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WILLAMETTE PA11MEK: ' SALEM, OREGON, APRIL 29, mb7 oHictilfitraL It is Biiid a (nrmcr in Arkansas oni ployce a forco of monkeys to work in his ficldB and break and prepare tlio horap for market. Ho finds them more tracta ble and cheaper than colored lnbor. Thoy wcro sent him from Africa by his brother who had scon them used for similar purposes there. A blackberry patch will last for twenty years or more, bo that it is worth taking pains with. To prepare the ground manure freely and put in the best pos siblo condition. Tlio rows should bo seven fcot apart. Flnco tho plants thrco ieoi apart in rows, uumvatc lor veg etables. Potatoes for seed should be cut on tho day of planting, and not several days beforehand. When kept even for a day considerable risk is run by tho farmer. urn only us many as arc necucu lor ono day's planting, and thoeo that aro loft over feed to tho cattle, rather than uso them for seed. To grow tho Oaior or basket-willow buccossfully, a deop and most alluvial soil is tho best; the banks of our South cm interior rivets and bayous, provide n soil which is tho natural homo of tho willow. Tho soil should in nil cases bo well cleaned and grubbed, plowed as deep as possiblo ana harrowed smootcd. There nro certain kinds of fruit, liko black raspberries', that are proiltablo driod or .evaporated, and of which ono need not fear planting too many, for with tho complete dryers now in uso, if tho market is ovorstockod with this fruit, ' or thcro comes a wot spoil, in which thoy nro likely to mold and spoil in market ing, put thorn into tho drying house. Shrubs aro very easily grown and pro pagated, or enn bo cheaply bought and grow so rapidly as to produco nlmost immediato effect. Among them may bo found, first, "tho various variotics of hardy rosos; noxt comes tho showy rho dodondrum and tho brilliant nznlinB, then tho viburnum plicatum with its globular clusters of white flowers. Spircas, too, aro useful and pretty, as nro nlao tho old fashioned flowering almond nnd tho evcrcharming grncoful and fra grant sweetbriar. About Planting Corn. It is n great mistnko to plant corn so thickly as many do, with tho notion that it brings n larger yiold, nnd that it is better to havo tho stalks grow spindling. Thoy do not secure more weight of fod der, wh'tlo tho quality, is greatly deter iorated. Tho nir and sunnhino mutt bo let in among tho stalks to dovelop tho gums and sugars. Otherwise, tho stalks contain littlo hut crudo fibre and water poisonous at that Planted nB com mon field corn is, putting four or five kcrnols in a hill, will secure about ns much weight of stalk ns in nny other way, nnd it will bo of ax good quality. Put into tho ground in drills threo-nnd-n-half fcot a part, tho stalks standing four to eix inches in tho row, will pro duco about ns good results, provided tho corn is cultivated as field corn is. Tho stalks ore really not fit to feed certainly not at their best until tho cam are in tho milk. Tho best timo to cut for cnsilngo is when tho car is in tho dough. Between tho milk nnd glazed stato is tho best timo to out and ensilage If tho corn cum Ho in tho sun a day or so nnd wilt, it bomowhnt reduces tho moisture nnd makos it sweeter and more relishnblo; but it should not bo exposod to cither rain or heavy dows. If cut in timo to wilt on tup, tho gavels should bo turned over when thoy aro to bo left ex posed to tho dews of night, as this prcflonts unwilled stalks to tho moisture, which will not then wash or blonch out tho essential nutritive elements. Prairo Farmer. Culture of Tomatoes. Tho following interesting article on Tomnto culture is by Mr. W. D. Phil brick, nnd published in tho Cultivator of Boston, Masachusot8. Tomatoes being tender plants, and re quiring a long season to produco and ripen a full crop, are nearly always star ted under gloss. Tho first sowing of seed is usually made about March 1, in a hotbed or a warm groenhoueo, or, where only a fow plants are wanted, in a box of loam in tho kitchen. They need a rather warm place to givo them a good start, tho temperature best suit ing thorn being GO degrees to 65 degrees at night, with a temperature 10 or 15 degrees higher in full sunshine. A second sowing of seed for lato market ing is usually made about the last t-f March or tho first of April. ' Tho plants will need to be pricked out when they show the third or fourth leaf, into a warm bed, having a tempera ture of GO degrees to 70 degrees in tho loam at night They should stand three inches apart, two hundred per sash, at tho first transplanting, and should be aired moderately in fine weather, so as to make stocky plants, but care will be needed to keep them warm enough to insure constant growth and in dry weather they will need some watering. "When the plants becomo well grown, so h to begin to crowd, which will, u unllv bo in about three weeks from tho time they are first transplanted, thoy should bo transplanted again, tho ear liest lot into another bed aisovon ami a half inchos apart, or fifty per sash, but tho later lot will usually go directly to the field. Tho beds will nood to bo covorcd with roats at night as long as tho weather is severe and plants keep growing nicely. If thoy begin to crowd before tho timo arrives for Betting them out in a field, they may bo checkod by running a trowel under them bo as io break tho root, and Betting them down again. This, of courso, will mako them wilt a little, but if watered and kept cIobo for a day or two they will recover and mako far hotter plants than if allowed to begin to run in tho bed. Ab tho , timo approaches for setting tnem out, wnicn is irom May lv to Juno 1, they should bo hardened by leaving tho glass entirely off tho bod whon tho weather will permit. No dofinito date can bo given for setting out tomatoes. Somctimos thoy can go out upon early hillsides wifely by May 10, and tho writer onco lost a fow hundred plants upon a piece of low land on Juno 13. Whon you think dangor of frost is ovor sot them out, choosing high land that is not frosty for the earliest, and setting tho lator plants upon lower nnd strongor land that will endure drought hotter. Tho land for tomatoes is ofton prepar ed by manuring in tho hill, hut many years' experience havp satisfied tho writer that far hotter crops can bo grown, both as to quality and quantity, by spreading tho manure ond ploughing it under. Tho amount of matntro to bo used should depend a great deal on tho condition and fertility of tho soil. If it was manured in tho fall provious, or in oarly spring tho samo year, for a spinach crop, it will need littlo or nono, but if in poor condition it should recoivo eight or ton cords per acre well covorcd by tho plough. Aftor ploughing roll tho land to prevent tho surface from drying up. strike out tho rows four or five feci apart with a Biimll plough, and sot tho plants with a hoe. On strong land tho plants will run a good deal nioro than on poor land, and this should govorn us on tho distanco apart thoy aro to bo sot out. A day or two boforo tho plants aro sot, if tho weather is not wot, tho bod should bo well soaked with water. This will tako somo timo and a Rooddonl of water: ono or two sprinklings will not answor ; tho bed should bo woll soaked for a depth of six inches. Attention to this point is of importanco, sluco plants well wot down win carry with tliom a ball ot wot earth whon transplanted, which will sus tain them for a day or two after trans planting and provont serious wilting. When your land is ready do not wait for a moist day boforo sotting out tho plants. A warm rain is a good thing for them, but n cold easterly storm is bad ; thoy will ttand transplanting in a hot sun with Inch wind far bettor than in a cold rain. After planting cultivato and hoo ofton until tho plants begin to run, thon ridgo tho land up to thorn nud lot them grow, pulling by hand any largo woods that appear afterward. Tho picking should bo attended to thrco times a woek when thoy bogin to llpcn, and a couple of acres in good boaring will load a ono-lioreo market wagon pretty well ovcry day. In wot weather tho fruit gcta muddy nnd needs washing, but this always makes somo of thorn crack open, and it is hotter to put them up dry if possiblo. Tho toma to is vory productive, -100 to GOO bushels per aero boiug not an unusual crop, and sometimes twico as many aro produced. Tho early pickings of n few pecks or bushols from each aero always sell for high priccB, $5 to $0 per bushel some times. Considerable quantities aro ofton sold from ?2 to $3 per bushel, but tho bulk of tho crop goes for prices ranging from fifty cents down to oven fifteen cents per bushel in caso of a glut. An avorago prico of soventy-flvc cents is considered romunorativo. Thoy aro heavy things to handlo, weighing soventy pounds per bushel. A 8u c Mtlon to the Traveling Public. Tourl'tt, emigrant and mariner find thit Hoetetcer' Stomach Hitter i a medicinal safeguard againtt unhealthy intluence, upon wmen tney can implicitly rely, itnce it pre vent the effect of vitiated atmoaphere, un accuitomed or unwholesome diet, had water o. other condition unfavorable to health. On lone voyage, or Journey in latitude adia cent to the equator, it 1 eipecially useful at a preventative of the ferblfe complaint and disorder of the itomacb, liver and bowel, which are apt to attack native ot the temper ate rone sojourning or traveling in such re gion!, and it i an ezellent protection agaimt the innuence ot extreme cold, inuueo change of temperature, expoauro to damp or extreme fatigue. It not only prevent intermittent and remittent fever, ana other diseases of a malarial type, but eradicate them, a fact which ha been notoriou for year put in North and South America, Mexico, the Weit Indie, Australia and other countrie, A Deputy in Texas, in his report to tho State Orange, says: "I havo the honor to report that wo have one Grange, (Wheatland No. 70) that has victory perched upon her, and failure under foot. The noble sisters, seeing that the brethern failed to apptcciato tho honorablo cause, took hold of their Grange, elected their officers, and say that the charter shall not be surrendered. May God bless them and our noble Order." The season now prompts us to say once more: "Uw only thoroughbred Bires." grange alumt( GRANGE DIRECTORY. The Oregon State Orange. 0FFICER8. It. P. Boise, Salem, Marion Muter Judgo Uo., Ugn. Ovenoer. A. Ladling, Milwaukie, Clack am Uo., Ugn, Lecturer H. E. Ilaye, Stafford, Clackama UUii VUUi Stowird-J. W. Cook, McMianville, Yamhill Co., Can Ait. Steward J, Voorhccs, Woodbnrn, Ma rion Co., Ugn. Chapltln-A. P. Miller, Willtburg, Clacka- ma Co., Oen, Treasurer E Strong, Salem, Marion Co., Ogn. Secretary Mr, M. J. Train, Albany, Linn Co., Ogn. Gate Keeper. John Simpson, Siualaw, Lano Co., Oregon. Cere Mrs. Annie Simpton, Siuilaw, Lane Co., Oan, Pomona Mr. S. M. Cook, MoMinnville, Yamhill Co., Ogn. Flora Mr. K. Russell, Walla Wall., W. T. Lady Assistant Steward Mil Lydia Brook, Salem, Marion Co., Ogn. 1 i ORANOE NOTES, An item in ono of tho great city daily papers tolls tho world that "tho Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, of South Carollnn, is dead. Fivo times elected to Con gress. Ho was ono of tho foro moBt sciontifio farmors ot his Stato, and was probably bettor known in South Carolina ns an ndvanccd agriculturist than as a politician." What higher words of prniBO could bo givon tho man and Patron, who ovor plnccl agriculture in tho front. From tho vory earliest years of tho Grango ho was ono of its hardest workers and ablest advocates, bccauBo it was doslgncd to bring farmors to tho front. Ho, nbovo and beyond all others, did bring agriculture to tho front in Congress. Often battling alono, with vuico nnd vote, ho was ovor in tho front advocating tho causo of thobo who had few friends to speak for them. Not in South Carolina alono was ho hotter known as an advanced agriculturist than as a politician. Not n Stato in all our Union but recognized IiIb advanced position, and hundreds of thousands sin cerely mourn his departure Ho should havo a monument in Washington as tho typical "advanced'' farmer Congress man. "God hurios His workmen, hut tho work goos on." Tho work so ably as sisto d by D. Wyatt Aiken etill goes for ward. Lot a fow of his earnest worth still continuo thoir mission of good. "Is it presumption to suggest that tho world has never seen a hotter educator than tho Grango? It takes caro of its own, and makes thorn bettor men and bettor womon, and wisormon and wiser women. "Thus it will bo scon that tho Grango is a family whoro tho fathor's manhood, tho mother's devotion, tho brother's af foction and tho sister's lovo aro so culti vated nnd dovolopcd that thoy reach out boyond tho porviow of tho family circlo, and ombra';o with fratornal kindnoss every member ( tho ordor, practically obeying tho injunction of our Savior when ho snid, "Tho Hccond command ment is liko unto it: Thou shalt lovo thy noighhor as thysolf.' This is tho fellowship to bo found in tho Grango, and it is tho follownhip of tho noblest oharactor. Twenty-nino days in tho month social difibronccs, moral convic tionsjor political prejudices may ostrango Patrons ot Husbandry ; but whon on tho thirtieth day ot tho month thoy moot on a common level in tho Grango all theso alionating features aro dissipated. "Is it any wonder, then, that farmers aro attracted to tho Order? Nay, verily, tho greater wonder is that ovcry furmor in tho Union is not un activo co-laborer with thoso of us who aro desirous to so impress tho advantages of tho Grango upon tho agricultural mind of tho coun try that it, as an organization, may nover be defaced by nogloct, injured by proju dico nor destroyed by ignoranco, but may go on prospering and to prosper until it shall mont tho lultilimont of its own selected motto, "Esto Porpetua." Tho keenest shafts of criticism failed to fell, or tho boldest stroko of policy to weakon this now tree organization ; even its rootlets sprang into lifo in tho midst of tho turbulent, surging waters ot tho nineteenth century, and at a timo, too whon from out her ripening years that stern fiat, "Nothing new undor tho sun," had gono forth to a questioning, doubt ing people. Thoso samo littlo roots havo spread outward and upward, been transplanted into hills and valleys, and mado to dot our land with Grange growth that is healthy and fragrant with good works. Mrs. M. B. Lander, Ath ambra Grange, California. "This people will never submit to be ing enslaved by a small minority, whose only claim to authority is power oh tnincd by bribery and ill-gotton wealth, but as tho laws now are, such is the tendency. A fow men wield, ayo, use a power that would put to tho bluHh tho potentates of Europe, and unless a chango is mado anarchy and ruin will bo the result, and future generations may viow tho ruinB of this civilization, even as wo viow tho ruins of tho moundbuild- ore. This is no timo for child's piny. If wo aro worthy of this grand horitago to which wo have fallen heirs, wo ought to havo manliness enough to pcrpctuato and hand it down unimpaired to our de scendants." E. A. Gillcr, Master Illi nois Stato Grango. In this organization of tho farmors rest tho hopes of all truo friends of good govornmont, of republican institutions of tho true philanthropist and tho honest American statesman. A Chicago denier put a quart of water to n gallon of milk, and sold it for fivo quarts of milk. Ho was arrested and fined $10. A joweller alloyed his gold one-half, then sold his goods for pure, and was sont to prison. A half dozen railroad mon issued stock to tho amount of douhlo tho cost of thoir roads and equipments; thon taxed the public to mako tho water milk and tho pinchbeck gold, and ovoryono of them wcro sent to tho United Htntec Sonato. Referring to tho recent organization ot a Grango in Its neighborhood tho North ampton (Mass.) Journal xays that it "heartily welcomes the now society to this vicinity. Tho organization of ag riculturists is a growing necessity, and t ho increased attention boing paid to tho demands of this class signifies good nud good only to tho republic. Thoy must bo noticed, nnd their demands for roliof from tho taxation of arrogant monopo lies bo mot, sooner or later." For tho general purposes of tho garden thcro is no hotter fertilizer thnn woll-rotted stablo manure. TANGENTNURSERY ! II. W. SETTLEMIBR, Prop., Tangent, Linn Co., Oregon. I would retfully nil the attention l thoce wlihlrir to eet out orchards, to the tut that I have a 1.AHUH oiuun, ei Yerr nice aurfery -net aou Shrubbery, rontlitlnjr mainly cf Fruit, Shade, Ornamental and Nut Trees. AI.HO.... Grupo Vines, Small FrultH, nnd Rosea. Which I will nil aa cheap aa the cheapcit. to. Na Inarrt real In My Nursery Send tor catalogue and Prlco Hit. Addreee: II. W. HRITLKslIEIt, octUuiO Tangent, Linn County, On ton. RALROID NURSERY! FRUIT TREES! I hae a lam (took at Fruit and Ornamental Trees from on to three jrara old coneiitlug- ot 50,000 Apple Trees I 40,000 Plum and Prune 20,000 Cherry Trees ! 10,000 Pear Trees I 10,000 Peach Trees ! 25,000 Shrubs and Plants! All rrown on hlfh dry toll and without Irrigation. t3T Craft unit Bail on HtandlBg Hrrdllnas, not un Cut Koala. Therefore iny trcea are health and clear of Inecct. Mynureeryle elluatedSO tnlnutea drive tut from the Stark etreet Kerry, on the Uaee Line road, near UU Tabor. Call and Me my atotk of trcea It you with to aet an orchard. My prlrrs are at low aa any reliable trc can be aold. Rrware of Ckrap Trres, . MY CATALOGUE HKNT ritKB Addree all orderi to II. W. rKKTTVM AN. Proprietor liillroad Nursery, East Portland, Oriyen. WOODBURK NURSERY 1 Keep, the Larytet etock of Fruit, Shade, Ornamental and Nut Trees I North el California, at the very lowcet rake Nc AI'llIS or other loeect peaU which art rvlulng mon of the Nuraerlee. Apple trace. IS to 110 per ICO. Tear. Peach and Cherry, 112 to IIS per 100, Flume and 1'ruoc. IS to 111 per 100. Hear dUcount au 1000 lota. IT BEND rOK CATALOGUE AND PIIICT-LIBT. Addreet: J. H. atrm.KMINK. octluO Woodburn, Ongon. SEEDS : SEEDS I MILLER BROS., Seedsmen. DEAUtna in GRASS & GLOVER FERTILIZERS, Etc,, Etc. Fruit Treesln Season. Ra. ft tm4 u, rorliaaal, r. &$& ox'S IXE7 tlT Our New Catalogue f r 1SS7. nulled free on application, contain, description ami price ot vera. table Howcr, orn, Cloi.r, Tieo and Held 8ecde; AuitraiUn 'Irio and Shrub Svelt; ntle California Tree and Kloner H. ide, Irulv True aid many new novelties Introduced In Kunpo anl the Unit dntatee. THOS.A.COX&CO, 411, 4i:(, -41ft Stiiisomc Street, SVN t'ltAVCISCO, GAL, li. Y. ALLEN, (MIlXMitr to It. IIA.NSO.N.) 171 Second St.. Portland, Or. Wholealg and llctall Dealsi In FARM, GARDEN, FLOWER SEEDS. ORNAMENTAL AND SHADE A I.I, 8)KTti OC PLANTS AND SHRUlIDGaY and all varieties ot New OltOWTU Uraaa Heed. SEEDS! n. J. nnm'.Vft I.tKilK 1 uitratvd Dccrlntlro and Triced Catatcguoot Vrpetabla, Flower. Clover, uiiMina Aiiana ecru, containing taiuanio iiuorma tlon for the Hardener, tl o r'armtr and the Family, malld FKKK to all applicant! Addrcra; E. .1. ItoMCit, Seed Dlurcliuut. Sit 817 Kin.ome itreel( Ran Kranclaco, Cal. J. B. Congle kanufacturcr, Wholeaale and'.lteUII Doattr In all klnde ot Harness, Saddles, Whips, Itrlrilc, IiiishcH Trui'kH. No. lux Mi'l 111) I'ront Mrrrt, I'ottlnnd, Orrgon. AIo k ron-tantlr nn hand a large auortmrnlol Loi'hrr and Haddlcrr Hardware. trrnemvoti tint paper. uujoii Ovr 6,000,000 PEOPLE USE FERRY'S SEEDS D.M.FKRRVACO. aro auminea io im io UIIIITIIIIIMII in (A. HOrU. M. FERRY ICO'S lUutrtM., pet. muariM4 SEED ANNUAL For IBB7 will be nulled FRKK to all ppllouu, ana M imei Moa cuiunieT without or. daring It. alLJCMrvrvr. o w4r Oar. if.. ri.M or UIHiInU WaAddrMe 0. M. run ft. eg Detroit. Mloh. Floral Guide mm ihnt. Kow rtaar.conialna S Colored Plain, nunnivru of Ilium. llciM ana n.arir too PMe at Jruiuirc to Oara.Dinc and rluv.r Culture and ov.r IM roiAintDr an llluetrnM Jin er linrlT ell the rLOWIM u VLULTAfCIl .riivn. with dl. rrctlnne how to vrnr thnn u the W.I SKKIIH. PLANTS. AMI IILI.II cn l prorurM. wttaj (irtcea of earn. Title unt inallxi fite nu rHil'lofie etnu, and the 10 tnu m. oe aadurud from the fint or4.r eenl ua. Kwrr one interfc) in a vara. o. or wn deetree good. frMn hMi, innuld na . tin. vora. Wa rW.rtothe mlillfti nf .nMini wno nev. pieotMl oul aeedi. Iivtoklt Vica'aharnaaT Ht.iMiUHTKU. JAMES VIC1C. SEEDSMAN. Uornrairr, ft. Y TIIE DINOEE &CONAnD CO'S IIKAUTIFIJI, i:vi!l(.ll.ll(.IIIN(l ROSES (lV.rJ'.,.rrn.,it',""'''ll,lwlnf awtdbtnlintlDi It OS lift. Wu all (Im Ut.t nuoltlM and Snwt eUodant aorta. In dlOarant alee and prlcvataauit all wuta. )r l.tO rW'u( i.irl.il.a iu rtunmm froio, )Vm .and Iniue Pol Umm aalrl Ljliull I all l'.l Umora, portbanr'a clulea of tariutlM, all UUIkI. 3 TO 12 PLANTS C I 8to jiib ., !.. JH . per imaorrn. "w. f MU. 1 WO J SEEDS SENT FREE. Warm Taatai ntnfl. rraikJlallalila. Taatacl..ni. chenp. Illuav lrla('iulo-u. Soptfroo. IHrlra IniMABl. ratkttt. Bali. iiani.n.r. mm j uuri lu.uc nlnun. ALNEER BROS (ioclford, III. 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