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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1885)
'TR: WILLAMErTE PARMER: SVLEM, OREGON, JANUABY 2, 1864. 1 f I I 1 1 tali. Tho Farmer's Mos. Tlio difforciit breeds ot hog lmvo Ihcir fust friend", and no doubt they each lmvo wind their friends udrairo in Ihciii, but tho iivcrngo feeder who doos not euro to coll to rniso for breeding pur poses, should Htrlvci to gut u bog that will ninko him tho most money for tho feed put into it. In the llrst plnuo u hog nliould have a good coat of hair; not hristlof, but lmir. A black hog will not ,'ft scurvy on hi-) back ; iho huh will not blinter him. A bog chould lmvo a good constitution, wllh round Fprnntr rib nnd good girth timiinil the heart, short nei-lc and lionil well put on, wliuit fnco nnd now, mil puton nut way upon Ilia back nor yot too low down, hams round and well llllcd, not too dunghill disposition nor yet too wild. My the ptuchasii of tho right kind of tnalo pig tho feeder can mice ju-t such pigs iih ho wants to feed, and lmvo much moro prof itable and healthy uniinal.4 than ho can buy. , Tlio brood cowK can bo run on clover pasture in Miinuieratvery little expense, and if provided with some good clovor buy in winter it will reduce their feed billH. Not enough attention in paid to providing good pabtuieH for pigs ; they are generally kept in a barren lot with a goncrotM Hized mud-hole in it, in which the water in ho foul Unit just the Hinell of it is Hickening, li t alone having to drink it. Ah for a change of pasture, it is never thought of, on account of the I rouble of fencing it. The eciuiblo way to provide for them is to have land tie voted to their uho wi the pigs can have a good sweet pasture of clover all tho time. Do not keep them on tho sumo old poi Honed ground for ten years, but when tho grnsH gets run out plow it and take olT a couple of crops ; then rceod to clover, and then let their heirships take fresh comfort, health and fat from tho now fresh ground and grass. This ground will then supply the living of tho pigs, while in the other way of doing tho pig lot is full of weeds, bare of grass, and tho bare ground covered with mud and hog wallows. llrecders' Journal. Barn-Collar ana (Swamp Muck. A ham cellar has many valuable tines. Not tho least is that tho iiUh and other vermin have no harliors.as they lmvo under ground Moors. Then tho manure Is handled easier; it is all scraped out of tho gutters through tho trapdoors and goes down into tho cellar upon a good Ixxl ot dry swamp muck, which absorbs and dcordori.oH it, and keeps tho ntublo ubovo Hwcet and clean. The manure is saved from washing by rains and its full value prctervod. The best use is thus made of tho manure, and its bulk and value is doubled if one will only provide plenty of swamp land muck, or forest leaves, if he has thuse and not the other, to receive the urine and mi.v with the solid matter. A very bad iini of a man ure cellar is to turn tho swine into it under the excuse that they will workup tho manure. To nw nothing oho is mi horrible as to ceo pigs .dloving in Mich a place and picking food out of the dreadful mess. No wonder pork to made should have a bail repute. Hwampninck is of exceedingly gloat value. The fertilizer manufacturer has no monopoly of the use of figures, and, If we um' them as he does, a farmer can jiul as easily and truthfully llgure out a good bed of'peat to bo worth tf.'i.tKH) an ucre. A cubic yard of it air dried, will will woigh 1.1HK) pounds. If of ordinary good ipinhty, it will contain I per cent, of nitrogen", which the foitilizer man values at. let us cay iho very modcral estimate for him fifteen cents the pound. Tins makes the 1,000 jmund of muck worth ."rl.fiO. In one aero of Uig, throe feet deep, Jhcro aio t.SU) cubic vards. This Ilgurcs up to $7,2('0 for tho aero. What fault can the fertilizer man or chemist, who analyzes leather scraps, dried tle.'h and wool-waste for its nitro gen, and cells it for sixteen to twenty cents a pound. Ibid with them llgures. Now is tho time to dig it ; pile it on the banki lot it drain aud-dry, and in the winter put it everywhere that it may soak up every drop of valuable liquid about tlio stables and yards. Shoeing Vicious Horses. Handling a vicious horses, at any time and under any circumstances, is a thing requiting judgment and skill, but when work requiring bitch caro us tho adjustment of tho shoo to the hoies foot is to bo performed, it is doubly tin portailt that lie bo kept quiet. The work is usually poorly enough done at best. The lloreo Sheer and Hardware Journal of Chicago sjiya : Wo liao noticed very many inquiries regarding tho host method of enforcing Mii.om.t mill i-rwvl liohaviorof vicious and unruly hon-os during tho operation of shooing. We lieliovo that tho most vicious horo can' bo shod without tho use of a sling or stocks, without being oast or tied, by tho simple uso of tho noso twitch, a small rtiek about two feet long, at one end of which must bo at taobod n loop of stout string, and on the other end two pieces of tho samo kind of string. Waco tho loop over tho noso of tho animal, and by gentle, steady twisting, tighten it until tho horeo be gins to bat at tho oyca or blink, not too tight, but just moderately, then tie-tho other otid of tho twitch to tho halter. This method is an old ono in perfor mance of various surgical operations, firing, etc.; it is simple, and if it will compel quiet behavior under tho firing iron,lwe cannot seo why it should not bo equally useful in tho caao of horseshoeing, involving no pain whatever. Woadviso a trial, and will bo glad to noto the re sults Katso Oood Horses. Good horses of any description always lmvo and will command good and ro- munorntivo ricos for tho risk nliil trouble atlendent on their breeding nnd rearing, and if breeders would only boar in mind that "liko producci like" and breed from none but sound and perfect animals, with a duo regard to the do Hcription of howos to be produced, tho world would bo no longer 'bo llllcd with diseased and mongrel nondescripts yclept horsi b devouring daily twice tho value of their earnings. The very diseases and inlirmities of mares aro not infroquently the cause of their being selected to breed from. A man isoscssed of a ninro incapnblo of earning an honest livelihood. Itcst, or a summer's run is necessary, and that this may not bo lost sho is put to tho nearest horse, in order that that sho may have an opportunity of handing down to posterity hor own worthless iichs ami perpotualing hor owner's mis fortuno in tho possession of such a breed. False economy foolish and fatal de lusion! The unfortunate breeder per severes with his prineiploof ''liko produc ing liko" from ono generation to another, until, worn out in pocket or in patience, ho gives it up as a bad affair and de clares Ihero is no profit attending tho breeding of horses. nivorn or tho Bouthwost Coast ot Orczon. Wo lmvo been requested to give an outline of tho volume of water of tho different streams in Southern Oregon, their dept and dimensions, amount of agricultural land, etc. Wo aro not at present in possession of tho dato nec essary, consequently, unable to givo moro than a faint outline regarding this matter. Tho Uinpqua is the largest river in Southern Oregon. Itcxtondsa long distance from tho sea, through the Coast Jtango until within live- miles of Uosehurg, where it branches into what is known us the North and South forks. Tho South fork overlaps tho headwaters of Itoguo river, tho mouth of which is dis tant from tho mouth of tho Umpquti about IM) miles. Thcro is considerable farming laud on the Umpipia and in tho valley contiguous. It has a bar at the mouth. The next in size, whore length is to bo considered, is lloguo river. It Is full of obstructions, being shoal but a short distance from Iho mouth, and possessing a bad bar. It passes through rugged mountains, and what are called meadows the l!ig and JJttlo meadows are but the grassy slopes aie of Alpine declivities. Where it passess through Jackson county, wo llnd considerable open land, valuable for giaiu and stock-raising. Near its mouth there is some good farm ing laud. Next, wo coiiio to the I'oqiiille. This river has a shoal bar, but at the oresent time effort are being miulo by the government to improve it. After cross ing the bar this river is thodoopist among those mentioned, and uvvcN .f the same draught of water can acoild higher up than n any oilier on this coast, without meeting obstructions. There is considerable farming land, ex tending the whole length of the rier, on I Kith sides, and on the North, South and Middle forks. Tho next is Too Hay -a misnomer, unicss its advocate will show 11 where in the difference lies between it and tho I'liipuun. The truth is that for ten miles from its mouth, tho most vivid imagina tion cannot draw a single, distinctive feature. For that distance from th" sea, the apparently wide urea of water covers extensive mud tlats which aiv dry at low tide, leaving a narrow tortuous chanel in both the I mpqua and Coos. for Infants Cnstorln-prompt slttrostlon nnd overcomes l-latuleucy, Coustqu tion, Sour Stomach, Diarrhaxi, and tVvorishnoss. It insures health nnd natural sleep, without morphine. " CiWori U so well adapted to Children that I rtwunmeiul it iu uivnor 10 any prniUon known to me." II. A. akcuxu, 11. 1)., K5 IVrtlanil Atc, llrooUju, K. V. Ilf'viitJiiF? CENTAUR LINIMENT an absoluto euro for IUieuma tLsin, Spnitus, 11 urns, Gulls, Vc. Tho most Powerful nnd Pcno trutlujr Paln-roliovlnff autl Healing Remedy known to man. Tho principal farming land is on Coos river nnd its tributnrlos tho North nnd South forks. It has a bar similar to that of tlio TJmpuun, and while both nro bad, they nro tho best that wo have. The government is making great imporove monts in tho bar at Coos river, lumber and other oxpoits nnd import", nnd her growing commercial importance, it is but just. Tho Siuslnw is 'ho next and Inst that can be considered as one of tho rivers on tho Southwest coast. Capo Pcrpetua, tho Wcstorn boundary of lane county. covering a long extent ot rocky oaM, may bo properly dbignated as the i'i viding point. This river 1ms a shoal bar, is narrow and deep for a short distnneo, but then expnmlB and divides into two branches. Thoro is Bomo farm ing land on its upper wator.i, but we nro not prepaied to say how much. All these river. pnss through sect inns of country whoe resources aie us yet but sjightly developed Timber, i-md, and other minnals abound in every p irtion of it. Tho rivers contain fish of the ilnot quality, and salmon in abun dance during tho sesaon in which they como from the . Tho climate is snilibriou", rather damp in winter, owing to tho provalanco of rain, but then wo cannot expect to have a monopoly of all tho good things. We plant and nro not troubled with drouth- that is a blessing which' oll'sots tl.o inconveniences duo to a largo rain-fall in winter. In giving thcBo dctnils, wo nro aware of ono thing nnd that is that with our limited knowledgo as to tho genornl statistics, wo nro unable to do full justice to tho subject. Wo aro nlso uwnro thnt eonio will object to our calling Coos bay a river. Shakespeare says : "Call n roso by any other name, 'twill smell as sweet." Custom has madu that name familiar, but custom should not be nllowed to prevail against that which is correct. Wo lmvo during a period of !1(5 years become familiar with several ports and their tributary stromas on this coast, notably, tlio' Sacramento, San .Joaquin, Port Orford, Coquille, Coos. t'mpqiiA nnd Ynquinn. Wo consider oursclfn fair pilot on tho two first, and on the three last, and wo lmvo no desire to detract from the merits of any. Having been raised on the icn, our experience has boon to esthunto our distance nnd to tako our departure from objects which aro immovable, and laid down with strict repaid to tho truth, thus avoiding the danger of dashing on tho rocks of un certainty, doubt, predjudico and ig norance. Tlio term departure, in tho last scntancc, has a nautical significance. Tako Caro of Your Horeo. Hard driving, after hearty eating, is moro injurious thn'n hearty eating after hard driving. A farm horso, assigned to the uuncciistomcil task of makinga long journey, should be allowed his own timo for it. Start early, drivo moderately, giving him nn early and Jong nooning, with a good rubbing down before feed ing. If tho end of the journey cannot Ikj reached early in the evening, Btop for supper and, after another rest, ho may be driven a few miles further. A case of extreme necessity only can justify driv ing a horse in the evening that hns worked hnrd nil day. Send us a now subscriber and get your paper for $1.5o ISI All lUU.O.N .v SONS I.K I DILLON A SOV 1MP0KTKUS AMI WlEKDEIW 01' NORMAN HORSES I tt'ormwl) ol drni of K. Dillon & Co ) XKW IMPUKTATIOX Aimed in tine condltioti Juno li, Ifsl lla now a Ur;o o iliectlon 01 clu'k-o animals. ST.lllLILs AMI lli:inOl tltTUtn L(( AT- I'.l) AT MOiOl.U, 0 otto tlio Idlnots Central and Chlcajo and Alton 1. jnn. street tin run Iron, tlio Lake Kr o A. Went irn ami In Unapollt, lllooiulngton ' Wolrril He t, in II ooimrnrlou, illjti'i to our uMc In Normal. DILLON BROS.. Normal, 111 tittU3 and Children. What Rites our Children rtwT checks, What cures Uielr torers, males Ujera rieen ; Tl Caatnrla. When hablea (ret nnd cry by tuna. What cures their colic, kills their worms. Hut CmtorU. What quickly cures Constipation, Sour Stomach, Colds, Indigestion, Hut Cantoris. Farewell then to Morphine Syrups, Castor Oil and rurvcoric, ani in Hall Tutor lal "UATPUI CCCH CDAM7.1 IC-?,f- HUM MATCHLESS' ORGANS .fiSjM 5&avi AWARDED ,jESlSfr f I ft W M HIGHEST HONORygBBM sRtAf AT EVERY GREAT WORLD'S EXHIBITION FOn SEVCHTCEN YEARS, ONLY AMERICAN ORGAN 'AWAnDEOSUCHATANY 100 STYLES! $2,2. to $900 (FOR CASH EftSYPAYMEHTS.OR CATALOGUES L 'j ii"(nUUiiiui? aJ UnmnHj s:!j kj tmsrstim mm wv.e MUSICIANS GEHERALLY nEGARDTHEM"AS UNEaUALLED "-THEODORE THOMAS. ITHE MASON & HAIYILIIM Co. FURNITURE j, -Dealer in- Carpeis, Oil Cloths, Wall Paper & Upholstery, 2C 3E13. 3P0"rE3K,SD !KS and 11)0 first, and 1!. Trout St root, Portland, Or. sriiSCtf ESTABLISHED BS63. Seedsman and Florist. Alfalfa, Timothy, Red Top, Orchard Grass, Ky. Blue Grass, Red Clover, Australian Rye, Mesquite Grass, EvergreenMillet English Ityo Gras3, Italian Bye, White Clover. j0Wf,'otnlh, Tree, nnd l'lov.-or 'cuds. Fruit Troes nnd nlnnls nt rcilucctl rate. CATAI.OtilES mail free. THO 8. METIER IN, ."; Itaticrj .Street, San Francisco. California. novlnvl mt of Dnlrj (nmU, tliataranmli'I.nf unninli nr.J rliniilicl tr L ntiucrt' cial nrtirif uiven uf th'lr linmhilttv. K..I. ns. Womakflfram lhn tint Im-turers cf Curtl-.' Iiiiprotril I'netnry t.'tinrn. ,1lni' I'onrr llullpr Wnrl.rr, l.rivr Warlirr. CuriU' iioxi num. ireiniiiniiiirt.iiuni, i rt-nm Vniu.DoKl'ourr.clr, "Ono I'mnlly (liuni lit Mltolcwilo Mhi-iti mi. linn, n nuenl." All pnil earmniil exnrilr rw rvprerentnl. TWO COM) MARK LEVY, Commission Merchant I ii:u.ii in FKI'KTS A'! !!:0rK. (om(;m:i:m' hoi.icirii. M.WINi: ISTIMVTK ACgl'AlNTAN'CR WIT'I thvt ltd. . I I'onU d and in 1'r.iMtlK'.' nut otlur oiiiU, I .."i .iMo M il suiwuiiliiopr d ms to limta.hjh'Hi-' Cimiirillnli- llrliiiu ltnilr. MA UK LEVY, Hi I'lont fc'treet. 1'ortUnd, dre.i Sipt0m2 Administratrix Notice. . VTtllK'i: IS Iir.RKUY fllVEX: Tliat tho undtr i s L'lieil lii. (tM-n dul aiXlnted ))' Ilia lion, CounivCeur' if Uilcn Count), On iron, adiuinlstra. til o ilie t.tafe ct Kendlet U Uuretu.devtuled, late of Marlon i-oiint). All lxrwini luittns eUlmi aintt aid etUte are riUtted to pretent them tone ltli the proi er loiulitrs nd mori. to, at hit n s'd. nee in r'alilteM, t'ounl) slid Mote alcrexaid, within ilx months (rom II v dated this notice, and all pvrsons OMtnjruld t.Ute art ruetle-t f niaVo Imuitdltte mmtnt, LCUl3Ed.lirRl.TrE. AdinlnUtritrU o ilieestatso! llent.Hct J. lurette. dec a.e.1 IHle.1 tills IS ds) I Nov. licM S. It. Ilnmiiirr nll'jr Tur Ailmtnltrlrl. TAKE l!t. HESliBY'S Dandelion Tonic ! A rcilTAlS CUBE rou. Malaria IndlKestlon, Dyspepsia, I Loss of Appetite, Nervousness, Goaeral Debility. Throuiihcncr oik, and a'l il'iorder.ul theotouiach and litrr. This llut the eatouet the j ear hen the Tonic ' cl Inrstur able Ue, D'jrini the Spring and fcuiumtr months llaliri I preva'ent and one feels lan.-uld and drov and dprel without knowing jihx. 11-e i ui .eel. UMiinc and lmUorstlmr No'tnmg is .o til.tul as 1IU.I.V KAMIKLIO.S TiiXlt- A. ,tur ilrvii:!.' fir a lott'e, and take nothing r'se II1MII.III Tn' '. , jn-rfm l-l)KTLASI. OKEoy. I a ttUi ta n . cmoi.i uj "TtVrS b4 Fktam. Oenn.nWU' 2e. V IKat tuui cms, H xxn ported CrsromoSjis fiiSSS usa.u40uSfc iuswauss cw..tT"r; US) Statu. 4Ua Wret.)VUnsasar(l&. Y. USE ROSE PILLS RIVA DJ OHRrOHT -: MQBM dl klaM al'. (MPROVEMENTrf PUREST, BEST M.USACA.L TONES GREAXE.ST ELEGANCE AND DURABILITY RENTED. & PRICE LISTS FREE. loRa-or-V NCW.YORK. OHIQAQS. FURNITURE, Bjiroa 9 Ol all kind. A hrxo and ncloct itck ol S'jiflor jiikJ liiiinlioia Sots Ot Ore.'in and lUs-crn M.inufactiiro; Ollteo tnd tcliool furnlturaot all wrletlos. School Dosha a Specialty. Wiro ltoom I.'o. 1SJ anil 100 Flnt street, between Yamtilll mil Morriion street, rphe Srrnml lliiml rilnrcof I. IM'.inen, Utly JL on Hccunil and Morriion streets Is now erinan. cntly locatol nt 1VI Frohtslrcct, betneen T.ijlorond Ya'nliill .trod', courncllnit with lid ttoro m 1'ltst street, where tlio UUliest 1'rlco Is M tot IloiivhclJ I'urr.lture. Kivelat m-coniiiolatloiK for arttct wlililnjti itoro (urnituioor liouchild ijoods. l'srtl ' Inteiulinif ti luriiNh roomi, dwclllnzs, or hoteli, nro Int lUil to addren (or further pittlculari as to Cfurlpllofn and price. material Slunftrlni AtltA tnann. nonV xiimro 7VH V Jmt m oLb tjA t&m iiyPBWpKttiM XrVjr hsWL it v.jJ&y i.i i im'ii mo ii. tui.M 1 1.- awonjiM loriutn-r ontv. M CORNISH, CURTIS & GREENE, Fort Atkinson, Wis? mmV99mmmmmrmmmmnmvt9mMYB.mtimmm4iiMtr-,rT'iw,MmTTir-i Oak Lawn Stock Farm H W rjv.oy. Salon), Ogn. I ! r vr a d llrru'rr ct . .. jVf VjKU. &M fa AIII.rtDHI.N. t.M.I'o mill .li:it!ii:V CAlTLt', ti.H id n i'iire.i j American or Improved biwiiili Mir no ti-ei jf i Ut.t Wur.ont blool. Also M on N Mil, uunni r c Ki-illi llerWthlres. Sertlce fee of AU-r ic n., tl Jr. 1 Tlip Male Iu rren.r rr lli 1 eat- tor rtnlr. JanllmO Tho Buyers' Guidr Is IxsueJ JInrch nml Seiit., each year: 221 pngw, SJxllJ Inches, with over 11,300 illustrations a wholo picture gallery. Giveiwholcsala prices liirccf to tonsumtrs on ull goods for personal or .0. lmil use. Tells how to J order, and Circa exact Of B cost of cv crvlhingyou B B use, drink, cat, wear, or dj havo fun with. Thcso invaluablo hooks contain information gleaned from tlio markets of tho world. Wo will mail a cony Prco to any address upon receipt of the postago 8 cents. Let us hear from you. Respectfully, j MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. Mr Anno WlraakATcaiM,Vklac,XU. Di ALUAULC TO AtLt Will be mailed P-niTf- Zi to all applicants fnudH crderinzlL It contains Illustrations, rrieei. n oi lass year mt vt descriptions and directions for planting alt Vegetable and Flower SEKDS. UULiis, etc D.M.FERRY&CO.DJK'T 00",OdW UOIAVA 'ssojppv S&T'fifftyrrr'-' iff ' MKSAfc.v?fc4 "v- ,& Ewr,rr1,jr3s1-" UUU wW rt. ZIL UI
