Year: 1875

CAROLINA RICE IN INDIA-An official


report of highly successful experiment
in eultivating Caroline rice IN India is
published. The experiment was made
/ in Puniab, on canal irrigated land


The yield was two hundred fold. The


experimenter states The grain of the
Carolina rice IS much larger than that


of the India rice, and, on boiling the


two together. it was found that the
former was done sooner, was much


larger, of a whittier color, and possessed a


sweeter flavor. The plant of the Caro-


lima rice is equal to that OF good India


wheat, but stronger, not being liable to


be thrown down by a strong wind or


rain.


TIE AUSTRALIANS LUsrER SHEET
According to the Pacific Rural Press, 3


fleece from a buster sheep. new, breed


produced in South Australia, attracted


attention at a recent fair in Bremen +:


The wool was remarkably fine, of silken
sheen and softness, and of unusual
length--over five inches-and of snowy
whiteness. It was the opinion of all
who examined it that cloth made of it
would prove of superior quality. This
wool was cut from yearling ram of the
new variety called Luster, the result of
breeding with Negretti sheep and
leicester or ,Iincolns. The number
of generations is not stated. But
in softeninR the long and hitherto harsh
wool OF the Lincolns. retaining the fine
gloss which makes this kind of wool so
valuable in the manufacture of alpacas
and other stuffs, a great desideratum
seems to have been reached. f...


The persimmon does not receive the
attention it deserves in this country,
the reason being, we suppose, because
we did not get it from some foreign
country. In Europe they appreciate it,
and are taking great pains to improve
its size and quality. The Revue Hor-
ticole illustrates and describes a recent
acquisition, called by Nj. Carriere,
DiOSpyToS 1fazeLi and said to produce
fruit as large as an ordinary smooth
tomato, and of much the same form.
General Oapron has sent to California,
seeds of the Japanese persimmon,
which is said to be one of the finest
fruits known in the country where it
originated. s I'D


How TO PLANT THE CHUFA.--A cor
respondent of the farmers Vindicator,
who has had experience with the Span
ish ehufa gives the following directions
for its cultivation: Prepare low beds
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open on the bed with small scooter
cover with one furrow and leave it, or
two burrows and knock off with board
as they begin to sprout. Drop one nut
one and one-half to two feet apart in
the drill, closer as the land is poorer,
further apart if richer. Before plant
ing soak nuts in water until they are
filed out, say three or four days. Keep
clean with any pillow you wish, only do
not plow deep after first blowing. It is
a shallow-rooted plant resembling the
dreaded '' nut grass I" very much, when
it is young. After coming up it will
commence sending up new shoots all
around and very close to the parent
stem until, in good land, the bunches
are sometimes from one to two feet
across with the nuts near the surface,
and just at the lower end of each shoot.
The plant grows from one to two feet
high. I usually gather just after frost;
the nuts will then come up with the
tops. Put the nuts away In dry place,
and keep spread until well dried, and
they are easily kept. They are difficult
to gather, hence high price for seed,
as we rarely gather more than enough
for seed. The hog is the proper one
to gather. They keep sound in the
ground until they sprout in the spring.
They yield a great quantity of food for
hogs, upon which they thrive. 1t
hRrdens meat like corn.