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WILLAMETTE FAKMEK : SALEM, OREGON, OCTOBER 22 1886
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nro managed, or mismanaged, its tlio
cao mny bo j citizens nro interested in
various ways, nnd havo u right to know I
that in all respects thoso inlcicsts havo
been properly considered. Wo not only
havo the direct interest in taxation and
in tlio expenditure of moneys in our
Stato government, which is n matter of
no small importance, but wo are inter
ested, in common with tlio gront mnes
of Americans, in having good laws pass
Congress and to havo tho nntional rev
enues economically administered. Dut
to keep within tho limits that concern
our Stato is all that wo care to discuss nt
present. Our Senators nnd Congress
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monoy. Wo will soon innko Bomo im
provements in our mcchnnicnl dopart
moiit thnt will necessitate tho uho of
money. Wo nro perfecting nrrnngo
nionla whereby wo will be ablo to innko
n much moro valuable pnpor to our
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who sends us his own subscription nnd
ono now namo, 11 cash with order, n
splondid knife or n pair of scissors.
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Kakmiiii to ono old subscriber nnd ono
now subscriber, ono year oach for .'l 00
nnd givo tho gottor-up of tho club
olthor n splendid knifo or n pair of hcIs
sors. (Sco cut showing styles on pngo
8). Let tho work bo prompt nnd to tho
point. What wo want is more circula
tion. Wo will give special inducements
to good ngontri who will oanvitHs whole
tactions nnd counties
SuiiitT ntosTrt hnvo occurred nt Salem
during tho past week.
Cleveland hits relumed from hit)
llshing trip, with the usual luck of n
llshorman.
Saixm markets nro buying freely tho
pork product of tho county, nnd nro
packing considerably. Tho pri-o paid
for pork in only 1 cents per pound, and
nt that rate thore is nothing in it for tho
fanner.
At Tin timk there nro sovornl pro
duets that nio bearing pood price.-),
namely: Hops, potatoes, nnd fruit, both
dried nnd gieen These will in n measure-,
make good tho deficit on account
of tho low price of wheat.
TO I O D A DC D ?.,AY.,IR rot'?" '
I till) rAl CIl no vvi:r.T, fc t'o'fi
IVewipnpirAilrtriUliiltllMreaiUlOHI'ttUCB
VKIITISIMS t ONTlUCfS MW lUlfll.
mon work to secure appropnations lor
j tho improvomont of rivers and hnrbors
nnd to erect public buildings in our
midst. Wo havo u direct interest in
theso appropriations, that is as import
ant to us ns nny Stnto work. If thcro
is monoy appropriated, nnd misused, wo
nro losers, for all such appropriations nro
placed to our account and wo cannot
expect moro than our fair nliaro of such
Improvements. To bo defrnudod by dis
honest contractors who do indifferent
work that will not stand tho test of time,
is n positive lon to tho Stnto, nnd wc,
its citizens, nro tho Slate.
a gcniiomnn oi standing ami inuu
enco was discussing' this subjoct n few
dnys ago, who suggested that as our
Stato olllccrs nrc ending thoir tonus, nnd
tho majority nro closing n second term,
milking eight years sorvico, thoy should
bo so thoroughly examined nnd vouched
for,by competent nuthority.thnt no doubt
can rest upon their olllcml lives nnd
reputations. Ho alluded to a general
suspicion, that porvades our State, to
tho effect that our Stato board has not
hnndlod tho interests fairly nnd in tho
most acceptable manner. It has always
been too much as if our Stato olllccrs
ownod tho Stnto nnd made tho most of
tho fact of possession. It is seldom
truo thnt publio affairs ore mnnaged
with tho snmo opennosn that privato nf
fairs nro. Thoso nro tho viows enter
tained generally nnd commonly e.x
pressed. For instance, tho Stnto owns
swamp lands; laws for grabbing theso
lands were pnshod nnd disgusting work
was dono. If nnyono wishes to know
tho condition theso lands are in, ho can
not easily learn what ho wants to know.
Men havo been sent from Washington
to sco whrthor our swamp lands hnvo
been honestly locnted, nnd whnt thoy
havo dono no ordinnry man knows. Tho
people imagine that Stato oOlcinls and
government olllcials havo united their
forces to mako n paying job nnd disposo
of Stnto lands to mutual advantage.
Supposo then thnt tho Legislature
that is soon to meet shall tako hold of
theso matters, openly nnd boldly, nnd
examine into all matters where tho
Stato of Oregon has nny direct interest,
to nscertniu if its interests have been
honestly nnd competently administered.
To do this they must crcnton committeo
of nb!o men of nffnirs ; not necessarily
members of tho Legislature, but outsido
of that Inxly ; not oflico-soekors or poli
ticians, or speculators, hut solid men of
substance and judgment, honest nbovo
nil question, nnd cnpablo, as well as
bravo enough to havo thocourngo of
their convictions. The Legislature can
do no better or moro important work
than to appoint a committee of that
cbnraeter, with powor to call for porsons
and paper, and to investigate- tho eight
yearn ol lulmiuistration stuco lo76, ns
well ns to look into all tho work being
dono by tho general government.
Republicans should not bo afraid of
nny such crucial tent j ns Hepublicnns
they should loldly tako tho ground that
if there nro errors to bo discovered they
do not proj050 to let others do tho dis
covering nnd punishing. As Amoricnn
citizens and Orcgoniuns we should
steadily pursue n policy that will mnko
corruption odious, and, if possible, mako
it impossible in Oregon.
Correction.
Mr. Samuel Hubson, Secretary of tho
Xewberg Agricultural Society, asks Aunt
Hetty to correct n statement unwittingly
made in her account of tho visit to
Xowberg. It seems she said tho W, C.
T. V. had an eating stand, or restaurant,
on tho grounds adjoining the main dis
play. It was the I. 0. 0. T., it seems,
that conducted the eating establish
ment, and tho proceeds nro intended to
bo npplied to tho erection of n Good
Templars' hall near by. Considerable
material is now on hand to erect n two
story building nt Xowberg. This shows
tho'ontcrpriso nnd energy of tho pcoplo
there. The causo is similar, for each
works for tempcrouco, but at tho snmo
tlmo each should havo credit for its fore
cast and enterprise
1'ai.i. rumiNci has been detained on
account of tho lack of rain. The weather
has l)cen extremely dry for Oivgon. We
observo that tlio soil is dry and hard
only n few inches under the sod, The
Into showers havo started the wild oats,
and will give them n start thnt is hard
to overcome.
Wi: have received from Mr. X. M.
Perkins, of I'ondletou, Oregon, a sample
of grass which ho sends us with tho re
quest to examine and tell the true name.
Wo have dono so nnd believe it to bo
Johnson grass, n imtlvo of Texas, nnd a
valuable gram in similar soils to that
found in Texas nnd Knsteni Oregon.
Mr. I'erkins suys it grows from two to
ten feet high on moist soil. This grass
is of tho sorghum species, and we believe
particularly good for the Kastern Oiv
gon eountiy. This grass very much re
sembles the native rye grass of Kastern
Oregon.
Fur it culture is attracting consid
crablo attontion, and we are icceiving
many orders for back numbers of this
paper containing S. A. Clarke's series of
articles upon this subject. We may
have to reproduce these articles, and,
speaking of fruit, reminds us that our
friend John Hatchelor, down at llutto
villo, has sold his orchard at 110 cents
por bushel, aud wo hoar of buyers jwy
jug 23 cents icr bushel for apples and
pears hi the orchard. Wo are also glad
to say that this stato of things is being
brought about by our farmers attending
to tho wnnti of their tree! by giving
thctu proper cultivation aud pruning.
Vitrol, fifteen, pounds tor a dol'ar
NO. V.
Tho rule to follow in planting out
trees is to learn what kinds do host in
your vicinity, ard on tho soil nnd in tho
locntion you occupy. Wo havo ropent
odly said this, and earnestly repent it,
to savo thoo who would becomo fruit
growers from loss of tlmo and money.
Tho Yellow Nowtown Pippin is n valua
ble applo nnd docs woll in somo locali
ties. It thrives along tho shores of tho
Columbia river nbovo Vnncouvcr, nnd
will do well in tho Ked Hills whoro tho
marl sub-soil prevails, but in clay sul-
soils and away from proper inllucnces
of moisture it is not n success. Tho
Baldwin is n good trcoalmostany where,
nnd will nnv well. So vou must havo
whnt success your neighbors havo with
fruit trees nnd bo governed thorcby.
What an earnest farmor wants to
know is tho conditions that secure suc
cess in his locality. That is most im
portant, and ho must depend in a groat
moasuro on the oxporienro of others for
his guidance Wo shall try to roviow
this subject nnd givo tho best informa
tion procurablo concerning nil good va
rieties of fruit, so that a farmer can
judgo whether thoy will succeed on his
land. Thoy mny do well on his upland,
aud not as woll on his lowest land.
When wo were planting Italian prunes
our friend Geo. W. Hunt nssured us
thnt ho had novcr mndo them llvo to bo
six years old, ami that wo couui not.
Othors, who lived in tho Waldo Hills,
said tho same, but wo find that whilo
thnt fruit cannot succeed n fow miles to
the oast of us, it does excellently with
us. Tho reason is that wo nro noar tho
river, and a broad slough lies nt tho
foot of tho hill our orchard is situated
upon. We hnvo a thousand Italians
that are all tho way from llvo to ten
yenrs old, and havo senrco ever lost a
trco. Thoy are very hardy and hoalthy
nnd regular hearers.
In planting fruit for drying tho pruno
is tho most reliable and profitable. Our
Western Oregon cliinnto and soil glvo
conditions that are favorable, so that our
prunes far excel thoso of California and
sell at tho East for ono-third moro than
tl'.o cost of French importod prunes of
the best grades. To explain how differ
ent fruits pay, wo will glvo our oxperi
once. Wo havo tho samo number of
trees, of tho samo ngo also, of Italians
or Fillonburgs, of Potitos or French,
nnd of Coo's Golden Drops. Tho first
soil say for 10 cents not, tho French for
8 conls, and tho Golden Drops for 12$
conts. For two yonrs wo hnvo noticed
thoir bearing nnd product, with this re
sult: Tho Tetitos yielded 2,300 pounds,
tho Italians 1,000 pounds, and tho
Golden Drops GOO pounds. It requires
no great discernment to jwrceivo that
tho Pctitcs nnd Italians nro far moro
prolltablo than tho Goldon Drops.
Whilo they aro tho most hardy of all
prunes they are also most productive
Wo havo found tho Peach Plum, tho
Golden Drop and tho lleino Claudo very
tondor nud many trees hnvo died. This
is tho universal testimony of fruit-growers.
Tho experience wo havo gained in
ten years' planting is that tho Gorman
is worthless for profit, as tho fruit is in
ferior. Tho best to livo nnd thrivo nro
tho Italians, Petite, Washingtons; tho
Columbia is a good bearer nnd makes
splondid prunes, but appears somowhat
tender. Then Italinns, Potites nnd Co
lumbias aro tho best for profitnblo boar-
tug mul uimuucss, mo wnsnmgton
makes a fair product, but is most usoful
for cauning. Wo should confine our
planting, if wo want good drying fruit,
to Italians aud Pctitcs for actual profit.
Tho peach comes very oarly and is so
watery as to not yield enough to pay for
drying. It- is excellent for shipping, and
to pay woll should bo thinned nud mado
to grow largo. It will bo in fair de
maud to sjiip east to tho mining regions
of Montana aud Idaho, nnd to Chicago
nnd other cities. Tho tree is very tender
and must not, bo touched by n single
tree, or any way bruised.
The Uradshaw is rather early and is a
fine, large, purple plum, that is excellent
eating. Tho fruit mny bo a little tender,
but will bo in demaud for shipping
greon.
Tho Hungarian is tho largest and
most beautifully colored, being a bright
crimson, nnd ripons later. It is excellent
onting, and parties that we have shipped
to at a distance say t bears shipping
best of all. It is a good bearer aud a
good tree, o will always bo Kpulnr
fruit.
Many mistake in planting too many
varieties. Wo often hoar experienced
orchnrdists wiy thoy would plant fewer
kinds if they had it to do over again.
Thoy say a man should learn what va
rieties do well in his locality and profit
by tho oxperienco of his neighbors.
with you arid plant a few kinds only,
but enough of n kind to mako it an ob
ject to doal with you. Tho fruit-buyer
fcols discouraged to hoar that you have
but a fow trees of any variety, but a
gront many varieties.
Wo have a single trco .(by mistako of
tho nurseryman) of tho Prince Englobcrt
prune, nnd find it very oxcollent It
seems to bo hardy nnd prolific nnd vory
cnoico prunes nro mauo lrom it. It re
sembles tho Italian a little and is a dark
purple. If it is as it appears with us,
it could bo cultivated witli succcs and
profit.
Wo havo, in our part of Oregon and
in Westorn Washington, tho conditions
that givo us tho finost prunes grown.
Wo havo tho United States for n markot
ami need not fear over-production. Mr.
Lusk spoke of Franco having planted n
million acres in Pctitcs, or French
prunes, and supplying Europo and tho
world with them. Franco finds a great
profit in selling thoso prunes at a low
price Tho cost of drying prunos with
us is reduced ono-half by learning how
to regulato tho avnporator. Heretofore
wo allowed too grent a current of hot
air to rush through tho drier. Tho fruit
cured in cornors and on edges, nnd not
in tho center of tho trays. This season
wo reduced tho nir current bo much thnt
not ono-hnlf tho fuel was used, nnd tho
hot nir was ovonly distributed through
tlio drior. Instead of having n crowd
nt work to cull over tho fruit nnd tnko
off thnt which was dried, wo adjusted
tho heat bo that largo fruit cured evenly,
nnd was nil dono nt once Whon wo
compared cost of work wo found thnt
it was 2 cents per pquud in 1835 aud
only 1 cent per pound in 1880. Wo
havo reduced cost to mere expenso of
gathering tho fruit, dipping in a lyo
bath, spreading on 3x11 foot wire cloth
trays, and taking out and emptying
whon done. In short, wo havo cured
fruit lately nt tho least posslblo exponso,
aud find tho cost of handling ono cent a
pound, and half a cent for packing it.
mi -
j-uon, wncn you navo carctl for your
orchard nnd cured and packed your
fruit, you should not bo out ocr 2
conts n pound, including rent of land.
So all you rccoivo for wholo prunes over
2$ conts per pound should bo profit. If
you rcalizo 0 cents per pound tho clear
profit is much larger than you can ex
pect for ordinnry farming. Tho work is
pleasant nnd attmctlvo and yon enjoy it
if you hnvo n nnttirnl tasto that way
much moro than you will tho usual
work of tho farm.
Aro not thoso nico Knives and Shears
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Mako up your mind what fruits do best 'get one on tho terms stated by us.
Fins Showing or Grapes.
Wo hear it said very frequently thnt
Oregon is not a grapo country and that
tho only sections that como anywhere
near it aro in Hoguo river valloy nnd
about tho Dalles. Dut if "eeoing is be
hoving" thon thcro to it section nonr Os
wego, in CIncknmas county, whoro
grnpos will mature in their oxcollonco.
Mr. A. It. Shipley makes n specialty of
grapes and ovcry year, of late, has madoi
nn excellent nnd nttrnctivo exhibit at
tho Portland Mechanics' Fair. This
year ho shows forty different varieties of
native nud foreign grapes, bunches ns
luscious as thoso tho spies nro seen car
rying in Scriptural pictures on thoir re
turn from tho "Promised Lnnd." Wo
havo novcr seon this display equaled
aud consider it nt nn honor to our State.
Grapes and peaches thrivo all along tho
rivers East of tho Cascados, as far north
ns Coquille nud south to upper Snnko
river, where it has Oregon on tho west
and Idaho on tho east. A Mr. Sisby
sends down beautiful peaches grown on
Snnko river, in Uakcr county, noar tho
mouth of Conner creek. Somo timo
thcro will bo peach and grapo orchards
nnd vineyards not far nbovo there, where
tho valley opens out before the moun
tains close in upon it. If wo aro not
mistaken thore is n great nmount of
good fruit laud in tho sage brush plains
that border Snnko river. Somo enter
prising mnn who finds this out by prac
ticnl effort will reap n fortuno by it. If
fruits will grow there tho country enst
will furnish a reliable market.
Tho Northwest Dairy Association.
This nssocintnn hold its qunrtorly
meeting Oct. 1st in Portland. Tho
mooting was woll altondod, not only by
mombors of tho association, but nlso by
quito a number of ladies, who followod
the proceedings with markel interest.
Mr. J. 13. Knapp, presidont of tho as
sociation, delivered nn nddross review
ing tho important events which had
tnken plnco in tho field of dairying in
Oregon and in tho United States gener
ally since tho fast meeting of tho as
sociation. Ho congratulated tho Amori
cnn dairymen on tho cnactmont of tho
National law to compel counterfeit dairy
products to bo sold under thoir truo
names nud under tho control of tho
Kovcnuo Department. Likewio ho
called attention to tho salutary effect of
tho Oregon Dairy Law nnd tho enforce
ment by its Dairy Commissioner, nnd
rocommondod tho appointment of a
committeo to investigate tho workings
of tho law, to report oventual deficien
cies nnd rccommond amendments if
needed.
Mr. Thomns Paulson gavo notico of
nn amendment to tho laws of tho asso
ciation with n viow to admit Indies ns
memuers, witu iuu privileges uiu with
out paying membership fcos.
Presidont Knapp next called for re
marks and inquiries, and quito a number
responded, an animated and interesting
discussion ensuing on topics of interest
to dairymen, such as tho prospective
mnrkot for dnlry products, tho bost wny
of making, packing nnd mnrkcting
butter nud chccio, tho best nnd most
prolltablo way of feeding milch cows,
tho best variety of oats, poas and corn
to raiso for soiling purposes, etc.
Mr. Thomas Paulsen tnovod to ap
point a committeo of thrco to inquire
into tho workings of tho Oregon Dairy
Law and recommend necessary amend
montn. Tho motion was carried and tho
presidont appointed Messrs. Thos. Paul
sen, H. U. Thiclson and Ed Casoy to re
port at next qunrtorly meeting.
On motion tho meeting adjourned till
tho annual meeting, which will bo
called in tho first part of Doccmbor, and
at which officers will bo elected to
sorvo tho ensuing year.
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proscribed. Hamiiuro Fios were pre
pared to obviate this difliculty, and thoy
will bo found pleasant to tho tasto of
women and children. 25 cents. At all
druggists. J. J. Mack &. Co., proprie
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Wo havo 100 pounds of velvet grass
seed for sale. A buyer for entire lot
will get a bargin. 'inquire at this office
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