The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-09
pARAaRArHs OF AL SORTS.

PARAGRAPHS OF ALI SORTS,
y California raises as many acres I
"a wheat as Great Britain.
. The sugar crop of Cuba will he
per cent. less than last year.
- The arabic land of the the Unite
\ States is estimated at ,5O0,O 900 squar
d" miles.
1t Is estimated that The orange crol
of Florida was damaged by the las
Or storm at 81 100000 They are als'
splitting badly. One grower expects
to lose 10000 oranges.
The great Corliss engine of the Cen
- tennial is now driving the machinery
n of the San Francisco mint.
' The apple crop is the largest even
! harvested in the United States 200, 000,-
} 600. They never get any cheaper here.
:, The wheat crop of Illinois for 1880,
will amount to 53,SG5,0O0 bushels.
OubSlNlt VI hDlIt oiiN'
seed, there will he left 46, 100000 BUSH
els to be shipped.
During 1877, nearly 10000 persons
were killed by wild beasts.
A horse shoe manufactures is MAX
ing horse shoe Of iron and hemp.
The London Magazine of Pharmacy
recommended that American apples
can be exported to England in perfect
order by wrapping them in tissue pa
per, soaked in weak solution of sail
cylic acid.
The old farm of Henry Clay has
just been leased at the rate of eight
dollars per acre.
A prize of 40 acres of land is offered
to the couple who will be married in
from! of the grand stand at the Michi-
gan State Fair. This is II good chance
for some young man and woman who
wish to gain public notoriety and 40
acres of land.
The value of the entire taxable
property of the United States is val
ued at $4,000, 100000.
Some man in Rhode Island has won
immortal renown by finding out that
the detestable bitter-weed has a great
many redeeming properties, viz 1t
', OIL H., i'll n
gum as good as India rubber, and its
floss resembles Irish poplin, when
spun. Blessed be the man who in
vented sleep; but thrice blessed be
this man who has succeeded in utiliz-
ing this terrible pest.
The tobacco crop in Pennsylvania
amounted to p 100000 pounds in 1879.
OF this amount 10000 cases will beus-
ed in the manufacture of cigars. There l
are seventy-tive cigar manufactures
i'll Philadelphia county alone. t
Among the curiosities which at I
tracted great attention at the Missis- =
sippi Valley Horticultural Society, at !
st. Louis, was great obelisk of APP t
pies, forty feet in height-an exact !
pattern of the Egyptian obelisk that
is being set up in Central Park.
Corn cobs contain Il large amount of +
potash. Potash is one of our most t
valuable fertilizers, and the ashes of L
cobs is a valuable fertilizer. Save your !?
cobs. r
Irish potatoes are generally ruined Il
by being exposed too long to the sun Il
after being dug. :,
The hyacinth is very sweet flower fl
1t all times, but takes the hou of d
midnight to send off its sweetest per- i,
tunes. Il
There is creamery ut Deborah, Ia, y
which averages daily 1,2O0 pounds, v
which sells.in the Philadelphia market IL
It p cents per pound, as fast as it can p
,e delivered. =
California expects to produce 1000 b,
WV SbIlVllS VI w Inc UlllS year tile "
lrgcst crop ever made. " "
A viruIent fever has broken out C;
mong the cattle at Champaign, H., p
nd is said to be the Texas fever a. a,
The manufacture Of agricultural i'm pl
dement's has doubled in the last ten pl
ears. In 1850 it gave employment to az
My 1851 hands now it gives en- hi
loyment to 40,6S0. IT.
The culture of sumach is again be-
lg agitated. The Agricultural De- III
artment has recently published ag
lmphlet giving an account of the ell
allure of this plant in Sicily. There ce
plenty Of it growing wild in this ad
'uniry. In Virginia an endeavor m
as made to ship it, but it never paid ce
Ie shipper. all
Castor beans are now selling in st. nj,
)uis at from So to 81 .45 per bushel. IN m,