The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-07-17

The first new Virginia wheat was sold in
Baltimore, June s, at $l.55 per bushel.
A man on the Peninsula Railroad in
Florida gathered 10000 good oranges from
one tree.
There will be more grain and cotton rails
cd in Texas this year than in any three
previous years.
Mr.. Waldo L. Smith, OF Mosherville,
Mich, owns a ram, which in four years
yielded 100 pounds of wool.
There is every prospect OF an immense
apple crop, unless the uncommonly dry sea-
son interferes with the perfection of the
fruit.
A half gill of soft soap and water, one
part of soap to twelve of water, poured at the
roots of cabbage plants, is recommended as
sure death to white grubs.
There is contained in the corn cobs raised
in the United States from ll5,OOO,OO to
l2O ,OOO,O 900 pounds of carbonate of potash
which is the third most valuable article re-
4 quired in agriculture,
The Georgia rice crop is fine this year
The rains have given it a good start, and the
finest crop ever raised is expected this sea
ron. Rice is becoming one of the most i'm
portant grain crops of South Georgia.
To keep bugs of melons and squash vines
plant tomato plant in each hill. BY doing
this the bugs do not bother them, while
across the fence, where there are no tomatoes
they will all be killed by the bugs.
Close training and hard labor are as
damaging to beasts as to man. Trouble the
best steeplechaser ever seen in this country
and owned by Mr.. Chas Reed, of Saratoga,
n. Y, has entirely broken down at the age
Of 10 years.
In the last fifteen years the production ol
whea. and barley in the United States ha,
trebled, corn, cotton and tobacco, more than
doubled, oats increased nearly 100000, ,OOl
bushels, potatoes nearly doubled and hay
increased more than one-third.
A sentence Of three months to hard labor
was lately passed upon young man, after
being recommended to mercy by the jury
for manufacturing a pedigree for bull
which he exhibited at the great Birmingham
cattle show, England, and for which he Oh,
tained prize of $40,
If hens get into the habit of eating theil
pwn gsgive them bran and Indian meal
:, equal parts, and enough warm vinegar t.
inoistsn the food sufficiently for the hens I,
Pat it. This, it is said, is a sure femedy;bu
he surest remedy we have found has beer
cutting Off their heads.
Lime Stacked with solution of salt il
water and then properly thinned with skim
Riik, from which all the cream has beer
aiken, makes permanent whitewash 70
outdoor work, and it is said renders th
wood incombus:ible. 1t is an excellent wasl
or preserving shingles and for all farm
bIildings.
Brine applied to the roots of grapevine
Affected by the grapes rotting has beer
Ound to completely eradicate the rot. S
ays Mr.. John Wolfe, of Liberty, Ill. II
has fifteen varieties of the leading sorts, ,ant
very successful in raising fine grapes am,
plenty of them. Mr., Wolfe reports fine pros
Dects for fruits.
In the northern part of New York,
lumber Cf creamcriss and several Limbur
heese factories have not opened this spnn
pr lack of milk. Many farmers in tina
ection sold of one-half or two-thirds {
heir dairy stock last season, before the ris
dairy products took place,and this seaso
avs are SO high, comparatively, that the
annot afford to buy,