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pany, some time ago sent an agent to England, who purchased a number 

 of tiie finest Berkshire hogs to be found in the best herds of that coun- 

 try. The sale of this stock took place on Thursday, July 13, at the 

 farm of Mr. Barbee, near Georgetown, and attracted a large attendance. 

 Eighteen animals were sold at an average of $171 each. One sow sold 

 for $510, another for $335, and another- for $300. The lowest figures 

 for a sow were $65. The highest price for a boar was $160. and the 

 lowest $80. 



A NEW HEDGE-PLANT. — The Kangaroo hedge-plant is about to be 

 tried in California. It is a native of Australia, where it is largely used 

 for fencing purposes, is a rapid grower, and peculiarly adapted to dry 

 soils. The success of Australian timber trees in California aug'urs well 

 for the result of this new experiment. 



BEE-KEEPiNa. — There is a growing interest in this specialty, and bee- 

 keepers' associations have been organized in many States. Two national 

 associations have been formed, one in December, 1870, and the other in " 

 February of the present year, both of which will meet at Cleveland, Ohio, 

 in December, 1871. 



The climate of Astouia, Oregon. — Mr. Lewis Wilson, of Astoria, 

 Oregon, has compiled the following table of the monthly mean tempera- 

 ture of that place since 1865, three observations having been made daily: 



1866. 1867. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December . . 



Annual mean 



37.3 

 37.1 

 44.1 

 46.5 

 51.0 

 55.0 

 59.5 

 59.2 

 57.7 

 52.7 

 48.2 

 44.1 



49.4 



41.7 

 39.4 

 37.2 

 46.5 

 52.6 

 56.3 

 60.6 

 60.4 

 57.4 

 50; 6 

 47.3 

 42.6 



1868. 



29.4 

 39.2 

 42.7 

 48.6 

 52. 2 

 .56.1 

 59.9 

 59. '5 

 54.5 

 52.2 

 45.6 

 44.1 



49.3 



48.6 



1869. 1870 



4L7 



41.6 



47.7 

 50.4 

 .55.1 

 59.8 

 60.1 

 .58.5 

 57.0 

 52.2 

 47.8 

 42.2 



51.2 



41.2 

 42.3 

 41.0 



48.5 

 52.2 

 57.4 



Drought in Georgia. — A correspondent at Cartersville, Georgia, 

 states that drought is much more prevalent in Xorth Georgia now than 

 formerly, owing i^robably to destruction of forests on the line of march 

 of the two armies during the war. Wheat, with the seed ordinarily used, 

 has ceased to be remunerative. 



An English prize farm. — The prize offered by the Eoyal Agricul- 

 tural Society, of England, for the best farm of the year, has been 

 adjudged to Mr. Forrester, Sberlowe, High Ercall, near Wellington. 

 His farm has been cultivated by him for more than twenty years, on 

 the i^rinciple of a four-course rotation — wheat, barley, turnips, and 

 clover. It comprises 400 acres, of which less than 300 acres are arable, 

 the soil being characterized as good, but not of the best quality. Xine. 

 horses are employed and do all the work easily. Twenty tons of man- 

 ufactured turnip-inanures and two tons of nitrate of soda are used 

 annually, besides large quantities of farm-yard manure from cake-fed 

 animals. The annual meat i^roduct of the herds and tlocks of the farm 



