The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-09-25

Keeps the intervals freshed up. when
the Thousand hoad cabbage. or other
hardy variety, previously sown in II
nursery bed in autumn, is planted ont
toward the close of March, and ut II
line distance of twenty-siN inches. BY
the end OF July The beans arc removed
and the ground they occupied is loos-
cned mp to mold the cabbage. The
latteA can be stripped about Christmas.
and wall send ont sprouts until the end
of March, when they can be eaten
down by breeding sheep.
In the Atlantic states, from Maine
to Virginia. 65, 900 long tons of land
plaster and $4,000 tons of s~tucco-
total 1850 0 tons-were made in 1884,
of which nearly all was from Nova
Scotia gypsum. The statistics for
Michigan have not been reported, but
the production did not vary greatly
from thatin 1883, in which year it a
GOOSE short tons OF land-plaster and
l59. 100 barrels (of 800 pounds) of
s%tucco. In Ohio 4.217 short tons of
land plaster and 20, 3o7 barrels of
stucco We're produced. There was
also a small production in other parts
of the country; but the total amount
OF domcstic gypsum used is not known.
DR.. S%turteyant, of the New York en-
pertinent station. says that careful ex-
periments have shown that unripe to-
lnato seeds will grow and give u gain
OF fifteen days in earliness over ripe
seed from the same plants. Pease and
corn fit for table use will grow and
produce earlier crops than ripe seed,
but plants from immature seed are
more feeble than those from ripe seed.
Earliness seems to be in proportion to
the state of ripencss of the seed from
which the plants have been raised.
The practical question to be de-
termined is now to combine both
carllness and vigor i'll the same
plant.
A petition to the Canadian govern
mcnt is in course of signature among
Montreal cattlemen which sets forth
the necessity of adopting regulations
to provide a larger standard for space
fence the trade has placed the space
necessary for each beast at two feet
eight inches by eight feet. This is
more thar was formerly deemed
necessary, but as of late years the size
and quality of Canadian export cattle
have very materially improved, an in
creased allowance of space has
become requisite for the transport
tation of the animals in good con-
dltion.
The MeXicans stand in need of a
machine that will effectively and
cheaply treat their fibrous plants, es-
pecially those belonging to the agage
family, so that without injury to the
fiber the pulp can be removed. Elk
cepting only manila, there is no better
paper stock in the world than is fur
nished by the magney, but because it
can not be economically prepared for
market, hundreds of thousands Of tons
OF this material every year goto waste
being left to rot IN the ground
or else burned to get it out of
the way-in the pulquer districts,
where the plant Is grown for its
juice.
A Honolulu publication states that
it is interesting to learn that the mice
and rats, long the scourge of the
farmers, have been successfully dealt
with-not by the importation of any
moderd representation of Whiting
'oh S..ts y fslinPiy w JUG
ton of the mongoose. Thirty-six pairs
of this useful animal We're imported
from Jamaica two years since into the
district Of Hilo, with the result OF
instantly clearing four thousand acres
OF cane of this nuisance. The propri.
etor of III plantation estimates his
saving in cane from this II last
year at about $50, 900.
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In preparing rhubarb for the mar
ket, especially if it is to be semi a con
siderable distance, it is best to cut Of
the leaves. close to the stalks. This
foliage is of no value to the purchaser,
is heavy to transport, while it presents
a large amount of surface for the
evaporation of the juices contained il
the stalks. The stalks will be in the
best condition if the leaves are cut of
close to them and they are protected
from the heat OF the SUM-.
The .''Big woods of Minnesota wei
square miles, or 5000, 600 acres o
surface. These woods contain onl,
hardwood growths, including white
and black oak, maple. hickory, bass
wood. elm, cottonwood, tamarack
and enough other varieties to make al
aggregate of over fifty different kinds
The hardwood tract extends in a bel
+ the middle of the state, ant
surrounding its northeastern corner i.
an immense pine region, covering 81,
600 square miles. or 3,440, 600 acres
Some gardeners in the eastern states
are raising asparagus to eat in the
fall. They cut off the matured stalk.
in August, fork owe the ground, APP
ply manure, and water the bed ever,
day. In a short time fine sprouts
make their appearance, which are a
tender as those that start in TIL
spring. 1t is useless to attempt t,
raise asparagus for eating in the fal
unless there are facilities for applyin!
} water.
Apaper published at Phillips, Mo.
says: OF the ten sheep lost by Gil
bert Kempton last year two pelts wer
recovered, found carefully rolled Ii
and hidden away under a log. Bear
have u very neat way of skinnin
} sheep, tearing che pelt open til
length of the belly, and often takin.
; it off without any injury.
: In packing bottles in cases TO
transportation, i~ndia-ruhber band
slipped over the bottles will proven
breakage, and save considerable i
!, packing material.
, French farmers add fresh egg t
, the milk they feed to calves that ar
! expected to bring the highest pric
in the Paris market.
: Spruce lumber is fast coming int
use in the New England states TO
| making the frames and floors Of build
l ings.
1t is nov reported that not a case q
foot-and-mouth disease exists in Grea
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