The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-10-06
AenicrLrrnAl rrnns.

VI EnBshHu Soiu MS Shcrtn0fn bull,
Comet, for ~, 900
The largest combined butler and
cheese factory IL the world, II Is saIo
Is located at fremont, Nebraska.
Texan cattI", rough and iecgy.
with imposing horns, descended from
the Spanish Inportsiions Of 300 years
ago. s7as - $3.50 ses
The nunITr of mich cows IN New
Yorkand Pennsylvania alone i4gnat.
er than TIE number returned in
Great Britain. -
| DR.. Voeicker reports that sixty We
Shofthorns cows averaged milk
yield OF $40 gallons or 25Gs quarts
per annun, the food being grass and
bay, with roots and straw In Winter.
Water heated 10 temperature Of
100 to I4O0 and applied to cabbage
plants Is the best means for checking
the cabbage worm. anil at this tenn
peratnre the water viii not lnjure the
plant. -
The RUSSIAN horse OF small stat.
ure, hardy and muscular, capabie ,f
great endurance, Injured by exposure
to the hardships or vigorous eli
rnate and the privations OF an fnnu-
trItIous snd scanty fare.
This. Il an OF year for apples In
most sections, and where apples have
formed they are generally poor.
Good fruit win brIng good prices
next Winter, and great care should
be exercised In saving tho crop.
In 1862 Kansas planted 29sC acres
Of corn, and sent 90, ,s02 bushels to
market. In 1882 the acreage OF the
State In corn Is 522, ,7s6 acres, and
estimates Of the best judges place the
crop at 2OO, ,ol1, $40 bushels.
The fact Is not generally known that
new .vsrieties Of coru are got from
the small nubbins that grow on the
end OF the tassel. Ifthese are pIaat-
ed and given a good chance valuable
Improvement may thus be made. "
During the last eleven months
there were sold Ia the Danyflle. Va.
market 81, ,575, 900 pounds Of leaf to
bacco, at an average OF 50. 70 per hun
dred, against 27,7s9, 900 pounds at
$iO.es for the same period thc pre-
cedIng year.
The fact Is somewhat paradoxical
but easily explainabIe that an abun-
dance Of soft corn fayors late keeping
OF hogs and an increase In the stock
another year. The soft corn is unit
for sale and can only be used as.feel,
and then not 10 the advantage that
hard corn can be by grinding.
A small charge Ct dynamite viii
split the toughest roots into pieces
that can he conveniently handled.
Bore hole nesriy through, the solid
part OF the root, insert the fuse In q
cap and put IL down 10 the bottom.
The fuse burns at the rate OF about a
foot a minute, giving with a little
calculation ample time for the opera
tor to get out of the way.
The best results from wood ashes
are secured by adding small proper
tion OF common salt. Ashes contain
all the mineral elements Of the plant
and they exert q good influence il
unlocking fertility that would not be
otherwise available. In burning any
thing the chlorine It contains il car
ried of with the smoke, aud salt
chloride Of sodium supplies TIE defic
iency. a ~
Sheep are the best stock to I red II
orchards. The most approved rule i
70 put in sheep that the grass viii
keep, and supplement- the feed b.
ratiens Of grain. To prevent sheel
gnawIng the bark oftrees wash tn
latter with a mixture OF ofcarbolIc SOAP
in water together with the shoe
dropplRgs. This applied once a weel
as high up on the trees as the sheel
: will reach Is effectual.
According to the London Times
the English wheat crop Of this seaso
will fall below the average Of the pas
/ Ave years both in quantity and quali
ty. This statement becomes still NOR
! significant Ia view Of the fact tha
: the yield of recent seas ans has bee
J inferior to that Of former years. Tn
number Of acres planted Ia whes
{ was nearly million less In 1881 the
J In 1874. t. 80 d
) Clover Is excellent for fowls. Gu
the clover into short lengths an
steep It over night in hot water
} This swells the dry leaves and make
/ them palatable. In the IaorninI
!, thicken the mass of clover andIwate
! with two parts corn meal and ON
part fine bran, seasoned with llttl'
salt, and very economical and noun
ishing mess will be the result. ThL
n Is a splendid morning meal and con
tains variety, which is 50 essential Il
tha tbr;ek of oil fowls.