Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-08-14

scarcely be overestimated. The wood
is excellent for fuel, timber and posts.
The trees afford good shade, and
would be regarded rs highly orna-
mental II they were not so common.
Industrial Brevities.
An improved leadheaded nail for
use in putting on corrugated iron roofs
has made its appearance in the En-
glish market. The shank of the nail
Is round and sufficiently sharp at the
point to enter the wood readily, and
NAV be driven home in the same way.
The head fiattens under the blows of
the hammer, or punch may be used
which will give ii conical head. The
lead of the head comes IN contact
with the sheet-iron in such a way as
to lessen the chance Of leaking.
A lamb that is found on rainy
morning nearly dead with cold should
be taken at once into warm room
and put into hot bath. Have the
water at 50 degrees and put the little
thing all under except its head. 1t
should be kept there till thoroughly
warmed through, then fed a couple of
spoonfuls of new milk, and rubbed
dry and chafed till the least dampness
has disappeared. Ii is surprising how
quickly this will revive lamb that
seems past help.
Reports respecting the cocoa crop in
Ecuador are said to be desheartening.
In many districts the blight has APP
peared, and as no storms have occurred
to lull the insects which cause it,
much damage is being done. Between
Jan. and Feb. %, the total receipts
in Guyaquil were only l,1lS,S94
pounds, as against 2,4S3,42l pounds
! during the same period of last year
a decrease of ,305, OPP pounds, or more
than 30 per cent.
The preparation of rennet TO insure
perfect article, begins with the
treatment aud care of the calf Every
thing to promote the character Of a
healthy animal. not pampered and
not cloyed, should be adopted. On
the other hand, starvation will be as
Objectionable as overlooking. The
animal should il no case be slaugter-
ed until it is healthy, vigorous one,
and this may be determined usually
soon after birth.
The trucksters about Cincinnati
make quite an extensive use of brew
cry waste, or slOps, for fertiliZing pur-
poses. They seem 10 look upon it as
being of considerable value. Some of
them compost it with stable manure
and similar materials, while others
spread it thinly over the land in the
same condition rs taken from the
brewery. and work it thoroughly into
h.. 10 9th
The national department of agri-
culture has issued a directory of de-
partments. boards, societies, colleges,
and other organizations in the inter
est of agriculture, horticulture, stock.
raising, dairying, bookkeeping, fish.
culture, and kindred subjects. Copie.
of the directory may be obtained 10y
addressing the commissioner Of agrl'
culture at Washington.
Lord Vernon, who visited the best
dairy establishments in the country
last season, has established cream
cry on his estate for the benefit o
, those of his tenants who desire L
keep large n ;mbers of cows but have
not the facilities for making first-clas
butter and cheese. 1t is thought tina
other extensive landowners will fol
low his example.
1t is said that larger crop of ap
pies may be grown when a hive O
bees is stationed in the orchard. Tn
pollen is rubbed from their bodie
against the pistis of thousands c
flowers, which thus become fortified
MANY of the strange freaks OF hybrid
: izng varieties are due to the aCenc
: of bees.
; The tenth annual meeting of tn
!. American Association of Nurserymer
Il Florists, Seedmen, and Kindred Inter
ests will be- held in Hershey hall, Mac
ison street, Chicago, June l7-2'
II Edgar Sanders, president. Wright
/ Grove, Chicago; ID. Wilmot Scott, SCI
. rotary, Galena, III.
Wild animals have killed grea
many cattle in Montana of late years
and the bounty law cost the MOntar
. treasury S12,O0 paid for scalps, du
II ing the year 1884. There were kille
n during the year 547 bears. l43 mou
:, tain lions, $40 wolves, and ,62l coyote
- +. A. Coleman informed the kans;
~ Horticultural society that he had
= black berry patch fourteen years o
IS which bore a large crop last year, al
- he thought old bushes often we
a. plowed up sooner than was necessar
,e Latest reports from the south
England are to the effect that the h'
n vines are in very poor conditio
ns Slight frosts, cold winds. and La
of of rain have caused the leaves to tn
v yellow.
ma 1t is estimated that forty thousal
IN sheep have died in Greene count
r. Pennsylvania, during the past thr
n. months. owing to the scarcity OF fe
a and the severity of the winter.
r. A carp weighing Z! pounds W
n. caught last month with a seine ne
ed Pottstown Landing, Pa. in SIN
er bayou stocked with carp five inch
a. long two summers ago.
ed John Hall, engaged IN bee-cultu
es at Resaca, Ga, was stung To dea
May Il, by an angry swarm of be
which he was trying to hive.
&c A Female Gambler.
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