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Diseases of hogs. — Frederick^ Maryland : Hog cholera is prevailing 

 to an alarming extent in several localities. Some planters are reported 

 to have lost nearly their whole stock. Best baking-soda, one table- 

 spoonful per hog, is said to be a sure and speedy remedy ; also for chol- 

 era among chickens. Jasjper, loica: A great many hogs dying of 

 cholera. 



EULTZ WHEAT. — Juneau, Wisconsin: Winter- wheat was below^ aver- 

 age, owing to rust, except Fultz, which was not much injured. A 

 neighbor had 18 bushels of Fultz from one acre, and from an adjoining 

 acre only 11 bushels of the common variety. Another neighbor raised 

 118 bushels of Fultz, all of which is engaged for seed. 



Fruit culture extending. — Camden, Missouri : Many of our farm- 

 ers are investing largely in fruit culture, especially apples and grapes* 

 Orchards and vineyards are being put out in every direction. The great 

 lever in promotion is the Fairview Pomological Society, which by scat- 

 tering information on the subjects, and by personal examples, is doing a 

 good work in this direction. 



Fruit culture in Florida. — Orange County : The cereal crops are 

 being fast abandoned, and supplanted by the culture of oranges. The 

 whole county bids fair to become one vast orange-grove. ISTew experi- 

 ments in the use of fertilizers and in irrigation are being made. On the 

 1st of September there was organized at Maitland the Farmers and 

 Fruit-Growers' Association of Orange" County. Greene : Fully matured, 

 and by far the largest and best crop in ten years. Putnam : In this 

 county rapid progress is being made in the production of fruits. Oranges 

 and lemons bid fair to be an average good crop. In a few years these 

 I)roducts will be of great importance. The Musa or banana, owing to a 

 mild winter, are producing wonderfully, especially Sajnentum. We have 

 also several varieties that are fruiting finely, and are superior to the 

 above. We also have an excellent crop of guavas, and doubtless a 

 large quantity will be converted into jelly. Limes are quite abundant, 

 and will soon be furnished in quantities for shipping. 



Cyclone in Texas. — Galveston : A cyclone, commencing on the loth 

 of September, and continuing three days, caused the waters of the Gulf 

 to cover almost the entire island, thirty miles long and about two miles 

 wide, and portions of the county on the mainland. Almost everything 

 in the shape of crops and vegetation is badly injured, and in many cases 

 entirely ruined, by the salt-water of the Gulf and the severe winds. The 

 injury to the catton-crop is very severe. The damage to the city of 

 Galveston will not much exceed $100,000. NacogdocJies : On the 

 17th of September a severe gale" from the northeast, with one of the 

 hardest rain-falls, lasting twenty-four hours, did a great deal of damage 

 to farmers generally. It blew out all the nngathered cotton, and inun- 

 dated all the low lands just where the most cotton is made. Beyond 

 doubt this county was injured to the amount of many thousand dollars. 

 De Witt : The cyclone which destroyed Indianola, September 15 and 

 16, amounted to quite a gale here. Wherever cotton was not gathered 

 it was blown from the bolls and destroyed. Fort Bend : The recent 

 great storm that visited our coast, extending far into the interior, greatly 

 damaged our corn and cotton crops. It blew down the corn, and inun- 

 dated the land, causing it to rot and sprout. It tore the cotton to pieces, 



