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VOL. XV. orrconilcnt Some Experience on the CraBs Question, Cijksswell, Or., Jan. 30, 1SSI. Editor Willamette Farmer: As grass is of the most importance to us in the way ot farming, we read with interest anything upon the subject. We had thought from reading our editor's description of Lincoln grass (as grown on Mr. Townsond's farm near Salem) as being the kind wo wanted, something that would thrivo on any boil, and not ran out as is the case with timothy and most othor kinds. But alas, our pros pects are blighted by reading A. D. Bol ton's articlo in the Faumkr of January 2"jtli. Some tell us that Bermuda grass is nuro to grow and cannot be killed. Well, we would like to find a good stock of grass that would stand by us. We re ceived a small package of Bermuda grass roots from Texas and set them out; it turned green, butnfter a few frosts it teemed to bo dead. But oven if it would stand our climate it is too blow a way to get grass. Several ycarsago wo had some slashing of brush done, and after burn' ing, had timothy and orchard grass seed wown; it ennio up, but has long tincodis appeared. We still continued to have trash cut until wo had over 1100 acres cut and burned, most of which was sown to velvet (or as somo call it mes quite) grass. The hard fiecze and dry weather following ln-t year injured this as well ns other kinds of grass. This however has pioved to bo the best and most lasting of any wo have yet found, hut this does not stand too close pastur ing with sheep; the ground moss in places seems to diivo it out; it is far moro durablo if horses and cattle alone tiro pastured upon it. Wo have sent to Noith Carolina for some Japan clocr. If we should suc ceed with this in getting it to grow and do as well, or nearly, a recommended, we shall be veiy thankful. X. A. W. Down. Wcathn- Keport for January. 1884. Eui,. I'ebmary 1, lcSI. EJitur Willamette Fanner: Dining January, 1SS1, Iheie wore 10 days during which mm fell, and an ag gregate of 15. 15 incho of water; there wcro 11 clear, o fair iind 1" cloudy il.iy-, othor than those n which lain fell. Tho moan tempei.itino for the month was 311.91 (leg. Highest daily mean (-mpcr.itiuo foi the month, "7 dog. on tin till. Lowest daily menu inni-iatuiofor the mouth, 2S deg. on the 1st and 21th. Mean tcniieratuio for the munth at 2 o'clock l'.M., -13.10 deg. Highest temperature for the mouth, .17 deg. at 2 r. ji.oii the 4th. Lowest tenineraturo for the month. IS deg. at 7 a. m. on the 21th. Frosts occurred on the 1, 2, 10, 1 1, JU, 14, 15, 111, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. 2:1, 21, 25, 27,28, '20.80, 111. Tho pievailing wind- for the month were from tho ninth dtuiii',' IS days, southwest 12 il.iy-, -outh 1 day. During January, 1S8.'), there were 17 rainy days and 7.87 inches uf water, 8 clear, and 1 1 cloudy day. Menu temperature for the month, :i(i.03 deg. Highlit daily mean tciuicratuiu for ho month, 50 dog., on tho 30th. Lowest daily mean toniK.-i-.uiuo fur tho month, U deg. on tho 19th. T. 1'KAnc. Keeping Cabbage in the Winter In Oregon. StLKM, F l. I, 181. E-litor Willamette l'armer: Wo sco quito often iu the Famiek and other agricultural twpers printed on this ooast, articles telling how to keep cab bage in tho winter by burying them in the ground, keeping them in pits," etc. These articles are generally copied frtm borne Eastern paper. Qar wra aro so warm .we cannot bury tiffkt and keep them, they -will all rotj if "we put them in pits or cellars, it. is the Mine; the only thing to do is.to let kB'aid where they grew. Set the plants of late varieties iu July or first of August, and they will head in December and through the winter, and keep very nicely stand ing in the field without bursting or in jury. The only difficulty 1 know of is thero is such a demand for them at this time of the year one is inclined to gather and sell them, and not let them stand through. DnxTKi; Fn:i n. National Agricultural Convention., New Yoiik, Jan. 9, ISSt. Editor Willamette Farmer: The fourth National Comcntinn, un der the auspices of the American Agri cultural Association, will bo held tit the Grand Central Hotel, New York City, Wednesday and Thursday, February G and 7, 18S1. Addiosseswillbo delivered and papers road by leading thinkns and writers on topics of general intcrc-t, and all identified with agricultural and kindred pursuits are cordially iini'cd to be present and participate in the pinecod iugs. Delegates will be piescnt from all sections of the country, and at range ments for reduced lates of faie an- lioing mado with tho railroads leading into New York. The annual meeting of tho Association for the election of oiliccrs and tho transaction of other business includ ing tho matter of n national agricultural fair, will bo held at 12 m. of the first day of tho Convention. These conventions, two of which have been hold in Now York, and ono in Chicago, have become- national in their attendance and inllucnce, and features of Amoiican agriculture. By order of tho President. Jo. IL Beau, 1)2 Park Bow, Soc'y Hereford Cattle Wanted., Wiij.ia.ms, Or., Jan. 20, 18S1. KJitor Willamette Faimer : "Will you lie so kind a, to tell me whether thero is anyone in Oiegon that breeds or has for sale Hereford cattle. Also, give mo about their prices, if known, and oblige, Yours truly, T. M.Stiii:.-'. Noin. Breeders of lino cattle would do well to let their wares bo known. An advertisement in this paper will bring good returns and quick sales. The cot is comp.natively small- llnrron. Agricultural Machinery. As will bo seen elsewhere, Messrs. Brown, Fulleiton & Co., is tho name of a now firm. They will deal exclusively in agricultural machinery and shelf h.tidware. James Brown, a- well ns l.ufien B. Fullert6n, aro lioth old 10-i- dent- of this city, and our re.ulei- can iet assured that they will be ablu to get what they want and be assured of fair trt-Htnient by this linn. They have a full line of Oliver chilled plows, McCor-miek-' headers and mowers as well as tho celebiated Bain wagon and a full line of shelf hardware. Drop in when you conio to town and get acquainted and see how well our friends can "'talk plow." Tho Marion County Co view of the Vidette, issued by C. O. .Norton and F. E. Hodgkin, who ate tho compilers, is a complcto rew'cw of the advantages offered by ono of Oregon's best counties The number before us i ten pages and full of readable and statistical matter. Thero was fourteen thousand copies issued and subscribed for by tho citizens of Salem. Send ten cents for a copy to E. 0. Norton fc Co., Salem, Oregon. Tho wind on Wednesday was chil ling. It kept up all day and until Thursday morning. The thermometer marked 20 deg. below freezing on Wed nesday and it ha hardly reached zero jet, this season. "It is estimated that ono dollar ir aero with bueh pulverizers as tho Holler, Plankdrag and common Harrow, will add livo to ten burhcls per acre to tho wheat crop, and to other crops in the same proportion. This samo work may lie performed moro cheaply and easily by using tho "ACME" Pulverizing liarrow.Clod Crasher A Levcler. AVitli it, the three orations of crushinglumpo, leveling off the ground, and thoroughly pnlverrzing the soil, are informed at tho wine time." (Page 8th of this paper.) SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY CATTLE IN WESTERN OKEQON. Tlieie me a numbci of bleeders of Shoit horn in Western Oregon. Ladd & Itecd have their herd on Bachelor's Island, on the Columbia, below the Wil lamette. They have eighty head in all, about foity full blood and as many grade, nearly all aie cows and heifei", only two young bulls for sale. M. Fi-k has brought down hi hcul of thiily cows and heifers from tho Walla Walln legion and has also a number ol grades on the Scappoon Bay, but has no stock for sale that we know of. Tongue, of Washington county, has the Ayr-hire cattle that B. E. Stewart & Sons originally brought to this country, and hns been bleeding them seveial ycais. McEdowney, also of Wa-hington county, has some of the .Slewart impor tation of Short horn. In Clackamas at Cnnby. Jmlc;t) A. E. Wait is breeding a few Shorthorn, also of the Stewart stocjc, and C. T Howard of Molino, had about eight- n head of Shorthorns lat year, Ho talks of going Rut tmd bringing on a cailiud of good stock, Shorthorn cattle. T. J. Apperson, of Oregon City, presi dent of the Stato Agricultmal society, is bleeding Jerseys and probably has as good a herd as thero is in tho State. G. W. Dimiek, of Hubbard, MArion county, has twenty head of Shorthorns, mo-tly cows and heifers; only two young bulls for salo. Ho has also ton head of Jerseys mostly cows and .heifers, The Oeer's, in tho Waldo 'Hills,' aio breeding grade Holsteins, nn infoinmnt thinks they have no full blood females. C. W. Cary, of "Waldo Hills, has a few line black Polled Angus and some choice Joi-eys, the stait for a good herd of leally good cattle. T. L. Davidson, of Salem, has two Jersey cow., and (iov. Moody, also of Salem, has as good a herd as there i in Oiegon, ecn if they didn't take tho Stato Fair premiums. 1). II. Looney, of JolTcrsoii, has seven bead of Jerseys, chiclly cows and heif ers, chosen with gieat care from the best herds in California. D. C Stewart, of Forest Crovo, for meilyof Yamhill, has tho best lot of Holbteins in Oregon. Ho exhibited eight head of choice stock at tho Iat Stato Fair. Mr. Ilutsonpiller, of Linn county, had somo fine Jerseys that were advertiisl in tho Faumi:h. His firt wero good stock from the well-known hord of W. C. Mycr, of Ashland, Jackson county. Henry Myer and his son-in-law, I. II. Hastings, of Polk county, have quito a number of Shorthorns and grade, and deserve credit for their siiccus as breed ers, which is attested by tho prcmitius won at every Stato Fair. V. C. .Myer, of Jackson county, was ono of the first brcedors of piuo Jerseys in our Stato and is still prying attention to dairy stock. Thero tiro probably others in tho btiri ncs this side of tho mountains but we aro not posted further. If tho cattle men were enterprising enough to adver tise we should know them better. Tho Faumi.ii has for years been doing all that was possiblo to advance their interests as it has constantly set forth the inipoi tanco of raising stock instead of growing wheat. In short we havo made it aj- parent that stock pays, that grass is tho lx,-st crop for profit and ono that enriches tho laud while the ordinary course of farming impoverishes the toil. By reading Eastern ktock rr ports in agricultural papers and stock journals, wo boo that the average sales of cattle from Western herds average n great ileal moro than our Oregon br-Hlers realize. It is about $100 hero to $200 thero and our breeds aro well bred. Such good ork liave wo done for the-e stock men that they have last year anil this year found generally free sales of thrir stock and wo only hear of occasionally ono of them that have males for sale. The stock interest looks up in this State liui'o tin advance in price of beef and mutton makes sto'k raising more profit able. As good stock pays the best wo see an jnciea-rd demand for good eattlo to breed from. More attention is now paid to dairy stock. The Shoi thorn is preferred for beef and tho Jeroy for butter, but there arc somo who take tho IIoMoin as fully as good for the dairy becau-o of its ex cellence as a cheese maker. Tho milk of tho Holstciu does remarkably well for butter-making and particularly excels in turning out tho best quality of eheose. Dairy site are being looked up and ap propriated for ues everywhere. SHEEP AND WOOL. From all that we can gather concern ing the wool iniukct tho prospect docs not favor the producer. That is to say : Overproduction of woolen goods has eono on and stocks are large through the American market. Owing to a heavy duty on wool and woolens tho United States is very little influenced by tho world's goneial supply and the foreign maikots. This country produces nearly its full supply and goes abroad only to find the coarser and liner grades that wo do not produce. Our wool growers com pote in a measure against each other and so do our manufacturers. No doubt however the reduction of duty had somo offect to put down last years prices. Tho winter has been unusually mild all through, this country and hvs woolen goods than usual have lieon required for the general trado of the country. Of coftroo this will cnne a lessened demand for wool for tho year to come at lesser price. Early in this month the gio.it London auctions will bo held to sell tho different classes of wools furnished by tho British colonic. This salo will be an indication ol tho worlds markets. Tho condition of our own local markets can be inferred from n icpoit we heard this week in Portland, that camo fiom very reliable authority, that 1,200 bags of Eastern Oregon wool were stored on coinmission for which no higher price than 15o u pound could ho got, so it re mained unsold. Of courso wo cannot. predict what may happen, but it looks a if the word grower could not expect any such price soon again as he has been lecpiving previous to 1883. In connoctioii with wool growing it is well enough to consider tho facts iu re gard to that industry in our own State. Eastern Oregon and Washington wool growers have carefully bred up their Hocks until they have attained a decided charactor that securos for their wool the highest prico obtainable. They aio well bred up in Merino blood while tho fai lu cre of tho Wil'amelto havo been very negligent with their "Hocks. They giow wheat and keep a fow sheep each to act as scavengers and clean their"giotind of woed. Many of them havo bred from CotBwolds and havo a very coarse and uneven fleece, that has neither weight nor quality. Every farmer can keep a fair band of sheep and will find profit in it if ho takes care to keep up frosh blood of tho right kind. Cotswolds are hardly as good as somo other of tho long wools or mutton sheep. Tho Saw Oxfordshire, Shropshire or Southdown will cross well with Merino and make a fair mutton sheep and equally fair fioi-ce. Such sheep will bo profitable near the markets' of our towns, llicio will ho an incieait ing demand for good mutton and such breeds as will supply that demand w ill well repay care, and remonablo outlay. Sheep mutt hao fresh blood often to keep up to tho Ust requirements. Whilo such Hocks will pay well within easy reach of tho meat demuud, Hock owners away from that demand must brtod moro for paying wool. Wo dis- cuhxjI this matter the other day with a gentleman who has been a bhcep-brecd-er and is a wool-buyer, ono of the best judges. He agrees with it that no sheep owner can afford to neglect his flock. It will le worth $100 a head to him o select good bucks to u-e. As it 8, 1881 i, inot of lit' -In "p-ownei of this val ley have mulnr good wool nor good mutton. Modoc Warriors Tiavelcis out tho Vinita branch of tho 'Frisco Kailroad will doubtless icuiem ber tho little village of Seneca, nestled in ugly rinincs, about 010 miles south west of St. Loui, and lying immediately on tho lino dividing MiMmi from tho Indian Teiritory. Within four miles of tho depot now reside all that are loft of the Modoc. They n rived at Camp Modoc, as their reservation was namid, ten j ears ago, numbering all told li( soul. l'r eight years thero was a -mall annual decrease in then-numbers until they fell below 100, counting men, women and children. Their present, strength is 10(5. Tho reservation consists of 1000 acre, -urvojed intofoity-.u'io lot. Taken a a whole it- is a tine track of land, embracing prairie, timber, upland for fanning, low valleys for hay and pasluingo, with an Abundance of living water for stock, gooil well water hmoer wells have been dug, and stone sullicient for the neee-sities of tho tiibo. The timber is also heavy enough for saw ing and lumber ing purpose. I lame wns formerly plen tiful but it ib latterly growing scarce and wild. Princess Mary, sister to tho notrious Captain Jack, is tho only living blood i elation ho now has among tho Modoc. All his childien aro dead. Ono of his wios is now here, an old, ill favored squaw, childle-8, without rela tives of the slightest tribal influence. Scarfaco Charley is a medium sized man about M), quick and nervous in manner. Ho was working nt a. sawmill, rolling log to the carriage and spring ing nbouta lively as a wicket, talking, grinning and exhibiting a fine flow of animal spirit. Ho is now the chief of tho tribe and not a little proud of his promotion. The ofiico exists mainly in name, however. Tho young man no longer respect tho authority of tho chief, and Clfarlcy wisely attempts to exorcUn mine. Ho is soi ujmloiisly hone-tin hi dealings with white men, bus u fair knowledge of figures and can compute thovalueofalo.nl of corn oi his pur chase at a stoio ii'iidily niidiiccur.itily. .Steamboat Kiank is peihaps (ho mo-t notable man among the Modoc, lie lives in a ginxl two-iootnod frame house towaid the north end of thu reser vation. IJ is well finished, painted and furnish-il. Outside on a block stood a clean, blight tin iv.ishh.t-iu mid apiece of soip. Tho school has an en rolement of seventeen scholars, these being till tho children, of school ago in the tribe. Between thirty and forty Modern have embraced Christianity and aie doing as well as white iieoplo could iu their condition. The experiment of asisting tho Modoc has pioven one of the most satisfactory tn the lutoiy of tho Indian departnient. crat. -Globe Di'iip- How to Secure EgM In Winter. Int eating of the cure and ftediiig of hens during winter in order to secuie themo-t eggs, a eonespondeiit of the Indiana Fanner says: "My experience is that it is useless to expect him to lay dining winter unless somo consider! hie pains aro taken for their comfort. Tho iiist thing that iH necessary i shelter; this limy bo pro vided, and should be constructed so as to ufl'oid warmth and yet plenty of ventilation. Jf it can face the south, so much tho letter, as it give the jioiillry' a ehaiicotosun themselves without nn diiocxK)niire. They must bo wateied and fed regu larly. (lio fresh water twice a day at least, not cold froen water, but mod erately warm, so that Ihey can drink all they need without inlaiigoring their health. Then they uiut he fed regulaily, My rule of feeding is to give whole corn just before they go to roo-t at night. This give ilium a full stomach,, on gizzard, to supply wamith and borne thing to grind during the night, lit the morning either wheat Hcrcciiingri, oats, or sorghum seed. For eggs alone nothing can equal wheat, at eat that ib rny experience. Twicoawuikl give a handful of sunflower seed as I consider them Miry lienltyfood. Then a fad of chopped onion and n.d pepper, mixed with either corn meal or coarto flour, cooked and fed warm helN the produc tion of eggs. With thin treatment mid with convenient nests, I find nodiUlculty in securing a liberal supjdy of eggs dur ing the winter at a time when they bring the highest price, and therefore find my iioultry as profitable as any stock on tho farm, in proportion to value and cot of feed." ISO. f2 July R:ics3 in Union Courty. Mr. L. Kcmilurd,of LaUriiudu, Union county, Oregon, sends us tho following Proginmmo for the July races, to take p.aco at his racctrjek commencing July 2nd, 1SS1. continuing four d.ijs: Filler Day. Half mile he.ts,2 iu 3,freo for all; purse SloO. Fiist hoise, .$125; S'Tond 23. Same Day. Dah of one mileriieo for all hoises that havo never ran for public money; purse 00. First h"iso ?')(); second 10. Sr.coM) DaY Sm en-eights of a. mile, 2 iu !!, free for all; puiso 200. Fiist horse .flOO; second !?10. S.uno Day Da-h of ono mile, fiee for all '.i jiar olds brut in Oregon, Washington or Idaho Terri tories ; pur-o S1')0. First horse .$120; second .$150. Tuiist) Day Twn-jenr-old coll stake, 5 eights of a mile; -$200 added lo entnuico money, making a stako of $800. Entries closed Jnnimiy 1, 188-1, with the following nominations: 1, Cy.. Mulkoy, Hoise City, enters sorrel ei It by Wildw'ood; dam M.ittio by Noifoik; 2, B.iv coll by Wildwood ; dam Peggy by Marshal MnoMnliori; !!, Hay colt by IS.illot Bovj dam Jenny Billemnn by old iuiiuiiiiui ; 1, Tiiuui'i-5 iMiui.il, j.uitui Ch, enters sortel colt bv Miuintiduke; dam by Diuidium's dam; ii, M. W. Ijaslev, Ln Grande, enters chestnut lilley Elvn 11. by Ophir; dam lletsy '-v I.angfoid; second dam Qneo- by J jfl folk ; (!, Chestnut stallion Oro, y Ophir; dam by Lniigforil; stroud diun Abbey by Norfolk ; 7, John Young, Walla Wullii, oiiteis Villaid by Lmn; dam lto-a Munclicld by Uivoli, out of lMelln, by Star Davis ; 8, 1) M. Dnrbin, Fort MoDei mot, Nevada, outers Minnie 0', by ConiproinUo; dam Moll in Stock Ion 'by Woodlmm ; i, Alex Lallufl", Union, euleis bay lilley llos.i bung by Chesapeake, dam lllack Queen by Osceola; 10, Jas Gentry, North Pow der, hoi i el colt Mosby, by Monte Cbiisto; ilaiuDisher; 11, Sorrol lilloy Tinny A, by Motile Clu'isto; dam Dasher; 12, MeKi.ick, LaCirande; enters soriol lil ley Seed Wheat, by Osceola, dam un known ; HI, J. T. Wisdom, linker City ; entoisehcH'nut colt by Men I o Christo; dam (!ipy; II, J. W. Wisdom enters buy lilley by Chesapeake; dam tin kn'jwn; l", J. IL I'aiker enters hay colt Tlnee Sotks, by M"iiteChiisio;ilaiu Dasher. The ueeoud payment of -$5 on tho aliovo iioiniiinliiins will bo duo Match 1,1831. SumoD.iy Tiottingraco, for two j ear-olds, mile heal, 2gii !H purse SI2fi, First horse if 100; s-coud S2.1. No colt admitted in t''n race un less his siro is nominated for tho Trot ting Sire Stake. Foi'tiin Da V Dash of ono milo and a q miter fieo for nil; puiso S200, First holes if 100; second 10. Siuno Day ('onsolalion Purse of S100, diuh of one milo J for horses who have not won first money during tho mei ling. Baoinm I'uitiH. Tlnee to enlor, flneo to start. No make-ups allowed. Two year olds to carry 110 pounds in their class. All other races lo bo governed )y tho Culm of the Idaho Driving Park Association. Titormo Sum Stakiis. Purso to date amounts to 150 nominations for cults to close March 1st. For the Trot ting Him Staker, to bo competed in Sep tember, the stako to date amount to fllM); $20t) given by the As-ocitition. f200 by tho owners of sires, as publish' ed bulow. I'ivtt dollars must nccotn puny noininations ;.$.") to bo paid May 1st; tfi.Jitby 1th; SS Seiitemlwr loth. No colt eligible for the stake iiiiIoh sired by the following : Dead Shot by Alcldoj dam YinilcxjifliO U-inout by Almont; dam Swaggart Loxingtn; 10. Anvil by Erinkson ; dam by Hilly Taylor; if!IO. Hnshaw by fircen Hishaw, ilm by iiven .Miiint;tiiHoy;!fli, HI ick Stran ger by Wi'ir Kno;dam Iteynold'suiaro; Jf.'iO, Challenger by Almont; dam Bell Norman; -jW). Oningo County by Volunteer: d.iin by Volunteer; 2n. I wtr I - r..i.l'U,l) (S',t illb' UlllHtl ', $10. "Alwoodby Almont; f 10. Oregon Asttlnut iho World. A vinit was ni.idu to the residence of A. Tyler, l.itwcok, and the writer win shown lettuce, radihs and onion that had eoine up fiom seed that had fallen upon the giouuil ltil fall. The email onions h'ul a top of some five or six incho, while tho lettuco wa at lo i.t two and a half or three inchiu out of tlii gronml; the radishe-i llkiwise. This, mind you, was on the 17th day of Janu ary, lb8 1. Heat it if ion can, Wash ington Enterprise. A roniHtcnl authority says of tho "ACME" Pulverizing Harrow, Clod Crusher A Levcler, "Thraa va rious qualities lit it for an easy, rapid and olliciont preparation ol land, am! in cheaply making tho broad fields of n large farm into as fine a condition at a garden." (Pago 8th of this paper.) vT". ffl - yn