The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-11-01

len, London, has nlgn praise lol oHo" | \
lake. one of Mr.. Bliss latest introduce =
ions. which he declares clearly deserves, =
swing to its many good qualities, to be y
considered "the potato of the period. = y
Lately in Buckinghamshire and now b
IN Deyonsbire, farmers and butchers
have been fined for the almost universal
practice in England and elsewhere OF | l
marking sheep by clipping or punctu1ng ! :.
the ears This fact has raised IN foreign i.
papers some discussion of the question:
us marking cruelty to animals
That sensation bunch Of grapes exhib- !
tied last year at Belfast, and weighing !
u pounds and 10 ounces. has been :
thrown into the shade by two bunches ,
shown recently in Edinburgh, one OF ,
which weighed % pounds 10 ounces
and the other 26 IA pounds. Last year ]
it was Black Hamburg; this year halsin
de Calabre and White Nice.
The appropriation voted that not long
AGO by the Connecticut Legislature tor
Establishing. connection with the Wes-
Ivan University at Middletown, ''the
frs, F,xperimeut Station in America, is
considered by the foreign farm Journals
az AN indication of increased interest
among US in advanced systems OF nus
bandry.
Compton's Surprise is. the London
Gardeners Chronicle thinks, one OF the
three best late-keeping potatoes in cult
walton. though ungainly in shape and OF
rouph exterior. 1t boils mealy, is full |
II cd
grown on light and somewhat early solls'
and by those especially can keep 1t over
till the spring and opening summer.
The Hon. X. A. Willard tells Moore's
Rural that ne was recently shown IN one
of the mills of St. Paul, Minnesota,
..specin,ens of cracked wheat far sur
passing ANYTHING heretofore seen IN this
kind Of food. The process OF manuiac-
ture is a new one, and as the product tar
excels that usually on the market, 1t must
soon be extensively introduced, ana
eventually supersedc the common artl-
Gle"
chunk Of milk, solidifed by the
Hooker process and weighing about
100 pounds, and which ''had been ex-
posed to the action Of the air tor tour
wears and three months" was Iately
shown at the rooms OF the Society OF
Arts in London, and the Agricultural
Gazette OF that city says Its quality was
still so excellent that in a few minutes 1t
was resolved, by churning. into good
fresh butter.
The statements of the wonderful yield
of potatoes from single pounds OF SEED
claimed during the past two years by tie
recipients of the Bliss potato prizes were
thought by many growers in Europe &c
have a strong flavor OF Munchausen
But here is an English correspondent OF
The London Gardeners Chronicle who
out. Herods Herod with the assertion
that he produced this season 63S pound:
from one OF the Snowflake, and ,0S2 l..
pou.ds from one OF Eureka.
A bed sown with spinach, which upoI
The advent OF freezing weather shoui'
be covered with u thin coating OF straw
will give the owner many an enloyaol'
meal in advance OF any otter fresh crop
Then. TOO, a few plants OF lettuce set on
on n warm. sunny slope on the side Q
ridges, will be ready Tor cutting yer
V.
every one. Onions planted now max
cary greens, rs two or three warm gay
after the frost is out starts them mi
Growth. All such crops will be the bel
ter Tor a thin coating OF straw.
An English farmer accidently droppe
\ grain OF wheat among some seeds d
was sowing in his garden, and, 'havln
chance to come to perfection Inc r
suit was 63 seeds Gao very large,) CO.
tanning 3.o4i counted kernels. not /
Guiding some picked away by an ente
prising hen. He leaves readers to dra
their own conclusions, only adding tha
as the result Of frequent investigate
he never found more than - ears TO OF
root growing i'll his fields.
After the tall of the Leaf is good Tin
to notice any irregularities oil growth
orci ard trees, and this may then be II
titled in short time. always bearing
mind that in the ease OF large limos |
inc removed the wound SHOULD be cove
ed with some preparation to keep Q
the weather. Gum sheliac dissolved
alcohol. or even cow-dung bound ont
parts exposed, answers the pafpose.
handsomely formed tree is not ale
valued for its appearance to the e,
but it is in reality M re useful, rs
crop OF truit is then usually more eve'
distributed ever the tree.
\ recent writer commenting on
law passed last winter increasing
postage on seeds and plants, rema
that il remains for congress TO
whether the people have any rights,
whether America belongs 10 salary-gr
beers and express corporations.H
The state ment is made-we know
on what authority-that ''some OF
western barley, diseolored by rains,
been bleached by chemical process. 6
ing it nice appearance. but spoilin
for brewers use" and farmers are V
properly warned against il for seed