New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-22
FOOT-NOTES.

A correspondent of The HusbdndnidH says he has
been advised by a number OF graduates 81 C"rnell
University not TO send his sons 70 that institution
! for an agricultural education.
| Mr. George H. Lee Greece, \. Y, has averaged
thirty five bushels of wheat per acre on lOO-acre
! field and sometimes on smaller surfaces harvested
| as high as fOTty-eglt bushels per acre.
A Florida subscriber cautions Northern people
! Against the schemes of those who plant orange
! groves by contract Many cIedulous investors,
/ lie says, are losing much money III tins way.
The Casky Grange, of Kentucky, hold IN Chris
| tian County large annual sale of live stock and
wool which brings together buyers from city and
country and creates sharp competition.
An English gardener advises trapping ants with
! bones upon which some meat has been left, and
| dIpping occasionally in hot water. For slugs and
winewOrm " he uses pieces OF potato or carrot
Michigan fruit growers recently discussed. at
| Grand Haven. better ways of marketing their
products. They wish to get along without Chicago
commission men who absorb 81 mnch of the proht.'
A Michgander went to Dakota, got sick Of the
new country traded his homestead for Il dog, a
gun and $50 in money, killed the first lost the
second, and reached his old place with nifty cents
in pocket.
Mr.. A. $ Fuller says the Alpine Strawberries are
worth cultivating, but IN order to secure con
tnuous crop OF fruit throughout the season they
| must he planted III rich soil and aOundantly
wateTed.
According to The Florida nisDdtch a driven well at
Palatka 2O7 feet deep. passed through III feet of
rock 40 feet Of shells, and the rest sand and clay.
and yields 80 gallons Of water per hour, throwing
| it 30 feet high
Western New-York farmer still holds |, SEQ
| bushels of his wheat crop of 1852 Last June he
could have sold it for 81 % he is now offered
81 IA. And there has been also shrinkagc, waste
| and loss OF interest.
| Mr. Prescott Underwood, North Lawrence HAMS,
would like to get track of the best potato digger"
! to help in harvesting hIs patch OF forty acres lie
tried three last year none OF which gave satisiao-
| ton, making big job Ill picking up
! Mr. A. NJ Lang. who has had twenty seven years
continuous practice IN successful poultry raising.
| tells Ihe Cincinnati Commercial Gazette that he
woud rather have twenty five two year old com
| mon BARNARD hens to place on 325 eggs than any
! $50, $40 or : 30 incubator he ever saw.
| Dr. n. H. Paaren, State Veterinarian of Illinois.
well SAWS that the periodical epidemic alarms dc
| great injury To cattle interests. and he reminds
those who start such reports that the pleuropneu.
| mOnia scare of few years ago Was the cause OF
! England placing an embargo upon our beef
Mr. Samuel Preston. Mt. Carroll ILL.,. erected in
concrete and still in excellent condition. For
! carving the mortar lie prefers railroad wheel
| barrow, loaded with sCOop-shoyel, and thinks two
courses q week about fast as II Will DO safe 10
| lay up the walls.
The fact is noted by The Cierelaad Leader that
| many complaints of unfair dealing on the part
| of persons to whom silk cOcOOns we're consigned
| "haye found their WAY into PRINT | he editor
properly advises those who think Of trying the bust
ncss to make sure in advance OF sale market FOL
the result of their labOrs.
Mr. B. f. Johnson. q thoughtful observer, Il
credited with the remark that II def0restng the
| country goes on, and tile-draining increases ~ 4
has during the last i've years, 4" the channels an,
bottoms of the Ohio and rivers tributary 10 H. vii
become uniphabitable, being torrents Ia the We
season and deserts IN the dTys'