4
FARM AND GARDEN
Some Valuable Advice
on Breeding.
THE WANT OF UNIFORMITY.
Dr. Babcock's Communication Concerning-
the Losses Caused by
Poor Creaming.
Men that take up breeding who linve
been for u series of years engngod in a
purfiiit where uniformity whs an indis
pensable requisite are likely to wontier
why tiie individuals in a jrivJii breed of
like a:o and llesh are not more nearly
alike, writes U.S. in the J'rairie Farwer.
From a want of a proper understanding
as to the irregular material from uhteli
the several breeds were started, as t il
as of the action of physiological laws,
they judge wrongly and expect toomueh.
To these reasons we may add a third,
viz.; that the shaping o'f the forms of
farm animals through selections in breed
ing ie not at best so certain an art as the
casting of a bust from a given form or
the casting of metal from a given mould.
Pattern making in mechanics is con
sidered to require a skilled hand, breed
ing improved animals lias not rested
upon a basis equal in reliability to that
of tin higher mechanics. Any man with
either cash or credit can buy, -electing
from among the breeds, yet t tie products
of hie coupling may not mlvnot show
an improvement, but nun slnw the op
posite. The increase from unwise cou
pling have a like standing on paper with
the best specimens in any herd showing
the same lines of descent, yet there mav
be and many times is such a wide differ
ence in personal merit that a single ani
mal in one man's herd may outsell two
in the herd of a neighbor, 'though bred
from the same foundation.
Enterprising men often take up the
breeding of improved live stock for the
recreation it affords, as they take up any
other recreation. Such men are quite
likely to err in that they suppose that
-they have only to feed and couple, and
that tliis will "bring as reliable results as
are secured from a tine watch bv adjust
ing the regulator and winding it daily.
No collection of farm animals, unless it
be a collection of scrubs, will hold their
their uniformity on this plan. Taste,
study and a fair share of energy are nec
essary to reach success. The " breedi;iL
of live stock is not a calling that you can
wind up as you would wind an eight-day
clock. The physiology of breeding,
while notfcty any "means attended by the
uniform results that chemistry is, is" nev
ertheless governed by rules that, when
understood and closely observed, are not
necessarily disappointing.
The rock on which inanv split is the
giving of scant nourishment. The forms
will go awry if not well nourished. This
result overtakes tree, shrub and cattle
beast alike, all from the one cause named.
If we buy select seed, we do not expect
great results if this seed be planted on
thin soil. Full growth and symmetry in
the case of our farm animals comes
through feed and protection, provided
always that we have suitable foundation
to btiild upon.
1.0SSK8 OF l'OOIt CKKAMINO.
T)r. Babcock in a communication to
Jloaid's Dairyman said that creaming
the same quahtyof mixed milk in a cen
trifuge resulted in giving a skim milk
that had in it .31 per cent, of fat, and
that ice-cold gravity, setting in deep
cans, gave
O fuir f(nf. in Hin l?im mllL-
lie thought
lt was a fair test, as the
same milk was used fairer than to com
pare tests made by different parties with
different kinds of milks and herds.
In the same letter he gave it as his
opinion that an averago.of the creaming
lono by use of all kinds of gravity
creamers, pans, crocks, etc., resulted iii
leaving fat in the skim milk of the coun
try three times as much as the centrifuge
work does.
If this is true and who can deny it ?
it follows there is a frightfully need
less waste of about a half pound of but
ter from the average creaming of the
country, or about one-eigth of the fat
really m common milk is turned over to
the calves and pigs by those who adhert
to the poorer methods of gravity cream
inc. True, some of these can do no bet
tor than they do; but where they can
they should avail themselves of modern
methods.
If these things are true, it would fol
low that then is scarcely a creamerymai
in the country in a location where a good
creamery can live at all who could not
afford to" gather the milk and return the
skim milk for tho excess of butter lu
could make with a centrifuge over tha
the dairy farmers could get out of the
milk with their own creamers ami
churns, to say nothing about the average
increased prico for the butter the cream
eryman sells for over that of the great
bulk of private dairymen.
Hut the private dairyman will say to
this that, as managed in too many cases,
the loss of feeding value on the skim
milk taken to a factory absorbs all the
gain in yield, and so there is no gain
nave the' increase in price of tho creamery
produce. This is too true: but it need
not bo true if tho farmer demanded his
rights or the creameryman had the en
terprise or business pagacity to use
known methods to keep tho whey and
skim inilk.sweet till it was taken home
and fed. It can lie done by heating ti
150 as fast as tho whey or skim milk
runs from tho factory. But to do it costs
the apparatus and time, which is money.
Tho dairy farmers in many cases in
voko upon themselves some of the ills
and losses they suffer by peeking to cu
down to the lo'west notch the compensa
tion of their creatnerynian or clieese
maker, and so make him averse to taking
more from his own pockot in Incurring
tho espouse of tho labor it takes to eae
the patron's whey or skim milk in at
good condition as 'it can Iwdone. Askinp
for good service for poor pay or no pay at
all is not a euro way to get it.
In French naval circles tho blowing-ui
Ol IIIO UIUIIIU JllL.UUU.l liy U IUI IH.-UIJ If
f consmercu u. very iiiqui huh mut in nun
tary History, it is tne urst uino mat tiu
t-fleet of a torpedo has been demonstrated
in war on tn ironclad.
Portland market.
riourToo lllcli l'rlcert to tie Shipped to
China nml Japan.
The local markets are not quito as act
ive as usual. In the line of produce and
fruits there is but little doing. The sup
ply holds up as well s at anv time -dur-ng
the past few days, but the demand
has fallen oil'.
rnont ck.
t Eggs are weak, and a further dtvlino
is expected, liutter is very weak.
Large quantities of Oregon butter aro
being received daily. California butter
has advanced iac, and will probably go
, mm-i ei, us me suppiv is small. M'v
i potatoes are coming in "well, and prices
; are steady. Old potatoes have declined,
I -..v. ... .. mug on mo nuirKei.
HIUIT.
mi,,,., . , .
ni uVrVZ? Pftc,Sninns0 ,nth0
fruit market. Strawlierries are
i in tair quantities at 2oc. Oranges, lem
.
OIIS nild lHll!lnnt nrn ill ,.,,1 .1. ,',.,.,.! ..
' former quotations. A small lot of Cali
I fornia cherries, the first of the season,
! were received and sold at Hoc per pound.
' l i.orn AXD witKAT.
Flour is getting too high priced to le
I shipped to China and Japan, and tli
is but little wheat left in this region
J be ground.
ine supply of wheat on hand in tho
Portland warehouses is small, and what
there is here is but the tail end of tho
season's crop. Prices, which have been
slightly on the decline for the past few
days, show an upward tendencv.
Flock Quote: Standard, 5 L'5; Walla
Walla, r..00 per barrel.
Oats Quote: t2'si0rc per bushel.
hay tjuoto: 1U1, per ton
MiM.sruKFs Quote: Bran, 2l(322;
Shorts , M(a2.i ; ground Hurley, W.50Q
.JL'.oO ; Chop 1-eed, .f 2i (?( per ton ; Har-
ey. $I.25(U.:;0 percental.
HurriiK Quote : Oregon fancy cream
ery, 27'oc; fancy dairy, 22'oc; fair tc
good. lT'aL'Oc; common. loQCltic; Cali
fornia, 22'(iiL'4H,c per pound.
Ciiuksu Quote: Oregon, 14(3 15c; Cal
ifornia, i:i((fi4c per pound.
Eoos Quote: Oregon, 15yT10c pei
dozen.
Poultry Quote: Old Chickens, in
tf?o.OO; young chickens, .f;;.()0f ;! 6
Ducks, 10'fJL'; Geese, nominal, pi
dozen; Turkeys. Hid? 17c tier notim1..
Vkoutadlkh Quote : Cabbage, .f 1.50(3
l.io per cental; Cauliflower, .fl L'oOM.GC
per dozen; Celery, (Mc per dozen; On-
ions. 4 'Ve per pound ; Carrots, $1.00 pei
sack ; Beets. $1.50 per sack : Turnins..!.
per sack ; Potatoes, 50ot0o per cental
new potatoes, lc per pound; To
matoes, $2.000?2.o0 per box; Aspara
gus, 4((t5e per pound; Parsnips. ifl.UC
jier sack; Lettuce, 15(200 per dozen;
Squash, 2's((2J.,o per pound; Green
Peas, 7c per pound; String Beans, 15c
per pound; Ktiuuarb, f.160 per box;
Artichokes, 40c per dozen; Parslev, 25c
per dozen; Radishes, 20c per dozen
bunches; young Onions, a)o per dozen
bunches.
Fhoits Quote : Ios Angeles Oranges,
if2.25oi2.50; Riverside. ,:!.l)0if:i.25 : Na
vels, $4,5015.50 per box; Sicily Lemons,
$().50(f('7 ; California, $4.50(35 pur box;
Apples, $1.00&f'2.o0 per box; Bananas, i
$o.tAKr-l.u0 per hunch ; Pineapples, $5.00
6J8.U0 per dozen; Strawberries, 25c per
peund.
M uts Quote : California Walnuts, i IV,
12'v.c; Hickory, 8'.,c; Brazils, 12c";
Almonds, ltiOJIbc; Filberts, l."Ho;
Pine Nuts, 1718c; Pecans, 170518c;
Cocoanuts, 8c; Hazel, 8c; Peanuts, 8c
per pound.
Fish Salmon, Sc per pound; Halibut,
PJVjo: Cod, 10c; Soles, 10c; Flounders,
10c; Shad, 12c; Carp and Catfish, 5c;
Canned Salmon, Standard No. 1, $1.35
per case ; No. 2, $2.2 j.
Ho i-h Quote:
-7.ls(28c per pound;
nominal prices.
Wool Quote :
20c ; Eastern
pound.
IIiiies Quote:
Willamette Valley, 15
Oregon, J2l7c per
Dry Hides, selected
prune, 8Vrtf)c, less for culls; green,
selected, over 55 pounds, 4c ; under 66
pounds, 3c; Sheep' Pelts, short wool. 30
50e; medium, G080c; long,00c$1.25;
shearlings, 1020c; Tallow, good to
choice, 33!'c per jound.
Nails Base quotations: Iron, $3.00;
Steel, $3.10; Wire, $3.75 per keg.
The Merchandise Market.
Coal Otii Quote : $1.95 per case.
Kick Quote: $G.OO0.75 per cental.
Honky Quote : 10l8c.
Salt Quote: Liverpool, $16, $10.50,
$17; stock, $11 per ton in carload lots.
CoFPKE Quote: Costa Ilica, 22c;
Rio, 23c; .Mocha, 30o; Java, 25Vc; Ar
buckle's, roasted, 263.f27c per 'pound.
Bkans Quote: Small AVhites, 3c;
Pink, 3,3e; Bayos, 4?ic; Butter,
4c; Limas, 4c per pound.
Suqaus Quote : Golden 0, 5to ; extra
0, 5?Jc; dry granulated, 0c; cuIhj
crushed and powdered, Gpc per pound ;
confectioners' A, Glc per pound.
DaiKo Fnurra The market is firm.
Quote: Italian Prunes, 1012c; Pe
tite and Gorman Prunes, 10c per pound ;
Raisins, $2.25 per box: Plummer-dried
Pears, 10 11c; sun-dried and factory
Plums, ll((J12c: evaporated Peaches.l8
20c; Smyrna Figs, 20c; California Figs,
9c per pound.
Canned Goons Marketsteady. Quote :
Table fruitfl, $2.25, 2s; Peaches, $2.50;
Bartiett Pears, $2.25; Phrms. $1.05;
Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, $22.50;
Black berries, $2.25; Raspberries, $2.75;
Pineapples, $2.75; Apricots, $2.40. Pie
fruit : Assorted,$1.50 per dozen ; Peaches,
$1.05: Plums, $1.25; Blackberries, $1.05
per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.35
1.G5, according to quality; Tomatoes,
$1.153.50; Sugar Peas, $1.101.G0;
String Beans, $1.10 perdozen. Fish : Sal
mon, $1.251.50; sardines, 85c$l.G5;
lobsters, $2.253.25; oysters, $1.50
3.25 per dozen. Condensed milk : Eaglo
brand, $3.25; Crown, $7; Highland,
$4.75; Champion, $o per case.
Shot Quote: $1.75 per Back.
The Meat Market.
Beef Live, 4c; dressed, 78c.
Mutton Live, 45c; dreHsed, I0c,
Hogs Live, b35l4c, dressed, 78c.
Veal 58c per pound.
BMOKKD MEATS AND LA II P.
Quote: Eastern Hams, 12 13c;
Oregon, 1012)c; Breakfast Bacon,
1213c; other varieties, 8llc; Lard,
9ll! per ponud.
There Is great excitement in political
circles In London over tho budget.
Goschen'a proposal to apph tho whole
of tho surplus toward making element
ary education free is believed to bo the
euro presage of a general election in the
autumn. This proBpect has caused much
depression among the Lilterals.
OXK AGAINST A IIUXDKED.
HEROIC DEFENSE OP A SHIP AT
TACKED BY A SAVAGE HORDE.
An Ailrptitiiro In tliw South Pacific Oreuit
In tsa.1 Dusky Savnst"S Wlto I'might
with SpailM Cunt. iIihmm Whipped a
1 1 u lid ml ot tho I'leniN.
About ISilo Capt Silas Jones, now
I president of tho First National bank of
this town, sailed trom Wood's lloll na
third officer in the sVip Awashonk's,
Capt. Collins, on a four years' cruise in
the South Pacific ocean. This voyage
was ono of mot intense excitement
and hairbreadth adventure, and. while
Capt. Jones is of il quiet and unassuming
I ...! . . r l r i .
1 uiiuiiiuri nun nut iuiiu ui MluiIJir "la
I glory before the world, yet your corro-
stiondent obtained a storv full of interest
and one that is not known to havo been
published, although in years past it was
a theme of much discussion.
The vessel hail a crew of about thirty
five men, including captain, tirst, second
and third officers, and made tho voyage
around Cape Horn without incident. Slio
cruised about the South seas, and when
eighteen months out hail 000 barrels of
fine oil in her hold.
"WUEKR ONLY it AN IS V1I.E."
Closing in with a group of islands just
north of the equator, Capt. Collins de
cided to make a trade with tho natives.
The ship was hove to, with most of her
sails bet. in a small bay where the calm
water reflected the strip of white sand,
. green palms and tropical plants that
I skirted its margin as well as tho purple
hills of the interior.
number of inii
' A u.,nbu ol
Hive dugouts put out to
tho ship and made fast to her chains,
and tho savages clambered over tho ves
sel's rail. At a favorable signal a fierce
yell burst from their dusky throats, caus
ing tho ears of thoe who heard it to
tremble and theii hearts to quail. In
less time than it takes to write it tho
ship's decks were full of natives, and tho
unarmed crew made for tho rigging, jib
booms and forecastle, in fact anywhere
to escape tho bloodthirsty islanders.
The light that ensued was a desperato
and indiscrimmato melee. Iho natives
had been so sure of a surpriso that they
had formed no plan of attack, depending
entirely on their overwhelming numbers.
At the lirht nihil Capt. Collins and tho
second mate were engaged in a hand-to-hand
conflict with some of the savages
who had a' : iled themselves of tho ship's
cutting in ailes, and the poor men wero
immediate' ' backed to pieces. Thomas
Giflord. of ! u 1 mouth, a seaman, made ft
bolt for tht forecastle, and received a
blow from a spade, lie carries tho scar
across his forehead to this day, and it is
a most unpleasant reminder of that
bloody massacre.
Capt. Jones, then a youth of about 20,
found himself surrounded by a number
of infuriated natives, each struggling for
a whack at bun with tho keen edged
spades. Ilo managed to parry the blows,
jumping into tho vessel's hold ami
' crawled among the tiers of oil casks into
' tho cabin. Hero ho found tho steward
and two seamen on tho floor, covered
with wounds, inflicted by tho murderous
I spades. The rest of tho ship's company
! were cither aloft or cooped up in tho
forecastle. In ono corner of tho cabin
was the magazino containing tho muskets
' and ammunition. Seizing tho muskets,
i Capt. Jones gave them to tho wounded
. men to load, while ho set about rescuing
tho Awashonks.
i ONE AGAINST A HUNDRED.
Tho natives wero scattered over tho
' deck stealing what they could get their
! hands on. They plucked up tho riffjj
I bolts from the decks nnd rails and
tugged at them when two tons' stroll
would not havo pulled them out. TJwy
pried at bolts and straps, picked at nail
heads, wrenched down kettles and stove
pipes and threw them into tho canoes.
Tho chief, an ill visaged rascal, was at
tho wheel endeavoring to beach tho ves
sel, but ho was not up in navigation.
First bo put tho wheel down, and tho
sails not filling be put tho wheel up.
Slowly tho Awashonks headed off and
gathered headway toward tho beach.
An Indian who lived in JIaslipeo, somo
ten miles from here, cut tho braces and
tho sails wero taken aback. A shower
of arrows und heathenish maledictions
wero hurled ut him as lie sought shelter
in tho tops. Tho vessel lost headway,
but the chief continued his experiment
without the rudder.
Tho cabin, wiiero Capt. Jones had
taken refuge, was lighted by two win
dows in tho stern and a largo skylight
overhead. When tho enemy peered into
these apertures a well directed bullet
sent them away in hot haste. For over
an hour this skirmish between a desper
ato man and a hundred murderers con
tinued. As fast as the wounded men
could load the muskets Capt. Jones
would put their contents where they did
the most good, nnd the islanders began
to have wholesome fears of tho windows
and set about devising bomo better
method of attack.
Looking up through tho skylight dur
ing the quiet that followed Capt. Jones
saw tho chief at tho wheel in hia frantic
endeavors to beach tho vessel Taking
careful aim at his broad, naked chest, ho
pulled tho trigger. Tho bullet passed
through tho deck, and having epent its
force, rolled along tho planking to to
chief's very feet.
Tho 6avago left tho helm, Inspected tho
I bullet hole, und then laid a pieco of board
I over tho splintered plank; ho then re-
turncu to mo wncei as unconcerned as
could bo. Another bullet from tho mus
ket pierced Ills heart and tho lifeless form
rolled into the scuppers.
At tho death of their chieftain tho Isl
anders fled panio stricken to tho shore,
1 and tho Awashonks was laboriously put
I to sea. She boon fell in with a merchant
I man, Capt. Proctor, and was brought
into Wood's IJoll by a portion of tho
merchant crew.
Capt. Jones was offered a master's berth
by tho owners of tho wlialer ho had so
bravely defended, and up to 180-1 ho fol
io wed tho sea in thut capacity. Three of
tho crew now livo in this vicinity, and
two of them bear scars that tell a talo of
eoro wounds received In tho fray, Fal
mouth (Haas.) Cor. Now York Herald.
WAY OF THE WORLD.
Aloft on Hip tfOURli thr fair fruit hnnn.
Carawil by tlio wiiul nml klfwil by tlio enn.
Ami staudliiK below a it swung out of reach
Due lonm-il for a tiiste of luwious n poach.
One Juft jurfect wa lying below
Whcro tho Mottle wind to-wiil it hours ago;
It UdU h ilniuty, tin form ah round,
Hut notxNly enreil for It lay on the ground.
It fci ever the fruit Hint Is jlist beoml roocti,
le it fame or honor, or lo e or u jn-arh.
Thai man lougii for the luont why we tievrr
will know.
Yet he scorns to pick where the fruit grows
low.
Ada B. Held iu New York Horakl.
An I'licll-Uiiiiiiii Couldn't Sim- It.
Little Marshall P. Wilder, the f.mu.n
merrymaker, is perennial, and has n hu
morons skit for every hour of tho day. i
This is one of his latest, illustrative of
an Englishman's appreciation of humor
I have Ikh-u in England. :.nd I h.Hi
studied English humor. Its fundanii ii
tal principles are not related to the
American article that raise a cyclone ot
laughter. An Englishman was dining
at a swell hotel out west, and after he
finished his regular dinner be asked for
sweets. A waiter from the Bowery had
gone west for employment, and was
waiting on the particular table at which
the Englishman sat.
"And phwat is sweets, sur?" asked tho
waiter.
The Englishman finally explained that
he meant dessert, pudding, etc.
"We 'ave apple ami mince pie," said
the Bowery man.
"Give me mince pie."
"What's der matter wid der apple
pieV" asked the waiter in a hard, I-don't-care-a-contiueiital
tone of voice. Many
heard the remark and laughed. An hour
later I happened to meet tho English
man, and he asked me if I heard the
waiter ask him what was the matter
with the apple pie. 1 said 'Yes.' Then
tho Englishman naively asked me:
"Well, what was the matter with the
apple pie?" New York World.
Tliiil l.oi1y NureNsiis.
Narcissus wa a mythological young
person who had so much beauty that it
was in the way. He was interrupted
during oflice hours by people who want
ed to admire him, and a case went on
record of a woman's thinking so much
of him that she would always keep still
until he got clear through talking. At
last he got a good look at himself in a
mirror, and he said he couldn't blame
them, lie felt that ho was a monace to
society, and history says that hodrowned
himself. Hut he didn't.
He went and got a pair of voluminous
trousers, decorated his eye with a large
pieco of glass, took tho lit out of the
back of his coat, shoved his chin out of
place with his collar, and went about
his business satisfied that he had restored
their peaces of mind to tlio feminine
members of his acquaintance. But it
was in vain. And he is obliged to de
vote large portions of his time in fact,
nearly all of it to the search for im
provements that will make his garments
effective for their true purpose. In tho
meantime he is obliged to go on bother
feomely beloved. Washington Post.
Clothlnc h' Iho Kniuliiuuit.
Clothing for men consists of kneo
breeches, belted at tho lorns, a loose
fitting cloak trimmed around the bot
tom, and the hood with wolf or wolverine,
or a blending of both, a p;iir of stocking.!
and a short legged pair of boots with
sealskin soles. In winter two suits are
worn, tho inner suit with tho hair next
tho body and tho outer with tho hair
turned out.
The difference between tile dress of
men and women is that the latter have
their boots, stockings and pantaloons all
iu one garment. Tlio cloaks of all fo
males have at tho back of tho neck a
fullness for carrying iufaitts.
These cloaks come down below tho
knees and are gored out at tho sides up
to the hips, making the front look like
an apron. Exchaugo.
Many Koinau and Greek epicures wore
very fond of dog's flesh. Before Chris
tianity was established, among tlio Danes,
on every ninth year ninety-nino dogs
wero sacniic 'd. In Sweden eacli ninth
day ninety-nino dogs wero destroyed.
But later on dogs wero not thought good
enough, and every ninth year ninety
nine human beings were immolated, the
sons of tin reigning tyrant among the
rest, in order that the life of tho monarch
might be prolonged.
It has been concluded that whatever
preservative is to bo applied, tho timber
for piles subjected to the action of sea
worms should tirst bo charred, so as to
kill any germs near tho surface, open tho
pores of the wood for the antiseptic, and
destroy the nutritive matter upon which
the worm lives while beginning its ac
tion. -1
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