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Wliu,mvlWTT FARMER: SALEM, OREGON, DECEMBER 10, 188G & .' I r$ St Iwt-fe' !4 ft" :5 fc KJcros qjatji. neut Telegraphic News. A Constnntinoplo dispatch en.vs that the porto has issued n circulnr to tho powers to tho oflcct that tho sultan nBScnta to tho candidacy of 1'rinco Nicholas of Mingrelia for tho Bulgarian throno, and invites tho powers to co operate for tho speedy settling of tho Bulgarian question. In San Francisco thoy nro having somo oxclting times in tho stock market, lloavy failures nro being reported, nnd It seems quite like old times to see tho excitement. Tho presidents mesungo is an nblo ns well as longthy document. Harvard collcgo gets f)00,000 by tho death of a miser in Boston. Ho was so anxious to mako money that ho would not buy tho necessities of life Virginia has had a snow storm. Chester A. Arthur's will has been ad mitted to probate. Ho gives his two children nil. except a few bequests to servants. Tho estate amounts to .$150, 000. A wealthy Bloqk raiser on his way to his English home, blow out the gas at a hotel. Ho died. San Francisco bad a slight shock of earthquake on Doc. C. Tho Lick telescope will bo completed by January 1, 1887. California produced 9,500,000 gallons of liquors tho past year. A Yankco has eono to Mexico nnd Hcocctl them out of 25,000 by protend ing ho wns tho nuvnnco agent oi l'atti. Ho has csenped. State and Territorial Hews. Sinco June 1st tho immigrants who havo arrived in Orogon havo invested 1,010,150 in tho State Tho total voto of Montana territory nt tho Into dclcgato election is placed at :ii,iii. Itockford will bo tho second city of snoknno county in less than a year, Chenoy cast only 208 votes a full voto hrouelit out by tho county eont only fifty votes moro than tho two-thirds voto east by Itockford. Itockford can poll over io votes on urn count. Tho United States Indian training school at Chcmnwn will soon havo six now buildings threo work shops, two until nouso3 and n laundry, Tho Oretronlan Railway Company has commenced action ngninst tho O. R. tfc N. Co., to recover $08,131 for rent of road, and for .f 1,1 Ml .'o n stipulated al lownnco for company exponsos. Portland wns treated to a 75-ynrd foot raco on Doc. 4. Uoyu oi Uannim nnd Lewis of Corvnllis, Oregon, participated. Lewis won in 7$ seconds. Thoy nro mntchod again to run for $1,000 n side. Odo day last week an overland enr containing tho Oregon mail nnd bag' gngd wns burned at Muskado, Minn. Dried apples aro worth 10c a pound, or just uoublo what tnoy wcro Inst yenr. Eastern Oregon has been enjoying a spell of delightful weather for somo weeks. A slight fall of snow wax soon carried ofl' by n chinook, nnd warm sunshino nnd rnins havo glnddoncd tho hearts of stockmon nnd mndo tho gross grow nnd tho cnttlo nnd ehcop ilourish nnd wnx fnt. Stock generally is doing well, nnd, as a drovor snys, tho wcAthcr teems to havo been mndo to ordor. Tho ship Carmarthan Cnstlo went nshoro near tho mouth of Ncstucca and is n total loss. No lives wero lost although thoy experienced a hnrd tinio. Thoy hnvo arrived overland in Portland. Tho Orogon Pacific railroad is 'graded from Albany to tho Santinm, a distnnco of nino and ono-luilf miles, and it is likely that work will bo stoppod in a short time Tho track on this extension will probably not bo laid till tho bridgo is completed, so that tho rails nan bo crossed on construction trains. Things nro rather quiet at" Albany, but will boom again with a rcnowal of construc tion. About 2,000 men aro still wanted at the Cascado tunnel. Whito men aro very hard to get. Somo who went up thero havo returned in fact, just ns quick ns thoy could earn monoy to get back. Thoy report tho work hard nnd tho accommodation poor. Dwcllcrfi nlong tho McKcnzio river, .'500 miles from tho sea, say thoy never Eaw enlmon so plonty in tho last fifteen years ns this season. So a few must havo got up that much-abused fish ladder. , Tho Tncoma chamber of commorco has forwarded a memorial to Congress in favor of tho abrogation of tho Hawaiian treaty, in behalf of tho boct sngnr industry. The memorial wns pro pared by Ezra Meokor. Tho Scientific American, advertised in another column under tho hoad of "Patents," certainly needs no one to "sing its praises," but, notwithstanding this fact, wo feel it an absolute duty to the general public, at least that portion of it which has nover seon or heard of tho paper, to toll thorn that such a "one is published" at tho low price of $3 a year, and that its true valuo cannot be over estimated. It stands at tho head of all publications of its kind. A filo of tho paper may bo seen at this office and subscriptions received. Ik you owe any amount, we will ap preciate it if you will remit. We depend on tho fall season in which to collect onr dues, and hope we shall not bo disappointed. Letter irrra Miller Hilt Mii.u:n Hill, On., Nov. 25, 1880. Editor Willamette Farmer: While tho rest aro now slaughtering "chicks." nnd trying to mako ready to thank tho Lord at noon for tho many goood things bestowed on us for tho year, I thought I would sit down and consider how ho did it, for you know ho doos things by mcmis, tho same as wo do. Now, wo nil know that in tho be ginning, when the Lord mndo all things and looked around, ho saw tho thing would not work without a man to till tho ground. It makes no difference to us how ho tilled tho ground, but ho worked, and so must wo in this rich valley, and thon tho Lord will givo us this plonty. Now, I will tell you : It will not do to farm on pnpor, nor on shocp, nor theo ries and tnlk. It is old-fashioned, square toed work that must bo done, and then wo will havo something to thank tho Lord for. I will propose a method to tho plainest of men ; lot any fnrmor try tho following plan : Tnko two or threo good fnrm horses nnd a good plow and turn his land ten to twclvo inches deep in tho fall, drain tho Bamo tho best pos sible in tho fall, and bo suro to ketfp off all heavy stock all tho time, and as soon as tho spring favors and ho sees naturo is on tho movo and tho leaves coming out on tho hnzol, then let him take a good cultivator and threo good horses (or two will do), and stir tho ground as dcop nnd lot it lay ono wcok, and thon lot him havo nil things in readiness and thon harrow well and sow immediately, nnd cultivate tho crop in just as deep ns ho can, nnd then follow with a clod smasher, and as soon as ho can, roll with n henvy roller, nnd if ho wishes to tost tho thing, ho enn roll nltornnte lands and await results, and if tho rolled land docs not produco ono-third moro I will givo it up. Now for tho fallow, not sheep; it's work now nnd monoy in tho end. Let tho farmer begin his next year's fallow now ; conduct just tho snmo ns beforo, nnd ns early after Eastor as possible say when hazel leaves aro as largo as a nicklo; go on to thn fallow with a good team nnd a good cultivator, stir the ground deep and harrow well, thon rest a wcok ; then repent tho snmo and clod smash ; then cross both ways ; then plant potatoes, beans and corn four feet each way, covering with tho cultivator, and then roll. Now, then, let tho fanner roll up his slcovos nnd work ; no fooling around nnd fanning on tnlk nnd paper, nnd stay with it "liko death to a dead nigger," nnd, my word for it, thnt mnn mny count on mnking moro money on tho snmo ncrcs thnn any other mnn enn mnko on sheep ; nnd then let him sow tho snmo to fnll whent in tho now moon of Soptcmbcr, nnd ho will havo moro wheat and butter than nnyothor mothod will produco or enn produce. Rut somo will say tho potatoes, corn nnd beans will bo in tho way. Sow in tho crop of all of it, and gathor after; it will not mako a pnrticlo of diffbronco with tho wheat; try it. I dug my potatoes in tho wheat crop this fall, and now a strangor looking on it would not know that thoy had grown therein, and my wheat growing on tho corn ground is as fino looking ns any man ovor Baw any where. I havo lind 212 bushels of po tatoes por aero, and this year 91$ bush els and full CO of corn. Well, I told you I was trying an ex periment on my farming order, and I intend to work it out, if it tnkos fifty years, for I do know that wo, as fann ers, nro not working our land right, and I know that wo havo to compoto with meatmen of tho Eastor fail; wo must do it. I beliovo wo can do it with corn und hogs, as well ns bocf, nnd then mako moro whont, nnd hotter, than can bo raisod nny other way. I object to plowing iu tho snring nfter plowing in tho fall, for naturo builds upon tho sur faco for a crop, ond if wo turn under filth seeds in tho fall, say ton inches deep, and leavo them there, they will not grow. If wo turn them to tho sur faco in tho spring, thoy will grow, and thon wo turn under what naturo has built up on tho surface for fivo months, besides ndding useless labor; for to cul tivate tho soil; a man can averago seven acres per day, and rido all tho time, and benefit by all that naturo has done for him all the winter. Rut it must be work squaro, nnd no moro on paper and hoe ing plowing with sheen, or our mort gages will cat us all out. jlR. a mi eh, it any farmer will do as I havo told in this for fivo years, and turn his produco into meat, ho will have a better home, and ho can pay that mortgage on liko a nothing, and then wo can all have time to look after our fortunes in plums and prunes. It Is now dinner time ; moro some time. Titus. All leadintr natont medicines at Pnrt Drug Co., 100 State street. The Thanksgiving edition of the Mc Minnvillc Reporter, issued by D. C. Ireland ft Co., of McMinnville, Oregon, was a splendid mammoth edition, nnd abounded in facts and figures of Yam hill county. Send ton cents in postage stamps nnd seo for yourselves if it is not worthy. Bnrklen's Arnlrn Hnltr, . The Beat Salvo in the world for ute, Bruises, Sores, Ulcere, Silt Itlcnm, Fever Sores, Tetter. Chapped Uu, t Corns, and 1 Skin Kruptfnni, and positively cures Pile-, r no pa required Itlsguaran. teed to give perfect ratijlac.ion, or money re funded, Price 25 cents pe box, For sale by Port & Son. Tho Salem bridgo has been completed and turned over to tho city authorities. 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All our goals havo boon especially built for this trado of the best material fctrongly nnd durably made, linely finished nnd painted, nnd guaranteed cqunl or superior to nil others of their class manufactured In the United SlntcH. We ehnll hope, by furnishing you tho best goods, by fair prices, liberal terms, and courteous nnd honorable treatment, to securo your entire patronage. STAVER & WALKER. 208 to 214 Front Street, Portland, Oregon; WALKER Haggles and Carriages. End 8prlnif. Side eprlntr, llreuttcr iptlnjr, Tlmkcn sprln? Iluin;lea and all klndinl Can I iircs and Vehicles. Jljl. Caio 1'ortablr, Mraw buinlnff, Traction and Skid Engines, Mutt I'uxcilulln tho world. lloosier KtirceFced Drills till Seeders, with Truis Alio and Wide Til rs. Studabaker. rourSprlnir, Platform, half riatform, Three Hprlnjf .., v'"' ... Hllll II.I'MH.Ii -,"! tho Noithwost of Duggiod, Gurringc8, nil ltiiuli nt prices to miit ovorybotly. It nnd oxiiinino our mock mill obtain prlccH. Bissell Chilled Plows Warranted hetttr built and better workiner than any other 4,'hlll I'lOW llllldC. Bob Sleighs Hpnciallv built lor our Trade and llrst class in every respect. 'VHikSalaKBULWLaijSliKSUaB vsHBe!VsS9 ft
