The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-21
Industrial BreYities.

Land, noticing the enormous rise in
the value of Highland property during
the last twenty years, says; In 1889 tho
estate of Torridon, in Ross-shirea
wild and mountainous territory on the
west coast of that county--was bought
by Col. M'Banet for E12,000. Thirty
years later the present Mr.. Darroch, Of
Torridon, purchased il for f63, 000-an
increase of more than 500 per cent.
Another west-coast property, that of
Attadalc, has had somewhat less for
tunate history. In 1922 Col. M'Barnet
bought it from Mr.. Matheson for f15,-
600, but subsequently sold it for $4,000,
and in 1861 it was bought back by Mr.
Mathcson for $4,000. The Muirtown
estate adjoining the property of Mr..
Sterling, of Faidburn, was sold early in
the century for E12,00o to Mr.. w. Mac
kenzie, by whose son it was sold for
100000. The then purchaser resold it
few years back TO MIR. Sterling for
100000.
The English weights and measures in
common use in market reports Of agri-
cultural produce are thus defned A
truss of straw, SO pounds; truss Of old
hay after Sept. !, So pounds; truss of
new hay, GO pounds. Thrty-six trusses
constitute load. One stone of butch
er's meat is pounds. An ordinary
stoneis IA pounds, quarter is 2Spounds,
hundred-weight is four quarters. or
1l2 pounds, bushel of -four Sc pounds,
sack of flour, or five bushels, is $50
pounds. In dry measure three bushels
equal one sack; of grain four bushels;
twelve sacks equal one chaldron; eight
bushels or two sacks equal one quarter,
and five quarters equal one load.
1t is generally believed that Mr.
Richardson, of New Jersey, first intro
duced lung plague from England, in q
shipment of short-horns, and. discover
ing the true nature Of the disease,
stamped it out by the slaughter of his
whole herd, valued ut $4,000. A sequel
to this is that some of the neighbors had
their stock infected by using the hay
taken from barn where the diseased
cattle had been, There are, however,
no recorded facts by which this story
can be corroborated.
1t will be news TO some people that
ostrich farming is attended with dangers
10 human life, although men engaged
in the business are not always free from
assault from some vicious bird. In the
district Of Victoria West, Cape Colony,
some weeks ago o man was actually
kicked to death, by an ostrich on the
public highway. Some dispute arose
between them as to the right Of way,
and before they had settled it the bird
had kicked and trampled on him until
he was dead.
On the farm Of Cornell university, q
double roomed silo was built OF masonry
last summer, and one side Of IL filed
with fodder corn, which has been sown
in rows cut in fine pieces, The whole
was put under high pressure, 1t was
lately opened The contents Prof.
ROBBERS regards as well preserved, and
will soon begin feeding II TO his stabbed
cattle. II is semi-dry and has the tart
smell, from the partial fermentation
which seems inevitable.
Emigration to Cape Colony from
Great Britain is fast increasing. For
1879 the returns show only 1882 emf.
grants; for 1880 the number was 1907:
for 1881 It was 4,l63. These d,lG3 con-
sisted of 324 mentor government rail.
ways, 2,6l3 artisans and domestic SER
wants, 1853 agriculturists, and i6S recruits
for the Cape mounted rillcmen. The
agriculturists took out with them i,
money alone an aggregate Of S77.325,
or little over 500 for each man,
woman aud child.
| After an investigation, based on actual
results obtained by several persons. tho
San Francisco Chro,ticic expresses the
belief that well-selected and well-tcnd.
ed vineyard Of ralsin grapes Gin Califor.
MAJ after the seventh ycnr, Is good for
a net annual profit Of 800 to $500 an
acre. Five acres Of this sort OF prop
erty," il adds, ''would be worth moro
to tho owner than 100 acres of the best
wheat land In the state in the course Of
five years cultivation.
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