Nebraska advertiser., 1868-12-17
CIIppInasand Jottinus Agricultural.

In three years a farmer on the Isle
q Man raised seven bushels of barley
from single grain.
AN English dairyman saws that
the material for butter tubs should be
well soaked in boiling water before be
ing manufactured.
About thrity-five thousand eacres
Of public lands were disposed Of in
Kansas and Nebraska, during October,
iieArly all for actual settlers,
"A 4-year-old Coit trotted a mile in
2.33 at Seacaucus course, in n. j., the
! fastest time ON record for a fOur-year
old, Sl0,OO0 were refused for him.
1t is said that Bonner feeds his
horses from box sitting on the floor,
as he believes it is natural for them to
take their food from level with their
feet.
The editor of the Dallas, Iowa Ga
zette, has received a turnip So inches
in circumference; and the editor Of
the Gate City, at KeOkuk, has an apple
weighing y ounces.
"A strawberry grower in Pennsyl-
Vania has come to the conclusion that
the. ground usually devoted to this
crop is made too rich for a profitable
production of it.
The fund of half a million. left bv
the late Mr.. McCOnOugh, of New Or
leans, for the endowment of an agri-
cultural school of a high order, is
about to be rendered effective.
To SECURE SEED CORN.-A stout
wire stretched in the garret of the
house or other loft, is one of the best
things to hang seed corn on, as it can
be easily aaraigned so as too keep OF
mice and rats.
The editor of Wakes Spirit of the
Times, gives the following recipe as a
sure remedy for scratches:
Sulphat of zinc, one drachm; glyc-
crime, two ounces apply every morn
ing. l.-
AT a sale of ShOrt-hOrns in Eng
land, Moses ROre, a famous COW, but
somewhat aged, sold for 400 guineas.
Two others, Princess, ID and 3D.,
brought $50 guineas; 56 cows averaged
over G67, and 10 bulls averaged G64.
"A Maine editor says a pumpkin
in that State grew so large that eight
men could stand around it, which
statement was only equalled by that
old HOOsier who saw a flock of pigeons
fly so low that he could shake stick
at them.
THE towns along the river Anna
zon in South America, in the midst Of
the n3ast productive country in the
world, get meat, flour and dried fruits,
from North America and Europe, be-
cause the people are too lazy to work.
DR. Trumble says ne once saw a
cypress tree in the Dismal swamp,
Virginia, which was cut down and the
rings showed it was /, 100 years old
And this tree was growing over anoth-
er tree which was much larger.
"A correspondent of the RurnZ NelU
YORKER says no grape should be cOun-
ted as even approaching perfect ripe
ness when the stem does not exhibit
deadened and shriveled blackened |
character, at least three fOurthS of an
inch from its connection with the |
branch on which it grew.
The Spanish vintage, according to
the Madrid, papers, bids fair to be ex-
tra0rdinarily plentiful this year The |
vines are literally weighed down by |
the prOfusiOn of grapes, and it is feared /
that the price OF wine will fall so low |
as hardly to compensate the expenses |
of the vinyard expenses.
Wool is so cheap and old sheep so
plentiful Oh the River Platte, in South /
America, that many sheep are being |
fried out for greese." As they can /
be bought at from twenty-five cents to /
one dollars per head, i, making a very /
good business at the present time, |
yielding something like 100 per cent |
profit.
CHARCOAL FOR SWINE.-In every |
hOg-pen there should be a trough, in /
which there should be deposited week. /
lv q quantity of charcoal. The hog /
eagerly devOurs this substance, and Is I
greatly benefited and strengthened by |
It's constant use. 1t prevents many /
UNPLEASANT diseases, and contributes /
largely to the fatty secretions.
The report of the committee on |
swine at the HubbardstOn, Mass. town
cattle show, was as follows:
.ssSO swine to-day, not even one,
We know not what II means:
We hope that those who slight these shows |
VIII get no pork and beans
no swine to-day. Oh what a pity
And five old men on the committee.
-Horticulturists in Switzerland and |
Germany make a practice Of boring in |
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