Sheep Farming in Oregon.

Clutha Leader, Volume 1, Issue 52, 8 July 1875, Page 6

Sheep Farming in Oregon.

; Eastern Oregon and Western Washington must for the present, however, remain pastoral countries. Woplj jt^owers there Jffi^^uflered in the ,o^MuAi||Si^^^ disMts or valleys. ' Kratftle "WilP HttfTOpOha g»n]l^ntlfPUmg\agricultural valley. .^i£.«_MagC^aiout 150 milesillonguby ,, 60 rmilel tbrdad j but there are no prairie* Government?; lands ibrjala„there,.although oniy about one-' seventh of that ValW' 4 has- ever been gou^hed. l * ll'jweat- portion 'of the Wahamette V^^rcan^ M]jnirchasef now;. Mcond-haß4e4 t its owners.' -!^i-^^i>'!"7fl;;jii^^K;;B6^p?B early settlements -of .^ericans ! m" OregdnT ;t^e; : ITj-S^^r"Btajteߧ : ; J-jSi.; Viliive the Indians by civilisation out of the country, = from, 1B4& to ., 18p4, t when there were only a few white families in that . vast region ef country, ; offered donations or gifts, of 640 acres to each i man aha* his wife whosettled in Oregon. Many thousands, toot advantage if this liberal offer and crossed : the" plains among the ; Indians with ' teams, and whe^|hey .arriyedi finding the Willia- ; mfte .Vailey ; jfo.fe^ finest portion of the State andi unpe.opie4v.they ! selected ; the finest and rioheptagricultura} lands, became, rich 'in 'cattle and lands,.; a.nd aftorwaW ; to those vapantlands adjacent to~thaTpfegenteiito jthem by the ' United States Government, and many have, held on to these lands^tijl f now, jmd finding they cannot cultivate' then^iaißthbmselve^, ate ctis< -pqsed to tell to.nqw pojn.ers r at, from „£_?- Jtoj £6 pet "afe^ u td location (n;earnes»^toTt6w4s) "arid "improvements (fenceas^mt: r|iiil4yjgs)^ j there, -being porti^siwithiand ;w)^gut timberl "1 |i Here is a chance for British farmers and capitalists securing jgoodly heri- ' tages for otheir.families,.0 their .families,. There Js. no -finer wheat country in the world ; the ,I^4 lias been cropped continuously ' frpm fifteen . . to , thirty, jears, 7and yet without manure it retains its^original richness.j, the soil .-yet t^elhs with Wealth. i untouched by the' plough. "With ah epterprisingvclass of farmers whonndersfand u mixed, o in4ustry,".„as well as wheat growing, this ' large valley can b^ turned into 1 the '-"garden^of the Pjacific,"- where' all; kinds of fruit grow more luxuriantly ;than l-haveiseenthem in any other caufltry.,, .. jn Western ,'oregonji striGtly-speaking, tiiere^are-bnt. twa iseasoris, summer;. i(tmild> and :dry)r and winter (rainy), rain falling on an' ayerage once in every third day for five months, , . with * occasjqn^lj inleryah? of fine dry 'weather ih ; wihter. ■ Thb ; rains are not tropical, but fall;.aynilar to what tjiey do in Scotlari^, v although the winters ; are. muchr /milder and- Spring comes earlier. Droughts, 'fibb^s, hi^h winds, {an4l g rea t ; storms; are unknown. . In the memory of the plctest inhabitant nobody ever heard of -a failure of crops ip Western Oregon, so that " as certain as ye 'sow^ so' shall r " > ; SaM^h fisheries exist at the mouths of nearly all the rivers^ which', jare: npmer,6;us7/ r th.e country being abundantly watered. "Eastern Oregon- "and :r> EasTtern Washington are felling . ;i prairie ,-countries, 600 — miles^ Ibhg^—interspefsedLjmth hillsj anoVj almost devoid while in Western; -Pregpn, along tfie ? sea- repast anp; Jnland ,^eJfs,Yjthere t .are , almost ihexhau'stiole ''qttaiitities^of' the jfinest timber. inithe ; worldj- trees- t2OO to 30f)^et/high^ -0..V. s„ ■■:,, „.'-,._....-, -J^SLMePX^ 0 sa X ? ome ofoiir great capatalistspave^cpnie ,-tillera of thei sp^;;: f J^nri^t^c¥Mr'; fe. r^y hom^^ json" and J .' p;J^S^^ic^'flpjth" of Por#- ' iland, ; ; Oregon. The .former .gentleman |has introduced r an T ..E i nglish.; Fowler steam-rplaughLJrith. great success on his beautiful farm ( jin <r Yamhill rr Oountry,, Western^. Oregon,^under' the manage-^ ment ot a Scotjchhijm Arbroath," and before lon^l'n'oW k Mr Thompson Yil:;;^?^e^fe^.«fii> the.(.adyap.tages,jlig?#r^f J d'ejß^, |ilpijigmng; and-i tsubrsqiiing. juuO.ne? anjir/.aH o^lfius; look ta 1 'MrixS.o Gl .Reed'laso.urjigrjeatr fihe-b\bo^'d a stock ffaiser^Sndiou'ro great) plorfferlin^ built 1 v6 ,0 W P pritfgMy^Mh| f/^^ mehT^a^^Re^v^a^otw^lvaß^iegafram the town ..of^Po&Jarwi, rap.e^tftU^mißnl for' r peFfecti6nVandrigasdsStaekfi&^^ wMe -its' flag f mßst high;ia ahy.cpuhtryj ! Mr -Reed -has4ntwduceiinJL)r.figani.at i an^enormpus /expense, r yaripus. breeds pi 1 th^hrghSfl'Candatd, fhcldmg^hqrl horn and jC^ttie^ ,, CJydesaale and trotting '"horses,' Cbtiswold and Leicester sheepV- 'Berkshire pigs, and at present the ■?ronghol^;;of blodeq stock in- y 6iXi£~ Stated i2^hirfjudiciouS ; : m^ a e«urfd T fe^^A^iaup enterprise bestowea upon it, as the worth^^roprietpr ia atj presenfdoinE I hope to dee it^before long nolPonly^Se home of goop^j^pc^j.fpr Oregonf^Mt the r "stronghold of improved stock on ! iU PaciM^^H^w who come to' Oregon are to view through^he? Reediillerrfarjining establishment, , tr 4.U leave it full of admiration. "Borne of the aged ones lift their «•'-»•-"'- si *•! „ 021--'

<jjo gay '^§^^^^^Taai^^lai - : ' R: ~ : _^fr^^^ Va%rfebm^ though of less extent it is very rich W attractive in 9^%*!^ excellent; ..wheat-^rowingv district, and , the rolling hills and prames are well 'adapted for sheep al^. ; LW is the 5 • than the others ', gr~in of every I description grows llll^ -' J abundance. : Peaches, plnms lY anay grapes^ grow in I perfection ; and what is still more j " Alfel£ ir or Chilian ' clover ;jg£d,w*aj f in^"p^e|t >iuxuriance> parrying a nrfmber of sheep frer^aWd: ■Thfere the climate is -a- happy medium between" thii^dfiJOrtgon ahd^ah^r^ia. Now, I think I have said enough to enqoiiWige *6thsrspf[oi cstfnf ryro>n"to come^ aM^eljfo* I 'isjaffiissl l ' -; ;£ have onljy represented what ; experience ami (observation has taught, me. No one should express an opinion .after they arrive until they have had a year in the and ;if l theft theyi do nofe ';saj Jthatvit' is a 5 ,lantl;pre-eminently sufteaV fo;r„' Sop^^.J^hijU^^!: appoinejd. ,-.,-! . Whei: > they come; :he t re' ;jet them stay not in towns, but at once get to ! work, and if with a" wilF they 5 work* as ! they would do in -Scotland, their , future success is certain. I r^Never be , overcome with.that chttdish^ffeminate, i disease] ca}iepV '% honlelsicknes^/^^ r -|f you have been racWentojl. or cnissed by adversaries* forget them; for any-; sake and start" afresh.-' ;;Shoiv*9c6tch! pi ucll Snap your .fingers at^ii^Jnjj ', look on them / as ;'^tnfleg> light -M&k: ;" it will all come right .y.ery soon. Say in; your heart,, "J -.will;,, not believe sin > the darkness) because I do notsee 4he new day whidh is about to arisfe/* Still' lei me advise no znW'to leave his home. Emigration? is L ; at all times: a delicate -pcjint meddle ■ with ; but to those ., thiai^re. amjbitjd.us, or who look to Hheir 7 ' families', future ; in the worldiand thin^ • they cany after reading these remarks,'-' Abetter' ' themseiyes- by;emigrationV thefl:m;uster: ppur^e .'an f d ' Jet . ; ; our : * Scotch. St Andrew's- Society here extend. the , hand of; fellowship to them when they arrive, arid pffer' them a cordial welcome to " the land pf'.tbe^.ettmg suh^'' ' ReI member I write this letter " only for the benefit .of, experienced-agricultural men and stock-raisers. I ! recommend none other' than /the farming classes -to; come to this Statei ' ' - ; ='■ u •■; •«;. ■■ •