Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-12-19

Farm Notes, IS.
The harvest in italy il q failure this
year. g'9
We have reports Of extensive freezing
OF potatoes by the late cold snap.
Over fifty thousand bushels Of potatoes
have been bought and shipped in Du-
buque this fall. - G. %:: /
:. A second crop Of barley (volunteery at
Sun Prairie, Wis, came into head before
the late cold snap. - ~ >s2E
Over 1000 persons in Clark and Wayne
counties, Mississippi, earn their living
by turpentine industry.
A strong decoction of peach tree leaves
is reported to be specific for chicken chol-
era, dose, one-half teaspoonful. 's.",
sTwo-thirds Of the cultivated land IN
America is cultivated by the personal
labor of the men who own the land, {
At recent potato show IN England,
where nearly ], 400 plates were shown,
large number were of American varieties.
The favorable fall weather in Dakota
has enabled farmers to getin an immense
crop OF wheat in the northern portion of
tho state.
Great quantities of tobacco are raised
In Russia, the seed from which it is
grown being obtained chiefly from this
country. .
Red clover was introduced into Eng
land from the Netherlands in 1915, by
Sir Richard Weston, then ambassador to
the Low Countries.
Pennsylvania has eighty incorporated
county agricultural societies, thirty-one
OF which have representation in its State
Board Of agriculture. -. "
Bohemia has two superior and seven
ordinary institutions tor agricultural in
struction, all of which are In the enjoy,
ment of state support.
French farmers do not take kindly to
scientific agriculture, as the savants I'M
derstand the term. They cultivate well,
and save in every possible item Of cost.
The value of farms in the United States
is eleven billions and the annual product
is three billions. In four years, therefore,
the farm products equal the value of
farms.
Hemp is recommended to be cultivat-
ed in vineyards, orchards, ETC., for the
Punishment or destruction of noxious in
sects. It is said that noxious insects are
not found in hemp-felds.
Agriculture is to be made On obliga-
tory study in the elementary schools OF
France. This is a recent action Of the
French senate, and was adopted by a
majority of 254 votes.
Here is rare specimen of the profits
ofhorticulture worth striving for. The Or
iginator of new, white, outdoor grape,
suited to our climate, is said to have sold
the "copyright' of the same for 100000
Peach tress blossomed in Kentucky,
the second time this year, and market
woman near Newport KY, sod bushel
OF strawberries in Cincinnati, and had
large supply nearly ripe, destroyed by
| the freeze.
Rot among the sheep is late disaster
announced to have overtaken English
hocks. It is laid to the deluge OF rain
there for tho past year, keeping the
ground so wet as to be unwholcsome for
sheep pasturage.
London Garden, in speaking of strong
manure for roses, says: A successful Eng
lish competitor for fifty guinea prize
"fcd his plants tremendously" some of
the beds oeing mulched with nearly q
foot Of manure.
One of the phenomena Of the season Is
second crop of raspberries and straw
berries in Delaware and Maryland. One
grower has shipped at one time as many
as 100 pints Of raspberries from his bushes,
the second crop this season.
Glover in Mclean county is yielding
about four bushels OF seed to the acre,
and most of The farmers have already
sold at 81 per bushel. In Allegan county,
Mich, the crop was the largest ever
known. The price there has ranged from
$3.50 to $685. per bushel.
Cheap walks from the house to the
stable and other out-houses may be con-
structed by laying sapling trees, say
inches in diameter, parallel with each
other and one and two feet apart, accord
ing to the width desired. Bind them in
| place by pinning ties across occasionally.
Fill in the middle with sand, gravel,
sawdust, or any similar material.
! Wheat is selling in the Gallatin valley,
Montana, at fifty cents per bushel, and
there will be large surplus which can't
be disposed of even at that low figure,
and probably not at all. With the North
ern Pacific extended through that region,
as it will coon be, the products of Mon
tana promise to be almost limltlcss.
! A farmer in Elvira, Ia, cut a crop of
barley from piece of land in the sum-
mer, being unableIfor lack of he !p to cut
the crop until after it had become 80 ma
tured that much shelled in handling. A
second crop sprung up on the stubble
and was almost ready to harvest when
| the freeze came.
Mr.. Mech has been credited with the
answer, when asked what be MANFRED
his land with, saying, "With brains,
STRIP Opie, the celebrated painter, is the
originator Of the idea. He was asked by
an ambitious pupil, with what he mixed
his colors, he replied, "With brains, sir"
The entries Of the late dairy fair in
London were as follows: Live stock, 342;
dairy products, 400; dairy Implements,
models, drawings, etc., So; total, 881.
This is an increase over the entries at
similar fair held in October OF last year
of more than 200, showing the increased
interest in dairy farming and manipula-
tons among English dairymen and farm
ers. '.."'
The importation of foreign green fruits
into New York, says the New York Irib-
use, has more than doubled in ten years.
Oranges have not increased much, the
average number of Mediterranean being
160,023, 487 for ten years, 18s, 705, $40 for
1878; while of West India 12,942,975
were received last year, the average for
ten years being about so per cent. more.
Florida fruit comes in competition with
the later. of lemons, in round num-
bers has been from 100000 10 217,-
100000. There were $4,000 boxes ana
$4,000 barrels of grapes received. u.
Six Miles to School.
One of Dickens characters, Mark
Tapley, was noted for being Jolly under
difficulties. How many school-boys
would initiate the remarkable Mark and
be io1fy If thew had to walk s;x miles tn