The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-26

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In Switzerland. for its seeming capac.
ily. probably the most wonderful dairy
ing country in the world, the cattle of the
%earious cantons are quite distinct. The
owners generally arrange for an animal
inspection. when the best cattle for
breeding are selected. The race is large.
remarkably persistent in repeating the
same characteristics, made hardy by
mountain climbing. excellent for milk
and for beef. 1t is believed if MOI.
Known in this country they would take
aigh place, as they are of the most
thrifty habits, eating what is set before
them, and picking up a living in poor
pastures.
A German manufacturer has succeed
ed in producing ~serviceable face masks
of mica, for the protection of metal and
glass meters, stone masons and other
workmen exposed to heat, dust ard nox.
Ious vapors. These masks allow the
eyes to be turned in any direction. and
Ihere is space enough for spectacles, in
ease the eyesight is defective.
Reports from all parts of Alabama in
dictate hat agriculture will be very sue
cessful this year. The wheat, vine and
orchard areas are wider than even before.
Land can be bought at from $50 to SGT
per acre within ten miles from SAINT:
Anna. On such land milk-producine
material a be planted and gathercl
very day in the year.
Cattle disease has again broken ont III
several parts of Germany, notably il
Silesia, and supposed cases are reported
IN Sweden.
Holstein, or Dutch, cattle are preferred
for dairy purposes by the farmers in tho
southarn mart nf Cyyadop
A syndicate of capitalists at Nashville.
Tenn, holds 100000 acres of land in
Tennessee and Mississippi.
The condition of cattle and sheep on
che great Western plains is reported to
be excellent.
According to the results of the expert
nents made at the Maine State Agricul-
sural College, the pigs fed on uncooked
meal grow better than those fed on
cooked meal.
A trial has been made in Scotland to
test the value of an acre of cabbage COM
pared to the value of an acre of Swedish
turniPs for fattening sheep, and it was
found that the cabbage was worth very
neal 500 the most.
Owing to the high price of feed for
stock, there are heavy shipments OF
salt hay" being made from New Jersey
marshes. Formerly it was considered
scarcely worth taxing, but the growing
demandfo for hay has given it avalue which
1t never before possessed.
The Philadelphia Farmer has already
predicted that there will not be even a
fair crop of peaches next year, should
the coming Winter and Spring be favor
able. The freezing last Winter and the
hot, dry Fall told severely. Blossom
buds, usually prominent before frost,
are shriveled, and show but little
strength.
Professor Riley, the entomologist,
says that bees do not injure grapes, only
when driven to it by a scarcity of food,
during drought, or when flowers are
withered. They then attack sweet fruits,
and sometimes rupture perfect skins.
When they have a supply of other food
shey leave grapes untouched directly in
front of their hives.
The value of potash for the grape has
been recognized by cultivators. A curl
GUS proof is reported to one of the French
journals. A variety of the black muscat
has been found defective in color where
potash is deficient in the soil, and the
writer recommends that one vine of this
grape be placed in every g~rape-house,
~ sno" ny us iull UT us ueHcleHC colO1
whether the border for the roots has q
sufficient supply of potash.
An Eastern farmer says: Onions ARE
very scarce and high priced this season.
l plant in the Fall and in April, when
the tops are about three inches high, i
take them up and separate the stalks,
leaving only one to be reset in each place.
In this way, instead of having from five
to ten little ones, l have one large one
for each transplanted bulb. l am par
ticular to have some root to each, which
requires care in separation, and also to
plant in rich, MIDST earth. The tops will,
Of course. fade a little at first"