The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-04
Our Pro suctS.

To show what can be raised in the
belt of country west of the Cascades
mountains, from British America south
to the California line, we publish the
following concerning the Oregon ex
hibit at the San Francisco Mechanic S
Fair, taken from the San Francisco
Commercial XeruH.
Mr. P. Shultz, land commissioner of
the Oregon IL California railroad com
panv, invited the members of the press
to visit the Oregon exhibit in the me-
chanic's pavilion, last week Thursday
This visit was in the highest degree in
structive and interesting.
In polished woods, the blocks of
maple cut from maple burls are fine
The same species of maple grows in
northern California, but has never
been utilized here to the same extent
that it has in Oregon. The vine
maple, a twisted, root-like, slender
tree, has a very tough wood, and
might prove valuable for tool handles,
etc. Polished slabs of red CEDAR myr-
tie, spruce, oak of rare quality, alder,
laurel, white ash, yellow ash, yellow
fir, and wavy maple of satin-like gloss,
complete the exhibit of Oregon woods.
In the growth of grasses, both ma
tive and foreign, the display proves
the ability OF Oregon rs to the cereals,
and dwarts every similar display in
tna pavilion. We poti"e native chess
grass, orchard grass, rattlesnake grass
(Brba,) Buffalo grass and twenty
other native grasses, AZ of which have
proved of forage value In clovers,
the native species afford much pastur-
age. The red clio ier, white clover
and alfalfa are of unus al thriftiness
Timothy shows a 6 ,owt of six feet;
red top, rye grass, and all the well
known forage plants of the Eastern
States show Il size unequaled 10y any
thing our State has yet exhibited. In
the grasses, Oregon, our sister State,
reigns supreme. The wild pea which
supports thousands of cattle, and
clothes the hills near the coast, stands
six feet at the least estimate.
In the cereals, the wheat of course
looms up prominently. Oregon is each
year coming up more distinctly to the
front as wheat country. In glass
jars of ample size we have white Aus
tralian, Oregon Sonora, Sonora spring
wheat, Mediterranean, little club,
white Chilli, golden amber, white
Chilli club. Other grains shown are
white rye, Probs,ein barley, side oats,
Robster barley, Hopton oats, white
winter barley, Oregon oats, Bogue
oats, Norway oats, liopkinton oats,
buckwheat, brown winter oats, Water
loo oats, Scotch two-rowed barley, six
rowed barley, Swedish oats. Also
among wheats worth mention are Mac
aroma wheat, Walla Walla wheat,
Odessa wheat, Oregon 80 days wheat,
and big club wheat. The white Chilli
was particularly commendable. The
Sonora spring wheat yielded 40 bush
els, Golden amber fl bushels, six
rowed barley 90 bushels, and surprise
oats 60 bushels to the acre.
The stalks of grain which stand in
shcaves behind and over these glass
Jars of shelled grain are unsurpassed
anywhere. Oregon rye eight feet high,
winter wheat 6 feet high, club wheat
of remarkable evennsss, oats of I feet,
and chaf fall wheat are among the
tallest shown.
The Oregon woods show cases of fibre
from Leicester crossed on oxfordshiie
dams; Spanish merino, l5 month eve,
Il pound clip, - month buck, PSI
pounds, cross of Leicester and South
down; cross merino and Southdown;
cross of Cotswold and merino; pure
French merino; pure Cotswold, mo-
hair of great silkness, etc. Near this
is flax fibre, which shows that a new
industry is springing up on this coast.
Varieties of potatoes are the early
rose, New York late rose, early Ohio,
peerless, garnet Chilli and others
The Oswego iron company send pig
iror and rich iron ore The Astoria
oil company exhibits salmon and dog
6sh oil. A patent fruit pitier for
cling stone aud fre tome peaches.
rlums. etc, locke r~'~.,ra'. hr. we
have not se,il ,t in ol.er ton. The
Oregon City woloen manufacturing
COMPANY sent l3 specimens of their