, 1866-04-27
fs,,er from a Farmer.

Letter from Farmer.
HILLA WALLA, April 25tb, 1866.
Eo,foR sfA1EsaAs. To proceed with an artt-
tiele on the various Kinds Of produce adapsso
to the climate and market OF Walla Weiia,
is o little embarrassing, for Il Gems 10 me lua'
avs-r ;nteIIicent man Knows as well as what is
nse5ed and what he can produce on histf
toward SUPPLYING the demand. But there are
MANY farmers 10 the Valley who have not haG
time or experiences here 10 learn what IS AoaPt
10 their soil or this cliuafe, or the demano oil
our market. To meet this class and assist them
OF others who hare not taken time 10 eAPerl-
mcnt propose few words. e. =.
In The irst place I will stats .that there are
four great staple articles which can be prohta-
bly ufodueedhere, and. Which we fall far short
Of in supplyinr the demand. These are hour,
bacon, beans and broor1s. From the best ealeu-
lation can make, Walla Wslla fails to furnish
one-tenth part of the -four used 10 the mines AZ
iaeent 70 Walla Walla 1allsy-that Is, those
mines to which it would be cheaper to freight
from Walla NAlla than from, any Other wheat
growing country. Then it is safe to say that we
could raise ten times as much wheatas We BOW
do and still find market. Now the QUESTION
is How is it to be done1 We canno. do it. We
raise all the wheat we can unless we hire more
help, and in that case we would run in debt;
that the present price of wheat will-not justify
us in hiring hands to produce it. Now, right
here viii say .tomy fellow -farihers that my Ell
perience proves this to be Incorrect; we can
produce wheat at the present price, or even less,
aud make money from the crop. But We
not make the farm aud the wheat botR,t same
year and have any money in pocket after paying
for the labor hired Here lies the mistake We
hire a man by the year or by the month, and if
we pay what the laborer thinks fair wages, he
will have the most money at the end of the
year, and we say the wheat crop is not profta-
BILE. But let see. What has our man been
Going the last year2 He plowed and seeded
one month in the fall, and one half month in
the spring; harvested one mdpth, AID tkrested
one half month. But this is only three months
working at the wheat,crop, aside from a couple
of week delivery at the MILL What was he
doing the other eight and one half months2 The
answer Is, he was hailing rails and building
fence breaking new ground, grubbing, herding
stock, &c. Ah, that's what's tbe matter with
the wheat crop. Now, will put, this down as
fact, that we can produce much wheat per
acre here rs in the Willamette, and as with much
less labor as our dry goods and groceries cost
more; and wages for two years have been as
low here as there.
But this will not put our wheat into the mines
merely raising II ct the preseGt Prices fiji suf-
6cient quantities. Two things are necessary
yet. In the first place, must produce il
little cheaper which believe we can DO, aud
then the miller must -four it for little less
| thing is accomplished. The miners will come
for it their merchants will send for it, and it
will all be consumed. The article Of -four
made here is good--stands at the TOP of the
market where it is known, though must say
there NOT enough Of it to reach far enough into
the interior 70 make much of an acquaintance
with the miner. W W FARMER
PORTLAND MARkET.-fhe Herald Of the oath,
has tho f,lIoyvir, CuO,ot;ors.
Wheat, new, milling per bushel SIS to 81 90 :;
oats, per bushel, ESQ roc corn meal, per 100
lbs 50; flour, ordinary brands, s. so "a 90;
-four, extra, SO OO@ s. 90; grotnd FEED, pet ton
S35 bfan. SIC middlings, $50 to S35 apples,
per box, IS to 90; apples, dried 10 to lie
peaches, per 10, l5c; bacon, 20 Gl 22c hams.
l9c; shoulders, "a lie lard. in tins, 22c in
kegs. 2O@2lc; butter. per 10, 35 to 42c onions,
per 100 lbs, 80 to SO beans per 100 lbs, 80
to co. bacd hay, per ton, S2j loose, do, S24
| straw, 500 hides salred, per ID, a TO cents
hides, dry, to lOc.
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