The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-02-12
Various Topics.

An eastern paper notes some curious
facts in connection with the history of
horned cattle in this country. Column
bus brought the first herd on his second
trip in 1893. Other Spanish navigators
brought small herds, from which the
wild cattle of the west and South Amer
lea descended. In 1868 the Portuguese
took cattle and hogs to New %Foundland
and Nova Scotia. The Canadian cattle
were introduced in 1908. In 1920 Viz
ginia had five hundred head of cattle.
The most stringent laws were passed
prohibiting the killing of any domestic
animal. In New England cattle were
introduced in 1924. 1t is said that for a
time price was regulated by color, a red
calf being cheaper than a black one be-
cause it was more likely to be mistaken
by the wolves for a deer and killed.
A remnant of the great forests which
once covered the south of. Sweden. was
recently dug out of a bog at Kiuneved,
consisting of a boat six feet in diameter
followed out of a log. The tree from
which this boat was formed, must have
been at least twenty feet in circumfer-
ence. The wood, which was very hard,
had assumed a blue color, The boat
was so very heavy that two bullocks
could not draw it.
A London paper says: BY far the
largest cheese ever made, weighing g.
AIS pounds, will be exhibited at the
cookery and food exhibition. 1t is the
largest of twelve enormous .cheeses I'M
ported from America by Mr.. Ripton,
well known as a provision merchant in
the north of England. the midlands, and
Scotland. The aggregate weight of the
twelve cheeses is 81, 900 pounds, and it
is estimated that the milk of :, 600 cows,
or about $4,000 pounds, was required
for each cheese on the average. The
manufacturers are Messrs. Richardson,
Beebe & Co., of the Combination fac
tories, East Aurora, New York state.
Never since sorghum, a northern su-
gar cane, vas introduced into this coun-
ty. has SO poor a report been givenof it,
as at the close of the year 1885. Farm
ers in most parts of the country no lon
ger take any interest in it, most of the
old establishments for making sugar
syrup from it have not been running,
and no new ones have been started.
An association for the protection of
4 wild ,,lonto hoe 1>nap D,rny.1al 80 (,,-,
va, Switzerland. The projectors state
that they will cultivate the Alpine var
ieties, and sell them at such prices that
it will not be worth anyone's while to
dig up the wild plants, which are being
rapidly exterminated by botanists, col
l%ectors, and tourists.
1t is stated in a foreign exchange that
a company is about to establish large
works at St, Petersburg for the purpose
of making rails from paper. The paper
is subjected to great pressure, and it is
said that the material is extremely dura-
BILE, and can be produced at one-third
the cost of steel rails. A further adj
vantage would be in their lightness, not
only on account of the cost of carrying
and laying, but also because they could
be made in longer lengths than is the
case at the present time, therefore the
number of joints will be fewer, and con-
sequently less oscillation to the carriages,
andthe wear and tear to both perma-
nent way and rolling-stock reduced to a
minimum. A greater adhesion also
would be offered by these rails to the
driving-wheels of the engine, and the
working expenses reduced accordingly.
To ring or mark a hog, pass a rope
with a slip-loop at one end into his
mouth yer the upper jaw and back OF
the tusks. He will voluntarily throw
himself backward and thus draw the
loop tightly around his jaw. By throw
ing the other end of the rope around a
post, or anything convenient, you have
him where you want him.