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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1886)
W ILLAxMETTE FAltMEft: SALEM, OKEGON, AUGUST 27, 1866 grange olnnti(. GRANGU IIKKTORY. Tho Oregon Stato Orango. OFFICERS. Mister JnJgo R. P. Boise, Salem, Marion Co., Ogn. Ovorsoor. A. Ladling, Milwaukee, Clack amas Co., Ogn. Looturcr II. E. Hayes, Stafford, Clackamas Co., Ogn. Steward J. W. Cook, McMinnvlllc, Yamhill Co., Ogn. Asst. Steward J. Voorhces, Wooilburn, Ma. rion Co., Ogn. ... Chaplain A. V. Miller, Wiltsburg, Clacka- mas Co.. Oan. , Troaurer K Strons, 8lem, Marion Co., Ogn. Secretary Mrs. M. J. Train, Albany, Linn Co., Oan. Gato Keeper. John Simpson, Smslaw, Lano Co., Oregon. Cores Mr. Annie Simp'on, Siuslaw, Lane Co., Oan. Pomona Mrs. S. M. Cook, MoMInnvlllo, Yamhill Co., Ogn. Flora Mrs. K. Ilusscll. Wslla Walls. W. T. Lady Assistant Stowanl Miss Lydia Urook, Salem, Marion Co., Ogu. "JljjoHictiUnrxI. Tu.nJps a frofltable Crop. Waldo E. Brown says that for twenty fivo yoars ho has not mado a failuro with tho turnip crop, and with tho exception of porhapa two yenrs ho lias grown from ono hundred bushclH up to ns high ns fifteen hundred each year. Al though somo yoars ho has not boon nblo to soil and so had fed them to his stock, in other soasonB thoy have paid him n Inrgor not profit thnn any crop grown on tho farm, and taking tho yoars ono with nnolhrr, ho haH found an ncro or two of turnips to pay hotter than moat farm crops. Ho remembers ono year thnt ho sold a carload of -100 bushels nt :i3J cents a bushel on ttio track nt his tntion, and, ns ho was loading tho car was frequently asked by farmors the price, and sovoral whon ho told it, thoy said : "Gnn you mako anything grow ing turnips at that price?" It eo hap pened that corn was selling at tho same prico, and Mr. Brown said to them: "You grow on nn averugo less than fifty bushels of corn to tho ncro and gavo it your cntiro senson and sovcrnl thorough workings; I grew nn nverngo of 200 bushols of turnips to tho aero and grew them ns n second crop, nnd gavo thorn no cultivation nt all." Mr. Brown says thnt two hundred bushols is n very mod erate crop, thnt ho had grown fivo hun dred bushel on ncro of highly manured land that had grown two crops bosides tho samo eonion, tho first crop being early peas that wero marketed Juno 11 and tho second pickles, nnd tho turnips wero sown about tho 1st of August nt tho last working of tho cucumbow. Ho bcliovos thnt it is easier to grow ono thousand bushels of turnips on nn ncro thnn ono hundred bushols of corn. Power to Frodace Wheat lnexhautlble In Soil. In roforonco to this subject thorrnirio Farmer has this: "Prof. II. W. Wiley, in n rccont ad dress doiivered beforo tho studonts of Purduo Univorsity of Lafnyetto, Ind., raid that a crop of wheat yielding 15 bushels por ncro will takn nearly 15 pounds of phosphorio acid from tho soil, and thoroforo an ncro of ground might go on producing whoat for 200 yonrs boforo tho phosphorus vrn all gone, 'For forty years, Prof. Wiley adds.'Laucs nnd Gilbert havo grown wheat on tho enmo fiold without returning the straw or adding ft particlo of any kind. At first this field produced over 22 bushels of wheat per acre, but tho whent ier ncro, but tho amount quickly fell to a mean of about 12 bushels, whero for years it has romninod varying only with tho season. It thus appears that n cereal liko whoat, tho most nourishing and most importaut of human foods, re fuses to exhaust soil, and so protccta tho yet helpless futuro from tho rapacity of tho present. Thcso experiments havo further shown that cereals have a greater eonsorvativo power than almost any ether plants. Peas, beans, potatoes, in liko conditions fall much more rap idly toward tho vanishing point, that is, tho point whero harvest no longer ox cecils tho seed which has been planted. These faots, so important to tho great economic question of tho coming food supply, aro fully corobornted by tho lesson taught by tho great wheat fields of tho Xorthwost and California. Hero wo have seen tho great crop of 30 bush els produced by tho virgin soil rapidly fall to a yield of only one-third as much. At this point it seems to stand, insuring, at loast, a partial supply of food to tho ext generation, oven if it bo as unwiso in iU agricultural economy as its prede cessors." It would be rash to take issuo with any conclusion of such eminent agri- culturista as Messrs. Lnwcs niul Gilbert, nnd yet wo nro suro Hint tho theory ns stated, as having emnmitcil from them can linrdly apply generally to this coun try. Many pooplo know that a few years ago a largo nrea of Iown, having previously beon very productive of wheat, becnino what might bo callid wheat kick, nnd for sovoral years made comparatively no whent. Thos soils wero not poor aa shown by tho fact that they mado good corn nnd other cropf. Wo can think of no roason why th's should linvo been n fnct except Hint the supply of phosphides, or somo otlior equally necessary clement was oxhautt cd in tho soil. Ex. Picking and Storing Apples. Hand picking should always bo tho rule for winter apples. Varieties that ripen irregularly ought to bo gathered accordingly. Generally speaking, the later sorts should be left on the trio un til lato, so na to give them opportunity to fully color up. Beforo picking begins it is well to hnvo n suitnblo place pre pared in tho orchard or near by for the temporary storing of tho fruit, unless thorn nro two sets of hands for sorting and packing ns fast ns tbo fruit is gath ered. Apples keep longest if frco from atmosphcrio moisturo when taken from tho trees. Small baskcta holding half a bushel each and suspended from n hook on tho ladder nro more couvonieut and lesa liable to bruise tho fruit thnn bags. Onco gathered, tho npplea should be securely protected from sun nnd storms until thoy nro ported. Many farmers who havo fruit houses delay sorting nnd packing until tho approach of cold woathcr. Tho best method is to sort tho fruit immediately and lay all that is sound carefully into tight barrels, shak ing tho barrols gently two or threo times during the process of filling to iusuro tho apples packing closely j thoy may then bo tightly headed, with tho head sufHcicntly prosed nnd secured to avoid nil movement of tho npples insido tho barrel. Bight here i'h generally the neglect. The barrels should bo placed on their sides nnd not stored away un til freezing weather. Preparing for Wheat. In preparing tho ground for wheat, plow thoroughly to a depth of six inches when tho eoil Is of a dogreo of moisturo when it will not ("tick to the implements nnd ia not too dry. In tho best wheat soil clay loam tho time to plow is when tho ground is friable and easily crumbles to tho touch. After plowing work woll with tho best har rows nt your commnnd. There U no danger of ground being too woll tillod, and tho poorer the tools tho more till ago necessary. A first-class smoothing harrow ruu ovor tho field, followed by tho roller and then by another applica tion of tho harrow till nil lumps nro bro ken, is good trentment uftor plowing. But tillngo is not of first importanco in grain growing. Tho primary requi site is plant food, nnd whero food is nec essary nothing is equal in tho long run to good nnimnl oxcrcments. Commer cial fertilizers havo thoir value, and should not be underestimated, hut they cannot taku tho place of animal man ures. Our farmers starvo thoir fields. All through tho wheatcountry crops arc insufficiently fod, and tho result is our nverngo of cloven bushels per ncro nnd tho continual senrch for more produc tive varictio?. To bo euro somo varie ties ure superior to others, but if our fields wero less starved not k much fault would bo found with tho variety. Tho Iloman Catholic Church nnqunl afiedly denounces tho Knights of Labor as under tho Catholic bau as n eccrot society and o objoctionablo. TUTTS PILLS 25 YEARS IN USE. The Greatest Medical Trlnmph of the Ago I SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Loss ofappeilte, llorrels coall ve, l'ala In tha bead, "lib a dull sensation In tbo back ort. Tain under tbo altoaldsr blade, Fullness after cailoi, with ndis Inclination ! exertion of bodr ar mlad. Irritability of temper, I.ow spirits, with a fcelles; of aalnr Deflected some datr. Weariness. Illzxlncss, riultarlaf at tho Ueart. Data before tho ayes, lleadacae over the right ere. KastlcsaaaH, with dtfal dreams, Illshlr colored UrUe, and CONSTIPATION. Terr's riXX aro especially adapted to such eases, ona doso effects such a than kb of feellngaa to as tonlsatbe sufferer. The? Increase trie APpeUI,aod cause tha bodr to Take on ieu,tlu tbj system Is noartst4.arj4 by tbelr Tonic Action on the IlraaUaiaia.KjnUaratoljare product. FrVeaSe. I 4 Mwrray SH..W.Y. TUTTS EXTRACT SARSAPAR1LU Kenorates the body, inakra healthy flesh, strengthens the weak-, repairs tha waste of the system with pure blood and hard muscle: tones the nerrous eTstem, tnrUorates the brain, and Imparts tho vigor of manhood. (1. BoUbydruTKUU. . OWICB -4 MurraySI., NetWork CHAS. H. DOBD & CO. Front, First and Vino Sts., PORTLAND, ORECON, lurouTKiis or HARDWARE,IR0n AND STEEL, FARM MACHINERY. We srs Sole Agent (or the following celebrated Implements! 33TJOEL33TT3D MOWiilH. fife 3H T. A T'DEHEL, UUCKKYE OK 11 IK IIOAD." 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