The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18

tries in the world, PRODUCING f~rr;.I
the million. Over 81, 900, 900 Ss.oy
oranges were imported into Ro~@n
last year, besides those which on5
other markets. And that was uG
year, only half a crop being prod Icy Ya9
In 1888 over IS, 600, 900 oranges woS o
brought from Assam to Bengal on
the average for previous years W. W.
never less than 40, 900, 600. way
An immense cloud of l~ocusts recon.
ly passed v the city of AIIababaS
India. The stream of these terribT,
pests made its appearance at ahons
$3.50, and lasted till nearly 5 y ~
The sky was overcast with them bn.
fortunately they did not settle at ATa
hsbad, though a good portion Of tho
swarm settled on the fields in tbo
neighborhood of the Muir VILLAGE
The advent of these pests is regarded
by the natives as heralding a famine
The small sized Brittany cattle. re.
ceived a few years ago from the Gov.
ernmen of India for experimental
trial in the Himslsyas, are maintained
on two tea gardens near Almorab
Kumaon. AS mixers they and tbeir
progeny, whole or half bred, are I'm.
~favorabIy reported on and the absence
of a hump prevents their acceptance
as pillow Cattle by naive agricuIturists
The experiment a not, therefore, be
pronounced a success. The cattle
themselves r reported to be in good
condition.
Sir R. L Playfair, in a report upon
the agriculture and commerce of AL
geris, says that great hopes Lave been
founded in Algeria on the successful
cultivation Of the ramie. There an
pears to DO no great difficulty about
the cultivation of the plant. Expert
ments have been made at Alyiers
Bourfarik, Staouoli, Bone, Perregaux,
and St. Denis du Sig, and wherever it
has been planted it has succeeded, at
least in land capable of irrigation, and
it has yielded three and sometimes
four "cuts" per annum
A farmer of over twenty years
practical experience in New South
Wales, Australia, writes to the Bureau
of Agriculture Of that colony that the
system of wheat growing he has pur.
sued his has insured his crops against
rust. He works the land in hot
weather, burns off the stubble imme
diately after harvest, plows deep,
sleeps the seed wheat in a solution of
vitriol and arsenic dries it with wood
ashes before sowing, and uses only
half a bushel per acre of seed. It
will be seen that the system tends to
destroy the spores OF the rust-fuDgus
in the soil in the seed.
About . year ago a capitalist Of
Adelaide, Australia, started a flower
farm company, and took land at Crafer8,
nea Mount Lofty, for the purpose Of
growing flowers and establishing
mandatory for the extraction Of
essential oils and the making of vari.
Gus scents. Work on the farm has
proceeded most satisfactorily, but it
will be a year or two before the plants
reach such a stage as to render it pos
sible to extract the essential oils, but
every opportunity has been taken Of
making scents of the many flowers
grown on the farm, and this industry
nov promises very we'll.
The agitation in Germany with re
spect to the Introduction of American
pork products, particularly American
lard, comes again to the front in an
attempt to repeal prohibitory enact
ments, They say that the article
called pure, refined lard is a vile adul.
GRAFTON; that, whereas, the American
manufacturers formerly mixed from
Is to 20 per cent. of water with their
lard and sold IL at lard prices, they
now put sufficient steArine in cotton
seed oil to give it the consistency Of
lard and sell the mixture as genuine
lard. Stearine is that principle in fats
which gives them Dolidity. There
must be more of it in tallow than in
lard; so if a sufficient quantity of beef
tallow is melted in with ]cottonseed
oil to give the product the substance
of lard, a bogus article is made which
would be likely to give a favor in
cooking which could be had from no
other source.-American AgriculturlSl