The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11

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1871 :"
Considering the state BY sections. and
comparing with the returns Of ten years
ago. there il an increase Of 3,67S farms
In the southern four tiers OF counties.
Of 9.6O1 In the central counties. OF 5,l5o
In the northern counties of the lower
peninsula, and 2,134 In the upper PENN
sula. The number OF farms cultivated
by owners has decreased 1855 In the
southern four tiers Of counties, while
the number rented for money has IN
creased 1908. and the number rented
for shares of products has increased
4.527. In the central counties there Is
an increase OF iii, and In the northern
counties of 1895, In the number OF
farms cultivated by owners. The south
ern counties. or oldest settled portions
OF the state, and where about 85 per cent
Of the farm crops are raised. Is the only
section in which there Is a decrease In
the number OF farms cultivated by own
crs. Here, with an increase OF 2,678 in
the total number OF farms. there Is a
decrease OF 2,s5s In the number culti-
waited by owners.
II should be further noted that while
every county In the central section. n
all counties In the northern section, ex-
cent four-Crawford, Emmett, Manitou
and Osceola-show an Increase In the
number of farms cultivated by owners.
twenty-three OF the tw~enty-eight coun.
Ties in the southern section show a de-
crease: In one, Shiawassee, there II
neither gain nor loss, and only four.
| Berrien, Kent, Monroe and Ottawa.
show q gain. In three OF these foul
counties fruit and market garden crops
are extensively cultivated, and one.
Kent, extends into the territory OF the
central counties.
The state totals Of the dairy slatls-
ties are as follows: Total milk pro-
duced on farms, 212, 070,3 1873 gallons:
value of all milk and cream sold from
farms, S2,9O7, 1886; butter made or
farms. 1851, 1878 pounds; cheese made
on farms, FOG, $50 pounds. These totals
are for the year ending June 1. 1894.
The national ensus Of dali y products
taken June 1. 1890. and including the
PRODUCTS OF the year ending Dec. 81.
1889. shows as follows: Milk produced.
Q .537, 4SS gallons; butter made on
farms, 0,197, 4S1 pounds; cheese made
on farms, 32S, $50 pounds. The products
as shown by the present census are less
than the national nsus totals by H..
467. IFS gallons of milk, 1,246. 1Q3 poundu
Of butter, and 122 ,022 pounds of cheese.
More than 400 Plant Perfumes.-It ID
- .ountfru thing IN Epnuy fkot A 0nn
species OF plants are gathered and used
for commercial purposes In Europe. OF
these 42O have a perfume that Is pleas
ing and enters largely. into the manu-
facture Of scents, soaps and sachets.
There are more species OF white now-
ers gathered than OF any other color
1924. OF these 1877 have an agreeable
scent, an extraordinary large proper
ton. Next In order come yellow bios
SONS, with 951, II Of them being per-
fumed. Red flowers number 1928, OF
which "a are scented.-Ex.
Too Conservatiye.--The English agri-
~culturist Is slow to take advantage Of
modern scientific discoveries and ID
ventions. Even the reara separator.
the principal and utility OF which are
universally understood, has not yet
come into general use In that country.
As for the milk tester, It's very name
is unknown to thousands OF English
farmers. Yet the value Of this sample
and inexpensive appliance to every one
who owns milch cattle 10 incalculable
and its employment Is doing more "a
advance the dairying industry In Amer
lea and elsewhere than perhaps ever
the separator itself.r-Ex