Year: 1866

giving increased attention to the rearing Of
sheep and growth Of wool. Ii 10 parsuits Of
this ehaaacter that they can build up lasting
sources OF wealth, without involving e1haus>
tiou of soil. In this same connection we have
to impress upon our producing classes the ad-
vantages that will result from giving their at
tention to kindred branches Of industry. 1t so
happens that our industrial pursuits are not suf-
hciently varied. In early days there was de>
mand for oats and barley, and every body rush
ed into the cultivation OF these staples. These
growing Improbable, the cultivation Of wheat
was resorted to and followed ~ until to-day
Walla Walls Valley is one of the greatest grain
producing countries on the Pacific coast So
far as the mining market 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 ndustry-less liable to be interrupted-are
open to US, and it is to these that we desire 70
direct the attention of our producing classes.
First and most important is the dairy business,
including the various branches, which has thus
far been almost entirely neglected. With
proper eIertion. in Yely few montha'-' '''
| should be able to produce the butter and cheese
required to supply the mining trade. We have
| here grazing country of boundless extent, and
the Valley is watered by streams flowing direct
from the mountains, which for purity and cold
ness are all that the most fastdious 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 produce, we should make
the most of our advantages 1t is our present
boast that with scarce an effort we have stop
ed 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 go to en-
rich 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 the century few districts in the State


were less promising than Goshen; for the most


part oft was low marsh fit for .be habitation


Of neither man or beast. A few resolute men,


however, went to work, and after providing a


system of drainage, next turned their attention


to the dairy business, following it up systematic
cally In a few years the products of the Gosh


en- dairies became famous, and the people rap
idly acquired wealth until to. day no other rural
community Of anything like the same numbers
boasts the possession Of an equal amount o


wealth. We have no barren wastes to reclaim


and for all the butter and cheese that can bI
produced we have a never falling market at oul
DOORS 1t is only by improving our oppOrlun nj


ties that we properly discharge the duties Of life


and here is an opportunity to acquire sure in


dependence. There is another branch of produc


tive industry to which re can only briefly ad


vert The experiment has already been tried OF


a limited scale, and the. result shows that tn


climate of the YalleT il nartrcnlarlY ell adaptei


to the growth Of b ogs. Daring the winter seasol
bacon can be cured to rivalth famed Westphaha
and there is no reason why VIC should not pro
duce pork in sufficient quantity for domestic US
and to supply the mining trade. Let choic
breeds Of stock be Introduced. ahl the busines


upOu IL Saluesti NEu NuS NS'NS 4NSN''
are sure to follow No farmers arrangement
should e deemed complete that does. not EN-
P brace a pg-stye. 1t is here that be can turn 10
TO wealth much that otherwise will 60 to WASTE
aud the proceeds of which will figure largely i
his ledger at the end Of the year. We have a
= our hand the elements of wealth scattered /


rich profusion, and all that is necessary for u


is to improve the gifts which nature has S
J. bOunteously bestowed.