The Osceola times., 1883-09-22
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Agricultural fairs should be social re-
unions as well as useful exhibitions.
Boys and girls should exhibit at the
fair but not themselves only.
The cattle trade of Key West with Gu
ba, averages. 900 head of cattle per oay
The yield of rye and barley in Nebras-
ka is very good.
Cream from Jersey cattle is said to re-
quire less churning than that Of any 9th.
er breed.
The United States exports annually to
Brazil, about So, 100000, worth, almost
all raw products.
Mr.. l. N. Shevlin, shipped from Craw-
fordsville, Ind, to Europe, fifteen car
loads of sheep and five of cattle.
The Mining and Industrial Exposition
at Denver, Col, is attracting thousands of
visitors. All the departments are rapidly
filling up.
Judge Drummond, of Chicago, holds
that parties there who are making oleo-
margarine are not infringing the Mege
patent.
Everybody should send to the farmers
papers any facts, experiments and sug-
gestions that other people can profit by.
Buy small farm. 1t costs less, is more
easily bought and sold, has less fencing.
less taxes and will be better cultivated.
Western cheese factories all over the
country are doing more profitable busi-
ness than the creameries.
The outcry against American cattle,
like that against the American turns out
to be utterly unfounded.
Over 53,OO0,OO cans of tomatoes were
packed last year. Nearly half this work
was done in Maryland and Virginia.
Sheep and wool growing has increased
more rapidly within the past few years
than any other industry in the country.
The cabbage crop is very large in por-
tions of New Jersey, and the sales of the
early varieties are made as cheap as fifty
Gently per hundred.
A carload of Chicago beef has been
condemned by Buffalo inspectors at the
latter place.
Many ofthe trees in the eastern cities
which were stripped of their foliage by
the caterpilars, are putting forth a second
crop of leaves.
Don't be in hurry to SOW the fall
wheat in regions where the Hessian Fly
worked this year. Late sowings often
escape the pests.
The Vermont Agricultural Society has
secured Hon. William M. Evarts to de-
liver the address at the forthcoming fair
In Southern Illinois strawberry grow
ers are abandoning the practice Of mulch
ing the plants; they believe the mulch
serves az an insect breeder.
Reports come from Florida of the large
amount of damage done TO the orange
trees by insect enemies. Scale insects of
all sorts have increased with rapidity.
1t is claimed by well known orange
growers that the keeping qualities of
Florida lemons and oranges are superior
to those brought from foreign countries.
Some gardeners assert that il is detri-
mental to lawns to leave the clippings of
the grass upon them, while others hold
that i is the best thing for them.
A mica mine in Edgecomb, Me, i. !. soon
to be operated on large scale. The mica
is pronounced equal to the best North
Carolina product, and the supply is
thought to be large.
Try air Stacked lime for squash bugs,
currant worms and cabbage worms.
Sprinkle it on the vines twice week
while the pests are troublesome.
Weedy pastures make poor and bitter
butter When a pasture is in very bad
condition it should be ploughed and
planted with some hoed corn.
The chicken business is by no means a
small affair, when we consider that the
value of the eggs of the country amounts
to over s75,000,0O0 per annum.
The ostrich farm near Costa, Los An
gelos Co., Cal, has thus far been success
full. The birds are in excellent condition
and have already been despoiled of fcath-
ers worth 500.
Buttermilk. with little meal added, is
excellent for fattening pigs. For calves
il should be mixed with oatmeal. II
should not, however, be given to very
young calves.