The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-07-14
AGRICULTURAL.

| The whole value of fences i'll The
United States may De set down at S2,-
o00, ,O00, 900. and it costs $l00, 100000 a.i-
nually to keep them III repair.
BY far the best potato for late spring
use is the Blue Imperial. 1t does not
sprout readily, but remains compare
lively solid until early planted new po-
tatoes are ready tor use.
Now is the season when butter taints
very quickly, and none more quickly
than the choicest article. 1t is time
for special care in manufacture, and
for the earliest practicable consumption.
The wool product of California has
averaged nearly 100000 pounds per
year since 1880, bringing to the State
100000 - year. This is about one,
seventh of the entire wool product Of
the country.
Peanuts are becoming a popular and
profitable crop in Georgia. The peanut
plant makes forage and rich and nutri~
tious hay. and 1925 bushels to a. single
acre will raise and fattan many pounds
of bacon.
SO long as The milk is warmer cham
the surrounding atmosphere it's throw
ing off yapor and is thereby purified.
1t will not Ji,aa absorb odors, but tl.a
germs of fungi and other microscopic
life may fa.i into it and do it injury.
1t is generally Acknowledged that
winter aaigy!ng pays bsst, and fer this
reason farmers should give more a5ten-
zion to this Issr5 Of She business. 10
attempt this next Writer suitable faad
must bs raised this summer, and good
warnl stahling prayjdeti -.
Corn and potatoes may Otter bu top
dressed to advantage after planting,
providing fine manure is used. The
cultivation Of these crops during the
season will mix she manure with the
soil much more perfectly than it could
be it piowed u;lder.--American Rural
Home.
.Lhe sour curranJs are sure to be-
plagued with the currant worln. Look
Out for then. 4 little hellebore busted
on ths leaves is all efficient protection.
The worm never gets IL second taste Of
this insect destroyer, Apply it early in
the morning, while dew is OH the leaves
of the bushes.
Il is not desirable to pasture COWS i'm
woodlands, especially in early spring
lhe grass grown under the shade is less
and the animals are apt to
find many wild plants, the flavor Of
which spoiis the milk for any use. This
is especially true in woods where wild
garlic abollnfls.
Sprouts OF suckers in apple orchards
should be- promptly removed. They Off
en- start in great numbers where che
pruning has been severe, and thev
should be pinched off as soon as they
appear. Removed when in Leaf. suckers
or sprouts OF this character are less ant
to have successors.
Lady Canaryon has been very seriously
i'll. The latest news concerning her
health is, however, more reassuring
Mrs. James Brown Potter is an expert
seamstress, and frequently made por-
tions of her own gowns before her stage
career enabled her to employ french
Mr.. John ". Mackay, the BONANZA
king and husband of the society lady SO
well known in fashionable circles in
London and Paris, has dinner ssryice
worth $40, 900. The silver was furnished
from his own mines, and upon the COM
pletion of the set he bought the dies
outright. in order that the set might
never be duplicated.
The Saxe-W eimar family have an
hereditary tendency, Of which the late
Emperor was to some degree the victim,
70 suppurating and sloughing ulcers.
It has in many cases shown itself in the
arynx. Queen Louise died Of cancer.
The Empress Augusta. until she be-
came an old woman, was subject at a
chronic sore throat. Hence her feeble
voice. The Grand Duchess Of Baden is
hardly audible fromsa similar cause.
There has not been for generations a 81
SAKE Weimar: who was not at some time
ors another afflicted with an unhealthy
state Of the blood showing itself iin lls;,
ulcers. They the nglived i3
but this is because they have beer pre-
served heredi taTy 81.
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