Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-12-29

States this year is somewhat in excess
of 100000, 900 bushels, on an average
rate fraction above twenty-six bush
els per acre. The "arid regions" in
the vicinity of the Tooth meridian have
produced heavy crops of maize of high
quality. That line of longitude has
ceased to be an absolute barrier to
corn production or general farming
The quality of corn is better than in
1888 nearly everywhere, and in the
northern belt is worth 20 to rs per
cent more. The potato crop is nearly
an average yield, or ninety bushels
per acre, and exceeds 100000, 900 BUSH
els.
M. Pasteur anticipates that bisul-
phide of carbon will become the most
eflicatious of all antiseptcis, as it is
also the cheapest. costing but a frac-
ton of penny per pound in large
quantity. 1t is also the best insecti-
eide known, and for this purpose may,
perhaps, be useful to preserve wood
work in tropical countries. Some idea
of the use it is already put to may be
gathered from the fact that over eight
million pounds are used annually to
check the ravages of ply ylloxera. Car
bon bisulphide, as first produced, is
about rs foul-smelling compound as
it is possible to find, but it is capable
of publication till all the offensive
odor is removed, and it is sufficiently
pure in smell almost to mix with
perfume.
Heddebault has succeeded in sepa-
rating rags of cotton and wool, mixed,
by subjecting them to the action of
jet OF superheated steam. Under a
pressure of five atmospheres the wool
melts, and sinks to the bottom of the re-
ceptacle; while cotton, linen and other
vegetable libers stand thus remaining
suitable for the paper manufacture.
The liquid mud which contains the
wool thus preciptated is then desc-
Gated The residue, which has re.
ceived the name of azotine, is COM
pletely soluable in water, and is valu-
able on account of its nitrogen
Moreover, its preparation costs moth
ing, because the increased value of the
pulp, free from wool, is sufficient to
cover the cost of the process.
The best manner of keeping grapes
fresh for winter use is that method
pursued in Spain, namely: To pack
the entire clusters in thick, open
molthed stoneware jars, laying dry,
putting fresh, hard. wood sawdust be-
tween them so thickly as to fill up all
interstices then to place the jars in a
cool and even atmosphere. excluding
all light This method is a more labo-
rious, but better, than the practice of
the Italians and French, which merely
consists of hanging the grapes in
dark room, subjected to "A light cur
rent of heated air. Thus the grapes
are partly dried, and though sweeten-
ed by the process, lose their freshness
and part of their fine flavor.
San Francisco does great trade in
bags for wheat, the bulk of the manu-
facture being received from Calcutta,
only small portion of the number re-
quired being taken from Dundee. 1t
is calculated that from 5000, 900 wheat
bags used in 1870 the wants of the
market have gone on increasing
until 1880, when it is thought
there were over $4,000, 900 used,
at a cost of So 100000 from first
hands. 1t is also estimated that the
consumption for the eleven years end
ing Dec. 81, 1880, at ia, POS, 700, cost
500, ,359, 800. The stock carried over
from the present season will be from
100000 to 10000, 600, or about 81
500, 900 less than year ago.
Mr.. VanderhoH, of the Elmira Farm
ers' club, reports excellent results
from thrice rolling the seed-bed for his
wheat crop year ago. 1t was rolled
twice before seeding and once after.
The yield was double that in the same