The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-08-28
Industrial Breyitips.

California figs are just now attracting
considerable attention. Il profit of
$500 is reported in one instance from
an acre of this prolific fruit. This is
said to be the most profitable result of
tig-growing on record in the state.
In Florida and some other southern
states also, the cultivation of the flo is
increasing, and the agricultural de-
partment has recently published the
result of some inquiries as to the best
varieties to grow and the methods of
culture. 1t is said that no insect or
disease has yet been found attacking
the trees.
Gov. Eaton, of Colorado, issued a
proclamation April 4 declaring a cat
tie quarantine against the states of
illinois. Missouri, Kentucky, New
York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary
land, New Jersey, Massachusetts. In
diana, West Virginia. and the District
of Columbia, where the state veteri-
nary authorities report the existence
of pleuro-pneumonia. All cattle
shipped or driven from these states or
the District of Columbia will be kept
out of Colorado unless accompanied
by a certificate of health given by the
state veterinary surgeon or sanitary
board.
A correspondent of a foreign jour-
nal recommends the mixing of varie-
ties of seeds of the cereals to increase
the yield. He bases his advice on the
results Of personal observation and
the experiments of Darwin, which
seem to have proved: First. that the
fertilization of q flower by itself is
less profitable than that by another
flower of the same stalk. Second,
that the fertilization of n flower by
another plant is more profitable still.
Third, that the fertilization of a flower
by another flower Of another variety
is still better.
Ellwange- & Barry recommend a
dry soil for transplanting young trees,
either natural or by drainage; well
prepared and mellow by blowing at
least twice beforehand, first with a
comon plow and then with Il subsoiler,
If the ground is not rich, or has been
exhausted, apply fertilizers and work
them in thoroughly, or turn under a
heavy crop of clover, or old manure
or compost, SO a to make the land
rich enough, if required, to raise good
corn. This should be done in good
time before the trees are set.
There is a very large colony of Rus
sian Mennonites in Bon Homme, Dako-
Ia. and other counties in that section.
and they retain most of their old
country practices. One of these is
their weekly fair. Every Thursday a
thousand or more OF them gather at
Scotland bringing whatever they may
wish to sell or trade-horses, cattle.
hogs, sheep, corn, dairy product, and
everything, in fact. 1t seems to be a
useful and popular arrangement.
The California orange-growers have
discovered a new process for removing
all substances that injurc the appear
ance of their fruit. They put Il half
bushel or SO of dry sawdust in a bar
rel and then pour in two or three boxes
of oranges, and then turn slowly with
a crank. The fruit comes ont as clean
and bright as Il gold dollar. One mar
can clean about eighty boxes a day,
while washing ten boxes is a good
days work.
An experienced buttermaker says
that crooks of butter t. be kept for
III shyulu hCN'l DC plaJCu
upon the cellar bottom. This causes
two degrees of temperature in the
crock, which will be at the expense Of
the butter nearest the top. The crooks
will keep their contents far better if
placed at least a foot from the cellar
bottom upon a bench and 4 thick wool
en- cloth thrown over them.
There is one advantage in planting
the early varieties of potatoes in good
season. The eyes which produce the
sprouts are stronger than they will be
later in the spring unless extra care is
given to handling the seed. In most
seasons, also, the early planted pota-
toes will form their tubers before the
extreme heat of summer, and will
therefore produce better crops than
those planted a little later.
An Ohio farmer has learned by ex-