The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-10
Seienee aud Sudustru..

go S0lO " pIIICf 1CtIIuS dIIlOulUlI8
to $1,5OO,OO was made recently at
Minneapolis, Mimi: oo5li. +a Ia"'i.
The use of. tobacco is to be alb
solutely prohibited in all the Gov
eminent schools of France.
The estimated value of Califor-
MAS crop of dried fruits, raisins,
prunes, nuts, and honey for 1885 is
$3,5OO,OOO.
Florida green peas have been
bringing 81 per half peck in the
New York market, and Boston hot
house c%aulifowers 81 apiece. .-..l.,
Iron telegraph poles are sup
planting wooden ones throughout
Switzerland In Germanytthey are
also being introduced numerously.
There is a right and a wrong way
to do everything, even to stamping
a letter. ~ Thus-never lick the
postage stamp, but lick the envelope
instead. and then place the stamp.
Many California farmers are said
to be converting their wheat fields
into orchards and vineyards, in con
sequence of the poor market for
grain. it5a jtfi adE .ilrf a. erat cub =
In 1885 Great Britain retained
for consumption 365,0OO,0 600 pounds
of wool, and the United States $685.
0O0,O pounds, but those for Eng
land would na yield the greatest
amount Of secured wool. .s5 -. s.ffI
That the South is not lacking in
enterprise is evident from the fact
that 1865 new enterprises, with an
aggregate capital, reaching the sum
of S1O9, 269, 500, were organized in
the Southern States during 1884.
The mule is not a thing of beauty
and grace, but he furnishes durable
and economical power on the farm.
The horse is more or less an object
Of fancy, but the mule is purely for
utility. For regular everyday
work on the farm, he beats the horse.
Rev. John X. Connolly, of
Asheville, has gone to Madrid, Spain;
whittier he is called by the illness
of his wife, who accompanied her
sister, Mrs, Curry, wife of the Z. S.
Minister at the Spanish Court.
Col. Connolly and Minister Curry
are both Baptist ministers.
The House committee on agri-
culture has agreed to report favor
ably the bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Hatch, to establish or help
maintain experimental stations in
connection with agricultural col
leges. The passage of this bill will
Mcclure for each State $4,000 to be
devoted to this purpose. r~t ..a
I'm the past year the richest
American merchant, III. B. Clafin,
the richest American railroad man,
NV. H. Vanderbilt, and the richest
american planter, Edmond Rich
ardson, have died. 1t is notable
that not one of the three died in
his bed. One dropped dead at his
desk, another in his hall and the
in the street.
\ Benson's watch, the size of a six
pence, creates a sensation at the
LoAdon f"Inventories." There
is nother, the size of a shilling,
Which shows the time, the year, the
month, the day Of the month and
week, and the phase of.the moon. 1t
larranges itself to suit the exigen-
lcies of leap year. 1t repeats when
required, the. hours, the quarters
and minutes on a deep-toned gong.
II is priced at $500. +.
\There are six firms engaged
inlthe manufacture of b%utterine and
olbomargarine in Chicago, and it is
said that one makes two freight
a day; another who adver-
tises fine grades a speciality, 10000
pounds daily; another has made
100000 pounds in eight months,
and a fourth reports a sale Of 3,0OO,-
900 pounds for the year, "almost all
of which was shipped to Eastern
markets" '''<l
Statistics concerning the new
American postal card r now in
order. The material used is twenty
five per cent. wood pulp and seventy
five per cent. fine. rags. 1t takes
about twelve hours to convert the
raw material into the cards, and
between 100000 and 1000, 900 of
them are turned out daily, giving
amnloyment to about $50 women