Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-09-28
NEWS ITEMS FOR THE FARMER

e NEWS ITEMS FOR THE FARMER
l TX MANY nl,oa in C,,iIo,n;a on"'
h IooIn frnr, -' F5o p ~ G"'l,oinl rs we
owners of ranches have lind TO- c ,Y, ,
/ ploy numbers of mcn to tiabt tbo
D crickcts that threatened to swcen
y away crops OF ali kinds,
81. c,r lood, of bo,,n
| Gently Sbippcd from Trpv Ea
. raised princinany Nv N,-n ',Sas'
S farmers ON tbo Hob rroir;o ''u =
that town. Ybo rrico rero vol I' vo %
$G5 per ton.
]. +. Wnprr If r,,ohri1u
! Michigan, recently sbo,rnJ l.n,a V'
> buck, thirteen moH4be ola o;abtaom
rounds Of vopl and from On 1oLo,oa
months old bpck, forrtoan nnrnId
Both were American morino5
Ran ,r.cr :, ,;n,,1,
Lis hr,1s IN 10 h;a " mn5 " man win
his month loolina M w. coo = -
will come ont, G7ooI h,cL 10 -
Of pluck. with his e]Ieoyog ral1ad ",",'
and WORKING in maIo - l ooneo Up
RIGHT. 0'"l' 0"'
ir,r, 01a
wool ,1;u u',', 4 a. MGR estimates the
G0Un L nHo u onio 'n'S year as over
,'''I2 po''I'!5 le"Ie 'han last
Jo"' FROM hIho counties 1t has
t, i, ,2aS. ana 11 gsn nni showing an
roor ''' 11 l., lll '"'t SloeP over last
Su"i, Nl"l99O ~ every case Shcep
alu l'poI'oo 20 nave o9eh wei WIN
'''''' an" 10 00 III 6oou coh'ltloh'
AN AUTOMATIC scale, to be used by
mliier8 and others IN handling grain
a a. flour, has just been invented,
me instrument u be set while
ming a ear, 50 as to indicate the
weight OF the grain delivered. A
miller can also tell by the use OF it
no." much grinding has been done
without weighing the flour.
TlrRE is q wheat-feld on the west
side Of the San joachim river, Cali.
@fornia, thirty-tive niles in length by
eight in width, with an area of 17O,-
eco acres, Estimating the average
yield at sixteen bushels to the acre,
it would give a total yield of 2,8G7,-
500 bushels, or S6,015 tons. This
amount Of grain would load 8GOl |
cars.
A CHINESE fish company in San
Fron,isco have been supplying Gus
toners with trout for some time
past. The fish were sold by the
pound. Lately tho fish had rot
into the habit Of swallowing such in
nutritious substances us scrap iron,
Nc, thereby in many instances al.
most doubling thor weight. The
fishermen disclaim all knowledge of
the mystery.
Ir Is stated that ut an agricultural
show in England, in 1870, a boar Of
the White Lancashire largo breed
was exhibited, which had the remark.
able weight Of 1900 pounds. 1t is
perhaps equally remarkable that
having been fattened to SO great n
weight, he was afterwards reduced
in flesh, and successfully used for
breeding purposes.
Ir YOU want to get rid Of 1ics, saws
the Ficksburg Herald, boil together
equal parts, by weight, of clue and
molasses +; spread it over common
brown rapor, while hot, with {
brush, Place u sheet of paper in 1
every room of your house. II will {
capture every fly in the room within !
the day. The paper can be thrown t
in the fire and a new one used, when {
covered with the captured flies.
TIE LANDED proprietors of North s
Germany have taken alarm at the &
rapid increase of emigration, and
they are shrewd enough to use a bait t
which soonest tempts the German i
peasants They propose to offer a
land TO the men who will agree to c
stay at home, Meetings Of land. t
lords have recently been held, in d
order to consider the condition Of a
the laborinS class, and appeals have Il
been made to the government for
the adoption of measures to facilitate
the acquisition of smal! holdings,
a FARMER residing near Browns n
vile, Fayette county, named John y
S. Goe, lately sheared n flock nf Il
some of which Welded the n
l~lecces that ever came off a 81
back. The fooces are Of one G.
years growth, and not left over u ii
year, as is often done, to obtain r
leayy ifeeces. One hundred and n,
.ofty sheep averaged 10 pounds 6 &C
ounces /; 100 of these averaged IA D
pounds 13 ounces Several eve II
heared Is to 20 pounds, u number S,
rom II and Is to 10 pounds each bl
me ~two-yeer-old buck, 81 pounds s b,
'"uceS } anoUler Il pounds 10 I'll