The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-09
Agricultural Note.

The agricultural society of Iowa of
fers premium of 81 900 for the best ten
acres of timber plantation, the premium
to be awarded in 1881. There are fouT
contestants for this magnificent premium
The society also offered two hundred and
fifty for the best five acres of orchard in
1875-two contestants. Since 1874 there
have been planted to timber in that state
&C, 007 acres.
1t is said that the Bellefeur apple pro.
duces better if grated on large seeding
trees. Otherwise it is not worth plant
inc. The Rhode Island Greening drops
its fruit of late so badly that orchardists
wish they had Spys or Baldwins in place
of Greetings.
The mesGuit, a small tree found album
dainty in some parts Of Texas and west
ward 10 California, is said to yield a gum
resembling gum arabic, and quite as val
liable; and it is also reported that guam
titles have been gathered and exported
during the past season.
The largest yield of corn comes from
Alabama, one w. T. Turnley claiming
that he has produced two hundred and
twenty one bushels peracrc, but whether
in ears On shelled corn we are not in
formed but either lisa large enough
yield to make one slightly inquisitiye to
know how it was done.
The Connecticut valley tobacco crop
has the best color for several years, and
has cured finely. The @erage was about
the same as last year. Prices are ex-
pected to range from fifteen to twenty
cents, but may rule bwer, owing to a
prevailing idea that thse who sell early
obtain the best prices.
A colony of about three hundred
families of Pennsylvara are about To-
eating in Arkansas, ktween Conway
and Ozark, on the little Rock and
| Fort Smith railway, where land is sell
/ ing at from three to trelve dollars per
acre. Another colonyOf sixty families
are on their way from Russia to north
western Arkansaa.
No man who cares lnything for his
animals, or who eXpees to raise stock
for profit, can be indifeent as to what
/ they eat. In order to mard well this
point farmers must see b II. this season,
and pick out all corn afrted with smut,
because this, accordiB to all veter-
| inarIans, Is undoubtedly poisonous
to stock, when eaten inny considerable
quantity.
ohiaNidlI SileCP DicGNrS are shipping
to England large numbrs of fat sheep.
Two steamers recently aived at Liver
pool with l ,l30 live shea on board, de-
signed for the English larket, and to
afford support of the kst mutton at
low rates. The twenty pecent. duty on
the introduction of shee from Canada
into the United States, is said, will
pay the expense Of Transportation. so
that the Canadians can ut their sheep
into the English market ahost as cheap
as they can send them TO Nv York.
The French legislaturehas decided
that Ssh culture shall form part of the
programme of all farm schos This was
a branch of rural induEv formerly
much cultivated in this mntrv, espe-
cially in reference To car which is
most prolific and easily pr,agated fish.
Weight for weight, it briB nearly as
high a price as beef, and n, farm stock
can manufacture flesh so radIv as carp.
/ Any pool of water can raiseihe frv; at
two years of age they must transferred
! to larger spaces of water, an even then
/ can command at tie rate Of 20 hundred
/ francs per 900 head.