The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-16

ing.
General Items Of Interest.
supplement, Globe-Democrat, ILL.,
Clover Increases in dry weight until the
blossom Is nafured
A cord of green hard wood weighs upwards
OF three tons. Some teamsters seem To be iy-
norant of the fact.
Based on the average yield of land in the
United States, 1t would require the pro,uct
of 1900 acres in corn, or 6,ooO acres in wheat.
to fully load one freight steamer OF a carryiu.
capa city of $500 tons
Crude carbolic acid mixed with sixty rarts
water is recommended for killing ticks on
sheep.
Poultry roosts should never be allowed In
horse or COW stables. Hen lice are very apt
to attach themselves TO animals, TO their s-n
Gus detriment. Nothing is more surely cal
culated 20 destroy their appetite and prevent
them from taking on fiesh.
A new disease has broken out among the
that died of the disease lave been dissected,
and the conclusion arrived al is, that 1t is a
disease of the lungs-a new kind of lung fe-
yer.
The time of year has arrived Tor the publi-
vi Hot4CSs VI tSkSf iioiu
the size of ones fist TO that of an infants
head. Every happy possessor challenges the
next mans hens to beas IL. Nevertheless IS, the
average eggs remain of the average size; al
least those which sre sent 10 market
The annual yield of potatoes in the United
States, according 10 the returns Of the last
census, was nearly l50,ooo,OOo bushels. In
view OF the increasing attention lately given
to this crop it will doubtless show, at the
close of the present decade, a large increase in
the amount of the yield, as well as in the
number and Improvement of varieties. In
fact, it may be safely assumed THAI, in spite
of the fears of many in regard TO the ravages
of the beetle, this crop will still show yield
at the pext census Of over 2OO,OOO.OO bushels
The Culture os Monthly Roses.
Prairie Farmer, IL.
Every housekeeper who has a garden, how.
ever small, should have a bed of monthly
roses. If they have been kept in rooms in
the house, or If they come directly from the
greenhouse, they should not be transplanted
outside until danger of freezing weather is
over but, If they have been wintered over In
light cellar or cold frame, they may be
placed outside as early as the first of April,
or this season, this may have been done
much earlier.
However they may have been kept they may
go outside now at any time. Roses require a
rich, rather compact soil, but at the same
time one that is friable. II the soil is natural
" light, thoroughly rotted COW manure mixed
with good loan viii be best for enrichipg the
soil. The more delicate tea roses do best in a
lighter soil than .the other varieties. A soil
good enough for wheat, however, answers
admirably II enriched with compost man
ure. Drainage should be attended TO, since
none of the class like wet feet. Well decayed
earth of turf, or sods from some fe nee row an
swer nicely for the whole class.
The plants should be set about a foot apart
in the beds. and once in bloom, II the flow.
ers are clipped after blossOming, the plants
will soon cover the ground and give continu-
Gus bloom until hard freezing weather in the
fall, when they may be again taken up and
transplanted to the cold frame or cellar, I'M
til the succeeding spring.
Large Seeds Produce Large Potatoes.
In the Journal of the Royal Agricultural
experiment relating to the difference in yield
from the sets of large and of small potatoes
planted: "In the month of September, a
relative of mine (who was at the time COM
manding one of the regular traders to this
port gave me a small quantity of a very fine
potato, which he had brought from England.
l selected two Of the finest, which weighed
one pound two ounces, and these were cut up
so as to make thirteen sets. In row next Ia
them planted a similar number, cut from
the same weight of these potatoes, but all
small in size &; IN fact,such as are usually used
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