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They are graded in strength to meet all stages of weakness in voun!?. middle-aced or nIH lA i,,;ii the worst cases in two or three months. Address SAW DEM ELECTRIC CO., 172 First St., PORTLAND, OREGON T3 ifi Maps Yon Don't Know Us, Wr BUT SURELY YOU KNOW OF OUR REMEDIES. VJuJrtW Clinic, J Weexlfm'l nn invilnlinn In rail nn-1 kco JYro )ctq nt Zt "Ar.w.!(,VJ,,a,i,lj,,,;H- H(mi:t 1 to :i m. Larfv AttondPiits. 1 iV ' QUEEN ANTI-HAIRINE" M TTinr tnmi tlio 1-uch, Ruck and Am JMaueiii.i X nrH Ham epren('iilrl wi! will ri-f n mt v ivch lleitnl nr PiiiirTlliKius or Moles iniil Uh i I, , i, .ii'Ij a l,!lSt. Oil! V II I'P W till lint. .4 nr.nl I,..,, ..... iu ....I t. i "T ! l"-isl-l' i'il iii-.-li-.ivB (In lunickil, ol Uio huir Wltlimit tin, sliiilcst imiii, injiirv ordi.scolo-a-lion lo t tin must ili.H.n.t.. !, I., -r.-., n i n.:....'V. .... ... . ... QUttN HAIR1NE" lo rostum nail prumiito Urn lliur lias nominal. L i.s u iiiiihiio ( vnsi-l inu form), l-oiir alielioiis will utop tho hair falliiiK and prevwit .ln.lruU-. It chits wi,,,,lis,.L,.H '( i l will uiMHivoly rw a luxuriant growth of Imir mil,.. hurnlihirlly Imlil. Tal.liKM is no an imlic'ilion tliattlior.i.iia are dead. Naturouid not iirondo I lial . slionlil wkiii nmvci,,, ,. u,,, .a,i vVlip tho()pi.li'ri,ii9 (skin) la nlivn, j,, nro tho roots, and "Quc(i ihiirino" aiinlicd ilm Mirfncc uhimisIIio follicles, and gi vos riourisluneiil and litalily totlioroola. (Jno bottle will convince tho most skeptical ofitsmnriU. t ry it. I'ricn. II .1)0 per Itottlc. QUtbN. ANTI-ODOR" (powdered form) appllnl to thn parts nl!ara cxctobWo porSni ration and pi-rinininllyisiriw ollcnsivo feet, irmplts, euj. A most dtdightlul nd harmless remcilj. I'rui-otlc' llur UNDOLINE" (liquid, pure and harrolrasl, when niiplied to tlio skin restores and beautifies the ( ompleiion; remove, and prcvenls 'J'au, bunljnrn, Freckles, I'implcR ami lllaek heads This re nowned preparation cannot ho excelled. A ainpla appllcALInn liiia a marvelous elleet anil eneh ad.liiiiinal one nnirovoa tlio eompli-iion. Trj- it; If not deliBhlcd villi it, return tho holtlc, and wo will refund your money. One Jlottle will restore tho complexion. 1'i iee, Jf no tl'ittEN I'un.K-r Co.: Your lireparaliou formulas (alter a careful analysis), T am free to iy nro harmless, anil certainly eneotual if used accordiiiK lo directloim. J. Hesse M li isl 1 n in Ave Kennt by 1', (I. unler, Iteistorcd Itter, or firull lo homo ollioo, and mention. II. is paper QUEEN TOILET CO. 174 RACE ST., CINCINNATI, O. (Local ApuitsW ..,,l..-0 1 Fltl I, Sample 01 our Hood, and " How to lie Ilesnllful" sent for two stamps. WOVEf FE BEST STEEL WIRE WIRE c WIRE ROPE SELVAGE ackhowi ennpn ins rcui (or I.dwhs, Gardsns, Farms, Ranchos and Railroads I'KKIi.s lu:iii;ci IL Sol, I liy ileiueis. l.-i!KUillT PA lb MrMIIIJ.KN'ti IMII'l.TIIV KUTIIMI, New TIiIiik No sntrtrinirl No linUKinif I .-.trH Ifeevy Nelvuic. Th. McUullen Woven Wirs Fenee Co.. Oluouiin. Cl Scicntllio Amerlcia Agency for 'a ovEn-wonK. n CAVEAT8. TRADE MARKS. DESIGN PATENTS COPYRIGHTS, etc. Tot Information and freo llandhook wrltn to MUNN CO. Illll HliiiAliWA V, NBW YllllK. Oldest bureau for soeurliiir piitents In Amorlca. Mvory patent token out by us Is brniiaht before tlio publlo by a uotleo givun freo of uIiuiko lu tha Iartfnst rirciilntinn of anv Hofontlflc paper In tho worki. Hiilttndullv ilhiNtraU'il. No Initilllt-Mmt nm ii Hhmild tm without it. WorUIr, ;t.HO a JHar; nix montliH. Aililrosn MllNN & CO UULiaiiEits. 301 Uroudway, Wuw Vurk. STANDARD rOTl'S CENTURA iwi?!BROTies DRY HO YEAST CT GJflctofiroreatera, VM& ihb Washtpylon fti (JiuoA(K), Oct.. Uth', 1KH7. Iticv. E. KoBNin: lhar 8r innm it utility f owe you to certify to tlieKMl vffvvt tlio tuk Icguf your mudiclue had on rity hoattti. I v. da troubled liy ix'rvouHiicHg hroujrlit on by ovt r work. yu'nr Nervo'i'onin ttlmout himiLiliufely stopped thatiiuouiiartiumor that, I presume, Is evitience of insrvouBiicaH, I nm )iow well. My head troubloU mo, could not sh op, Jiead hot, dmims of acoidentH, eto. Ono spoonful of ymir iiu'dlcliio rtrnov'd ttie chuho f my tlreams; have not had them hUico; took noven or eiKiit bottles of yy.ur mcdit'lne, Kwpmtmo la my hoiisn; ulwaya tiilto Homo occasionally; would nut be without it; liav rocojninundwi It to my friends. If I nin not mistaken, your inedleiuo will prove a (rront bk'Bsinn to this ovar-worked nation. Youth truly, JflO. F. MOAN LAN, II. C. U. FREE; A VllllinltlO Unolc nn N.n'mn llHnus,s HentlV.'o to any ntlilri sti. unit iiixii- lmtleius can also nblaiu liiia itu,illiinu lie', f cliiii-ut,. Tills remedy has been nr""si"d by tholtevet end PiistorKiK.nlK. oll'Vi ' , ne.Iinl.. siiiee isili, aud lu now lirupan:-.! iiaor his direction by tho KOENIC MED. CO., Chicago, III. Sold by nriiKKlht it !t ior Iiottlo. O lor n. l in-MO Sl.o. 1.75. 0 Iiottlo. lor Ml). .Snlil In INirllaiul. Oremin, by Hnell, lli-ltsliu ,V Woudanl. THE BUTTER ACCUMULATOR. A Practical Creamerymuii'g Opinion of the Now Machine Tlio lateHt (liiiry machine is the "ac cumulator," which drives the butter diroctly from the milk. It looks all ri?ht, but is it practicable? At bur re quest the manager of a large creamery reuoiilly examined it and sends this as liis "candid opinion:" 1 did not see the machine in opera tion, so my opinion is formed from what 1 could learn from the managers, whom 1 know to be reliable. 1 decidedly think it a good thing; certainly it has the merit of simplicity. The butter 1 sam pled, said to be two months old, was tine. 1 have, however, two serious ob jections to it, but the causes of both will probably be overcome. First comes the necessity of cooling a large body of milk from a temperature of 81) or 1)0 to 60 degs. ; this is also applicable to the extractor: second is its iniuleuuate canacitv. If my information is correct, it will not accumulate or churn over one-half the amount of the capacity of the machine wlienjisod as a separator. Now, this would be a serious objec tion, as to use it in creameries doing a large business, or up to the capacity of their separators as all creameries do during the Hush or warm part of the season they would be obliged either to double the number of their separators or lay it aside during such a rush, as the milk would sour in the vats before it could be run through. The managers say the dairymen must supply the milk in the winter. Well, to do that is sim ply out of the question for some time to come, at least in some parts of the world. Winter dairying is a step in advance not yet generally taken, and the supply of milk to creameries in winter is one of the good things yet to come. One line feature of this method is that it does away with the loss from churn ing, which, as 1 have found during the past season from repeated tests of the bultoriiiilk, is considerable, varying without any apparent reason; in fact, the machine would annihilate the butter maker's most serious ditliculty that of ripening cream just right every time. Rural Now Yorker. Bow Onion, for Market Hay Be Started In Hotbeds with ProflL At the Ohio experiment station it has been demonstrated that onion seed mav be sown in the greenhouse or hotbed in February or March and successfully transplanted to the open ground in April or May. Compared with onions grown by the ordinary method the transplanted ones were from 50 to 100 per cent, ahead in size and total marketable product. A marked difference has been observed in varieties, however, as to their adapta bility to this method of treatment. It is reported that the early varieties appear to be the class of onions best adapted to this method. Nearly all are white and much flattened. Some attain five inches in diameter and leas than two inches in thickness. If sown in February and transplanted into the open ground as early as it can be worked in the spring, the young onions may be pulled for bunching in May and June or nearly as early as those grown from sets. By July l they are ripe enough to be pulled and sold in the dry state. Both in the green and dry state they are much superior to onions grown from Bets and sell for a higher price. Also not only do they bring a fancy price, but the ground is cleared in time for celery or other fall crops. . Early varieties that gave the most sat isfactory results at the station were the Barletta, Marzajola, Pearl and Bermuda. The first named is the earliest, while the Marzajola is two weeks later but much larger. The Barletta is sold under many names, such as Extra Early Barletta, Adriatic Barletta, New Early Adriatic, Bloomsdale Pearl, New Queen, Early Radish, eto. Some of the second early Buna, sucn as uanvers, Wethersheld, Michigan and White Globe do not re spond so readily to this method of treat ment as the extreme earlv and late sorts. They have in every instance given in creased yields by transplanting, how ever, but the gain is less than with some of the early and late sorts. Of the second early and late varieties the White Victoria and Prize Taker are the best thus far tosted. Both grow to a large size, frequently weighing more than a pound each, and have at the sta tion yielded at the rate of 1,500 bushels ner acre in several cases. COST OF GROWING WHEAT. ARTIFICIAL AND BARNYARD MANURES Hides, Pelts mi hiirn wiMiU'd. 1 will imy tin- hlu'lu'st j. marKi'i. prit'i's hi (itv know 1 CUM iii llt'ppni'i- M, IhM'oiv Helling v ht'tU'i'liy you timn iiny otln'i' linu W, W. SMEAD. Office at Sargent & Uriskell'u Feed yard. TH FOR RISER t LIGHTBREAD WATIHIOO VMirro HITHOITMir.l- L U M 15 E R ! yr. HAVE Kill! K.M.K Al l. K1N1W OK I N IT ilrenncil 1. umber, IU inllea oi llcpiiucr at what Ik kuuwu aa the SOOTT SAWMIIjIj. pku i.ikhi I'Kivr, uoi'im, " " " Cl.KAH, IF HKI.IVKHKH IN II KI'l'N I K, f i.iKl pur l,ih.m K-et. additional. Jill Oil l: se I. A, L HAMILTON', l'rop. lluiiilltou. IWfin'uir mountain House! .-.I tilts we! illicit a 1ii ul tlic pain rhnve re-upe public, mill I'enlnv Hoard per w cck " " with nniiu My table Ik ill" ti supplied v tth Urn I nuiikci aiHUilK. MHS. 1IXSKY A lUriillTKli, I'T-H s y I'r.ipK. c to the unci1. .. 1 ue . . ,', UP 0 (Hi est the QUICK TI3VI 13 I -.-TO A'ni all poiuta in California, via the Ml. ISIiaMii route oi llio Southern Pacific Co. The areat hiirhvu.v thrulmh California to all lmliilB Knat und South, tiraml 8t'eiiie Houto of the Pacific Coaar, rulluiau Hulfct Nleepera. Nccolul-clase iSlee-pera Altacliett to exprt'KH t railts, nfhirilinw wuporior eeoluiiKHliitioiin for Hoeoiul-ehe pnKseuui'rs. t-nr mien, ticket, alit'iunu car ri'ori hi iona. etc., call upon or mliti-ecu Sweet iiiut Sour C'roani ltutter. Two tubs of sweet cream butter were mado. One of these and a tub of ripened cream butter made the same day were brought to Ames for storage and to be compared as regards keeping quality. For the remainder of the winter and until about June 20 they were stored in a cellar, without ice, and examined once a month or of toner, with the aid of a trier. When the weather became so warm that tho butter was softened throughout, they were placed in an ice chest and there kept for nearly two months, when the trial was brought to a close, Aug. 20. For the first three or four months from date of churning both remained perfectly sweet. At tho end of five months (tempera ture of collar being thon 00 degs. Fahr enheit; earlier it had beeu as low as 40 degs.) it was shown that the ripened cream butter showed signs of deteriora tion. At tho end of six months several judges agreed that the sweet cream but ter was in the better condition that it had suffered loss from ace than the ripened cream product. .Soon after the warm weather softened both throughout. They stood in this condition two weeks, deteriorating much naturally. After hardening up on ice. seven and a half to eight months after churning, wliue both were rather strong, the ripened cream sample was rather the stronger of the two. Professor Patrick. The American Miller Say. That No Filed Sum Can Be Named and Tells Why. Some of our agricultural contempo raries are still at it discussing the illusive problem of the cost of growing a bushel of wheat. That the discussion is unprofit- aoie is instanced by the figures given by various wheat raisers, and the items of cost enumerated show that no fixed amount can be named as the cost of rais ing a bushel of wheat even in the re atricted bounds of one state. One farmer in Benton county, Ind., gives seventy two cents per bushel as the cost figured from his account book, with every detail itemized. Anotner tanner gives his ex perience, showing that W cents is a fair cost price of producing a bushel of wheat and getting it to the station. An other fanner in the same state puts the cost at forty cents, and he figures five dollars per acre rent as part of the ex pense, while the man who itemized the cost at seventy-two cents included only three dollars per acre as rent. Still an other Indiana farmer gives the result on three fields of five, fourteen and twenty acres as costing, respectively, twenty eight, forty-nine and fifty-four cents. Still another gives 31 cents as a fair cost of raising wheat in his part of the state. The point that strikes a reader of the various estimates which are given by the practical men as to the cost of farming operations is their wide diversity. If one man can raise wheat for 81 cents per Dusnei cne tanner who spends seventy, two cents is woefully extravagant or ex travagantly wrong. But another thing to be noted is that some figure on a basis that would surprise most business men. They include the rent of the land which they own, pay themselves wages for their worn aud include this as Dart of the cost. Five dollars rent on ground worth, say ui iy uonars per acre, is 10 per cent. This is not depreciation, as might be argued in case of a factory or mill, but rent. The whole question simmered down seems to be whether a man can rent land at 10 per cent., hire all the work done, raise wheat and make money. Probably not; at least in states where land is valuable. But it makes a difference what the yield is made by good farming or chances to be Dy trie happening of a good year. Certain it is that no man can name a cost at which his neighbor can Drodnce wheat. The figures already given show that one man figures out a comfortable profit wnere another scores a loss to the producer. rhelr Compoaltlon and Valuation a. Stated by a Scientific Agriculturist. The functions of manures, as briefly stated by a professor of the University of North Wales, who has conducted extensive mannrial experiments, are: 1. In many cases the improvement of the mechanical and physical condi tion and the texture of the soil to which the manures are applied. Thus lime, when applied to sour land, decom poses, and therefore renders harmless, the sour organic acids whose presence in the soil is the cause of the sour or acid condition of the land. When farmyard manure is applied to land the texture and physical condition of the soil is much improved by the oganic matter of which this manure is largely com posed. 2. In many cases manures act on plant food already present in the soil and convert this plant food into such a condition that it can be absorbed by the roots of plants. The manurial value of lime is due principally to the action of this -manure on the food of plants al ready present in the soil. 3. The most important function of manures is to supply plant food necessary for the growth of crops which is deficient in the soil. The necessary constituents of plant food that are generally deficient in soils are nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. Nitrogen occurs in manures as ni trates, e. g., nitrates of soda; ammonia salts, e. g., sulphate of ammonia; or ganic nitrogen, e. g., dried blood. Ni trogen as nitrates is immediately availa ble as plant food. Nitrogen as ammonia salts soon becomes available. Nitrogen as organic nitrogen is much more slowly available. Phosphoric acid, combined with lime, is generally present in manures as insol uble phosphate of lime, e. g., bone meal and basic slag; soluble phosphate of lime, e. g., superphosphates. Insoluble phosphate of lime is converted into solu ble, or superphosphate, by treating it with sulphuric acid. Soiuble phosphates are generally more active than insoluble phosphates in promoting plant growth. Potash is the valuable ingredient in kaimt and muriate of potash. Potash has generally a better effect on light than on heavy soils. Superphosphate and nitrate of soda should not be mixed, or if mixed must be sown immediatelv. This also applies to the mixing of basio slag and sulphate of ammonia. Artificial manures should be pur chased on a guaranteed analysis, and the source from which the fertilizing in gredients of the manure are derived should be stated. This precaution is es pecially necessary in purchasing bone or mixed manures. The percentage of nitrogen in a mannre should be stated in its equivalent of ammonia, that of in soluble phosphoric acid as phosphate of lime, soluble phosphoric acid as phos phate of lime, and that of potash salts in their equivalent of potash. Artificial manures are valued according to the quantities of nitrogen, soluble phosphate of lime, insoluble phosphate of lime and potash they contain. Farmyard manure contains all the in gredients of plant food. This manure is exceedingly variable in quality, as the quality varies with the nature of the food given to the animal, the nature and amount of the litter used, the method by which the manure is produced and its treatment trom the time of produc tion until it is applied to the land. A PATI'TO nc WORK. Kvery person who Is opposed to Free Trade Slavery and favors American Industrial Inde pendence secured through the policy of Pro tection, should read the documents publlshod by tho American Protective Tariff lairue. As a patriutic citizen It Ik your duty to place those documents In the hanii.. of your friend. They are interesting- and instructive, and embrace discussions of all phases of the Tariff question. The League publishes over 50 different docu ment., comprising nearly (100 pages of plainly printed, carefully edited and reliable informa tion. Among the authors of theno document! are. Hon. JamoB G. Blaine, ; Wm. McKinlev, Jr. Govern, .rot Ohio: Senator 8. M. Culiuiu.uf 1111. liotsi Senator Joseph N. llolph, of Oregon i Senator A. S. Paddock, of Nebraaaai Senator r rye, of Maiue; Senator Casey, of North llakota; Senator JuBtln 8. Morril, of Vermont: Senator ft! m V,-,.1?"'-" Rhode Island; Hon. 1 hcnias 11. Dudley. . f Newjersey; lion. Robert ,nc' '!f w"Kbiui!t(,n; Prof. J. B. Dodge, or tho Aurlcultural l)euHrtnf'iit at Washing, ton: Commodore VV. II. T. Hue lies; Tlnn IS. A. Hartshorn of Now Vork ; ConirreKSinan Dolliver, ot li.wu; lln. B. V. Jones; David Hall H.ce. of . K U ivVi "'v';. ' erains, ot Kansas; ur . h. P. Miiler.of New Vork; llnn.Guo.Drai.er, Vi ' 'i"s,; 0-L- Kdwnrda, of Texas: Jndne . .. . 1 v....,, . i.ii. u. i. iiiirriuian, otNevy ,.rk; Hon. Geo. 8. P-outwetl. of Mhhk.i lion K. II. Anmiidown, of Now York: Enoch luislcy, of TenneBiiee. This complete set of documents will be sent to any aaurcsj, post paid, for Fifty (50) Cent. Address, Wilbur F. Wukoiuan, Scc'y, No. 33 nest-i wenty-Thlrd Street, New York. STOCK BRANDS. While yon keep your subscription paid dd yon can seep your orana in free of charge. Aiiyn. , J . lond; Or. Horse GCJ on left ehoulder; cattle same on left hip, nnder bit on right ear, and upper bit on the left; range, Mor- Armstrong J. 0., Alpine, Or. T with bar tin. , i V. ki ""ouiuer oi norees; cattle same Allison. 6. D.. Eitrht Mil rtr ri-.i., i j O B on left hip and horses same brand on right shoulder. Uange, Eight Mile. tv.A?""K " 1 ? l-,Si"iUe' r Straight mart across .,.,. iu uiupt, aim a biu in the right ear: "".- .a. uuwu uu ine ngut shoulder. jj i urnnt 0oimty and Bear Taller. P O ouuidod mnu hi. iittroinnn. Adkins, J. J Heppner, Or. Horses, JA oon Qected on lott. Hank, f.nttln nam.. l k: Ayers, Johnny, Lena, Or. Horses branded triangle on lett hip; cattle Bame on right bip; m .l , r, .. .V upper nit on same. Blyth, Percy H., Heppner. Or. Horses. Human cross on right shoulder. Hange in Morrow county. 'I'ff kmMhGeo" Hardman, Or. Horses, a flag ..... .....Uo. . voiio nun. uu ngnt snouiaar Bannister, J, W., Hardman, Or. Cattle brand, ed B on left hin and tli vb, anil. :n a i. A Uurke, M Bt C, Long i;ree, Or-On cattle, MAY connected on left hip, ciop off left ear, xrn der half crap off right. Horaes, same brand on letft shoulder. Kange in tirant and Morrow Bowsman, A., Mount Vernon and Burns, Or l.attie, A Bon right hip, two crops in each oBn same on horses, on right shoulder. Kange in Urant and Harney counties. Brosman, Jerry, Lena, Or. Horses branded 7 !""'"'. -iiouiuer; cattie b on the left Bide, Left ear half crop and right ear upper slope. ."n, vvm., tleppner, Or. -Horses, J B on bo , uaiue, same on right hip; split each ear. v Browfi Isa, Lexington, Or. Horses IB on the ""' "; oaiue same on rignthlp; range, Mor row county. Brown, J .P., Heppner, Or.-Horses and cattle "."-Vr ox-yoae aoove on left shoulder. r -."k!?'.-' UePP,ner. Or. HorBes, circle mronieiimp; cattle. Bams. Boyer, W. G., Heppner, Or.-Horses, box brand on r.ght hip cattle, name, with split in 6&cn c&r. Borg, P. 0 Hoppner, Or.-Horses, P B on left shoulder; cattle, same on left hip. Brownlee, W. J Foi.Or-Catfle. JB connected on left side; crop on left ear and two splits and middle piece out out on right ear; on horses same brand on the left thigh; Kange in i'ox valley, (irantcounty, " Cain.E., ;aieb.Or.-Y D on horaes onleft stifle; U with quarter oircle over it, on left shoulder, and on left stifle on all colta nnnW s ,.,.. n KliKlll.KK. Maimac u. K. A 1'. Ad., 1'nrll . K. 1'. liOiiKKS, ihl, Oregon. Asst. n axle el GREASE Tin: wokm). nrsr i .tawiiai-lnnQuiilitli's H'tla'itniif iw.i I,..-..- eaetndbyho.it. I 1 II H tiV. I I M.. Notes. One school of butter makers will stake thoir all that you get as much butter from the churning of sweet cream as you tlo from sour or ripened cream. The other side says it is a very well known fact that sweet cream will yield something like a fifth less butter than sour cream. Between the two "you pays your money and yon takes your choice." Try for yourself and follow the method that suits you individually. An owner and operator of a very largo creamery Bays that he pays for milk on the relative value plan and that his faith both in the justice and prac ticability of the plan increases constant ly. His patrons feel that they get what belongs to them and make no complaints at the creamery. If they do not get enough for their milk and cream, one remedy is open to them to get better cows, and tiiat they will do in time, weeding out the ones that give a small ! uuaiititv ol tnin milk There ought to bo a dairy school in every state of the union. There must be, sooner or later. Gypsum as a Fertiliser. Gypsum is not a fertilizer in the or dinary sense of the word, but it does perform a valuable service by freeing by chemical action the Dotash salts of the soil. Hence it has long been es teemed as a valuable application to clover, which requires a large amount of potash. Since the introduction and general use of acid phosphate, however, gypsum has declined in public estima tion. This is solely because acid phos phate, as prepared by dissolving Charles ton rock, or raw bone, contains one-half its weight in gypsum. Gypsum is sown over tne young clover in SDnne as soon as the first leaves are well grown. Three or tour bushels per acre is the amount usually applied to clover. Some farmers have found it profitable to apply gypsum to young corn when the plants are a few inches high, dronninz a teasDoonful directly on each plant, probably before tne aew is off. Southern Cultivator. Truck laruiiu,. The importance of truck fanning in the United States is made manifest by the statistics furnished in a bulletin issued by the census office. From this we learn that there are nnward of 1100.- 000,01)0 invested in this growing industry and that the annual product reaches a value of over $175,000,000. Truck farm ing, according to the authority quoted, occupies 534,440 acres of land and em ploys 816,765 men, 9,354 women and 14,874 children, aided bv 75.8S6 horses and mules and $$,971,206 worth of im plements. Cabbage, which covers the largest acreage of truck, occupies 41,054 acres. Celery is named as the most ex pensive kind of truck for the fanner, and at the same time the most profitable. The most important locality for truck farming includes the states of Pennsyl vania, New J ersey and New York. I Flax as a Farm Crop. As reported by the division of statistics of the department of agnculture a special investigation was undertaken for the purpose of ascertaining the production of flaxseed. This shows that there has been a large increase in the area devoted to this crop during the last two years, the increment being entirely west of the Mississippi river, and mainly confined to the states of Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas. The acreage for 1891 is estimated at 1,927,293 acres, and the product of seed 15,455,272 bushels. The enlargement is in those districts having the larger proportion of new lands. Flax has boen found the best crop for first cultivation on sod land, assisting in getting the soil into good tilth for other crops, besides being a money crop. Another potent reason for the heavy enlargement during the past two years is tne tact that there has been a steady demand for flaxseed at prices which have paid for its cultivation bet ter than the returns from wheat grow ing. An increased acreage based upon such reasons cannot be permanent, and already, with lower offerings on the farm for the seed, there are indications that some portion of the area will be abandoned next year. Under present conditions the crop is grown almost entirely for the seed, the fiber not being made use of to any great extent As many coi respondents de clare flax growing for the seed alone does not pay except as a first crop the future of the industry depends upon the utilization of the fiber as well as of the seed. There are indications in some sec tions of the northwest, especially in Minnesota, of popular interest in the question of establishing a fiber industry, and this interest has been a factor in the increase m the area given to flax in that stale. Point, in Potato Planting-. At one of the Minnesota farmers' insti tutes a practical farmer present expressed himself as follows on the subject of Dlant- ing potatoes: Plant during the very last days of Mav or the first days of June, for the follow ing reasons: 1. The weeds are given am ple time to sprout and grow upon the last fall's shallow plowing, so that the spring's deep plowing, done just before planting, destroys them most effectively. 2. I can cultivate later in the season in July and in that way destroy the best crop of that season's weeds. This late cultivation is very important in securing clean lands with any hoed crops. 8. While the potatoes have ample time to mature before mjunous frosts and leave abundant time for the harvesting of the crop, still the mature potatoes do not lay in the ground so long before digging. This quick digging after maturity is de sirable, particularly in wet seasons, as we avoid the tendency to rotting , and po tatoes are less liable to become scabby. I have experimented with seed to some extent and lay but little stress upon the matter of size, so plant one or two small potatoes, or put two pieces, each with two eyes, in each hill. 1 don't reeard a potato planter with favor, as it plants who rows running but one way, and so ieit snouiaer only on all hnrua w. a vau-u a n range in Grant county. Clark, Wm. H., Lena, Or.-Horses WHO con nected. on left shoulder: cattle same on right hip. Kange Morrow and Umatilla counties. Late, Lhas. K Vinson or Lena, Or. HorBes n t, on ritrht ahnnlrla. ent.la ann.A :k. l: Range Morrow and Umatilla counties. Cochran, Chan., lone, Or.-Horses, HP con nected on left shoulder; cattle, C on both left nip ana stifle. Kange in Morrow county. wn??n' T- B-lamg Creek, Or. T on cattle on ..Bin, oiue, orop on right ear and slit in left ear. Our horsea same brand on left shoulder. Range in Grant county. " Cecil, Win., Douglas, Or.; horses JC on left shoulder; caitle same on left hip, waddles on ?n jaw and two bits in the right ear. Curl. T. H.. John laiv. Or. n.,.,ki eaoh hip on CBttle, swallow fork and under bit m right ear, split in left ear. Range in Grant .,.....,,. u Duuep, inverteu a auu spear point on shoulder, har markoil ewes, crop on left ear pnuched upper bit in right. Wethers, crop in right and under half orop in left ear. All range Crosby, A.A., Heppner, Or. Cattle brandedl-L (0 H, .oonnected) on the right ehoulder. 2 ?. '. J-In.Or:-Hpree, UUon rightshonl der; t attle, sameon righthip: ear mark Bquare lefUUfle' K" if" Cnrrim,Tllle' 0r- -Horses, as on Cochran, J H Monument. Or Horses hrsnrf 11 A on left shoulder. Cattle, same on right C v. V, .. . V "m11 "at auu crop out eft. . ox 4 English, Hardman, Or. Cattle, C with F in center: horses. CIS on left Mb. Cupper, H. A., Monument. Or.-Horses H C on left shoulder, cattle H C on left side, swal low fork on right ear. Cochran, B. E Monument, Grant Co , Or. Horeea branded oirole with bar beneath, on left shoulder; cattle same brand on both hips, mark under slope both ears and dewlap. Chapin, H., Hardman. Or.-Horses branded Hon right hip. Cattle brauded the Bame. Cross. 8 L. Dawille. Or Cml Kran,wi i , crops and a split in left ear; on horses a reversed on left stifle. Also have the following brands on cattle: 1 on left hip. 7 on riant hin ii on left shoulder, two parallel bars on left shoulder, har marks, two crops. IJoonan. Wm., Heppner, Or. Horses branded UO with bar over them, on left shoulder; cat. tie same on left hip. Douglass, W. M.. Galloway, Or. Cattle, R L on right side, swailow-fork in each ear; horses, R D on left hip. Douglas, O. T., Douglas, Or-Horses TD on the right stifle; cattle same on right hip. a ,7. . i'. V iii i. "W.yr. quarter oircle . J? ""u,u"", uolu on noTBea ana cattle. Range Grant oouuty. DriBkell W K, Heppner, Or.-Horses branded K inside of O on left shoulder. Cattle same on left side of neck. .EhJ. B. 4 Sons, Douglas. Or. Horsea hrand. ? -Ll! on left shoulder, cattle same on left u'y. uuic nKut ear. liak. Ralph, Prairie City, Or-Horses, H P on right shoulder; cattle, on right hip. Range in Grant county. Fleek, Jackson, Heppner, Or.-Horses, 7F connected on right shoulder: cattle, same on oW left iJT mark, hole in right and orop Florence, L. A., Heppner. Or. Cattls, LP on right hip; horses. F with bar under on right Kenny, Mike. Heppner, Or. Horse, branded KM I on left hip, cattle same and orop off left ear: under slope on the right Keller, Richard, Blanton. Grant county, Or. K. n square, cattle on left hip; horse, same on left shoulder. Kange Beer vnliev. Kirk, J. T., Heppner, Or. Hone. 80 on left shoulder; cattle, 69 on left hip. flKlrk J..?,IJSpt"1r-k0r ":HorM"- 17 on '"her Bank: cattle 17 on right side. Knmberland. W. G., Mount Vernon, Or.-I h on oattle on right and left .idee, swallow fork in it ft ear and under oiop in right ear. Horses same brand on left shoulder. Range in Grant county. Keeney Eli, Heppner, Or.-Horaes J L and ace of clubs on left stifle. Range in Umatilla and Morrow counties Lesley.M C, Monument, Or--A trianglefWIwith all hues extending pa t body of figure on Hi hor ses on left shoulder, ou cattle diamond on left shoulder, split in rightaua u.'Uev oit in left ear Range m Graut county and to parte of John Day Leahey, J W, Heppner Or. Horses branded L N on left shoulder: cart In name ni, lf ki... . tie over rinht ey , three slits in right ear. ' Loften. Stephen. Hot. Or N I. nn l. k: on cattle, crop and split on right ear. Horses same brand on left shoulder. Range Grant county. Liecallen. John W . I..n- r,- a branded half-circle JL connected on left shoul der. Cattle, same on left hip. Kange, near Lex ineton. Lord. GnnrffA Sarninu n- ri , . . double a coi.necu Sometime, called a swing H, on lefl shoulder. Maxwell, M.S., Gooseberry. Or.-Horses brand, ed long link on left shoulder: cattle, same on let I hip. liar mark, under bit in left ear. Minor, Oscar, Heppner, llr.-Cattie, M D on right hip; horse M on left shoulder. Morgan. H. N.. Hmih... n-.. rr .. , on left Bhonldsi cattle same on left hip. ' McC umber, Jas A, Echo, Or.-Horses. M with bar over on right shoulder. Mann. B a., Lena, Or. Horaes-old mare. ZZ on right bin: vniinv af..k. ..-.ii . , shoulder. ' " Morgan, Thos Heppner, Or.-Horses, cirole ?n shoulder and left thigh; cattle, g on right thigh. MitcheU, Osoar.lone, Or. Horses, 77 on right hip; oattle. 77 on right side. McClaren, D. G., Brownsville, Or,-Horaea, Figure 6 on each shoulder: cattle. M2 on hip McKern.W.J. M,,nt va-n..n otu- on right hin. cron in rll,t k.i . same brand ou horses ou left hip. Range in Grant M.e,,i- n.-;jti tk .. . . . a., avao, ur. norses branded DM connected, on the loft uk..l.i . .iTrrr on hip and side. , McUirr, Frank, Fox Valley, Or.-Mule.hoe with toe-cork on cattle on ribs and under in ' t.'V1 hor8e same brand on left stifle. ;,kEl1,ey' V., Hamilton, Or.-On Horse., 8 with half oircle under on left shoulder; on Cattle four bars connected on top on the right side Kange in Grant County. Neal. Andrew. I .m. Ilnnl n- nA . a u , 7 -- , iiui h. a n con nected on left shoulder; cattle same on both hips. k'WkmfJ1' W B- Heppner, Or.-Hor.es H with half cirole over it on left shoulder, l ti" ke' Phverton. Or.-Horse.. circle 1 on left thigh: caltle. same on left hip. Oliver. Jnaflnh I'um, t. An .... on left hip; on horses, same on left thigh. Kange in Grant oounty. shouidei.1'0"1'' Lexin8ton- 0--V O on left Olp, Herman, Prairie City, Or.-On cattle, O LP connected on loft l,i. k ,. and wartle on nose. Kange in Grant county. Pearson, (Jlaye, Eight Mile. Or.-Horses, quar ter circle shield onleft shoulder and Z4 on left Pi" ,f, !Uei'"rkinleft ear, right cropped. 24 on left hip. Range on Eight Mile. Gieason, Hardman.Or.-HoraeslPon eft shoulder. Piper. J. H.. IjAximrtnn. fr TP n eel ed oi, left ahoulder; oattle, same oi left hip? nnder bit in each ear. Patberg, Henry Lexington, Or.-Horses brand ed with a Komai, cross on left shoulder; cattle branded with Roman cross, bar at bottom, on .D.I, 111,. Pettys, A. C., lone, Or.; horses diamond P on aboil Hap nallt- TUT ..j .. , .. , ,..1, v ii. u uuuuecicu, on tne left hlD. unr h ono in l-f right. ' " " Potter, Dan. Leximrtnn rTw. k-.. ud connected on left shoulder; oattle same on right Powell. Jnau 'IV TiBV4lia u necied on left shoulder. Cattle OK oounected on left hip, two under half orops, one on each ear. wattle unaer throat. Range in Grant oounty. Kickard, G.D., Canyon City, Or.-F t! on left shoulder, on horses only. Kange Canyon creek and Bear valley, Grant oounty. v""uu or" Kood. Andrew. HnrHmnn IT oroa. with quarter-circle over it on left stifle, left shouTdr.rrhn8' HePPMr' 0r-Hora.s, C B .n Kice.Dan, Hardman, Or.; horses, three panel worm fence on left shoulder; ca:tle, DAN on right shoulder. Kange near Hardman. Uudio.Wm Long Creek, Or.-Brand. horse. B ov right shoulder. Itn a j ":. oounties: " -""""w Koyse, Aaron, Heppner, Or Horses, plain Y on left shoulder: nittx a san.a I 1 2J-."J " Tih, ki.. - 2 winJJu leverseu on -.ev wm uiuy ou ngnt ear. Rush Bros., Heppner, Or.- ou nie ngnt snouider Range in Mor -Horses branded S iloreace. 8. P. Heppner, Or Horses, F on right shoulder; cattle, F on right hip or thigh. Gay. Henry. Hennnnr. n. aiv ehoulder. Goble. Frank. Heppner, Or. Horses, 7 F on left stifle; cattle, same on right hip. Oilman-French, Land and Livestock Co. Fos sil, Or.-Horses, anchor 8 on left shoulder; vent, same on left stifle. Cattle, same on both hipte ear marks, crop off right ear and nnderbit in left IkOUKt, III Ulill counties, iam, Grant, hipB; loft Crook and Morrow Gentry, Elmer, Echo, Or.-Horses branded H, 8. with a quarter circle over it, on left stifle Kange in Morrow and Umatillaconnties. Giltwater, J. C, Prairie City. Or.-On homo. i u ahoulder and stifle; cattle, on right Hams, James, Hardman Or.-Horses shaded 2 on left shoulder; cattle same on left hip. Range tit nnrl nrvont HmflmDn B H. Geo., Lena, O, Brand JH connected, Hiatt A. B., Ridge, Or.-t'attle. round-ton t with quarter circle under it on the right hip Range in Morrow and Umatilla counties" Hinton 4 Jenks, Hamilton, Or Cattle, two bara on either hip; crop in right ear and split in left. Horses, J on right thigh. Range in Grant county Hughes. Kftm no . Woi.no- T.f c shoulder on horses; on cattle' on right hip and on .. .. . m rigm ear ana slit in left. ' H)8?ck district, Morrow county. HaI rdwin.Jnhn bi n. e.ni.v u . .. ,. j . lotuv & n on mmi hip; horses same on right shoulder, hange in Hughes Mat, Heppner, Or.-Horses, shaded heart on the left shoulder. Range Morrow Co. Hunaaker, B i Wagner. Or. -Horse., II on left shoulder: cai tie. 9 on left hip. Hardisty, Albert, Nye, Oregon-Horses, AH connected, on left shoulder; t attle on the left hip. crop off left ear. i IJml'hre''. 1 U. Hardman, Or.-Horses. H on lefl flank Hiatt, Wm. Ri,b,o bar cross ou left shoulder. Or. Horsea branded ': oattle same on left Hayes. J .51., Heppner. Or.-Horses, wineglass on left shoulder oattle. same on right hip. Ivy Alfred, Long Creek. Or Cattle I D on right hip, crop oil left ear and bit in right. Horses same brand on left shoulder, KanAre n Grunt countv. Huston. Luther. Ets-ht Mile. Or TTnnu. TT nr, i the left shoulderand heart on the left stifle Cat- .k.i. - , . , wie ten siuiumeranu oeari on tne le prevents that opportunity for clean cul- tie same on left hip. Kan in Mo tivation which is needed in weedy lands i Jkins, D. W..Mt, Tnion,Or. J as frequently found under ordinary farm conditions. Now breed cow tor winter dairying next winter. They will com in is October, orrow county. left fthoalder; od cattle. J on left hin and two smooth crops on both ears. Range in fuxand Bear vail s Jnnkin, S. M., Heppner, Or. Horses, horse shoe J on left shoulder. Cattle, the sama. Kantfe on KUht Mile. Johnson. Felix, Lena, Or. Horses, circle T on left stifle; oattle, same on right tup, under half orop in right and snUt in left ear " ottWB, j jl on tae lert Hid crop off left ear and dewlap on neok. Kange & u r.v , ?uJ""""g counties. V , a ouuioiiuu, yjr. nomas a oi left shoulder! cattle, K on left hip, crop oil , i uuuomiL on ieit ear. utieep, tt on weathetfl, round orop oflfrigh ear. Kange Uma tilla and Morrow o -.unties. brlJStTonhtuC; 5-5as Kan1errrowTountr1,!S'me Koyse, Wm.. H DairyvUle, Or HR connected with quarter circle over top on cattle ou right hip and crop off right ear and split in left. Horse, same brand onleft shoulder. Range in MorroT Grant and Gilliam oounties. Bitter, J F, Hitter, Or-Three parallel ban side, two smooth crops, two splits in eaoh eai Range in Middle Fork of John Day ioS6ktori' W,V HPPmf. Or.-Horae., JO o left shoulder. Cattle, Oon right hip. Spicknall, J. w", 'Gooseberry. Or -Horap. branded ill on left shoulder itSge in Mow ' "1', F- Heppner. Or.-Horses branded b connected oi. right shoulder; cattle same on bo" Sailing. C C. Hnnn... nn,. , j j . on left shoulder; cattle Lame on eft hip Wllh dash under SS52?.' lT.ff. dash under it.on right hip. crop off right ear and waddled on right hind leg. Rang, in Morrow Gilliam and Umatilla counties ' Bwaggart. A. L., Ella. Or.-Horses branded I on left shoulder; oettle same ou left hlD. Cron on ear, wattle on left hind leg P P Straiuht W. K H ""A- , . . - J 8 on" lef, siifieVcaroion 7i" h.walTw fork in nghi ear, underbit in left. "w shonToef ' 1 U AJpine' 0r--H. 8 S o. right 8app, Thos., Heppner, Or. Horaes 8 A P on left hip; cattle same on left hip. Shirtz. Jamea. Un. iwi. t, lefttiHnd"-7-.r.-'.Y'-T?0- on . "u "i Buouiaer. Bhrier, John, Fox, Or.-NC connected on horses on right hip; cattie, same on right hip Kracouu'-'1 UadOT tai--faSR 1. UhhulBdr" JhU Day' 0rH Z 00 Stephens, V. A., Hardman, Or-: horses HSm, right stifle; cattle horizontal L on the"hr.ide Stevenson, Mrs A. J., Heppner, Or.-Cettl. 8 ' on right hi, ; swaUow-fork in left earT ' 8 i ?.wafg"jG' W- "PPner, Or.-Horsea, 44 on left shouidei ; oattle, 44 on left hip 0n on'teft SlSft H"dn"U'' '-Hor. olrol. onntesnoulSerklet0n' WBeh-H. Wton. . ?mlilfi' K- Rock' 0r- Horse, branded a crossed seven on eft shoulder; oatU. saZ Ton left side. Range, Oilliam county. Sparry, E. G., Heppner, Or. Cattl, W C on Wt hip, crop off right and underbit in left yea? dewlap; horses W Con left shoulder. ' I hompson, J. A., Heppner, Or. Horae. t on shoffir"' 8- f" Horses, C- on l.ft i.Sur?er ft W.. Heppner, Or.-Small capital T lth8SoTi tr'hn,,'.MtU Thornton, H. M lone, Or.-Horsea branded HT connected on left stifle; sheep tame dT n JfJ'Jierpuo1' kH' a. Or;-Horee, HVcSn nected on right shoolderjcattle. aame oV right WUson.John Q Salem or Heppner! Or- Warren, w B. Caleb, Or-Cattle, W with quarter oirole over it, on left side, eplit in rigliteaT GranTcoBrty.D"ind n 8hSld- lofV0,1' ' U D?J"le, Or-Heart on horsea on n fo8(Vfle;0,1l5atUe.''i0,, left id "ntobit m'8ff ear. Range in Grant oounty. 8 W'oft'ne8; lL0.'- and split in left. " " """ JX-K "j."' om,t Vrnon.Or-8qnaron cattle on the left hip. upper .lope in i he left ear and under slope in right eer. Sam. braid onhoraeson nvht oKnnlno r, and Grant counrv. ' B m "ar' Webster, J. I Heppner. Or.-Horses branded wuh bar over J on right shoulder; cattl. aama on right hip. crop off left ear and aplit in each aaiiKe. morrow oounty. Wade. Henry. UeDnnnr. Op TT k j. j ace of spade, on left ahoulder and left hip. Cattle branded same on left side and left hip. Wells. A. 8.. HeoDner. Or H. . 'lY... ahoulder: catt e same. ' .k!"'1"" r1?1"1' Joh? PH.0'", Or-On boras, three parallel bara on left shoulder; 7 on .been bit in both ears. Range in Grant and Malhuer comities. Wyland, 3 H, Hardman, Or.-Circl. C on left Woodward, John, Heppner, Or. Hones. BP connected on left ehoulder. Watkina, Lishe. Heppner, Or.-Horaes branded Vt connecteo on left stifle. Wallace. Charlea. Portlond n r.t. nr right thigh, hoi in left ear; horsea, W on ria-ht ahnniner. Mtmcoomon. lf .k 11 "u. Whituer Bros., Drewsy, Harney eonnty, Or. Horae, branded W B. connected on left ihjulder Williams asco, HamUton, Or.-OnarterSlr. h"-J.,eR thre - on '"ft hip, both oattle and horses. Range Grant county. VV tiliame, J O. Long Creek. Or-Horses, qnar. ter circle over three bars on left hip; cattle Sam. and .in in each ear. Rang, in Grait onunty ' T&tah'--6