The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-14
Farm Products OF the United States.

ton of the United States being H.
$40, 533 bushels, and that Of Iowa 3d.
7OS.312 bushels, while Wisconsin ranks
next, with 2i,375, 435 bushels. Ohio
raises the most Winter wheat. ~ ,625, 100
of the 175, 1875. 1913 bushels produced in
United States. Pennsylvania supplies
one fifth of the rye produced i'll this
country. or 8, SIT .641 bushels out of 49,
91S,795. Illinois grows Il larger guam
tity of corn than any other State, or
129. 921. 1876 of the 76O. 944 ,249 the coun-
try produces. Illinois also takes the
lead in the oat crop, growing AZ. 1885,
5S1 ont of the total 2S2, 1O7 ,159 bushels.
California produces the largest barley
crop, or s. 7S3, 400 out of total of 90,
761 300 bushels. New York is the larg
est cnltivator of buckwheat, raising
1904 1870 of total of 1891, 72l bush
els. Mississippi takes the lead among
the cotton growing States. Ohio pro-
duces more than half the flax of the
United States. kentucky grows more
than half the hemp crop of our coun-
try. California produces nine-tenths of
our native silk cOcoOns. Ohio contri-
butes one-ffth of all the wool pro-
duced in the United States, or twice as
much as California. New York pro-
duces more than one-fifth of the hay
crop. or nearly twice rs much as Penn
sylvania, which furnishes the next larg-
est figures in that line.
New York furnishes more than two
thirds of the hop crop of the country.
South Carolina supplies nearly half the
the rice produced in the country. Geor-
gia is next, or 1000, 900 pounds ahead
of Louisiana. Nearly all the rice comes
from these three States. OF the 272,-
734 ,341 pounds of tobacco produced in
the country, 1O5, 3O5, S2S pounds are
grown in Kentucky. Virginia comes
next with 30 ,OS6, 354 pounds. Louisiana
contributes nearly all the sugar and mo-
lasses from cane, and Vermont nearly
one-third of the sugar from maple,
while New York produces one-fourth of
the sugar of maple. Ohio and Indiana
1.-THE latter most produce each one
eighth of sorghum molasses. New
York grows ore-fifth of tho whole po-
tato crop. North Carolina produces
more sweet potatoes than any other
State.
SINGULAR.-We know of cases of hal
lucination where the individuals expe-
riencing them see, feel or hear persons
or things which have no real existence.
In this species of temporary trance or
day-delirium, a gentleman, who, in lis
ordinary state, was not ut all remarkable
either for romance or for memory, has
been heard to repeat, correctly, pas
sages from Lalla Rookh. Another gem
tleman has been known to recOllect the
most minute details of incidents of his
childhood; not one circumstance could
he recollect in his normal condition. n
lady. who could not sing in her COM
pletely conscious state, has been heard
in this semi-conscious condition, to sing
divinely. Another has played the piano
much better in this state than when fully
herself: while third lady, who could
not talk French in her ordinary condi-
ton, has spoken the language tluently
and correctly when under the extaor-
binary influence. Another lady, when
in this state, has been known to be to-
tally oblivious of the room in which she
was, and the persons in it, but ut the
same time to be under the illusion that
she was in favorite field. playing with
her pet dog; and, although the field was
fifty miles away, and the dog has been
dead several years, her illusion to both
were so vivid and so correct that she, rs
it were. absolutely brought both before
the eyes of her astonished auditors
E.rchuDge.
\ SINGULAR REsCUE.-One of the
most singular rescues ever reported, oc-
cured. the South Australian AlrertiSer
reports. during the voyage of the Ma
Marole from Fermantlc. The schooner
was running ut the rate of ten knots per
hour. before a heavy westerly gale, when
the alarm was given of a man over
board. One of the South Sea islanders
had been relieved from the wheel, and,
in heavy pair of boots and an oilskin
coat, was going forward, when he was
knocked overheard by sea which came
over the side. Tho waves were running
mountainously as he dropped astern,
but the report was no sooner made than
the schooner was rounded to in the
bare hope of saving the unfortunate
man. She came to the wind under u
press of sail, made short reach, and
was soon about on the other tack. To
Judge of the time on such occasions is
difficult. but the master considers that
u quarter of an hour elapsed before the
position where the man was lost over
board was regained. a sharp lookout
was kept, and on heading over an i'm
mense sea the voice Of the man was
heard above the roar of the gale. The
way of the craft was Mt once stopped,
and the man swan up to the side and
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