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WILLAMETTE WAKMER: SALEM, OREGON, JANUARY 11, 1884. h M : I r -I ! ! ir" 1 MI ri M ii IM lot M I'l $faL Wool Growing In Montana Territory. Tho subject of the resources of the United States for sheep husbandry, tho eubjecUof all others of tho highest in terest to manufacturers is ono, it would 8cem, which can novcr bo exhausted. California, tho trans-Missouri regions, and Toxas liavo each in their turn at tracted by tho hopeful fields of onter priso' in sheep husbandry which they epen ; and now a Territory in tho high latitudes of tho Northwest, but yestcr day's'torra incognito, challenges compe tition with the most favored regions known ten years ago. Then tho Territo ry of Montana was known only as n promising gold mining rogion. There were not 1,000 shcop in tho territory ; . now thero aro over 200,000 with a pro duction of a million pounds of wool, and California and Orogon pour into tho Territory the surplus of their flocks. One-fifth of this vast .Territory, or about 20,000,000 acres, is mountainous, as its namo implies; but it contains 88,000,000 acres of unexcelled grazing lands a pnsturc-fiold alono larger than the creat nanturo Stato of Illinois, be sides 10,000,000 acres of fertile farm lands. There aro no monotonous prai ries, as in tho Mississippi valley States, nor impenetrable or illimitablo forests ns in Canada and tho East; but an alterna tion of wooded mountain and nrablo valloy, of upland pnsturogo nnd well drained mnadow, characterizes tho topo graphy of tho Territory. That tlio climate is no impediment to shcop husbandry is shown in tho fact that half a million cattlo, hornos, and shcop roam upon the hills of Montana, wholly unsheltorcd winter and summer. Without injustico to any other part of tho West, it may bo truly said of Montana, that it is tho best grazing section of tho Rocky Mountain region, not only on tho open plains and prairies covered with rich and nutritious Brasses, but on tho smooth hills and nakod mountain-slonos, and tho same Tich carpet continues even beyond theso far up into tho timber. Wherever a fno has swept up tho mountain sido, destroy ing thopino trcos, louving tho blackened fbtcms and stumps to murk tho place whoro tho forest stood, thero quickly (springs up a tall grocn grass, covering ovcry spot whoro it can gain a foothold. Thoro, us in other partB of tho West, as is well known, tho grass cures on tho ground, furnishing, in fact, a bettor food than if cut and cured. Thero is seldom any difficulty experienced on account of tho cold or snows of winter, many who have slock running on thojirairios mak ing no preparation for winter fcoding, which is seldom necessary. A largo and increasing percontago of tho sheep of Montana, as well as of tho cattlo, is owned by persons who do not rnunagu them themselves, rsonrly all tlio leadinirnien of capital in Helena own in terests in banks of stock, either sheep or cattle. Tho persons desiring to invest in tho business ol sheep-growing tiiKo as an associate boiiio man of oxperienco and integrity, but destitute of capital, and give him ontiro charge of tho ilock. For his servicou ho receives usually oho half of Iho lncroiwo Ilock. Sheep must bo herded, suinmor nnd winter, in separate bands of not more than 2,000 each, cor ralled evory night and guaidod against tho deputations of dogs and wild aniin wids. Cattlo and shcop cannot lio together on tho sumo range. Tho latter not only eat down tho grass m closely that nothing is loft for tho cattlo, but they alto leave an odor which is oll'ensivo to tho cattle. Although tho cost of managing bheep is greater than that of bundling cattlo, tlio returns aro quicker and larger. While n herd of young cattlo begins to yield an iucbmo oulvat thiuper.ition of thrco years, tho siieop yield a crop of wool tho llt summer after they aro driven upon a range and tho inoicnso of tho baud is much gi eater. Our informant considers cheep far more profitable than cattle, wliilo the lift) of tho sheep grower is much lUfior than that of the cattlo herder, In his judgment the minimi clip of wool in Montana Territory will reach as high as f.0,000,000 pounds within ten years. ICx. BurnluK the Fat Whether tho animal is intended for breeding or for fattening, for going through another winter or to slaughter in tlio course of tho year, the impottaitce of retaining as much as possible of this fat t obivou. If tho outside layer, which protects tho muscular system from cold, is allowed to wasto away, tho nuisolo it self must shrink under tho influence of cold, unless corn fuel or cako fuel is sup plied; ami even in that case it is ques tionable whether tho nrtilleal feeding oau keep pace with tho waste; whether tho digestive jwwor can supply to tho blood with BUllieieut rapidity tho combustible nutei'iiil required to comb.it the effect of coition tho cxtciitivu surfaco of thouni mal's liody, Man in Aivtio rev 1ms needs rondy-mado fat to feed tho life flume, anil can scarcely eat so much of it as to grow fat himself. To keep tho adipose tissues of hi own iKxly from wasting awny is about as much us he can do.'ovon at tho ihti of consumption tested by Mr John Wo call tho attention or our renders to Franklin, when ho allowed tho Esquim- tlio fait tint McAfee- A Hawkins liavo mix' boy to et 14 lbs. of his tallow can- lone of tlw noatfot, bet stocked and leet dlor, aniltlwn gavo him jwrk fat to stop arranuixl drug cttuvs in tho State. They his-crevings for more-. 1 h.ivo recently received n supply of toilet 'Ike Wtur tho condition ol tho animal' goods, flue euHw, cit Kias$ bottles, ami in sprint and tho less, therefore, tho iterfuiiwry that is not excelled in tho watjfaj to be roivalixxl. tho earlier nnd mnro Stat a. If vim n-unt In wt nni.hlntr far vigorottf, rWtnwy ftMium, will, bo tho growth ofWe and wuwlo upon the cnulng NUM'i graa. In the caw of nlmala for fattening, the importance ot savine fat already extracted from tho food consumed, and the extravagance of needlessly losing it, will be readily grant ed. Stock Journal. Trie. Pulse of Anlmali. In horses tho pulse at rest beats forty times, in an ox from fifty to fifty-five, and in sheep and pigs about seventy or eighty beats per minute. U may bo felt wher cvor a large artery crosses n bono, for in stanco. It is generally examined (says the Scientific American), in tho horsoon tho cord whieh crossos ovpr tho bon of tho lower jaw in front of its curved posi tion, or in tho bony ridge above the oye ; and in tho cattlo over the middle of the first rib, and in tho sheep by placing the band on tho left Bide, whoro tho beating of tho heart may bo felt. Any material variation of tho pulse from the figures given above may bo considered a sign of disoaso. If rapid, hard and full, it is an indication of high fovcr, or inflamma tion ; if rapid, small and weak, low fever, loss of blood unu weakness. II slow, trio probabilities point to brain disease, and if irregular, to heart troubles. This is qno of tho principal and suio tests of tho health of animal. Feeding Sheep for Market. It is very important for regular feed ers of sheep for market to establish a rep utation for Bonding only tho best fat tened sheep to market. This reputation gives a standard valuo to his b'rand, great ly facilitates sales, seciycs top prices, and decidedly adds to tho profits of the busi ness. Having selected tho Mieop for feeding, and provided a proper shelter, wo must detormino tho method of feeding for market. Tho details of this will depend somewhat upon the length of timo the locality has boon settled, whether tho fod der consists of straw or hay. With plenty of good hay, of cultivated or wild grass es, corn alone may bo successfully used as the gram food. I ho hay will supply the lack of albuminoids in tho corn. Ono pound to one and a half poinds of corn, according to sio of tho sheep, will bo required, with what hay they will eat 'clean. This corn ration should bo di vided, half given in the morning, and tho other at-1 r. m. Ex. How to Cure and Smoke Hams. Concerning this subject we take tho following from tho Cultivator and Country Gentleman. A correspondent tolls how lfo cures poik, and wo think 't good. In place of corn cobs our readers can uso oak chips and will arrivo at the snmo result : My method of pickling hams and shoulders is to make a solution after this rule: For ono hundred pounds of meat, take six gallons of water, fivo pounds of coarse salt, four pounds of lino salt, thrco pounds of brown sugar, ono quart of West India molasses, thrco ounces of saltpetre, ono ounco of saleratus and ono ounco of black pepper. Poil and skim as long as scum rises ; then r-et away till cold, l'nck tho meat in a tight, sweet cask. Sprin klo a littlo salt evenly over tho bottom of tho banel ; .pack tho meat in firmly, and when tho picklo is cold, turn it over tho meat. It is just enough to cover a hundred pounds, and salts it just right to keep and bo delicious. Tlio pepper keeps all Hies awny from the vicinity, if tho cover should hnppon to bo left ofl'. Xow about tlioHiioking: hithocouie of si weeks they will bo pickled, nnd tho-.o who prefer to liavo them smoked can tako them from the ban el andtjriiin them thoioughly. Those who do not fancy tho smoky flavor, can keep their linniri in tho pickmtlio joir round ; they will keep sweet and s.ifc. When you t-lico oil' to um', tuko o.i'c to immerse it in tho picklo, so as to hiuc it completely covered, ' Xow I liavo nn amusement of my own invention, and I am not going to apply for a patent. I 10 k a Hour b.ir icl, and had a eiicle cut nut fiom one of tho btnvcs juht huge enough ot admit a font-inch htop-pipe. Thou I took a biutill Ik-Iovo, and put on tin elbow and ton feet of pipe. 1 hang my hams on liars laid actors tho top of tho' barrel, and cover up tho b.inel with a cctton K'od sack. 1 then build u fire in the Move with corncobs, using caio not to make it too hot ; a dozen or fifteen cobs is enough. All the smoko is saved; tbmo is no danger of K-oivhing or heat ing tho hams, and it smokes them beau tifully. A couple of d.iyr. is long enough to smoko them. If they a i) to bo kept for summer um jinsio pepper all over them, put them into a tight cotton-cloth bag, and buiy mem in a gr.iiu-mu or barrel. Tho smoko of cobs is tho sweetest I can liiul for meat of all kinds, and by c.irrviuK tho Miiokji tluouuh Mich a length of etovo pipe, theto is no fear of getting tho meat too warm or tho Miioko t) ctrong. f ci haps I tun prejudiced in favor of my own, but leally I noer te any hams that I liked as well as thoo cured and smoked in this manner. Slow milking of cows never secures tho full product. Tho cow becomes tiled of relaxing tho udder muscles, and after a timo resumes the more natural position of contracting thorn. This iniikos much stripping peeiv-xnry, and a slow milker will never have patience to strip along timo. Partial null ing so n dries the cow, and greatly reduces her value. u Christmas present, something nice aud ufiil to nuko a practice of fumigating yet not expensive, call t the National dairies occasionally, sccially after a Drug- Storo, in tho New Bank Iluitdirg.'lwd damp spell of weather during the Commeainl atroct, Salem. . summer season. - " At tot Maim. - Creaming Milk In Winter. Now that cold weather is upon us, milk from which butter is to bo made will need special attention and care. It is Customary with many farm dariea to have troublo with their cream at this season of tho year. It has flecks in it, or it don't churn well, or the cream rises imperfectly and docs not tasto right; is too bitter, too sour, too strong, tastes bad, or smells bad, or is "off" in some way. Tho treatment which will remedy the greatest number of defects in winter milk is scalding it. This will make tho cream riso quicker, and have moro flavor and color. The way to scald it, if no sptcial prcperation has been made for doing it, is to place a pan or kcttlo of water on the cook stove, and let it heat to boiling. Place the warm milk, as soon as it has been Btrained, in a tin vessel, and set this vessel in tlio water, and let it remain till tho milk is scalding hot. To dctcrmlno when it is hot enough, a thermometer is very conven ient, tho milk may bo taken off when it is up to 45 deg. If a thermometer is not at hand, heat till the wrinkles fonn thickly on top of the milk, and flit over the surfaco rapidly. Then set it away in pans for tho cream to rise, which it will do quickly ; but it will bo much thinner than cream from unscaldcd milk, but it will, ncvcithelces, make moro butter than the thicker coat, as well as churn easier. To facilities churning in winter, skim early, keep tho-cream well stirred, so it shall all liavo tho same temporaturo nrul get tho samo air ing, and churn often. To keep tho flavor of winter butter pure, seo that it takes no scent irom victuals cooking on tho kitchen stove, or from crease or other matter slopping over and burning on tho stove. Cream, while rising, will absorb all such odors, and carry them into tho buttor. National Live-Stock Journal. Why Does a Cheese Cure Centre. Soonest In the Tho Farliicr and Dairyman, of Syra cuse, N. Y., asks'this question, in refer ence to a statement in a former number of tho Journal, that tho curing of cheese was an oxidizing process, and remarks that oven since mammoth checso cure fastost in the center, perhaps the less oxidizing tho better. It is known that tho development of flavor in tho curing oi cheeso is clue to oxidation, but it is not known that it affocts tho curing of cheeso in any other respect. Tho substanco of cheeso is not impervious to the passage of gases, and tho f roo oxygen of the air penetrates it, and oxidation goes on all through tho cheese, moro slowly, perhaps, in the ccntro than near thosuifnco, but still it occurs there, nnd carbonic acid gas is evolved, and whonevcr this is done, heat is liborated. Though a slower oxidation may goncrato loss boat at tho center than elsewhere, it is bo much moro ell'ectually retained tlmn at tho surfaco, thnt it often happens that a largo and moist cheeso will bo two or three dcgiees warmer at tho center than near the sur face, and tlio curing or mellowing of tho curd which is effected by the notion of tho rennet employed in curding the milk, goes on faster in tho warmest part of the cheeso, which is genorally the in terior paits. Livestock Journal, Corr. An Iowa f armor in tho Homestead, writing on feeding cows for tho butcher gives tho following experience: A neighbor onco tnid to me: ''This is the poorest "cow I over owned, and I am thinking of knocking her on tho head." "Ifavo you given her a fair trial befoio you convict her?" I asked, "Well, sho gets tho samo feed as tho others," said ho. ''Jly dear fellow," I replied, ''cows aro like folks ; you can't judge for one by another. Now, yon j;ivo that cow soino extra feed and seo what she will do. (live her a trial; I think sho is a good cow if you give her a chance." And he guvo her a trial, the moro feed ho gave iter tho moro milk sho gave, until sho came up ftom five quints a day to twelve. Then ho tried all his herd in tho samo way. lie soon found which cows should bo kept and which should go to tho butch er, and some he thought tho best were the worst. Tho feed that made somo milk miulo somo fat. Now, a daityman wants milk, mid fat in tho milk, nnd not on tho rilu. It is tho cows that puts the feed upon their tibs instead of into tlio pail that should bo wcedetl out. Never mind their looks, "Handsome is as hand some does." Ami just now tins test should bo opphed to all tho cows, ond those that will not rcspoud in uiiywav should go oil' in tho quickest way. It docs not pay a dairyman .to feed a SI? cow two or three months to nntko her bnnir 20 or f'J.i. It pay better to nut another cow in her place, and get lier butter from the (cctltlint woul.l bo used. There is a very girat economy in having good cows and feeding them well. The Dairy says that sulphurous acid 's a most effective antiseptic and anti ferment, and may bo produced by burn ing sulphur upon Hvo coals iipon a chovel or a bed of coals carried into a stable with pel feet safety. It will also be found an excellent method forfreehnr dairy rooius and cellars from tho spores of mildew, which have a very injurious elleet uixm the milk and uikhi butter or cheese made irom milk that lias been exposed to them. In fact, from constant prevalence of these spores it miirht bo r.,f..l. !... ..: i i ?.. A mai ket gardener has a very fine cow, that was milked week after week by hired men. Ho observed that tho amount of butter ho carried to market weighed about a pound more on each alternate wcok. Ho watched the men and tried the cow after they had finished milking, but always found that there was no milk left in the teats. He finally asked the Scotch girl who took care of the milk if sho could jiccount for the difference. "Why, yes," sho said. "When Jim milks he says to the old cow, 'So! my pretty muley, sol' But when Sam milks he hits her on tho hip with the edge of the pail and says, 'Hist, you old brute V" A boy was sent to milk the cow, and after he had been gone something over two hours his father started out to look him up. Ho found him sitting patiently on a three legged stool in tho corner of a ten acre lot. "What tho mischief arc you sitting there for?" demanded tho irratc father. "Why don't you do your work and get back to tho house.?" "Because," answered tho boy, "the teacher said to-day that all things come to him who waits, and I am waiting for the cow." Philadelphia Call. Eoys. should Learn to Use Tools. Encourage tho boys in the use of car penters' tools. I never was moro impres sed with the necessity for-this than when, a short timo ago, a young farmer pur chased a neglected picco of property where tho house was sadly out of repair. Ho was obliged to take his family into it just ns it was, and two or three weeks passed before ho could got anyono to make a few repairs, during which timo they all becamo ill from exposure. This could have been prevented, had tho pur chaser been skillful in tho uso of two or three of tho commonest carpenters' tools. Of course boys will dull and somo times'break them, but if carefully taught thoir use, and if acts of carelessness aro followed by a season of deprivation, they soon learn that it pays to bo thoughtful. Encourage them in making their own kites, in putting new boxes on their ex press wagons, and in building their coops for their own biddies and her broods. These will be crude and rough, but praiso the work, and the noxt timo they attempt it, offer a few suggestions, that every effort may exceed all previous ones. Ono who has some knowledgo of car penters' tools is moro fitted to direct workmen, and give plans when ho wishes a building put up or repairs made. Then how often a mere novice whose hands aro accustomed to use saw and chisel can, with a few directions, put up a shop or hennery, at a timo when farm work is slack! Then tho convenience of being able to fashion a door or ladder, to mend a broken gate, or replaco a few shingles blown from tho roof, and do it all in a workmanlike manner that brings no shame at tho result I Then there aro a thousand and ono littlo things about the houso which would" save much weariness and many steps littlo things for which one hardly likes to call tho carpenter, and that tho father or ono of tho boys might do if he could saw.oll a board straight or dnvo a nail without pounding his thumb and losing his temper. Then thoro is real pleasure in accepting a token of lovo fashioned by tho hands that gavo it. I hao in mind now a pretty centre tablo nnd a book case, matlo by a young far mer during the stormy days of a cold winter. It was not tho money value alono that gavo them woith, 'or "my husband made those" was often said by tho recipient of these favors. Women as Jurors. The following takon from thoCouiicr, published fit Olynipin, "W. T., illustrates fully tho way "our women" in AVasliing ton Territory nro honored, now that they linvo tho finiichiso and privilodgo to vote. Wo seo no reason why women can not nnd should not net on a jury for they possess some judgment : Tho grand jury of tho District Court for Skiifjit county was impaneled last Wednesday, and nmonf' its members w era tho firtt women on any legal jury in tho Territory of Washington, or on the Pa cific coast. Three women wero summon ed, namely ; Mrs. Bradley, Mrs. Ander son nnd ill--. Calhoun. Tho latter was dismissed because of doubts as to hcrcit zenship, sho being of foreign birth and iimiatuudized. All three of tlio women wero willing to serve, and Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Anderson did servo. Tho novel ty of tho affairs crealo.1 an intense sensa tior in tho community. Tho grand iurv went to work promptly, and in a short timo rcpoitod thoir first indietmont Hint ot J. 1'. lxM;jfor,lor robbery, ho hav ing takon 20 from a relative at tho point of a pUtol. Wo cannot too how tho fact of Sirs. Calhoun not being native born, itfi'ected her qualifications ns a ju ror, as her luuband lias boon naturalized, and it is generally understood that tho naturalization of tho husband and father naturalizes tho wife and minor children. If not, there will be many women in this Territory who will be unable to vote, un less thoy take steps at onco to bo natur alised. Section .ll8, Kovised Statutes of tho United States savs tlio wMnw an.) children of an alien who lias declared his .memiuns to ticcoma a ciuen, shall bo considered eitzous of the Unitixl States. 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