McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-12-18
IyDTrsTR1AL BREvITIEs.

The bill OF entry coueoS
lars of the imports of live animals in.o
England during the past month, SNOW
inc that 90, 267 oxen and bulls were 10
ceiyed. against 41,S57 for octoDer,
1884 Denmark sent 1,071, against
2 O55: Germany, 1856, against |,aioi
Canada. IL 500. against SOY; anu Inc
United States, 1875, against 1870.
or the receiving ports 1852 came 10
London. against 14,4S4; 1888 to Nv
erpoI. against 16.O07, and 5,zOo 70
Glasgow, against 1891. The Imports
of cows numbered 1869, against 4,o9l;
of calves, 1872, against 1850, ana OF
swine, 2,931, against 3,O22: AS re,
CARDS our purchases OF sheep anu
lambs. SO. 4S9 were received in OCTOBER
AGAINST 1O7.146. Denmark sent 20
Oh. against $1,000; Germany, 1889,
against II, 776; Holland, 81, 1913, against
19. 3SS; Belgium, 4,S19, against II, AZ;
Canada, 7,7O9, against IA, 27S; and tne
United States 600, as against 4,99s.
OF the import of sheep and lambs
London received $4,000, against 49,
257: LIVERPOOL, 1861, against 12,93o;
Harwich. 1O,4O1, against 0,499, ana
Newcastle 11,178, as compared Win
1883.
Forty-one candidates for the ten
scholarships of Ego each, offered 10
bows between IA and Is by the Royal
Agricultural society of England, were
recently examined in chemistry, as ap-
piled to agriculture, and the prlnci-
pies of agriculture, especially with
reference 10 the rotation of crops and
nutrition of plants and animals, ana
the mechanical cultivation OF the soil.
So large a number of candidates have
never before presented themselves Tor
examination. Other subjects for econ
omists are land-surveying. and me-
chanics as applied to agriculture.
The scholarships are offered on coDdl-
ton that the scholars remain at school
until the end of the summer term next
year, or spend the year with prac-
tical agriculturist, or land agent, to
be approved by the education COM
mittee, or at one of the agricultural
colleges, or partly at a school and
partly with a practical agriculturist,
or land agent, or at an agricultural
college.
The growth in Britain of the silo
system of preserving fodder has been
very rapid. A few years ago only
few enthusiastic experimenters had
silos, but there are now, according to
figures collected last June, no fewer
than 610 silos with a total capacity OF
1861, 744 feet, and on an average ca
pacity of 1852 feet. The Scotch silos
are the largest, and average 1852
feet The largest silos in the United
Kingdom is in Argyllshire. 1t is 6G
feet long, 60 feet wide, and 16 feet
deep, and has total capacity of
$1,000 cubic feet. The smallest silo
in Hants is 6 feet long, feet wide,
and feet deep, with capacity of
only 120 cubic feet. That the silo
should come into so extensive use in
Britain is not surprising. The wet
ness of the climate makes it dutficult
to secure fodder in good condition,
and besides there are large numbers
of wealthy farmers who can afford to
risk money in new experiments.
The Glasgow Herald, in giving an
account of recent sale of plants in
that city, says: The company was
large, and the bidding very keen, even
at times exciting. Appended are few
of the principal lots and prices real
lied: Trichomanes luschnatranum
superba, ESQ; hymenopyllum candicu.
latum, f25; trichomanes reniforme,
923; hymenophyllum oloveseum, Els
10s'; Seaforthia elyans, Is 1Os.; Dasyh-
rion longifolio glauca, &c los Cd; hy-
menophyllum demissum. f6 los:
trichomane bauriena, 95 los Cd; two
hymenopyhllum demissum, Flo; two
ditto, 81; Odontoglossum Andersonia.
mum, 95 los cd.
Prof. Charles Graham, the distin.
guished British scientist, thinks that
the export of wheat from India is
most important factor in the decline
of prices. The cost of production in
India he estimates at I74c to SOC
bushel, which is lower than some es-
Inmates that have been made. The OBJ
jections to the aromatic flavor of In.
dian wheat Prof. Graham thinks over.
estimated, and that the flavor can not
affect its value in judicious mixture
of grains. He also points out the ten.
dency of Britain to buy wheat in
market which receives British goods
free in exchange for grain.
A ittle-charcoal fed two or three
times week to fattening hogs is an
excellent corrective to acidity of the
stomach. They are especially liable
to this trouble when fed upon corn
and confined in a pen. At such times
hey viii eat charcoal greedily, and
will fatten much more rapidly with
than with corn alone. Pos.
'ibly the use of charcoal might, if lone
continued, impare the digestion, bni
With fattening hogs this is not so inn.
oortant. We have made a practice OF
placing wood ashes where hogs could
Eat them freely at all times with ex.
,ellent results.
NJ. Ckiandi-Bey has made comm.
lication to the French academy. set.
ing forth the claims of an aqueous so.
luton of bisulphide of carbon as
The bisulphide is bu1
lightly soluble in water a Etro -