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WHAT OF THE HARVEST?
. Btsults of tbB.Worst Tear Ever Known.
The year 18S2 has not proved as favorable
to agriculture in the Upper Columbia region
as was hoped. The dry season came early and
laated until October, and the nhcat crop was
scarcely more than one-half what was an
ticipated. Tne farmer everywhere ia disap
pointed in his harvest, but we venture to say
that no other country known, and certainly
no other portion of the United States, could
have experienced so severe a drouth, lasting
from May until October, and have realized
such crops as have been gathered throughout
the Upper Country. Our yield of grain aver
ages well with the turn-off realized cast of the
Rocky Mountains by the best wheat-growing
States in ordinary seasons. Wherever good
farming was done and wheat was sown on
summer fallowed land, 30 to 50 bushels to tne
acre has been reaped. The season of 18S2 fails
to realize the hopes entertained, because the
common way has been to plow and sow in the
spring and expect 40 bushels to the acre.
Enormous as such crops may seem, they hive
frequently been realized. In the vicinity of
Walla Walla, spring comes earlier than it
does a few miles away. Our farmers general
ly get through in early May and feel panguine
of good returns. It is uncommon that failure
should attach to such farming, but it must
occur when seasons come such as we have had
in 1882. In the vicinity of Dayton they put
in crops through the first half of May; along
the base of the Cccur d'Alene Mountains, near
Moscow and Farmington, they sow wheat un
til June and confidently expect a large yield.
Through the Falouse country it is common to
have showers through June. Duriog the
summer just passed this was not the case.
The year 18S2 stands as an exception, and
has had no parallel for dronth since the settle
ment of this country. Let us explain results
and judge the country by that standard. The
fact is beyond question that wherever good
cultivation was had and wheat w as sown in
uarly fall on summer fellow, the crop was
good. The country that produced 30 to 40
bushels to the acre in 1882 must be extraordi
narily prolific. Vet such is the case wherever
good farming has been done. Soring crops of
oats and barley have resulted fairly when well
put in; gardens have done well with ordinary
care; orcnarus nave thrived; pastures have
been good all summer, and the early fall rains
freshening them up htve made all stock actu
ally fat at the beginning of winter.
The year 18Si haa been a crucial test.
Though disappointed in many respects, our
farmers have more reason than over to place
confidence in the future. Good farming ill
av In the worst season ever known. If the
le
esson taught by this summer is well learned,
we shall never know failure of crops. Wheat
should always be sown on summer fallow and
put in early in fall. It is also probable that
in some parts of the upper country it will be
advisable to introduce nardy winter varieties
from the Northwestern States. The White
Club win at that thrives west of the Cascades,,
ana inai usually ones wen aooui waua wai
ls, may, perhaps, -be replaced to advantage
with more reliable winter wheats from the
colder States, to -endure any severe winter
that may come to Eastern Washington.
During the six months since harvest the O.
R. & N. Co. has transported . about 60,000
tons or wheat, or flour as it equivalent, from
the Upper Columbia to Portland. That was
the product of the harvest of 1882. As much
tnore n as transported during the first half of
the year. This,1 however, is no just criterion
byt which to judge of the wheat' product of
'this region. A great quantity of grain ia're
'quired to feed at least ten'thousand' laborers
employed in connection , with the different
railroad enterprises; also, to supply bread for
the recent immigration and seed for the in
creased cultivation that is everywhere visible.
The population of the., Upper Columbia in
creases about '25,000 ',annually and creates a
demand for bread to correspond. This great
increase of population will plow at least 200,
000 acres of land to be put in wheat, that re
quiring 300,000 bushels of seed. The more of
suchi home demand the better. A surplus
product willV.oome in due time that 'will
astonish theVorldr w "
One thing that has been satisfactorily de
cided the past season is, that good corn crops
can be made east of the Cascade Mountains.
The late dry season was peculiarly favorable
for growing corn, and whenever it had any
sort of' care, corn made good yield. It is
well enough for farmers to inquire as to the
.good results to be, obtaiued from cultivating
4 corn as a fallow, thereby making a profit while
preparing the soil for wheat, Walla Walla
Statesman.
Products of Our Section.
The deficiency of crops below what was an
ticipated , makes a vast difference in the sum
ming up of the year 1882. If the Upper Coun
try bad furnished for export as much as was
expected, there would be shipped during the
harvest year nearly six million bushels of
grain from the Upper Columbia to supply the
foreign markets, while the actual surplus of
the year cannot reach over one half of that
quantity. It is noticeable that with a deficit
of snch extent we oan yet announce that the
traffic on the Oregon Railway and Naviga
tion Company's trains and boats shows an in
crease of business over any former year. Ex
ports from this Upper Columbia region do
not consist merely of wheat. The wool clip
amounts to some seven million pounds. Hides
are shipped in large quantities, but it would
be much better.it. they would be tanned at
home. Flax seed from about Moscow and
some other localities forms a staple of export;
even in the Kittitas and Yakima valleys bops
are grown exclusively, and have brought this
yearery fortunate returns to lucky owners
of hop yards. . Fruits have been shipped
largely from Walla WJalla and orchards
along the Columbia and Snake rivers. The
trade in lumber, and fencing amouoU to con
ajdtrable inwayjQf local traffic. Every
year the production vrJesnX'(nqreg, as U
natural and necessary if the country 'is to
prosper.' Stock ' interests assume more im
portance than ever before. Our farmers are
weeding and fattening swine in large num
bers and sending thousands of porkers to the
'front to supply Chinese pork eaters. Beef and
mutton bear such a good price that the stock
m1 'is a more important character in the
prthlic eye than he ever was before. A coun
try that is filling up and becoming settled
and formed changes slowly from wilderness
to civilization. One fact that is worth remem
bering is that the sod land of this bunch grass
region cannot be subdued and made to respond
with good harvests, under ordinary manage
ment, in less than three years. The wiry
bunch grass does not rot in a brief period. If
the farmer would burn over the eround he in-
tends to plow, the snmmer previous, turning
me grass into asnes, ne would dispose oi the
worst detriment to a crop, and the quick ashes
would be some improvement. As it is, the
usual custom is to plow three inches in the
winter and serins and sow to wheat in the
fall. Harrowing and seeding bring up the
roots and grass, leaving them nvxed with the
soil in a lcose and indigestible condition. The
sou oas to absorb and literally digest the dry
grass, and unless it can do this will not pro
duce well. Dr. Blalock put in his first crop
and got small returns; he plowed and summer
fallowed the next year and sowed 1,000 acres
thus prepared, the third year, and got fifty
bushels to th acre. Enterprising farmers
are learning that the first crop can be made
to pay well by pursuing a different course.
They plow some three or three and a half
inches deep in the fall and re plow in the
spring, crosswise, and five to six inches deep.
They sow the next fall, and by cultivating
and drilling the seed in two inches deep,
which is a good depth, the soil and grass roots
remain undisturbed below, and the result is a
big interest on the expense of the second
friowing. Twice plowing and cross plowinr
eaves the land in much bitter condition. It
is looser and more mellow, and can hold down
the roots and urain with the depth of second
plowing. To leave this land rough after the
seed is drilled in and to roll it down smoothly
in the spring after, is said to be preferable to
too much fall harrow ine. Land that lies too
smooth is easily hoo up with frost, while
land that lies a little rough is not easily
thrown up.
It is a notable fact that many of the pio
neers have been "frozen out" literally and
beggared in their efforts to procure harvests
from new land They risked it all on the first
crop and plowed shallow. Those who have
come after have found the land subdued to
their hands. Those who will break up and
re-plow their lands, as we advise, even if
they put in less land, will have satisfaction in
good returns, and make a success, though wo
shouldn't expect such land to respond the
first season to more than two-thirds of its ca
pacity, even with the best cultivation 'possi
ble. Those who will learn thoroughly the
lessonsof other people's experience, can be
come rich in this country, but if they Insist
on learning by their own experience they may
remain poor an inconvenient time. We give
these suggestions knowing they will ba inval
uable if accepted. Every good farmer will
corroborate them. If the new comer will take
advice he can soon put himself in comfortable
fix and become a successful producer BY If.
Statesman.
Vacant Lands.
A little while ago we heard one of the best
posted land lawyers of Walla Walla make the
rather astounding statement that one-half the
arable area of this county remains unsettled
and unclaimed. A glance at the map showed
that ho was correct. People have settled up
on the favorite foothills and the best land of
the valleys below the mountains, and have
neglected the great area of ro'ling hills be
tween Dry creek and Snake river and the Co
lumbia. S ), it remains true that one-half the
arable lands ol Walla Walla county are un
claimed. Of late more attention is paid to
this part of the country, and settlers are
making locations. Absence of living water
and difficulty in locating wells are the princi
pal objections. No one need doubt the ability
of the soil to produce crops. The fact is, set
tlers have chosen the most eligible locations,
and with the wide world to choose from have
passed over as good land as need be desired.
The whole region possesses more value for
production if it can be supplied with water,
and eventually.it will not be so difficult 'as
people imagine to locate wells. The land to
ward Snake river is high hills in part, and yet
can be made to produce wheat. Coming up
from Texas Ferry, you climb a great ridge and
ride for miles over beautiful bunch grass prai
ries without seeing a habitation or mark of a
plow. All along Snake river to, beyond the
fukannon, such seems to be the case. Good
land can be found in the Blue Mountains that
will be sought for in a few years from now.
The northern part of Columbia county and the
southern part of Garfield county present many
vacant places for settlers to select from. The
Assotin country is not over one half claimed,
and from Alpowai canyon to Lewiston, in
Garfield county, there is a great deal of vacant
land near Snake river. The south side of
Snake river is considered by seme to be all
taken up, but the fact is that this section yet
offers homes and good locations, too for
thousands of families. '
Eastern Klickitat had not a single settler
last spring, and has but few now. For six
miles east and west with average width of fif
teen miles, that portion of country invites
settlement. So far as appearances go, that
section possesses excellent soil, and every ad
vantage that can be desired is obtainable. An
enterprising German who works in the phopa
at Ainsworth has taken land on the Columbia
near there, and baa made it produce wonder
fully. It has not been supposed t'aat that
particular section was of any value as agricul
tural land, but it seems now that good land
lies along the Columbia above Ainsworth, and
there is a strip of good country between it and
the road, north and south. The extent ot good
country exceeds all previous anticipations.
The mate of the steamer Billings says a very
desirable strip of agricultural land, twenty
miles long and six miles back from the shores
of Snake river, commences six miles from
Ainsworth on the north side of that river.
Only a few months ago no one supposed there
was good land there, but it is claimed that
this particular tract containing 75,000 acres ia
superior soil.
The lower part of the Palouse country is
almost entirely vacant. Take fifty townships
of land there and not one-half the government
land and not one-fourth the railroad land is
ret occupied. All these specified tracts of
land are in reasonably close proximity to
Walla Walla, and we make the point that un
occupied territory, capable of making homes
for ten thousand families, of excellent soil,
remains vacant within fifty miles of Walla
Walla. That will help to appreciate the des
tiny that awaiU our beautiful and enterpris
ing city in tne immediate future if we merit
by enterprise results that are within our
grasp. Walla Walla Statesman.
Bki(!Ht'.s Disease jx Women.
SiTat tgeniler sex, for a variety of reasons
perfectly understood by them, are peculiarly
liable to those attacks which end in Bright s
Disease of the Kidneys. Upon the special
attention of women, therefore, we urge the
rreat virtues of Hunt's Remedy, the great
kidney and liver medicine. This superb med.
icine has saved many a good woman from an
early grae. It is excellent in all of the pe
culiar diseases of the sex.
WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, MARCH
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Ancient Arlcultur.
The term agriculture, writes Joseph P.
Eaton to the .Afcts England Farmtr, stands
for an industry that is the mainspring of
our existence, and such it has been, from the
very nature of things, ever since human be
ings inhabited the globe; and, as it is through
agriculture, or labor and capital applied to
land, that all wealth is derived, it is very
essential that in the managament of our
farms correct principles be adopted. We, as a
people, are a little inclined to boast of our
ways of conducting farm operations as being
superior to the waj s of the ancients, but be
fore we go too far it may be well to search
history a lit le and learn in what respect wo
excel. The farmers of ancient Egypt prac
ticed the rotation of crops and were skillful
in adapting their crops to the soil and the
seasons. During the annual inundations of
the Nile they fed their cattle with hay, and
at other times tethered them in the meadows
in green clover Their sheep were shorn
twice a year. Much attention was given to
the raising of poultry, and artificial hatch
ing, which most people regard as a modern
improvement, was practiced by the farmers
of ancient Egypt. They had gardens, orch
ards and fish ponds, and gave protection to
came, to promote its increase. An ancient
Egyptian painting, more than three thousand
ears old, represents the sowing of grain. A
filow drawn by i yoke of oxen takes the
ead, next comes the sower, scattering seed
from a basket; another plow covers the
grain, while a roller follows and completes
the work.
The Israelite nation was one of the (treat
agricultural nation of anitiquity. Their so
journ in Egypt trained them for the agricu
tural life which they led in Canaan. When
they entered, the country was occupied by a
dense population possessed of walled cities
and many villages. So rich was tho country
in grain, that the Izraelites numbering over
60,000 able-bodied men, with their women
add ohilSren and camp followers, found old
corn In the land sufficient to maintain them
until a harvest was gathered. The land was
divided into small farms of some twenty
acres each, and they a-ere cultivated with
much care and rendered highly productive,
the fields being cleared from stones and
watered'from, canals made for that purpose.
The fert lity of the soil was kt-pt up by the
Use Of manure, by the seventh year fallow,
and by the burning of weeds and all sponta
neous growth. The hill districts furnished
pasturing for flocks and hords, thus affording
the people the advantage of a mixed hus
bandry. In tho early history of Romo we
find that agriculture received much attention,
and was followed with much skill. Cato
speaks of irrigation, frequent tillage and ma
nuring, as a means of fertilizing the soils.
One writer says : "Practice alternate crop
ping so that the land could rest entirely every
second year, hu' in case the husbandman has
not land enough to do this, let him sow his
next year's wheat crop in the field where he
has just Gathered his vetches, or such crops
as enrich the luid."
Terra-Cotta Lumber.
A party of persons, chiefly builders and
scientists, recently visited the works of the
New York Terra-cotta Lumber Company, at
Crow's Mill, on the Raritan river, near Perth
Amboy, N. J. The New York Terra-cotta
Lumber Company was recently formed for
the manufacture of the material from which
it receives its name. Terra-cotta lumber was
invented and patented by Mr; p. O.iGilman,
of Eldura, Iowa, President of 'the oompany,
and iamade by mixing the kaolinite, or "top"
clay, which is found in immense quantities
throughout Middlesex county, and burned in
kilns in a manner similar to that ot ordinary
brick. The result is a peculiar terra-cotta
ware, possessing peculiar properties. It has
no .fibrous texture like wood, the strength of
the material arising from incipient vitrifaction
obtained in firing, and half-inch boards made
of it, smoothly planed and jointed, show
greater strength and tenacity than dry oak of
equal thickness.
Every shape which can be given to wood
by edged tools can be given to terra-cotta
lumber. It ia as easily worked as pine or
spruce, is half the weight of building brick
and tightly retains plastenng without the aid
ot lathing. To display the resistent qualities
of terra-cotta lumber to fire and water the
furnace tender, with a long pair of steel tongs
took from the center of the furnace a small
block of the ware which had attained a white
heat and plunged it into a pail of water.
After cooling it was placed on a forge and the
water with which it was saturated expelled in
the form of steam; petroleum was next
poured over it and afterwards ignited, the
block continuing to burn 'with a steady flame
for several minutes. Subsequent examination
of the block by sawing it in two showed no
difference in appearance from other material
which had not been submitted'to so severe a
test.
The adaptability of terra-cotta lumber for
building purpose, by the ease with which it
can be worked, its lightness, its indestructi
bility by water, frost, gases and, above all,
fire, has already attracted the notice of archi
tects, and the demand for it largely exceeds
the present supply. The New York Terra
cotta Company has an extensive factory fitted
with powerful machinery ,but its presoot out
put is entirely inadequate. The company hu
therefore purchased the Potter estate, adjoin
ing its present site, and has begun the erec
tion of a plant estimated to cost $200,000,
with the capacity of a daily output of finished
work. The roof of Columbia college is to be
constructed of the new material and the com
pany has an order to supply 12,000 tons of it
to Mr. Jose F. Nevarro for use in the apart
ment houses now in course of erection by him
at Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth streets and
Seventh avenue.
Mulchlnf Trees
When we hve had no manure to spare to
accelerate the growth of fruit or ornamental
trees, we have resorted to spreading fine
brush all around them in a nng, from within a
few feet of the trunk to several feet beyond
the circle of a perpendicular line from the
ends of the longest branches to the ground.
As this brush rots it forms food for the growth
of trees, and as a mulch it also con tributes to
their thrift. In a dry season it retains the
moisture from evaporation from the ground,
and with it we have eared trees from beimr
killed by a severe drought, while others
standing in the same kind of soil not far from
them, for want of a bruh mulch, have died.
It is a general rule with farmers to burn all
their brush, but it would be much better to
utilize it for the growth of tttei.Jtural Sete
YorUt.
A Bonanza.
A Washington Territory farm is like no
other on the footstool. It produces more
wealth, is easier managed, requires less to
manage than a farm in any other country on
earth. There are no rocks to clear away, as
in the East; no trees to fell, as in the Middle
States; no ditches to dig and no irrigation, as
in some of the Western States; no drought to
fear, as in the Southwest; no floods to dread,
as in the rich bottom lands of the Lower Mis
sissippi; no levees to build or fertilizers to
buy, as in the older agricultural countries,
and no past record of failure to hover over
and alarm fie man w ho plows and reaps in
the great wheat gardens of the universe. The
land that was put in crop eleen years ago i
as fertile now as then. Yearly there is no
diminution in productive qualities of this un
equaled land. Tne piomises of fortune aro
always kept in this Mecca to the fortune
seekers. Had the searcher for marvelous
things in the old times, who boldly embarked
upon an unknown sea, and, having landed un
an unknown coast, bravely pushed into tho
forest to meet the dame who always waits tu
be overtaken hud these bold searchers pene
trated to this Territory, they would have
considered their mission accomplished. There
is no need to go beneath the surface for tho
gold, for it lies on top. No great amount of
labor is necessary to to accumulate great
riches in a c mntry where the ground prepared
and the seed placed beneath it assures the
harvest in due time. Washington Territory
farms are a mine of wealth, never failing to
those who possess them. If. W. Statesman.
Water Against Frost.
The College Speculum (Lansing, Mich.,) re
ports some experiments for protecting tender
plants against night frosts by drenching with
water. A plat of coleus plants was copiously
watered at 9 o'clock in the morning, the water
formin? a screen of watery vapor nil around
the plants for the time. The same treatment
was given to fuschias and begonias. The next
morning these plants were free from every
taace of frost, but every remaining coleus
plant on the erouuds not so treated was
ruined. This remedy was also applied t
grapes which had not ripened when a frost
threatened them, with entire success. For a
light or moderate frost, it is fouud to answer
well, but would not be likely to succeed with
a severe one. The watering should be as
copious as that ot a heavy ram.
Cotton In California
The experiment of raising cotton in South-.
ern California is being tried. Since tho fiat
has gone forth that the Chinese must go the
attention of the cotton misers is turned to
the Southean States with the view of procur
ing the needed help to raise and harvest tho
cotton crop that will be p'anted the coming
year. This new experiment is yet in its in-
tancy, but it is expected that it will grow into
quite an industry in a few years in the golden
State. Since the yield of the gold mines hai
diminished, many business projects have been
started and earned to successful results-
Oreen Food for Fowls.
It is very necessary for the thrift and pro
ductiveness Jof fowls in winter that they
should have a good supply of vegetable food
in some form or other. Potatoes, turnips, or
apples boiled and mixed with meal and mid
dling, and fed hot in the morning, are good;
as also are raw cabbages or apples. A large
enough quantity of cabbages lor a winter's
supply may not bs conveniently stored, and
if not storod properly they rot badly, and are
very expensive. I havo during the past few
years found that for cheapness and conveni
ence in handling and storing, nothing equals
wita me, the long, red-mangel beet. A large
crop of these can be grown on a small piece of
ground, arm tney Keep perfectly wen tut
spring. In feeding1 them I simply cut them
once, and one beet weighing frvm favo to
eight pounds will do for twenty hens a day.
rowi6 are very lonci oi tnem, and no prepara
tion for them is necessary farther than to cut
them so that the fowls can have a good chance
to begin, Cor. Country Oentleman.
California Wine.
The California DemokrtU says that, not
withstanding the large dimensions which
wine culture has attained in California, the
American resident of that Btate has failed as
yet to take to wine drinking as a habit, The
Napa valley is filled with luxuriant vine
yards, but foreigners remark with surprise
that on entering tho inns of that section of
the State they not only look about in vain to
see win drinkers, but are not always sure of
being able to get wine to drink themselves.
Strong liquors are still the staple beverages.
Grapes are not much in demand, even for
table use.
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Eastern Cranberry Vines
FOU SALE FHOM
A. J. BURVS BOG,
Olympla. Vr T.
1,0041 llnra...
K.INN) llnra,..
10,000 tlnra,.
. 100
.10 00
60 00
Send monet bj Iloirltrcd Utter, Monej OrtUr or
Willa, KarRoA Co' , with direction, for forwardinir.
In 1877, 1 planted three M te ot lieda oi tho Joricy
cranlicrrj vine,. I planted them 18 lnihea apart, each
aj ; eanded one Iku all Inches deep, ono thrie Inchca,
and another I planted on the natural bnir.
Tho aandod lied" ylol led but a lew berries ani" aro
iljlnirout In 1880 1 leathered from tho natural hed
two large suirar barrel, fill! of lierrlm, and only ono
barrel fr'im I oth the aand d ones. Muck or l'tat land
thatoerflo until al c It the flrat ot May Is the bent
for tho Oranb-rry. Ke',ithe water on tho vines until
the lato frojta aro ovir, and jou will Invs agood crop
every) car. ...
Plant by dropping the lines 2 feet b) 6 luetic", and
fonlnjr Into the muck ",1th a forked atlck or wedirei
haped dibble. Hoc out the wceda the flrat year; null
them out by hand tho second, and the third year thcy
wlll take care of tiemolvea
A. J. BURR.
octlmS Oljrapla, Thuraton Co., W. T.
C. N. POTTER,
NURSERYMAN,
SALKM, OR.
Fruit, Shade and Ornamental
Trees, Shrubbery, Vines
Etc.
ra.Hai an especially fine lot of"ttl
PLUM and PRUNE TREES,
OP THK
VERY BEST VARIETY.
Address 0. N. POTTKR,
Nbvl2tt Salem, Oregon.
GEO. F. SILVESTER,
IMPOIlTF.n AND
WlioleHuIe & Itctuis Dealer in
SEEDS !
Fruit and Evergreen Seeds,
Plants, Etc.,
Altai fit, Cirnss nucl lover Seed,
In large quantitiea, and offered In Iota to
purchaser..
IIKIX1K SHKAI18,
PKUNINCI and UUDDIMJ KNIVKS,
OKEEN 110UHK 8YIMIKM, ETO.
SEED WAREHOUSES
NO. 317 WASHINGTON ST
frblms
SAN FIIANC'IRCO.
REMOVAL
THE OREGON SEED DEPOT
W liare (ournl foun 1 It necuury to itcur
ire larger
rjuarKra to atcrmnio'iate our continually
I.MJKEANs.Ha HUMIKKK.
Ho e have Icaaed one oi tboHe fine ne .tort, on
SejUibJ ktrtx.t, uoroer ol rwUnrjii, whiro wo will at
pleaned tu meet all of our oM ami new customer.
New Heed, uow arrlilnir. Kend far '!
loglar Jn.l uul, Hrnl Htf.K un Appllrallon,
J.nltol MIM.hlt IIIIOS.
EVERGREEN MILLET,
OH, JOII.S'HON OIUSS,)
Miu.u ukiio.. can surri.v a.sv ano
.11 ilem.nJ. Alto aytnta lor ll.e relehratnl
AIICI1 DEKIIIVH 21.121
n nuiFR st-i-iis ti": 'vvi:i'iK:. s;ii.wVV.ti MoV.....mTb.uri.vi wip- J
MtZilll Ik. Stt le namrU Iw tM n terff.ewewr .ent lo nT ftddrex foe 4I OX. HI AMI'S. ?"" i" ..i. fA .1
. riJT.k ILr I.ITIIPFE'H PAHM ANNUM. r lHrlS. be.utirully lllu.tr.ted. . ..lufbl. book of neulj 100 a)l
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO.. ffl4wja
3fev,lttaM "d Flower Se4 CU.oie for
INNS will b sent ) to all who at nl. . uu. .. ni
si last tewon need not write for it. All seed tent from mr
V. tsiabltshment warranted totebnth fresh and true to name,
so ir, mat mouia 11 prove otnerw.se, i aree to refill th
order fratll. My collection of vegetable teed It one of
tne most eiteotive to be found tn any American catalogue,
and a large part of It ii of my on crowing Aa the
frifl Mills trad Hcer of Turlj OhU and Iturbualt
FoUto, MerblhFd Farlj- Corn, the Hubbard
N ), Marbtehrad Cabbart, lhlaner Melon,
and a score of other new Vegetables. I invite the patron
re of the public. In the ear lens and on the farms of
tnoM who plant my seed will le found my hest adrertito
ent. Jamea J. H. Or6 gory. Marbl cheaJ. Mm.
JUKI
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r$ai(uHuUlvimti.fuivvtiwpi9t.r'
ftfamotn Kttfferllybrt I Vnr. 8 1 '$0
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Vwrt,.7fct.l.tsf JapanrM
rhloxei
Gtrnalionf.
Awurji imirtui, iiuitin-
'8 Hartlv Oitalrd:
incrMjy largo, nwit.
.DUO nim a if wan mu.
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iTrv,hardy aa Uii
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tu.i m .rir rhtnitt. rtn.. rtiv
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BURPEE'S SEEDS ARE WAR--
EquuUNone Itetter To Induce thousand! cT new M
euatuuicrs tu give them a fulr trlnl we will send for
V)rU one ptuart (ihof the ft Hawing new and mi
..tiAloo.t sIiii The (II1IAN OIIFKN !
holcrt iarlellem The HUH AN qUFKN
1 ri.lt Ml l.alfcl thnlirirrataiiiltirit. 1 hdl tit
melon crown fn m our Sood. latt season, weighed rr A
twctlvclv 103 I ha,, 02,lb.aiidHUlb. 100 I
IX CASH I'KIZL for l!fB,for thtme largest -v
H A rUt MfcLON.tholMicoaHaudUit. "Iheirtit
melons raised from our genuine Peed,
(IrrenlSutnip;
dm Melon, larsef I on record, one nul
nonireni '
tin wtMabiuir an iina. ine rai
ou welgbiut Da IDhs
the rait sraon, an 1 of luscious
, tUror. VT oflrr 60 IN CAM I for three largest
Montreal! ire a lUUaeaioa Sew jo.l)C'abbi
vcrr earir, a uro neaarr oi i
TV him) iiauanuniiiisi " au7i v .- i
each, mild i 1 ph aant We Mil pay f5 OAN1I M
I'KlZr M Tot Uracil orthene unions iiuhi'I ivs
V1JMAX TOMATO H, the test of aHTomatot.
certainly (A clim-ix vfyrrfctlion New Perpetual
SjeiiaTrtUnrit itriiiita iui muni; urt aiusvui i
111 Aa tnr whuln ai ainn JntiUnraux NiataF!aTsr M
er bast Of nest CMS KjTTDUn llfft IIS.
c.h. wondjtftil keeper
"''.f'll" '?',
ciutaKs printed on eacn pactst.
15 t.rl.llj. A.0nepe
AT. an sin naefcet eanh of the fbllowlnr
firm laiirnvs ut iiuai, sjjjj
1.... tu.. Iif-1
1,ondon Long tlroen Incumber, eietUent tot
...;,. ..... 'rr?A'?:2"Zi. ass a
.nllr. lo. m b. "" " ",",' ., tS ."f u-
iwsiainvi ....-, -.- - ,
0 Complet. 1MI1H Collection. niFJlM lor .!. m
THE DENGI
UEAVTiri
EE Jfc CONARD CO'S
UI. l. Ell-llUHIMLMl
ROSE
SPLENDID POT PLANTS, spoclolly pre
pared for Immediate Bloom. Dct'vnrerJ
safely by mall Kwtpald,atallio(it office f.nHlcn.
did arleUon, your choice, all ialxlul.fcrHn i2
for2 10 for 331 20fir4i 3SforUi 75 tor
1101 100 for 01.1, WECIVEnH-uirJaci-io
Present of choice ami valuable RO'JClifrro
vrltheuryorder Out NEW CUIDE, ' emptett
fecil'ieon fAe r Me, 711 pp etegtlii'lj llltit m'ttl Jxt.
10..11 THE DINOEE A CONARD CO.
Riic Orowere, Veil Drove. Cheater Co , fa.
HowWeTestSeeds.
Protwl.ly from the fact iltat iir Jon ctpcrience ti
Practical Gardeners, made us realite the necewlty more
strongly than most seed deilcrs. we very early in our
17! ? ".. ,"";-mo practice oi (est In,;
It ?mi. before lellliiif, From th small tcts tirun In
Il7s. this waxtics lias eitendad . lrnm. . ....
ematlzed that the uaitseamn it vnml.i th --.. . :..
of one of our largest greeahouses fur our seed tests dun
me t.i anu winter. nu ai'rwartis In
open rround we had act out many thousand
rnciiiinB mo tiocn m vetreiau e seeds alone of nvMt,..
s. ---.. ...,.,., -. n.c aaiiiniii'iuriiicililC rr
aoiialsnpervlslonoll'. II K NDI'KWN.iiiiI asll.e
authororMtiftr4eliliiffrurlrathashadailoniand
as varied an csperismo as most men In operation con
nected with the soil. It will t seen that we are placed In
a ptnitiin lojudife, not onty as to the germ i nail n roi
Mies but what is of far more Importance, the purity of
and the kin Is of seeds Urs suited for all Hardening
f-urjKjscs If therefore you can tuiy seeds as cheaply
ro1,M,;,l1 we,hln,t yo will compare prices you
Will find that VnU ran-.lt will rrtalnlw l In un..a l.i...
ffl'nwftt-s: All ttisj. I.,i. a ..!.. I . ...! ..
est todo so )ur i'tIoauo f.ir iBMiof KverrthlR&r
nr tfc liartlea U now redy, and will U mailed free
on application.
PETER HENDERSON & CO.,
S3 ft 37 Cortlandt St., New York.
TANGENT NURSERY.
II. W. Scttlemire, Proprietor.
Klartxd 1HSI 30 Irara a Nurarrjnian.
A LI, fcOKTH OK
I, fsOKTH OK
l-KIIT, OUVAHF.MII. nml Nil A OK
2V
Trees, Vines and Shrubbery.
at&THeiid to Tmitfent, Oregon, for r.co list ami de
criptlve cutaloyue. declf)t(
Jsr CHEAPEST "a
LANTS
MafBSBfBSJBfraHVaMOBOBOBOBaBaeaMM
iSEEDS!
HO nnn THRIFTY PLANTS
fliurcluuMr'a acloctlon ) All UImIuL WumII KJlurKo
iuiEVER
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HapirbViirlillix COnn IN PftQH .,. ! O
lera. nearly hi. ur uur i'iiimuiiu ui f.v
.viiriHir-tonn in mcu y.'.'i's
arui nini .1 iif f i. .yw ii. wnwu .1 .
Inr Cll.llll OKIIKItWt,TMi rnilniroiiaartlil..,
aurn lo iilt-uati iliu I.nill', .iitli a Mmkf-iiruri-'a
roniplilii Vurka Dlikr-na' . i"i-
Blctri Vnrka, Aluruulrr'a t'ouiiilrlil 5.Pr,k"l
iivlnu niucliliic, an Qriniii, l.mlli Tiillft
C'Ma(. aiiM a l.nr numWr of ctlier viiluulilo
MVffi.rSlef'Aifc SEED ORDERS!
Our Hiliinllillrlllii'tratol HI l'f" alalmruo, run
lalnlijef our -lie.i.tvllcU"nrf l1.uuaiidHidi',
aiiiliiurliiilli'tllirriiiluina. I'lCllH. Kail l.tiry.
ofietMlni thu will ilnrijiyi'ry Inti-rrMlna
(CHUM) I OU IT. .lll'llllllll lllla I'll I'll.
LEEDS & CO. VtTtfrtK f.XL'
mm&wm
OrttH W'J'6:ePjt.
SfifiD-
iijetile. rritK tn aJT butTTuuiiU. and lo uua-
toiiif ra rr lut yuir wltbout tirus,rluir it Ituont&lut
About 17&I tuctii, tHii UUiHtntUin, h. Kccunttu
urw.'niuuu uuu vuiuauio uiriA-iiuu lur i.aniiiur
l&uu vjrlli.a of VtaUMtf ul lluwir Ht'.U,
11I.U, Fruit Tree etc I u valuable to all, lic
Ullyto MukprcJuOuu-rc rifujfuriii
O. M. FERRY & CO. DETnOiT MfCH.
BEST MARKET PEAR
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