The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-29

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perhaps better, or at all events fully as
good as those of any other section, and
all that is necessary to hold the full
benefits of the advantages We now
possess is an intelligent and faithful
cooperation among our producers to
keep up the standard of their creps to
the very highest point attainable. The
extraordinary Increased demand among
our farmers for the latest improved and
best farm machinery is point indica.
tive of the efforts they are making to-
ward that end. We lind also consider
able interest IL manifested in securing
the best seed and the hest gsa'les of
stock which is also a hopeful sign.
There Is still much carelessn ess in
preparing the soil for the reception of
the seed, which is one of the most inn
portant features OF successful opera
tons on the farm. In visiting various
sections of the county the past few
weeks and noting the appearance of
the fast ripening grain fields, one Of
the most notable features has been the
prevalence of wild oats, cheat, various
kinds of grasses and other plants in
Testing the wheat fields, in some ia
stances, the crop of wild oats OF cheat
being nearly as large on the same
sround rs the wheat crop itself. This
matter OF carefully selecting seed grain
and eliminating all other seeds hom it
is one which should receive far more
attention. aud with the impr owed
cleaning machinery now manufactured
little care would easily overcome the
difficulty In this direction. The pro
cesses OF summer-falIowing, seeding to
grass, and rotation of crops in conHeo-
ton with thorough cultivation and
preparationof the soil wonld complete.
" annihilate foreign plants from the
grain fields. aud where the yield is now
but twenty to twenty-five bushels per
acre of grain, half of the prolucing ca
pacity of the soil being expended in
the growth of wild oats, cheat, etc,
ths increased yield Of grain would wsll
repay tbe extra labor Of thorough and
careful preparations. 4 Geld d tvealy
acres carefully put in, and yielding
thirty five bushels per acre, is FAR more
profitable than field of forty acres
yielding but eighteen or twenty bushels
of grain per acre. In conversation
with prominent farmer, in whose
grain fields we noticed no wild oats or
other plants and nothing but the ril'en-
ing wheat, we were told that lie had
not found it difficult to keep bis fields
clean, and that he experienced no
trouble in getting the best prices for
his grain every time, and the shrink
age from cleaning was triding. A
little more care In this direction and
our wheat crop will always bring the
best price in every market. The same
remarks apply with equal force t, every
crop and product in the valley. Now
that the great problem of transporta-
tion is about TO receive the benefit of
another factor-that of competition-
toward solving it. orr farmers, upon
whom every other industry of the val
ley must depend, can well afford to
devote much of their attention 10 the
matters above referred to.
Large sums of Eastern capital are
being loaned in the valley, and large
percentage of our profits annually goes
to pay interest to eastern capitalists.
As we have attempted to point out be-
fore we do not believe this to be wholly
disconraging. Capital goes readily
only where it can find what it believes
to he safe investment. The home de-
mand for capital at the east at the pres
ent time is not equal to the SUPPLY, as
Is evidenced by the fact that foreign
governments find it profitable to soil
their bonds in the United States. The
local demand on this coast for many
years to come, for capital in the shape
of mortgage loans, will of course be
considerable but it must be remem.
bered that In most cases it is converted
into products, or rather into increasing
the capacity of the country for produc-
ing, and in time the demand will de
crease. A new demand for capital in
the channel of manufacturing interests
will then.and is even new ,springing up,
and, accompanied as it is,with SO many
assurances of bringing in profitable re-
turns, it cannot be long before sup
ply will be found to meet the demand.
And once We find supply of capital
tha. will meet the great demand for
manufacturing purposes on this coast,
and more especially in this valley, there
can be no doubt of our future prosper
ity.
We believe the current of affairs is
setting in toward the accomplishment