Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-03-01
Farm AND HONE.


tsins by the snow, the orchardists
aud vineyardists should not go to
excess. At this time Of year too
many robins may be too much, but
at other seasons they are valuable,
for they feed on insects and pests
that ea: foliage aud destroy fruit.
This bird Is not called and counted
a game bird anywhere else, and he
deserves bit Of hospitality aud a
good deal Of mercy.
Geo. q. Dow, Of Rockingham
county, n. Y. says in his report.
Bubach No. ) Is the king berry to-
dav, ahead Of all Others every way,
good producer Of strong vigorous
plants, and an immense producer OF
tremendous berries. / predict that
this variety will predominant all
over the country. II does well every
where, on high or low land, east or
west, and it yields the biggest fruit
Of any strawberry growing. II al
80 produces lots Of them, and the
last picking is as big as the first.
No one can make a mistake in set
ting acres OF this variety with some
good variety to fertilize them.
There was probably never time
when the farmers and wage.wOrk-
ers Of this country were more thor
oughly aroused to the fact that they
are not obtaining their just share OF
the rewards of labor than at the
present. Legislation will not cure
all the ills that agriculture is heir
to, but it can do much. The neces-
sary legislation can be easily OBJ
tanned, If tie farmers will only
unite. That is the hard part of it.
to get them to organize. Organize
and legislatures and congress will
listen respectfully aud hasten to do
your bidding.
Robert Williamson, of Sacra-
mento, contributes to the Parific
Rural Press an interesting article on
'"rhe Peach" He reviews the cult
ure of the fruit in the Eastern states
and its decline and fall in many At
lantic districts because of the disease
known rs "the yeIlows." Hequotes
from an official publication Of the
Department of Agriculture at Wash.
ingtun, showing that Of peach lands
available for cultivation Oregon and
California co tain more than all the
rest of the United States. He thinks
that in consequence Of the spread Of
the yelovs the peach industry of
the East will ultimately become al
most a thing Of tue past.
Oregon people should be partial to
Oregon hams, bacon and lard.
There are many reasons why they
should b., and one among the num-
Der is explained in an item tele-
gruphed from st. Paul few days
ago. 1t was to the effect that sew
eral of the most prominent hog
butchers of that city had been ar
rested for sending into the market
cholera infected pork. The evidence
was beyond question, in all Its dis
gushing details, ii being concluslvely
shown that the hogs died, "a butcher
was sent to the pens, the carcasses
were removed and prepared for mar
ket or used up in the manufacture
of products of the pork packing es-
tablishments. We are receiving
tons of Eastern hams, bacon and
lard every month in the year, and
no grocery store can afford to try to
do business without the Eastern
article.
In England and on many parts Of
the Continent they have been for II
long time using horseshoes made by
compressed common cowhide. 1t is
compressed of three thicknesses of
the cowskin pressed into steel
mold and then subjected to chem
ical preparation. 1t is claimed for
It that it Is much lighter, that it
lasts longer and that split hoofs are
never known in horses using It. 1t
is perfectly smooth on the bottom,
no calks being required, the shoe
adhering firmly on the most polish
ed surface. Its elasticity prevents
many sprains, the horses steps being
lighter and surer. Straw, treated
with chemicals unknown, has been
used for horseshOes for centuries in
Japan. Perhaps some American
genius will give us paper horse
shoe-who knows?