Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-09-30
INDUSTRIAL BREvITIES.


times something very sheepish in hu-
manity. But that sheep can die like
Christians of sunstroke, is one Of those
touches of affiliating nature that are
only discovered in hot seasons like
the present. One day not long ago.
a flock of 300 sheep on the Stenigot
estate, North Lincolnshire. were
being drawn" one-half being sent
to another part of the farm, mile
and half distant, and the other $50
remaining where they were OF those
that were driven along mile and
half of dusty, uphill road, no fewer
than dozen were sunstruck by the
way, the recovery of some of them
being hopeless, OF the $50 that re-
main not one suffered. From this cir
cumstance it may be that farmers will
be little more careful in hot weather
now they drive their sheep.
The production of sugar in Germany,
which has been growing at so rapid a
rate and with such serious results to
the markets, is still increasing Last
years beet crop was the largest ever
produced hitherto. It's yield per acre
this year is believed to be as good,
while the area planted is about ID per
cent larger. Consequently, the out
turn will be greatly increased In
short, Germany is expected to raise as
much sugar this year as France,
Austro-Hungary, and Russia combin-
ed. The result is further great fall
of prices. The price is now, indeed,
only about half what it was little
mole than twelve months ago. Natur-
ally a continuous fall of 50 per cent
in year or there-about has inflicted
heavy losses on merchants, and, as a
consequence, there is much talk of
embarrassment
BY experiments conducted at
HOughton farm, New York, it appears
it is rare that an exact bushel of corn
is actually sold. A standard bushel
of corn weighs fifty-six pounds, but
this should contain fifty pounds of dry
matter. The tiity-six pounds of corn
at harvest weighs forty-two pounds
when dried, and ffty-six pounds of
green corn when kept for few
months usually falls below forty-six
pounds. Corn after having been kept
a year, comes very near its so pounds
of dry substance. Corn will vary per-
ceptibly in weight from dry to wet
weather. 1t is probable that a yield
of 100 bushels per acre by weight, say
thirty DAYS after husking, would show
IA great falling off if weighed after six
months. About 65 pounds of new
shelled corn is required to make so
pounds of dry corn.
A New York paper says the high
price of corn has somewhat discour-
aged the manufacturers of popcorn,
who are compelled to pay increased
money for their product, while dispos-
ing of their goods at almost the same
figures as obtained when corn was
low. One manufacturer uses as high
as seventy thousand pounds of popcorn
a year. He has now on hand a single
contract for shipping one thousand
barrels to London. Shipments are
made regularly to Hayti, France,
Breslau, Berlin, Japan, China, and
Italy. The Italians prefer it to macca-
roni, and are heavy consumers of pop
corn "Many physicians" said the
popcorn man, "are recommending
their patients to use popcorn as a cure
for dyspepsia.
A Glasgow paper says: A very fine
lot of Ayrshire cattle were recently
dispatched from Bishopton station for
Birkenhead for shipment by the Pacific
company's steamer to Chill. They
have been purchased by Mr.. Henry b.
McKie, Freeland, Erskine, for account
of Mr.. &. j. Lambert, Chilli. Ehe lot
comprises several prize-takers at Ayl
and other good shows, and represents
specimens from a number of the best
Ayrshire stocks in Scotland, anC
U should form the nucleus of a firsl-class