The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-06-26

scarcely be 0verestimated. The wood
is excellent for fuel, timber and posts.
The trees afford good shade, and
would be regarded as highly n
mental it they were not so common.
Industrial Brevities.
An improved lead-headed 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 tse
point to enter the wood readily, and
may be driven home in the same way.
The head tattens under the blows OF
the hammer, OF a punch may be used.
which viii give it a 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 a rainy
morning nearly dead with cold should
be taken at once into a warm room
and put into a hot bath. Have the
water at 95 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 tilt the least dampness
has disappeared. 1t is surprising how
quickly this will revive a 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 rs no storms have occurred
to kill the insects which cause it,
much damage is being done. Between
Jan. l and Feb. IS, the total receipts
in Guyaquil were only Ills, 1874
pounds, as against 2,4S3.421 pounds
during the same period of last year.
a decrease of l, 305, 027 pounds, ormore
than so per cent.
The preparation of rennet, to insure
a perfect article, begins with the
treatment and 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 in no case be slaughter
ed until it is a healthy, vigorous one,
and this may be determined usually
soon after birth.
The trucksters about Cincinnati,
AldhC IuiIO Ill ChlCASlSc uSe VI Drew.
cry waste, or slops, for fertllizing pur-
poses. They seem to look upon it as
being of considerable value. Some of
them compost it with stable manure
and similar materials. while others
spread it thinly oye the land in the
same condition as taken from the
brewery, and work it thoroughly into
the soil by blowing or otherwise.
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. Copies
of the directory may be obtained by
addressing the commissioner of ayrl
culture at Washington.
Lord Vernon, who visited the bes,
dairy establishments in the country
last season, has established a cream.
cry on his estate for the benefit o.
those OF his tenants who desire tt
keep large numbers of cows but have
not the facilities for making tirst-clas.
butter and cheese. 1t is thought tina
other extensive landowners will fol
low his example.
1t is said thata larger crop of ap
bees is stationed in the orchard. Tn,
pollen is rubbed from their bodie
against the pistils of thousands 0
flowers, which thus become fertilized
Many OF the strange freaks of hybrid
ring varieties are due to the agenc,
OF bees.
, The tenth annual meeting of tn
!; American Association of N%urserymen
: Florists, Seedmen, and Kindred Inter
;, ests will he held in Hershey hall, Mad
: ison street, Chicago, June 1920
: Edgar Sanders, president. Wright
:, Grove, Chicago; u. Wilmot Scott, sec
, !, rotary, Galena, Ill.
!. Wild animals have killed a grea
: many cattle in Montana of late years
= and the bounty law cost the Mcntan
. = treasury S12, 900, paid for scalps, dun
: ing the year 1884. There were kille
!. during the year SAT bears. 145 mour
tain lions, $40 wolves, and 1921 coyotes
= Z. A. Coleman informed the Kansa
n Horticultural society that he had
blackberry patch fourteen years oil
which bore a large crop last year, an
= he thought old bushes often wer
plowed up sooner than was necessary
e Latest reports from the south {
England are to the effect that the no
h vines are in very poor condition
IS Slight frosts, cold winds, and lac
If of rain have caused the leaves to tur
= yellow.
1t is estimated that forty thousan
h sheep have died in Greene count,
r Pennsylvania, during the past thrt
months. owing to the scarcity of fee
a and the severity of the winter.
r A carp weighing y pounds W
r. caught last month with a seine ne:
d Pottstown Landing, Pa. in a sma
II bayou stocked with carp five inch'
l. long two summers ago.
d John Hall, engaged IN bee-cultu,
IS at Resaca, Ca, was stung to deaf
May IA, by an angry swarm of be-
which he was trying to hive.