Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-10-18
Agricultural Items.

this year will be worth 81 100000.
The first hogshead of tobacco this
season has reached Nashville.
A cow in Ottumwa, Ioa., gave birth
to three calves at one full sweep.
On the line of the Burlington and
Quincy railroad in Iowa is corn
field ten miles long.
Pumpkins are not in favor with
Western farmers. The farther West
one travels the scarcer they become.
Fifteen sorghum mills are in OPP
Grafton near Mt, Carmel, ILL.,, "Millet"
molasses is fast becoming one Of the
staple products.
In Georgia peaches-the new sorts
are ripe the latter part OF May.
They are then shipped North and
bring very satisfactory prices.
Fort Wayne is considerably excited
over the discovery that hogs which
had died OF cholera are sold as fresh
pork in the markets Of that city.
Owing to the extreme wet in the
Spring much of the corn in Eastern
Iowa has not matured. 1t will be
eaten by cattle turned in the field.
California has a new bug which
has appeared on some farms, destroy
ing the pumpkin vines. He is nu-
merous. green color, and literally
covers the ground. -
Grain has accumulated at Kingston
In such quantities that Canadian
barges cannot be obtained in suffici-
emit number Tor trans-shipment to
Montreal, =
The forests OF North Carolina pro-
duce twenty-five species Of oak,
eight Of pine, nine Of spruce. seven OF
magnolia. eight Of hickory, and five
each of elm aud birch.
II corn Is planted in check rows,
four feet spart each way and two
stalks to a hill, the yield win be great
or then II planted at less distance
and more stalks in each hill.
Mr.. Maurice Gerard disapproves Of
the use of arsenical compounds in
exterminating the Colorado beetle,
and suggests, rather. large quantities
Of the sulpho-carbonate OF potash
Last week a Winamac, Ind, grain
firm shipped ten thousand bushels of
wheat to Philadelphia. 1t was con-
signed to number OF Pennsylvania
farmers who bought it to SOW.
The prairie schooner Is by no
means played out institution In the
West. One may be seen every few
miles between here and the Missouri
river, leIsurely sailing toward sun
down.
Richard Kimball, of Hopkinton, N.
h. who Is In the S5th year Of his age,
has Graded half an acre Of wheat,
moved and put up half an acre ofIye,
and cut up considerable grass this
season.
J. W. Nicholson writes to the
Elmira Farmers Club that air. Stacked
lime willcur hoof- ail in cattle. Putt
between the hoofs and In the crack
across the heel, when the animal has
1t severe.
Anumber OF cows have died in the
Vicinity Of schenectady. N. Y. within
a few days, Of disease thought to
be infectious. and brought there by
Texas cattle purchased at West Alba
ny by butchers. The cows die within
a day or two after being taken.
Mr.. Andrew Diehl, German far
mer living few miles west Of Car
roll, Ioa-, was struck by lightning
and instantly killed. He was stack
ing fax at the time, and his daught-
er was helping him. She was unin-
|ured. Both Of his horses were |
killed by the same stroke.
A Pennsylvania butter maker tests
Ais salt by dissolving little in a |
glass tumbler; II the brine formed is
clear and free from bitter taste, he
the salt good; II, on the
other hand, IL presents q milky ap-
pearance, leaves any sediment, or
throws scum to the surface. he rejects
it. -,
The butter makers Of the East
were surprised at the Centennial.
when Delaware county, Iowa. walked
away with the big medal. Since
then, the prize taker, Mr., Stewart,
has been sending daily to Philadel-
piia the creuss de la creme. so to
speak. Of his dairy, to gladden. the
tables Of the upper-ten OF that city.
Eight rsscals attempted the enorm-
GUS theft of 1900 cattle. herded on
the plains Of Colorado. The marau-
ders we're detected in their colossal
exodus, and twenty-five rangers
started in pursuit. 0vsrhauling the
culprits at Kansas State line, they
were immediately surrounded and
before the court then and there
commissioned by a simple but sape-
rior society were. In the expression
of John Stuart Mill, solemnly bfotted
out of existence.
News from Dublin states that the
post officials there have found six
live Colorado beetles In a packet
which caDe BY mail from Canada to
Londonderry. They were destroyed
in spirits Of wine, and the packet for
Warded To its destination In London.