Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-19
Industrial.

The greatest wheat producing coun-
ty of California is said to be Stanislaus.
"A pine tree grown near Lake Niche
gamini netted II 1914 feet, board measure.
Many of the Pennsylvania farmers
predict an entire failure of the fruit crop
this year.
There are sixty-two lumber camps on
the St. Croix River this winter, being about
the usual number.
"A New Jersey iron mill is making
steel direct from pig-iron, at cost below
that of English steel of the same quality
in this market
The Pittsburgh glass manufacturers
want to reduce the wages of their en-
ployes twenty-five per cent. The employees
claim that the manufacturers are making
high profits.
Eggs are selling in Prescott, Arizona,
for 81. so per dozen. A few dozen good
laying hens would support family there
Butter is worth 1925 per pound and milk
80 cents per gallon.
A Marshall (Mich.) man had a two
year-old pig which weighed when dressed
81 pounds, with an extreme length of
seven feet eight inches, and which was
three feet five inches high.
One acre of land in Southern Cali
fornia can be made to yield as great a
clear profit by semi-tropical nut and fruit
culture as twenty acres in the Eastern
States devoted to ordinary farming.
1t is said that railroad cross-ties are
the circulating medium in portions OF
Warren County, Kentucky, and taken in
exchange for dry goods at fifty cents
apiece-ten thousand having exchanged
hands at that price in the last three
months.
The Knoxville CTenn) Press says:
From all the information we can gather
we conclude there was never better
prospect for wheat crop in East Tennes-
see that we have the present season.
From al parts of this division of the State
we hear the most favorable reports"
In New England large amount OF
sage cheese is required to supply the de-
mand of consumers in the large towns
the markets of Boston and Providence
being particularly good. Some of the
factories in Vermont make scarcely any
cheese except the sage.
I'm consequence of the extreme cold
weather in the mountain regions of Ne
vada water for mining purposes is ex
ceedingly scarce. The bitches are clogged
with snow and ice, and as consequence
many miners that would gladly be al
work are forced to be idle.
"A couple of Bourbon County Ky.
farmers-heavy cattle dealers-tried an
experiment OF feeding bunch of fifty
head each during the winter. One tried
corn alone; his bunch lost 200 pounds
The other fed timothy and clover hay
without any grain, and his gained l,oUt
pounds.
About 100000 worth of onions are
raised in Essex County, Mass, and 1t !:
judged that at least q tenth part was de
strOyed by thrips, so that in one county
alone and from one kind OF injurious
insects there is lost in one season $4,000
The onion crop is next TO the hay crop In
value, as it is sold for cash.
I'm Southwestern Georgia prices fol
laborers are fully % per cent below las
year. Firstclass hands communicative
out patches or Saturdays-$120; witt
privileges, 800. For second and thirC
class, $40 and 500 These prices include
rations-three and half pounds OF mea
and peck Of meal per week-but ne
lost time, save suspension OF outdoo
work on account of bad weather. Many
freedmen are working on shares, ana
lew are renting.
Personal and Literary.
His full name is Morrison Remicl
Waite.
Henry Ward Beecher is believer II
nOme0nafhv in medicine