Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-08-04

OF beeswax exported, and there vera
imported during the years endlnv
june 30, 1891. to 1895. the foil. wing
, amounts OF beeswax: 1891, 79.135
pounds; 1892, 27l ,O65; 1893, 23s.ooolsDl
3l8,66O; 1895, 2sS, OF.
The Puyallup Citiz,n says hos, hon
yards which have not been attended
to this season are rs good as ruined
and will probably Le pluwcd up the
coming fall OF spring. A prominent
grower said IL was high time thai
many Of the old yards were plowed
up. ltisestimated that Washinyton's
crop OF hops this year will be about
1O,OO0-3,0O0 bales IN the Sound conn
try and 1000 bales in the Yakima di =
trict.
The rain OF the past week has been
worth thousands of dollars to the late
crops of Oregon, and many late pota.
toes will now make a fair crop. It
has come in time to benefit the matur-
ing OF hops and will make them solid
and bloom to perfection. Fewer acres
and a better article seems to be The
word with most hopmen in Oregon
this season.
Apple crops abroad will be unusu-
ally small, according to recent advices.
and sound, choice American fruit OF
bright color will be In active demand.
Still the crop here is so abundant that
leading dealers think prices will be
very low. Last years crop from the
United States and Canada was esti-
mated at from 57,000,OO0 to 10000, 900
barrels or seven To ten millions more
than in any previous year. This
years crop may exceed these figures.
On the Sth of July COW seven years
old belonging to George Bennett,
farmer in Towanda Township, gave
birth to six calves, four males and two
females, all dead when born. She
was a grade Short-Horn, and the sire
was a grade Holstein; the calves were
two black, two black and white, aud
two red, the sire being black aud
white and cow red and white. The
combined weight of the calves was It's |
pounds. The owner has them mounted. |
In order to secure greater degree
OF uniformity In the Canadian cheese |
product, cheese syndicates have been
orga nized among the factories in On
tarlo. There are thirty-fve syndi-
Gates In operation In that province
this season. The number of factories
in syndicate ranges from fifteen TO
twenty-five. A competent instructor
is placed over each syndicate, and he
In turn Is under the direction ofan in
structor or inspector general.
Gathering and selling chittim bark
has become an extensive industry 10
Benton, Lincoln, Lane and Tlllamook
Oregon. The price paid for
the bark is from IL to cents a pound.
Feeling and hauling the bark to
market gives employment to many
who might otherwise be idle, and IL is
possible for an energetic person to
make from 81 to $3.50 a day. The bark,
after peellng is dried in shady place;
when brittle Is broken up into fine
pieces and allowed to dry from 60 to
10 days more; 1t is then sacked and is
ready for market.
Mr.. A. G. Propst, who lives few
miles east of Albany, has some speci-
mems OF new kind OF pest which is
destroying beans, cucumbers and
squashes in that neighborhOod. They
resemble potatOe hug, but are
smaller. Mr.. Propst says that his
vines are covered with gal
ons OF the little striped bugs. They
travel rapidly and devour big healthy
Vines in a night. Specimens Of the
Bugs preserved in alcohol have been
ent to the experimental station Of
he agricultural college for examina-
ion.