The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-26
industrial Items

Il To keep oats we'll a cellar should be
i cool, dark, and not very dry
f Al farmer near Memphis, Tennessee,
cleared $500 ON three acres of water
melons.
| The yield of hops throughout the coun-
try is fully Is per cent. below the aver
age. eJ9t7 oa
In 1881 there were 4, III, 554 acres OF
corn IN Kansas, which produced 80, 200,
542 bushels.
The iargeat vineyard in California
will be planted this winter. It will con-
tain 1000, 900 vines. ~ 81
From seventeen acres of vines, a Cali
/ fornian made Is, 600 gallons of wine, at
a net profit Of $1,000. as
/ The sum of S3,645 was realized from a
crop of sugar-cane on farm of 120 acres
near Cape May city.
The climate of California is said to be
preemine emily suited to the healthy growth
/ of silk-worms. a
Warmer pens would be a, comfort to
4 pigs and a source of profit to farmers
who would save corn in feeding.
The slopes forming the base of the
| Sierra Nevada range are said to be adapt
ed to the growing of the finest fruit in
the union. szs,-.t
irish formers are shipping cargoes. of
potatoes to the western parts of Great
Britain. and even large quantities tothe
] United States.
A New York farmer says that Canada
thistles may be killed by blowing them
under about the 1st of July, or when the
stalks are hollow. aaaa
1t is said that two thicknesses of pa
| per, used in lining the barrel in which
| apples are packed, will prevent them
from freezing while being shipped.
The worst forms of malaria have their
origin in close bedrooms, filthy back
yards, stables, sinks, and drains. Habits
produce more disease than so-called ma
laria.
A black walnut grove that was plant
ed by a Wisconsin farmer about twenty
years ago on some waste land recently
sold for $4,000. The trees are now
from sixteen to twenty inches in dia-
meter. 1
To have potato retain all of its good
qualities it should be dug on dry day,
and at once stored in dark cellar. 1t
is mistake to suppose that potato is
improved, or will keep better, by drying
In the open air.
The crops of Pennsylvania for the
year 1881 are estimated by the state
board of agriculture as follows: Corn,
32,7S0,000 bushels; wheat, 19,470,0 900
bushels; oats, 81, $50, 600 bushels; buck
wheat, 1,697, 900 bushels; potatoes, s.
031, 250 bushels; tobacco, 22,o25, 900
pounds. @
A farmer went extensively into bee
keeping at Fairview, Penn. Honey ma
terial was scarce last summer, and the
bees spread over the neighborhood in
search of it, stealing sweet stuff from
Kitchens, and singing many persons.
A suit has been begun against the own
er, and the question whether he has MAIN
tanned q nuisance, or has simply engag-
ed in lawful industry, is to be settled in
court t
DR.. c. r. Agnew writes from St.
Johps, FL, that there is universal spirit
of enterprise and industrial activity in
that state. He says the country is being
rapidly settled, and the planting of or
ange groves and other Vegetables and
fruits is going on with energy and an
ardbr that is amusing and instructive.
The value of the crop is said to be i'm
mense, and the returns unqUestionably
satisfactory.
a A New Y ork farmer says that he has |
common dt1nghill hen, which is II |
years old, and that she has laid an egg !
every day except about two months each |
Year since her first, and during those two |
months She has raised an average of %
chickens. per annum. She sings as
cheerfrJ1ly now, and cackles as loudly /
white at her work as she did eleven |
years ago, when she first began the dis |
charge of her important duties. Atthis |
rate, this hen in eleven years must have
laid 8, 355 eggs, which, at Is cents per
dozen, would have brought S39. IS; and /
would have raised 275 chickens, which |
aft S3 ,1ar s9ozen 1w0uld have hroI1oht |
S6S.75, making a total of sos. 90, from |
which take 81 for keep, or say S24, and
there is left clear profit of $500.