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WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, MAY 4. U83. 7 oHicuHnral. Clorer. Wo cannot urge too frequently upon farmers tie paramount importance of this greatest and best of hay crops, which, all things considered, has no rival. As a soiling crop, it is vatly superior to any other that has yet been tested. For improving worn and waited lands, giving rest to that v. hich has been wearied and re storing life and vitality to that from which fertility has been exhausted, next to the pea it has no equal in nil the countless experi ments made by practical and scientific re search; and with all of its many excellencies and rare merits, there is no crop so univer sally neglected. A wheat, rye or oat field should never be sown without seeding to clover. If either should produce only a partial crop, the clover, if it "catches," will make good all losses and in any event, the benefit to the land, derived from the clover, will amply re pay for tho extra co'-t and labor. In addition to seeding wheat, rye nnd oat crops to clover, we would also urge that clover be liberally mixed with all other grass crops for the meadow. It goes well with any and all of them and it is a benefit in every in stance. a . We consider spring seeding the lxtt 'f and safer, as when aiwn in the fall it may not get sufficiently rooted to stand the freezes of win ter. Our experience, if it is di sired to seed down to a wheat field, is to wait until the ground is settled in the spring and the hard frosts have pissed, then sow six or eight quarts of clover seed and four quarts of timothy well mixed, followed by harrowing and then roll the ground. When the clover plant begins to leaf, sow 200 pound of plaster to the aero. With oats the same quantity of seed should be nsed, but after the oats are dragged in, immediately put on the roller, i which is beneficial to both oats and clover. The application of platter must not be Omitted, as it is of .special benefit to the oats on dry land. Clover roots strike deep and bring np the fertility of the sub soil. It is considered one of the best crops in the rota tion to keep np the land. In most cases the first crop is cut for hay and the next crop plowed under in the green state. The roots of well established clover contain more weight of dry matter than the crop above ground, and this recounts for the increase of fertility by plowing under. Let no farmer neglect the clover crop. Nashville Southern Industrie. Early Peas. There are two distinct classes of peas, those with small round seeds and others with much larger, irregularly shaped peas, the surface of which is wrinkled. The wrinkled seeded, or marrowfat peas, are as much better than the others as sweet corn is superior to field corn. The round peas, while not so good, are much hardier and earlier than the others. Unless the soil is warm and they germinate quickly, wrinkled peas will decay before they can come up. The round peas are vastly better than no peas, and are very acceptable nntil the others come. To have early peas they must be sown early the earlier the better. After the soil has thawed for the 'first four . inches, even if it is solid below,. sow peas. If the ground was manured and plowed last au tumn, all the better; if not, select the richest available spot and opeto a drill .four inches deep. Peas should be covered deeper than most; other seeds. For varieties tee Eatlv Kent is"one of the best; it has almost a many is one of the names of 'a good strain of this pea. Carter's first crop is another good vari ety, and every spring new extra early sorts are sent from England, which usually turnout to be the old Early Kent with a new name. The peas should be sown in the bottom of the drill rather thickly, at least one every inch, and at first covered with about an inch of soil. It is well to put about four inches of coarse stable manuro over the rows; this is to be left on in cold days, but when it is sunny and warm pull it off with the rake and let the soil over the peas, replacing it at night. 'When the peas sprout, gradually cover them with fine w arm soil, placing the coarse ma nure over them as needed until the soil reaches the level of the surface. If a ridge of soil, a few inchis biuher than. the peas, be drawn up on to each side of the row, it will crreatlv Drotect them from cold winds. When the soil becomes dry' and warm, the main crop of wrinkled peas may be sown. Amer ican Agriculturist. Pruning at Different Seasons. Winter pruning should be practised only on hardy trees, except it be the removal of small twigs, which, if few, may bs cut away at almost aLy time. Hardy bearing apple trees may safely have small branches removed at the present time, the cut surface soon drying, when paint cr grafting wax may be used for covering the wound. It is better not to do all the work in a single year, if there is much to be done. The tree may remain a little one sided or dense headed for a year or two, till gradually brought into shape. As to the best time, the same rule is not al ways to be applied to all places and circum stances alike. Many prefir early summer pruning, because the woudds soon heal over at that season, if large branches have not been cut away. This will answer well with young and vigorous growth, the check always given by the removal of much foliage not doing great barm. The result, however, from summer prunlrg, is not always so favorable as at first it appears to be. This was tested some years ago by an orchardist in Iowa, who cnt off a branch in every month In the year, and at the end of five yean, when all had healed over, the wood on cutting into it was found the least decayed after the lata winter pruning, and the most decayed after the early summer pruning; the latter being about three times ai trret as the former. In this case, the sudden check in the rapidly growing trees, by cutting away large limbs, to the flow ot the sap through them, deranged the currents of sap in the wood, while it expended itself in a more rapid formation of new wood near the outside. Country Gentleman. Flax u a Fallow Crop for Wheat In many paiti of the West, flax is raised for the setd with profit, and since the intro duction of flax machinery, the straw his be come a marketable article. Flax seed is rich in phosphates of lime and magnesia, but aside from this, it takes but little from the soil. The straw being unglazed, it take no soluble silica, and but little potash, from the soil, "t is, therefore, a good preparation ior a wheat crop. If ground is uetigned for seeding in wheat next fall, a flax crop may be put in as early in April as will be safe from the danger of heavy frosts. Any good wheat ground will bring a paying crop of flax, if it be free from weed. The ground should be broken as early in the sprb'g as it is in condition to be plowed. When the time has come to sow the surface should bo leveled and well pulverized. If deep furrows or pits are left in the surface, the seeds, from their slippery character, will slide into these cavities and leave the eleva tions without any. About 30 pounds of good seea to ine acre are suincient, it the rroduc tion of flax seed is the aim; if lint is the ob iect, the amount of seed may be doubled. The flax croD is now irencrallv cut bv ma. chinery, leaving a stubble on the ground about tnree inches hind, from ten to twelve bush els of s ed, and from a half to three fourths of a ton of straw per acre is a fa;r crop. farmers' RevUio. Early Potatoes. It will scon be time for putting in early po tatoes, and the old favorite, early rose, still holds its place at the front. It may be infer ior to some of the new varieties, but th re is one thing in favor of the early rose that all will admit, and that is the usual ceitainty of the crop. There are but few exceptions re garding the reliability of the early rose, and it must be a very unfavorable season, It. deed, when they do not reward the grower for his trouble. Another peculiarity is that when the tops are dead the potatoes are there, and this cannot be said of all others. The peach blow, which is a late variety, first gives a very vigorous growth of vino, and forma the potato afterward. At times they show no slpns of tubers until almost at the period of maturity of vine, and they seem to hurry on the tubers as if they had been forgotten. They are good keepers and are hard to beat as a late variety. Regarding the new rari ties it is best to procure only a pound for experiment. Try them side by side wide established, well known varieties. The reason is that no farmer can recommend to another at a dis tance which is the more preferable variety, as soils and other conditions may not be the same. Qraftlns the Grape Tine A New Method. We desire to have now varities of grapes come quickly Into bearing, but vines from nurseries are frequently tardy. Even a'ter careful nursing they will often droop and die, while a few buds cut off on arrival nnd properly grafted may produce fruit in a short time. Grafting on cut off, underground, gnarly stumps of vines, as usually practiced, is very uncertain at best. Our method is to take a good strong branch or cane of vine, or even a whole 'young vine when a change of fruit is desired, and whip the graft in the usual way. We then cover up the vine in U e soil as near the roots as possible, leaving above ground only a bud or two of the graft. It is well known how quickly a layer will make a bearing vine, as it has the advantage of the parei t roots as well as the roots it produces. The layer may be extended, if long enough, to crow where the vine is to re main. Vineyards may in this way be quickly changed to better varieties Exchange. About Trees , When a tree is taken up to replant it should always be marked, so as to replant as it first grew the noath side to the north. When planted in sandy or light soil, a clay basin bottom should always be put in first to hold the water, and then loam mixed w ith elay should be used for filling to cover the roots. "Three-fifths of the nourishment of a tree comes from the air," says a theorizer, which is a humbug. Girdle the'treVand see hW long it will live. "How, that rain made the grass grow," is a very common expression. But such is not the fact. It forms a liquid solution of .t ho fertilizing properties contained in the earth fertilizer, and the little, tender fibrous roots take it up, and then up springs the tender grass. Exhaust the soil of its en tire fertilizing properties, and yon would get no more grass. The tree draws its nourish ment from its fibrous roots in the same way, and not from the air; and if you wish to keep your trees vigorous and healthy, remove the soil occasionally six or eight inches deep around the tree and replace it with rich, fresh dark loam. A tree requires a shower bath from rain or otherwise occasionally, as much as a man, to open its pores; and, like a man, when it has received the bath it gives off the pent-up heat in the body, and there fore the charmine odor and fragrance inhaled is accounted for upon entering a forest imme diate after a rain shower. Bettlnc Out Currant Cuttlntf . The currant is so valuable a fruit, it is so readily grown and occupies so small a space of ground, that the wonder is that it is not cul tivated on a much greater area than it is. It is true that it is being done on a much greater scale than formerly, still it falls far short of what it ought to be. In setting ont the cut tines they should be taken, of course, of last year's wood. They can now be cut st any time and stuck in the ground an inch or two until the time for planting arrives, which is throughout April and the nrst bait ot May. They should be set in the ground about six, the soil around well pressed with the foot, watered when necessary, mulched when hot weather sets in. It well done every f.ne ought tn nrnv. "Rut in cettinir readv the cuttincrs and wishing to raise most fruit, let all the eyes remain on it, as each will produce a bush; but if a small tree is desired cut out every eye beneath the surface, and you will get it, but not so much fruit, nor will the tree be so lasting. In planting the cutting just as taken from the parent bush, a branob or shoot will come from every eye, and the bush will but an almost indefinite period. If carefully set out, the cuttings will produce some fiuit the succeeding yeiT.Germantoum Trlegraph. The Bon of a Farmer. The always helpful "Aunt Addie" tells the true story of "the son of a farmer," who grew up into love for his father's occupation and prepared himself to worthily inherit and manage the paternal estate: "When a very little boy his father gave him a pig. This was a pet and especial care, and when ready lor maraet trie money it uruugut was religiously handed over to him. Then came a sensable discussion of how the money could be most profitably invested, and father . .1.1. , nivt. nnnil arlvll-A uMrVl thfi llflV cheerfully followed. The sum was invested in ether live stock, witn tno unuersiauuiog that the boy was to support them by bis labor . .u .n-ll Tlma n ...rl v lixunn was pivtn financiering on strictly business principles, the father affording every facility for carrying oit the plans, and helping the boy along whecev r it was suitable. The care of stock Ucamo the delight of his life. The steady increase of his capital went ou until he became of age. when ho lound nimseii quite a iuicmuu young man, and with a tatte firmly rooted in the eld farm soil which had contriluttd so geneiously to build up bis little fortune." sA of viumuiT. rb WMNfflQ WIT AND WISDOM. A country girl, coming from a morning walk was told she looked as tresh as a daisy kissed by the morning dew. To which she innocently replied: "You've got my name right Daisy, but his isn't Dew." A Toronto lady who would go to church, took from her dark closet what she thought to be her dolman. She hung the garment over her arm, and did not discover until she had thrown it over the pew in front of her that she had brought, by mistake, a pair rf her husband's trowsers. A San Francisco woman advertises as fol lows: "For (ale, two beautiful, snow-white, house dogs, cheap." She was threatened with hysterics when she read this next morning: "Two beautiful, small, snow-white houses, dog cheap." "It is not necessary for a man to be poor to be honest." Certainly not. But it seems sort o; nai.-way necessary ior a man to oe poor . n ne is nonesr. The nresidenr. of a college was recen lv ! made a h-ppy father, and the following morr ing at prayer in the chapel he introduced th's rather ambiguous sentence: "And we thank Thee, 0 Lord, for the succor Thou hast given ' us," which caused a general amile to creep ' over the faces of the class. Not lonff r go a new member of congress was invited to a dinner. He describes it thus: There waa nothing on the table when I got there but some forks and spoons and soup, As l man t see notuin' else, i thought i a eat all the soup I could, though soup is a mighty poor dinner to invito a feller to. So I was helped four times; and then comes on the finest dinner I ever seen, and there I set," groaned he, "chock full of soup!" "Why, pa," said little Tooser, to Senior Al ley, "here comes Mr. Jones into the house, and it has only just begun to sprinkle. Isn't it funny!" "Why so!" asked Mr. Jones, who overheard. "Why," said Tooser, looking up with a rant countenance, "papa said yester day that you didn't know enough to come in when it rained, fa got leit, uiun t nej The "Pilgrim's Progress." A little boy was deeply interested in read ing the "Pilgrim's Progress," the characters in that wonderful book being all living men and women to him. One day he came to his grandma and said "uranuma, wnicn oi an ine people ao you like the best ?'' "I like Christian," was the reply, giving the little boy her reasons. "Which do you like the best!" Looking up in her face with some hesitation ho said slowly, "I like Christiana. " Why, my son 7 "Because she took the children with her. grandma." What the Twins Were Named. "So you have got twins at your house!" said Mrs. Bezumbe to little Tommy Samuol )n. "Yes, mam, two of 'em." "What are you going to call them !" "Thunder and Lightning." "Why. those are strange names to call children." "Well, that s what pa called them as soon as he heard they were in the house." John Day Prairie, Wasco County Oregon. D. H. Stearns In Oregonlan. It is thirteen miles from Des Chutes bridge to the bridge across John Day's river on the O. R. N. Co, 's Columbia river line. The two rivers are about equal in volum? and in the extent of country drained. The Des Chutes come from the southwest and tumbles over a considerable fall in the Columbia. John Day's cornea from the southeast and unites with the Columbia peacefully at the mouth of a deep canyon so narrow that the traveler must be alert' to catch a glimpse of the river. I crossed it half a dozen times be fore I had seen it. It is nearly 200 miles to the source of either by its windings, and 100 mileB from the Columbia as the crow flies. Either is a respectable stream. Between them from the Columbia, nearly to their source, lies a most beautiful bunch grass prairie, known as John Day's. It is just enough undulating to be seen. At its sides and northern end canyons cut down to the rivers. Three main wagon roads cross it one, the old Walla Walla trail, from east to west, another from southeast to northwest, and the other from northeast to southwest. Almost the entire population of Oregon up to 1870 crossed John Day prairie by one of these roads. Yet no hsd thought of settling on it except a few who kept feeding stations on the trails, and no one lived near it except two or three men, who built bridges across John Day's or DesChotes rivers and cut roads down to them from the level of the prairie. The grade down to John Day bridge, the only one for 70 miles from its mouth, is four miles long and steep ss could well be nsed At Sherer s bridge across the Des Chutes, 30 miles from its mouth, the descent is 2,800 feet through a canyon six miles in length. The whole Maine is covered with ouncn grass, which grows, if unmolested, is or a IDCnea Will. a uojui w iuniu, ,a nnuy irreen and darkest on the back. As the wind ?u-l-. A 11 TA IihhJm in vba . la aa ailnstif turns its long slender loaves the shades of bright and gray silver change and toilow in endless waves, ine uascaae mountains west ward and the Blue mountains to the eastward vie in show ot snow capped peaks. A dozen may be counted from almost any point. Up to 1880 the prairie was a range for great herds ot cattle and bands of sheep whose own ers did not deign to live upon it or care to take title to the land, A few venturesome settlers tried cultiva tion that year and wero surprised at the fer tility and productiveness of the soil. A rush for lsnd followed and still continues. It is not all taken yet, though unoccupied sec tions are several miles from the, lailroad. There are probably 000 families now on the prairies, nearly all farmers. Grsnt's itttion, nearly half way between Des Chutes snd John Day's, is the moat cen tral ard principal shipping point. An easy road comes down from the prairies through a canyon several miles long. One car load of wheat was shipped from the station in 18SI, and notwithstanding the drought of last year, tbo moat excesaive for 20 vears, eight car Inuli'of wheat came dow n from the praiiie. This year there is enough sown with present prospects, to produce 200 car loads. The frraln i nnvr from six to 10 inches hich and 1..-.1. remarkiiilv fine. The soil nroduccsl not only wheat, but barley, oats, corn, pott- toes and vegetables in wondetful cr. pi. One man took up and hauled away 10 wagon loaus . carrots from one nound of seed a whonner. ut a Bai tist preacher, who takes the Ort gonian, told me of it abd vouch ;d for its truth. iteets, turnips and potatoes yield as remark ably. Corn matures well and has proved a safe crop. There is a great number of timber culture claims on which the requisite number of trees arc crowing finely. Wells have been sunk and au ample supply of water obtained. Fruit trees in one place, an old location made by the keepT of a feeding station, are pro ducirp abundantly. School houses, churches and stores are already the nucleus of future villages. L rgcr than the Stnte of New Jer sey it could support by agriculture twice as large a popu'ation That this is true is fully proven by practical tests during the last t o years Men ol acknowledged business sen e are investing largo capital in lands. Five and even eight dollars per acre has been paid th's year for the samo raw praitia which two yet s ago could have becu hrd lor the taking. One ma, a California, built a $0,000 house last fall and began to plow hi prairie afterward. Grant's, as th- railroad station is named, or Villard, as the post nffico is called, is morally certain t grow Into an important tjwu. Stages now leave it daly f r Goldendale and p, in Klickitit and Yakima counties. W. T) an() thtcc Uraes a week for poil tj t,1(J brairie. A steam ferry connects it with the embryo town of Columbus on the opposite bans of the Columbia. There is now a store, warehouse, two hote's and a blacksmith shop near the company's handsome stat on house Another store and a harness shop are scon to be opened, but these are onlv a toreruncer of a dozen more bef ire the wheat is 11 shipped I saw a farmer take f 100 in gold for a load ot butter brougnt in at the store of Fox, S.ott & Co. This firm handles a large amount o' merchandise rs forwarders for merchant In Goldendale, Yakima, City and other poii ts across the river, besides supplying the settli rs with al needed articles. Trade from Canyon City and the south will be likely to find its way here soon, aa roads looking to that result have been opened. Parties who desire to look at the country or visit it for business may be sure of excellent hotel accommoda tions with John Cooper, the station agent and keeper of the hotel. Consumption Cured. An old phvsician. retired from practice. having had placed in bis hands by an East In dia missionary the formula of a simple vegeta ble remedy for the speedy and permanent curs for Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all Throat and Lung affections. also a positive and radical euro for Nervous Debiiity and all Nervous Complaints, after having tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering felfows, Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve suffering. I will send free of charge to all who desire it, this recipe, in German, French or English, w ith full directions for preparingand using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. A. Noyks, 14 rower s isiock, "Kouxh on Kats." Clears out rats, mlc , roaches, fi tes. ants, bed-bugs skunk, chipmunks, gophers. JSc. Drugjrtsts. MtrydMUabM novaltr of l lolEVEhYfHINGl Ilia, eoatalaa PETER HENDERSON'S 1 B "xfYiAT imlTHcntHt rtgnmn na etfwcr .. 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Muck or Feat la.4 thatotcrfkma until at : jttht. flrt of May la the beat for the Cranb-rry. Ke pthownte in the vinea unill the late f rotta are ov r, and ou 111 have a good crop eteryyenr. Plant b dropping the vinea 2 fret by A Inches, and forcing into the muck with a forked itickor wedire ahapwl dibble. Iloo out the weeds the first year; i ull ihem out by hand the second, and the thhd year they will take care of t cmselvca. A. J. BURR, octlmS Olympia, Thurston Co., W. T. TIMOTHY, CLOVER, AND SPRING RYE Just received by last str. A full supply of the above name grass sood and grain. MILLER BROS. WOODBURN NURSERV J. 11. KETTLEM1F.K, I BOP. JT-EErS A FULL STOCK OF FRUIT, SHADE, ORNAMENTAL, AND NUT TREES. Vines and Shrubbery at very low rates. No seats on rees which are ruining to many trees en this Coast jes wnicn are ruining to manjr in ta.Send for Catalogue. BONE MEAL .AND. BONE PHOSPHATE, A PURE ARTICLE In 25 and 100 pound sacks at MILLER BROS., Icti2t2 209 Bccond St., Torland THB?r.&l000 SPLENDID POT PLANTS, spoolallyprsr pared for Immodlatsi Itoom. Dairawrasl safely by mall pcidlaU rpfflces.Baia id varleuea, your onoi.'w,u iauew,iur ii i rS2 l0forS3l 80fo.Ml MfortSl 7or 1 0 1 IOO for I3. Wl ClWaJdlOSija rosontof oholoasrt MaluaMa ROiltn-M itb every order. Our MtwOUlPI, ""' rwfl m I. Bom.n maM lUtuinlU-A i al. THsT. DINOjtl OONAUD CO.' aa Drawers, We !, 0BsstsOs,lB RUSSELL & COS gk3 PORTABLE SAW MILLS, FARM SAW MILL ENBINES, THRESHINQ MACHINES. ETC. t'Irrulur and 1'rlre.Lisla Heul Free. RUSSELtfe CO., Portland. Or. ED. IIUQilEH, Managtr larr3m JOHN A. MACDONALD, Salem Marble and Granite Works. CoBuaarclaU St., South of Posts Onto Kroet-CKBca Box t, Salem, Oregon.) -ftf-AXDrACTDBEB ! Scotch and California OranU and Marbl. monuments, Head Stones CEMETERY LOTS Enclosed with California GranlU and Stone Walla built of every description rlets Reduced Oae Hall COUNTRY ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. to jour own tddreM fre ipm receipt of tea Damn of Drtgbbnrt. moot ln(er.tM la farmlm tad garden lot 9 L. ALi A CO Patent, nod So Uanoruiartnortbt Ptuei Jr Uocdi IS? A 119 Ctttha.rlti Bt. rhlladelpltla. Pa. HOSES 3( B !aVLaMaBBBBnr3lTwTBiiB tOiaamWSSSSBjMLW ,w29""BBaHBBBBav' opeufTt Coterfri ate low bora, amr Study our CaUlon-iio carefully and urM with ni. Our It r Cat crofi guirmoicd to interest CTcryootvortlBf lot toll will M &LV Seed for TRIAL. Varieties (or the cent of postage and puttlnsuD via. icit b.r no c.u.1. We ,b Ueta. lailj Rt aiaba, KowdDaannaadCratwOal:ltwUaka larly Cora; Dunn Carrot i OmiuiI laaah Tallbrt aid latpnrad Wain Splao OmmVar: imgar rufUai laprarod iaurlua lanr, Tittlsra aad madam Flat Date Oatoasa- Mr large Seed Ottalocoe f roo to all who write for It. Jaunta X. H. Ureajotr, lUrblebaad, Mass. O. N. POTTEE, NURSERYMAN, SALEM, OR. 7 Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees, Shrubbery, Vines Etc. ta.Hai an especially fine lot of'tHi PLUM and PRUNE TREES, OF TI1K VERY BEST VARIETY. Address O. N. POTTEE, Novl2tt Salem, Oregon. USE ItOSE PILLS. GEO. F. SILVESTER, IMPORTER AND Wholesale A Rctnil Denier, la r Fruit and Evergreen, Seed, Plants, Etc., Alfalfa, Gross nnd Clover Seed, In largo quantities, and offered In lot) to purrhascra. HEDGE SHEARS, PHUNINO and BUDDINO KNIVES, OHEKN HOUSE SVINQES, ETC. SEED WAREHOUSE t NO. 817 WASHINGTON feT. SAN FRANCISCO. foblmS REMOVAL. THE OREGONSEED DEPOT W have found found it necessary to secure larger quarter! to aocommodatt our oontlnuilljr INCREASING BUSINESS. So we have leased one of those fine new stores oa Seuond street, corner ot Eolmon, where we will to pie ited to meet all of our old and new customers. New Hfftli now arrlvliur. Bend for Cat logue Jmt out, He ut rKEE on Application. Jacl8m3 MILLER BR09. TANGENT NURSERY. II. TV. Scttlcmlrc, Proprietor. Blarted 1H3J30 Yeara a NnraerjtuaB. ALL SORTS OP Fat I IT, OBNAMENT.4L and DHABI Trees, Vines and Shrubbery. SWSend to Tang-ent, Oregon, for price list and' des criptive catalogue. declDB ttfERRYA rDl r0M.f .T? 1 pg&teScffi&z:. mmm NNUAL pan load.. ititlnna I Mantsi, Fruit Trees, etc. lmaluaUtj to alL eueo-' iaUr to Market Gardeners. Hsud for It 1 D. M. FERRY & CO. DETROIT MlCH. vaHutl.tal (if SEEDS, SEEDS, H. HANSON, NO. 82 FRONT 8THF.KT, (NJSAK OAK.) POWf. land, Oregon, keeps all kinds of Cardesj, Field, Flower. Bui Ik, Tree Heed nnd Uraes ecd, Garden InipleHKiil. Alao a complete aaaortment of OraameBtn! Trees, alarnbltcrr, Koser, Etcs- Brecnr, s-.ir T8PECIAL RATES TO DEALERS. Seed store and olrlce No. Hi Front street, near Oa Portland, Oreiron. decline MOOKE'S KEMEDY FOR. .... POISON OAK-SKf- THE ONLV PREVENTATIVE And certain cure. Sold by all druggists Price: fi!i cents a Box, BEDIftUTOV Jt CO., UEVEKAL AUKXTa, SAN FRANCIbt'O, CAL. lapUin ENGLISH BLUE GRASS. The first lotol genuulne Fnarllsli Illue Onus aa re ceived yesieruay ny uur iroe , Ducoim pucei, aw. 20H. TIiav l.n iii.U lilts Knrln? Ki e to st w for bar. Alao ktip a full line of Ora Bed ai d cerniln. Hnl for I'lreulur., I'aiaiocuea or aiuur. ao. McTammsai Organelle Co.. Worcester. Mass. IJfyJgi WlUbemiffi ' I