The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-19

fruit.
Bees require great deal Of water
in secreting wax, and troughs filled
with water should be kept near the
hives.
Mr.. Henry Hart, of Connecticut has
a peach tree that has four branches, is
four feet in circumference, and has
been bearing for more than genera
ton.
A pound and quarter of oatmeal
will supply as much nitrogen and fat
to the body as pound of meat but
they say properly directed effort in
laughter will give you three pounds of
flesh.
A Trenton, N. j., correspondent
writes that his plum trees are all dy-
ing, and wishes to know what will
keep them from it. Dig them up and
plant out new trees; thay are all dy-
ing here.
A recent traveller in Japan says they
cook rice in that country by pouring
in just enough water to keep the rice
from burning in the pot, which is
placed on slow fire and kept tightly
closed. The rice is steamed rather
than boiled, and the snow-white kerr
nels, separate and firm, are said to be
delicious. We expect to try it, though
we are no cook. Our first lesson in
cooking was on camping expedi-
ton, and had some splendid turnips,
which we put on to cook for dinner.
About "grub" time, we went to dish
up our fiavory turnips, when they had
burned completely up. The Japan
csc idea of cookery with no water may
do for rice, but it won't answer for
turnips.
At a recent agricultural meeting of
the Society of France, which was des-
cribed by Mr.. HenZie, discovery was
made by a gardener near St Cloud. 1t
is an insect trap and consists of a piece
Of thin board covered with old tallow
and grease, which is then deposited
on the ground in places the insects
frequent. The board soon becomes
covered with them, after which they
are easily destroyed with little spir-
its of turpentine. At the least calcu-
lation they have destroyed not less
than $1,000 worth of strawberries,
around the town Of Crystal Springs !;
they have laundering for the delici-
Gus fruit.
1t has been found recently that
coffee grounds are an excellent man
ure. A lady from San Francisco re-
ceived some plants from Mexico, and
was instructed to use coffee grounds,
which acted wonderfully. She then
tried the experiment on roses, which
did equally as well.
Professor w. w. Tracey says his
most profitable crop was five acres of
squashes. The ground was plowed
and worked in rows eight feet each
way, using one-third of a bushel of
manure to each hill. The variety was
Boston Marrow.
Louisiana prospects for a large
sugar crop are very fine.
The army worms have already COM
menced their depredations upon the
wheat fields of Tennessee, and have
made their appearance in the cotton
fields of Alabama. This is favor
able year for them, and they may be
expected.
The Pullman Car Company, of Chi
cago, have purchased the large Cor
liss engine exhibited at the Centen-
NAL. We wonder if they are going to
attach it to their sleepers.
The stock of sugar in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore is
40, $3.50 tons more than last year,
The value of exports of breadstuffs
for April is $2l, 500, 600; last year, for
the same month, -S14, $4,000
The yield of sea island cotton, near
Charleston, S. c., was from so to 100
pounds per acre, under slave culture /;
now it is $50 pounds, netting more
than 500 per acre. Manuring is the
cause of it.
The worlds total Indebtedness is
somewhere between 500, 900, 900, 900 and
$50 900, 100000. All nations are in
creasing their indebtedness, except the
United States. This, no doubt, is due
to the development of our great agri-
cultural resources.
Leading poultry men say that while
the cotton crop of 1877 was only valued
at $155,OOO,OOO, eggs and poultry
amounted to S4O0,000,0 900, not taking
into account all the eggs, fowls, chick
ems, turkeys, geese and ducks used by
hotels, restaurants and confectionery
manufacturers, which enlarge the sum
to over S5OO,OOO,OOO. We all love
chickens and eggs, even the Method
ist preachers, who are said not to eat
such things, and are not included in
the list.
The first peaches received in the st
Louis market, this season, were from
Austin, Ark, and were received on
the Sd of June. The variety was the
Alexander, and brought 81 90 per box
st. Louis is soon to have a large
chicken factory, and the chickens are
to be Matched out by the incubating
process. It's new invention, and
the gentleman who manages it pro-
poses tc turn out 5000 chicks every
week.
At a sale of Jersey cattle recently,
in New York, 81 900 was offered for a
little calf whose mother is the famous
COW Alpha, who upon large yields Of
milk has produced quite a sensation.