Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-05-06
Fam AMD HONE.

FARM AND HOME.
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ws encountered . snow storm soon
- / sving Albany. Which continued
eaff I had nearly reached Ccbieskin,
ss,ev miles distant, where the stop for
- nixhs and over Sunday Vas 70 -
80. This was % Saturday. April
11eh. thonghi OF the three weeks Of
saesisx hops done At home before Ieav-
- wsshingsoa Territory. OF the zee
re boaauss gathered In the garden
1,ees: Of the cherry trees In bsooa In
nsewn orchard tue evening before my
Aepsssafs. on April Ssh. while riding
nsoaxh this storm here, ten days
~. asd yet FAR south OF my own
hons
Co6ss,kili IL 10 the midst Of farm
- region and - hop center. /" where
~ abiightiag effects Of the hop
nrrInsss have been kesnly felt. ! say
eating effects. for the reason that
IN scarcely "a exception tbs fars-ers
eneagsd In raising hops are either
Dsnkrap. or on the verge Of bankrupt
-. 4 number have lost their farms
i consequences Of the low prices and
hiIafe Of the crop. On the other hand,
koss Who have turned their attention
= he dairy have done fairly well, and
= class are out Of debt. though their
lhoome Il by no means large. ssw
lhensrs bsrtesiog their fresh-mads but
- at "a cents . pound, and buying
Nm and cornmeai 1t the rate Of $3s
- ton ! confess ! cannot see any
nousy In that. The case. however,
nay be spsly :iiustratsd BY IN incident
epsa elsewhere, which viii show the
toss msuagsmsnt practicsd. In the
Ord dairy visited I saw . woman
skiing. Upon inquiry, ! vas told:
~0h, she does The houseuork, and
niiks nights and morning." At an
cher p.sce: "The girl in tbs house
nslks ten cows. bat We always give her
~ easiest mixers" /" Do they do
Sasir milking wellsr Yss. indeed.
the best mixers We can get" said the
"a ssntlemsn Was talking to; |" bat
- have 10 pay that siri four dollars
rex nowadays" involautariiy sigh
n Is be thought OF the good old times |
4 I" two dollars a week and good ones.
bo,s ~ he said. thought OF the
thirty dollars . month We had been
saying TO the two girls for the house |
uork alone at home. aud quit at that
70 70 elsewhere. OF the twenty-five
dollars Q month to " do the housework
and put the washing out" IS at pres
nt; while here, "oh. Of course, the
gir does the va hing, too" with
rather surprised ok tina. anything,
else should be expected. For my par
l will say .tor shame" 10 expect
and exact 80 much, and. for one. would
say, IL We must adopt such ways to
compete with the East" then let the
composition 70 by the board and do
something else.
Coblsskill IL almost like . finished
village. There are about tro thousand
people congregaisd here. all living in
neat cottages or nice residences OF no
mean preten ions. do no. see any
"tumble-down, rickctty." neglected
plscss. but all arc neat and clean. just
hoe tvo thousand people manage to
live here Is . problem do not fully
understand, ss there is no maaufae-
turing amounting 10 ANY thing done
here" and II Is trade center for bat
q small district. Such villages abound
In this State. and everywhere seem to
show the same neat. thrifty. settled
but finished appearances. While driv-
Ing through the village and country
today l could not but notice the COR
srast between this sad our own county
and village tPuyallup) In particular.
Not a fence dishgured the lawns Of
cottage or residence Of all Cobleskiii;
not . vestigc Of that intolerahie nut
sance u hog dung. COW manure, and
other substances beloullng the side
walks OF the otherwise decent villages
well. say, for example. fayailnp, Il
you please. On the contrary, every
thug vas Is meat rs pin. and was
pleasant to look at.
A drive OF few miles In the country
revealed many nice farmhouse and
aicer farm baildiags-large red barns
with stone foundations. well finished
stables, carriage houses. stock shelters
In a word. everything needed for the
comfort of man or beast, nestled IN
QulNt t1tkllatNiS s"As"9 y " 'f~- -
mandins hills, for the country. II IL
cannot be said to be broken. Is very far
removed from being level.
Everybody here has caught the dairy
fever. Noes of preparation are to he
heard On all sides, pre- aring for The
spring campaign" In tue village
,vo crcameries are to be put in opera
lion as " soon as the season opens.
I visited both. One viii be run upon
ths - whole milk systen--that Is, the
milk ~s;, be brought to the creamery
and the cream separated there by ma
ehiuery; While the other will be oper'
s,ed upon the c-eam gathering - STEM
This latter creamery is rev and SUD
stantialIy built. aud showed every ev',
denee that no pains had been spared
20 make il complete. With this COM
pany the teams are 10 be sen, out from
the creamery on three different routes