The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-02-07

cauSt OF the ulSetioe-
THE FRUIT SUPPLY.
There is an imperative demand for better
fruit than is generally to be found in our mar
kets The demand for really good fruit is
greater than the supply and the growers of
fruits are much to blame in this matter How
often do we observe, in reading over the re-
ports of pomological and horticultural societies,
that so and so is a good fruit for market pur
poses, but only third rate sort as to flavor and
quality What IS meant by the phrase " mar
ket purposes % 1t is simply that fruit with
q showy exterior, no matter how vile its in
trinsic merits may be, will sell we'll to those
who do not know any better. And because of
this, those who do know better than to buy an
apple or strawberry merely because they are
good-looking are obliged TO purchase inferior
fruit, or go without, which they generally do.
We know that there have been times when the
fruit market was said to be glutted and fruit
reported so cheap that producers could not af-
ford to raise it but what was the quality of
the fruit? Has any producer ever been obliged
to sell really fine fruit at price too low to
admit of profitable production? Really excel
lent fruit always has aud ever viii command a
remunerative price, while poor fruit, like
miserable butter and tough, halffattened beef,
must be sold at low figures. Let all the fruit
that is marketed be of choice quality, and we
viii hear no grumbling about low prices. Pro-
ducers alone are 10 blame when fruits will not
bring remunerative price.
PEANUT OIL
The peanut or ground-nut is taking high
rank as an oil producer. The seeds or nuts are
said to yield from forty to fifty per cent of oil,
which is not inferior to that obtained from the
olive as far as quality is concerned, and is good
for every purpose for which olive oil is used.
1t is good lamp oil, burning with little smoke,
clear flame, and affords very full, bright
n in Of Ink oil
machinery; and for all alimentary purposes,
those who become accustomed to its use con-
slider it equal to the best olive OIL aud it IS said
to be largely substituted for that article IN
commerce. Many thousands Of tons of the nuts
are annually imported into France for the pur-
pose of expressing the oil, which, it is stated.
finds it way into commerce under the name OF
olive oil. This can scarcely be considered as
an adulteration, as the peanut oil possesses
sweetness and delicaey not easily surpassed.
The ground-nut is grown IN immense quantI-
ties in the East India Islands and along the
African coast, mainly for the sake Of its oil.
In Java and Malaeca it is known as katjaug
I oil. Another use made Of the nuts, and which
/ is said TO be increasing, is that of grinding
them up for mixing with cacao in the prepara-
ton of chocolate and it is freely asserted that
in the manufacture of the latter, where the
ground-nut is easily procured the eacao is en-
( tiIely omitted in the preparation of so-ealled
/ chocolate condiments.
ROTATION OF CROPS.
| At meeting of Maryland farmers club
4 one of the speakers IS reported as follows:
I do not attach the same importance that many
persons do to a systematic rotation of crops.
/ To make land rich we must use barn-yard
manure and bone dust to supply mineral ma
I nures and organic matter. If | had poor land
/ to improve would first get it IN condition TO
/ raise clover then apply quick fertilizer, raise
/ a crop of wheat and start grass TO growing. /
would sow clover, and when it was set would
sow bone dust on it, letting it rest till nature
dissolved the bone dust. 1t would then be
ready TO raise corn or wheat. By occasionally
1 plowing in a crop of grass you supply organic
/ matter and improve the soil. In using raw
bone, theory and practice both point to putting ii
! on grass and letting it lay year. the rotation
may be varied according to circumstances A
grass set may fail and the field have to be
plowed out of its order and another crop sown.
ANTI-MALARIAL PROPERTIES OF TIE EUcA-
LYPTUS.
It has often been stated that in Australia,
where eucalyptus trees abound, there Is ne
I such thing as malaFial disorders, and It has,
therefore, been claimed that by planting these
trees in districts where malaria exists this
malady would be expelled. We see this state
1 ment contradicted By one who is said 70 be
a botanical writer of considerable reputation
He mentions regions famed for fever and agGe
where species of eucalyptus are not only abun-
dant, but that the prevailing winds have tC
/ blow through hundreds of miles of these trees
before reaching infected districts.
SEED ANIMALS.
Seed Aanual for 1881: d. IT, Ferry d Co.
Detroit, Mieh.-Perhaps there is no feature il
the commerce of this country which gives more
substantial evidence of its increasing prosperity
than that which involves the production and
distribution of seeds. Certainly, no other cOun.
try in the world can show equal progress in
this industry, and probably no other country
In the world could sustain it.
This Annual is issued by one-of the most ex-
tensive houses in this business. which also
means that it is one of the most reliable. UpoI
no principles than those of strict integrity
accuracy in dealing, and with the best goods il
the market could it be possible to form and
maintain so large an establishment
The Annual embraces all desirable seeds fol
the farm, the garden, the lawn and the green
house, with admirably condensed descriptions
of the various articles enumerated, together
with useful advice and directions in regard Il
culture.
Clouds Seed 4Rnual Kenlstt Square, CEesss
e0,tatg Ps.-This Annual is largely devoted Il
select varieties Of farm and garden seeds. Cloud'
Monarch Oats IS one of the best oats IN cult
yation. In good seasons they produce weigh
OF nifty lbs. per DuSnel, which Is seldom reaches
by even the best in the most favored cat eli
mates in the world There are also severa
improved varieties of corn and potatoes, and th
general vegetable list contains many article
of superior merit.
NoTELETs.
"A Vermont farmer who makes speeialt,
OF potato raising, growing five hundred varie
ties, recommends Bnrhank's Seeding as q mos
!, excellent market variety.
"A Michigan apple grower says he can max
more money out of apples at twenty-five cent
a bushel than out of wheat at one dollar. I
this is the case, people who live in large elite
f may well wonder why they have to pay on
dollar for bushe of apples
The commission appointed by the Govern
ernment to investigate disease among swim
; state that the reports concerning the prevalence
ofdisease among western hogs have been great,
exaggerated This will have the effect of re
storing the reputation of American pork.
The following is said to be good test
tell wholesome mushrooms +" In cooking mush
rooms always cook them with an onion strippe
of its entire skin. If in the process the onio
becomes black or blue, do net use the mush
; rooms; if they are harmless, the onion wi
remain white"
The horse has avery acute faculty for under
standing and interpreting the tone of the voics
If you talk confidently. the animal acquire
confidence if your voice shows fear he notice
it and is afraid. Talk kindly to your hors,
! and be sure that he understands the meanin
of the tone of the voice.