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ington County, Kansas, which awakens much concern in that locality. 
The affected animals are first taken with foaming at the mouth followed 
by spasms and paralysis ; death supervenes in a few hours. The only 
remedy that has been found effective is a solution of common salt given 
in doses of a pint or quart. On dissection the mucus membrane of i 
stomach and intestines was found full of worms. 
PRICES OF LABOR.—In Talbot County, Maryland, farm-laborers re- 
ceive from 75 cents to $1 per day with board. 
ORANGES IN FLoRIDA.—The orange season in Putnam County, Fiori- 
da, is one of the finest for thirty years ; many young trees are just com- 
ing into bearing ; the fruit is above average in size. 
FARMING IN TEXAS.—In Bandera County, Texas, the past season has 
been one of disaster to farmers. Grasshoppers and early frosts are 
spoken of by one correspondent among the causes of this state of things. ~ 
In Lampasas County, great floods are reported ; in Lampasas Town, 
forty houses were washed away. Many farms greatly injured or de- 
stroyed. 
FARMING PROSPECTS IN CALIFORNIA.—The farmers of Placer County, 
California, are elated with fine crops and good prices; wheat and bar- 
ley are now at a higher market figure than for many years. From Plu- 
mas County comes a report Jess exhilarating. A series of heavy frosts 
during May and June, unprecedented since the settlement of the county, 
has crippled the growth of crops generally. Added to this, water is 
searce for irrigation purposes on account of several extremely dry 
seasons. 
RYE IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 
County, Washington Territory, raised 40 acres of winter-rye; soil dry 
and sandy, having been under cultivation for twenty years, about half 
the time, and never manured. He realized 22 bushels per acre and mar- 
keted 200 bushels at 85 cents. He estimates his receipts and expenses 
per acre, as follows: 22 bushels at 85 cents each, $18.70; straw, $5; 
fall feed, $3; total, $26.70. The cost of cultivation, "seed, &e., amounted 
to $7. 25, leavin g a balance of $19.45 as the residuary profit per acre. 
DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN THE GULF STATES.—A terrible storm devas- 
tated the crops of Southern Georgia and Middle Florida, September 19. 
In Gadsden County, Florida, it raged with unprecedented violence from 
4 o'clock a. m. till noon. The cotton which was opened by the previous 
fine weather was extensively destroyed or injured. In Leon County at 
least a third of the gin-houses were destroyed and a fourth of the un- 
picked cotton. The same destructive storm was felt to a smaller extent 
in Madison County, and also in Liberty County, Georgia. In Clarendon 
County the heaviest rain-fall ever known was experienced September 
18 and 19. 
Crops IN NEw MeExico.— Onur correspondent from Santa Fé County, 
New Mexico, reports a remarkable recuperation of crops from the inju- 
ries of drought through the medium of late summer rains. The corn 
seemed to spring at once into a vigorous growth, and to hurry toward a 
full development. Grama grass quickly covered the region around 
Santa Fé and the southwestern portion of the Teriitory with a luxuri- 
ant vegetation. Fruits and vegetables of late have come into market 
in full supplies, though dwarfed by the earlier drought. Grapes, es- 
pecially, showed the effects of this injurious influence. ‘ 
