The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-08-07

tattering than tor several seasons
past. The second tier of counties
from the south, in this section, will
have . fair crop OF peaches-much
larger than that of last year. Nearly
every county in the state, outside of
the sections named, reports Il total
failure as to peaches. the severity of
the winter and early spring preventing
q crop. Small fruits, especially
grapes, promise to be abundant IL all
sections.
1t may not generally be known that
the English walnut is the most profit
able of all the nutbearlng trees.
When in full bearing they will yield
about 800 pounds of nuts to the tree.
The nuts sell at s cents per pound; or
S24 to the tree. If ouly twenty-seven
trees are planted on an acre, saws Il
Los Angeles orchardist, the income
would be S549 per acre. or, from
twenty acres, $4,000 per ear. The
Los Angeles orchardist has placed the
number ct trees Fer acre entirely too
low. Double that number of trees can
be advantageously grown on an acre.
If you have a shrub, herbaceous
plant, or tree Of any kind, that is dlt-
ticult to kill, but which you wish to be
rid Of with the least amount OF trouble
and expense, do not attempt to kill it
by cutting off at the roots at this sea-
son Of the year, but let il alone until
in full leaf, or until near the time
when it ceases growing for the year.
July, or early in August. will be a
suitable time for most trees and shrubs,
while h%erbaceous plants may be cut oil
close TO the surface when they are in
full bloom.
Experiments in ostrich-farming in
Victoria having proved successful.
Queensland farmers are recommended
to adopt the industry, for which the
climate of their colony is peculiarly
well suited. The Cape government.
probably to check Australian and
Californian rivalry, have placed duty
of tlW a pair on ostriches exported.
This is Il very fortunate circumstance
for the pioneers of ostrich-farmine in
the countries named, as it greatly in
creaSeS the value of. the birds which
they breed.
a local paper strongly advocates the
establishment of butter factories in
south Australia, on the ground that if
the present low price of wheat is to
continue the farmers must engage in
dalry-farming or 60 to the wall, and
private d%airylng is too badly managed
to be successful. Not one dairy in
fifty. 1t says. is properly constructed.
the rudest Appliances are used. and
the overworked farmers wives or
hJrpI rirlS n t.l ,NraI1a tn a., nn 81.
could be done with great saving of
labor in a factory.
A curious phenomenon Is reported
from some of the vineyards in the
province of Malaga. According to
Spanish papers. plants attacked by the
phylloNera and given up as practically
dead have begun TO show marked
symptoms Of vitality due, it is bellev-
ed in the localities. to the destruction
of the insect by gases o electrical con
ditlons consequent on the earthquakes
in that district.
AT Charleston. S. c., there is a
method of preparing tiles which it is
claimed renders them suitable for
paving roadways subjected to the
heaviest traffic. BY this process the
bricks or tiles are first heated in an
oven. where they are covered with
sand; when taken out they are plunged
into melted asphaltum. and then
placed on racks, where the excess can
flow from the blocks.
At q recent sale of l1olstein cattle at
Troy, o., thirteen cows averaged
S3o6 "a, twenty 2.ycar-olds averaged
1924 30, fifteen 2-year-olds averaged
1924 80, four 2-year-old bulls averaged
1922 %, five 1-year-old hnlls averaged
1888, and thirteen spring calves aver
aged SIT SO. The average for the
seventy was 1896 50. The heifers were
sold privately for 81, 900,
The largest pork-producer in Mas
sachusetts IS MI. John Cummings. of
Woburn. He has now on his place
$500 hogs and pigs and generally Kills
1000 each year. He buys ali his feed.
He purchases the buttcrmilk of a
Boston firm, who churn fresh milk
that has not been skinned. He buys
western corn and grinds it on his
premises.
According to New Zealand papers,
the export cheese trade Of the colony
is becoming established. One COM
pany sent to England eight tons in
February, four in March, and the
same quantity in April, and other
companies have also exported cheese.
The results so far are said to be re-
muneratiye.
Corn that is thoroughly ripened on
the stalks in the field. well dried in
the sun, traced up and placed in u
room, possesses remarkable vitality.
Some seed corr was disposed of at an
auction sale in Vermont in the spring
OF 1888 said to be thirty wears old, but
it sprouted readily and produced q
large crop.