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tyjsgcffrowawBw WfSSSaiKtlMBStitBMSMKSSB 6 WILLAMETTE FARMER: SALEM, OREGON, NOVEMBER 5 1886 I 'ft I: &. Money In I'hsop A cnnviioiiclciiit kmJ'8 in tJm Ilomu stcnil: Am I huvu continuously :()it scvcnil liuiidrai bIh-i'i1 in Ihis county tho print JS yisiirH, ami before- thnt lime In tlio Hint, ana lmvo fnuiiil thorn fully oh profitnl!' urt tlio high rrmlti Shorthorn nml tho I .cat l'oliunl China hogn, which I luvvo kupl lit tin" cunm lirnw, you will probably iii(lulo :no in n fow wnrilt relntivo to hIiocj). Sovurnl ouu-us hsivo combim 1 during tho piiot ihroo yonrH to lirmlly bring nbontu grout rrnclion in tin prioo of wool in this country iiml in ftu-t nil over tho world. In thU country from 1871 to 188U tlio wool clip iiicroii-id from 1.10,000,000 pounds to iiunr :iir,000,000, tho grunt incroiisu having hoon chiefly in Texas, California ami tho tarritoricn. Wo como to produce nearly all that was needed by our manufacturers except tho coarao carpot wools, so that tho wool growers finally received little benefit from our tariff, which, hiiicu J83:i, Iiiih boon ton centH per pound on tiuwashed iln., nnil modium wools. Wool thus ramo to Htnnd about like wheat or any other commodity wo did not heed to Imnort. No mutter whether tho tariff' wna huge or small, it did not help thu prico. This now is all changed. Tho low prico of wool tho pat three years has discouraged tho IttmneHS in tho Kastern and Ucntr.il Status, and tho terrific wiiitorH have swept off half tho sboep in tho West and Southwest. In Central and WcHlcrn Texas undoubtedly two thirds of tho sheep aio gone. I speak from pergonal obourvaliou and tlio most reliable information. In Australia, tlio gre.ite-t wool-producing country in tho world, tho Hheep lmvo mot with almost equal dihasters from drouth. The result is that, owing to scarcity, wool has advanced in Lon don the past fmtr months 10 per cent, and lown farmers that could get but 17 ami 18 cents for tlnir unwashed wool laat .June, are now selling for llfi cents, and undoubtedly aro selling too soon, for foreign wool cannot be imported and pay the duty without a furllur .idv mco hero of llvo or six coins, and our homo clip being giiMlly short, our factorios must lmvo tho foreign wool. I may nay, too, that Kun'poam have no idea that wool thorn will soon ho less. As to tlio mutton invcs and wethers, for tho past six months- tho Chicago prices have averaged fully up to tho beef prices, including both fat cows and Hloors, and it is probable that with tho increased doshe to hold on to tdioep, mutton will Itecomo more cearco and will advance. I lmvo found 10 sheep weighing 100 pounda each to consume, about the tmino feed in summer and winter as ono average m.o cow. If well bred and cared for Merinos and their n morion average 10 pounds of wool per head this at present prices, with a fair per cenlago of lambs, m much more piofit able than keeping cows and making butter at 8 to 120 cents, and tho labor of keeping the sheep is much Ies. What wo want in Iowa is to increase the number and size of our docks, and at the Hume time to grade up the qual ity. We may be assured that the Southwest plaiim will not again bo densely populated with sheep until we shall have a succession of milder winters and that wool and mutton in tho United States must bo produced by help of some shelter and feed, provided fi winter use. Tin Hair ami tho Hido. We hear much these day about bleed ing fur uou'OSfoutials, ami from much that is Mild one would infer that the hair nnil the hide were among tho non osiontials. Undoubtedly points of minor or no Importation are too strongly in sisted upanj but there is danger of breeders lushing to the other extreme, and ignoring matter which ahouKl receive- attention, llnvding for color is a favorite topio for condemnatory articles. Mkely wo have attached too much im portance to the color of a switch or of tail featherH, but it would bo far worse to ignore color altogether. It is an as rvrtiuu commonly met with that tho color ot uu animal has nothing to do with its value. This is not true; and as long us it is not truo we cannot ignore color in bleeding. Let me illustrate A team of nicely matched white or cream-colored horses makes a lino carriage or couch team, becniuo tho man who can atford a coach or carriage can also a fiord to have his horses kept clean; ami when clean tho whito or cream colored horses are more valuable to their rich owners than if thoy wore of some othor color, for they aro more beautiful and sttwe- tive, and accomplish better tho purpose of their owner display. Their color makes thorn worth moro to their owner. Hut this same color is objectionable in a farm horse. The farmer wants a horso for service, not for display. He cannot iiflcml to hnsli and spoii.o and rub as tho coachman dues. Hence ho prefers a horso of a bright, attractive color, but wh'ch does not publish to the world tho leant soil. Can anyone doubt that, other things being equal, tho i arkor horso is tho more valuable to him, for it doos his work as well, requires less grooming ami yet looks hotter? A bard, lifeless hide can no moro grow fine, silky hair than tho thistlo grow the rose. Tho samo conditions of tho body tho action of tho digeslivo or assimilative organs, as detormiiifd by their permanent char acteristics or by temporary circumstan ces lmvo tho samo effect upon tho texture of tho hair and of tho hido Tho careful feeder always feels tho hido. of tho animal. If that hido is hard and lifeless, ho knows that tho animal will bo an unprofitable feeder. Tho most noted breeders of cattle, swino and horecs have nlwayH attached tho highest importance to tho texture of the hide. Who does not know that tho cow with the soft, vellow hido and bricht, silky coat gives rich milk and n good lot of it from a certain amount of food? Such n hido and coat is characteristic of tho Jersy ; and always among othor breeds this hido and coat indicate good milking qualities. Ex. Ite $l. gmriju Pleuropneumonia. Tlio breaking out of plcuro pneumo nia in Chicago to the extent roported, has given this disease at present a prom inouco that bids fair to awakou enough Interest on the subject and enliven enough public sentiment which can bo brought to bear upon our legislators to secure that all too slow legislation which tho agricultural nota has boon asking for, for tho past thrco years, necessary to meet tho exigencies of tho breaking out of this disease in nny locality, with in tho jurisdiction of tho Uuitod States. John W. Gadsden, ono of tho most able veterinary surgeons of our dny, states that in ordor to thoroughly extirpate pleuro-pueumouia from this country or any other, is to kill every animal that has, has had, or has been in nny wny oxiwsed to tho disease, and this opinion is sanctioned by tho best voterinaries in Kurope and Canada, as well as in this country. Dr. Gadsden informs us that wo have some veterinary surgeons who claim there is no such thing as chronic plouro-pnouinonia, or that mi animal, whon attacked with acute plouro-pnou nionia which has been curcil is ns healthy and as freo from any ability to contaminate other animals as though thev had never had tho disease, llo said that he would make any ono a present of one thousand dollars for every such case that even after two years ho could not conclusively prove to tho claimant iqion post mortum ex amination, remains ot tho disease, and that such animals finally succumb to its power. Eastern Exchange. No stallion has made as good a record as has been mudo by a mare. Mnud S. thus far stands untippronehod by any stallion known to history. Hut some of them have mado wonderful time, as is shown by tho following figures : Mnxi-y Cobb Siinj l'liaiU SiUHf Siaiigslcr '-'Mi (Jay Wilkes '-'ilSr I omnia Turner '-dt llonniu MUJregor '.MO It is worthy of remark that nearly all the horses aro descendants of Uysdick's llambletonian, that wonderful horse whose blood has done more than thnt of any other for the trotting horeos of Ameii' a. STOCK rAUM FOR 8 ALE A aooA Opportunity to Buy a Btoct Farm with Large Oat-Rancc. A party has placed in our hands for t-alo one of tho best stoek farms in the valley. This land Is situated in tho foot hill region of the Cascades, and is eoneeeded to be tho best adipted to btook growing of any portions of our State. It consists of 930 acres, all fenced but SO acres '200 acres in culti vation; cood houso and fair lurus and out buildings; 8 acies in orchard; county road iussos through place; a creek passes through ono edge, and soring abound over the entire place. .Situated in Clackamas county. Small timber covers parts not cleared. Price $8,000. Apply at onco to this office. Anyone meaning business will bo shown the place freo of charge. Rapid Beating ot tat Heart. Whenover you find an uneasiness in tho region of tho heart, a slight pain in the shoulder, arm, or under tho shoulder-blade, or when you fiud yourself short of breath whon exercising, or your heart has periods of beating fast, you have heart Ulseaso, nnu suouui who ur. Flint's Hoart Kemedy. At druggists. $1.50. Descrlptivo treatise with each bottle; or address J. J. Mack & Co.,b. K Dairy ltlata Any harsh treatment that excites tho cow lessons tho quantity and injures tlio quality of her yield. Cows should be allowed on abundant supply of whole some, Biiitablo food, and as much pure water as they will drink. A supply of salt should bo placed where they have accoss to it every day. Cows should not bo allowod to drink stagnant, im pure wntor, or to eat cloanings from horso stables, leeks, turnip tops, or any thing that will givo tho mill; an offensivo taint. All milk vessels must be thor oughly cloanscd, first being well washed, then scalded with boiling water, and afterwards sufficiently aired to keep them perfectly sweet. Tho cows should bo milked with dry hands, and only after tho uddorp have been washed or well brushed. Milking should bo done, and milk should ho kept only where the surround ing air is pure and free from all ob jectionable and tainting odors. Milking in a foul-smelling stable or yard imparts to milk an injurious taint. Sour whey should novor bo fed, nor should hogs bo kept in n milking yard, or nonr n milk stand. Tin pails only should be used. All milk should bo properly strained immediately after milking, and for that purposo n detached strainer is prcfornblo to a strainer pail. Good ventilation for n milkhousc, milk cellar or dairy-room is most cs'ontial, and may bo provided by leading an nir-drain underground for say 200 feet. Through it n supply of pure, frosh, cool air may bo admitted. The foul or warm air may bo allowed to cscapo through tho ventilators or win dows in or near tho ceiling. Crcnm should invariably bo removed from tho milk before tho milk is sour. Tho cronm for each churning should bo gathered into and kept in ono vessel, and tho whole should bo well stirred every time fresh cream is added. In summer it should not bo left longer than thrco days bofore churning. Tlio best churning temperatures aro between 57 dogrcos and GO degrees during the siimmor, and between GO degrees and 01 degrees during tho winter. Butter can bo more thoroughly washed freo from buttermilk while in a granular condition than after it is gathered or pressed into a roll. Only the bost pure salt of medium and uniform fineness of grain should bo used, and from three quarters to an ounco of salt per pound of buttor will bo found satisfaccory for tho summer. The utmost cleanliness in milking, in utonsils and in all sur roundings can only prescrvo tho flavor and body of milk, cream, butter and checto from contamination. Hulletiii, Ontario College. concluded to try Illinois. My health was somowhat bettor, but p.fter having doctors' bills to pay through a long, hard winter, when spring camo I was down to bed-rock and often in debt. I tried all parts of tho Stalo for fifteen years, whon I lrul a littlo real ostnto thnt I sold for $700, tlio result of fifteen years of hard labor. I thou tried Kan sas, but though the winters wero milder, there was considerable sickncs9, and I could not depend on my trade to get ahead uuy. I tried this for somo years and went to Colorado, where I worked at my trado and took up somo govern ment land that I improved a little, sold it out for what I could get and camo to California with a team and settled near tho coast. Had throat and lung trou bles contracted by suddon changes in Colorado, and finding my laud title not very good, sold out and camo to San Bernardino county. Found somo gov' eminent land in n ennyon and located That was nino years ago. Was offered $10,000 for tho land two years ago, and $16,000 would not buy it now. In tho nino years I havo not employed a doctor or paid a dollar for medicine, mid my health is excellent." As an illustration of what can bodono on n small pioco of ground, I accosted tho lady owner and superintendent of a ton-acro tract of blackborries, and found that sho employed ten to fifteen hands at picking and obtained GOO pounds per day, which sho sold readily at six cents per pound, and that tho season would last six weeks at thnt average. Wo leave the render to figure up tho profits on this berry patch. llore .Money rot- Your Work if you improvo good opportunities. Hullctt it Co., Portland, Maine, will mail, free, full information showing how you can niako from $5 to $25 and upwards a day and live nt homo whor over you aro locntod. Uottor write; somo lmvo iniulo over $C0 in n day; an new. o capital required; ttarlcd free. Both sexes; all ages. Success for ovory worker. Send address and see for yourself. Shears aro an absolute household necessity. A good pair costs SI wo give mem away, seo our offer. Filthy dairymen aro a disgrace to tho dairy interests and an injury to the business. As n contemporary remarks; "It is straiigo people still think they can strain tilth out of milk. It can't bo done. Filthy milk will bo filthy to tho end of tho chapter, mid all tho straining in the world will not make it pure. When a cow steps into the pail sho steps into tho butter plate." Thero is nothing truer. Tlio strainer takes out only what is mechanically held and is too coarse to go through tho strainer, the finer particles and all that isdis solved remain in tho milk to givo it, aud tho products manufactured from it, odor and flavor. Thet-o, no amount of straining, nor care and Bkill in manipu lating,' will take out. They give tho "cowy" odor and flavor. This flavor may nleo come from the breathing of impuro air by tho cows. A fow min utes of inhalation of tho odors of a foul stablo will taint tho milk moro than all tho odors absorbed ; for so long ns tho milk is warmer than the air of the stable it does not. absorb odors, hut Is constantly giving them off' by evapo ration. When colder than tho atmos phere, it condenses tho air and nbsorbs odor. But filthy particles and microbes of nil kinds Heating in the air may fall into tho milk and injure it in that way. BREEDERS DIRECTORY nmall .ur.itT!M:m:xTS like Hie foi. liming "III lip Inirrlril lu our column., in llirlr proper rlimlflrnlloii, fr IS lo SIO it )rnr, liirluillnic ropy or pane r. CiTLnrKtr uco chained forirorU CATTLE JeSulHBk SJ r&-fw i teai IIulli for '. 1. II. liOONKY, Importer and Ilrtedcr JERSEY CATTLE. UT I !uv a Itw Choice ll'ir-n ami AtMicM or call; JdTjrwn, Or. mdi) a iu;i;i, l'ORTUXD, Oaioo.x. Importer unit llrrnlrrii or Short-Horn Cnttlo. CotiHOldand Ulccitcr Slitep and Cljdehhlo lionet. xKgE& St. W. (UltKY, 8ilcra, Orrcon, Polled An rub Cnttlo. Cull and mo my U.ck. S II E K I. Experloaco of a Poor Man A correspondent to tho Uiversido Press writes : As thoro is much inquiry Kast as to how a poor man can get a start mid niako a living in California, I will give the ovperienco of ono who has como to this county with small means not over $."00 all told, and an invalid. Ho had worked at tho ninsou trade for thiityfive years in tho States, starting from a city in Indiana, on the Ohio river. Sickness and consequent loss of work amounted to at least $150 a year whilo in winter ho could do nothing at his trado and had to depend upon some thing eUo for a living. To uso his own lAiiguago : "I could get uothing ahead there and .JOHN MIXTO, Hal nil, Obii. Ilrcxxicrvl IMl'KOVlUl AM KIUUAS JIKltl.NOSot Spall- nil Importation and trou breed, of tha r-rrnch and Ry-SV?5Srvuiuli ttocki knomiln Or. 'cJESiS1'ivon a. AME1IICAN ilK- IIIMI A CMd lot of i'.t for6a!at wcllaa lUm. l'rh- In awordancd ltli tlio matktt ContiKi.deiico o:cltl. (mM$y IfSSflK. m eyw lis itei I). M. GUTHIUE. Iialliw, orrs. Importer and Breeder Irs-Spmbh. French or Amtrtcut Vor -Ino. henJ for Trlcci etc. SlinorsilltK 6IIKKP and ESSEX 1I0O3, Import d aud Lrctl by ii. Y. limit, Wli leaker, Or S W I N E . s2ataV ElNTw'-Jm PURE DERKSniRES. U.t'. IIALLKV Mtlriu. Or,. RTlllii a thoroughbred lUuttretl 1'U. iCall or tend for mr rrlcvt. farm U th wlli loutlt of Stlwu ou old Ui.-o road. MISCELUVNEOl'S, .KO. i. uoomiui, SALEM, OKEaON, The La llntf W YAND JTTE and BROWN LK.UIIOKN breeder ot the North et. Knrlo.e t.iup f"r circular M. Jerry Cntll" tor ulr. 7 Senator Price Llitol Apiary Supplies ir.lLHV It CIS and Ul'I'IAS. iddreu lor Citaltvue D. KAUFFMA.V, .Viior, Click JinnCd ,Or ;. .1 Xv-.-'sv 4ot)(l Farming Lauds EAST OF THE CASCADES Within 4 to 6 tulle of railroad and rhcr. near Alka'l, Gilliam county; 10 uillca from The Dillee; ltl utile from Portland. JU Gooil La nil ExlM Kail of Ihr t'atrailra III be Sold on Very Km orable Term. WE AKE PKEPAKKU TO TAKE I.STK.NDIXO purchuer to e Itndi e Oder for aale. Ituuw.1 .V niHLUiui, Aiian, urrgon; Or: Burro & Oliver. 41 Wuhlnzton at. Portland. Or to the WILLAMETTE FAKJJEU, Saleiu, Ortfoo. Th. vorklnavne4 M aera rOCltaT "VI Or rt tllLD, Uul rT b.r a rrofll at i IJoouiattaU.t. fcAflntf an trnmciu. alk TrlU about hoiue, ru,laeatlara.tmxt. erLc&lcatiu ana eapcuu. kimj Bian.we4aaj a. &aUWJU,MIcAUruU.CfcfcA. AGUE MIZ'TOBE. A CERTAIN AND EFFECTUAL REMEDY Ton Fever and Ague, Intermittent and Remittent JFcvcrs, c. Tbla claii of diieai oi o common In all utM of tbo IVorlJ, an J especially provalcnt In tun larlouj district) and rlctnago of watcr-courcj, aro almost Inrarlably accompanied by more or leu derangement or tho liver, and frequently by a dofcctlvo action of tbo dlgoittro organ. Tbo mero breaking of tbo Clilll II but a (tep towards completing a radical euro) tbo various organs of tbo body, especially tbo stomach i' tlrcr, must bo brought to n healthy nnd rigor oua condition beforo a permanent euro can bo established, and this fact bai been specially kept In rloir by Dr. Jayno In his treatment of theso complaints. Tho uso of Jayne's Agus .Mixture, In conjunction with Jayno'i Sanative Tills, as presorlbod In tho Directions trbtch accompany each bottle, will not on!" BREAK UP THE CHILLS, but rcstoro tho system, moro particularly the liver and stomach, to a sound condition, and lo prevent a rolapso of Fovor and Aguo by thor oughly ERADICATING THE DISEASE, and tbo best evidence of this Is the Inrarlabl success which has always foliowod tho admin Istratlon of theso remodies, as attested by tht, certificates published annually in Dr. Jayne's Almanac, and tho wl Jo-spread popularity of tho Aguo Mixture In thoso dlitrlcts of tho United States, where tho dlicsses, for vh!cb It il vhptod, most prevail. , For Stle b flnill, Illtihu ft WooJard, Porthml. THE SPEOIALTSV, No. 11 Koarny St., San Francl-ico, Oal. Taairi Alt. Ciiromc, Hrrcub ako Pnivjtii: IJiicum irn Wonram. screw. THE GREAT ENGLISH TtEMEDY I Is a certain cure for .Vcrvom IMilllty, T.oit MnnUoinl, fiMitutor mra, and nil .ho evil effect of jouiliful follins and cicrs nnd In drinking tiittulcntliiK (juoiM. J)i Mlntlr, lioUanvtbrliylclan, Kraduato t( tho lliilvcr ally of IVnn.jlvanla, ulll agreo to forMt t:M for a cuo of thl kind the ('( if'r.mrfii 'uii. ilcrhts ppeclal wlvlco and treatment) n 111 not euro. tl.W a bottle, or four tlmoa tho quantity VI, cnt to any addrc on receipt of price, orO. O. Ii. In private namo If ilialred, by Hr Mltttle. It tifiirny .St., .V. 1 Cut Head for lUt ot auction and (auiphlct. h.uwt.i: jiorrr.n ritiu: will bo acnt to any ono applying by letter, nlatlrcr J,vVom, tax and age. btrlit ocrccy In reyarw ' ,U tran.tlon. O! The 1IUYKIIH' OUIDK t l.iurd tieiit. anil March, . encliyenr. 43 319 liners, aycx 1IK lnclira,vltlt over 3,000 lllu.trntlou a whole l'lctiire Gallery. OIVKS V1iolraale Price iltrrct lo toutuntrrt on nil k1 for er.oiiol or raiully ue. Tell how to urtler, nnil give exact coat of every thing you n.c, rwt, drink, wrar, or lmve fnu with. Thrf INVAL.UA1ILK IIOOILH contain Information gleaned from the. market of tlm vorld. W will malt a copy I'HIilJ to any ail lre. upon receipt of 10 ct. to tlcfray cxpeiiie of malllni. It i hear from you, lU.jKctfully, MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. 2S7 A: U'.!0 Wultaab Avenue. Clilraao, III. m mm Ws-xS wsjy mmiA m Tftlra th ld. it ni.t cum.l hk tin or iivn nor d-rar like .liinflt or tar coinpltujna.u7to appljr, .tr.mt.nd'1nn.l)rt.t half tk r.irt of tin. 1. .li a hi hhrTIITK lor l'I.ASTi:it III Ilulf Hut ( nt. l'l(l'I.TS and ItlKiH of Mm., dout.l Uwirrt.f . ilMtU. CitAlonutH and MmblM r. M . ll. l V & CO., C.U1UUN, .. J. xirE unmEE & cohautj co's UUADTIr'Ul. t:VUU.llI,OO.HIMI llnr rfnt.iri'i.ilt bgrowlnuaaddlitribullnj; ItOMtiH. VaUKi. " till nt. $an,l '"'. Tha Lai .. .or.r atul ! Tt-t tiurit w deliver a-rv..; lA lljhu ufdy by mail, at all Itoi ujich. 21'L.bNUID VARIETIES ffil Your Choice, nil lubrlrtl. for 9 I IIIf.irM'Jl lllf.irMA. AU.willipr Vnrlf. lira, a, A, and VI for S I. (VH. nYii ia, - m:v tJiniu io iiom: ciii. CPCC I Tltltlf. ' pafM. W.iiilv tllu.lr.tt. rfltt I AddrM. Till! IM.MiKi: tV O.NAIM) CO., ILm Urover. c.l tirovr, t'lu.ur Co., 1'u. it jmjp1 Jsy M a-' -. - ll 9 i Vk & ' RUPTURE Abtolutflr rurvii In 3 to 1 MfttTneiio EUtio Trui. i'arr4nirJtheunlvi.lta:rIoTriiBa lnlhcvurLL Eiallrlvai.llrrulfraiaii ul oth.tr. ferfoot EeUlne r. ind I om kwltb cam tinalmnifjrtiiUMfttit. dajr Cuml tha rrnuimtHl lit. J iuun uNtiw York. kn'lbuuvlrvUiirtbtr Nrw IUutraieU iuni rhlri nrco, riiUln(riefuulniiin itiinf miuCtaatTICT"aaag,Y.c,Cal. THE NOnTHVESTSHN GOHSERVflTGRY OF HUSiC. SII.Wr.Al'OI.lS, MI.W, 11an, nrzan. Volee. Theory all Orrlir-nral and DlJ'.lAliri,"lSIiw 'KJt.'S. Iva.'',u;":,,, Wutliiii. NIM.CIAI. (!.)) MlMt.VI.S fur pnur. In l,,'no.iiivinuii.lVole) VAI.UAllI.i: rilKIl ' ysS'.' ironjie.t eorp. of Teacher In tha Neit. Uii Hi for Uleuon.. Pupil, rmlved at any Urue. i term becln. he pt. , bond for Calendar. CIIAItl.US II, MOItSi:, Ulnctor. C. W. JEFFREY, VETERINARY SURGEON. Treat tho PUeaseaef Domtstle Aolmala. VLL qaeatlon pertaining to the pmfeMlon, as weredbymall daioritlrur Celt and Itiffvlins aaeilty. Office at the Ulnto lire. UwryStabl Salem, Oreeon. Jiujttt Wn. IUV8KY. Ota. 0. BlKOrfJUI KAMSEY & B1NGUAS1. ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW. GrUwoU'a Uulldln, Salem, Oregon. USINKS3 IH ALL 1 UK COl'lVM SOLIC1TJO Bl and Note nd Account collecUU. i.4 "-