The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-06-26
FARMING NOTES.
Agricultural and Horticultural Selections
Nss.. here and there Of handed Farmer.

Agricultural and Horticultural Selection
Nsses her. and there Of handed Farmer
COUNTY GRANGE DIRECTORY.
Ssaf Gra.ge -Ofnccr---N pavit Beverly, Ky
Nsstrr; J " Clara, Hortinsyille. Ny, Treasurer
Eascne Bsrnes eeoYe,own, NJ, sccrctary. h,ss.
msS slof ssSse Ky RG llcpsia. fcrl
troke, Ky; ! y Guthrie, sheibyyil ny ", tcore'
I~nne,ts,own, Ky; Richard Waters, Goshen, Ky.
oO~s,y Ccsroa. Meets q, stanford every "a Monda
IN each mnnth, Murphy. stanford, Pres g g iielm
MiiieisevIile, sec'yi John Bright Stanford husine'
Agent
.sasews srr.ss--Nc-t. q, oid-F flows Hall stan
fsr,l, every saturday anernoon, At O'Clock. jas
Harris, Master Murphy, Treasurer John "ish'
sccretary.
Hu.,osril. GranesN Meets al Masonic Hall Huston
willie, every saturday afternoon atle'eioek. ~, ~
cas- Msster. Sc Owens, Treasurer " Vowel, se,
,,rb orraird yraa1s Meet At - - Hal
Crab Orchard, every saturliy afternoon. q W James
Master; Jscob Guest, Treas; A Middleton, sec'y
HsEs Gar Graags-Me.ts at Halls Cap eyery.---
-. Craig Lynn, Master Logan Murphy, Treas
ury; J Lynn, sec'y
PrsacksrsrHe Gr1nee-Nec's at rrcachersville ever
"a and sth saturday Afternoon, nj O'Clock. buc
Anderson Master; V Pailipe, Tres; 6e EVanss sec
T.r.,rsriEs Grrncc-Mocts nj the school house !
TurperSyiIle every saturday Afternoon. Dr. :.
Hooker Master J. D. sWoPe, secreiIyi A. d. Root
Treasurer.
SATURDAY afternoon At O'Clock, over Caldwells sior'
DaniH starr, Master; jesse Carter, secyi Wya'
sanddge Treasurer.
H.ne,ag rsrt o-,ags-M-e,s near Shelby ciiy
essry Saturday Afternoon A X Denny, Master
White, sec'y; 1rlbble, Treasurer
A farmer, when fagellating two Of hi
unrnlly boys, was asked what he was do
ing. "Thrcshing wild OATS was the re
ply.
Drummcrs and potato bugs are over
running the whole country. Paris-greer
and snubnosed bulldogs are the popular
antidotes.
The Washington County Agricultural
Association win hold their next annua
meeting, commencing on Wednesday
August 10Th, and continuing three days
A fine list of premiums are offered.
A grnsshopper plague is threatened in
the southwestern part of Minnesota
The ground is represented as being liter
ally alive with them, and they have al
ready commenced eating the vegetables
A considerable quantity Of wheat has
been destroyed in Mercer and counties
over the river, by the little bug, or fly
called midge, which gets under the head
into the head or straw and sucks out the
substance.
Do not prune after the sap has begun
Ia circ ulatss~ not until midsummer
when the wounds heal over readily. Il
prune you must and will, cover al
wounds with grating wax, paint oil
some other preparation to exclude the
air, otherwise decay will necessarily fol
low.
President Beatty Of Centre College,
Danville, who keeps record of the
weather, states that twenty-four inches O.
rain have already fallen in the first foo'
months Of this year. The meteorologic
al talles of rain fall in the United State
..sisA-sa~--~S average Of ~ inches O
rain TO Kentucky. & 11pesrs. there
fore, that more than one-half of the an
nual average has already fallen, and, Al
a consequence, we may reasonably appre
bend drouth during this year.
The statistician of the Department o
Agriculture makes report of the acre
age in cotton, based on returns from
most of the cotton counties, and on per
eonal observation in six cotton States a
follows. the comparison being with tn
area OF 1873: Virginia so, North Caro-
lima 80, South Carolina 81, Georgia 80
Florida 81, Alabama IS, Arkansas so
Tennessee 92. Mississippi So. Louisiana
80, Texas l02, Missouri IS. The aggre
gate production slightly exceeds ten pc
cent.
Farmers in the Green river and West
ern portions of the State have abandon
cd all hope Of planting out any tobacco
this season, and most Of them have al
ready planted the ground prepared fol
that purpose in corn and potatoes. Par
ties who are well posted say that there il
not as much as ten acres of tobacco
planted in the COUNTIES of Ohio, Mullen
burg and Mclean combined, and partie,
who have Travelled over the line of til,
+. 4 p railroad say they do not believe
there is any planted along the entir'
line, though hundreds of acres prepare
Tor that purpose have been planted il
late corn.
The California wheat crop is simpl,
enormous. 1t is tolerably safe, upon thu
data thus far obtained to estimate thu
total crop at 2I,0O0, 900 centals; and thu
consumption in the State being 5000,
$50, there viii DO leit sbr o~psrs iG.000,
900 centals, or nearly double that of tn
create; harvest year hitherto known il
Califorhia--that of 1928. This vas
quantity, nearly double that exported b,
Russia last year, and much larger thai
that exported by the remainder of tn
United States will require an immens'
tonnage to carry it away, 1t will alst
tax to the utmost the carrying eapacit,
on land aud water, of steamboats,, barg
es and railroads toconvey it tn tide waite
at Oakland, Vallejo, and san Francisco
In regard TO small horses the Southeri
Farmer says; "The arguments may b.
all in favor of great size, but the fact
are all the other way, Large horses arr
more liable to stumble and be lame thai
those Of the middle size. They are clum
~ and eannot I'll themselves 81 nuick