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WILLAMETTE FARMER : SALEM, OREGON, OCTGBER 1 1886 jjiMotb. STOCK NOTES. If curly Ifwiilm uro tic-Hired tho nuns and cwch olmuld bo innlcd nt thia hou son, and us tho difTurcnco in the prico of fin curly nnd Into lamb is very great tlio profit dupoiuls upon when the uwch lamb and on tho caro tiostowcd. If when youuj,' slicpp uro shedding tlicir toctli tlioy look poor nnd ailing, Rcparnto tlium itwliilo from tho rest of tho Hock nnd pamper them a little with oxtrn food easily eaton. Thoy will soon regain their wonted upjM!urunco. With tho iido of bulls of tho boef prodiHny broods Hteers uro now raisod that reach nearly 800 pounds when ono year old, and this shown the value of the broods, tho. best resultti being obtained from choice grades and liberal feeding. In shearing sheep Hpecd is socondary in importnuco to n number of consider ations, such an oveiiuoHH of work, ub Honco of double cutting, injury to sheep, tearing and mixing portions of ficcco, nnd for worry and fatigue of both work men and shcop. To know tho right combinations of grass, grain and other foods availablo for hogs in any givon locality, and to bo able to use thorn rightly in connection with fresh air, pure water and healthful oxerciso are points in hog-raising well worthy of careful Htutly. Tho Hural World advises shepherds, when the lambs are separated from their dams to be weaned, toexaniiuothoowos' bagH daily for a few days and milk away a part of tho milk if tho mlder is full. If tho milk flow continues feed on dry hay for n few days. No two sows should be allowed to fur row in the same place, us they irritate one another and sometimes in their heal and auger devour the young pigs, which Hwinish rauahulimn once indulged in is apt to become a habit from which only the buU'hor van euro them. Some of tho large mutton breeds of sheep, Hiich as the Oxfords, often shear from twelve to twenty pounds of wool; and this fact, with their ability to attain very heavy weights, idiould be ttrong inducement to farmers to use rams of Unit breed for crossing on the native owes. Lambs fed on cmv'8 milk aro vory apt to get coiihtiimtcd, the Htomach becomes distended and hard, the eyes dull and tho urine scant. Tho brain seems op prcmed and the lamb lien down much of the time. Gentle cathartica must bo given at ouee, or injections of oil or melted lard. A few Htill hold to the idea thatsheep need no water; therefore, when it is hard to obtain everything else will bo attended to before supplying them, nnd then make them do on half rations or Ichs. This is cruel, to my the least of it, and shows absurd anil wicked ignor ance of the commonest requirements of all aulmul life. The National Live .Slock Journal s.iys if one rots about building up a herd for slaughter thoie are points he need not be over nice about. I'roiiiiiiont among thc.40 is color. The shipper or butcher will buy a good white steer as tiuiok as though ho were of any other color, while the breeder recognizes no merit as ant llcieut to warrant thoiuoof a white bull in hia herd. Tho practical benefit to be derived (mm r.iiing good Htoekdepouds, among other things, upon the treatment at its owner's hands. Mlood and breeding and rare natural capacity are powerless to contribute to HUcoo.ful Htook-rniMog unices accompanied by tho cooperation of humane thnughtfitlncKN intelligent management and tegular caio. Merit is not ptoof against uegleei, starvation and abuse. Comuuu Some about 'coding Hone If owners and drivers of hornes were all ported on the Mihjcot of foods ami bow they elionM be fed, borses and other working stock would fare bettor than they tie. It is not generally known, al though constantly presented through agrieultur.il papers during Hie last fow years, that carbonaceous foods furnish only heat and motion, while the nitro genous food are, and many do not oven know the delhiitious of tho terms, nor of others that are used as syuouims. Hut if thoao facts were known, common BeiibO would teach owners of horses that fast going mid bard work require fre quent feeding of concentrated foodnot so concentrated as to pack in the stom ach, but with just enough conno mate rial to keep tho food loose, so that the gastric juice nuy pouotrnto and dissolve it. Corn is a concentrated food, but it id not tho right kind ; it is tooarboniv ceous, furnishing heat nnd motion, but a email amount of inuscio material nnd forco. Hay and grass nro too bulky, and the horso cannot cat enough to get Biifilcient nourishment when workod hard or driven hard. Oat? come tho noarest to the nourei to tho filling of all requisites of n complote food; yet, if they aro crushed, tho addition of a little pea-meal would bo an improvement in cases whom extra exertion ia demanded. Hut it should bo borne in mind that tho more violent tho exertion, tho sooner tho food is used up and tho system ox haulod ; and as tho horse has a vory small stomanh in proportion to his body, it will bo Been thnt it must neod fro quont filling when ho does oxtra duty; indeed, it needs filling oftcner than it gonorally is filled under ojdinary cir cumstances. Tho writor has often hoard it aasorted that it does no good to feed a horso oxtra when it has dono extra work. As well any tho owner docs not rcquiro oxtra food whon exhausted from hard work. Surely a man taking much physical oxerciso noeds moro food than ono taking none. Tho samo is truo of tho horBO. Live Stock Journal. Not Blis Alone. Size i'h a good thing in abcof animal, if it is not at tho sacrifico of quality. A groat, slab-sldod, rnw-bonod, nnd tubby nn I tn al mny not contain as much moat in iU carcass as ono sovoral sizes smaller, but holding less ofial, and snuggor and smoother built. Something never comes of nothing. Tho coarse, Inrgo-boncd frame, long legs, immonso horns, nnd conrso, shaggy hair aro all mndo of omo thing. That something was contained in the food which tho animal ate. These abnormal developments not only roprc font tho food of which thoy were made, but also tho vital energy that mndo them, iioth tho food and vital energy havo run to wasto in them. Oattlo of this sort of mako, no matter what their hIzo, aro unprofitable to brood nnd raise. Tho snug, compact form, straight, nnd smooth outlines, fiuo bones, thin, soft coat of hair, small head, short limbs, and short boms, nro all commendable festuros, and to be taken into account beforo and in prcferonco to size. If to theso slzo is added, ho much the bolter. It Is nn ndvnntngo, for it indicntes a larger amount of valuablo material; whereas sizo and weight mndo up by oflal is of no value at all, unless tho ofial oatt bo worked up into somo sort of side product. It has no valtio in a beef producing point of view. These eco nomical points of smnll wasto ought to bo conspicuous in tho bull or bulla of tho herd. Whatovor tho character of the cows, the good qualities in tho bull can not bo dispensed with without ma terial loss. As a man sows, ho reaps Ah is tho bull ho breeds from, so will bo bis future hord. Quality first and slzo afterward. National Live Stock Jour nal. Color In Uoraes. lllack horso are of a hot and Aery temper nnd disposition; tho cliootnut nnd brown bay are reckoned to havo strength and spirit, and tho wbito nro alwayB tender. As to gray, it has al ways been obtcrved thnt those which tend the most to black aro clrongor than the brighter grays. Tboro aro be sides theso other colors in horses, such as the ronu, which seems to bo tlio oil' spring of tho bay nnd white or tho bay and gray. Tho sorrel and white Btem to bo the author of tlio dun and cream color, and as for thoso hows which aro oalled strawbeiry, they mny probably proceed from a coupling between a bright gr.ty and a bay. There aro also home lir.-os mottled or red (commonly e.tdtd piebald), either black nnd white in spots or chestnut and white. As to tho choice of color in a Btnllion, n iwrson of grent skill says the dapple bay; the white bay and thodapplo gray are to bo prefoned, but does uot object to a horse of pure black, provided it has a wbito star and a white foot. In tho judgment of others, however, he should be all of ono color. 13x. Breed tor Sonisihtnc. If you have made up your mind to raise a colt, breed for some object. You cannot expect a plug mare and a plug borne to breed n colt of much value for anything. If your mare is worth breed ing at all, she can bo bred for the pro duction of a colt adapted to some use or purpose. It may lw a farm horse, a draft horse, a carriage horse, a trotting horse, or a running horse ; in short, a horse adapted to some special use. Whatovor tho maro may bo lt for brood ing, or give promise of breeding, boo that tho horso is tho kind desired. There is no good reason why every farmer may not use a maro, team or teams, and breed thorn regularly, making tho pro duction of the colts ono of tho protiU of tho farm. If maros nro kopt and brod, an oxtra number may bo kopt with profit, and tho timo of their fouling mny bo bo regulnt'-d ns to not seriously in tcrforo with the work of the farm. If two or moro spans are kept, their breed ing may be so arrungod as tn givo nt least one good tnun at all sensons of the year when farm work presses. They should bo so brokon ns to work together that nny two of them may bo used ns n span, and thore should b enough of them so thnt any or moro of them noed not nt any timo bo overworked. Mod- crato work is rather a bonofit than nn injury to a miiro carrying a colt, up to within a fow weeks of foaling. Indeed, n little exercise is of advantage up to within n very fow days of that time. Bill, of course, discretion must be used, and ovorhoaliug must bo avoided. More teams carefully used and bred, ought to bo more common on the farm. Livo Stock Journal. Heppner Gaietto la Not a Claml Neither is it a mountain oyster; but it is a wordly paper ecribblod up in plain U. S. langungo and printed on n sweat powor press in n pnrtof Eastern Oregon whoro cords and cords of vacant govern ment and railroad land still liea out doors. It nover stole hogs, but it is Bomtiraos borrowed by the neighbors. Samplo copy with descr pt'on of tho iioppncrnitlscountry, lUcotits in stamps. No discount to bummers. It never sucks eggs. Address, J. W. Riding ton, Hupp- nor, Oregon. How's Your Liver? Ih tho Oriontnl salutation, knowing that good health cannot exist without n hoftlthy Liver. When the Livor ifl torpid tho Bow els aro sluggish and con fltipatod, tlio food liea in tho stomnch untli goatod, poisoning tho blood; froquont hoadacho ensues ; a fooling of lassi tudo, doripomlcncy and nervousness indicato how tho wholo system is do rangod. Simmons Liver Hogulator has been tho moans of restoring moro iKJoplo to health and imppinoria by giving thctn a healthy Livor than any agency known on earth. It acta with extraor dinary powor and oflicacy. NEVER OCEN DISAPPOINTED. Aa n conenil fumlly remedy for DyapopBln, Torpid .Ivor, Uotwlipntlon, otc, I lmnlly over two luiylhlnsr olao, and havo norcr lieon tllanppolnt' It loonia to 1h nlniMt a porfect euro for alt lotntixi in tuoetroci nroauoout illaoiuuMor tho Htnmnph end llowela. W. J. MoKUiOV, Mucod, 0 BREEDERS DIRECTORY. HJI4LL .tliVKUTlHKJII'ATH like tlir fo. InuliiB ulll Ik ln-rrleil In nr roliiimta, In llirlr irnirr rlaoltlcalliui. Tr S to 410 a year. Including ropy or paper. tiT Larger piv charged (or pro rata 0 A T T I. K Hulls for sale. AiMimi or call: JiOcrswii, Or. MM I;.ll)l A' KKK1), roan.iiD. Omoon, liitpnleira mill II r. filers of iu35S5j auorl-tlorn unttlo, 0oU old am! Ulceatrr bhiep an I ClyJe dale llortss. R. CAKKY, Nalirni, Oregon. Polled Angus Cattle. Cill and ae luj al(Hk. BUCK I. JOHN JUNTO, Halrni. Ogn. Breeder I lall'KOVKtt AM KlilOAV WKKI.NOSof Sun lih Iniportatlon aid iros tireeds if the lrrnch and frsinili atxks knonlu Or SKoa ai AMhltlUAN UK. KINO A uo.lot't Kwea for bale a wellaa turns I'll-ea In anvrdanoewlth Hi luatket Uon.oidcne olcltnl. 5L D. M. GUTHIUE. I'allna, urn. Importer and Breeder mm Spudsh, French or Aiu'ricau Mer Inoa. bona for I'rlcts etc. SllltorS IIHK SIIKKI and K.1SW IIOOS, Import edauJbr.dlr . W llual, Wnltokr.Or s w i n i: . n mill I I PURE BEnKSHIRES. '(HQIK It.f. lit tl.l.V halt m.tir.t wjKKHHKt "' thnrouil'brcd Kitered Vit, 0v-i-; -jfcJ i.-l or aend lor rav r'lces. Karm li (Ivemllo. south of xale'iion old aUj road. UlSKlXANKOl'S. cko. i). .ooinve, SALEM. OHEOOV, The Leadl"- WY ND TrK and 11R0VTN Ln.HOKN pretoeroi in .orinweai. K,.rtaai at-iop It circular. t. Jersey tll for Slc Bend t r M Uat of Aptary Supplies irALIiH Itr.ai. and ajl'KkMi. Iddreas lor faUloru P. KU"KUAK. j&SSSili ffimmp FflB (jkrtSr. VVM V Naur, CtaclaouaCo ,Orc A Neig-libor In yotir own community, wherever yon are, can 111 you If aou do not happen to know them youraelf or tun wltbln Ida knowledge dcmoniUatlni- thnt Arm's HatutaraniLLA It nn ever rcllAblo and thorough purifier of the Mood: ono that wilt eradicate, from tho system ctcryalom of the taint of Scrofulous, Mercurial, or Contagious Diseases! enrich Impoverished Mood; strengthen enfeebled vital organs; Invig orate and build up tho system, a no other lucdlcln can do. Ayer's Sarsaparilla Itai for nearly forty year atood the ten of the world' ue, and the beat proof that It ha successfully met tho requirement upon it are, leading physician endorse It the beat blood purifier known ; Thcro la a great annual Increase In the de mand for It; Voluntary teatlmonlala aa to Ita efficacy aro constantly offered In great numbers, by per sons whom It lias cured of diseases born of cor rupted blood, even hereditary ones, and those of many years standing. rnzranED bt Dr. J. C. Aycr A Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggist I Trlca Jl ! Hla bottles f or J3. sm;iiwooi's Novely SteeljJHarne.ss j No Toga r nUlnielreM Beqiilrril. Took First Premiums nt NowJYork, Ohio nnd Missouri Stnto Fairs. For ealo by .1. I). JORDAN & SOX, Balrm, Oregon, Agent for DKL03 JKFrKHSON. BREYMAN BROS., MONEY BROKERS! Money to Loan wllhonl Commission. In runt to suit on real estate or approved security. Purchasers of Notel, County and Bute Warrants. Morlrigs loans mule on three to five jean timo. tJT Oiflce: llreymao's block, Baletn, Oregon. febS 8 nioa Spanish Merino Bucks ! Bred by Mr J II, STKOWnitlDOK and aired by his ImporteJ Vermont Hesls'ered tluck. and out of Ma cranium Hock of brer Jltij ewca. TKHJH ItCAHOXAIlLC. Adilrei! II 1 1,0 K0, IIAYWAIIDS, ALAMKIM CO., CAL. r. i. AniiSTno.va. jab. noss. P. J. Armstrong & Co., (9uceori to Kellr & KnUht.) --.Jl RLACKKMITniMO . CMBIIIAdR HAUIVV. llorobholnif and Oeneral Jobbing made a specialty. UT At A. KKLLY'S old stand on Commercial street, Baltm, Oregon, "ffl aptPtf STRONG'S RESTAURANT. 6KUVK3 THE DR8T Of MEALS for 25 CENTS I Oysters la every style. Candles, NuU, Cakre, 11m, llrtad, et. TIlOplOAU FHUITS, etc. EVERY - BODY KNOWS ! That W. I. JOHNSON tbe PHOTOGRAPHER Commerclil Street, Salem, Oiffon. rilAKUl T1IK LEAD IN T1IK X I'lCTUUK UVHIXKHH. I'ortraiU, Ccp)lnk-, Knlarslnj, Coloring, etc., etc t'fi. Views taken In city or country. Bead It jou. cits, they will be promptly flllid. I)r. JORDAN'S Museum of Anatomy- 731 JlarUel Ktrrct. GO An IEAUN HOW TO AVOID disease, and how wonderfully )ou are made. I'rlvate Ottk-e, 111 OearySt. Consultation in Lost Uanhcod and all disease of Women, Send for booka, laaSIS' JOHN KNIGHT, Blacksmithing and Horse Shoeing. TTTAVINO Ol'E.NI'.D AT MY NEW CHARTERS I 1 Vo, SC6 CoiiuuercUl atrret. I am prepared to do all Linda ol reiHlrln; Ad oil lutrona are Invited to can anu I uille've their work my bast car and attenllon 1ST I JluUe n Hneelaltr of llor.e BboelntTt myltf CHEMEKETE HOTEL I UuBUIS DUOS., Proprietors. SALEM, OREGON. GOKKAL STA;i: Oirire. Fret coach to and from the house, ta. Sample ateatni for Comnierrlal Travelera. STRICKLER BROS., Dealer la STOVES AND TINWARE I Especial pnlus taken with Kc piUrs of all KIntl9. ITIanner and ohrt who may hat rrlritjr can " r( aaaured that It will b don at promlaej. Call at the old stand of Ben. Strinc. Coramtrclal street, Salsm. Otvtow. BTKAUJUaaUK BXU8. JLtSfMAmU p fyjyvTjffgJyirfraB I U I "N VaFiWfV -iixzdjj 1)11. J As- KM'l, AGUE MIXTURE. A CERTAIN AND EFFECTDAL REMEDY ron Fever and Ague, Intermittent ami Remittent Fevers, die. This clajj of dlitisei ao common In all parts' of the World, and especially prevalent in roa larlouj dlitrlctt and vlclnago of water-courses are almost Invariably accompanied by more or leas derangement of the liver, and frequently by a dofoctlvo action of tho digestive organi. The mere breaking of the Chill li but a rtep towardi completing a radical cure) the various organi of the body, especially tho stomach '.. liver, mutt be brought to a healthy and vigor out condition beforo a permanent euro can be established, and this fact hai been specially kept In view by Dr. Jayno In hit treatment of these complaints. Tho use of Jayno'i Ago Mixture, in conjunction vt 1th Jayne'a Sanative rills, at prescribed In the Directions which accompany each bottle, will not odJ" BREAK UP THE CHILLS, but restore the system, more particularly tho liver and stomach, to a sound condition, and o prevent a relapse of Fever and Ague by thor oughly ERADICATING THE DISEASE, and the best evidence of this li the Invariable success which has alwayi followed the admin Islratlon of these remedies, ai ntleeled by lh certificates published annually in Dr. Jayne'i Almanac, and the wldo-aprcad popularity of the Ague Mixture in those district of tho United Stntei, where tho diseases, for which It Is vds pled, most prevail. , for Bale b) Hnell, llltihu It Woodard, Portland. 3SJi:xisri?xtt, THE SPECIALIST, No. 11 Kearny St., San Francisco, CoL Taut all anoxic. HrxctiL axo 1'uvATn Duiuu with Wo.isr.arvb c'cccaas. THE GREAT ENGLISH ItEMEDY J Is a certain cure for Ncrvou Itrhttlty, Im Maiiliootl, J'rvtttttor horn, and all the evil cRccta of youthful lollloi and excesaea, ami in ttrlnklnjr Intoxicating f.jiiors, J)r. Miotic, who Is a regular pli j slclan. (roduato of tho Unlver any oi I'ciinsj ivania, win acreo to forfeit sUOO for a raao of this kind tho IVfaf Jtctitoijttiei Ain derhuj ec1al udtlco and treatment) will not cure, ll.M) a bottle, or four time tho quantity - aent t any addree on .'ecclpt of price, or C. 0. 1. In private namo It detlrtxl, by ltr Wntlr. it Kearny tit., S, l Cat. Send for list ot queatloiis and jmiuplikt. HMU'TM 110TTLV. h'ttKli will he tent to any one applying by letter, atatlu J'Vomj, ex and ace. Strict secrecy In reyan ' ' k transaetlona, The iuvi:us cjL'ini: u tuaiitil jlurt-h nml Keiil., Uiirh year. tf3UN0 lmRe, H'.xIIJi In t'!ira,ivl til over '3.!iOO lllu.trntlou a ttltalo I'lctiiro Gallery. CJ1V1US tVliule.iiIo 1iIm t'lr'rl In tnnmwr on nil goails for vtiiiiiitl m' family me. VrlUltovr tn oturr, nml ittvr mntt coat of every tlli.c; you uie, enl, drlnU, aveitr, or liu.rf si ilth. Tliean INVAI.UAIIM: UDOlvS cuntnlii liifurmntloii Rlrmirtl t-n thn market of the tvorlil. Wt avlll iiuill a .oiy 1'HKIi to nny od ilrea upon receipt of 10 eta. to ilcfruy txjiruso of iiiallliitr, Ixt ia litar frou yon, lleapectfully, MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. ma 81iO U abaah Avenue. Chlrnao. IV r Ui Hr-rol xl rlntlia. Catalocuea and MropW na . 11. l'A V iV CO., CAJIDJi, N. J, THE DINQEE & CONARTJ GO'S iiuaiitipiu, i:vi:k.iii,oo.ui.N(j ROS II ur 3 rra, t lrrlnlly la rowlna-and dlatrtbotlnj; ltONi;-.. Wbatv all nutamdfri'u. Th Hurt ItONI laii. I 7; Army Jx ltat.it aalol by innll. at all W ujtittt. 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