Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-09-02

large and thrifty mustang grape vine
which has so tar forgotten itself rs to be- at
the present time growing a crop of acorns
in addition to the usual supply OF grapes,
From six stations on the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad 577 eight. gallon
cans of milk are sent daily to the Chicago
market The largest amount sent from
one station is 254 cans or 2,032 gallons
from Dundee
The silver mines of the White Pine
region, in Nevada, now yield about $500
600 per month, but the milling facilities
for crushing the ores are insufficient. 1t is
estimated that if they were adequate the
yield of bullion would be doubled.
1t is said that the crops in the west
ern part of Pennsylvania have not been
excclled in growth and abundance since
1855. The potato crop will suffer some
what from rot, but everything else, mclud-
ing fruit is abundant and good.
The ship James Arnold, Captain Sui.
livAn, which arrived at New Bedford,
lately, obtained 1900 barrels Of sperm oil
during the voyage, having been out three
years and two months, Before he sailed
Captain Sullivan said he intended to stow
down 5000 barrels during the voyage.
The consumption of beef in the
United States is estimated at 100000 tons
per year, while in France it is only 100000
tons for an equal amount of population
Everything in the meat line that can pcs.
sibly be utilized for food has been made
use of in France, and the most learned
Swans are continually employed in ex-
ploring the field for additional sources of
supply.
The Waukegan Gazette tells of mann
moth head of lettuce grown by an aged
gentleman OF Waukegan, which, in cir
cumterence, measures five feet one inch ;
across the head, a inches; the diameter
OF many OF the leaves being 10 inches, and
yet with its enormous size it only weighs
two and a half pounds. The head con.
tainS lettuce sufficient TO feed small
family for about a month,
The members of the japanese colony
in Eldorado county, California, are in high
spirits over their prospective good fortune
The mulberry trees which were three
years old when brought from Japan, are
growing rapidly, and the seed-nuts of the
tea plant are coming up finely Herr
Schnell, the leader of the colony says
there is no doubt Of the adaptability of
the foot hill lands of California to the cul-
tivaton of tea as compared with Japan.
"A letter writer at San Francisco, says:
Seriously, the culture Of tea is really like
ly to add one more resource of importance
to the many which are building up Caliior-
MIA The tea plants Numbering 3,000,-
O00) planted out by our new settlers have
so far thriven. 1t is not generally known,
too, that one of the clearest burning oils,
"yhina oil, " is the product OF the tea nut,
and adds considerable to the profits of its
culture Should the experiment succeed,
we shall soon have hundreds of tea planta-
tons laid out, and it is evident that the
suitable labor is TO be obtained from our
Chinese, and shortly from our japanese,
populations.
The figures show that Ohio stands at
the head of the States in the number of
sheep kept by her farmers. The return is
for 1869, and shows for the seven leading
wool-producing States the following mum
Der of sheep: