The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-15
VOLUME 4S.
Agricultural Items.

NJ. ID. Sallivant, of Ford county. Uli-
nois, estimates his own corn crop at a
million bushels.
A lot OF Canadian Shorthorns were
lately sold in England for very high
prices, averaging nearly $4,000 per head
The Minnesota wheat crop of this year
IS estimated at no less than 10000, 900
bushels, Notwithstanding, the rayages of
grasshoppers
immigration to Minnesota is much
greater at the present than at any prev
lous time IN the history Of the State The
immigrants are seeking farms.
AT the recent Lexington (kv.) fair. a
premium was awarded to a piece of blue
jeans made in 1888 by Mrs. Harris, who
presented a suit of it to Henry CLAY. by
whom 1t was worn at Washington.
The apple crop of Chautauqua county.
\. y, tins season is the largest ever
known. The value of shipments to date
Is S3O0,W)O. 1t is estimated that the value
OF the entire crop amounts to $500, 600.
Texas bids fair to be the greatest
among the grain growing States, the Weld
to the acre in wheat being much larger
than in California, which is regarded as
the finest wheat growing country in the
world.
Hartwell c. Cushman of Oxford, Me-,
secured Oh one stock of King Philip corn,
planted in field as usual, three ears, viz:
One, eight-roWed, twelve inches long,
containing 472 kernels one, eight-rowed,
liz inches long, 440 kernels one. twelve
rowcd, nine inches long, SIG kernels
making in all 1923 kernels
A correspondent of the Cleveland
Herald says: At Straight's cheese fac
tory, Hudson, Ohio, was 50 fortunate as
to see the operation of reducing whey to
sugar of milk, which is done by simply
boiling down the whey to a gum and clar-
flying and powdering it, Sugar of milk
is used for medicine manufacture, es-
pecially homeopathic, and has heretofore
been all imported. They intend to supply
the whole demand.
a kentucky paper essayes TO explain
the cause Of our "lndian Summer" and
arrives at the following extremely lucid
result: 'If this sort of frosty weather
We're to last six weeks without rain there
would be no Indian Summer. After the
early frost the leaves fall and it requires
shower OF rain to cause the fallen leaves
to terment, which continues for a time
and warns up the atmosphere. During
this period of fermentation the season
called Indian Summer comes in"
Ezra Keen of the Line district, Hart
ford Mo raicnI tyrn hnnlraI n,,I
nine bushels Of sound ears of corn, from
two acres Of ploughed land, it being the
most Of any one in the district on two
acres, if not in the town or county. Henry
A. Bicknell, of the same district. raised
on ten square rods of old ground, IO3
bushels Of Norbitons Giant Mangod
WurtZel beets. Rows eighteen inches
apart, drills made for the seed by moving
wheelbarrow over the ground, dressing
narrowed IN.
The apple, pear and plum trees, accord
species of insect enemies. Plum raising
i'll Maine has already been driven into a
corner and apple raising is very precari-
GUS because Of the ravages of insect pests,
and possibly may become as hard pressed
dS pun raising mas. he most e1lecINe
means Of relief are the birds that are
natural enemies of insects. We must en-
courage birds, and breed birds in our
orchards and about the buildings, to Sc
cure their aid in the insect warfare.
| Lewiston journal.
England tends to become less and less
q land of wheat growers and more and
more fruit-bearing country 1t is no.
ticed by Mr. Grittcn, in his report to the
Board Of Trade, that in one year the
orchards OF Great Britain have increased
to the extent Of 5000 acres, whereas tie
wheat grown in 1877 was, though more
than last year, still much below the ordi-
nary average. The decline is about per
cent The stock of horses in the country
is increasing, while horned cattle are de
creasing, thanks to cattle plague, foot
and mouth disease, and scarcity of fodder,
which makes grazing an exceedingly risky
business and threatens to make it a very
unpopular one.