Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-09-13
INDUSTRIAL.

Z0n black cloud agitated by pecul-
lar internal movement. Then it ap-
pears directly above you, and the rain
of the large and heavy insects is so
violent that the best thing you can do
is to take to your heels. The peasantry
believe that these pests are sent by God
as the messengers of his wrath, and
they are, therefore, too much inclined
to bow before the scourge, and to let
what they believe to be the justice of
God pass by. In some districts they
simply unite in prayer, and the images
of saints are placed in the path of the
locusts, just as was done recently in
St. Petersburg, when the holy statues
were placed in front of the great con-
tlagration. But this year the infliction
is SO terrible that the peasantry have
taken reasonable measures to check it.
Men, women, and children are busy
killing the pests. The insects are
crushed, burned trodden upon system
atically by trained horses, and great
bitches are dug in which the enemy is
heaped up.
A new process for covering floors is
described as follows: The floor is
thoroughly cleaned. The holes and
cracks are then filled with paper putty,
made by soaking newspapers in paste
made as follows: To one pound of
flour add three quarts of water and q
tablespoonful of ground alum, and mix
thoroughly. The floor is coated with
this paste, and then thickness of
manila or hardware paper is put on.
This is allowed to dry thoroughly. The
manila paper is then covered with
paste, and a layer of wallpaper of any
style or design desired is put on. After
allowing this to dry thoroughly, it is
covered with two or three more coats
of sizing made by dissolving half q
pound of white glue in two quarts of
water. After this is allowed to dry,
the surface is given one coat OF "hard
oil finish varnish," which can be
bought already prepared. This is
allowed to dry thoroughly, when the
floor is ready for use. The process is
represented to be durable and cheap;
and, besides taking the place of mat
ting, carpet, oilcloths, or like covering,
makes the floor air-tight, and permits
of its being washed.
A farmer IN Pennsylvania sowed
with orchard grass piece of land that
was infested with daisies. They were
ell smothered out the third year. 1t is
the most expensive seed we buy, as it
costs So per bushel of fourteen pounds.
He thinks farmers should raise their
seed. 1t takes but q small patch to
raise all one needs, say one-half acre.
The tops may be cradled off as soon as
they begin to turn light colored, and
the thick bottom makes very passable
hay. 1t can be raised at an expense
not to exceed 80 cents per bushel. 1t
should be spread upon the stubble,
after the hay is raked off, exposed to
the rain from one to four weeks, ac-
cOrding to the weather, and thrashed
with machine, holding well to the
bundles as it is hard to thrash.
The wheat crop of western Oregon
has suffered severely from dry weather
in May and June and will fall consider
ably short of the average yield.
East of the Cascades the effects of the
drought have not been so serious, and
the farmers in Umatilla and Walla
Walla counties, who sowed in the fall,
say they will secure from twenty. five
to forty bushels to the acre. The
spring-sown wheat has not done SC
well, and the experience of this year
indicates that late autumn is the best
time to SOW in eastern Oregon and
Washington. The cool nights and
heavy dews that are common to this
region in great measure preserve al
the crops from injury by drought.
A farmer while walking in his pas.
ture in the lower part of Orange county,
South Carolina, recently, found two