The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-02-10

How MANY POUNDS OF PuRK-NILL
BUsMEL,oE Conn MAkE?-- We fHdsIihq
last numbey bflshe Ohio Cullifulof }un
extsacI from Tho forilleo61ing Ohie agris
cultural Feportfo 1852, sialGmepi oiI
calculations of @. @ (. Sans tf lallland
county in this Slate, based upsn s4pe !,
rimeDts designed 70 answer The above
question. We publish an absdactfFom
ihe Gultivator.
AntTpeha9ht by.s. p. Andrew gives
1850 lbs. or gross increase form 100
busl,els of CORN Que bupdredTand thirT
II hogs were weighed and pat into a
penn Theyg wore fed 100 dys. Jqs,
much com as they would teat, The
average gross INCREASE, per hog FOR tie
I00 days was IT'S lbs., or, al the rate 'of
u lbs. per day. According lorihls,sl
bushel Of corn willFprolldceial69 ,lDs.--4
Throing nffils5 idcornl nlaiihe nst-weighI,
gives 8 2s5 lbss Of puk aslthe prodnch of
one bushel oftcornisa Hg625lGs. ofpoikl
ares made,byol bushc aor So dbsS ofcorns
lb. aOfpork is Tho product of6s lbs of
Prom an experiment, made by Samuel
Linn; Of ihis coiinly, with So hogs, as
reported tin,he Patent OIfice Repnr, for
1919, 6A lbs. Of corna pro1ueedi ID. aof
pork. sa 'itnorirdi .segas g 81 lns
rsFroM the ecxpiremeat -oftlie IIon.H.
j.. Ellsworth, reported in ihes Patent
Office Report for ydm lS47, il appears
that 34-5 lbs. OF cooked meal :nade ID 6
oipork. This experiment was on small.
scale. h9eu sde aguQlli.S 5aa ,m9di gAsl
Assuming ii,a, il prequres ca lbs. Of
corn 10 make l.lb.1oS pork, ,akc cost Of
its production will be- seen from the fo.-
lowing table. bifAo iabor Of feeding and
iaking care oflheilogs is nolincludtd IN
The estimate. .Bil1 aHaslaoias igc
When corn costs 1856 per bushel,
pork costs II = perlb;a, lie. per busl-.
eI, &c. per 10; at 22c. per ibnsllel, 30. per
ID; at 33c. per bnslIel, dc. per ibila'
-42c. per busbeL Sc, per ID. .bs.7 lo yes9
The following table shows what the
farmer realizes for his corn, when sold
IN The firm of pork aa'J y isia S'fM
When pork sells for Sc. per ~. il makes
die price oi corn r25c "a bushel; at DC.
Der ID. 33c bushtl al, SC. pr III. 42c.
4 bnsllel: at Sc. per ~. soc. a bnshcl. ~
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Is UNITED STATES ltAILwAVs Vs--The
American RdawGy Guide foriJenuary,
states that Maine has, in whole or i'm
part, lG railroads, With an aggregate
length Of 8 3l0i miies;g New hampshire
34 roads, length 1854 miles MnssachuS
sei,s roads A, length |, ,l97 milns;I
Rhode lsland roads 2, leuglh bS miles;l
Connecticut roads 10, Length I547 miles;
New York railroads 44,ugsregaie length
2,472 miles; New jersey roadside ,length
327 miles; Pennsylvania roads 50,lenglhi
1916 miles,, Maryland roads Z, length
325 miles: Ohio roads 80, length l,757
miles; Indiana roads Is, leagiI ,20S
miles; Michigan roads 6, length OBI
miles; Illinois roads Id, length $50 .mi>l
lss;' Wisconsin ro6d, so miles; Aiis-4
souti 4 roads, 81 langth loagi Kentucky
s0ads, length l99 uliles;i'ennessee roads
3,lengG, 22l miles; Virginia roads 81 4
lsagth 1 y0974 mles; North Corolina
roads, 0, length $50 miesi South Caros
Ina roads 10, ichg,h G24 miles; Geor,
gia roads 10, length 90l miles; Alabamas
Soajs6, length 257 miles; Mississippi
roads 3, length 204 miles; Lnisiana
ioads 8, length 4l3 miles. 10 the 2Uhi-
ted States there are II, ,775 miles "f rail-
roads in operation. Number of miles
completed January /, 1853, 1926.
=, Presideu, William Walker, Of the fli,
buster Republic Of Lower California, is>
sues proclamation lliat, for cool impn>
dence, can hardly be best. lie says that
SIN declaring Lower California an inde;
penden, fcpublic., lie ..daems il pro!ner
10 explain his reasons mot TO Mexco 70
whom il belongs, but to the people ofti;e
United States. Mexico does MT think
ii worth while 10 notice al all. The JUS.
,i6ca.ion he gives for the seizure is, that
the Mexican Government neither protect
nor develop the resources of the county
themselves, nor j., any one else, or as lie
classically expresses it, they can't be al
lowed 10 play dog in the manger any lon
ger" - =