The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-16
Industrial Breyities.


The young shoots of hops are used for
greens in Bavaria, and are preferred to
asparagus.
A farm in Hancock, N H., which was
assessed at 81 800, had an apple crop,
last fall, for which the owner received
$4,000.
A patent has been granted for plan
of making live hedges by cutting the
roots of the plants on one side, and tip
ping them over at an angle of forty-five
degrees in the line of the hedge.
Cattle are now shipped from Pitts
burgh to Philadelphia in fast trains, in
order to comply with the law which for
bids the keeping of live stock in cars
over twenty-four hours without unload
ing to feed.
Wheat is now sown in nine months of
the year in England; that is, from Aug
ust to April October and November
are the principal months however, for
this work. The advocates of thin seed
ing prefer early sowing, while it is adj
vantageous to SOW thicker as the season
advances
Sugar refiners all over the world had
better look out for squalls. Mr.. T. A.
Bonnefin, of Mauritius, has invented
method by the use of which sugar can
be refined with unskilled labor at the
place of production, and at very little
cost; in fact he claims that by extract
ing more of the juice than has hitherto
been obtained from the cane he can
make refined sugar more cheaply than
the raw article has formerly been pro-
duced.
Prof. Riley SAYS: 1t has long been
known that the Hessian fly flourishes
most when the chinch-bug tiourishes
least; in other words, that wet weather
favors the former. Moisture seems es-
sential to the well-being of the larvae.
The prejudicial effect of drought upon
the species has not hitherto been observ-
ed, that we are aware of, but was very
noticeable the present year in parts OF
Ohio, where the puparia literally dried
up.
The Coal Trade Journal says that one
of the most lamentable failures of the
Philadelphia and Reading company in
mining operations has been the Potts
vile shaft, about mile and half from
Pottsville, Pa. 1t was commenced in
1872. Mr.. Gowen had an idea that the
mammoth vein could be struck in its
greatest thickness at depth and point
reckoned by him. After going down
1900 feet and expanding So, 900, it
was found that the vein ended where 1t
was struck, and this costly concern is
now shipping only a few cars a day, and
these shipments are from the everything
veins. ssgsFasss#
Considerable attention has been re-
Gently given to the differences between
the rain of the city and the country.
The country rain is neutral and is con-
sidered the best adapted for human con-
sumption of any found above the earth.
or under the earth. The rain that falls
in cities, on the other hand. is acid, cor
roding metals; stones and bricks and
mortar crumble before it. Its evil effects
are visible on every side, in paint, in all
decorations, and, in fact, almost every
thing erected by man. The purest rain
is that collected at the sea coast, more
especially at considerable heights, while
organic. matter in the air usually cor
responds with the density of population.
After all, it seems, ninety-nine-hun-
dredths of the apprehension about trichi-
nae in pork are grOundless. nj. Rebour-
geon, Inspector of slaughter-houses at
Paris, has been making a series of ex-
haustive experiments on the subject.
He fed raw trichinosed pork to dogs,
rabbits, rats, doves, himself, his wife,
and children, and was unable to detect
anv evil effects from it. He examined
microscopically the tissues of several
animals so fed on trichina meat, but
could not find trace of the parasite,
though the remains in half-digested
state were abundant in the lntestines,
The result of his experiments complete
" satisfies him that thorough sailing
completely DESTROYS the life of trichinse.
His impression is that the meat must re-
main in pickle from eight to one hun
dred days in order to kill the parasite.
The French order prohibiting the i'm
portation of American pork on account
of She prevalence of trichin9 has already
been rescinded.