The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-08-29

ana, 5 4; Vermont and Ohio, 6; Massa-
chusetts, South Carolina and Califor-
MIA, 8 Rhode Island and Illinois, ID
Connecticut, Virginia and Tennessee, 1
and North Carolina, 4 |
Maryland, Georgia and Kentucky, 3.
In all the gulf states there is an increase
in the amount of corn cultivated. This |
result, due mainly to healthy tenden- |
cy in the cotton states toward produc- |
ing their own supplies, has, perhaps, !
been perceptibly increased by the |
amount of cotton fields plowed up aDd |
planted in corn. The termination of |
seed corn was not favorable, in the
northern, middle and northwestern
states. In the New England and mid
die states, also in Ohio, Michigan, and
sections of adjacent states, and in Cali
fornia, an early drought checked it's
growth, while south and west protracted
wet weather greatly hindered cuItiva-
ton, and multiplied weeds and grass.
But within the past six weeks corn has
gained amazingly in condition, and
have been quite generally troublesome,
and especially so in Maryland grass
hOppers, which destroyed much of the
first planting in Texas, but left in sea-
son for a second planting, are iniuring
the crop in some parts of California, and
chinch bugs are threatening extensive
injury to it in Missouri and Kansas.
In 1872 there was planted of cotton
in this country 8,5OO,O acres. This
year there is an advance of twelve per
cent. upon these figures. The large
area planted, the Iateness of the crop,
and the almost incessant rains, for
weeks preventing work and stimulating
the growth of grass and weeds, have
| combined to produce a demand for Ia
| Dor which it is impossible to meet. In
| consequence of this excess of rain and
lack of labor, weeds and grass have
been overshadowing the cotton-plant in
every state and in almost every county
reported. The average condition for
all the cotton states, not counting Vir-
ginia, as made up for all the counties
reported, 89.5. While the cotton yield
will not be what was expected, still it
will not fall much if any below fair
average.
Oats will be short both in straw and
grain. Owing to the drouth, which pre-
vailed in June throughout the New
England and middle states, and in por-
tions of Ohio, Michigan and California.
the yield of hay is light. An increased
acreage in potatoes is noted in Vermont,
Connecticut, Virginia, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Nebraska and Oregon.
The acreage remains the same as last
year in Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
New York, North Carolina, Mississippi,
Indiana and Minnesota. The remain
ing states show a decreased acreage.
the intense cold of last winter. Apples
| are below the average in almost all the
states peaches will not yield more than
half a crop, if they reach that point,
and of berries there have been a scant
supply. Pears look well, and the crop
will be satisfactory. Grapes have been
badly hurt, and the return will not reach
that of last year by a wide margin.
Love of the Beautiful Among Birds
The Popular Science Review for July
contains some interesting but too briet
remarks by Mr. Leith Adams on the
mental Powers of Birds which i
is interesting to define specifically as dis
tinguished from the mental powers O
other animals of the higher order o.
sagacity. This we will briefly do
First, it would appear from Mr.. Oar
wins discussions, though Mr.. Leitl
Adams hardly refers to them, that none
of the lower orders of creatures have S,
keen an appreciation of beauty as many
kinds of birds, and certainly that non,
turn this taste for beauty so deliberate
Iy to the purpose of social amusement
That great naturalist has described how
some kinds of birds really celebrat,
festivities very closely approaching t,
our wedding Jetes, balls, and garden
parties, in places carefully decorated
and arranged by the birds for the pur
pose of social gatherings, and which
are not used for their actual dwelling
, places. ''The best evidence" says Mr.
Darwin, of taste for the beautiful, g /
afforded by three genera of Australian
4 bower-birds. x Their bower
where the sexes congregate and pla,
strange antics Cat all stranger thai
, our waltzes and quadrilles p are differ
emily constructed; but what most con
Germs us is that they are decorated in
!, different manner by the different spe
cies The satin bower-bird collect
$ gayIy-colored articles, such as the blu
l. tail-feathers of parrakets, bleache
bones and shells, which it sticks be
+ | tween the twigs, or arranges at the en-
q trance. Mr.. Gould found one bower
n | neatIv-worked stone tOmahawk, and
s slip of blue cotton. evidently procure
e from a native encampment. These oh
f jects are continually rearranged, an
; carried about by the birds while at play
q The bower of the spotted bower-bird
e beautifully lined with tall grasses, S
f disposed that the heads nearly meet
y and the decorations are very profuse
/ Round stones are used to Reep tn
r grass-stems in their proper places, an
+ to make divergent paths leading to tn
Q bower. The stones and shells are Ofte
It brought from a great distance. The re