The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-01-19

How TO SEITCr FLOUR.-Ftrst looL
Ut the colnr; If itt Il white. with
slightly yellOwish or straw-eolorvtl lint
buy It. lift Is very white with. 4
liifisll caste, or with white snecks h
lit, reitysc II. Second Examine ks
aJheiivelless; wet aid kuead a little
| oft LetMHen yonr flBgers !; Ii 1t works
soft and stic1Sey. IL Is poor. Third
Throw little lump drytlouf against
a smooth perpendicular surface; II it
| tails ike powder tits bad. Fourth
squeeze some of the flour in your hand;
lifit retains the shape given by tiie
pressure, that, too, Is a good sign.
Flour tllat will stand these tests is Safi,
to buy. These modes are given by
our flour dealers, and they pertain toa
matter that conceais everbody-iiaIiie-
ly, the staff oflife.
Wool. The history Of the growth
of wool. s,iys u Vermont journal, is
very curious. Fifty years ago not
pound of fine wool was grown inE the
United States, In Great Britain, d IN
any other countries except Sinin. In
173ia small flock was sent to the Elcc-
tor 0fSaxony as u great present hom
the King ofSpail, whence came the
entire product of Saxon wool now Of
such Immense value. In 1909. during
the invasion of Spain by the French,
some of the valuable crown flock We're
sold 10 raise money. The American
consnl. Jarvis, at Libson, purchased
1,40O head and sent them to this c0lll-
try. A portion ofthis pure uniniGed
Merino flock Is still to be found ia
Vermont at this time. Such was stf8
origin of the immense iloeks bfs 3ine
wool sheep in the United States at the
present time.
The Wheat crop the Most Exhaus.
tive 20 the Soil.
The Marysville Cal, AppeR, on this
subject has the following;
In looking over the censrs returns,
we 1ind some remarkable facts con
cefnlng wheat culture in the Tinted
States. We discover that portions Of
the Union where once wheat was
grown in abundance, are now almost
entirely dependent on other localities
or countries for their bread. The
New England States have ceased to
grow wheat, not enough being grown
there to afford the population bread
for one week. That portion of our
commonwealth is entirely dependent
Oh the glslill-producing portions. New
York produces considerable Wheat
though the yield per acre, Is annually
diminishing. The flr-flmed Genne-
zee Valley, in itsamual yield per acre,
tills far below the average of Califor-
MA lands, and is ycnrly growing less.
The Western ptairies, which were
Dnce supposed to be Of inexhaustible
FERTILITY, are annually returning less
DOunteous haryests. Tie falling of
Df the yield per acre, in the last de-
sase. shows rs unflvoably for them
IS 1t does for New York, Pennsylya-
lia, or any Of the old wheat-growing
States. And a little conshlefati0fa
will convince ,s, that we, of this coast,
suffer III like measure. Annually the
rield per acre here is growing less,
though the additional land brought
nnder cultivation prevents the total
crop from diminishing. 1t is not no.
tieed so much when viewed one year
with another, but when we consider
the yield Of the land planted ten or
fifteen years since, and compare the
yield of Tint land now, We cail notice
a very pciceptible decrease in the re-
turns. Pm syiyania shows a better
average yield per acre. during the last
ten and we might say thirty years,
than any other State where wheat Il
grown to any extent. This il owing
IN a measure to the free use Of lime OH
tlie fields, exnnsiye deposits Of which
exist there. lii fact the whcat-bear-
ing portion of that State Ii mostly I'M
lerlaid by limestone formation. 9
We gather from the facts rs set forth
" the census, that the wheat crop Of
vi other cereals is the most exhaus-
i've to the lard, drawing from 1t a
comparatively few seasons those pc
nliar elements which enter so largely
nto the composition Of quick, healthy,
r new soils. These elements once
Exhausted can not be replaced. only
v allowing the land to remain Idle
Or long term of years; at least we
ave as set discovered no fertiliser Ca
able of replacing them. Knowing
his, we can look forward to tho time,
nd it Is not far distant either, when
ur annual wheat yield per acre, will
e on par with those mentioned. nm
IS our farmers abandon the habit. Of
ontinually growing wheat ON their
md, and cultivate some other crop
50 exhaustive of the primitive quail.
les of the soil.
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