The comet., 1880-09-11
PARAGRAPHS OF ALI SORTS.


The Eastern Irish potato crop Is tin
largest for number Of years.
2 Recent rains have largely damaged
, the cotton crop.
: About $4,000 worth of sheep were
killed by dogs in Kentucky, in 1870.
The petroleum produced for last
month, was 10000, 900 barrels.
The United Stat grows annually
$50, O,0O0,000 bushels of potatoes-threo
bushels to every man, woman and
child.
French gardeners preserve ripe
peaches by packing them in bran and
placing in cellars.
1t is said that pound and half of
oat meal will supply as much fat ms
Il pound of uncOoked meat
The sounding of Niagara river by Il
party Of engineers has recently been
accomplished after great difficulty.
According TO II recent circular of
Henry Clewes & Co., the yield ofwheat
in eleven wheat growing States will
be 337, ,0OO, 600 bushcls-ncarly an in
crease of 100000 bushels over last
year.
According to the health statistics
the death rate in all the large cities is
on the decrease.
Brass ornaments may except bright
by coating them with II thin solution
of blcached shellac in alcohol.
\ dccoction Of tan .ey poured ON
cabbage plants will drive away the
worms.
Austria is engaged largely in the
sponge business.
I.lne-water and swcrt-oil are excel |
lrut for all kinds of.sun-burn.
Ashes, said Marshall =. Wilder a
few years since, are are worth fifty |
cents per bushel to apply to orchards
and are the cheapest manure for that |
purpose. That ashes have very ben
efical effect in this connection, is
shown by the fact that on all virgin
soils recently burned over we get the
faircst fruits and the best vegetables.
The same authority cautions the use
of salt as Il manure for orchards, be-
lieving that it has no beneficial effect
atmosphere is constantly saturated
with salt.
We welcome again upon our eX-
change list the Southern Live Stock
Journal. After the fire it seems fresh
cr and better than ever before. We
advise all those who wish TO patron
ize Il paper which is devoted to Il good
cause to subscribe for this most excel
lent Journal.
Glass mill stones are used in Ger
many, and are said to heat less than
the French burr-stone.
The wild berry crop of New Hamp-
shire is said to be worth 500, 900 am
nuallv; which is pretty much clear
gain, rs it is gathered mostly by hands
who would otherwise be idle.
The owner of IN extensive cherry
orchard in Napa, California, smokes
his orchard every spring to keep off
frosts.
The apricot succeeds better in Cali
tornia than anywhere else; and the
crop for this season will amount to
$500, 900.
Joseph Jefferson, the eminent actor,
has recently purchased a large num-
Der of short-horn cattle for his farm
in louisiana.
Gen. Lee thinks that the Misss-
sippi Agricultural College will open
with $50 students, as 200 have already
their names.
Master Darden is now lecturng on
Grange topics thoughout the State.
The area of land in cultivation in
all the Gulf States, is rapidly increas-
ing. This is an encouraging sign of
prosperity.
Arthur Gee Of plymouth county,
Iowa, expects to shear a flock of 1O, 600 !
sheep next season.
A few years ago, long wool brought {
-he highest price in the market; now, t
the short and fine woods are at the top |
lt the market. !