The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1875-03-05
OREGON AND OREGON FARMING.

A1tfNOf A(N"tNN' 49, ~ r hth ss- |
/ notice with pleasure and profit
the admirable variety of information |
that is disseminated. weaklyyssthroqgh |
the columns ofsthe ESTATE RicHTs
DEmocRAr, local and general. From
every part of our State, and ospe-
cially the Willamette valley, the out
look Isl pleasing and satisfactory
The rural regions everywhere pre-
sent pictures Of activity thrift
and contenemeht. Our Cities, large
md small, are donning the habits,
with all the modern improvements
-incidentto an older and more ad-
vanced civilization. They have their
religious institutions to elevate and
purify the emotions Of the ul;Sheir
seats lof learning to develop and
strengthen the intellectual forces Of
tie rising generation, that they may
II Y
fully enjoy and comprehend the great
problem, of human. lifeEthe manifest
destiny of ourrace. They have their
Social festivities, romantic adventuirr-
ers, and general gossip-in fact every
thing that is characteristic OF older
lcomnunities, save2the exhibition OF
sdualid ,beggafed wretchedness.. The
resources Of our State are too boun-
teous and the vigor and independ-
enee Of our people too active to al
low this. E21 .'- "
There is 20 part Of the United
States that superiors or equals Ore
Egon in the diversity or profusion OF
Eher productions. Her waters abound
With m inexhaustible supply Of fish Of
such rare deliciousness that they are
attracting attention and being sought
in the principal markets Of the world
Her valleys and hills are ,permeated
With veins Of iron and coal, superior
in quality and sufficient in quantity
to supply the demands Of her people
for hundreds Of years, il not for all
time. The bosom Of her mountains
are pierced by lodes of copper, sill
yer and gold, pronounced by compe-
tent Judges to be rich and lasting
But, in addition to these Invaluable
treasures, she has what is still better
"a climate that is serene and health
full, a soil that stands unrivalled fol
the. certainty and productiyoness o.
its cropsaa1aaifoa FNl@
1suAt the present time there is n tenn
pordry stringency in monetary mat
ters among the tillers Of the soil
+ The prices received for the last croI
disappointed o large proportion o
the farmers. Basing, as they did
their calculations on getting a dollar
q bushel for wheat and only realizing
4 little more than half that amount
l it leaYes them in arrears. Unde
/ these circumstances, more or les
$ embarrassment must be felt amonl
: the farmers, effocting some derange
: ment of the machinery Of genera
a business. The farmers Of Oregon
have all the time and still labor un
Y der great disadvantage. Being con
! tinuously subjected to the most OK
1 orbitant rates Of freightagein gettin
$ their products to market, reducin
1 their dividends for below what q fol
0 rate Of transportation would allow
4 Besides, they have been compelledt
y purchase all their agricultural mt
chinery and implements outside th
4 State at q high figure. The cor
+ slant improvements that have bee
n going OH in agricultural appliance
Il have induced them to abandon tE
" old and adopt the new, oftentimt
1t in such rapid succession that the "
}. suit did not justify the means uset
rIt is to be hoped that the time
not far distant when the farmer
J. can procure all their implements
N husbandry ofaOregon manufactur
rs We have tho skill and material
m devise and make, the water power
10 propel machineryr-why nots Add'
k to these disadvantages the farm,
ne has had to contend with, and ov
s. which he could exercise no contrc
10 there are others that equally deroga
lg jlis. interests and mainly Of his oN
or creation. Prominent among these
r, the loose and haphazard manner
- which the system oil farming is go
$. orally conducted in Oregon. 1t
3. not to be expected that every farm
ID is competent and prepared to an
10 lyzo the soil and ascertain the rel
ID tive proportions Of mineral salts he
40 in solution that furnish phnt-foo
le but native reason would teach thel
80 II he would allow her TO do SO
k, ''that subjecting his lands TO q
at same kind Of a crop for q successi,
as of years must necessarily exhau
IN the constituent elements fayorat
ID TO the production Of that particul
10 CROP so there must be rost or ROT
X ton in crops TINT these exhaust
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