The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-05-01
BREv1T1Es

The farmers of Burlington township,
Towahda county, Pennsylvania, arc
suffering from ar inroad of fierce and
destructive rats, that undermine Gel.
lar floors, and walls, do great damage
to %granaries and barns, are q terror OF
the average cat, aud have gone so far
in some cases as to bite small children
and attack boys who venture into
their halnts. Thousands of dollars
damage has been done by these pests
this season., and meetings are to be
held to devise some means of exter-
minating them.
Beekeepers from other districts of
I Maine complain hat it is impossible
to compete with the Aroostook honey
great areas where timber has been
burned, the iire-wced tourlshes
throughout July, August, and Septam-
Der, while wild raspberry bloom is
abundant in late June and July, and
both these plants make a clean, white
honey. AS q bee range Aroostook
can't be eXcelled.
An exchange wisely says that rocky
forest land had better be keptin woods
until the rest of the farm is in the
highest possible state of cultivation.
There are millions of acres of poor
land, partly cultivated, that ought
never to have been cleared off. OF
that which is plowed, not one acre Of
one thousand is made to produce half
as much as it would produce if thor
oughly titled and wisely fertilized.
Boots made of coarse felted wool are
o much worn by lnmbermen and
city teamsters during the winter, and
they would appear to be admirably
adapted to the wants Of farmers. A
wool boot is not "a thing of beauty"
but it is productive of comfort and
conducive to health. AS these boots
do not shed water, the lower portion
of them are protected by rubber.
A forestry department has been at
work in southern Australia for eight
years and there are now living over
$4,000 trees planted by it. Great
numbers of saplings have been cared
for also, and it is claimed that in all
1874, 900 trees have been added to the
forests. The region is very dry, and a
change of climate is hoped for in time.
Corn is succeeding remarkably we'll in
the Argentine republic, and now gives
promise of becoming the leading crop
to raise for export. Most of the sur
plus goes to France. With plenty of
corn, the country will be likely to be
exporting fat beeves, sheep, and pigs
at no distant day.
No accounts have been received this
winter of losses of cattle in conse-
quence of eating corn smut. Possibly
the season vas unfavorable to develop
ing this fungus, but more likely farm
ers have exercised moro caution in
keeping it out of the reach Of of their
cattle.
A writer IN a London paper claims
that better self-binding harvesters are
now made in England than in this
country, and that they are sold for
half the price charged for similar ar
ticles here. Our tariff evidently does
not protect the industry of grain pro-
duction.
The secretary of the Nebraska State
horticultural society reports the fruit
crop last year very good. The yield
of fall and winter apples vas largely
in excess both in quantity and quality
of any previous years production.
The exports of frozen mutton from
New Zealand to Great Britain this
year will, it is expected, amount to
more than half a million sheep, al
though the freight charges are yet
very high.
The season has been so u%nfavorable
in most portions Of Australia hat few
new settlers are arriving. The loss OF
cattle and sheep on account of the
, scarcity of water has been very large.
The culture of peanuts during last
. season was extended into several
! states where they had never been
, raised before.