The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-23
Farm and Agricultural Lies.

lGIM anu Agricultural l|y5h
A million pounds Of buffalo meat were
shipped from the plains last year
Nearly 700 bushels Of onions per acre
were raised last year by Mr.. George o.
Mason, Of Beverly, Mass.
The Ohio State Board of Agriculture
estimates the coming wheat crop Of that
State at 30, 6l2, 1870 bushels, against ST.
5sl, O94 for last year
The total exports Of this country
amounted last year to 1888, 92j, 9i7, the
proportion produced by agriculture be-
lng S72a620,Ol6, or very nearly SO per
cent
The dairy interests Of Iowa. Illinois
and Wisconsin have increased Sc per
cent during the last ten years, while
the increase in New York State was but
& per cent
The most important study Of Guilt
yator Of the soil is to plan for such crops
a, wiz always be in demand and always
pay; crops that will be in demand year
after year,
Gather no seed from forest tree that
is not clean and straight and a rapid
grower Scrub trees beget their like.
The law OF heredity holds good in trees
rs well asin the lower animals and men.
An Australian wine-grower has formed
a company which promises to produce
excellent champagne at 80 per dozen.
Australia already exports wine TO France
for mixing with the product of the lat
ter country.
While the Southern floods have been
damaging to great degree, yet it is
claimed that the sediment deposited is
very valuable, and the cotton lands will
be worth from - TO Sc more per acre
than formerly.
Very recent reports to interested par
ties i'm New York from the States Of
Delaware aud Maryland. whence the
peaches are to come ibis year, show that
the crop promise, at present from $500
Ooo to $4,000 baskets.
II You have hens Of the right breed
audHEc, warm and sunny quarters for
them to stay in, and keep them supplied
with everything they need, YOU will
have cgg,, simply because hen, can no
more help laying than they can help
breathing.
The value Of all farms in the United
States j. estimated at SlO,lg6, S90, SIS;
value Of farm implements at S4j6.jl6,-
gO2, i've stock. ~, 800, 49,. lSl; fcrtiliz-
or. purchased aud used in 1879, S27.-
j3S. sJJ; fences, cost Of building and re-
pairing in 1870. 81 7G5,7Z3.
The South does not grow enough pro-
visions for home use, despite the adj
vance made in thar direction, So far
this season she has drawn on the North
for wheat 10 the value Of $4,000, 600,
corn, >J00o0,0O0, and provisions, ST..
100000 Total. Sl71.0O9GO0
4 success .ful Boston florist says that
he seldom fails TO root slips Of the most
tpairr aud rare p,auts. He credits his
success TO LAYER Of oats placed under
the usual layer Of sand in which the
slips are planted When moistened they
act a. >tjmuIant and feeder TO the ten
der roots OF the slip.
Hundreds Of farmers in Pennsylvania
have turned their attention to fish cul-
ture. Many have stocked ponds and
streams, aud in most cases they have
been succeSfu especially with carp,
and in few years they will depend up
on fish for a subsistence rs much As up
on any other farm product,
An English mechanic has invented a
horseshoe composed OF three thickness
es of cowhide compressed into a steel
mold and subjected to a chemical prep
aration 1t will last longer than the
common shoe, weighs only one-fourth
as much, does not split the hoofs, re-
quires no calks, and is very elastic.