The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-19
Farm and Agricultural Notes.

A million pounds of buffalo meat were
shipped from the plains last year
Nearly 700 bushels of oniol5s per acre
were raised last year BY Mr.. George O.
Mason.pf Beverly. Mass.
The Ohio State Board of Agriculture
estimates the coming wheatcrop of that
State at 30. 612. 100 bushels, against ST.
5Sl, 094 for last year.
The total exports of this country
amounted last wear to 1888. 925.947. the
proportion produced by agriculture be-
ing tS929. G2p.016. or very nearly IS per
cent.
The dairy interests of Iowa, Illinois
and Wisconsin have increased 66 per
cent. during the last ten wears. while
the increase in New York State was but
6 per cent
The most important study of q culti-
vator of the soil is to plan for such crops
as viii .4iw:IvS he indeiaauel and ALWAYS
pay; crops that will he in demand year
after year.
Gather no seed from a forest tree that
is not clean and straight and Il rapid
grower. Scrub trees beget their. like.
The law OF heredity holds good in trees
as we'll sin the lower animals and men.
An Australian wine-grawer has formed
company which promises to produce
excellent champagne 1t SO per dozen.
Australia already exports wine to France
for mixing with the product of the lat
ter country.
While the Southern floods have been
damaging 10. a great degree, yet it is
claimed that the sediment deposited is
very valuable, and the cotton lands will
be worth from 81 to So more per acre
than formerly.
Very recent reports to interested par
ties in New York from the States of
Delaware and Maryland, whence the
peaches are to come this year. show that
the crop promises at present from 4,500,-
TOO 10 3.2J0. 900 baskets.
If YOU have hens of the right breed
and age. warm and sunny quarters for
them to stay in. and keep them supplied
with everything they need. you will
have eggs. simply because hens can no
more help 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 S456,516.-
902, live stock, $1,000. 49,, 1879: fertiliz-
ers purchased and used in 1879, $27,-
59S, 500; fences, cost of building and re-
pairing in 1870. S77.765, 923.
Inc 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, 900;
corn, $50, 600. 900. and provisions, $72,-
coo. 900. Total. $1T7. 100000.
A successful Boston florist SAYS that
he seldom 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 the
slips are planted. When moistened they
act rs a stimHlant and feeder to the ten |
der roots of the slip.
Hundreds of farmers in PENNSYLVANIA
have turned their attention to fish cul-
tire. 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 p subsistence as much as up
)n any other farm product.
An English mechanic has invented
composed of three thickness
IS of cowhide compressed into a steel
mold and subjected to chemical prep
lration. 1t will last longer than the
common shoe. weighs only fone-fourth
rs much, does not split the hoofs, re-
luires no calks, and is very elastic.