The Bossier banner., 1892-04-21
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The census Office announces that
there are in the United States 4,5f0 nur-
series, valued at $41, 9Ts, s35. 80 and occu-
pying 1T2, 500 acres of land. with IN in
vested capital of $50, ,425, 669. 81, and Civ
ing employment to 45. 657 men, 2, 279 wo-
men and 1920 animals
The cotton crops of the several
parts of Russia are reported as not Civ
ing perfect satisfaction. The Industrial
Trading society and the great Yorslow
Manufacturing Company ordered from
America los, 900 pounds of cotton seed
and sixteen gins, the seed being dis
tributed among the planters free OF cost
The French septennial average OF
wheat production, including 1891, is re-
turned at the equivalent of 900, ,202, ,SS0
English bushels, and the average yield
of rye, which includes meteil, at "a, 4S0,
900 bushels Food wants are put at S40,-
900, 900 bushels of lwheat, and so. 100000
bushels of rye and meteil. Last years
crops are given at 232, ,401, 181 bushels OF
wheat and IL, 0o0 600 bushels of rye and
meteil.
Mr. C. Whitehead of the Royal Ag.
ricultural society England, in recent
discussion of the subject described the
methods of preventing and checking the
attacks of insects and fungi He is OF
the opinion that the fact of these at
tacks having increased so much of late
wears is due to the interchange of seeds,
fruits, plants, roots, and cuttings be-
tween different countries
Mr.. Fl. Darwin, of the Cambridge
Scientific instrument Company, En-
gland, has devised 'cup-micrometer
for measuring the rate of growth of a
plant A thread is attached to the up
per end of plant and passes over a
pulley. To it's lower end is fastened a
weight, which descends as the plant in
creases in height. The amount of its
descent is a measure of the vertical
growth of the plant.
The coal industry furnishes employ
ment to 800, 900 persons to whom $ll0-
O0O 600 is paid in wages and the capital
| invested is estimated at $3.50, 900, 00O
The output of different states is as fol-
lows: Pennsylvania, nearly S2,0o0,OOO
tons; Illinois, 13, 900, 900: Ohio, 10, 000,0O
West Virginia, 1000, 900; Iowa, 1900, 600;
Alabama, 1900, 900; Maryland, Indiana,
Kentucky and Missouri. 100000, and
Tennessee 9, ZOO, ,000.-Boston Globe
| 1t is stated that there is much doubt
| whether the proposed Antarctic expedi-
ton from Australia will start next year.
1t will be remembered that the offer, of
Baron Oscar Dickson, of Gothenburg,
to supply $4,000, was made condition
ally on Australia subscribing the rest
of the funds considered necessary.
Baron Nordensl1jold is prepared to take
command of the expedition, and Baron
Dickson has selected two vessels he con-
| siders suitable for the work; but there
does not appear to be much public in
terest taken in the matter by the Aus
tralians.
The manufacture of wood pulp has
become one of the most important
trades of Sweden. According to recent
reports, that country has over 100 wood
pulp factories, about half of which have
been started during the last three years.
The export of this product, which, in
1872, only amounted to 114,000 hundred
weight, amounted in 1889 to nearly
1000. 600 hundred weight Although
prices have been constantly declining,
most of the factories still make good
profit by using the newest and best
methods, thereby reducing the working
cost.
Two French chemists. Nj. Berthelot
and M. Andre, have been experiment.
ing on the source of the peculiar ground
smell which comes from wet earth, and
is very perceptible in spring freshett
and a heavy morning dew. They find
it is owing to something analogous tc
camphorated substances, which exists
in very small quantities in the lasi
ANALYSIS of earth, but is neither al
alkali, an acid nor an aldehyde; in fac
is of unknown nature, in spite OF tht
minute experiments of M. Berthelot
and the researches of Muntz into tn.
alcohol which the earth contains Suci
, are the difficulties of organic chemistry
, if this may be ascribed to that field O
; science. Boston Advertiser.
, Look at the Pleiades with the nm
/; aided eye and you may see six or sever
, or dozen stars: look at it through
: three-inch telescope and you may per
: haps see 300 Study 1t through tele
scope for three years, as NJ Wolff ha
done, and map the stars and thei
, places, and you may record 900 or 70
e stars on strange background OF mel
s ulous light; expose sensitile plate fe
an hour, and more than twice that nun
!. Der are revealed; lengthen the exposuI
to four hours and you have picture /
/. Q, 326 stars, with different and MOI
|. extensive background of hebulosity.
How to Restore Health.