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Rh is large, and of varied assortment. Many of the best pieces of goods seen in the windows of our aristocratic tailor-shops, are from this factory. Of tweeds, for men's and boys' wear, their supply is good. They make all varieties of blankets, from the coarse gray to the finest lambs' wool, at forty dollars per pair. Their flannels are substantial, and of various grades of fineness. They exhibit forty-five pieces of cassimere, which those who love to examine good fabrics will be pleased to look at."

Farm hands can not be hired for less than $25 to $30 per month and board. Chinamen are sometimes employed in harvesting, as also are the Indians from the reservations, but not to any great extent.

Saddle horses may be bought for from $80 to $100; farm horses, from $100 to $125; draught horses, from $150 to $200; mules, $250 to $350 a pair; yoke cattle, $100 per pair; milch cows, $40 to $50 for good stock; sheep, $1.50 to $2.50; mutton sheep, $2.50 to $3.50; beef-cattle, per pound, six and a half to seven cents; fat hogs, seven cents.

The price of farming land varies from five to fifty dollars per acre. Farms may be rented on very good terms. We know of one gentleman who purchased an .improved farm near McMinnville, in Yamhill County, last spring, at fifteen dollars per acre, there being between three and four hundred acres in the place. He agreed to take eight hundred bushels of wheat for the rent of it; and the farmer who hired it not only paid his rent, which, at the present high price of wheat, amounted to considerably more than eight hundred dollars, but had wheat enough left to make the first payment on a farm for himself, besides supplying his family for the year. It is impossible for any but a