WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON. JUNE 8 1883. lljortintltnraL Strawlerrl.s Tlicio is no fruit out of which, while it Lists, inoi o comfoit is to bo taken than the strawberry. Nine out of eery ten persons relih it, and to tho-o who do, it never cloys iion the taste. Wo lime eaten it during ix months in the year, beginning in Louisiana in March and eat ing it all the way up into Canada in Au gust. Hot-house strawbenies arc too e.x pciiMe for many to indJge in, but the markets, in the M'a-on, aio so well 'up plied that eeiy one can have liU share. Wc make the following extracts fiom an address on the cultivation, by Hon. M. P. Wilder befoie the Massichii'-etts Horticul tural Society. Mr. Wilder is high author ity on the subject. "The sti.iw berry is one of the mot ca pricious plants. A vaiicty may do well in a certain locality, and in another not far distant may be u eifect faihne. There are some varieties which, like the Bald win Apple and Concoul Giajio, arc adapt ed to u wide extent of territory. Such is the WiKon, which is recommended by the American 1'omological Society for thiity flve States and teiiitories, while no other is lecommended foi more than twenty eight. We must theieoic study the character of soiW, locations nnd climate-, and select such varieties as are be-t adapt ed to them. The acclimation of tender or half-hardy plants is a fallacy, and we must lely on the fitness of things to the condition in which we live. "Thcstiawbeiry has assumed gieat im portance among our cultivated fruits, and great piogiess has been made in the pro duction of new and fine kind, but there is still loom for imp ovement. We know no leason why wc may not puxhue varie ties of straw liei lies of the finest quality, and such as aio adapted to every section of our vast teiritory. To pioduco them ve should select as breedeis those which possess the chaiacteristics we wish to ob tain. To make slue of a pcifcct cioss, pistillate kinds should be chosen and im piecn.ited with thoc of the cieatest ex cellences; for example, the Credent j which, though of second quality, posoes-. ses extraoidm.uy haulne-s and pioduc- tiv cues-, vith good toim and coloi with the l'lCMiluiit Wilder, Duncan, Triple Crown and other high-flavoied sorts. What is wanted aio varieties of excellence that everybody can glow. " In regard to culture, the stiawberry is a gro-s feeder, and vv ithout a wcll-pieparcd soil and abundant supply of piopei food, and at the proper time, no gieat success can bu anticipated. Wo should plant on land which has not been occupied for some vears with strawberries, and manure and prepare thoroughly, and give a good top dres-ing immediately after the fruit ing season, and repeat this in the spring, being veiy eaicful not to distuib the roots. Well-iotted stable manure is good ; ashes, or a substitute, muriate of potash and bone aio excellent fertilizers, nnd these are the better if composted with soil or ma-1 nure, and allowed to heat before using. I In this elimato the sping is tho best time ! for general planting. "But when every care lias been taken in planting, we have often to contend witli tho licit nnd drouth of summer, which is the most formidable of all difficulties. No plant is moie benefited by tho fiuiting season than the strawberry, and I repeat my former advice, give the stiawberry water! water! water! and still a little more water! If I were to grow it on a huge scale for market, 1 would provide the means of irrigation, so Ui.it water might be given whenever needed." To Cut Potatoes tor Seed. If tho new doctrine that has been pro mulgated from the New York Kxperi ment Station concerning tho philosophy of potato cutting by singlo ejes snail prove applicable to ordinary farm practice, there will be n call for a new machine to dothcwoikof cutting and planting in a more scientific manner than the cut feed principle now in use by some of our po tato planters. It is too early, yet, how ever, to determine just how great an in fluence, tho method of curing may have on tho crop. Dr. Sturtev.int has been dissecting tho potato, and finds it put together some thing like the cone of a pine tree tho buds or eyes of the potato, at which jioint is tho core or central stem These internal stems or veins may be plainly seen in the raw potato by cutting in thin slices from stem to seed end, and holding up to tho strong light of a lamp. Tho appearance will bo something like the frost work on our window panes on winter mornings. Aftor tho starch groins are bursted by cooking, these veins probably disappear, or are less visible. The new theory is, that the potato should bo so cut as to keep tho connec tion between the eye and tho center of the tuber. The exjienments for the past sea son showed that an eye cut shallow in every cae gnv o smaller yield than when it w. is cut long or deep, so as to reach the center of the potato. Tho subject will receive the attention of potato growers tho coining season, and if tho new theory proves correct, there will bo more care used in cutting seed po tatos in future year. New England Fanner. Girdled Tree. Sinco the snowbanks Iiavedisappearod, e hear the usual complaint of destruc tion by mice in the orchard, jwrhaps more than usual, from the long reign of snow the pat winter. Tho remedies are few. If not fully girdleJ.the trees should 1 at onco banked up with soil and much to exclude drying j winds: favoring recovery of the external bark by natural growth. In most cases tins will be found sulhcicut, as the cam bium or inner bark is generally not all destroyed and the connections cut oil". But where this is the case, then, if the tree is valuable, it may be eav ed to do good service by inarching some of the natural sprouts which are often found below the injury. In the absenceof these, we would cut good strong healthy shoots of one 01 more years growth, from any tree of 'the species, of the size of a pencil or longer, and enough to span the wound. These may bo shaved to long slants at each end, nnd inserted into slits above and below the wound. After putting in four to eight to the tree, and binding all to the tree above the space, the whole should be banked with soil as before diiected. Valuable trees may be saved todo jears of service, by this method, but those who try it will soon remember that "an ounce of precaution is better than a pound of care," and will sec that all infe-ted trees are well banked before winter as we lecomnicnddd last fall. Madison, Wi-, Western Fanner. Tbe Chinese Primrose We know of no other plant so sure to bloom in window culture, as the Chinese Frimiosc. Several veils ago, we men tioned it as -'Even body's Flower," and were somewhat amused to find that an English author had adopted tho name in his work on Floriculture. It is now too late to stait with tho seeds, as this must be sown in early summer to l.ii-m plants for winter blooming ; but plants may bo had of the florist's at a model ate price. In puichasing, be sine to get those which have not been foiced, but only o.poed to tho heat of a cool greenhouse ; all the better if they are without buds. The va rieties l.ingo f 10111 white todaik purple, nnd there are single nnd double ones of different eolois. Besides their pleasing flowers some have such beautiful foliage that they would be woith growing, did they not bloom. The single varieties flower rather more freely than tho double, though we have had much satisfaction horn tho double white, when it had not been subjected to too much heat. In the window they need a sunny place, but do best in u loom that is not veiy warm. A little liquid manure, veiy week, will help them. Tick off the lloweis as soon as they are past their prime, as seed-bearing will" needlessly exhaust the plant. Amer ican Agriculturist. Root-ginfting is sometimes resorted to where extensive increase is an object, or where stem-grafting or other means of p.opagation are not available. In such a case the scion is grafted directly on to n poition of the loot of some nppiopiiate stock, both graft and stock being usually very small. The grafted loot is then pot ted so as to cover the point of junction with tho soil, and is plunged in the bed of the piopagating house where it is slightly stimulated by the gentle bottom heat. Dahlias and peonies may be grafted by inserting young shoots into the neck of one of the fishy roots of each kind re spectively,, the best method of doing so being to cut a triangular section near the upper end of the root, just laige enough to admit the young shoot when slightly pared away on two sides to give it a simi lar form. Wallowa Valley, Union County The Wallowa valley, the eastern half of Union county, Oregon, situvted in the ex terna northeast corner of tho Statu, about 40 miles Ion by 30 miles wide, is a little country with as many natural advantages, we ventnre to say, as any section of its size in the United States. Its pasturable capacity is almost un limited. There are in the valley at the pres ent time botween ten and fifteen thousand head of stock, including sheep, tattle and horses, and their influence on the range can scarcely bo noticed. There is room for many more nho wish to engage in the stock raising business. Its grain raising capacity is fully equal to that of its stock raising, having at least 200,000 acres of as good arable laud as can befound anywhere in Eastern Oregon. Grain has always commanded a good price hera and w ill for many years to come. Here tofore this valley has be'in occupied by a few stock men who cared for nothing but their vast herds, but in the last few years enter prisiug men have come from tho Eastern States and have tested tho capability of tho sod, and have demonstrated that as fine grain and vegetables can be raised here ai any w here, and in as' large quantities. It is true we have long, cold winters, as a general rule, but when our ten hundred fine ranches yet vacant are taken by men who are willing to work for a nice profit by railing grain and hay sufficient to spare; a quantity to fted a small band of sto:k in winter and pasture them on the out side range in summer, then our farmers will be in the most prosperous con lition, and in a few years of patient toil we will be one of the most prosperous and wealthy sections of the country. Onion County Jleconl. Itemember Tbls. If you are sick, Hop Bitten will surely aid Nature In making you well when all else alls. It jou are costive or dyipeptic, or are suffering from ny other of the numerous diseases of the stomach or buwels, it U your own fault If you remain III, tor Hep Hitters are a sovereign remedy In all tuch complaints. It jou are wasting away with any form of Kidney disease, stop tempting Death this moment, and turn for a cure to Hop BitUrs. if you are aick with that terrible sickness Nervous ness, ou will find a ''Iiata in Uilead" In the uie of Hop Bitters. If rou are a frequenter, or a resident of a miaimatie district, barrieide your system against the scourge of all countries malarial, epidemic, bilious, and intermit tent fevers by the use of Hup Bitter. If you hare rougn.pimp. or sallow skin, bad breath, pains and aches, and feel miserable generally. Hop Bit ters will give you fair skin, rich blood, and sweetest breath, health, and comfort. In short they cure all Diseatct of the stomach, Bowels, Blood, Liver, Nerves, Kidneys, Brigfat'slnscaae. 1500 will be paid for a case they will not cure help. That poor, bedridden, inv alid w If e, sister, mother, or aurhter, can be made the picture of health, by a few ottlcs of Hep Bitters, costing but a trifle. W ill yoti. ."Great hsste is not always good speed," You mutt not dillv-dIIy i:i caring for your health. Liver, kidneys and bowels must be kept healthy by the use of that prince of medicines, Kidney.Wort, which comes in liquid form or dry both thoroughly effica cious. Have it always ready. North of the Columbia In Klickitat county, Washington Territory. The Walla Walla Statesman gives a sketch of the twelve miles ride from Grants Station, 23 miles above Dalles City, to Goldemlale, in Klickitat county, which illustrates tho value of the land near the Columbia river and cor responds well with our own account of tho region immediately south, in northern Wasco county i Grant's Station was the terminal point of my journey and the point from whence I took a new departure, is becoming quite an impor tant point, goods are received here for many points in Eastern Oregou and more for tho Washington Territory side. The reason is there is only twelve miles of road between Grants and Goldendale, against 27 from The Dalles. A steamloat towed our ferry across to Columbus and we journeyed up the hill. At intervals we noticed pretty little farms and ranches, all betokening comfort and in dustry, where but a few years ago it would have been considered as tno aberrations of a crazy man to have ever conceived the idia of making a 1 ome. But for all that the homes are there and unless all indications fail they are happy homes. More especially are these slopes adapted for fruit growing; on the banks of the Columbia river near Columbusare the only peach trees that I have seen which sur vived the late phenomenally severe winter. The sod here is a volcams ash and for grape culture is peculiarly fitted; the soil in many places on the rocky slopes is that same red, which in France and Germany along the hanks of the Rhine is coteted for vineyards It is the best watered country I havo seen for many a day, for springs come bubbling out of the ground nearly everywhere. Arriving on top of tho hill after a drive of five miles we come to a fine farming; country where cattle, horses and hogs roamed at will; extensive tracts containing scores ot farms spread out before us in every direction. The houses were comfortable and substantially built. The fences regular and made of boards, and in fact the whole country gave evidence of being considerably ahead of the frontier in general. The scenery is sublime; like a battle line of giants the snow covered peaks of Mounts Hood, Adams, St. Helens and Ranier are to be seen rising abrupt and awe-inspiring in their majesty. CoWllle Valley. A correspondent of the Signal says : Col villo is one of the oldest towns in Eastrn Washington, and the valley is one of early settlement also. Tho valley is some thirty or more miles long, and is coursed through its entire length by the Colville river. Tno gen eral course of the stream is nearly due north for some twenty miles, when it turns to tho northwest, and joins the Columbia some twety five milps from the presenc town of Colville, at which the garrison is stationed. The valley proper is one and a na'f to three miles wide, with hich mountains on three sides of it. The soil is a rich, black alluvial formation, and, taken as a n hole, is the most fertile spot in all Eastern Washington. It is equal for hay to the Grande Ronde valley, but superior as to natural grass. Almost the whole valley is thickly set with a species ot red top, indiginous to the country, which makes the best of hay. The altitude of the valley is something like that of Spokane Falls. Irrigation is not needed here. There are men clear streams rushing down from the mountains on both sides, atTordin? abundance of power for all kinds of milling purposes. With the exception of the valley skirting the river, the whole country is covered with tim ber for miles. On these mountains there is an abundance of limestone. There is no great demand for lime, but several kilns of it havo been burnt, some of which was taken to Spo kane, sixty or seventy miles distant. There is very little wind in Colville, but snow falls to the depth of two to four feet almost every winter, and it is safe to say that there is an average ol three months good sleighing. We never depend oa the range for wintering our stock. Nearly every rancher has some stock, but ho does not keep any larger herds than he can provide feed for. Oats and barley do welt here, but in times past w e have not had much encouragement to raise crops of this kind beyond home needs, save the little that was wanted for the government horses at the post. It is a good country for hogs, and large quantities of bacon have been sent from hero to the Koo. tenas mines in former years. Notes of a Tourist. From Cheney to Medical Lake, one passes through a piece of quito broken country, though very fertile for the first four miles. The road winding among the hills, in and out, furnishes the spectator with a wonderful va riety of scenes ; ever changing as they are ever new in their outline, one cannot fail to be interested. The country is settled very well for the four miles mentioned ; fencing and breaking appearing on each quarter sec tion and a more homelike look to the farms and their general surroundings. The sod is a rich, black loam with a clay subsoil, easily tilled and very productive. All kinds of grain can be grown in great profusion, and vegetables grow in great variety and excellent in sue and relish. Four miles further wo pass thiough a belt of timber, among rocks and lakes, passing an occasional cabin and getting sundry glimpses of the timberless hills to tho north and east, we reach Medical Lake, the city of famous waters. From Medical Lake we go northward. The country is of a more level character, but not so rich a soil ; bunches of trees dot the landscape at intervals, and rocky beds of scab land occasionally show themselves. The country is extensively fanned, and good crops are always certain. Six miles from Medical Lake we como to Deep Creek, a stream of twenty miles in length, timbered most of the way. Deep Creek Falls is the name of a town situated on Deep Creek at the crossing of the Spokane Falls and Big Bend road, and is composed of some half-dozen business honses and a grist mill. Deep Creek Falls is destined some day to make a town, as it is centrally located in a rich farmiug country and has superior advan tages as a commercial center. There is alto a very good water power here. The grist mill has a race built from a point Borne half a mile up the creek and a flume built across the creik. giving a fall of forty-eight feet. Sio- lane Chronicle. ffajulnston Territory. I'erbars no country now opened np fur nishes a better field for men of industry, pluck and perseverance than does Washing ton Territory. No country with such varied resources as mining, agricultural, stock rais ing and mechanical pursuits, to say nothing of manufactures. But to those contemplating a change of home we would suggest that they come with at least a little money in their purse as they mutt not expect to find re munerative labor the moment they land on our soil, nor must they become discouraged that they do not immediitely find employ ment. Wc suggest this as wise and prudent. At tho same time we assure them that thoe who are willing to work will not long remain idle. If vou are poor in purso you must not come expecting to live by your wits alone; there are too many of tbat kind already and Washington Territory docs not want that class. We want sober, intelligent, industri ous people to farm our laods: to delve into our mines; to eugaizu in the various pursuits where laoor is required, anil to such an mi mensp field is opened up. Capital hich is already seeking our country, investing iu our ncli Bull ami engaging In stuik raising, is able to take care of itself. It cannot make a mis take by investing in the many enterprises opened up to it, and no where does it meet with such returns Come with a determina tion to carve out your own des iny by appli cation and industry aud you caunot fail in any undertaking, which may be suited to your capital aud capacity. Railroads are now in our country, opening up and expanding its resources. The people of Washington Tirri tory aro a generous, whole Fouled people and are not only willing but pleased to help those who will bIiovv a disposition to help them selves, but have no love or sympathy with the idle or shiftless. To those who dtsiro to corns with their families we would siy we have good schools, good churches and a peo ple generous to maintain and encourage both. You will not be coming to a dcseit or savage country, but can draw around vou all the tie ments and comforts of a home. Our climate is healthful and invigorating. Thoso who have lived here a number of years form an at tachment to our country, which cannot be shaken oil. Many who have gone to other parts hive returned better than ever satisfied that Washington Territory is the most do- lightful country to live in. The cost of living is cheaper in proportion to the wages earned than in the East. No determined effort has ever been made to induce people to como to these mountains. It lias grown and increased from its own natural aud inherent qualities. and by individual representations of citizens living here to friends and relatives in the Eist. Again we say : If you have the right kind of energy and perseverance we invite you to come and share in the bounties ot our soil and other natural resources. W. W. Statesman. "Ihavebften afflicted with an AiTcc tion of the Throat from childhood, caused by diphtheria, and have used various remedies, but have never found anything equal to UI10W S BRONCHIAL IKOCIltS ' ft I'. U. M. F. Hampton, Ptkttcn, Ky. Sold only m boxes. C. N. POTTER, NURSERYMAN, SALEM, OR. Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees, Shrubbery, Vines Etc. ta.Has an especially fine lot of"Bl PLUM and PRUNE TREES, or the VERY BEST VARIETY. Address C. N. POTTER, Novl2tt Salem, Oregon. USE ROSE PILLS. TANGENT NURSERY. II. W. Scttlcmire, Proprietor. Mtarlrd 1S5J :io leant n Nurseryman. 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