The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-12-26
INDUSTRIAL BREYITIES.

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The bill of entry contains particu
lars of the imports Of live animals int
England during the past month, show
ing that 90, 267 oxen and bulls were re
ceived, against 1857 for October
1883. Denmark sent 1,071, agains
3.055; Germany, 1856, against 7,413
Canada. IL 500, against S.011; and TIN
UHited States, 1915, against 1868
Of the receiving ports 10.612 came tt
London, against 14,434 1888 to Liv
erpol, against 16,007, and 5,208 tt
Glasgow, against 1891. The import:
of cows numbered 4, 500, against 1891
of calves, 1912. against 1850, and Of
swine, 1881, against 1922. AS re-
CARDS our purchases of sheep and
lambs, SO, 4S9 were received in October,
against 10Y, LAG. Denmark sent &c.
OH, against $4,000; Germany, 1887,
against 1915; Holland, 27,79S, against
1888; Belgium, 4,S19, against II, 442;
Canada, 400, against 14,278; and the
United States GOO, as against 1909.
OF the import of sheep and lambs
London received $4,000, against 49,
257; Liverpool, 1861, against 1890;
Harwich, 10,401. against 10,499, and
Newcastle Ills, rs compared with
1883.
Forty-one candidates for the ten
scholarships of eco each, offered to
boys between IA and IS by the Royal
Agricultural society of England, were
recently examined in chemistry, rs APP
piled to agriculture, and the princi-
Piles of agriculture, especially with
reference 10 the rotation of crops and
nutrition of plants and animals. and
the mechanical cultivation OF the soil.
So large a number of candidates have
never before presented themselves for
examination. Other subjects for econ
omists are land-surveying. and me-
chanics as applied to agriculture.
The scholarships are offered on coDdi-
ton that the scholars remain at school
until the end of the summer term next
year, OF spend the year with prac-
teal 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 practical agriculturist,
or land agent, or at an agricultural
college.
The growth in Britain of the sile
system of preserving fodder has been
very rapid. A few years ago only a
few enthusiastic experimenters had
,ilos, but there are now, according to
igures collected last June, no fewer
han 610 silos with Il total capacity OF
|, 1861, 744 feet, and on an average ca
oacity of 1852 feet. The Scotch silos
ire the largest, and average 1895
eet. The largest silos in the United
Kingdom is in Argyllshire. 1t is &C
eet long, 60 feet wide, and 16 feet
leep, and has a total capacity OF
z, 600 cubic feet. The smallest silo
n Hants is feet long, feet wide, |
nd 5 feet deep, with capacity OF
My 120 cubic feet. That the silc I
hould come into so extensive use in c
Britain is not surprising. The wet c
less of the climate makes it DIFFICULT
0 secure fodder in good condition, +
nd besides there are large numbers
f wealthy farmers who can afford tc I
isk money in new experiments. t
The Glasgow Herald, in giving an
ccount of recent sale of plants in q
lat city, says: The company was e
lrge, and the bidding very keen, even
times exciting. Appended are few Il
the principal lots and prices real. S
ed: Trichomanes luschnatranum
lperba. ESQ: hymenopyllum candicu. b
tum, 925; trichomanes rcniforme. b
%; hymenophyllum oloveseum, ELS t
Is; Seaforthia elyans, fS los. /; Dasyh. t
on longifolio glauca, 96 los Cd; hy- il
enophyllum demissum, f6 los; b
ichomane banriena, Is los Cd; two b
demissum, f10; two a
ito, 81; Odontoglossum Andersonia. e
I'M, Go los Cd. T
Prof. Charles Graham, the distin. G.
lished British scientist, thinks that 1,
c export of wheat from India is u
ost important factor in the decline II
prices. The cost of production in II
dia he estimates at I7Ic to SOC q W
shel, which is lower than some es. W
mates that have been made. The OBJ. tn
,tions to the aromatic flavor of In. IN
IN wheat Prof. Graham thinks over. al
and that the flavor can not OF
ect its value in a judicious mixture co
grains. He also points out the ten. nc
ncy of Britain to buy wheat in sn
lrkeC which receives British goods ne
G in exchange for grain. III
\ little charcoal fed two or three :.
les week to fattening hogs is an q,
,ellent corrective to acidity of the "
mach. They are especially liable 81 90
this trouble when fed upon corn ~ ~
| confined in a pen. AT such times -
Y will eat charcoal greedily, and
j fatten much more rapidly with
!rcoal than with corn alone Pos. su
ly the use of charcoal might. if long ra
ltinued, impare the digestion, bul tn
h fattening hogs this is not so i'm. fol
tant We have made a practice OF DR.
cling wood ashes where hogs could er:
them freely at all times with ex. no
ent results. id,
[. Ckiandi-Bev has made a commu. six
alton to the French academy, set re;
, forth the claims of an aqueous so an
on of bisulphide of carbon as fits
nfectant. The bisulphide is but tn
htly soluble in water, litre OF TIA
er at the ordinary temperature dis. ms
ing only two or three milligrams pc;
solution is, however a vigoroui FIR
septic, arresting all fermentation we
killing all microbes. This solution prt
,comended for watering the streets, wo
the odor of the commercial article Bo
,rtainly not in its favor.