The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-07
industrial Breyities.

The cultivation Of the cassava root is
attracting the attention Of California
farmers. 1t is said 10 be more proiita-
bic to grow cassava than corn. Cassava
nonrishes in moist bottom land. 1t is
grown for the purpose Of furnishing
glucose, a substance now extensively
used in the manufacture Of beer and as
substitute for honey and sugar, The
figures given are as follows: Corn yields
30 pounds Of glucose to the bushel; cas-
sava yields about the same amount per
bushcl. But corn crop ranges from 80
TO 60 bushels TO the acre, while a cassa-
va crop is often 20 tons, So the yield
OF glucose from an acre Of caSsaya would
be nearly ten times greater than from an
acre OF corn. The quality is superior.
A cow with two extra and useless legs
was shown in Washington market New
York, the other day. She came from
Colorado, where she was found in aherd
of cattle on the plains, The extra legs
grew from the shoulders and were
shaped like hind legs. The leg on the
right side, terminating in an elongated
hoof, measured 20 inches. and was at
least ~ inches from the ground. The
Leg on the left side measured lG inches,
and was about 80 inches from the
ground and evidently undcveloped.
Looking from the tail of the animal to-
ward the head the spine assumed zig
gag line, and the buttocks were widely
separated, while the hips were unusually
prominent.
The Cooperative Colonization Socie-
~ Teutonic, just getting under way at
king's Mountain, \. c., presents some
new features Of business cooperation.
1t is, in fact. a jont-stock concern, in
which the members and owners receive
wsges for their work. and then the prof
its in the shape of dividends. Each
member takes one share of stock, and is
given an acre of land upon which he
builds with his own money. The fami-
lies are entirely separate, and there is
no religious test of membership. The
business will be farming, horticulture,
and various kinds Of wood manufacture
ing
Efforts are being made by sportSmen
of western Massachusetts, to increase
and multiply feathercd game in that Sec
tion. a year ago wild rice was planted
with success, and small stock If quails
Mas imported and let loose. This year
he sportsmen Of Springfield are plant
NJ wild celery on the rivers and ponds
Tor the quails TO feed upon, and it is in
ended to rcstock the ncighborhood of
springfield further by the addition Of
i've hundred quail, the first lot of fifty
iaving already been received for that
purpose.
Among the manvuncxpccted develop
nents Of electrical science is an appl-
ation to the hiving of bees when thew
warm, successfully tried by German
Spcrimenters. BY introducingthe ends
II two connecting wires into fully-oc-
upcd honeycomb, and turning on the
urrent, the bees were rendered inactive
Or about thirty minutes, which admit
ed of their being safely handled, while
% bad results appeared to follow their
Weakening.
A discovery of a gold-bearing quartz
ref was made recently in the county of
dudley, parish of Warrel, New South
ales. The department of mines have
,ceived telegram from the warden at
est Kcmpscy to the effect that some of
,e stone has been assayed, aud yielded
the rate of two ounces of gold to the
bn, and that the reef had been traced
bout mile, bearing north and south,
ome prospectors have pcgged the
aim.
A correspondent at Oregon. ILL.,, sends
le following directions for killing cab
tgc.worms: Sprinkle the cabbage lib
ally with wheat bran, repeating the
bcration two or three times if the in
cts appear at different periods. The
orms ill themselves, the branexpands,
I'D they burst. They are destroyed in
short time, and the damage done to
cabbage-heads is slight.
The government of New South Wales
IS prohibited the introduction of horned
tile and sheep, fodder, and fittings in
that colony from anyplacc othcrthan
Australian and New Zealand colon
cattle or sheep shipped prior to this
tiiication excepted.