The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-10-13
HOUSE AND FARM.
Brief Notes ON Various Subjects.

Brief Notes on Various Subjects.
Common white potatoes are wholesaling
In st. Louis at 81 40 per bushehla-decid-
ed luxury.
MIR. A. s. johnson, Boston, Mass., ex-
hibited at . recent fair 100 varieties OF pc:
tatees and similar products.
It is said that, Notwithstanding the frosts
OF the past season, Florida will send 30,
600. 600 oranges to market this year.
Holding for higher prices is character
ICED by Ex-Governor Seymour as the spirit
Of gambling" and he declares that, for ex-
ample, more hop growers have been ruined
by waiting for 80 cents per pound than have
been hurt by selling their crops in season,
even when the market ruled at only 10
cents.
Wine growing is being successfully pur-
sued in Virginia, and Is rapidly assuming
large dimensions. It was first introduced
by Germans, but others are now taking a
hand in it. One firm, with thirty -seven
acres Of land, has produced 500 gallons
of wine in a season. It is reported that
the yield of two counties this year will be
$4,000 to 10000 gallons. There is ready
market for all that Gun be produced.
The Rev. J. G. Wood, the eminent En-
glish naturalist, in an article on THE horse
and its Owner" says. in reference to bear
ing reins: "Pcoplo SEQ the horse champing
its bit, fingins foam flakes right and left.
tossing its head, rattling its harness. and
assume that the horse is acting in the pride
OF its strength and ful!ness ofspirit, where
as it is suffering ago,.ies Of pain, and il try
ing to gain by these movements momen-
tary relief"
mistaken notion in regard to tho size of
10 o1cs afov>k se
supposed that large animal must produce
largo and finely developed progeny. But,
on the contrary. it is tho small and finely
formed aud evenly balanced sire that is
most valuable for breeding. Some Of the
most successful sires have been small ani-
mails, and, in general, sizo is of very in
fe1ior importance in selecting males for
breeding purposes.
The finest wheat district in the United
States appears to be Stark county, Ohio,
which has yielded 27.7 bushels per acre.
Portage county, Ohio comes next with %
l-2 bushels. The largest aggregate weld
in any one county in tho Union was that
of Colnsa comfy, Co.., which produced in
1879 about 4, SOC, 900 bushels, an average Of
| about II Ia bushels an acre. Michigan
| has seventeen counties that in 1880 yielded
over million OF bushels each, Illinois has
| eleven counties, Ohio seven and Indiana
four.
The use Of Shorthorn and Hereford bulls
in the great western pastures has more than
doubled the value of the herds for beef,
| a'd when u farmer is inclined to ecorn a
Short-horn COW because she is no mixer,
he must reme,ahe: that her business In the
world is to produce beef. And so the lean,
\ bony, cat manned Jerseys bust
ness is to mako the best of butter, and that
| of the bulls to cross OH our common COWS
and double the value Of every heifer calf.
! Two Of our largo industries are troubled
by the high price of corn. The glucose
factories all over the country are either d.
minishing or, moro romn1ohly, altogether
susperdin& operations. With corn at Is to
| Soc, per bushel, they could make a very
satisfactory profit by converting it into
sugar." but with corn at Coo. to 7Oc., per
6nshel, they could probably make a profit
by reversing the transnutation. were such
a feat possible. The kentucky dist;llers
are also worried by the advance in price of
that cereal, and are said to be debating
whether, in view Of the low p,ice of whisky
and E1gh price of corn, it would not be ad-
visable to make no moro whisky at present.
Few are the unmixed evils of the world.