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VOL. XVI.
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY JUNE 20. 1884.
NO.U0
Jorregpomlem.
Ed!toi!al CortMronrleneo
OAK LAWN STOCK FARM.
We are glnd to see enterprise develop
ing among our Oregon raised farmers,
the boys who arc taking the place of the
pioneers of the forties. One of theso is
It. W. Carey, whose card is in our col
umns as the proprietor of Oak Lawn
Stock Farm in the Waldo Hills, Marion
county. Wo knew Sir. Carey when he
was a boy and have watched his progress
from early times in Oregon and can cite
him as a refntal of the slanders told so
often concerning Oregonians bred and
born. Go where you will through all
the length and breadth of the far north
west and these Oregon boys have been
there before you, building up good so
ciety and developing enterprise in eveij
department of life.
The Eastern born and bred man some
times comos to us big with self import
ance and not prepared to believe that
Oregonians are woll up in all branches
of life work. Such often got "badly
left" in case sharp competition of wits
calls out the qualities of our native born.
Enterprising and iuteligent peoplo were
the pioneers and their sons and daugh
ters have been generally well bred and
well schooled. Certainly they aro the
peers of any people in America.
Sir. Carey's farm was originally the
donation land claim of Itev. Wm. Rob
erts and is one of the most beautiful
locations in the Waldo Hills, which are
the pride of Marion county. Tho other
day wo undertook to drive out and see
what results had occured from his im
portation of choice live stock that wo
described at length in the spring of
1883. It happened to bo one of those
showery days this week, when the world
was freshly bathed in falling spray.
Nature was looking her greenest and
wore a fresh charm of bloom and ver
dure. Out east of Salem, on tho prairie,
are old farms and pleasant homes
always in sight, often you are close to
small homes at once. Wheat fields, oat
fields, meadows, gardens and orchards
vary tho scene and furnish a constant
charm. Once in a while a neat school
house stands closo by the road as re
minder that we are a highly civilized
community. It is seven miles distant to
Oak Lawn farm, two-thirds of the way
through "the prairie, with occasional
clumps of fir forest to vary the scene.
Then wo enter the hills, climbing fur
a ways a stony road to come out i-oon
upon tho rolling uplands of the Waldo
Hills. The first farm on the open up
lands i that of Al. Hereon, son of W. J.
Herren, Kq., agent for the Salem Flour
ing MilK. Mr. Henen has a large farm
and his wheat fields promise an excel
lent yield. Land hero is worth ?:t3 an
acre on an elevated plateau that over
looks a wide stretch. From there we
could look back seven or eight miles and
easily designate the hill sides, across the
valley of Mill cicek, where our own
farm lay. The view was wry beautiful;
eastward lay the rolling stretch of hills
for many miles, and beyond them arose
the Cascade ranges in al! their grand-
pur, the snowy summits crowning the
view. Westward was Salem prairie,
Salem itself, the hills west of Mill creek
and clear lieyond it, and tho greater
hills that we know are tho other side of
the broad Willamette, while its flow is
not visablo. And this upland plain is as
fertile as any soil in Oregon. A fact
that surprises many. Driving on for
half a mile beyond the Herren place we
come to tho Carey farm. Here we were
met with disappointment because our
tetter half was left behind, having un
expected company. The duties of hos
pitality interfered to prevent a vory de
lightful ride and interesting journey
over the farm and among its different
fields, peopled with choice animals.
After dinner-Mr. Herren and family
having come over to join the company
-the men folks made a tour of the'
farm. The winter wheat had been pas
tured heavily to good advantage and
stood vory thick and strong. Ono small
field was over pastured, grass being more
an object than tho prospect for wheat.
Mr. Carey has one field of 24 acres that
was sowed down with nine varieties of
grass that was sowed alout five years
ago. Another field was in orchard
grasrf and timothy. Still another had
been in winter oats and the shattered
grain had come up and made a volun
teer growth. This was pastured down
and will probably keep greon and grow
ing all summor. On a part of the land
he had grown very good stand. He in
tends to cut this for hay and it will yield
a ton and a half to the acre. This
makes a variety of growing feed in pas
ture and recent rains are of advantage
to it all. "--j. .
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A year ago last spring Mr. Carey
brought from Illinois a choice selection
of animals, as follows: An Aberdeen
or Polled-Angus male and heifer; a
Jersey male and heifer ; a band of fifteen
Merino wes and three rams; three
Cotswold ewes; a Shropshire ewo and
buck, and a fine Berkshire boar. One
of the Merino bucks took the .second
premium at the Illinois State Fair in
1883. Nearly all the animals were
young, but of very choice pedigree and
highly bred. Tho increase from this
band for 1884 is as follows: A full
blood Angus bull calf and four half
bloods from good common cows. A full
blood Jersey bull calf, a very beautiful
and choice animal. A Shropshire ewo
lamb, a owe lamb from kill Shropshire
buck on full Cotswold owe. Six buck
lambs from Shropshire crossed with com
mon stock half blood fllermo ews ; nino
ewe lambs same as above ; two full Cots
wold buck lambs: four full Merino
buck lambs and seven ewo lambs ; a lit
ter of eight Berkshire pigs of which
five wore sold, mostly at .$20 apiece.
He intends to show a nino weeks old
litter at the State Fair.
Tho experiment of crossing Shrop-
shiies on common grndo Merino ewes
seems to promise remarkably well. Tho
lambs he bought and brought over last
spring shcs.rod very heavy llceces and
tho wool has less grease and dirt than
Merino fleeces, so any difference in firm
ness may bo made up in weight, while
the mutton will bo much heavier in
weight, and better quality than common
Merino grades. There is n good pros
pect that this cross will fill tho need of a
sheep producing veil both wool and
mutton. Ho has also tried tho crossing
of a pure Shropshire buck on a pure
Cotswold owe. Mr. Carey says he lately
had a visit from a sheepman from i East
ern Oregon, who was very much pleased
with tho .Shropshire grado buck lambs
dropped this spring, which aro now al
ready nearlvaiilarsroasthoewos. Hois
strongly inclined to tako thorn all at .$20
apiece to use 'in his flock of well bied
Merino.). These lamlw havo all the ap
pearance of the Shropshire and carry
very little of the Merino look. It is
safo to predict that they will Iw popular
with sheep owners who wish to combine
wool and mutton to the best advantage.
Mr. Carey is so woll satisfied with his
recent importations that ho is inclined
to go East again tho coming fall anil mi
lect another lot of tho tame class of an
imals. In no instance did he make a
miss of it, and this tost shows him what
fvrthcr to get On the table at dinner
was a pitcher of croam that wo received
with suspicion, though it went very well
on berries. It looked so much like yel
low point that it didn't seem right to eat
it The butter was so yellow that we
thought it impossible that it was whole
some food ; but it suited a piece of frcwh
bread nicely, and proved a gnat luxury.
From Mrs. Carey we learned that tho
Jersey heifer that will be two years old
next month, ha been giving milk that
insde almost two pounds of butler a
day. Tho milk is vory yellow, and so
arc both the cream and the butter, and
the quality is beyond comparison with
ordinary "gilt edged butter."
The peculiarity of Jersey milk is that
it yields more cream to its quantity than
that of any other breed of cows; then
tho eroam makes far moro butter than
tho same weight of other cream. Tho
milk, the cream, and the butter aro all
very yellow in color, and our description
of tho butter at dinner, intended to be
humorous, is not far off.
There seems to be every inducement
for Mr. Carey to extend his business,
and we hope he will do so. Ono peculi
arity of his Polled Angus calf is that
while the four half bred heifors have the
reddish brown look, with black points,
that indicate a purely black animal,
tho full blood, which is the heifer's first
calf, is a bright rod. Ho wrote to Mr.
Cochran, who raised the heifer, and ho
replies as follows : "I regret that Rose-
bloom has thrown a rod calf, as it hap
pens whore there are no others of the
breed. It is well known that tho Angus
cattle do occasionally go back to the
original color red. I have only had
two red calves dropped so far, ono Iwing
by Taris 3d, but I have four grand red
yearling heifers that I bought on the
other side, where it is said tho rod ones
aro always among the best. I might
mention, also, that MqCombrio'a famous
rrides tho 10th was""a " red, ''and the
color is never-looked on as an evidenco
of impurity. The cows that dropped
red calves for mo dropped black ones
the noxt time. Most of tho calves aro a
reddish brown until they cast the first
coat of hair, when they conic out jet
black."
A Letter from Fuzet Sound.
WooiiENViLi.K, W.T., June 10, 1884.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
I love the Fakmhr. I read in it ov
ery week much that is valuablo to mo.
I havo tried to increase its circulation
in my vicinity; so far success has been
small. Surely its merits insure its suc
coss as the country prospers. I want to
ask through its columns for information.
Last fall salmon camo up Squak slough
and waited around tho mouths of crooks
for weeks. As soon as creeks wore
swollen salmon camo in abundance.
Most of them were spotted liko brook
trout, and end of upper jaw hooked.
Some silver minion with straight jaws
also camo up. What i- their value for
food? Somo said they wore poisonous.
Can any ono givo any quick practical
devise for catching them'' How many
varieties of salmon aro there? When do
eggs hatch? Habits of the young fish?
Do same fish return each year to same
stro.iins, is it supposed, and what be
comes of all the fish that come up? Do
they return that fall to salt water?
Bears soon learn when salmon como up,
and easily catch ami eat and got fat. In
summer thoy dig and cat the roots of
skunk cabbage, which crows abundantly
on these bottoms; also a small reddish
fish twelve inrhos long, and spotted very
much tho same us the salmon, and hab-
it-r similar ns to playing in the water
near to the rippleo, flesh finer, richer.
I am told they aid a frosh water fish,
and belong to fake Washington, but I
believe thev ronxi from the Sound. Does
Oregon havo similar?
I am interested in the culture of small
fruits. In the .May iid number I read
what Jim Tickle has to say. I want to
cut and clear an acie similar for my
home. I hoiw ho or others will write
more of the projier treatment from the
first of eaeh separate variety. How soon
in autumn is it best to set out cuttings
from currants and gooseberries; also
strawberries. Is it necessary to wait
for frot to do any work first? I have
got and expect moro valuable help from
the Fabmkb to aid in preparing and cul
tivating an orchard; also iu tho culture
of small fruit. I also want to learn
this "I have considerable practice In
budding apple tree, but no others."
Now, is success In budding socdlings of
cherries, peaches, pears, prunes, and
plums the same as apples, and is the
time to all similar, or some earlier mid
some later?
Now, if it would bo interesting to some
of the readers of the Faiimck, I would
liko to describe what to me was the most
practical arrangement for shelves I havo
seen. Tako a post five inches square
say six, feet long ; bore and put inch pins
in each end ; sot in or on a block at bot
tom, the other to enter a hole in some
solid wood "nt tho top; take common
house laths, inch wide; cut twenty-six
inches long, or according to size of pans;
bottom, nail pieces on two sides, then
just above them, resting on them ; on
tho other two sides nail two moro pieces,
and then every four inches, or to one's
fancy, keep on nailing to the top j jiost
is set perpendicular, slats nailed on
squares. If troubled with mice or rats,
have bottom pin twelve inches long;
nail an old tin pan inverted on the bot
tom of post. Nothing then can trouble.
Now, isn't this nice, for every foot in
height can be placed with pans. Air
gets to all parts of the pans. No such
cleaning of milk sholves; if warm, can
set so much milk low; if cool, set high.
Can set this post in a cor nor; it is snug
and out of the way ; can turn it around
without disturbing the cream ; can have
as many postsus necessary. Havo-any
of the readers soen anything similar or
better? With tho help of a sister, I
learned to make this on our farm in Now
Brunswick.
I havo been on my claim just a year.
I havo made many blunders, but have
learned to do better for years lo come.
As yet, tho most of my farming has
been in cutting ond elenring two acres
of black, gravelly soil, vine maplo land,
with twenty big trees to tho aero of ma
ple, fir, cedar, and spruce. One acie 1
dug out broko roots with a mattock, and
raked with a sixteen inch garden rake.
Wheat and grass seed look nice. Ono
aero dug up with tho mattock I planted
potatoes, corn, and vegetables. The
first day of Juno I had now potatoes
and turnips for dinner. I cut out most
of tho stumps easily. This is tho slow
est, hardost way of farming I evor saw,
and I don't liko it a bit. I am four mites
from the river and Menmboat connec
tion. Land is all taken, but somo livo
iu town. Soma young men knocking
around not enough united inlerost in a
road yet to make it passable foe a team,
but wo labor on and hopo for tho best.
I love this climato and delight in the
have a strong ticket, and I think it will
triumph noxt November. Tho citizens
of our town aro making arrangements
to raio a Blaine and Logan pole, and
havo tho promise for speaker on tho oc
casion cx-Govcrnor Richard J. Oglesby,
our nominee for Governor of Illinois.
I havo n great desiro to visit the Now
Northwest, and I think will somo time
in tho near futuic, 'f I livo. Illinois is
a grand country, and a great farming
country, but it has two principlo ob
jections, that tho winters aro too long
and cold, consequently tho summer sea
son is too short, and causes farmers to
havo to rush his work to get ready for
winter, and wo get very tired being
housed up theso cold winters and seeing
the beasts suffering with the cold. It
seems to mo I would liko n country
where tho winters wero more mild and
tho summers cool.
I want to ask the F.ut.Mint a question
or two. As there appears to bo a great
deal of biokcn land in Oregon and
Washington, is thore much rocky .farm
ing land, and what are the taxes on a
1G0 aero farm, say worth about $40 per
aero around Salem or Portland? Let
somo ono please answer these questions
through tho Farmer. 1 havo seen sev
eral letters from friends iu Oregon in tho
Faiimkr, and would bo pleased to see
one from my old friend J. It. King; per
haps ho can answer my questions if no
ono elso docs.- - --'--"--w, -"jp--
I am a farmer but am living in town ; I
own a farm but I havo it rented ; I am
fanning about twenty acres in corn, and
I havo potatoes and diffoient kinds, of
garden vegetables iu cultivation.
Wo had another big rain last evening,
making it too wet to do anything at
farming for several days.
Ihaac Sucnwoon.
Sow Seeds fcr Fall Planting Now.
Sai.km, June 1 1, 18HJ.
Kditor Willamette Fanner:
Thoro is an unusual demand for cab
bago plants. I havo always had enough
for tho demand, andagieat many that
waited until this year, now they have
taken all I havo, want nioie. I have
just sown seed of both early and late va
rieties The plants will bo ready to set,
I think, iu about three weeks. I would
say to any who havo had their cabbage
deitroycd by tho cut worms, or who aro
wanting plants to set, if on cannot get
tho plants, sow tho seed iu a nicely pro
pared bed, and then sco lo watering il
every day, to it will not get dry, and iu
from tlueo to four weeks tho plants will
bo ready to set, and by that tiuin the cut
futuro prospects of this Pacific Slope, worms ought to bo gone, unlos they me
and am glad I am hero a citizen.
I long for neighbors liko wo had Hast,
that want Christ, that want mud, want
houses and barns and outbuildings,
horses and wagons, and all sucn com
forts of life, and would work and have
them. What differences there aro for us
if wo only will ! Now, maybe this letter
is only fit for the wate basket.
O. W. Kstaiiiiooi;
llowlroiriL' to stav with us. Plants of tlm
early varieties, set tho latter part of July,
will head iu about three mouths from
time of ottiug. The Into varieties will
ho a little longer in heading. The
ground intended for setting cabbage on
iu July should bo stirred and cultivated
often, m it will Im kept moist and in a
proper condition, so the plants will grow
when i-et out Dkxikii Fii:i.i.
Our Illinois Letter, ,
Hauthiiuwiii, Juno S, 1881.
Kditor Willimette Pinner:
In my lat lettor to the Paumkk I
promised to write to you some time in
the future, so 1 thought the present timo
the most propitious as everybody soenm
to bo happy with tho pnnpect of abund
ant i-ropi of all kinds, both grain and
fruit. Wo havo had rather ton much
rain, but it bus not done any material
damage to crop, ft has rained every
week since Easter, and it is rather wet
now to do anything at farming. We
havo a fine prospect for corn, a good
start and the ground in good condition ;
moot of the corn has been plowed once,
and some twice. We are afraid that our
fine prospect for crops will bo spoiled
by too much rain, for which this coun
try is fainou. ,
The Chicago Jtepublican Convention
U over and the Republican party UJubi-
Um over their nominees. I think we
Tbe Cotnlns Fourth.
Tho 108th anniversary of American
independence will bo celebrated in Sa
lem iu an appropriate and becoming
manner, Tho printers of Salem have
taken tho affair in hand and propose
having it made ono of the most complete
occasions ever attempted iu this city.
Mr. C IS. Carlisle has Iks-ii choon to de
liver the address, and Mr K. M, Waito
will read the Declaration of Independ
ence. A number of tho business men
have offered special prizes, which will
bo competed for. Tho programme and
list of irix's will bn announced next
week. There will probably be a purse of
$75 for the best hose team IM) to tho
first, 125 lo tho sa-oud ; also a silver
medal, which will bo comjieted for by
all residents of Knlern. It is for a 100
yard foot race, and proniif.es to Ihi very
interesting. Tho music will Ixi fur
nished by the Homo Amusement Hand.
Don't fail to mo tho parade.
Corn and wheat will bo a biitger yield
in Tex a j this year than cv( r before,
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