The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-13
AGRICULTURAL.
rinsley's Magazine.

Tie winc-gr0wing interest Of Calitor-
MIA yields fully 500, 900 annually to
the revenue of that State.
Denmark has Tor many years supplied
canned butter 70 South America. The
same industry is to be commenced ia
this country.
Peanut oil is being shipped from North
Carolina t. italy. cotton seed oil also
goes 80 The same country, where it is
rapidly taking the place Of olive oil.
Everything which 'gilt-edged" in the
way Of farm produce brings the highest
prices-hutter, cheese, milk, fruit, and
50 ON, through the whole list Of farm
products.
F.r some reasons sorghum is not in
favor with th- farmers Of California. 1t
is not cultivated in most Of the valleys,
and there Is iitle Of il in any Of the
counties OF that State.
japan Is ihe only country in the world
in which gentlemen are not farmers.
The farms there are very small, and are
worked entirely by hand. On most of
them no animals are kept.
A leading cotton raiser of Hale county,
Ala, has introduced upon his planta
tjon / 900 English sParrows, in the hope
that they Will prove efiectual destroyers
Of the cotton worm.
At the Central, Michigan Fair, held in
Lansing, there was an unusual display
Of fine poultry, including all the promi
uent breeds There were nearly 100
awards made in this department.
A recent sale of 100 Hereford bulls is
reported in England for expectation TO
Bueuos Ayres tor crossing on the native
stock there. 50 far rs tried in the West
notably in Colorado and Wyoming
this breed has produced good results
crossed on the native Texans, which, on
the plains region Of The United States,
constitute the bulk of the cattle kept.
Nurserymen's prices are at the bottom
figure, but mauy have no money, even
at the lowest prices, to purchase orna
mental trees, who can 20 into the woods
and select beautiful specimens that trans
planted to The home grounds vii be very
beautiful. il is wise to select small
specimens as these overcome most quick
ly the shock of transplanting.
4 Minnesota farmer being greatly an
n5yed by the ravages perpetrated In his
garden by number Of pigs, consulted
the Town Supervisor as to what he should
10. ''Shoot EN- that's what you ought
10 do, said the Supervisor. A few days
after the pigs reappeared, when the
farmer proceeded to ''shoot EN-" to the
number of six good-sized grunters.
When the ownership Of the pigs was as
certained. it was found that they all be-
louged to the farmer himself. But
he thus got rid of the nuisance.
The best fodder corn is that grown
thlckly in drills--so thickly that no ears
are developed. Let the ground be rich;
let the cultivation be thorough, cut up
when the tassels are dropping their pol
len; let ii wilt on the ground; tie in small
steaks, binding firmly at the top, and
also hall way down. Then let it stand
IS late rs possible before carrying to the
barn. Ii the crop is planted early it
may be cut up so early as to get perfectly
dry. if it has no ears.-Farmer and
Fruit Grower.
The hog cholera cure men are about
~ numerous As the lightning rod men
used to ba, Our readers are cautioned
against investing. Notwithstanding the
apparently demoustrative evidence offer
Ell hy the vendors. The so-called hog
cholera Is not one disease responsive to
10 one kind OF treatment, any more than
all the Ills that human flesh is heir to is.
These patent nostrums are therefore
frauds, intended only to benefit the peck
cts of the makers Just as cure alls must |
in the nature OF the case be--Journal of |
Agriculture.