The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-08-10
NEWS ~ BnIge

Lancaster county, Pa, In large nun
bers, and iS committing ravages 10 th Z
tobacco fields.
The nail factories in ths United
States have suspended work for a month
10 prevent oyer-production.
Most Of the tobacco stems from North
Carolina tobacco factories are shipped
TO Germany TO be manufactured into
snuff for the German peasants.
The English Government and N. de
f.esseps have agreed upon new Suez
canal parallel TO that nov In use.
Rust In wheat may be caused by
excess Of heat and moisture, making q
too sudden flow Of sap which cannot
be properly elaborated.
A New York farmer claims that an
acre Of Hubbard squashes will fstsen
several more hogs than an acre Of corn.
This may be true, but many farmers
who can raise corn successfully, might
not succeed with squabhes, which,
owing TO insects and bugs, sre q much
more uncertain crop than the former.
A farmer whose milk was seized and
emptied by the "5piIIiDg Committee"
during the milk war last Spring brought
suit against the parties who were active
in Spilling his milk. Last week the
case was decided in favor Of the farm.
er.
Large number Of ants may be de-
stroyed by placing bones from which
the meat Ass been picked where the
ants vii. end them readily. AS often
as the bones are covered with the pests,
pour boiling water over them.
The amount of gold coined at the
Philadelphia Mint during the past
year was fourteen tons, The value Of
which vas s7,729,9s2.50. The whole
number Of gold coins turned out was
94l, ,G6s. There were Is, ,79s, ,076 silver
coins produced, weighing 362 tons and
valued at si2, ,325, ,470.15. There we're
also 25i tons Of small coins, from PEN
nies 20 nickels, manufactured, valued
at si ,42s, ,30T. T.l6. The Law allows for
waste on the fourteen tons Of gold
So ,0Is.3S, while the actual waste was
only s20.7T. On the above amount Of
silver the legal waste would be ST.
2s3.0l, while the actual waste was only
$500. %.
A Connecticut gentleman lately ex-
hihitsd specimen Of cheese which he
claimed had been preserved in brandy
for sixty year,. Parties who expressed
doubt at the length of time were COM
vinced Of the correctness Of the date a.
oncs upon being allowed to taste a
sample.
Skinned milk is the most profitable
feed for giving young pigs = thrifty
start. peas the best grain for producing
bone and muscle, and corn the best for
fattening purposes. Many. successful
pork producers in the Eastern States
think it nods profitable to feed q
mixture of pea and corn meal while
fattening their hogs.
| IL is claimed that lettuce planted
early in the Spring between tie r5w'
of strawberry plants will protect the
latter from the rayages Of white grubs
which prefer the roots of the lettuce to
those Of the strawberry.
II peach growers viii go through
their orchards every Fall and examin,
each tree closely they viii find upor
many Of them gum oozing from th'
trunk near the ground. BY brushing
away the gum small white grub will
black head viii be found drilling hi
way through the bark. Kill all o
these pests and the trees will not suffe
from borers. The early part of 0ctobe
is the best season for doing this work
IL is believed that an effort will b
made in Germany to exclude America
lard from that country. Facts recent
: ly brought to light at Cincinnati
showing the extent to which this pre-
duct has been adulterated are th
apparent cause. Honesty is the bes
, policy" even in the pork and lar
business.
Several families in Leominster hav
been poisoned by eating pressed cOrne
beef which had been boiled in coppe
kettle. No fatal results, although ses
eral cases were decidedly serious.
Seeculators have succeeded in obtain
ing upwards of 100000 acres of Gov
ernment land through fraudulen
entries. Special agents of the Gov err
ment are upon their track, howeve
and have already succeeded in resto
ing about one.half of it. The restor.
: tion of the balance is only question
time.
ii 1t is reported that silver ole h
been discovered in the Black Mounta
range in Essex county, N. Y.
New York commission merchan
. predict that good watermelons viii
= sold in that market for five cen
an;aca aa ronn aa tha c~on S,om n