Nebraska advertiser., 1869-01-07
Clippings and lettings Agricultural.

The tomatoe is supposed to be q
modern fruit, if it is a fruit, bat it is
mentioned in a book printed in Lon
don in 1900 as having been long
known.
Ten years ago California exported
10,5OO barrels of flour; this year she
has 420, 900 to spare, the most of which
was produced within one hundred
miles Of San Francisco.
The POor-HOuses of Massachusetts
keep over Winter more than 20, 900 va
grants, mostly foreigners, who travel
and beg among the farmers during
Summer.
1t is confessed that in Virginia to-
baccO culture is no longer profitable,
and that it must be abandoned. Still,
it is proposed to grow a little of the SUI
periOr kind for refined gentlemen.
The more the nature of horses is
studied the more are they found like
men. The best horses are nervous
and require the treatment proper for
women and poets.
Many trials with the Early Rose
pOtatoe proved that it is unequaled
for earliness and productiveness, but
it has the slight drawback of not be-
ing first-rate for the table.
The Early Rose sprang from seeds
in a potato ball. From the seeds of
that one ball seven kinds of potatoes
have been raised and, what is stran-
ger than all, each of the seven varie-
ties is excellent in its way.
The Indian tribes of the Six Ma
tons, having %, ZOO acres Of land, held
q Fair in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y,
showing all kinds ofstOck, grain, veg
etables, and needle-Work. This WO-
men were hondsome and finely dress
ed, and only white people were drunk.
Now that farmers begin to have car
penter tools, the next step is to have
good ones. Let there be first-class
saws, chisels, bits, and planes, and a
good grind-stOne on friction rollers.
The best use for poor tools is to lend
them.
1t is recently announced that inn
mense numbers of small insects live
in raw brown sugar; that when they
come in. contact with the flesh they
breed the itch but they drown in a
liquid like molasses, and die in coffee
and tea.
"A ship-load of waste from a Ger
man salt mine has been brought to
New York to be sold as manure. This
is because the soil of Germany is al
ready rich, or because we know more
about manure than the Germans, or
because they think we know less.
Some young men in Central New
York having learned exactly how to
raise potatoes, have run in debt for
high-prieed farms, and they keep in
advance of the payments. Therefore,
potatoe knowledge is as profitable as
classical knowledge-indeed, Sir, it is
worth 81, 600 a year.
Notwithstanding that the soil of
England is growing richer, clover is
so uncertain that it is sOwn only
once in twelve years. This is because
the roots have extracted the clover ell
ement from the soil, and the attempt
of the agricultural chemists to supply
it has failed.
His hens rOOst in trees through
the storms of Winter, and he COM
plains that they lay N eggs; his lows
SILVER by the side of the fence, and
he complains that the children eat too
much butter; he goes to the grocery
with q jug in n end of the sack and
a stone in the other, and he wipes his
nose with his coat sleeve.
That the Southern people are con
quered is proved, by their becoming
as inventive as their eOnquerors. One
man has patented q process for raising
cotton plants under glass, which are
to produce five bales to the acre. An
other five bales by garden culture, and
a plenty of manure. A half a bale an
acre has been the average.