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VOL. XXII. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1887. NO. 20 CROP REPORT. Condition of Li ve Stock and Staple Crops. Tin- very dry and unfavorable weather for the lirst pan of April did more barm to the growing wheat than the usually bad March weather iliil thia year. Itis generally felt that if tin' plant can escape the sudden changes of the freezing and tint win;.' March temperature*, it is safe. Hut this year the first part of April was exceptional, and (he plant suffered more in April than in March from cold dry weather. For temperature alone April was not bad on wheat, but rather was it the dry period mentioned, lt will be remembered thai the crop of 1879 was one of the largest ever grown,and the mean temperature of April for that year was exactly that of this year, viz.: 52.3, but the rainfall was normal that year, and the plant grew rapidly. The damage accruing was chiefly in the heavy clay lands. In the bottoms and black loams little or no damage ensued, as they always stand more dry weather than the uplands, as they are termed. But reports in the past few days show that the wheat plant is improving in condition in lands where it was supposed to have been seriously damaged, and that the outlook for the crop is even better than it promised tin the lirst of May, anil is rapidly improving under the present favorable weather. A large area of oats has been sown this year. The small rainfall left the ground in the finest possible condition for spring crops. Both oats anil corn ground were in the very best condition to receive the seeding, and corn planting is now going forward rapidly and promises a large ana. W UK AT S I'M MARY. Our April report showed an area of 93 per cent irTlndiana, Itt in Illinois and us in Ohio. The condition of the plant then was a? in Indiana, 84 in Illinois and 86 iu Ohio. Our May report shows the condition in Indiana to l'i' s:i, Illinois 83 and < >hio I'.K So it is seen that for the entire State the average condition remains tbe same in Indiana, while in Illinois it is one point lower. and in Ohio six points lower than in April. If the present favorable weather continues the June reports will show considerable recovery from these points and a better condition of the crop. TH K BRASSES. The dry weather in April also retarded the growth of the grasses, and as a result while the condition of clover was reported 87 per cent in April, it is now but st in Indiana, in Illinois 89, and in Ohio but 80. Timothy meadows is 92 per cent for condition in Indiana, against 94 in April, and in Illinois s'.i and Ohio st, a slight reduction from the April reports in both. I 111 IT CHOPS. li was feared that trull was badly damaged by the April cold weather, which at one time •bowed a temperature of 28°. But subsequent examinations showed that this wasa mistake generally. Bothapples and peach,-are reported in tine condition, and now promise a better crop than for several years. Small fruits also promise an abundant yield. The grape crop will bean immense one if nothing hinders from now on. The condition of the minor crops will be noted by the small table of averages by States. 1.1VF STOCK. The condition of horses,eattle,sheep and swine is reported well up for the month which always brings changes from winter to spring. There has been much leas complaint of loss by swine plague than prevailed during the fall and winter, bnt this is always the case in the spring season. XIHAXA—AVKHAUKS BY COtNTIES AXIl DIVISIONS. The following table gives the averages in per cents compared with a full average area anil condition at same date mother Average years, and not of any particular year: 0 © s o z a 8 c 8 8 O a V 0 a 8 Ih I'm NTIKH. Zi 1 S = 9 . CO " - CM -* . no • [ KB - - 1 it ti il a © . u a« **0 & O o 5 r* Northern IMvInIvm Adams Allen i 40 III! 50 mi SO Illl mi 7, 80 Benton 7f> HO IV, H5 III Carrol) \ Im 1110 m no nn 1 Ml m 111) nn nn w DeKalb 90 III) nn in k Klkhart 00 Illl mi 8ii mi Fulton 80 nn 90 H nn Huntington UP mi ni s-, at Jasper 85 mi IV, 90 I.i Koseluako 7". III! Illl III 90 LaGrange 80 Illl Ml III Lake H Mil IV, ,V, IV, LaPorte ion I'll M ni nn Marshall 7.-, ■ n im iii Miami H I.I III IV, It. Newton 7.'. IC si m 89 Noble 6G im 75 (17 ni Porter 7-i in 75 UD Nl Pulaski 80 V, ■ 71 '.I Starke. 80 75 III nn iv, st. Josepb 811 ■ IV ■i. Steuben BO Illl Illl in nn Wabash 7S li.l Illl at nn Wells 7i Illl n.i 78 In, White as mi mi tt nn Wii.t. I> 00 100 nn ta nn a \ erages 78 ~i -5 n h < .nn ;il l».ti<*ion Blackford GO Illl 100 Hi III Boone !« Illl 80 III Nl Claj a* 1011 ni iv, as Clint.-n too im 80 1011 90 Delaware 75 Ml ■ at iiii ■fountain 7.', Illl 85 85 Illl Qranl 75 110 H ni im Hamilton ts 105 Ml 75 IV, Hancock 100 mi 90 7o Mi Hendricks III nn mi ni 95 Henry 90 80 70 80 100 Howard 90 100 mi nn im Jay Johnson 50 nn 75 50 Illl 70 90 80 9I> 100 Madison 80 mi loo nn im Marion ■ nn nn iv, im Montgomery 90 106 nn 9.1 loo Morgan 100 100 Ml 70 70 Owen 1. Illl 100 7u 70 Parke. X5 Illl Ml Ni Ml Putnam ... "I 7-"i 75 IV, Kainlolph ■ 50 80 Itl 75 Rush too IS, nn H Shelby. too too ioo at mi Tippecanoe Tipton 1* ii i«>n 80 mi nn in so in nn nn mi in 71 nn 50 301 70 Vermillion 90 in 85 Ni 95 Warren 100 in 95 in III !« nn nn as \Va> im- 80 nn nn K im Averages 84 98 88 80 91 feoullirrii lnti.mii Bartholomew 111 nn 75 IV, 95 I.n.u n III .80 Nl m Nl Clark 111 III 100 nn Illl Craw i"i.i - in HI III' Mi Ml I >a\ less s III Ml s, Illl 1 learbOi n 9 in aj IV, III! Ih-c.itnr ■ nn in III, Illl Dnboifl ■ in 90 too ■1, Payette R in in Mi Illl Ployd. . In a a In Ml Franklin 80 N ■III 9, i .tli-Mii . a H 10 in Illl t Ireene 80 '.« a I Ml Hurn-s.ni III a i_.; 9. Nl Jackson 91 a 7." li Ml ■1 ■ in !« |i> hii Jennings a ia a Ill 100 K new. ■ a in 77 M Ml Law i.n.-. ■ in s" N m Mai im . s lii a 70 MnnriM- :■ III In M III! Ohio H III IS M m . Grange In 10 a n v.* Perr> In 10 7i Mil 85 i'ik>- lu III N Mi Ml pose) in 111 II • BJplej Sfl.lt in III III nn lu", lu III N im mi spencer 7 III 90 nn nn shMiv an a. III ai •■ Ml Rwitzei land II III 71 a N, Vanderburg a a N 7; a Warrick 7i 1 86 7f 80 Washington 91 a 7. 7i a _ s K a « 91 ItHMAltKsol Ill'.I'dltl •Mmm l\l'l\N\. Franklin Co. Apple crop vary good yet. Bpeneer <».- Wheat oomlng out. Qlbaon < 'o. Win at is thin. Jefferson ('<>. Wheal has improved much owing to rains. Switzerland Ob, Hogs dying with cholera. Dubois Co.—Wheat doing well; some bog cholera. Martin Co. Horses high and hogs a good price. DeoaturOo. Stock ol all kinds In good condition. Daviess Co. -Heavy rains injured the oats. Harrison Co.—About tin- fourths crop nl peaches. Randolph Co.—-Last fall boga aU per- ished and fear same for this apring. .lay CO—Some disease among horses; \\ heat looks had. Shelby Co.—Poultry excellent; fruit binds better than common. Delaware Co.—Everything baok ward; wheat looks poor. Henry Co.—Farmers well advanced in plowing. Hush Co.—Hut few hog! in county; died or cholera. Parke Co.—The outlook for present year is good. liraiit Co.—Wheat and clover damaged by cold weather. Montgomery Co.—An increased interest ill raising line horses. Miami Co.- Seventy-live per cent of cherries killed. Fulton Co.- -Wheat doing Well since late rains. Whitley Co.-Small fruit all right Steuben Co.—Dry weather hurt wheat. Kosciusko Co.—Cool dry weather hurt wheat badly. POrter Oo.—All April dry for wheat. Hancock Co.—Clover, frozen out. OHIO. Brown Co.—About three-fourths of breaking for corn done. Ijogan Co.—April cold; vegetables back- Ward. Fairfield Co.—Much rain; ground too wet to work. Putnam Co. Flowing hurt wheal. Auglaize Co.—Large per cent of wheat. plowed under and sown in oats. Deliance ('o. -Too dry for wheat.it looks had. Lueas Co.—March dry and cold. ILLINOIS. Montgomery <'o. -Wheat much im- |iro\ e.l; backward spring. Madison Co.—Everything growing;large potato crop planted, early ones coming up nicely. Hiatt Co.—Hogs scarce; no disease. Washington Co. i nils all iu, and corn about half. Wayne Co.- Krafts of all kinds plenty; sol hilleh lillgs. Wabash Cb. Too much rain for farming. Clay Co.—>Wel weather; no oorn planted yet, Kllinghani i'o. Prospect good on all; cherries plentiful; health g I. Perry Co.—Proapeots are very favorable. Cumberland Oo. Since rains, wheat is Improving; pasture still short. DeWitt Oo.—Apple crop will be -hurt. IVKKAQE 11V si \ I 1 -. linliitiuvoiiio. Illinois.. Wheat, DM nol "I iililion .11! 7li 81 Oats, per cot at acreage 97 98 104 I In!-., |i. I■ <-i'ill of ciinililii.il Nl 89 80 flcviT. |,,-r i'i'iii ul i liliioi. M (10 89 Tililiitlo jii'i'n luiif.'iuiiiiliiiii Bl 84 W A i |.l, >. per cent nf Im,Is uliv,' S7 71 80 Peachee,percefr4 ,,f liiiilsulivi. ,;■! 59 02 H> c. per cinl nl ii.iHliliuii 89 78 81 Barley, par cant of i llUon si 07 70 I . per cinl ul condition Mi 9:( 94 Oattle, par sent of i Ilttoo. iv, mi 91 II,. . |,,l CHI ilfilllMlllillO... 9.' 10 m Sheep, par oent of 1 dittoo. 111 9:1 89 Written lot the Indiana Fanner, Northwest Arkansas.—No. 3. hy \v. 1.. osnoitx. I w ill take up the prices of lands, in an- ■Wer to all enquiries. We bave land hare that can be had as low 11s rj.", per acre, good land, probably well timbered, often with some Improvements, and of course good water, which is never failing everywhere. The reasons for selling are various, probably lo get a larger tract, or go to some other oountry, or for other reasons. Prices vary from S.itn ST.", per acre. Those at the higher rales you will find highly cultivated, iu good position, in good locality, probably near a booming town, for onr towns and the surrounding country is on a big boom. Perhaps the owner is satisfied and don'l care about selling. I have answered some thai lands are not much higher Ihan fSS per acre, but will have to admit that prices are on a big boom near the principal towns, and I did not know how much. •'Mineral fever" is raging all over tin- county and land has 1 me higher. We have had such trading as this since my last : Some Kansas man, e.g., ( es to Mr. A. who has aline farm, all level aud in cultivation, and asks what he will take for his farm. A is nm earing to sell, so he asks a high price, say ?-r>0 per acre. To his surprise he is taken up, A then goes to tua nlghber, C, who hasgot nearly as good a farm as A, and buys him out at s.i-5 per acre, fn the same manner in which he sold, C in order to stay ill the county, buys a tract on the other side of town. You can get vacant government land by home-steading and in other different ways, but the most of this land is rocky, and is hardly worth having for general farming, but all such land will make a splendid pasture, or will bring fruit of most any kind. W. W. Sullivan in the Farmer of April tSd, says that "about the 32° of north latitude, or a hundred miles north or south of that running across Hi nntry from the eastern shore of North Carolina to New Mexico, is the region so far as the climatic Influences are concerned for you to locale." Thai line strikes this region exactly, and il is evidently line. The locality which ber found is different from this, hut as he did not visit this portion I will not dispute his statements, but judging from his letter this section is evidently ahead of that. lingers. Ark. The communion table from which ileorge Washington received the sacrament on the Sunday before his death has just been restored to Christ church Alexandria, by Miss Sally Stuart, who received it from a near relative by bequest.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1887, v. 22, no. 20 (May 14) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA2220 |
Date of Original | 1887 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
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Coverage | Indiana |
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Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | VOL. XXII. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1887. NO. 20 CROP REPORT. Condition of Li ve Stock and Staple Crops. Tin- very dry and unfavorable weather for the lirst pan of April did more barm to the growing wheat than the usually bad March weather iliil thia year. Itis generally felt that if tin' plant can escape the sudden changes of the freezing and tint win;.' March temperature*, it is safe. Hut this year the first part of April was exceptional, and (he plant suffered more in April than in March from cold dry weather. For temperature alone April was not bad on wheat, but rather was it the dry period mentioned, lt will be remembered thai the crop of 1879 was one of the largest ever grown,and the mean temperature of April for that year was exactly that of this year, viz.: 52.3, but the rainfall was normal that year, and the plant grew rapidly. The damage accruing was chiefly in the heavy clay lands. In the bottoms and black loams little or no damage ensued, as they always stand more dry weather than the uplands, as they are termed. But reports in the past few days show that the wheat plant is improving in condition in lands where it was supposed to have been seriously damaged, and that the outlook for the crop is even better than it promised tin the lirst of May, anil is rapidly improving under the present favorable weather. A large area of oats has been sown this year. The small rainfall left the ground in the finest possible condition for spring crops. Both oats anil corn ground were in the very best condition to receive the seeding, and corn planting is now going forward rapidly and promises a large ana. W UK AT S I'M MARY. Our April report showed an area of 93 per cent irTlndiana, Itt in Illinois and us in Ohio. The condition of the plant then was a? in Indiana, 84 in Illinois and 86 iu Ohio. Our May report shows the condition in Indiana to l'i' s:i, Illinois 83 and < >hio I'.K So it is seen that for the entire State the average condition remains tbe same in Indiana, while in Illinois it is one point lower. and in Ohio six points lower than in April. If the present favorable weather continues the June reports will show considerable recovery from these points and a better condition of the crop. TH K BRASSES. The dry weather in April also retarded the growth of the grasses, and as a result while the condition of clover was reported 87 per cent in April, it is now but st in Indiana, in Illinois 89, and in Ohio but 80. Timothy meadows is 92 per cent for condition in Indiana, against 94 in April, and in Illinois s'.i and Ohio st, a slight reduction from the April reports in both. I 111 IT CHOPS. li was feared that trull was badly damaged by the April cold weather, which at one time •bowed a temperature of 28°. But subsequent examinations showed that this wasa mistake generally. Bothapples and peach,-are reported in tine condition, and now promise a better crop than for several years. Small fruits also promise an abundant yield. The grape crop will bean immense one if nothing hinders from now on. The condition of the minor crops will be noted by the small table of averages by States. 1.1VF STOCK. The condition of horses,eattle,sheep and swine is reported well up for the month which always brings changes from winter to spring. There has been much leas complaint of loss by swine plague than prevailed during the fall and winter, bnt this is always the case in the spring season. XIHAXA—AVKHAUKS BY COtNTIES AXIl DIVISIONS. The following table gives the averages in per cents compared with a full average area anil condition at same date mother Average years, and not of any particular year: 0 © s o z a 8 c 8 8 O a V 0 a 8 Ih I'm NTIKH. Zi 1 S = 9 . CO " - CM -* . no • [ KB - - 1 it ti il a © . u a« **0 & O o 5 r* Northern IMvInIvm Adams Allen i 40 III! 50 mi SO Illl mi 7, 80 Benton 7f> HO IV, H5 III Carrol) \ Im 1110 m no nn 1 Ml m 111) nn nn w DeKalb 90 III) nn in k Klkhart 00 Illl mi 8ii mi Fulton 80 nn 90 H nn Huntington UP mi ni s-, at Jasper 85 mi IV, 90 I.i Koseluako 7". III! Illl III 90 LaGrange 80 Illl Ml III Lake H Mil IV, ,V, IV, LaPorte ion I'll M ni nn Marshall 7.-, ■ n im iii Miami H I.I III IV, It. Newton 7.'. IC si m 89 Noble 6G im 75 (17 ni Porter 7-i in 75 UD Nl Pulaski 80 V, ■ 71 '.I Starke. 80 75 III nn iv, st. Josepb 811 ■ IV ■i. Steuben BO Illl Illl in nn Wabash 7S li.l Illl at nn Wells 7i Illl n.i 78 In, White as mi mi tt nn Wii.t. I> 00 100 nn ta nn a \ erages 78 ~i -5 n h < .nn ;il l».ti<*ion Blackford GO Illl 100 Hi III Boone !« Illl 80 III Nl Claj a* 1011 ni iv, as Clint.-n too im 80 1011 90 Delaware 75 Ml ■ at iiii ■fountain 7.', Illl 85 85 Illl Qranl 75 110 H ni im Hamilton ts 105 Ml 75 IV, Hancock 100 mi 90 7o Mi Hendricks III nn mi ni 95 Henry 90 80 70 80 100 Howard 90 100 mi nn im Jay Johnson 50 nn 75 50 Illl 70 90 80 9I> 100 Madison 80 mi loo nn im Marion ■ nn nn iv, im Montgomery 90 106 nn 9.1 loo Morgan 100 100 Ml 70 70 Owen 1. Illl 100 7u 70 Parke. X5 Illl Ml Ni Ml Putnam ... "I 7-"i 75 IV, Kainlolph ■ 50 80 Itl 75 Rush too IS, nn H Shelby. too too ioo at mi Tippecanoe Tipton 1* ii i«>n 80 mi nn in so in nn nn mi in 71 nn 50 301 70 Vermillion 90 in 85 Ni 95 Warren 100 in 95 in III !« nn nn as \Va> im- 80 nn nn K im Averages 84 98 88 80 91 feoullirrii lnti.mii Bartholomew 111 nn 75 IV, 95 I.n.u n III .80 Nl m Nl Clark 111 III 100 nn Illl Craw i"i.i - in HI III' Mi Ml I >a\ less s III Ml s, Illl 1 learbOi n 9 in aj IV, III! Ih-c.itnr ■ nn in III, Illl Dnboifl ■ in 90 too ■1, Payette R in in Mi Illl Ployd. . In a a In Ml Franklin 80 N ■III 9, i .tli-Mii . a H 10 in Illl t Ireene 80 '.« a I Ml Hurn-s.ni III a i_.; 9. Nl Jackson 91 a 7." li Ml ■1 ■ in !« |i> hii Jennings a ia a Ill 100 K new. ■ a in 77 M Ml Law i.n.-. ■ in s" N m Mai im . s lii a 70 MnnriM- :■ III In M III! Ohio H III IS M m . Grange In 10 a n v.* Perr> In 10 7i Mil 85 i'ik>- lu III N Mi Ml pose) in 111 II • BJplej Sfl.lt in III III nn lu", lu III N im mi spencer 7 III 90 nn nn shMiv an a. III ai •■ Ml Rwitzei land II III 71 a N, Vanderburg a a N 7; a Warrick 7i 1 86 7f 80 Washington 91 a 7. 7i a _ s K a « 91 ItHMAltKsol Ill'.I'dltl •Mmm l\l'l\N\. Franklin Co. Apple crop vary good yet. Bpeneer <».- Wheat oomlng out. Qlbaon < 'o. Win at is thin. Jefferson ('<>. Wheal has improved much owing to rains. Switzerland Ob, Hogs dying with cholera. Dubois Co.—Wheat doing well; some bog cholera. Martin Co. Horses high and hogs a good price. DeoaturOo. Stock ol all kinds In good condition. Daviess Co. -Heavy rains injured the oats. Harrison Co.—About tin- fourths crop nl peaches. Randolph Co.—-Last fall boga aU per- ished and fear same for this apring. .lay CO—Some disease among horses; \\ heat looks had. Shelby Co.—Poultry excellent; fruit binds better than common. Delaware Co.—Everything baok ward; wheat looks poor. Henry Co.—Farmers well advanced in plowing. Hush Co.—Hut few hog! in county; died or cholera. Parke Co.—The outlook for present year is good. liraiit Co.—Wheat and clover damaged by cold weather. Montgomery Co.—An increased interest ill raising line horses. Miami Co.- Seventy-live per cent of cherries killed. Fulton Co.- -Wheat doing Well since late rains. Whitley Co.-Small fruit all right Steuben Co.—Dry weather hurt wheat. Kosciusko Co.—Cool dry weather hurt wheat badly. POrter Oo.—All April dry for wheat. Hancock Co.—Clover, frozen out. OHIO. Brown Co.—About three-fourths of breaking for corn done. Ijogan Co.—April cold; vegetables back- Ward. Fairfield Co.—Much rain; ground too wet to work. Putnam Co. Flowing hurt wheal. Auglaize Co.—Large per cent of wheat. plowed under and sown in oats. Deliance ('o. -Too dry for wheat.it looks had. Lueas Co.—March dry and cold. ILLINOIS. Montgomery <'o. -Wheat much im- |iro\ e.l; backward spring. Madison Co.—Everything growing;large potato crop planted, early ones coming up nicely. Hiatt Co.—Hogs scarce; no disease. Washington Co. i nils all iu, and corn about half. Wayne Co.- Krafts of all kinds plenty; sol hilleh lillgs. Wabash Cb. Too much rain for farming. Clay Co.—>Wel weather; no oorn planted yet, Kllinghani i'o. Prospect good on all; cherries plentiful; health g I. Perry Co.—Proapeots are very favorable. Cumberland Oo. Since rains, wheat is Improving; pasture still short. DeWitt Oo.—Apple crop will be -hurt. IVKKAQE 11V si \ I 1 -. linliitiuvoiiio. Illinois.. Wheat, DM nol "I iililion .11! 7li 81 Oats, per cot at acreage 97 98 104 I In!-., |i. I■ <-i'ill of ciinililii.il Nl 89 80 flcviT. |,,-r i'i'iii ul i liliioi. M (10 89 Tililiitlo jii'i'n luiif.'iuiiiiliiiii Bl 84 W A i |.l, >. per cent nf Im,Is uliv,' S7 71 80 Peachee,percefr4 ,,f liiiilsulivi. ,;■! 59 02 H> c. per cinl nl ii.iHliliuii 89 78 81 Barley, par cant of i llUon si 07 70 I . per cinl ul condition Mi 9:( 94 Oattle, par sent of i Ilttoo. iv, mi 91 II,. . |,,l CHI ilfilllMlllillO... 9.' 10 m Sheep, par oent of 1 dittoo. 111 9:1 89 Written lot the Indiana Fanner, Northwest Arkansas.—No. 3. hy \v. 1.. osnoitx. I w ill take up the prices of lands, in an- ■Wer to all enquiries. We bave land hare that can be had as low 11s rj.", per acre, good land, probably well timbered, often with some Improvements, and of course good water, which is never failing everywhere. The reasons for selling are various, probably lo get a larger tract, or go to some other oountry, or for other reasons. Prices vary from S.itn ST.", per acre. Those at the higher rales you will find highly cultivated, iu good position, in good locality, probably near a booming town, for onr towns and the surrounding country is on a big boom. Perhaps the owner is satisfied and don'l care about selling. I have answered some thai lands are not much higher Ihan fSS per acre, but will have to admit that prices are on a big boom near the principal towns, and I did not know how much. •'Mineral fever" is raging all over tin- county and land has 1 me higher. We have had such trading as this since my last : Some Kansas man, e.g., ( es to Mr. A. who has aline farm, all level aud in cultivation, and asks what he will take for his farm. A is nm earing to sell, so he asks a high price, say ?-r>0 per acre. To his surprise he is taken up, A then goes to tua nlghber, C, who hasgot nearly as good a farm as A, and buys him out at s.i-5 per acre, fn the same manner in which he sold, C in order to stay ill the county, buys a tract on the other side of town. You can get vacant government land by home-steading and in other different ways, but the most of this land is rocky, and is hardly worth having for general farming, but all such land will make a splendid pasture, or will bring fruit of most any kind. W. W. Sullivan in the Farmer of April tSd, says that "about the 32° of north latitude, or a hundred miles north or south of that running across Hi nntry from the eastern shore of North Carolina to New Mexico, is the region so far as the climatic Influences are concerned for you to locale." Thai line strikes this region exactly, and il is evidently line. The locality which ber found is different from this, hut as he did not visit this portion I will not dispute his statements, but judging from his letter this section is evidently ahead of that. lingers. Ark. The communion table from which ileorge Washington received the sacrament on the Sunday before his death has just been restored to Christ church Alexandria, by Miss Sally Stuart, who received it from a near relative by bequest. |
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