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experienced in our markets, but it is tasted by the consumers to the tune of about 25 per cent of the whole poultry produc tion that reaches the market. Our cities is the dumping ground for this diseased and unwholesome poultry, made so by the dealings of the country merchants with their houses in that city. Country store trading of goods for diseased poultry has been in order for years among us. This has been brought about by the wholesale dealers accepting in payment for goods bought anything that has feathers, from their country debtors. The farmer gathers up quarterly, or oftener perhaps, the culls and diseased fowls from his flocks, takes them to the country store and .swaps them off for sugar, cof fee, tea and calico. The country merchant in turn pushes this off on his wholesale house to liquidate a portion of perhaps, a very bad debt. The wholesaler is indifferent, and pushes it off on the market for just what he can get. This is the market system of poultry in our leading cities, and the people there eat it all down, the ropey flesh, and diseased liver, and never murmur. It is cheap. A little wholesome law-making governing the sale of di seased poultry in this state would be of great benefit in checking this nuisance, and great damage to our poultry product; and we direct the attention of the governor to tL matter in bringing the subject before our coming legislature in his message before that body. We do not need large poultry plants. We are of the opin ion such will not pay with our limited population and few large cities. The poultry of this country, to be raised at a profit, must be by the great body of our farmers keeping flocks steadily from 75 to 150, and raising yearly 100 or 200 birds, which must be of the very best, and the aggregate will reach enormous sums, and become one of our leading indus tries. The time is not far distant when this will come. We can see it. Speed the day when it will. Many of our states have the most stringent laws regarding the sale of diseased poultry, aided and sanctioned by the large cities. Every diseased fowl that appears in the mar ket stalls is confiscated, and the seller, or owner is made to pay a severe penalty. Such a law should be on our statute books and be in force. GEO. D. GOODHUE. Under a recent order of the postofflce department agents of the department of agriculture who have been engaged in promoting the sugar beet experiment will be permitted to send packages of sugar beet from growers to the experiment stations free of postage. Under the ruling farmers who re ceived sugar beet seed from experiment stations can be fur nished with postal franks under which packages of beets not exceeding four pounds in weight may be sent free of cost to the experiment stations. Results so far reported to the department indicate a successful growth of sugar beets in almost all the states of the Union. Beets grown in the vicin ity of Richmond, Va., give returns of from 13 to 18 per cent of saccharine matter, and from the Pecos Valley in New Mexico of from 18 to 22 per cent. Tests completed recently by Prof. Fulmer, of the Washington Experiment Station, of beets raised in the Yakima valley show a percentage of sugar ranging from 14 to 20 V 2 . In Europe an average of 13 per cent is considered large. Twelve tons of sugar beet seeds will be distributed by the Department of Agriculture next spring. Worms in the Apples.—The Salem Evaporating Company's plant shut down last week after drying 100 boxes because they were so prevalent in the fruit —so that town won't be able to supply any of the Klondike trade when the spring rush commences. RANCH AND RANGE. improved FARMING land. Bottom Land on Yakinia River for sale on easy terms or for rent. Abundant water supply. Unsurpassed for Hops •:• Grain •:• Alfalfa E. BHORROCK, 12 Haller Building, Seattle. I have closed out everything I have to spare in Shropshire bucks and mostly, too, in ewes ,and am getting tired having to refuse inquiries. I hope to be in the field next season with something the breeders of this coast will continue to appre ciate. With best regards to you and good wishes for the prosperity of RANCH AND RANGE, I am—L. F. Mascher, Silverton, Or. I judge from appearance of your paper that you must be succeeding pretty well with it. —Buell Lamberson, Portland, Or. RANCH AND RANGE is the leading agricultural paper of the state.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. It is destined to be the Rural New Yorker of the Pacific Coast. —Yakima Republic. RANCH AND RANGE is just what we need. I read it with great interest. —Jno. L. Smith. lam more than pleased with the paper. Every farmer and stockraiser in the Northwest should take a part in mak ing it a success. —J. H. Stevens, Kittitas, Wash. We are pleased to note that the new Northwest has a pro gressive agricultural journal, and trust it will meet with every deserved success. —Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Before cold, stormy weather comes see that the barns and stables are made comfortable. Do not permit this work to go undone again this winter. A cold stable means more feed and less profit. The cracks should be well battened, and the pleasant days in the fall is the best time for this work; do your work in the proper season. East Washingtonian, Pomeroy: William Jones was in town Thursday, getting ready to paralyze the $700 mortgage on his farm, with a part of the proceeds of his 20,000 bushels of wheat. * * J. J. Ledgerwood got an average of 41 bushels of wheat to the acre from 80 acres on Alpowa ridge. The Ledgerwoods have raised close to 20,000 bushels of grain this season. * • Another one of our conservative, industrious farmers, who has braved the hard times and now comes to the front on a solid basis, is Peter Kassel. He harvested an av erage of 35 bushels to the acre from 320 acres of club and bluestem wheat and 50 bushels per acre from 75 acres of bar ley. His Mediterranean yielded about 25 bushels on an aver age, and altogther Mr. Kassel has this season over 11,000 bushels of grain. CHRISTOPHER NURSERIES A Full Line of General Nursery Stock ; Especially Good \l ipber Apple Trees AND CHOICE CHERRY TREES Of all the leading varieties. Send for Catalogue and Price- List. JOHN A. STEWART, Proprietor Christopher, King County, Wash. ABOUT RANCH AND RANGE. 7