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gartled by the native inhabitants as entirely unadapted to farniing; pur- 

 poses, except for stock, fruit, and a few A'egetables : but now this region 

 is beginning to attract the attention of immigration, and will soon change 

 the wild aspect into a lovely landscape of productive farms, aided by in- 

 dustrial and commercial enterimse. The erroneous notion of former 

 days has been sufficiently disproved during the four years since the 

 colony was founded. They have now to show specimens of wheat, rye, 

 and oats, vegetables and fruits, grapes, &e., wliich will compare with 

 similar products grown anywhere in the United States; and he hopes, 

 in time, by a more practical and a better knowledge of the peculiarities 

 of soil and climate, to surpass them. For such purpose their society 

 was organized, and is laboring diligently'. 



Pure and Cheap Milk. — In Loudon the names of those Avho are 

 known to sell adulterated milk are published monthly, and, it is said, 

 with good effect. The plan has been attempted in some of the cities of 

 the United States, but only partially, and with very limited success. 

 There is in London a company — the Aylesbury Dairy Comiiany — whicli 

 occupies premises covering an area of fifty acres of ground, the system 

 being to procure and distribute milk from reliable sources and of an 

 assured good quality, at rates which shall be reasonably remunerative 

 to dairymen, and at the same time secure consumers against extortion 

 from speculators, middle-men, and others. The company has been in 

 operation long enough to have tested its i)racticability and beneficent 

 effects, and it now supplies several thousand families once, twice, and, 

 in some instances, three times a day, with pure milk. It commenced 

 with a capital of fifty thousand dollars, but. that has been increased to 

 five hundred thousand, upon which a dividend of ten per cent, is j)aid. 

 The price of milk furnished by the company has never exceeded eight 

 cents a quart. The purity of milk may easily be determined by ascer- 

 taining the percentage of cream and solid matter which it gives. Gen- 

 uine milk will average ten per cent, of cream and twelve per cent, of 

 solid matter. A milk with less cream and solid matter tlian this has been, 

 skimmed or watered. 



Stock Sales. — Mr. L. L. Dorsey sold, November 13th, at his stock- 

 farm, eight miles from Louisville, Kentucky-, 49 horses for $23,220, being 

 an average of $472 per head. The range was from -$3,600 for " liolla 

 Golddust,'' a gelding twelve years old, to $115 for a saddle- gelding. 



Mr. Wm. Worfleld, whose farm is near Lexington, Kentucky, had a 

 large sale of short-horns, i^ovember 12th. Of the bulls sold, a list of 

 twelve, with the prices and ages affixed, is given ; six: of them were 

 calved in 1871, and six in 1872. The twelve sold for $3,350 ; average 

 price, $2791. The six calved in 1872 sold for $1,315 ; average, $219^. 

 The six calved in 1871, for $2,035; averaging $339i. The range of 

 imces was from $650 for " Loudon Duke 8th," calved ^November 22, 1871, 

 to $50 for " Wexforel," ciilved April 8, 1872. The latter was red and 

 white. " Jack Tar," red, calved a month later. May 10, was sold to the 

 same purchaser, J. H. Spears of Illinois, for $505. Of the cows sold, a 

 list of thirty-seven is given, which brought a total of $13,641; average 

 price, $368.67. The extremes in price were, for "Loudon Duchess 6th," 

 roan, calved December 31, 1870, $2,025, and '-Laura Lee,'' red-roan $01. 



