
In this connection, wo say, also, that if ou
have been tilting a newsniner without nivino
the dues, you ciniiot legally discontinue until
you settle tint at count. If you owe him any
thing thu iiiiblirhir can km pons ndiiig his
papr. and hold you risponsih . You cannot
rcfjso to tikf out a paper, and st n lululity
for it 'I he only way to stop liability is to pay
up mien uouoio arises iioin lauuru ot post
musters to Io thtir duty pronirly.
No honorable publisher will send a newspi
pir not orib rod, and exact iitni'iit btcuuso
the law makes a man responsible if hu has
taken out tlm pipi i. .Sometimes a neighbor
gets tlio mail, mill often the fanner oi some
nun f f hi i family cairns home whitovtr thero
is without h oking at each package. In that
cisii, you should lay llsl le tho o b hctioiiahlo
new pip r and return It to the no t olhcu.
nuking sure that your postunsttr sends luck
the notification. It h eential that thu nost-
master should kiop h reo inl in his Ihco nf all
such notices sent by him, no as to hu ablu to
tiM-jk for yon as a witness. I'm that matter,
on can nnku a written meiiioranliiiii of tho
inatti r, so us to be uble to swiar to it.
Wu hear of ininy tint thty luvo leceived a
eutiiii wtekly puhlisluil in Portland, though
tiny nev ironic i id it It is evident tint somo
iinscnipiil' us men try to build up biiduets in
tlmt May. and afti r uwlnld tend out bills.
'I lit y collect u p rti m if tin aecoiiuti aud get
ad i rtisiug, on pietuise ol hivin0' a large cir
'All ladits who may lo troubled with ner
vous prostratim, who sullor from organi" ills
plai riiitnt; who have a sense of weariness and
u ft cling of las-itude wit i aru languid lu the
morning; in whom the aputite lor food !
Cdtiriciout uiul ship at prop r hours unccr-
tli, should iiuve n u
e.etabl" Comp tied.
ur e to .Mrs. riuklia-n
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