The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-02-06
AeaIcrLrrRAL VOTES.

J. II. Phillips, near Philadelphia, is
the owner Of hog which weighs $50
pounds
A lnan in EastoD, Maine, harvested
10000 bushels Of potatoes from 45 acres
Of ground last season.
The South raised 60o, 900 900 pounds
Of tobacco in 1879, which is 1000, 900
more than she ever raised before.
a Virginia paper estimates the an
nual loss to that State by the destruc-
ton Of sheep by vicious dogs ut g..
100000.
Kansas Is the principal field for sup
plica Of castor beans, aud the crop tho
past yes.r Is estimated at l0,00O,000
buspelT
Massachusetts raises more tobacco to
the acre, and Maine more potatoes 10
the acre, than any other New England
State.
Damaged corn is exceedinel, ihinri.
ons ns food for horses, bccan,e IL brings
on Inflammation Of the bowels and skin
diseases.
Horses contract habits very easily
when improperly managed, and trans-
nit them TO their offspring. The talky
man makes balky horse.
Tomatoes, when ripe, make an excel.
lent vinegar, and contains sufficient
aecharine matter to give IL good body
without the addition Of sugar
James Wood Of westchester County.
n. Y, ruised 5000 bushels Of tarniIa
tho past season on four acres Of land, or
at the rate Of 500 bushels per acre.
The value Of impcrts Of eggs and
poultry into Great Britain amounts to
$40, 100000 year. These products
are said to come largely from France.
Give hens constant access to lime ia
some form. Hens must have the raw
material in order 10 manufacture slells;
they cannot make them out Of nothing.
The best remedy for the sting Of
bee, wasp or hornet is liquid Ammonia,
aud nothing will equal its dilution in
water in aliaying the irritation caused
by mosquitoes.
On James l.. Rays farm in Lewis
and Clarke County. Moniana. ia 1879,
one acre yielded lO2 hu-hels of wheat,
the largest yield Of wheat ever recorded.
Farmers should lsHr in lnind that
frozen meat will nnt al,soih salt. Il,..
fore either frrzcI, i.., ~ I.otk IL pat in.
tho barrel Tor sailing it shonid he llawc,l
out.
There Is dissa,i,facti"n in 10 about
the tFee-plantipg la~. IL Is charged
that vast amount il lost fsom the
Treasury In temitted raxes for which ,.s
equivalent is rendered.
A jersey COW in Memphis, Tunn.,
surprised her owner aud the farmers
thereabout 10y giving milk that made
three pounds Of butter from one gallon
Of milk. So the papers say.
An orangegrower in Louisiana is
cuitivating new species from seeds
obtained from Dom Pedrois garden in
Brazil. The new variety rarely con
tains n seed and has very high flavor.
America stands first in the world for
honey production, as well as for scien-
tiIic management and improved imple-
meats for the apiary; next comes SwilE
erlnnd, then England and France,
w. L. WeisAinger has ON exhibition
near Pottsville, Pa, the largest OK ever
seen ia that part of the county. The
monster is four years old; is eighteen
and half hands high, aud weighs ,. 10
pounds.
4 New York farmer truly says we
must not regard any Test made in a
single year with fertilizers as conclusive.
They must be conducted through n
series OF years before we can be assured
what results attend their use.
The West Chester PENN Local
Neics says that SOW belonging to n
gentleman named MeCauley, living in
East Brandywine, has given birth to a
litter Of pigs, one of which is red, white
and blue. and is the largest one Of the
lot. We would term this patriotic
pig.
General Mattocks informs tho Main,
Farmer that last year he took a 9uan
tity Of pulp from the beet sugar facto,,
to his farm in baldwin, covered il in
trench, and after several months it cam,
out fresh and nice, and was eaten by
cattle "with great ayidity."
The tongues Of bees vary from 23l0t
to 27-l00 of an inch in length. TIL,
longest are the Italians; next the Ger
man bees of Europe, while the shortes
are the black American bees. Upol
, the length Of the bees tongue depend
its ability to gather from flowers witt
, deep petals.
j. J. Woodman Of Vest NottinghaG
". H., bas a SOW Just nineteen month
f, eld that measures \ feet 81 inches j
langtI, feet across the shoulders an
hips, and feet 81 inches deep, girtl
! ing feet l0l inches. This mammot
? specimen is the Chester White breeC
with the old fashioned lop-ear.
!, To utilize fathers of ducks, chicken
, and turkeys, generally thrown aside {
= refuse, trim the plumes from the stunt
i inclose them in n tight bag, fnh u
!, whole as If washing clothes, and yo
. will secure perfectly uniform and ligl
i down, excellent for quilting covcIle
I and not few other purposes.
/" It is held that England will event
ally become one Of the best custome
80 for our mutten sheep. TO uceempli
u this, howcveg our stock OF mutt.
N sheep must not only be increased. b
:, especial care must be taken in breedil
= s,,ao;al ,,a;na taLen IN fattaninC