Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-08

million of dollars in our export trade on tfls
one item of WOODEN manufactures the res'l'
OF that tariff policy which has been so hlucii
abused by the doctrinaries of the tree tfaue
policy? 1t is evident to us that tue great
surplus of manufactures has taken the place
of the foreign goods. The quality ana Varl-
atv of the goods manufactured have met
the wants of the community TOR consuillp-
ton. and evidently have at last
on their merits for a share OF the NOME
trade. The very condition OF the wool
trade at present indicates that the manulac-
turing interests, at the present time, are en-
couraoed by this very aspect OF the trade LOT
the past year. They realize that at last
tlley have gained a market at home fof ulelf
products, and one of the very best III al the
world of civilization and commerce. Inc
result is seen in the advance in the price OF
woods. and the absorption, up to the present
time. of a much larger proportion OF tlle
wool clip OF the present year, large as IL Is
RI is seen in the resumption OF business Dy
mills hat have been lying idle, and now IN
derstant that the market OF the country IS
NOT cloeged with the produce of foreign
looms and foreign labor. iSis seen III the
fact that, large as has been the increase OF
the w~ool-growing, there is none too much
for the wants Of the consumers. 1t VIII De
still further seen in the development OF the
Woodworking interest, and in it's attempts
to supply the various grades that may DC
needed, Besides our home clip, the manu-
facturers Of, the United. States are using
some fifty millions of pounds OF foreign
wool yearly-a fair proportions, Which K
likely to be increased as the necessities O
the manufacturers demand it, that they may
supply the growing wants of the country
There is.no more hopeful sign OF 1.-THE pros
prity Of the wooden manufactures and tlt
~wool-growing interests than the figures W.
cite above, which are indisputable. HI
American manufacturers are commanding
their own home market.
SHEEP IN OREGoN.-The State census o
1875 gives the number of sheep in the"Stat
Of. Oregon, including lambs, at $4,000, an
the aggregate wool at l 1861 02 pounds. Th
breeds represented range all the way from
the poorest to the very best of the highl.
Improved variety. All varieties OF Merin
sheep are well adapted to the climate, sol
ETC., Of Oregon Spanish rams range fron
I6 to 80 pounds of unwashed wool per head
a ram that does not shear 20 to 25 pounds
not considered of much value. Spanish eve
range from 10 to Is pounds. This breed
suited to large tlocks, and are supposed
be healthier and more cheaply fed than an
other, besides being longer lived.
YELLOW BUTTER.-A practical farmer liz
ing on the Eastern Shore Of Maryland is
opinion that no coloring matter is require
to give butter the yellow tinge so much d'
sired. He says: 'The best coloring f
butter is a good mess OF corn chopped wit
cut hay. My butter is a rich yellow tt
!, year round from this feed, and l have no A
derney~or any other fancy stock but the Q
!, binary Eastern@Shore cattle, which give a
abundant supply of milk and butter; GOO
feed is the secret. IT farmers feed on Oh
fodder and straw, and,eXpect yellow butte
their expectations will be disappointed
, Whenever it is found necessary to color bu
ter, in imitation of the golden hue whit
nature gives it, a small quantity of annat
, will do the BUSINESS. Dissolve it in a lit
) warm cream, add a few grains of super-ca
Donate of soda, which develops the peculi
principle of the pigment. An ounce of Il
matte, treated as above, will color sever
hundred pounds of butter; but the Easte
Shoresfarmer's plan is the better of the tw