Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-11-22
NOTES.

A farmer near Blount Springs, Ala. raised
300 bushels OF corn from four acres of land
this year.
Some Of the farmers OF Young county, Tex
ms, have raised two crops of corn this season.
the second crop yielding thirty bushels per
acre.
The agricultural college students Mt Orono,
Me-, have harvested 20 tons of hay, 800 bush
els of potatoes, 20 bushels of beots, and good
crops of wheat and barley this term, besides
attending to their studies
Professor Thomas Taylor of the Agricultur-
al Bureau, reports that u tablespoonful of
turpentine added to pail Of water will dis
infect n cesspool instantly and in the sick
chamber will prove a powerful auxiliary
! against germs and bad odors.
swarm of bees took possession of the
chimney of the Middlefeld, Conn, Method
list church during the summer, and, when
| fire was kindled in the stove on Sunday, the
floor of the church basement literally flowed
with honey.
But for the cactus, freightng would be im-
| possible through some sterile districts of Mex
| leo, as it furnishes the best Of nourishment to
the cattle, who find neither water nor grass
in those regions. The cactus, on being cut
| of and roasted over fire, 80 that the thorns
become softened, is eaten voraciously by
them, and they will go four or five days with
out water when thus fed.
Tree planting has become popular in Cali
fornia and is rapidly increasing The euca-
| lyptus is the favorite 1t is easily grown, is
an evergreen and has the recommendation of
keeping its foliage freer from dust than any
other variety On the busiest roads the
leaves of this tree look as if they had Just
been washed by shower.
Western Advocate of oleomargarne, says he
has not been able to get complete list of all
the manufactures of oil or butter in the Uni
ted States, but of the sixteen the names of
which have become known to him thirteen
have gone to the wall. though backed with
an aggregate of 81, 500, GOO capital stock to
start with, and the remainder are evidently
running on a small margin of profit, if in
deed there be any at ALL
A Bridgeport, Conn, veterinary surgeon
found III the stomach of horse that had
died of Inflammation of the bowels, eight
large calculi stones weighing 81 pounds, each
about the size of an orange. On breaking
one piece Of nail was found in the centre,
forming a neucleus around which the layers
of calculus matter had deposited, and it is
supposed that each of the other stones had
similar basis.
The st. Paul Press says that there are 2S,-
600 acres Of amber sugar cane planted in
Minnesota this year Last year there were
81 900 acres and the yield of syrup was about
| lao, 900 gallons. 1t is expected the yield this
year will be proportionately increased. The
| yield of syrup is from 40 to $50 gallons per
acre. The Press also thinks That the time is
not distant when Minnesota will not only
| produce all the sugar, syrup and vinegar that
is needed for home consumption, but will
have immense quantities for export.
A correspondent of the London Times
| gives an extraordinary account of the swarms
of locusts which prevail in some parts of In
dia. OF late the young locusts have been
Matching out and hopping along before they
are able to fly, laying waste all vegetation.
Hearing of plan of the natives to dig
trenches in the line of march of these crea-
lures, the correspondent called out his men
and dug several trenches, into which the To-
Gusts tumbled as they reached the brink
When one ditch was full it was quickly COW
cred with earth, and the march went on to
the next one. After the work was over a
careful estimate was made of the number of
locusts thus destroyed, which showed that
seven and half millions or 100 tons of the
insects had been buried within two hours.