Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-07
New York Sun:-The agricultural

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and stocks, 4 piece Of favorable news
in that line is that northern Russia lost
almost all her train crops that werenot
gathered by the goth OF September last.
Since that date snow storms have pre-
vailed throughout the northern half of
the empire, and it is only the southern
half of it that will be able to bring it's
full Quota of wheat to the foreign mark
els. Onthe otherhand, the best authors
tiles on agricultural topics in Great
Britain agree that the change in the
weather about the middle Of this month
has been highly favorable to agricul-
tural pursuits. The soil all over the
United Kingdom has been immensely
benefited bp the copious rain Of recent
date. AS this was the time for wheat
sowing, large breadths have been plant
ed with that cereal. The farmer abroad
does not like to SOW seed wheat into a
dry bed, and before the earth has been
deprived Of summer heat by chilling
rains. One of the best English writers
on agricultural topics says:
"Despite the fact of wheat being now
much less in market value then barley,
almost as much land will probably be
cropped to the former as usual, no class
being more slow to move out of the
groove Of custom than farmers. The
trammels of habit cause them to adhere
to the old ways long after they have
become Improbable; consequently, al
though they ought to be well iware
that wheat is the most costly of the
grain crops to cultivate, and that the
winter varieties Of beans, oats. and bar
ley would prove admirable substitutes
for the other cereal and leave the
ground much cleaner and at a consid-
erably earlier period, only one here or
there will take a common sense view
of things by endeavoring togrow some
thing else instead of wheat"
This is a good hint to American far
mers. But is it not funny to read now
adays that the very thing for the want
of which it has fought Sc much and
committed such terrible crimes, should
be sc plentiful to-day as to Imperative
ly command a curtailment Of it's pro-
duction almost all over the world!
The agricultural prospects in the
other parts Of Europe are as fair as
they are in Great Britain, and the
breadstuffs in store exceed almost eve
rywhere the probable demand for them
for months to come.
AS a worker, said an eXchrnge, Wom-
an is apt to undertake too much. This
is especially true when she keeps g
boarding house and tries to make a
live-cent bone make soup for twenty
boarders.
you Americans" said al Enlishman
to q young lady, have no ancestry tc
which you can point with pride"
"1'hat is very true she assented
"Most of our ancestors came from Eng.
land, you know"
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"What good thing did you learn when
you were in the city," asked a farmer
of his son. Father" sadly replied the
boy, 81 cannot tell a lie. learned that
it is very demoralizing to go to bee
with a plug hat on"
His exhibitors now advertise that
Sitting Bull has a larger head than the
great Daniel Webster's, but Sitting
Bulls offering himself to be shown il
, a common dime museum looks as if he
had lost his head altogether.
81 wonder if there will be any dudes
. N heayenf' said a young lady, the
other day, to a companion. Tf there
are they won't part their hair in The
middle" was the reply. "Why not?'
Because there is nc parting there"
A circular from the general officers
Of the Northwestern railway company
in Chicago, dated Oct. 81, states that
w. II, Stennett, for several years gen.
eral passenger agent Of the company
has been appointed assistant genera.
manager; ii. Wicker, general traffic
manager, and r. S. Hair, general pas.
senger agent.
Within the last eighteen months the
Northern Pacific coal company has sole
about 5000 tons Of coal from it's mines
at Sims, about 1900 tons from the Lit,
tie Missouri mines, over 10000 tons
from the mines at Ignite near Miles
City, Mon, and is now selling between
1000 and 5000 tons per month from its
mines near BoZeman.
One of the simplest and readiest
ways OF loosening q rllsted screw is Il
apply heat to the head Of the crew. 4
small bar or red OF iron, fat at the end
if reldencd in the fire and applied fol-
two or three minutes to tie head of thu