Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-26

L4IS' W.
AGRICULTURAL REPoRT.-The follow
ing interesting abstract Of the forthcoming
report of the Commissioner of Agriculture
has been telegraphed from Washington
| Z" The Commissioner expresses the graft
fcation of representing as prosperous and
productive in a high degree the foundation
interest of the country, the source of sup
ply Of the physical wants Of All classes,
and the nursery Of energy and virtue for
the equally essential regeneration Of the
less healthy pursuits Of life from their
waste and enervation. He says it is
gratifying to believe from indubitable
evidence the examples of the rational and
and recuperative culture are relatively
increasing, however slowly and gradually,
making inroads upon the destructiv, IT.
rational modes so generally prevalent
These examples are most numerous in the
| Middle States, are seen with comparative
! frequency in the older sections of the
West, are found occasionally in New 'ng-
land and are beginning to be noted in
the Southern States. But there is no
| State in which exhaustion and irrational
culture II NOT I'eTuOLllhdht
"Industrial colleges under the land
grant of Congress of 1862 have progress
ed during the past year. The land scrip
has been issued to most of the Southern
States, and a portion OF 1t has been sold,
but the Commissioner has heard Of no
action towards the organization of colleges,
and fears the scrip has in some instances
been frttered away by sales at nominal
prices, as has been the case in many of
the n Northern and astern States.
The Commissioner speakes Of steam
blowing, silk culture, cinchoua trees the
statistical division, cattle disease, the
library, department grounds, &c, making
suggestions designed to be valuable in the
| future.
The number Of packages issued curing
eleven months ofthe year number 35S, 391 g,
of which 133,043 were sent to members
of Congress, II ,865 to agricultural socie-
ties, Il 400 to the corps of statistical
correspondents. and 1850 to meteorologi-
cal Observers The DISTRIBUTION includes
seeds of cereals, grasses, hemp, jute, ramie,
opium, poppy sugar beet, tobacco, sorghum,
forest, and shade trees, and many Of the
species Of plants oleaginous and edible.
"The most abundant and convincing
evidence of the great economical value OF
this distribution can be obtained from the
archives of the department or gained from
the subreport in recent annual volumes"
WORMS IN LARD.-A hog killed in
Potsdam, st. Lawrence county, in Nov
ember last, was found to have large
number of worms in the lard, in length
from one to two inches, and the carcase
was in consequence destroyed on the sup
position that it was unsafe food. A SINH
lar case oc> urred subsequently in Bethle-
hem, Albany county, occasioning similar
loss. In the latter case some of the lard
containing number Of the worms, was
brought to DR.. E. r. Hun, of Albany, but
the worms were not IN condition for a
thorough examination. They were identi-
fed, however, as the same species imper-
fectly described ky Professor Verrill of
Yale, and by him named Scloro3toma
ping1icolr As specimens in good condi-
tom for examination have never yet so far
as known been obtained, write to request
that if any reader of the COUNTRY GEN
TLEMAN shall find worms in the lard of a
hog, land they should be looked for i'm
medlately 81 opening the cavity he will
send large potron OF the fat containing
the worms to this Office, or to Professor
Verrill at Yale College, at once. The fat
should be put up in tight can, box, or
jar, and sent by Express without delay,
and with as iuHch protection from cold as
possible. Me object is to get the worms
alive and to keep them SO. Il Is import
ant to ascertain the nature of this parasite,
and how much, if at all, its presence i'm
pairs the value of the carcase.
T. L. HARRISON, Secretary.
N. Y. State Ag. Society, Albany, Jan, a.