The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-04-28
QUA FARMING lNDUsrt:rEs

Aucro are Few fOrt'aDders who real
ice the rapid progress which Oregon
Washington Territory and Northern.
Idaho are making in industrial pursuits
particularly that Of farming. Ia, this.
tho Willamette valley, and in Unpaua.
large fux. Of farmers is reported.
and which visit to the different sec
tons confirm in tho increased number
OF farms and also improved appearance
Of many ships hod farms drpotiny a
change. for the better. in the owner
ship. The statistics of our exports show
to remarkable degree the increased
wealth in our agricultural resources !;
for. from. an export Of few thousand
tons ten years ago, it has grown to over
one hundred thousand tons, with it's
reaching, the coming season. about two
hundred thousand tons frop, this valley
and also Un'pqua valley. TO this W.
can safely add sixty thousand tons that
will come forward, and which will be
exported from here, from the great
grain growing belt in Eastern Oregon.
Eastern Washington Territory aud
Northern Idaho.
While wheat shows 80 remarkable an
increase the auxiliary farming indus.
tries have not been neglected. AS witness:
ed in the argeyield Of oats, hors and a
very large increase in barley and corn
raised-the last two, principally in sec.
tions east of the Cas- AIDES. Flax has
been and still is raised to consider.
able extent, but the attention devoted
to it is not so large as its worth should
demand, but which, we are satisfied,
i will show very Urge increased atten
. ton east Of the Cascades from year To
{, year for the next half decade. In the
dairy business our progress has been far
from satisfactory. While the pr,duc,
OF a.few Of the daries deservedly stand
high, yet the majority is hardly deserv
ing Of the name Of dairy product. In
cured meats Oregon r nkcd well and
exported largely to California up to six
or seven years ago. but with increased
facilities for marketing grain raised,
less attention was given to breeding
hogs. hut within the p: st two years a
greater degree Of interest has been man
ifested, resulting in a lyrger supply OF
; hog product, and Of superior quality.
although, except by leading packers.
badly cut and 10 many instances curel.
Although the above glance at the
farming industries gives a fair increase.
yet the next half decade will show a
progress that will, we dare say, astouish
even the most san. uine of today. This
We base on 9 now known fertile soil of
large belt OF land in thes,a, Of Oregon.
and Eastern Washington and Northern
Idaho Territories. The area of this
land is much larger than hereto ore
claimed. and by actual result is found
to DO very rich, returning yield tn the
acre Of net less than thirty five bushels
on the hills aud FROM eighteen to forty
bushels on the low lands. The richness
Of the land, character Of soil and other
items Of interest relating to those sac
tions, We mill give in our next issue
They were .obtained from an extended
trip just made, for the purpose Of ret.
ting all the facts before our readers
Commercial Reporter.
A worthy Scotch clergyman was
,preachin- in the fields, one pleasant
Sunday, to group Of rustics. Uufor
,tunately for the good man, he had taken
his stand upon slight hummock. in
which there was nest of humble bees.
The emphatic motions Of the spreac her
disturb d the bees, and several Of then
.arawlsd up inside the legs Of hi,
breaches. Suddenly he became uneasy
end INDUCED in antics that astonished
the congregation brethren" he ex-
claimed, slapping his legs aud Jumping
And down, III have no doubt. the