584 
Supplementtu  the  “ Tropical  Agricultarifil."  [Fkb,  1,  189G. 
in  spinning  this  fibre,  to  wit : — Two  in  France,  two 
in  Germany,  one  in  Austria,  one  in  Switzerland, 
and  two  in  England.  In  this  country  the  United 
States  Ramie  Co.  has  been  recently  organized  with 
a capital  of  $250,000  to  spin  these  yarns,  and  it 
has  leased  the  buildings  formerly  occupied  by  the 
Cranston  Mill  at  Cranston  R.I.,  and  operations 
are  to  be  commenced  at  as  early  a jieriod  as 
possible.  Ihe  two  most  successful  spinning  mills 
at  present  are  said  to  be  those  operated  at  Valobre, 
trance,  and  at  Emmendigen,  Baden,  Germany. 
The  Valob»'e  factory  is  now  spinning  annually  150 
tons  of  yarns,  50  tons  of  silver,  and  70  tons  of  noils. 
It  spins  yarn  in  numbers  uj)  to  90  in  fineness. 
The  company  has  added  a dye-house  to  its  plant, 
and  is  steadily  enlarging  its  mills.  It  produces 
special  threads  for  lace,  passementerie,  linen 
fabrics  and  other  products  of  a higher  grade  in 
which  the  price  of  the  materials  is  of  less  im- 
portance, while  waiting  until  the  abundance  and 
cheapness  of  the  raw  material  will  permit  the  in- 
troduction of  threads  for  coarser  goods  for  which 
there  will  be  a large  demand. 
The  Editor  of  the  Australian  ffriculturist, 
referrir^g  to  Eucalyptus  globulus,  says  that  it  is 
only  suited  for  comparatively  cool  districts.  lie 
remarks  that  its  value  as  a remedy  for  malarial 
fever  has  been  disputed,  and  states  tliat  Dr.  Aitken 
calls  the  planting  of  the  Roman  Campagna  “a 
costly  failure.”  We  are  told,  however,  that  prob- 
ab.'y  the  truth  lies  half  way,  and  that  its  absorbent 
power  must  make  the  tree  of  value  in  damp  situ- 
ations; also  that  the  Trappist  monks  planted  it 
largely  near  Rome  with  good  results. 
A farmer,  who  to  cure  vermin  on  stock  had 
used  various  remedies,  among  tlie  rest  kerosene  and 
lard,  camphor  dissolved  in  alcohol,  and  carbolic 
acid  mixed  with  lard,  and  all  without  the  desired 
success,  says  that  finally  he  tried  onions.  Of  the 
result  he  says: — “One  particular  animal,  a yearling 
bull,  was  very  full  even  after  using  the  other 
remedies.  1 took  a large  onion,  cut  it  in  two,  and 
rubbed  him  hard  all  over  till  I had  used  two  or 
more  onions  and  my  eyes  smarted.  Then  1 gave 
him  some  of  the  pieces  that  were  left,  which  he  ate 
w'ith  relish,  and  I awaited  the  result.  The  second 
day  I examined  him,  and  to  my  astonishment  and 
joy  the  hair  was  full  of  carcases,  but  not  a live 
one  could  I find.  Since  then  I have  treated  all 
tlie  stock  in  the  same  way,  but  did  not  give  the 
cows  giving  milk  any  to  eat  for  fear  of  spoiling 
the  butter.” 
