The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-06

1d'. IfestdeHH, aud Members of Tie
| Ag'iculiarat Society Of The State ot
Oregon:
Fellow Citizens BY invitation OF
your Executive Committee, and in ac-
Ieordance with an established custom of
your Society, appear before you upon
this occasion, to address you upon the
topics connected with its objects. l
regret that the time for preparation fos
SO important n duty had not been
longer, especially as other duties have
engaged great part of the limited Pc
riod allotted to me.
Fellow citizens, / cannot but ex-
press my sincere Communications of the
noble objects Your organization has in
view, for / fully believe TINT the thrifty
improvement, and the advancement OF
the commonwealth of the State of Ore
gon, depend upon the success of agri-
cultural affairs. Our arts, mauufac-
lures and navigation, must flourish and
prosper, or decline a..d perish, upon
the success or failure of our agricultu-
raj interests. III Iact, all other oceu-
pations in'our community, mechanical
aad professional, are but branches de
pendng Tor success and vitality upon
this parent stock. An interest there
fore SO important TO the well being of
our community, should receive the en-
Icouragement 1t 50 richly merits. No
reasonable effort should be spared
which is calculated to promote 1t.
| Fellow citizens, we have Il territory
included within the boundaries of our
State, which comprises nearly one hun
/ Idred thousand square miles, All extent
of country as large aa N 4o-k and
Penns kunia combined. We have four
| hundred miles of river navigation, and
Inbout that number of miles of seu coast,
Iindented with good bays and secure
/ harbors. Our climate II mild ana
/ Ihealthfui, our soil rich and produc-
/ tive, ranges OF mountains traFeIss our
State, rendering tie surface portions
I of II broken anu rugged, While other
| portions are arid and III measure ster
Ille, but Iuxuriant aud extensive valleys
are ingerspereed throughout is length
land breadth aud III such convenient
proximity To the ocean, that when our
faculties for transportation nre fully
establIshed, their PREDICTS can be ship
lped - small expense To every poIt.
I With such advantages possessed by
American people, who have already by
| the act of Immlgra4ng 10 this far sec
/ ton, eYIucetl character for energy
and perseverance, what glorious hopes
/ for the future may we not anticipate? !?
But, fellow citizens, great task Is be-
fore you. While u beneiicieut Provi-
dence has provided you with a full
share of ali earthly blessings consist
tent with man = condition in this world
yet the work of rendering these gift fit
10 administer TO your immediate wants
is yours. We cannot iiesupliely down
and reasonably hope 10 besupplied with
these nccesaar1es of life suitable TO our
condition. The Gaf OF the Almighty
has gone forth, that man shall cat
his bread IL the sweat Of his face 49,
and under that high behest, he is COM
Ipelled to wiring from the reluctant
earth his subsistence. Since the event
ful day, when twas decreed that thorns
and thiStles should be planted IN man 3
pathway, an irrepressible conflict has
lexisted between the human family and
these pernicious exotics, introduced as
a penalty for primeyal transgression
But viii not dwell longer upon gen
eralities. The subject before you
, should be considered IN all its various
ramIhcations.
r All are willing to promote the cause
of agriculture, III our State and coun.
try. Some are ready to lend an act.
i've co-operation, and every one is graf.
flied, when he learns that any new and
valuable improvement in this great
I branch of produc i've industry has beer
invented and successfully used. Many
implements of husbandry have been in
troduced into this State, within tht
5 past fifteen years, which have pro
e duced radical improvement in til,
D mode and manner OF farming. The,
have materially decreased the expens,
IN raising and preparing for market tn,
: various products of the soil.
We a,oc indebte5 TO the inventive in
eenuity of some OF our own citizens
Tor the invention and intro, .uction o
: many, which have proved very benz
i ficial and useful. The farmer now i
e able to make the horse perform mucl
of the labor which was formerly dom
by man, and not only that, his work i
done much more expeditiously, and, il
;. most instances, far better.
Wheat, which is one of the stapl
productions Of the country, can no,
Is Through the invention of machinery
y be raised and sold in the market TO
Is one-third less than formerly, and a
J. great profit made thereby. 1 have II
&c Gently been informed by highly rt
t spected farmer, residing in Bento
= county, that, within the last year wit
: hls own labor and that of two boys
:. : both of whom are less than Is years
n age, aided by two gang plows, OF
- header, and one-half interest in a
I. eight-horse thresher, he prepare
the ground, and raised thereupon ii
ted for market 6,084 bushels of whea
he and about 1000 bushels of other kint
mt OF grain, and had paid out for 9th
20 help, less than $500 iii money. b
I'd sides his header and thresher hi
earned more than that sum in worki1
!, - for his neighbors. This example illu
4e ne trates the effect which the use of m
W chinery has had in raising grain
:. Oregon, better than any thing I c.
a. refer too.
believe | can safely state, witho
fear of successful contra odietion fl