The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-06

Farm and Agricultural Notes,


A million pounds of buffalo meat were
shipped from the plains last year.
Nearly 700 bushels of onions peracre
were raised last year by Mr.. George ..
Mason. of Beverly. Mass.
The Ohio State Board of Agriculture
estimates the coming wheat crop of that
State at 1912 100 bushels, against ST.
5S1. 094 for last year.
The total exports of this country
amounted last year to 1888. 925, 947, the
proportion produced by agriculture be-
ing 1929. 620,016, or very nearly SO per
cent.
The dairy interests of Iowa. Illinois
and Wisconsin have increased Sc per
cent. during the last ten years, while
the increase in New York State was but
6 per cent.
The most important study of cult
vator of the soil is to plan for such crops
as will always be in demand and always
pay; crops that will be in demand year
after year.
Gather no seed from u forest tree that
is not clean and straight and rapid
grower. Scrub trees beget their like.
The law of heredity holds good in trees
as well as in the lower animals and men.
An Australian wine-grower has formed
company which promises to produce
excellent champagne at $40 per dozen.
Australia already exports wineto France
for mixing with the product of the lat
ter country.
While the Southern floods have been
damaging to a great degree, yet it is
claimed that the sediment deposited is
very valuable. and the cotton lands will
be worth from 81 to Sc more per acre
than formerly.
Very recent reports to Interested par
ties in New York from the States of
Delaware ana Maryland whence tie
peaches are to come this year, show that
the crop promises ut present from 4,50O.
600 to 5,.::30, 0t0 baskets.
II you lave hens of the right breed
and age, warm and sunny quarters for
them to STAY in, and keep them supplied
with every thing they need. you will
have etrgs. simply because hens can no
more hrlp laying than they can help
breathing.
The value of all farms in the United
States is estimated at so, 1876. $50. 645;
value of farm implements ut 1886, 516,-
902. live stock, 81 800, 4S7, lS9; fertiliz-
ers purchased and used in 1879, S27,-
59S. S59; fences, cost OF building and re-
pairing in 1870. ST. 765. 723.
The South does not grow enough pro-
visions for home use. despite the adj
vance made in that direction. So far
this season she has drawn on the North
for wheat to the value of $50, 900, 600;
corn. so. 100000. and provisions, $72,-
900. 600 Total, S1T7, UOD.O00.
A successful Boston florist saws that
he sel.lom fails to root slips of the most
tender and rare plants. He credits his
success to layer of oats placed under
the usual layer of sand in which tho
slips are planted. When moistened they
act as "A stipalant and feeder to the ten
der roots OF tie slip.
Hundreds of farmers in Pennsylvania
have turned their attention to fish cul-
ture. Many have stocked ponds and
streams. and in most cases they have
been successful, especially with carp,
and in few years they will depend up
on fish for subsistence rs much as up
on any other farm product.
An English mechanic has invented
horseshoe composed of three thickness
es of cowhide compressed into steel
mold and subjected to a chemical prep
aration. 1t will last longer than the
common shoe. weighs only one-fourth
as much. does not split the hoofs, re-
quires no calks, and is very elastic.