The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
Industrial Brevities.

Industrial BrevitIes.
The report of the department of &C
riculture for June says: Clover in tn,
eastern states was generally severely
injured by freezing last winter
Serious winter-killing is reported fro n
West Virginia, though the favorable
spring weather there, as in Kentucky,
where the effect of frost was less dam.
aging, is doing clover marked good.
From Ohio t Iowa complaints o.
winter-killing are general, though less
in Iowa. The spring has in most
counties brought a better appearance
to the fields, yet the last years SOW.
ing is everywhere the most profitable.
Glover fields are in better condition in
Missouri and Kansas than IN Nebraska.
The prospects are fairly good in the
territories, although alfalfa is raised
rather than clover.
A description of the cheese and but
ter factory recently erected at Crox-
den at a cost of $4,000 by Lord Mac
clesfield for the convenience of his
tenants shows it to be very perfect
and complete in all the appointm ents
of a first-class factory. 1t is capable
of receiving the. milk of from 500 to.
600 ows. One of the most interesting
facts stated in connection with the de-
scription is that Mr.. William Barnes,
the gentleman who supplied all the
fittings and plant, has recently sup.
piled a Gillian gentleman with a
duplicate set OF dairy appliances, and
is at the present time filling another
order from Chill.
A writer in The Maine Farmer thus
expressed himself in regard to setting
fence-posts: "It has commonly been
stated that posrs set top end in the
ground would last longer than when
set with the but end down. We re-
Gently had occasion to remove a fence
which had been set eighteen years,
and to our surprise the posts set top
down were still sound and strong,
while many of those set the reverse
were rotted entirely off. We have be-
fore found evidences of the greater
durability of posts set in this way. If
general experience c~orroborates our
own, it is a matter well worthy of wide
attention"
According to official reports the av-
erage annual crop of potatoes through
out the world is as follows: GERMANY. |
235, 900, 900 metrical hundred-weights; |
France, 113, O00, 900; Russia, 10, 0OO,-
600; Austria, $4,000, 900; United States
of America, AZ, 200, 900; Ireland, 49,
600, 900; Great Britain. 26, 900, 900; Bel
GUM, 5000. 900; Sweden, 16, 900, 900;
Holland, Is, 200, 900; Hungary, IA, OOO,-
900; Italy, 1000, 900; Norway, 6,OOO,-
900; Denmark, 5000, 900; the Austria
liam colonies, 1000, 900; Portugal, 3d.
300, 900 metrical hundred-wejghts-
grand total, $50. 0O0, 900 of hundred
weights.
MI. A. Blue, secretary of the On
'ariO bureau of industries, reports the
condition of winter wheat good, hay
ng a fair growth under the steady
temperature and warm showers of
and October, though there
vas some difficulty, owing to drought,
n getting the soil in proper filth for
eeding. "Snow fell early and laid
ate, and the winter was one of the
ongest, %steadiest, and coolest on re-
Yet wheat looked as well on
he LIST Of April as on the first dav of
Like Michigan, Ontario was
yell covered with dry snow, and had
WV INV RiObOOplOh " WuCdl.
Nebraska, scarcely settled at all by
7hite people only thirty years ago,
as now about $50, 600 acres of grow
1g forests, on which have been set
bout 600, 900, 900 Young trees. Be-
ides this there have been planted
YER II, 000, 900 fruit trees. over 2, $780,
90 grapevines, a vast number of ber-
bushes and plants, ornamental
1rubs, etc.
The Japanese are very fond of eggs.
hey eat them at dessert like fruit, and
cry often with oranges. The rich
are very particular concern
g them; they will not eat those of
wis which have full liberty and feed
4 what they pick up; they must be
ID on rice, and they must lay their .
,gs in rooms prepared for that pur-
9se. 7
The Montana Stock-Grcwers' asso-
alton will meet at Helena, Aug. II.
MS and the eastern Montana associa-
having been recently consolidated,
d the fact thai the meeting occurs
st previous to the date for holding
e territorial fair and races at Helena,
ould insure a large attendance. Z
AS a complement to his 4,00O-acre .
neyard in Napa coanty, California,
". Stanford is to build a wine house
0 feet long and 60 feet wide. The
I'D of his vineyard for this year will
300, 900 gallons.
The Poland (Me.), creamery. MAX
: one thousand pounds of butter a @
elk, reports 81 cents per pound for
'or, including the collection of cream
m patrons.
Experiments made at Houghton farm
to show that sound seed peas from
} to three years old will produce
ger crops than those but one year
Commissioner Colman has appointed
Allen Dodge to the charge of tho
' dairy bureau established in the
'artment OF agriculture.