Year: 1865




Under this caption We have already endea-
vored to impress upon settlers living in this
Valley the Importance of giving increased
attention to the rearing of sheep and growth
of wool. 1t is in pursuits of this character
that they can build up lasting sources of
wealth, without involving exhaustion of the
soil. In this same connexion we have to
impress upon our producing classes the ad-
vantages that will result from giving their
attention to kindred branches of Industry.
1t so happens that our industrial pursuits
are not sufficiently varied. In early days
there was demand for oats and barley, and
every body rushed into the cultivation of
these staples. These growing unproftable,
the cultivation of wheat was resorted to and
followed up bhtil to-day Walla Walla Valley
is one Of the greatest grain producing coun>
tries on the Pacilc coast. So far as the min
ing marke, is concerned, we have stopped
the shipment Of -four from below, and until
intercepted by the grain growing districts in
closer proximity TO the mines, we may fairly
expect to monopolize the trade. Other
branches Of industry-less liable to be in
terrupted-are open to US, and it is to these
that we desire to direct the attention of our
producing classes. First and most important
is the dairy business, including its various
branches, which has thus far been almost
entirely neglected. With proper e1ertion,
in very few months, we should be able to
produce the butter and cheese required to
supply the mining trade. We have here a
grazing country of boundless extent, and
the Valley is watered by streams flowing
direct from the mountains, which for purity
and GOODNESS are all that the most fastidious
dairyman could desire. Favored with all
these conditions, and in close proximity to a
market that for all time to come will be more
than equal to the consumption OF all the
surplus butter and cheese that we can pro-
duce, We should make the most Of our advan-
tages. II is our present boast thatwith scarce
an effort we have stopped the shipment of
-four from below. With even still less effort
we can arrest the shipment of the products
of the dairy and turn into our Valley the
streams of wealth that now 20 to enrich
other communities. The history of Goshen,
in the State of New York, shows that the
dairy business properly followed can be made
a mine of wealth. In the early part of the
century few districts within the limits of the
State were less promising than Goshen; for
the most part it was low marsh fit for the
hnbitatiOn of neither man or beast. A few
resOlute men, however, went earnestly to
work, and after providing system of drain.
age, next turned thar attention to the dairy
business, following it up systematically. In
few years the products of Goshen dairies
became famous, and the people rapidly ac
quired wealth until to-day no other rural
community Of any thing like the same mum.
bers boasts the possession of an equal
amount of wealth. We have here no barren
wastes to reclaim, ard for all the butter and
cheese that can be produced we have never
failing market at our doors. 1t is only by
improving our opportunities that we proper.
ly discharge the duties of life, and here is
an opportunity to acquire a sure independ
ence. There is another branch of productive
industry to which we can only briefly advert.
The experiment has already been tried on a
limited scale, and the result shows tf.at the
climate of the Valley is particularly we'll
adapted to the growth of hogs During the
winter season bacon can be cured to rival
the famed Westphalia, and there is no good.
reason Why we should not produce pork in
sufficient quantity for domestic use and to
supply the mining trade. Let choice breeds
of stock be introduced, and the business
entered upon in earnest, and the best results
will be sure te follow. No farmers arrange.
ments should be deemed complete that does
not embrace pig.stye. 1T is here that he
can turn into wealth much that otherwise
will go to waste, and the proceeds of which
will figure largely in his ledger at the end
of the year. We have at our hand the ele~
ments of wealth scattered in rich prOfnsion,
and all that is necessary for us is to improve
the gifts which nature has so bounteously
bestowed


BOSE lTENs-Mr, Fl. Bledsoe, W. F. L Co.'S
Boise Messenger furnishes US the following items@