Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-05-25
Agricultural Notes.
81 \ GUAR CONTRIBUTOR.


ILIIT pK.SifoT-.
The damage 10 our fruit trees this
spring is heavy. Cherries VIII not
give Us ha't 2 crop. some trees are
50 badly hart tina. the chance Is they
vii dI" One fine tree had every
leaf and tluIt-.tcm killed. 1t may
.cIf our n4ain, but 1t would he Good
tanning to cur it down AMI rnt out
an 'ther IN its place. Some cherries
liaif grown are turning lIuWn AMI
viii soon fall Oft P.als have got n
black eye that viii last all Sum
mer and spoil our luxurious
feast. whtn the pears arr
ripe - We near thai til" hur! Is not
- bad III Other localities IA it l.
around town; BIZ. the same winds,
or frost, or Whatever tue destI uctive
agent was, could not have been con
fined to thlS locality. Apples have
not got over the scale insect in Ury of
last :ea>on. The foliage is album
lant and healthy, so far at tins witt
my, May ooh, al looks we'll with
the apples but our scale will get his
wolk going IN time, and then looh
ont for damage to all our trees from
this pest. The blooms upon the
apple trees were few and far between.
Only a very few were what might be
calie.l full, but what fruit there is
looks we'll, but one thing is sure, our
apple crop will be Il light one this
Fall.
The hay crop will he a good one !;
that is assured. There is more
chance for too much grass than too
little, but 10y cutting early before it
lodges, it can be saved. And mind
you, hay is worth saving this season
AS never before. Every pound will
be in demand at good price.
BLCE.BLooD JERSEYS.
Our townsman, Mr.. W. +. Ander-
son, has returned from the East with
two thoroughbred jersey yeallings,
bull and heifer. Lord Grassmere
is dark fawn in color, solid, large
and well built, and possessing unu-
sual qualifications for so young an
animal. His sire was "Spangle
Boy" dam "Lois of Grassmere, "
with more than ten generations of
famous ancestry behind HIM, includ-
ing, among other celebrated cattle
the famous imported "Pansy."
Oma I'd was sired by Walnut
Chief No. 8, 130"; dam, coma No.
SCOT; bred by F. c. Ward. and
sold by him to Mr.. A, who has a
certificate of the American Jersey
Cattle Club" signed by Mr.. Hand
its Secretary. "Oma," her dam,
took the first premium at the New
Jersey State Fair in 1879.
These fine cattle are, so far as is
known, the first importation direc,
f1om the celebrated herds of pure.
bred Jerseys, so famous in the East
for their good qualities. They cos,
their owner small fortune, enough
to stock farm with ordinary cattle
even at present prices. They viii
be kept i'll town and can be seen al
any time upon application to thei1
owner.
1t will cost money, time and pa
tience to improve our native cattle
with this new blood, but that it vii
be of vast benefit to our cows Their,
can be no question. "Get the best,
is as true of bulls as it is of books
Olympia Dick" was sold for I
thousand dollars. 1t was his pur,
blood and inheritance that brough
the surplus of nine hundred dollar
above the usual price of horses
Two young cows, sold few month
ago by one of our careful breeders
brought big prices just because o
the Jersey blood in them, inherite,
from their sire.
The newly imported stock stoo'
the long and tedious journey well
and will in short time regain thei
, lost flesh and show our citizens tn
superior points of fine blood stock.