The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-02-28
FRUIT, FARM AND STOCK ITEMS.

Some Daviess county, Mo-, far
mers have been shipping calves to
Indiana.
The apple trees In Decatur coun-
ty, Iowa, have been fatally injured
by the cold weather.
Chas. Tazewell has proven that
peanuts can be successfully raised
in Greene county, Iowa. FN
Olmstead couAty, Mimi, raised
last year 100000 bushels of wheat,
averaging eleven bushels per acre.
twenty hogs belonging to differ
emit farmers in Lafayette county,
Mo-, were frozen to death in the
pen during the cold weather.
The oldest Grange in Iowa is in
Jasper county. 1t is No. in Iowa
No. , in the United States, and was
organized in May, 1865.
Mrs. Thomas harrison, living
west of Princeton, Mercer county,
Mo-, has lost forty head of hogs by
death. He does not know what the
disease is.
Joe Farrier, says the Springfield
ninety acre apple orchard two miles
from the CITY, on the Carthage road.
1t is the opinion of all good judg-
es that enough live peach buds re-
main in the southern part of ILL.,
nois to produce profitable crop
the approaching season.
Complaints come from Devon
shire, England, that owing to the
emigration of laborers, farmers are
in many cases compelled to follow
the pillow themselves and drive their
own teams.
The Hartford, Conn, Times esti-
mates the average profit on an aver
age crop of tobacco, after deducting
the expense OF fertilizers, blowing
and managing the crop, and interest
on the drying buildings, at S235 an
acre.
The farmers in central Kansas re-
port that at this time the prospects
for q good wheat crop are excellent.
The fields are looking beautifully
for this time OF the year, and should
nothing happen between cow and
harvest, the crops will be far above
the average.
Dallas county, Mo-, rejOices in q
mixed Chester White and Berk-
shire SOW, the property of Mr.. Eli
jah Austin, that, though thin in
flesh, is seven feet three inches in
length, two feet eight inches in
height, and girts fonr feet nine
inches.
The Mt. Vernon Fountain, upon
the authority of a gentleman who
has made q careful examination.
pronounces the peach buds in Law
renee county killed, and the wheat
greatly injured, by the severe
weather of the present winter.
Mr.. Henry kaufman bought the
peach crop of Mr.. o. Z. Tinker (the
fruit of 400 trees) for So. The lat
ter, in making the bargain, calcu-
weather upon the tress, and thinks
he will make just $5.-Louisiana
(MO.) Journal.
The San Francisco Bulletin thinks
that in g very few years the Pacific
coast will raise more than 100000
600 bushels of surplus wheat per
annum, and says that beseids this
the gold and silver product of the
coast, estimated at f65,000,000 an
nually, will sink into significance.
The Neosho Journal says the
wheat crop in Newton county, Mis-
souri,, looks q great deal better than
was expected, and with a continu-
Ance of favorable weather will do
well. The heavy fall of rain and
snow have revived what it was
Thought the dry weather of the be-
ginning of the season had entirely
killed.
The Clinton Democrat says n
Farmers Club was organized at
Schell City. in Vernon county. NO.,
about two years ago. They now
have q fine library of books, hold |
meetings, read essays on
and the club is said to |
be fiourishing in a most satisfactory
snanner. Farmers clubs, when SO |
are q source of much
pleasure to the members thereof,
and OF untold banefits. !