THE DIVERSIFIED FARM. 



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Beet Sugar. ku idea of the growth of 

 the beet sugar industry can be gathered 

 from the following figures, which shows 

 that the beet sugar made in the United 

 States was in 



1891 10,231,850 Ibs. 



1892 24,675,876 " 



1893 50,000,000 " 



1894 70,000,000 " 



1895 Estimated large increase over 1894. 



Japan is only importing 25 per cent, of 

 its requirements now, as against 67 per 

 cent, six years ago. This fairly illustrates 

 how the gold standard is not opening the 

 markets of the world to our manufacturers. 

 It is developing the industries of all silver- 

 using countries and destroying the indus- 

 tries of the United States. 



Money of ultimate redemption in a 

 county printing office gold, silver, cop- 

 per, brass, fenceposts, hay, grain, live 

 stock, potatoes, woodpiles, sawhorses, fish- 

 poles, bedclothing, old hats, carrots, any- 

 thing and everything in fact. Bring in a 

 wheelbarrow load. Mt. Pleasant (Utah) 

 Pyramid. 



For the past few months the University 

 of Illinois has been furnishing Pasteurized 

 milk and cream to families in Champaign 

 and Urbana. The greatest care is taken in 

 its preparation, and the floor of the dairy 

 barn is flooded and scrubbed every day. 

 The undertaking is meeting with great 

 favor. 



The manager for an Australian enter- 

 prise for exporting live cattle to England 

 admits they have no chance of competing 

 with North American raised beef. The 

 longer passage required injuriously affects 

 the quality and appearance. 



Minnesota creameries turned off 27, 000, - 

 000 pounds of butter in 1895. The pro- 

 portion of creameries using the separator 

 process has increased from 45 per cent, to 

 60 per cent, of the whole, and those 

 operated on the co-operative plan from 42 

 to 60 per cent. 



During May, the exports from the United 

 States were $66,525.169, as against $64,- 

 267, 179 in May, 1895. For eleven months 

 ending May 31st, they were $815,971,764, 

 against $752,570,335 for the correspond- 

 ing months last year. 



Four thousand boxes of pears and 

 plums, the first shipped this year, reached 



London by the steamer St. Louis on the 

 23d of July in perfect condition and sold 

 for handsome pri< ep. California fruit is 

 gaining in popular approval. 



A visitation of army woims in the east- 

 ern states is a new experience, and in sev- 

 eral localities the damage has been very 

 great, and in f-ome of the cranberry bogs 

 almost irreparable. 



The French prune crop of the Pacific 

 states is exceptionally fine in size and 

 quality this year, and is estimated at 

 35,000,000 to 40,000,000 pounds. 



It is no loss of time to give the boys and 

 the hired man an occasional outing. It 

 affords rest for them and breeds good feel- 

 ing for you. 



Watch closely and be prompt to erad- 

 icate every disease that appears, no matter 

 how radical a remedy may be necessary. 



A ton of well cured corn fodder has 

 nearly as great a feeding value as a ton of 

 average hay. It should not be wasted. 



Time spent at the county fair is about 

 as good an investment as the farmers can 

 make of it for himself and his family. 



When cattle reject corn fodder it is be- 

 cause there has been something wrong 

 about the cutting and curing of it. 



Many varieties of fruits and vegetables 

 are excellent for home use that are not 

 profitable to send to the market. 



Many western packing houses are closed, 

 there being a very limited demand for pro- 

 ducts, despite the low prices. 



Sixteen white chickens and one black 

 one hatched in one brood have been exhib- 

 ited at Springfield, Mo. 



The good wife is just as much entitled 

 to have extra help when there is extra work 

 as is the good husband. 



There are about 200 different shapes of 

 tooth pulling forceps veritable pain-pro- 

 ducers. 



Some farmers produce at less cost than 

 others. Why ? It is worth thinking 

 about. 



Ninety five thousand tons of American 

 apples find a market in England every 

 year. 



Vast quantities of American canned 

 salmon are to be shipped to England this 

 year. 



