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VOL. XVIII. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, JAN. 13,1883. NO. 3. Postal Card Correspondence. WEST V fit (JIM A. Monroe Co.—land rates nt Si; to id)per ocro; stock high nnd source, hogs selling at l>c to 10c net; summer crops, especially corn nnd Brass,-turned out unusually well; wheat $1; oorn 50c; potatoes, 40c. W. II. It. MICtlU.AN. Cass Co.—Corn yielded well, worth Wo; wheat looking well; potatoes good,I dug from one aore more than 200 bushels of Early and Ijite Rose crafted potatoes, they nre of excellent quality; stoek of alt kinds doing well. C. 1*. KENTUCKY. McLean Co.—Ijind varies In price from J3 to s*250 per acre; horses from 850 to $250; potatoes are plentiful; corn likewise: youug wheat doing well; laborers receive 511! to $18 per month; the farmers here do their work by main strength, using very little modern farming machinery. S. 1*>. IOWA. Oueesk Co.—Porn, our main erop. was rather light, owing to cold spring; several on i*inerl< » *itc anming In thN and od.'olulit^ counties" and do a good business; the wet spring and dry summer have produced the largest and best orop of wild hay ever known, and consequently hay Is a drug on the market; lt brings only S3 per ton, while rye straw- sells for 31. D. S. S. NKW YOUK. Oesessee Co.—Have had odry fall with rain enough to keep wheat growing nicely; many wells are dry and some farmers aro troubled for water for stock; crops generally good, some fields yielding 50 bushels of wheat nnd -10 bushels of barley; potatoes and corn ' fell rather below a full crop, owing to cold, late spring and dry season; apples have been almost an entire failure. W. C. P. NEBRASKA. Custer Co.—Wheat produced 30 to 25 bushels per acre; oats WtoTO bushels; corn So bushels; stock nov'erdld better than during the past season. Some good land Is left yet, but lt Is being rapidly taken up. J. W. II. Bi'TLiiP. andSewaiibCo's.- Have had splendid fall weather for gathering corn, which produced 40 to 00 bushels per acre, and sells at 2Sc; hogs mostly sold; a great many cattle are being wintered, one firm feeding 800 head; land lias advanced In value 50 per cent. In the last two years; a great deal of fall plowing was done; labor scarce. E. H. II. <.'Al.IFOI-.MA. Alpine Co. -This county is located In the eastern part of California, bordering on Nevada. It Is n succession of mountain ranges with high peaks Interspersed with numerous lakes, creeks, rivers and beautiful valleys. There is bnt little tillable land, and that must be irrigated to be made productive. Wheat, barley and oats are our principal crops. Ranch lands vfiry in price from nothing to $40 per acre. Cattle arc very scarce and worth about 8c net; hogs abciut the same price; wheat is worth 2c per pound. The mountains are heavily timbered with pine, fir, hemlock and tamarack. Tlie climate Is mild, considering the altitude, i.nbout 7,500 feet above tea level), and very healthful. We have many valuable mines of gold and silver. One tunnel 6.0W feet long is being constructed to strike n ledge 2,000 feet from the surface. J- J- Lw OHIO. Richland Co.-Crops very good. Stock scarce; hogs dull. Health good. A. W. Lorain Co.—Corn and wheat yields fair; potatoes and hay above the average. Dairy cows SJ25; horses and hogs dull. II. E. C. a good work here. Our hogs are mostly all sold. Present outlook for wheat, good. Hut few cattle being fed. 8. M. Van Wkrt Co.—Wheat promises well; corn averaged 50 bushels per acre; hogs have been dying of cholera here; cattle high, common milch cows $10 to $50. . J. It. II. Belmont Co.—Have had good fall pasture; corn turned out 25 per cent, better than wus expected; wlieat In ground looks well; great demand for Improved stock; money plenty. J. II. D. PltKM.E Co.—Corn was hardly ripe beforo winter frosts, and much of lt was lost; hog raising Is the principal business of our farmers; wheat looks well; horses high. W. A. II. Crawford Co.—Crops generally have been below the average. Hay and jiotatoes, however, made average yields. Apples scarce. Clover seed about all sold at $5 per bushel. Stock high, Good horses worth $200. Fut hogs nearly all gone. X. INDIANA. Knox Co.-Corn whs an excellent orop, sells ot 80 to Ilk* per bushel; live stock scarce aud In demand; plenty of land for sale; health good. J. T. S. Hoonk Co.—Wheat promises fair, having gone Into the winter season looking well. J. S. T. Kowicsko Co.—Wlieat and ryo In good condition, notwithstanding some destruction ly fly; enough slock hogs to supply demand; stock generally tn good condition. 8. B. 8. Pike Co.—Health fair; crops good and mostly secured before bad weather; some corn out In the fields yet; wheat Is not promising; stock is scarce and high, but healthy; roods very muddy. 8. L. B. Franklin Co.—Corn Is about all gathered, and the crop was not a good one, the grain being somewhat soft; a large acreage of wheat was sown in this county, but the prospect Is not very good. F. E. T. Hl-niinoton Co.—Wheat looking well; potatoes, a fair crop; cattle scarce and lu good order; hogs dying some here from cholera; labor not In demand now; health generally good. I- M. II. Laporte Co. -Wheat Is not looking very welt, partly on account of fly; corn In many plaoesdid not ripen good, and there is much complaint about "soft corn;'* a large amount of corn was topped and cut up; stock mostly looking well. Mks. B. A. D. Tippecanoe Co.—The recent cold spoil killed our peach crop; the dry and drained lands produced a good average corn crop, but lt Is damp yet and the germ is killed; stock is in good condition, hogs fatted well; we have a fair supply of stock hogs and no cholera among them; gravel roads are being constructed in different parts of this county. Joel Pevfley. KI.IN0I8. Clark Co.—Wheat not very promising, somewhat injured by the fly; land is worth from 810 to S40. JI. M. Johnson Co.—Corn produced 30 to 50 bushels peracre, wheat 12 to 30; a large acreage of wheat was sown, but the cold weather has nearly frozen It all out; stock of all kinds high, no disease. L. C. Bureau Co.—Agricultural Interests in good condition; land is worth from $50 to $100 per acre; stock of all kinds In good condition, reasonably plenty and bringing fair prices; crops generally good. N. B. It. Fsan'khn Co.—Late sown wheat looks well, early sown badly damaged by the "fly; hogs ore scarce but not unreasonably high; cattle, horses and mules command good prices; people In excellent spirits. J. C. W. Clay Co.—Corn produced about 45 bushels per acre here; fat hogs nearly all sold at Si per nre put up by a local, packing house; stock looks well; fall pastures put on" winter feeding till about the 10th ult.; the growing wheat crop looks well except in a few localities whero the lly has been troublesome. W. II. J. Vermillion Co.—Corn yielded 33 to 45 bushels peracre; wheat 18 to 30 bushels; growing wheat Injured by fly, large acreage sown; land not In cultivation can be bought for 815 per acre, improved land, $.*» to $65. A. C. White Co.—Growing wheat looks well; corn produced a fair crop; hogs are scarce nndhigh; the potato crop was about the largest ever grown lu this county; pecans and hickory nuts were unusually plenty In the river bottoms this year. Ii Q. Mason Co.—Corn yielded about half a crop on high, rolling lands, mid not so much In the bottoms; oats and wheat produced average crops; catile are doing nicely; hogs scarce; horses sell $50 to $150; farm hands are paid $15 Utf-i) per month; wheat acreage largo and looks will. J. U. COAL MINING IN OHIO. In his report for the yoiirended last June, tin* Stale Inspector of Mines of Ohio states that thi'iitmual production of coal has Increased ►lnee""!S72 from 5.81531 tons lo 9,450,000 tons In 1x2. The lticr<-m.o *tpon IsSl was over l.m>).t''si tons. Ihe niulelvcoped coal of the rstati- is estimated at K5,oon,000,0uu tons. The umoitnt mined thus far Is about 70,000,000 tons. The Inspector Is of the opinion that an equal amount bos been wasted on occount of a lack of accurate mining plans and engineering skill. WHEAT TO GERMANY. Bradstreets Journal says rtiat In the last nine months, Germany has imported considerably over 18,000,000 bushels of wheat, against a little over 9,000,000 in the same time last year. Tlie imports of wheat and flour Into the United Kingdom In tho thirteen weeks to November 25 were ubout 12,000,000 bushels greater than In the same period of 1831, and In Ave weeks from October 21 to November 25 the aggregate stocks of wheat In sjore In the United Kingdom Increased absut 3,000,000 bushels, bosldes uu Important Increase In the stocks of flour In the same time. Nevertheless, the present, also the prospective, increase In the consumptive demandfor wheat,as the cheapest food In the markets there, is sufficient to advance priees.notwithstandlngthe increased Importations and accumulations of stocks of wheat and flour. It Is not improbable that the heavy imports would have depressed both the British and continental markets, but for unfavorable weather. CHAIN AND HEAT IN EUROPE. A paper on Agricultural Statistics, read by Mr. William Botly at the meeting of tho British Association, contained gome Interesting facts concerning the food supply of Great Britain and the Continent, which are thus summarized in a London Journal: At present the food supply produced In Europe Is equal to about eleven months'consumption, but in a few years tho deficit will be, Instead of thirty days, nearer to sixty days. As matters now stand, the production and consumption are as follows: Grain, consumption In the United Kingdom, 007,000,000 bushels; Continent, 4,794,000,000 bushels; total, 5,401,000,000 bushels. Production of tlie United Kingdom, 322,000,000 bushels; Continent, 1,7«0,- 000,000 bushels; total, 6,0.">s,000,000. Meat, consumption in the United Kingdom, 1,740,000; Continent, 0,372,000 tons; total, 8,112,000 tons. Production of the United Kingdom, 1,090,000 tons; Continent, (1,229,000 tons; total, 7,319.1)00 tons. It appears that the bulk of the dellcit ■belongs to Ureal Britain, but as the Continent is unable to feed its own population, we must ln# future look rather to soraeother hemisphere for the needful supply than to the supposed surplus that Russia, Hungary, Holland, or Henmark will have for disposal. Europe paid last year £35,000,000 sterling for meat from beyond the seas, and £85,000,000 steillngfor grain, together equal to tt tnx of jE10,Ooo,ooo sterling per month. This may glrsi some Idea of the magnitude the question of food supply has assumed In the destinies of this quarter of the globe. In the United Kingdom the Importation of meat, Including cattle, bus risen as follows: 1800, 01,230 tons; value, £4,390,000; per Inhabitant, seven pounds. 1S70,144,225 tons; value, £7,708,000; per inhabitant, 10 pounds. 1880, 650,300 tons; value, £26,- 612,000; per Inhabitant, 40 pounds. The consumption of meat in the United Kingdom Is much larger than in any other part of Europe. In -fact, our home-grown is sufficient to give us as much as the average for Frenchman or Germans, as shown In the following table: t Beneca Co.—Agrlculturallournals are doing cwt.; most of the hogs raised In this vicinity AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS IN EUROPE. The Report of the Commissioner of Education states that Austria supports no less than 70 schools of agriculture, with 2,200 students, beside 174 agricultural evening schools, with 5,500 students. Italy has three agricultural colleges and high schools. Ireland Is tho only part of the United Kingdom that has a regular system of agricultural education. There are 115 of the national schools that have a farm attached, and form national agricultural farm schools. Thers are, beside, 16 na' tional model agricultural schools, with model farms attached. The Albert Instltuteat alas ncven Is the national agricultural college of Ireland. France has 13 farm schools, with about 30 or 40 pupils at each. The government pays the board of each pupil, and allows him 70 francs a year for clothing. There are also three departmental schools of agriculture, and a National Agricultural Institute (now In Paris). Germany has at present over 150 schools of agriculture, horticulture, arboriculture, viniculture, etc. Each of these has farms, gardens, etc., attached. The first experimental agricultural station was established In 1552, and In 1877 their number was 55. Each of these is devoted to some special Hue of research. c o *SS i'-ri-* XJ *t SS5S5 c _• £• ■- I *S ~Z eg it — o*. f&U *♦■-•- c. '-O >c ■W fM I- -Z __\ u H 5, i- .a ■» a. o *-— n * c •3 • © rgo^ — TJC ■w t^xi. «r-©wc*i £~ 3 -._ •—>__* •—■—>•■-> •—■ ,—< *r% is ^ ~ ,2 9 &?_% 5SS C3CS-**; 2?$r£."3 u. ' __ '- s .' ,5 • -«- *.-&--* l'S*-=- S*bsi€ -c§ = 5SSL aSS*m£f3lT23£ £,*- «-• - -, B s^2 c » S o 3 Ss.;a<*:ia*;araK AGRICULTURAL NOTES. A few years ago Montreal threatened to become a formidable rival to New York and neighboring American ports in the grain trade. Millions of dollars were spent on Canadian canals, with the view of making Montreal one of the foremost grain shipping ports on the continent. But her anticipations are not being realized. The shlpijtents for this year will be 4,500,000 bushels b«5low the average of the last 10 years. Lands well tile drained are not.only far more productive, bnt can be plowed and, planted ten days to two weeks earlier In wet seasons than undrained lands. In some seasons two weeks time Is ait Important In the production of a crop.. • ,
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1883, v. 18, no. 03 (Jan. 13) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1803 |
Date of Original | 1883 |
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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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Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | VOL. XVIII. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, JAN. 13,1883. NO. 3. Postal Card Correspondence. WEST V fit (JIM A. Monroe Co.—land rates nt Si; to id)per ocro; stock high nnd source, hogs selling at l>c to 10c net; summer crops, especially corn nnd Brass,-turned out unusually well; wheat $1; oorn 50c; potatoes, 40c. W. II. It. MICtlU.AN. Cass Co.—Corn yielded well, worth Wo; wheat looking well; potatoes good,I dug from one aore more than 200 bushels of Early and Ijite Rose crafted potatoes, they nre of excellent quality; stoek of alt kinds doing well. C. 1*. KENTUCKY. McLean Co.—Ijind varies In price from J3 to s*250 per acre; horses from 850 to $250; potatoes are plentiful; corn likewise: youug wheat doing well; laborers receive 511! to $18 per month; the farmers here do their work by main strength, using very little modern farming machinery. S. 1*>. IOWA. Oueesk Co.—Porn, our main erop. was rather light, owing to cold spring; several on i*inerl< » *itc anming In thN and od.'olulit^ counties" and do a good business; the wet spring and dry summer have produced the largest and best orop of wild hay ever known, and consequently hay Is a drug on the market; lt brings only S3 per ton, while rye straw- sells for 31. D. S. S. NKW YOUK. Oesessee Co.—Have had odry fall with rain enough to keep wheat growing nicely; many wells are dry and some farmers aro troubled for water for stock; crops generally good, some fields yielding 50 bushels of wheat nnd -10 bushels of barley; potatoes and corn ' fell rather below a full crop, owing to cold, late spring and dry season; apples have been almost an entire failure. W. C. P. NEBRASKA. Custer Co.—Wheat produced 30 to 25 bushels per acre; oats WtoTO bushels; corn So bushels; stock nov'erdld better than during the past season. Some good land Is left yet, but lt Is being rapidly taken up. J. W. II. Bi'TLiiP. andSewaiibCo's.- Have had splendid fall weather for gathering corn, which produced 40 to 00 bushels per acre, and sells at 2Sc; hogs mostly sold; a great many cattle are being wintered, one firm feeding 800 head; land lias advanced In value 50 per cent. In the last two years; a great deal of fall plowing was done; labor scarce. E. H. II. <.'Al.IFOI-.MA. Alpine Co. -This county is located In the eastern part of California, bordering on Nevada. It Is n succession of mountain ranges with high peaks Interspersed with numerous lakes, creeks, rivers and beautiful valleys. There is bnt little tillable land, and that must be irrigated to be made productive. Wheat, barley and oats are our principal crops. Ranch lands vfiry in price from nothing to $40 per acre. Cattle arc very scarce and worth about 8c net; hogs abciut the same price; wheat is worth 2c per pound. The mountains are heavily timbered with pine, fir, hemlock and tamarack. Tlie climate Is mild, considering the altitude, i.nbout 7,500 feet above tea level), and very healthful. We have many valuable mines of gold and silver. One tunnel 6.0W feet long is being constructed to strike n ledge 2,000 feet from the surface. J- J- Lw OHIO. Richland Co.-Crops very good. Stock scarce; hogs dull. Health good. A. W. Lorain Co.—Corn and wheat yields fair; potatoes and hay above the average. Dairy cows SJ25; horses and hogs dull. II. E. C. a good work here. Our hogs are mostly all sold. Present outlook for wheat, good. Hut few cattle being fed. 8. M. Van Wkrt Co.—Wheat promises well; corn averaged 50 bushels per acre; hogs have been dying of cholera here; cattle high, common milch cows $10 to $50. . J. It. II. Belmont Co.—Have had good fall pasture; corn turned out 25 per cent, better than wus expected; wlieat In ground looks well; great demand for Improved stock; money plenty. J. II. D. PltKM.E Co.—Corn was hardly ripe beforo winter frosts, and much of lt was lost; hog raising Is the principal business of our farmers; wheat looks well; horses high. W. A. II. Crawford Co.—Crops generally have been below the average. Hay and jiotatoes, however, made average yields. Apples scarce. Clover seed about all sold at $5 per bushel. Stock high, Good horses worth $200. Fut hogs nearly all gone. X. INDIANA. Knox Co.-Corn whs an excellent orop, sells ot 80 to Ilk* per bushel; live stock scarce aud In demand; plenty of land for sale; health good. J. T. S. Hoonk Co.—Wheat promises fair, having gone Into the winter season looking well. J. S. T. Kowicsko Co.—Wlieat and ryo In good condition, notwithstanding some destruction ly fly; enough slock hogs to supply demand; stock generally tn good condition. 8. B. 8. Pike Co.—Health fair; crops good and mostly secured before bad weather; some corn out In the fields yet; wheat Is not promising; stock is scarce and high, but healthy; roods very muddy. 8. L. B. Franklin Co.—Corn Is about all gathered, and the crop was not a good one, the grain being somewhat soft; a large acreage of wheat was sown in this county, but the prospect Is not very good. F. E. T. Hl-niinoton Co.—Wheat looking well; potatoes, a fair crop; cattle scarce and lu good order; hogs dying some here from cholera; labor not In demand now; health generally good. I- M. II. Laporte Co. -Wheat Is not looking very welt, partly on account of fly; corn In many plaoesdid not ripen good, and there is much complaint about "soft corn;'* a large amount of corn was topped and cut up; stock mostly looking well. Mks. B. A. D. Tippecanoe Co.—The recent cold spoil killed our peach crop; the dry and drained lands produced a good average corn crop, but lt Is damp yet and the germ is killed; stock is in good condition, hogs fatted well; we have a fair supply of stock hogs and no cholera among them; gravel roads are being constructed in different parts of this county. Joel Pevfley. KI.IN0I8. Clark Co.—Wheat not very promising, somewhat injured by the fly; land is worth from 810 to S40. JI. M. Johnson Co.—Corn produced 30 to 50 bushels peracre, wheat 12 to 30; a large acreage of wheat was sown, but the cold weather has nearly frozen It all out; stock of all kinds high, no disease. L. C. Bureau Co.—Agricultural Interests in good condition; land is worth from $50 to $100 per acre; stock of all kinds In good condition, reasonably plenty and bringing fair prices; crops generally good. N. B. It. Fsan'khn Co.—Late sown wheat looks well, early sown badly damaged by the "fly; hogs ore scarce but not unreasonably high; cattle, horses and mules command good prices; people In excellent spirits. J. C. W. Clay Co.—Corn produced about 45 bushels per acre here; fat hogs nearly all sold at Si per nre put up by a local, packing house; stock looks well; fall pastures put on" winter feeding till about the 10th ult.; the growing wheat crop looks well except in a few localities whero the lly has been troublesome. W. II. J. Vermillion Co.—Corn yielded 33 to 45 bushels peracre; wheat 18 to 30 bushels; growing wheat Injured by fly, large acreage sown; land not In cultivation can be bought for 815 per acre, improved land, $.*» to $65. A. C. White Co.—Growing wheat looks well; corn produced a fair crop; hogs are scarce nndhigh; the potato crop was about the largest ever grown lu this county; pecans and hickory nuts were unusually plenty In the river bottoms this year. Ii Q. Mason Co.—Corn yielded about half a crop on high, rolling lands, mid not so much In the bottoms; oats and wheat produced average crops; catile are doing nicely; hogs scarce; horses sell $50 to $150; farm hands are paid $15 Utf-i) per month; wheat acreage largo and looks will. J. U. COAL MINING IN OHIO. In his report for the yoiirended last June, tin* Stale Inspector of Mines of Ohio states that thi'iitmual production of coal has Increased ►lnee""!S72 from 5.81531 tons lo 9,450,000 tons In 1x2. The lticr<-m.o *tpon IsSl was over l.m>).t''si tons. Ihe niulelvcoped coal of the rstati- is estimated at K5,oon,000,0uu tons. The umoitnt mined thus far Is about 70,000,000 tons. The Inspector Is of the opinion that an equal amount bos been wasted on occount of a lack of accurate mining plans and engineering skill. WHEAT TO GERMANY. Bradstreets Journal says rtiat In the last nine months, Germany has imported considerably over 18,000,000 bushels of wheat, against a little over 9,000,000 in the same time last year. Tlie imports of wheat and flour Into the United Kingdom In tho thirteen weeks to November 25 were ubout 12,000,000 bushels greater than In the same period of 1831, and In Ave weeks from October 21 to November 25 the aggregate stocks of wheat In sjore In the United Kingdom Increased absut 3,000,000 bushels, bosldes uu Important Increase In the stocks of flour In the same time. Nevertheless, the present, also the prospective, increase In the consumptive demandfor wheat,as the cheapest food In the markets there, is sufficient to advance priees.notwithstandlngthe increased Importations and accumulations of stocks of wheat and flour. It Is not improbable that the heavy imports would have depressed both the British and continental markets, but for unfavorable weather. CHAIN AND HEAT IN EUROPE. A paper on Agricultural Statistics, read by Mr. William Botly at the meeting of tho British Association, contained gome Interesting facts concerning the food supply of Great Britain and the Continent, which are thus summarized in a London Journal: At present the food supply produced In Europe Is equal to about eleven months'consumption, but in a few years tho deficit will be, Instead of thirty days, nearer to sixty days. As matters now stand, the production and consumption are as follows: Grain, consumption In the United Kingdom, 007,000,000 bushels; Continent, 4,794,000,000 bushels; total, 5,401,000,000 bushels. Production of tlie United Kingdom, 322,000,000 bushels; Continent, 1,7«0,- 000,000 bushels; total, 6,0.">s,000,000. Meat, consumption in the United Kingdom, 1,740,000; Continent, 0,372,000 tons; total, 8,112,000 tons. Production of the United Kingdom, 1,090,000 tons; Continent, (1,229,000 tons; total, 7,319.1)00 tons. It appears that the bulk of the dellcit ■belongs to Ureal Britain, but as the Continent is unable to feed its own population, we must ln# future look rather to soraeother hemisphere for the needful supply than to the supposed surplus that Russia, Hungary, Holland, or Henmark will have for disposal. Europe paid last year £35,000,000 sterling for meat from beyond the seas, and £85,000,000 steillngfor grain, together equal to tt tnx of jE10,Ooo,ooo sterling per month. This may glrsi some Idea of the magnitude the question of food supply has assumed In the destinies of this quarter of the globe. In the United Kingdom the Importation of meat, Including cattle, bus risen as follows: 1800, 01,230 tons; value, £4,390,000; per Inhabitant, seven pounds. 1S70,144,225 tons; value, £7,708,000; per inhabitant, 10 pounds. 1880, 650,300 tons; value, £26,- 612,000; per Inhabitant, 40 pounds. The consumption of meat in the United Kingdom Is much larger than in any other part of Europe. In -fact, our home-grown is sufficient to give us as much as the average for Frenchman or Germans, as shown In the following table: t Beneca Co.—Agrlculturallournals are doing cwt.; most of the hogs raised In this vicinity AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS IN EUROPE. The Report of the Commissioner of Education states that Austria supports no less than 70 schools of agriculture, with 2,200 students, beside 174 agricultural evening schools, with 5,500 students. Italy has three agricultural colleges and high schools. Ireland Is tho only part of the United Kingdom that has a regular system of agricultural education. There are 115 of the national schools that have a farm attached, and form national agricultural farm schools. Thers are, beside, 16 na' tional model agricultural schools, with model farms attached. The Albert Instltuteat alas ncven Is the national agricultural college of Ireland. France has 13 farm schools, with about 30 or 40 pupils at each. The government pays the board of each pupil, and allows him 70 francs a year for clothing. There are also three departmental schools of agriculture, and a National Agricultural Institute (now In Paris). Germany has at present over 150 schools of agriculture, horticulture, arboriculture, viniculture, etc. Each of these has farms, gardens, etc., attached. The first experimental agricultural station was established In 1552, and In 1877 their number was 55. Each of these is devoted to some special Hue of research. c o *SS i'-ri-* XJ *t SS5S5 c _• £• ■- I *S ~Z eg it — o*. f&U *♦■-•- c. '-O >c ■W fM I- -Z __\ u H 5, i- .a ■» a. o *-— n * c •3 • © rgo^ — TJC ■w t^xi. «r-©wc*i £~ 3 -._ •—>__* •—■—>•■-> •—■ ,—< *r% is ^ ~ ,2 9 &?_% 5SS C3CS-**; 2?$r£."3 u. ' __ '- s .' ,5 • -«- *.-&--* l'S*-=- S*bsi€ -c§ = 5SSL aSS*m£f3lT23£ £,*- «-• - -, B s^2 c » S o 3 Ss.;a<*:ia*;araK AGRICULTURAL NOTES. A few years ago Montreal threatened to become a formidable rival to New York and neighboring American ports in the grain trade. Millions of dollars were spent on Canadian canals, with the view of making Montreal one of the foremost grain shipping ports on the continent. But her anticipations are not being realized. The shlpijtents for this year will be 4,500,000 bushels b«5low the average of the last 10 years. Lands well tile drained are not.only far more productive, bnt can be plowed and, planted ten days to two weeks earlier In wet seasons than undrained lands. In some seasons two weeks time Is ait Important In the production of a crop.. • , |
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