Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-04-12

three wears ago. 1t is twelve feet higl
ana will bear the coming summer, it IS
supposed. The mangOstrcne is termed
| the finest 'ruit in the world, and it'
production is limited to n small sec
! tion i'm the east Attempts to produce
it in the West Indies have failed.
Early y-hatched chickens are more
vigorous than those produced later il
| the season. when hot and dry weather
adde's half the eggs while incubation is
in progress. 1t is more trouble to care
for the very carlist chickens during
cold wet weather in March or April
but the cockerels will bring fancy
prices as early broicrS, and the puliet'
will be good layers next winter.
Sweet potatoes ought 20 be n very
profitable crop in the south, Judging by
the immense quantities producedtO to The
acre when properly managed. Mr.. f
NJ. Hudson. OF New Orleans, the vice
president of the Gulf States Fruit
Growers association, raised 620 bushels
to the acre last year. and he states tha
rs much rs 1000 bushels to the acre
eau be produced.
When n potato is exposed To the ligh
iii a cellar the eyes nearly all start
good healthy green sprout, but if in
pile, or in darkness, only the StrOngcs
eyes grow long. white worthless sprouts
Hence seed potatoes should be spreat
thinly in the light. The sprouts Nhoul'
not be broken off when cutting the see
for planting.
The great obstacle to wheat CROWN,
in Brazil. according to the testimOn
Of Mr.. Sam Beaver, of Campinas, i
that owing to the rank vegetable grOwt
of that climate and extremely ferti
soil, the wheat has to- be wpeded care
fully two or three times. This entail
20 much labor as to make its cultiva
tion Improbable.
A portable electric light has been in
troduced in Boston, which consists @
battery which supplies electricity t.
heat platinum wire to incandeScence
The lamp. battery and all weighs abou
five pounds, and can readily be carrie'
about or placed in any desirable posi-
ion.
A bill has been introduced into tn
New York legislature. providing pen
alues for selling any kind of grass o
clover seeds con aiming the seeds q
oveye daily, ragweed quack grass, o
Canada thi~tles. The penalty is So
for each otfen>e.
An Ohio man, who has had long eX
perience with sugar maple trees, say
that trees on land sloping TO the mort
>hOuld be tapped on the south side
while trees on land slOping in an OppC
site direction should be tapped on tn
north side.
A Kentucky farmer cures fowl cho
era 10y boiling bushel Of smartwee
in ten gallons of water down TO thre
gallons, and mixing the dee ,ction viii
their feed twice day for three day:
then every other day for a week.
The MohawkviIle tiaX-mill nea
Schenectady, N. Y, which after Ion
disuse, was roOpened last October,
ilourishing again, the orders eXceedin
the supply. Six TONS of twine were re
Gently shipped from the works.
The os,riches recently imported t
this country and taken to Calilorni
are still in WOodward's gardens. a 81
burban resort. Delay in getting suit
able land seems to be the difficulty i
the way of the experiment.
An extensive cattle and poultry raise
i'm Iowa states that he has no trOubl
with vermin on his beasts and bird
when they have a chance to 'dus
themsclves' and have an OppOrtunit
to eat onions once week.
Three of the largest cheeseS eve
made in New York arrived in Glasgo'
n few weeks ago. They were five fee
in diametcr. and were two feet and tw
inches thick. They weighed over