The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-09-15
AcRICfLTURAL ITE,Is.
Illiaoi. has over 100000 farm

Inc kJbem OF ehbllsgr hocs ~.
In Scotland oats occupy three times
the area u wheat and barley together,
and in ireland the ratio IL four to one.
In the north Of England also the pre-
portion Of osts ID large.
New York has l,437,S55 nlilch
cows, or upwards Of eIven per cont. of
the total numbs r in the whole country,
12.443,593. Illinois has sC5, ,913 cows,
Iowa S54, 4,ls7, Psnnsylvania s54, ,156
and Ohio 7G7,04s.
The disease that has been creating
havoc among the cattle Of PennssIysp-
ia Is form Of splenic inflammation
caused by un~holssome food. As il il
not easily managed, prevention is bet
ter than a;teLSpting TO cure.
Ohio produces upwards Of s5,00O,-
900 pounds u wool, or nearly one
si1th Of tie whole product of the
United StAteG California follows
neat with lG,79s.03G pounds, and
Michigan third with l. ,s5s,497 pouDds.
In deciding whether to make milk
into butter or cheese the farmer viii
note the faot that butter takes little Of
the value from the land, while cheese
removes from the soil the msre costly
and valuable properties Of the milk.
There are 10000 acres os bops in
New York State, The crop Is gener-
ally light, estimated at a little more
than two bales per acre. Farmers are
generally holding for higher prices, the
probable outcome Of more serious fall
ures in Europe.
The FIRST frasts are already reported
in the Northwest. This Is slightly
earlier than usual. and what is more
important the corn crop Is less adyanc-
ed. Ia the section vest of the great
lakes the extremes Of temperature are
more sudden AMI damaging than else
where.
Samuel @. winant Of Rossyille, one
of the largest strawberry growers on
Staten Island. has during the past sea
son, notwithstanding that many Of the
early blossoms were killed by the frost,
picked about 10000 baskets of berries
from bia patch of two and q quarter
acres, from which he realized sllO0.
A jOcose explanation of the hish
price Of beef is that consumers took it
as relatively cheaper than potato es
II is an undoubted fact that Tor nutri-
ment potatoes are dearer than nest
other artic.es of foO1, their large pro-
portion OF water and waste in cook
ing adding to the cost of what nutri.
ton they contain.
| The present season has Afor6ed
some remarkable instances Of fruitful
ness in wheat 6elSs. A farmer near
Red Clond, Nebraska, reports yield OF
, III bushels Of Fall wheat from 3lI
acres Of ground, being at the rate oi
foriy-nine bushels per. acre. The aver
age for the State Is estimated at from
) twenty Eve bushels per acre.
r Orange County, n. Y, farmers say
E that the cow has been more profitable
D with them than the fast horse. A few
!. very fast trotters have brought much
money into the county, but it hal
n usually gone to secondhand buyer
!. rather than growers Of the stock. Tn
g good dairy COW has. ON the other hand
l. brought her income iato the pocket Q
j. the farmer.
70 A fine sample Of clover, which ha
% been in ensilsge for hay, was exhibite
70 on the New York Produce Exchane
% one day last week. When taken ou
,e the clover was found to he in good al
is wholesome condition, The trial too
rs place at Wirterton, n. Y. Mr.. H.
Is Brown, Of that place, is the gentlems
n, who has made the successful e1pe
40 ment.
ry One small town in Georgia has shi
er ped this season lG2, 900 melons TO Il
Il seaboArd cities, the net profit upC
Of which was s2S,aS0 The profit to Il
nj county in which this town is situate
!. from early potatoes, melons and cueur
he bers sent North by rail this year, e
ba ceeds 100000. Other counties ha
ID been more or less fortunate, accordi
bv to the enterprise Of the Inhabitants
de California is credited with 4, l52, "a
ON or onetenth Of the whole number
ba sheep in the United States and {
W. Pacific States and Territories sta
he credited with 6,5l2,Ss0, or fifteen |
na cent. of all the sheep in The Unio
snt and the production of them has be
ten the work of less than twenty-five yea
not The cash value of California's flee
AK per annum viii average, one year wi
de- another slo,0Oo,OoO
re-. Unwashed woods are 6guring m,
ms prominently in the markets this y,
;.h than usual. Manufacturers seem
old regard them with increased favor, s,
at ing that they are much more unifo
i,h than the washed feeces, the latter
eds ing sleansed in all degrees from Gle