Year: 1867

woolen factory, an enterprise which by the
way is only question of time, our farmers
should give increased attention to the rais>
ing of sheep and wool. In England sheep
raising is the foundation of much of the
wealth which that country boasts, and sim
liar attention to the growth of sheep in this
Valley would be equally well rewarded.
The present depression Of business interests
in this immediate section, is mainly due to
the fact that our productions have not been
sufficiently diversified, The demand for
wheat, has fell of and that being our one
great staple, all branches of industry suffer.
Had portion of our means been invested
in raising sheep, and with these a woolen
factory, we should have had source OF
prosperity that would measurably. have CONS
pensated for the stngnation in the grain mar
ket. 1t is estimated by correspondent that
the woolen factory at Oregon City is the
means of distributing $4,000 monthly in that
immediate locality, and to that extent serves
to ward of "dull times" A similar estab'
lishment at Walla Walla would be attended
by the same results, and certainly it speaks
little for our enterprise that VIC are so slow
in seizing upon this source of wealth. The
year just closed witnessed a material decline
in the demand for our surplus breadstuffs,
aud we have no certainty that the year on
which we are entering will show material
improvement in this regard. Our recourse,
then, is in diversified productions, and we
have only to repeat what we have before
urged, that our farmers must produce less
wheat, and give increased attention to the
products of the dairy and the rearing of
sheep. Those communities are most pros>
porous where commerce, agriculture and
manufactures are equally fostered, and are
less liable to depression than communities
where but one branch of industry is follow
ed to the exclusion of all others. Take the
world over, and it will be found that exclu-
sively agricultural communities, or exclu.
sivey mining communities are poor, whilst
those who enjoy the advantages of diversi>
fed industry are just as uniformly prosper
porous. Discussing this question of sheep
raising, a cOtemporary says, that if farmers
generally would raise sheep, as a steady and
permanent portion Of jbeir business, by and
by they would see the tsacft not only to
themselves, but to the clnmuuity at large.
Good wooden clothing will always be in de-
mand, and so will good mutton. Concern
ing the respective V4lgc Of Inc various breeds
Of sheep for this rsLj'r, /, nli4ht be well if
snmn nf nnr rrnnriana.i :iI Intelligent
sheep raisers would present the rssaItsn of
their experience and the conclusions they
have arrived at The relative value Of long
woods and short woods aud c)arse voois and
fine woods is yet i blted question in the
States, and can hardly be considered satis
factorily settled here st least if it is set,
tied, the public might like to know it and
kGow how. All things considered, proba-
bly, some of the best representatives, of the
Down families would be the best for this re.
gion, but experience in the matter is the
only safe guide One thing may be assert,
ed without much fear Of contradiction-it
would be well for every large sheep raiser,
or, where many sheep are not kept, for sew
eral persons to combine, and procure a full
blooded ram of the breed deemed most suit
able, whether or not ewes OF that breed
should be chosen, for it is an established
fact that grade stock, sired by thorough
bred, as a general thing, show vast improve
ment on the common stock. Let us have
the sheep and the mutton and the blankets
and the woolen clothing of all desirable
kinds, and of our own production, and then
we shall that far be helping each other to
live and enjoy life.


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The IMPEACHMENT FARCE.-L. G. Baker, form
erly Government detectiva in tbn errlo,- &c