Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-04-28
INDUSTRIAL BREvITIES.

ooncT superior nSn. Inc government
fish commission sent odt circulars to-
parties to whom carp had been for
warded, requesting them to state their
opinions of the merits of the fish when
cooked. About six hundred replies
were received in answer to this circu-
lar. Over $50 had not vet tasted carp.
The following is the gist of the testi-
monials of those who had eaten the
llsh: Moderate praise, from fair to
very good, 40; unqualified praise, and
very emphatic expressions of approval.
96; comparisons with other fish. very
generally complimentary, 80; criti-
clSms as to softness or muddy taste.
~, indifferent and uncomplimentarv
reports, aside from muddy taste and
softness, TO-
London paper states that sheep
owners have experienced more than
tolerably prolific lambing season with
fewer losses than are commonly ex-
perienced. Not many, perhaps, have
had the same good fortune as Mr..
Robert Russell, the Kcntsh breeder of
Hampshire rams, who has realized $50
lambs from 800 ewes, without losing d
single one of the latter, and only one
lamb. Yet such an instance, if rare.
was parallcled only three years since
in Mr. Russells experience. when 321
ewes reared 412 lambs without the loss
of single eve from October till April.
Such high success only proves the doc
trinc of Mr.. Ii. Woods, of Merton, to
be strictly true, and that death in
lambing is preventibe.
An English paper says the potato
planting having once more come round,
probably many farmers will be in
duced to crop larger breadths than
usual this year, both from the circum-
stance of seed-tubers being cheap and
plentiful, and that during the past few
seasons there has been much less dis
ease and better crops than heretofore.
This revival in potato culture is clear
ly attributable to two causes the
planting of what is termed the dis
ease-prOof varieties, and the discovery
that the application of potash in some
form or other has not only high ma
nurial effect, but tends to render the
plant more healthy and exempt from
disease attacks.
In connection with Mr.. Darwin's
theory of the important work accom-
plished by earthworms, it is stated that
in the vast region known as Manitoba
and the northwest territories there is Il
total absence of every kind of earth
worm, yet the soil is amazingly fertile.
The agency which has probably caused
the absence of the worms is the prairie
fires which annually sweep over enor-
nous portions of the country, totally
consuming the grass and converting
it into Il black ash. This would for
months together completely deprive
any worms of food and cxterminate
them.
Seedsmen are now giving their own
names TO the new varieties of plants
and vegetables they introduce. 1t is
done, it is presumed, for the purpose
of advertising, but the practice may
lead to good results. A dealer will not
be likely to give his own name to any
thing that is inferior. If he has doubts
about the value of new variety he
will not associate his new name with
it and allow it to injure his business
Strawberries like the Wilson can re-
main standing three or four years, if
kept clean. II kept clean of weeds
the first year, ii is not difficult job to
cultivate rawberries. If the runners
are cut the first year they may be al
lowed to run after that as long as the
bed remains productive. Deep. mel
low soil, if not too dry, is the proper
place in which to plant the straw
berry
Reports indicate that about as large
an acreage will be sown TO spring
wheat as usual this spring, notwith-
standing the low prices. The eariness