The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-06
industrial Rrnvities.

The cultivation of the cassava root is
attracting the attention of California
farmers. 1t is said to be more protita-
BILE to grow cassava than corn. Cassava
flourishes in moist bottom land. 1t is
grown for the purpose of furnishing
glucose, q substance now extensively
used ii, the manufacture of beer and us
a substitute for honey and sugar. The
figures given are as follows: Corn yields
80 pounds of glucose to the hushel: cas-
saya Yields about the same amount per
bushel. But corn crop ranges from 80
to 60 bushels to the acre, while 4 c;tssa-
va crop is often 20 tons. So the yield
of glucose from an acre of cassava would
hc nearly ten times greater than from an
acre of corn. The quality is superior.
A COW with two extra and useless Ices
was shown i'll Washington market, New
York, tie other day. She came from
Colorado, where She was found in Il herd
of cattle on the plains. The extra legs
grew .,frola the shoulders and were
Shaped like hind legs, The ley OH the
| right side, terminating in an elongated
h6of, measured 26 inches. and " as at
least 70 inches from the ground. The
leg on, the left side measured l6 inches,
and was about 80 inches from the
( ground and evidently undGyetoEcd,
Looking from the tail of the animal to-
ward tie head the spine assumed zig
zarline. ..ai1d the buttocks were widely
/ separated, while the hips were unusually
7 prominent.
The Cooperative Colonization Socie-
! ty Tcutonic, just getting under way at
Kings Mountain, N. c., presents some
new features OF business cooperation.
/ 1t is, i'll fact, a joint-stock concern, III
which the members and owners receive
wages 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. Ihe
business will be farming, horticulture,
and various kinds of wood manutactGr-
| ing. ssy ID.
Efforts are being made BY sportsmcn
| of western Massachusetts to increase
and multiply feathered game in that sec
ton. A year ago wild rice was planted
with success, and small stock of quails
was imported and let loose. This year
the sportsmen of Springfield are plant
ing wild celery on the rivers and ponds
for the quails to feed upon, and it is in
tended to restock the neighb0rhOOd OF
Springfield further by the addition of
five hundred quail, the first lot of fifty
having already been received for that
purpose.
Among the many unexpected develop
ments of electrical science is an appli-
cation to the hiving of bees when they
| swarm successfully tried by German
experimenters BY Introducing the ends
of two connecting wires into Il fully-oc-
cupied honeycomb, and turning on the
current, the bees were rendered inactive
for about thirty minutes, which admit
ted ofstheir being safely handled, while
no bad results appeared to follow their
awakening.
A discovery of Il gold-bearing quartz
reef was made recently III the county OF
Dudley, parish of Warrel, New South
Wales. The departmen of mines have
received a telegram from the warden al
West Kempsey to the effect that some OF
the stone has been aSSayed, and yielded
at the rate OF two ounces of gold to the
ton, and that the reef had been traced
about a mile, bearing north and south.
Some prospectors have pegged the
claim.
A correspondent at Oregon. Ill, sends
the following directions for killing cab.
bage-worms: Sprinkle the cabbage lib
orally with wheat bran, repeating the
operation two OF three times if the in,
sects appear at different periods. The
worms fill themselves, the bran expands
and they burst. They are destroyed il
short time, and the damage done tc
the cabbage-heads is Slight.
The government of New South Wales
has prohibited the introduction Of horned
cattle and sheep, fodder. and fittings i'll
to that colony from any place otherthar
the Australian and New Zealand colon
les, cattle or sheep shipped prior to thi
notification excepted.