The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-03-16

resume business as soon a. the weather
becomes warmer, but subject him to
repeated freezing and thaWing and he
viii perish; hence Henry says he
doesnit consider his big wheat fields in
aay danger from young grasshopp0rs
this wear, for he thinks the alternate
warm and cold weather which We
have had since the first Of February
has destroyed the 'scritters."
This strikes as as one OF the NEST
sensible theories on the grasshopper
question If It ia correct. This winter
will kill most of the insects.
David Houser, of Oxford township,
Sumner county, has on his farm sixty
acres Of pastzre land enclosed by
hedge oHly three years old this spring,
which tarns stock. Mr. Houssr has .
mile of hedge upon which he will
claim and receive 9 bounty Of sixtsen
dollars per year for eight years.
Salina Journal: The opinion of
nine-tenths OF the farmers is that the
grasshoppeI eggs deposited hereabonts
| will never be Matched. May the good
LORD make this opinion sound one.
Henp-raisers report that their crop
will average 800 pounds to the acre.
Hemp is worth $40 per ten.
Wheat is generally reported lokinx
we'll.
Farmers report working stock in
splendid condition.
The sheep in Central Kansas report
ed in excellent condition, with pros
poets of big wool crop.
A eve gave birth to four lambs in
Humboldt the other day two of which
are alive aud we'll.
| A prairie fire on Tuesday across
the Walnut river southwest of town
destroyed stable, q mule, q harness
and wagon, corn, oats, wheat hay and
farming implements. valued altogeth-
er about $400, for Mr.. Joseph Dewitt.
1t also burned considerable hay for
Mfr. COpple. Courier.
An experiment In growing corn was
made at the State Agricultural College
last year. Four narrow plats OF
land OF equal size were laid off side by
side. In the first and third plats corn
was planted In drills and thinned cut
until the stalks were about ten inches
apart, while in the second and fourth
plats the seed was placed in hills. The
result was yield of seventy-one BUSH
els per acre in the drilled patches, and
sixty-two and one-half In those plant
ed in hilis-a gain Of eight and one
half bushels per acre by drilling in
The same after treatment was given
to all, and 20 pounds of ears counted
: to the bushel.
The following prescription will act
as an excellent preventative of the
hog cholera. Two parts sulphur, one
part antimony, one part saltpetre, one
part copperas, and small piece o.
. asssfOetida. Keep the mixture in salt
and place trough in q dry place
where the hogs can have access to it Al
all times. This prescription will be
found good remedy mixed with sof
sicK.-Exchange.
Clean, dry pens, clean tToughs, an(
proper food and drink are the best o
all representatives..
GasshePper organizations are notice
able in differnt parts of the State
but the movement is not general.
w. F. Swift, of Ottawa has importe'
q Berkshire ROW six months old, ant
|, weighing between four and five hun
dred pounds at cost of $40.
! The German colony of Barton coun
, ty have over thirteen thousand acre
In fall wheat. 1t was all drilled In
and is doing splendidly.
/ G. c. OsgOod, of Parsons, has dis
: covered grasshopper eggs in the corr
stalks that have remained standing il
: the felds. They are found near tn
/ grouAd.