Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-11-21

raising.
The Leader of Melbourne. Ans.
tralla, states that peculiar disease has
appeared among horses, old and Young
in that colony, which, though NOT
fatal, renders its victims useless for a
time. The first symptoms are palpita.
ton. staggering and sometimes falling
Later they stand painting with all legs
stretched ont, reach out and fall. with
fore legs bent under the body, and are
unable to stand if lifted up.
There are probably half dozen dis.
eases called roup, or "a form of roup. E"
and this breeds so much confusion that
innocent people are perplexed, BAN.
boozled and disguised. Fowls have
dlphtheria. catarrh. bronchitis, canker.
hives, Influenza, sea bies. and other dis.
eases of face, throat, and mouth. and
poultry writers discuss them as 'roupn
or a form Of roup," and write doc.
matte treatises on prevention and cnre
The present cheap. rapid and easv
method of testing cows leaves no excnsa
for every dairyman not knowing tbe
quality of milk of each one of his cows
If two tests are made of mixed sam.
pie of four days milk, one being taken
six weeks after the COW calves and the
other six months after calving, the
average of these two tests will agree
almost exactly with the average quail
ty of the milk given during the entire
milking period There seldom is a
difference Of as much as a quarter of |
per cent of fat.
1t is not surprising that farmers in
the Ohio and Mississippi valleys who
have decided to feed their wheat are
trying the experiment of feeding it in
the field. Hogs and poultry are turned
into the field to eat down the grain
just as they would pasture field of
clover. The method certainly saves
the cost of harvesting the grain, and it
probably gives the young clover bet
ter chance; but what waste it must
seem to the Eastern farmers who can
obtain $50 per ton for the straw
Rural New Yorker.
The republic of Honduras promises
to be one of the great coffee producing
countries of the world. The industry
is yet in its infancy, the plantations
thus far being small and indifferently
cared for. But Consul Peterson, in
recent report, affirms that ''the soil,
climate, and conditions in Honduras
are equal, in every respect, to those of
Guatemala, Nicaragua or Costa RIGA,
where the coffee industry has already
reached large proporti ons" He re-
commends that no one shall attempt
cotfee-raising in Honduras who cannot
command at lesat $40, 200 of capital.
Cotton culture in Egypt has ad-
vanced with rapidity and attained
magnitude scarcely suspected in this
country. Consul General Penfield re-
ports that the cotton area of Egypt the
present year is at least !, 104, III acres.
Egyptian cotton is packed in COM
pressed bales weighing 700 to 750
pounds each, or nearly so per cent
more than American bales. This
years crop is expected to exceed 700.-
600 bales, or 1 1850, 900 bales of Amer
lean standard. Over 40 900 bales Of
Egyptian cotton are yearly shipped to
Boston to be worked up in New Eng
land mills.
My experience with consumers in
recent years, says a correspondent of the
"Ohio Farmer" goes to show that the
consumption of fruit is constantly on
the increase. Six years ago 1 could
not sell ripened fruit for eating. 1t
all went into cans and little children
were slapped when they cried for
single specimen; but now it is very
different, and l am obliged to ripen up
some of the fruit and carry it in small
baskets especially for eating out of the
hand. Some families consume half a
bushel a week and the children may be
seen running around with ripe pear
or peach instead of slice of bread and
butter.
1t would appear from report of the
Bengal Agricultural Department that
the cattle OF that country share with
their owners the evil effects of over
population. When jungle land was
everywhere within reach, cattle found
plenty of food for themselves. But
with increasing density of population
the jungle lands diminished, and
grassland almost disappeared. The
wretched ryots must, first of all, raise
food for themselves, and this leaves no
reserve for fodder crops. So the still
more wretched cattle must exist as
they may ON rice stubble, leaves of
trees and such green heritage as they
can find.
The farmers of Winchester, River
side, county, have subscribed $4,000
for the construction of creamery ON
the cooperative plan. Commenting on
the new enterprise the Winchester
Recorder" says: 1t will advance the
value Of land and center trade here.
Alfalfa and stock fodder will take the
place of much of the large grain acre
age, and the farmers will be led into
more profitable system of farming.