By Mk. W. Reid, late U.S. Vioe- CONSUL AT DUNDEE. The climate of Oregon is very mild and agreeable, having neither extremes of heat or c«"ld. It is five months to-day since we arrived here, during which we have had entirely summer weather, much more pleasant and enjoyable than the summer in Scotland. Rain has fallen on twenty-five days daring these five months, not consecutively, not for a day, but last ing on an average an hour at a time. What agreeably surprises us are the soft afternoon breezes that blow every day, and the cool evenings and mornings. From 11 a.m to 3 and sometimes 4 p.m. the heat will go up from 50 to 82 in the shade, with clear blue skies. Only one day all summer did I feel it oppressive between those hours. There have been no winds as yet, and I am told that in winter even strong winds are rare. Hot winds, as in Australia, are unknown, and thunder and lightning are rare. Only once have we witnessed a thunderstorm, which lasted half an hour, a small affair compared to those in Scotland. Yet the newspapers next day informed us that the like of it had not been witnessed in Ore gon for fifteen years. So far as our five months' experience goes, we say unhesi tatingly that no finer summer climate can be than in Oregon. Butas winter has not made its appearance, nor given us yet any warnings of its approach, although this is 20th October, I cannot tell you what it is like. FARMING IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. Here is the paradise of the agricultur ist. No experienced farmer could desire such combination of advantages as he will find in this valley. Farming is no speculation ; failure of crops is unknown; "as ye sow, so shall ye reap " here ; soil is prolific in the extreme without manure ; the land is flat and easily ploughed ; pastures nearly always green, hence suited for dairying. The yield with good cultivation is immense — 35 to 40 bushels per acre — which, however, through poor farming, is not the average of the State. Such lands (improved farms) can be obtained (bought) from £3 to £6 an acre, with houses, barns, &c, included, all in wood, with fine scenery all around. 