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The maevelous gkowth of some of our Western States and Territo- 

 ries is well exemplified in the history of Jackson County, Kansas. Belo\y 

 is a comparison of the census returns of agriculture, &c., for that county 

 for 18G0 and 1870: 



1860. 



Population 1,936 



Acres of improved laud j 5, 294 



Cash value of farms j 1210,900 



Value of farming implements and machinery 1 $12, 515 



Whole number of live stock i 4, 755 



Value of live stock $08, 091 



Number of bushels of farm products 204, 042 



Number of pounds of butter, cheese, and wool. . . 23, 830 



Tons of hay 519 



Gallons of molasses 590 



Total valuation of farms, farm implements, ma- j $281,506 

 chinery, and "live stock. 



1870. 



6, 053 



41, 388 



$2, 305, 240 



$84, 995 



21,334 



$685, 064 



697, 865 



144, 859 



16, 763 



18, 150 



$3, 075, 299 



Increase. 



4,117 



36, 094 



$2, 094, 340 



$72, 480 



16, 579 



$626, 973 



493, 823 



121, 029 



16, 244 



17, 560 



$2, 793, 793 



Up to 1867 only one-half of the county was open for settlement. 



Glut of Japanese silk-wor^i eggs. — Last year a number of 

 French and Italian agents passed through San Francisco for Japan to 

 purchase vsilk-worm eggs. Their credit was estimated at $5,000,000 to 

 $6,000,000. The usual purchases ran as high as 2,000,000 cartoons, but 

 the war ensuing not more than 150,000 cartoons v/ere really taken. This 

 left the Japanese egg-trade in a bad condition, and resultedin the sending 

 of some lots to San Francisco, 150,000 cartoons recently arriving. Unfor- 

 tunately for the shippers the season is over in California. There are 

 not means in the State to feed 1,000 cartoons of silk-worius. The eggs 

 are now, probably, partly hatched, and will not keep for Europe, and 

 are not in very high estimation there if they would. They do not at all 

 compare with the California eggs of the French annual variety. It re- 

 mains to be seen what effect this short supply of eggs in Europe this 

 year will have upon the California demand next year. 



Cattle markets in the South. — The South is manifesting a new 

 interest in the improvement of farm animals. The first grand stock, 

 seed, and implement sale of the Tennessee Agricultural and Mechanical 

 Association will take place at the fair grounds, near Nashville, on Wed- 

 nesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 3d, 4th, and 5th of May, 1871. Full 

 pedigrees of breeding animals ottered for sale are required. Persons 

 desiring to offer animals or articles should, as soon as practicable, for- 

 ward lists to John H. Williams, general agent, that they may- appear in 

 the programmes. 



Butter-making in the " Great American Desert." — Dr. Stern- 

 burg, of Fort Harker, Kansas, finds the "Great American Desert" of 

 the old geographers admirably adapted to stock-raising and dairy en- 

 terprise. He keeps 130 head of cattle, and milks 30 cows, from which, 

 last sununer, he marketed 3,000 pounds of butter at 50 cents per pound. 

 The stock finds ample subsistence from natural grasses, except about 

 three weeks in the year, during which the snow covers the ground. He 

 prefers improved breeds of cattle to the Texan or native stock, and in- 

 sists upon commencing with good cows, which should be fully supplied 

 with good water and salt, and milked regularly every day. The milk 



