The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-01-27

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varieties grown by market gardeners
for the past forty years. But the sys-
tenn must tickle the farmers, as it must
please the congressman who think
that they can buy the farmers for a
pinch of cabbage or onion seed.
Annual Rings on Forest Trees-1n
all the timber trees Of the temperate
portion of our country the wood of the
stem is laid on in sheets or layers
which, on any cross section, appear AZ
so many concentric rings. Generally
these rings are sufficiently well defined
to be readily counted, and, since only
one is formed each growing season,
they furnish very convenient record
OF the particular cross section, and, il
properly chosen, of the age Of the tree.
Viewing cross section of the stem of
pine, fir, cedar, etc., these concentric
yearly rings appear as alternate mar
row bands or lines of lighter darker
color, the dark line, or summer wood"
occupying the outer portion of any one
ring and being sharply contrasted
against the lightest portion of the in
ner, lighter, or spring wood" part Of
the next ring.
Foreign View of American Agricul-
ture.-The French delegate Monsieur
Zolla, who is investigating American
agriculture, is delighted with the in
telligence Of American farmers and the
great variety and abundance of their
farm stock and agricultural products.
He praises our agricultural schools as
superior to those in France. He says:
"These schools are numerous and they
with every convenience; that the ap-
paratus for teaching the best methods
of dairy work, of stock feeding, and
Of general farm economy are complete
and admirable. You spend so much
money on these schools. But then you
have it to spend, and we are compare
lively poor. l have received every
where, from your minister of agricul-
ture at Washington, Mr.. Wilson, from
your state officers, and from every
farmer I have met, the most obliging
courtesy"
Trees and Men.-A single tree, &C
cording to a computation in knowl-
edge, is able, through its leaves. to
purify the air from the carbonic acid
arising from the respiration of a con-
siderable number of men, perhaps a
dozen or even a score. The volume of
carbonic acid exhaled by a human be-
ing in the course Of twenty-four hours
is put at about 100 gallons: but by
Boussingault's estimate, single
square yard of leaf surface, counting
both the upper and the under sides of
the leaves, can, under favorable cir
cumstances, decompose at least a GAL
lon of carbonic acid in a day. One
hundred square yards of leaf-surface
then would suffice to keep the air pure
for one man. but the leaves Of a tree
of moderate size present a surface Of
many hundred square yards.
Selling or Pasturing.-There is no
question in the minds Of those who
have tried it Of the great saving made
by the practice of soiling. Expert
ments recently made at the Michigan
experiment station show that about
four times as much food is obtained
from . meadow allowed to mature hay
as from field pastured. In soiling the
difference would probably not be 80
great, owing to the fact that the grass
Or peas, or alfalfa. or whatever il
grown for the purpose, is cut before it
fully natures, but even then from two
to three times the number of animals
can be supported by soiling as on pas
ture.-Ex.
Strange Work Of Lightning-The
London Lancet reports the remarkable |
case Of the killing of Major jameson
by lightning in q field near Guildford.
on August Is. There was but q sim
gle fash and clap Of thunder. The
victim was found lying on his face,
dead. with his clothing torn to frag-
ments and scattered widely around |
him. Even his undergarments were
rent to ribbons and scattered over the
ground. The soles Of his boots were
stripped Oh. brass eyelet holes were
torn out. and nails forced from their
places.
Kansas Dairy Products.- butter |
made In families and factories in Kan
sas the aggregate reported is 37.e1a.974 |
pounds. being an increase Of 2.2O4. 60 |