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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[November, 
What Farm Products We Sell Abroad.— 
The recently issued report from the United States Bureau 
of Statistics, gives the following interesting summary of 
our exports for the year ending June 30, 1879 : 
Flour, Wheat and Cheese.$12,579,968 
other grains.$20S t 615,051 Horned Cattle. 8,379,200 
Cotton. 161,196,173,Preserved Meats.. 7,311,408 
Bacon and Hams.. 51,074,433 Butter. 5,421,205 
Tobacco. 25,157,364 Fresh Beef. 4,833,080 
Lard. 22,856,6731 - 
Total..$507,4.’4,560 
Considering the $74,031,106 of “hog products” as re¬ 
sulting from grain feeding, and the Beef and Dairy pro¬ 
ducts as belonging to pasturage, we have the exports of 
Grain and Grain Products.$282,546,157 
Cotton. 161,196,178 
Pasture Products. 88,524,861 
Tobacco. 25,157,365 
That “ Perfect Milk-Pail,” described last 
month, page 427, grows in our estimation the more we 
consider its utility. The process of milking, as ordinarily 
practised, is anything but cleanly. The dandruff, the fine 
dust, the dried particles of manure or mud, constantly fall¬ 
ing into the broad, open milk pail, is not pleasant to think 
of. The absorption of odors from the stall or barn-yard, 
where cows are usually milked, and from other sources, 
is enough to greatly deteriorate nine-tenths of all the but¬ 
ter produced. These troubles arc largely mitigated in 
the new millc-pail, while its mechanical convenience is 
of no little importance. All dairymen would like it. 
The Winchester Repeating Arms Co.— 
The large windows of this Company’s store, No. 245 
Broadway, have almost always a crowd in front of them, 
for besides making a handsome show of their wares, 
they have a sectional specimen of one of their rifles. 
This is a rifle cut in halves for its entire length and ex¬ 
posing the ingenious but simple machinery to which the 
effectiveness of their weapons is due, and gratifies that 
general Yankee curiosity to know how things are done. 
That the arms sent out by this Company maintain their 
high reputation for accuracy, effectiveness, and good 
workmanship, is shown by the great number of cases 
leaving their store directed to all parts of the country. 
New Coleuses. —Within the last two years a num¬ 
ber of new and very striking varieties of Coleuses have 
been produced, and quite unlike any that have preceded 
them. Henry Dreer, of Philadelphia, and H. W. Hales, 
Ridgewood, N. J., have both sent ns specimens, strik¬ 
ingly beautiful and novel. When these come into the 
market, they can not fail to be popular. Should they 
not hold their markings in the garden, their briliant col¬ 
ors will make them valuable for greenhouse decoration. 
Painting Buildings.— The cool weather of late 
autumn is very favorable for the proper drying of paint; 
it forming a harder and more durable coat. Flies and 
other small insects, a serious annoyance in warm weath¬ 
er, by adhering to and disfiguring the paint, are avoided. 
Bermnda Grass —No Seed. —“X. C. N.,” 
Archer, Fla. Many other applications besides yours, 
have been made for the seed of Bermuda Grass, and we 
have stated several times that none could be had. The 
plant in this country, at least, bears no seed. We have 
examined hundreds of specimens during the last 20 years, 
and have not been able to find even an immature seed. 
It is sometimes the case that plants so abundantly pro¬ 
vided with other means of multiplication do not bear 
seeds. Horse-radish—every bit of the root of which will 
grow—is another example. It flowers, but the seed is 
unknown. Our statement that Bermuda Grass did not 
bear seed has been contradicted, but when we have 
asked for specimens, we have invariably received Crab- 
grass (Panicum sanguinale ), which, though like the olher 
in general appearance, belongs to a very different tribe 
of grasses, and, moreover, is an annual. Bermuda Grass 
is so wide-spread, being found in every warm country- 
including Australia—that its original home is not known. 
It no doubt bears seed somewhere, else its wide distri¬ 
bution could hardly have been effected—but where ? 
The Investigation of Hog Cholera.— The 
Commission appointed in accordance with the resolution 
of Congress to investigate the diseases of domestic cat¬ 
tle, have concluded their labors, and have reported to the 
Commissioner of Agriculture. Each examiner has made 
a separate report, but the tendency of all is to show that 
the disease in swine, known as Hog Cholera, is one of 
fee blood, caused by the presence in it, of extremely 
small vegetable growths, known as bacteria, by which 
the vital fluid is disorganized, and made incapable of 
supporting life. The blood thus poisoned, infects the 
tissues, which become inflamed, gangrened and decom¬ 
posed, when death ensues. Rabbits and sheep may be 
subjected to the disease by inoculation, and infection is 
carried by the same means, to other swine, with great 
apidity. Unfortunately no decision has been arrived 
at, nor any suggestions made as to means of prevention, 
and cure is thought to be impossible. The Report is a 
lengthy one, filling a volume of upwards of 300 pages. 
Tlie Dairyman’s Illustrated Almanac 
proved a success last year, and we are informed by 
Messrs. H. K. & F. B. Thurber & Co. that it will be con¬ 
tinued this year. It is likely to become a permanent insti¬ 
tution. Its appearance will be announced at a later date. 
Catalogues Received. 
NURSERYMEN. 
J. W. Adams, Springfield, Mass.— A wholesale list of 
Brightwood Nurseries for the coming fall and spring. 
Chas. Black & Buo., Ilightstown, N. J.—A general 
stock of fruit and ornamental trees and plants; offers 
spring-budded peach trees. 
Geo. W. Campbell, Delaware, Ohio.—Besides a very 
full list of grape-vines, offers a general stock, including 
greenhouse plants. 
John S. Collins, Moorestown, N. J., sends an illus¬ 
trated catalogue of small fruits of all kinds; he offers 
fruit and ornamental trees and Jersey Rod Hogs besides. 
D. E. Hoxie, Northampton, Mass., at the Hillside Nur¬ 
sery. has a general stock of small fruits. 
R. S. Johnson, Stockley, Del., makes a specialty of 
poaches, including June-budded trees, and offers other 
fruits, large and small. 
Wm. S. Little, Rochester, N. Y.—A general stock of 
fruit trees of all kinds, and Evergreen and other orna 
mental trees and shrubs at trade rates. 
J. B. Moore, Concord, Mass., offers Moore's Early 
Grape, with a list showing the various prizes awarded. 
William Pahrv, Ciniiaminson, N. J.. sends his gen¬ 
eral catalogue of fruits and special lists of New Strawber¬ 
ries, New Raspberries, and the Japanese Persimmon. 
FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN. 
Wm. C. L. Drew, El Dorado, Cal., offers California 
bulbs and seeds. 
Peter Henderson & Co., No. 35 Cortlandt St,, N. Y., 
issue their fall catalogue of bulbs of the season, plants 
for winter blooming, and seed for fall sowing, besides a 
long list of florists’ requisites. 
Z. K. Jewett, Sparta, Wis., supplies leaf-mould, moss. 
Bouquet Green, etc. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
C. Hodgkins, Marlboro, N. II.—Improved Water Rams, 
Wood-working Machinery, etc. 
John B. Moore, Concord. Mass.—Medium Yorkshire 
Swine, with pedigrees. 
FOREIGN CATALOGUES. 
William Bryce & Co., Glasgow (Scotland), and Lon¬ 
don (England).—Wholesale list of vegetable and agricul¬ 
tural seeds. 
B, Gott, Arkona, Out., Canada.—General stock of fruit 
and ornamental trees, etc. 
Gusin & Guichard, Lyons, France.—Bulbs and roots 
of flowers in great variety. 
McBroom & Woodward, London, Out,, issue a fall 
catalogue of bulbs, with lull directions for their culture- 
Beatty’s Offer for Thirty Days. 
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A, or Ho. 3100. Dimen¬ 
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asked lor such an Instru¬ 
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Agents about $1375.©©.. 
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and INSTRUCTION ROOK thrown 
In, (which will he shipped with the 
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