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WILLAMETTE FAJRMEJR : SALEM, OREGON, DECEMBER, 3 lSfi
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ttpeetable, at the following Uble ol rate, t
One Inch of epace -er month ' X
Vsiee Incbea of apacoper montli oo
I Be-half column per month lJ-
On column per lOontli ... 800
fBample coplce iont free on application.
This Paper for $1.50 a Year !
grower 1ms to bo satMlcd if ho produces
it crop worth -f l.nin acii', it fruit-grower
enn count ou returns 'on or twenty times
its grout if ho use judgment in selec
tions. Thus one innn will bo well off
with 10 to 00 ncres of land, half in fruit
and half for othor use" and to grow his
bread and feed. One man can tend
20 acres in fruit nnd also raiso what ho
artually needs of other thing", and by
handling his fruit well can secure lnrgo
returns. Tho boat part of Rogue Kiver
Valley should bo divided into small fruit
farms and nuulo to produco very pros
porous returns. All tho soil there is not
so suited, and mixed farming will go on
largely. There is much more hill land
FRUIT QltOWINO.
xo. XI.
To allow all to tako advantage of our I prnlrlo there, and wo may expect
iwncn mo advantages 01 mat, inn lanu
I aro fully known it will bo taken and
'cleared and converted into many fruit
Club Kales wo havo concluded to makoi
tho following liberal oiler :
All who aro in arroarngo and will send
us amount duo at $2.00 per year up to
Janunry 1, 1887, mid then add $I.oO
additional for tho year 1887.
If subscription Is paid to January 1,
or after, you can avail yourself of this
oiler by sending us .fl.iiO and wo will
give a full years credit. If a now sub
scriber remit only $1,150.
fJtT This oiler expires January 1st,
and aftor that dato tho regular prico
will bo $ 2.00 per year as horotoforo.
Remit by Postal Nolo or by Wells,
Fargo it Co.'s Kxprcsa Money Order.
Wo mean just what wo Hay and will
do it. Don't wait but aet at oneo.
farms. Thero is a pleasuro in studying
tho resources of our Stato, and showing
what dilTeront sections aro capable of.
SOUTH OF THE OAMFOOIAB.
Thero is no denying tho fact that tho
garden spot of tho Western Valleys lies
houlh of tho Willamette; it is a region
blessed with wiirmnr suns and less abun
dant rains. Whilo this valley possesses
great attractions and law an extent far
greator than other valleys contain, it is
limited in its production by its northern
aspect, and occasionally tho winter ruin
ronio down with a vehemence that is
uncomfortable. Tho Southern valleys
especially that of Roguo River aro
partakers of tho best qualities and char
acteristics belonging to both Oregon
and California, having tho rainy season
in less excess than tho Willamette Val
ley, and enjoying, by its southoru loca
tion, tho warm sun that heightens tho
fertility of California. Of tho iminliira
tion that has como hero by tho overland
routo within tho year 188(1, a great pro
portion camo with the determination to
locale in Southern Oregon, and hun
dreds, if not thousands, must huvn been
added to tho population of tho counties
south of tho CaliM)oia mountains.
From tho Coast to tho Cascade range
thero lies, through what wo call South
ern Oregon, a wide stiotehof territory
that Is exceedingly diversified. Along
tho coast there is little farming laud, us
tho ocean and tho mountains often go
side by side. Hut tho mountains are
not so heavily limbered as they nro far
ther north, and it. Uurry comity nH'ord
ousidorabh range. They have an ad
vantage by proximity to the sea that is
favorable to stock, as wean iulluences
temper the winter and ward oil' the oc
casional severity that wo feel farther
inland and north. What tho future of
Unit coast ui'-n will be, wo counot
judge, but it has resources of coal, iron
wild copper that will bo appreciated in
tine time, while its agricultural capacity
will bo decided as it becomes gradually
understood. Thoo who live hero it
iiuartor of it century front now will find
a groat part of tho Coast range occupied
by mountaineers who know the value of
such laud, and tho foothills of both
ranges will bo mado valuable and pro
ductive. Thero is not much demand
for ordinary farming, moio than is
necessary for homo use, south of tho
t'.tlipooias. The homo demand will
keep the farmer at work, for ho must
have hay and oats for his own stock ;
bread and seed will routine the planting
of some wheat and other gutii.. Stock
iiusingwill be it great business in the
lulls and outskiits of tho 1'inp.nia Val
ley. and the Mime in Uoguo Rier, but
(here is excellent soil, and locations
xiiitablo for much ut tho fruits grown in
California, ami time will make fruit
growing more prolltublo than gold-
milling iu J.ek.-on, Joophcuo and per
haps in Dougla". Years ago .hose Ap
plegato set out a vineyard at Yoncalla
that was abandoned just when it was
able to make returns for labor, but it
was said to demonstrate tho ability to
produce excellent grapes iu tho I'mpipia
hills. Of tho hills iu Roguo llivor Val
ley there can be no doubt that grapes
and poaches and apricots will grow thero
in infection. With so much of tho
world oast of us ready to purchaso tho
fruit of that section, thero can Ik) no
(location as to tho future of production
there.
Fruit growing is a concentration of
lalwr on land, for when tho wheat-
WINTER CARE OF STOCK.
Thero aro many onl-timors who
romonibcr that thirty years ago, or less,
tho ranges woro open and tho native
grasses kept stock alivo through tho
winter. Hut now, in nil well settled
parts, tho land is generally fenced in,
and stock cannot raugo far and wido
with safety. Tho truo policy is to keep
only good stock that it will pay to euro
for, and then provide shelter and food
for them during tho winter season. Kvun
this leaves us at great udvantago over
thoso who live cast of tho Rocky moun
tains, becauso thero thoy havo to feed
for months, whilo hero it is only for a
few weeks. Wo aro supposed to bo im
proving our stock and breeding them
uii to bettor grades. All such ell'ort will
bo useless if wo let thorn bo oxposcil to
winter's eoltl nnd snow nnd rain, with
instifllcient feci). Look at tho matter
iu a practical way, and you will sco that
it is truo economy to keep your slock
so it will improve and not retrograde. A
simple sum iu arithmetic will give you
tho worth of animals tolerably cared for,
fed and sheltered during tho worst
weather, as against thoso neglected and
allowed to starve on tho cold and bitter
range. Tho rule should bo to keep what
you can tako good euro of, only. Your
colts will grow and inako hotter, stronger
and healthier horses ; your steers will
make beef on tho drat spring growth of
grass; your lienors will make hotter
cows, and your sheop will pay you back
when shearing time comes iu heavier
and better lleeces.
Thero is no economy in starving stock
or letting them bo exposed to bad
weather. Shelter saves food and secures
warmth. It is policy and economy to
keep animals that you can allrd to tako
care of, and (hen bo sure nnd tako care
of them.
HOOK TABLE.
It 1 . a fltl-l 1
mo .wiiko. i no unit) lor new sun-
seriptions is at hand. Wido Awake
comes llrst on tho list; it is published
by Lathrop & Co., lloston; it is a book
for youth, ami it is most brightly illus
trated. Tho November number is very
excellent. Send for a specimen copy
and you aro sure to subscribe.
The Century conies us welcome as
llowers in May. The best writers in tho
Kiist. Mr. Howell's story, "Tho Minis
ters Charge," continues, and is ono of
the host stoiies that has been written font
long time: there is any amount of hu
man iiatuie shown iu that minister.
The war series are interesting to sonioj
we are a little tired of them, but there
is enough else to lead.
tirammar School. A magazine for
young people comes to us called (irani
mar School, also two other little maga
zines from the same house, intended
for very small children. Tho tlrst is a
rich treat even for older readers full
of good things. Mrs. HubMI's Live
Stock is Hue. It is published at JtO
Franklin street, lio.-ton. Send nnd get
a copy, at least.
Harper's Magazine. What would one
do without Harper; it is tho magazine
for tho people; that it has lived and
tlourilud so long indicates the place it
holds among all classes. Tho weeklv is
chielly an illustrated paper, but has
many tlrt clas articles in it. The 11a-
zar is devoted to dress and styles ; it is
an autocrat among ptiivrs.
Tho Hrooklyn Magaziuo is published
iu Xew York, Xo. 7 Murray street, at
two dollars a year. Tho tlrst or larger
portion of tho book is devoted to mis
cellaneous pieces, all of solid substantial
information, A j wit ion is devoted to
sermons from distinguished divines,
lloocher and others. It is an entertain
ing and interesting lungazino calculated
to elovato tho mind.
Tort's poisoned wheat is the boss.
THE BTBAWBEKIIY.
Early in tho spring, when wo have
exhausted tho winter supplies and havo
only begun to taste tho gtirdon products
of another year, tho strawberry comes
with its delicate, delicious nnd healthy
llavor, tho rarest contribution of kind
Nature to allcviato tho wants nnd grati
fy tho tastes of man. Nothing that
grows on tho face of the earth can com
pare with tho oxnuisito tasto of tho
strawberry and it is to bo had almost
for tho asking. Every farmer should
havo u nice bed of them and ho can
easily sparo land enough to havosovornl
beds of different kinds and can find a
market at the nearest town for any sur
plus thoy may have.
Tho strawberry should be planted
oarly in tho spring on ground well pro
pared. Somo say plant in the fall but
if frost comes and heaves out tho plant
you nro ruined for that year and it is
safest to plant in early spring. Thero
aro old nnd tried varieties that aro
proved for exccllonco and also for their
ability to stand transportation whilo
others nro so tender they cannot bo
shipped with Bafoty. If you only wish
to pick and cnt thorn you can consult
your tasto in selection, but tho safer
way is to plant a berry that will find
salo if ) on havo any to sparo.
Tho old and tried kinds nro Wilson's
Albany, Sharplcss, Jocunda and Mon
arch of tho West. Thoro aro many now
kinds highly spoken of and you can
consult your nurseryman or his cata
logue as to them. If your neighbor has
a bud of good fruit moH likely you can
get them of him find bo at no charge.
In respect to such matters neighbors
should accommodate oncanothcr and
exchango favors. In this way thoy
could keep up their stock without much
expense.
IIASlWItltlKS.
Herds another early fruit, that comes
just as tho strawberry leaves. Wo re-
common.! you to sco what your neigh
bors havo for if they huvo vines of rasp
berry and blackberry thoro will bo moro
sprouts than they will care to have so
thoy can supply you without loss. If
you wish to make a now start and bo
sure of choice fruit go to somo nursery
man who has the enterprise to adver
tise in tho Faumku nnd mako known
your wants. Wo tinhciitiitingly say
that wo have at this timo n number of
advertisers who aro nt tho hoad of thoir
profession as nurserymen nnd enn send
your orders to them iu perfect confi
dence that they aro honest and compe
tent.
IILACKHKItlllKS.
Tho three- varieties best known and
commonly grown aro tho l.awton, Kit
tatinuy and Kvorgrcen. Of these wo
recommend tiro Kittatinuy as bc.-t be
causo the l.awton, unless grown under
very favorable circumstances is apt to
bo seedy and unpalatable, whoreas the
Kittatiiiny's seeds aro not so largo and
numerous and tho berry is sweet and
delicious. Tho Kvergocn is a borry that
sends up immenso vines and bears Into,
but its fruit is not as good ilavored. Tho
Kittatinuy is tho choicest and if grown
where it can bo irrigated nnd manured
will produco berries of superior quality.
noosKiiKitiiiEs and critu.i.vrs.
Among gooseberries the Oregon
Champion takes a high stand, as it orig
inated, I think, with II. W. l'rettyniau
and has come to le the standard variety
iu all this region. It is largo, does not
mold, and is vory hardy as well as ex
cellent flavor. Wo havo a row of them
grown from cuttings, or trimmings that
were thrown uway by somo ono and wo
saved them and planted them very late
in tho spring, but they grew from these
slips mid did well.
The currant is a healthy fruit and in
disponsiblo to good housekt oping. It
is delicious mixed with raspberries and
covered with powdered sugar and then
just smothered with cream. There are
varieties of dillerent colors, red, white
and yellow, all large. Tho cherry cur
rant is largest and is a healthy plant
and good borry. Tho other varieties
are perhaps as good, but if you get tho
cherry you have it good fruit. You can
get other colors from your nurseryman.
They look finely when mixed in a
glass dish and you can allbrd room for
them in your garden if yoiMvill he.tr to
what wife ami family say.
In conclusion we will say that these
small fruits commence to bear in May
or Juno early ami continue until fall
brings other fruits to uso for sauce. If
you have theso fruits and take good
care of them to make them produce, you
enjoy a great luxury and means of
health.
Host thugs nt lowest prices nt Tort's
drug store, 100 State street.
EAST OF THE CASCADES.
When the Farmer was young in tho
newspaper age, tho Willamette valley
was Oregon nii'l tho region east of tho
mountains was considered unfit for cul
tivation and only used for a stock range.
Gradually and slowly the truth dawned
upon tho public mind, and littlo by little
it appreciated tho fact that, tho world
over, no better farming land could bo
found than was open to location in tho
upper country. First, tho region south
of Snako fiver, beirinnint: nt Wnlla
Walla, was taken up as farming lands ;
then tho Palouse country was partinlly
settled. The beautiful and fertile lands
of I'matillii county came in turn, and
after a while settlement followed tho
building of tho Northern Pacific rail
road into tho Spokano country. Last of,
all it was discovered that tho slock inter
est monopolized a magnificent stretch
of fcrtilo land south of tho Columbia,
in Wasco county, and now good crops
aro grown in tho arid district stretching
from Dalles City to tho Umatilla river.
To bo Hiiro it is arid, and so is n great
portion of that eastern territory, but
timo has demonstrated that water is at
tainable, and that its not appearing on
tho surface is not a proof of worthless
soil.
When traveling thnt country dining
its period of earliest ovolution, when wo
supposed that wo possessed somo correct
idea of its resources, wo havo been
always and unfailingly nstoniihed to
seo everywhere good soil nnd plenteous
production. Kvory portion of Fnstcrn
Oregon and Washington possesses a
largo proportion of good farming land,
nnd after visiting in tho spring what
then seemed thooutskirtsof settlement,
wo havo returned in tho fall to find set
tlors iu every vacant section nnd prac
tical farmers displacing tho onco arro
gant stockman. Thoro was no limit to
good farming soil unless you reached
somo mountain barrier. Wo do not say
that all thoprairio and upland was good
for farming, for thero is scab-land and
gravelly spots whero production is irn-
possibl", but among theso aro' found rich
alluvial districts. It will bo no exag
geration to claim thnt two-thirds of tho
whole cartorn nrca, not mountuinous, is
fit for agriculture, and tho greater pnrt
of it can bo so used without resorting to
irrigation. It is a peculiarity of each
locality, as has been demonstrated by
chemical tests in tho Oovcrnmont labo
ratories at Washington, that tho driest
soils are naturally adapted to resist
drouth. This was proved by tho exami
nation of samples of soil taken from
tho mouth of Snako rivor, extonding
from tho base of the Ccotir d'Alono
mountains, in Idaho, to tho Columbia
river, and including tho worst of the
seeming desert between Ainoworth nnd
Ritzville. Experiments at farming mado
along tho Columbia show that tho sandy
and sage-brush stretch is capable of pro
ducing most delicious fruits, vegetables
and melons. Another generation, ac
cording to Philip Ritz, may sco theso
sandy and sage-brush areas of desert
and drouth converted into productive
gardens and orchards.
Wo look to sco tho immense bonis
and droves of cattlo and horses ami
(locks of sheep that havo monopolized
these districts in tho past, givo way to
agriculturo and be replaced by practical
farmers who will have a splendid op
portunity to also leconio stock mon to
utilize tho range adjacent to their farm
ing lands. That will be a happy solu
tion of tho question and will draw from
that legion its greatest capacity for va
ried production. The valuo of all that
eastern country is but partially under
stood, even by its owners. They do lit
tle besides skin tho soil to grow wheat
or barley whereas it will produco fruits J
nnd vegetables equally well. Tho fruit
demand is growing as tho mining re-;
gions of Montana, Wyoming and Col
orado grow, and also rich mining
ground opens up much nearor homo. '
All the valleys of tho rivers oiler the
finest opportunity to grow grapes, '
loaches, iiprieots, ncctnrines, etc. Near
I.ewiston and near there, at Alpowai.
and Almoin, wo have seen as luxuriant ,
orchards as tho world owns and they '
grow there tho finest grapes grown in '
California.
Fruit growing is a beautiful and at
tractive occupation but
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the word of some reliable stock men
that the native grasses Improve and car
ry nmro stock now than at first. Tho
demand for pasture grnss comes oftenest
in tine shaps: Is thero not some grass
that wo can sow that will produce more
feed than tho bunchrasses give?
Of course thero is much to Jenrn and
much to do to thoroughly dovelope that
whole region Fast of the Caecades, and
no great improvement of the pastures
can bo mndo until tho land is owned in
smaller parcels nnd fenced. Then its
owners will do their best to iraprove it.
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11 W the comiounrf ( I)r Heal jTtl'tUrv, Beef nj
Iron, tut len made The ooii.lituent idru are daily
tiled b the leading rth aiciana tf Kurntan.f im.HM
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SEEDS
LONG ISLAND SEEDS
AUK TIIK 1 EH l BEST.
somo reading nnd somo observation.
Its reward are tisiinlly much greater
than any returns to be expected from
ordinary farming.
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" b '"" '' ""' WHOLESALE TRICK LInTS KOIl THE TRADE
try is this: What grasses should wo 0xk?,r,,K'K7,.,?P'",l,,,,,ot ,
grow for meadow nnd pastures? Thero
are districts where oats will not mako a NOTI CE.
good ciopj some whero timothy will not , ,ONKV TO ...J-Th. frm o,. ,-,.
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thrive ; tlrero is a prevailing belief tliat'l'X Thouund Poiur to loan i.-od Marion
., , , mi i . . . 1 county fan aeruriiy. Enquire of the undcnlfned or
the bunch grnss will In) eaten and trod- iuorv & Bingham, at saiem.
den out. As to tho pasture, we havo ' rc trd. isa iimj -.
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