The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-02
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

toIN As FoOD FOR MAN Corn Is the most
widely cultivated grain in the world. with the
exception OF rice. England imports annually
h1,OO0h0o bushels Of corn at O. cost Of S5I 0Go .
900. India is raising enormous nuaotitj"aa
now universally consumed as human food
btaHl cUltlVAteS large CrOp; italy ANIMAL
raises 43,OOO,00D bushels; Austria 10000 00G
Du6hHIS; hungary 6G,0DO, 900; France 70, 600,
600; Portugal - 900 900; Greece 3 600 UoO. New,
South Wales 1,OOOO0O
In the United States 81, O00 acres are de-
voted 70 the culture Of corn, yleldinga total Of
l,3JO,O0O0OD bushels annually.
HAYMAKTNG. Hay should come as near nc
possible to dried green grass. Havmakinp
consists essentially in evapOrating the watrr
from grasses cut in q SIiCClInut stavp and
should be confined to this alone. while the beet
nay Will be made by those who re rlizn that
the process IS simply treating grass so that if
may be stored with safety IF it were nos
SIble TO expose every blade Of grass, as soon
as cut, to Il temperature Of 20Oo for few
hours, and then pack under q WATERPROOF
roof the hay would be as good as the grass
could yield. The nearer the farmers hav-
making approaches this result, the better viii
be his crop.
lVY.-IVy will succeed better in our warm
dry rooms than any other plant, and all that
IS needed 10 make it attractive is the exercise
OF little ingenuity in the appliances for itg
nome, 1t will not grow quite as well in strong
light as when partially shaded, as the ivV
loves shade and an even cool Temperature.
SUGAR FROM CORN.-A factory Is in Opnra-
ton at Davenport, Iowa, for the making Of
sugar from corn the first in the country
! MS sugar IS the same as maple sugar or is
chemically known as Rlucpse-pure maple
sugar, grape sugar and glucose being one
ami the same thing.
The demand for the article by confectionprs
alone in the United States is immense The
sources OF supply heretofore have been
France and Germany where glucose is made
from potatoes Here It IS Inc product Of com corn
wholly 1t IS as pleasing to the taste as
honey. The capacity of the works at DaypD-
ports 500 bushels per day
Cur ALL WEEDs-It is estimated at the
Department Of Agriculture that an annual
gain OF SGO,O00,O0O would be made by our
farmers If they were more particular to px-
terminate the weeds from their UlOWed
lands.
PRACTICAL DIvI5IUH OF t'LANTS.-Plants
are divided into genera, aDectes and 9,n-
rtettes, three distinctions that all farmers
should clearly comprehend, and without
which no practical XperimentatiOnsO on plants
can be attempted.
A genus plural 0encrn) denotes an assem-
bIAge OF several species agreeing with one
another IN their structural characters more
closely than with other species.
A 9pecte8 denotes class embracing such
varieties as may have originated from it as
their common parent, and is capable If re-
prOduclng itself indefinitely
rnrlety il an Individual having originated
from SPECIES, and differing from it only in
some minor particulars, as shape, foliage
color or flavor OF fruits.
ne "pyru5" t8 a gnN8, for instance, in
Guiding the species called apple fpljraAg nrGLtssj
the pear, etc, and both Of these species NAV
include hundreds Of varieties.