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AUG. 22 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Kansas farmers are holding their wheat. 
Canadians are shipping produce to 
Jamaica. 
California hop growers will try the Yuma 
Indians as pickers. 
Cattle freight rates are 50 per cent lower 
than a few weeks ago. 
The exploding thrashing machine boiler 
is getting in its deadly work. 
Six cars of peaches were completely 
wrecked near Wilmington, Del., Tuesday. 
A Virginia farmer in defending his water¬ 
melon patch, shot and mortally wounded 
his own nephew. 
And now we are told that the celebrated 
Farmers’ Alliance circular was gotten up by 
Minneapolis speculators. 
The ex-business agent of the Georgia 
State Alliance Exchange is said to be over 
$20,000 short in his accounts. 
At a meeting of the Leeds Millers’ Asso¬ 
ciation of England, it was decided to ad¬ 
vance the price of flour Is. 6d. per sack. 
The Association of American Agricul¬ 
tural Colleges and Experiment Stations 
convened in Washington, D. C., Wednes¬ 
day. 
An ukase has been issued prohibiting 
from August 27, the exportation from Rus¬ 
sia of rye and rye meal of all kinds and 
brands. 
The charge for inspecting and weighing 
cheese at the New York Produce Exchange 
has been reduced from four to two cents 
per box. 
Governor Northen, of Georgia, has signed 
the bill to prohibit the sale of liquor within 
three miles of any church or school except 
In incorporated cities. 
Insects have nearly destroyed many of 
the hemlock forests of Pennsylvania, and 
the New York Forest Commissioners are on 
the lookout for their appearance in New 
York. 
About 12,000 farmers from central and 
western New York, had a three days’ out¬ 
ing at Thousand Island Park, last week. 
It is intended to make this an annual 
affair. 
The government agents who went to 
Texas to experiment in the artificial pro¬ 
duction of rain report a success. One swal¬ 
low doesn’t make a summer, they should 
remember. 
The Dairymen’s Union, of California,has 
decided to maintain a commission house in 
San Francisco, and to incorporate with a 
capital stock of $250,000. This is in oppo¬ 
sition to the commission houses. 
Jersey City is regaining its old time pres¬ 
tige as a cattle market. Extensive Improve¬ 
ments for slaughtering and exporting beef 
in the ocean steamers have been made and 
it Is expected to rival Chicago as a cattle 
market, especially for Eastern cattle rais¬ 
ers. 
The first bale of California hops which 
we mentioned two weeks ago, was not the 
first bale to be shipped. The first was 
started by freight and some parties wish¬ 
ing to get in ahead of this shipper, sent an¬ 
other bale by express which reached here 
in advance of the one by freight. 
The 23d biennial meeting of the Ameri¬ 
can Pomological Society will be held at the 
Hall of the National Museum in Washing¬ 
ton, D. C., September 22 to 24. The society 
was Invited by Secretary Rusk to hold its 
meeting at the Department of Agriculture, 
and was assured of a suitable hall and all 
other required conveniences. 
The Maryland Farmers’ Alliance has 
been in session during the week. Among 
the resolutions adopted were one that the 
Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union Is 
not and cannot become a political party, its 
proper work being educational only, and 
one indorsing the principles and demands 
of the national order as set forth in the 
Ocala demand. 
Weather hot enough to suit any corn 
grower has prevailed over a large extent of 
country for several days during the past 
week. In Connecticut the thermometer 
was reported at 103 degrees in the shade, 
while South Dakota reports 110 degrees in 
the same sheltered seclusion. The places 
that approximated 100 degrees were almost 
too numerous to mention. This torrid spell 
was succeeded in many parts by destruc¬ 
tive tornadoes and terrific electrical storms 
which did immense injury to crops, build¬ 
ings, animals and cost several human lives. 
The Ohio State University offers a free 
scholarship in the “two years’ course in 
agriculture ” to one young man from each 
county of the State each year, who shall be 
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approved by the agricultural society of 
the county. This free scholarship means 
that there are no incidental fees or labora¬ 
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There should be numerous competitors for 
this scholarship from each county in the 
State. The University would like to see a 
hundred or more earnest young men taking 
the short course in agriculture. The next 
college year begins September 16. Write 
for catalogue to Prof. William R Lazenby, 
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Condensed Correspondence. 
Wayne County, Mich.— We are having 
a very dry spell. Crops and pastures are 
drying up. My R. N.-Y. Potatoes looked 
splendid up to a few days ago, but the con¬ 
tinued dry weather is affecting them badly. 
The Thoroughbred Corn is growing finely. 
A. M. 
Allegany County, N. Y.-We had an 
exceptionally dry May and June, conse¬ 
quently we have a light hay crop and this 
being quite a dairy county some of our 
farmers will be short of fodder. There is 
considerable old hay on hand, however, 
which will assist them to winter their 
stock. Pastures have been so short that 
cows have not given as much milk as usual. 
Oats are looking fine and promise a good 
crop. Not much wheat or cora is raised. 
What corn is planted la very small for this 
time of the year. Potatoes are backward, 
but are growing finely now; bugs are not as 
plentiful as they were in the last few years. 
L. C. T. 
Central Station, Des Moines, Iowa. 
—The weather has been generally very fav¬ 
orable for harvest work and thrashing, and 
the small grain crops are mostly secured in 
all portions of the State. Reports of 
thrashers are very flattering, and there is a 
probability that the round-up of the year 
will show a considerable increase in the 
yield per acre of oats and wheat over the 
averages of the regular August report. 
Corn has made fine progress and the out¬ 
look for that crop is decidedly improved 
since August 1. Five or six weeks of fav- 
• orable weather will insure a handsome yield 
of that staple. A number of fatal cases of 
“ black tongue ” are reported among the 
cattle near McCausland, Scott County. 
Ringgold County, Iowa.— Both spring 
and winter wheat is much above the aver¬ 
age, and was harvested in excellent con¬ 
dition. Corn, although a little backward, 
is developing rapidly and will be a heavy 
crop. The prospect for fruit is not as flatter¬ 
ing as it was, owing to the ravages of in¬ 
sect pests. Plums and peaches will be fail¬ 
ures. Hay harvest is nearly over. The 
meadows were much better than was ex¬ 
pected. On the prairie in every direction 
are haystacks, presenting a far different 
picture from that seen last year ; yet it Is 
doubtful whether there is more than suffi¬ 
cient for the needs of the live stock. The 
crop of hogs is large and of excellent qual¬ 
ity. Much pains are being taken to excel 
in this respect, farmers going to consider¬ 
able expense to improve their breeds. A 
very favorable token just now visible, is 
the deference paid by politicians to the 
farming interests. The candidates for gov¬ 
ernor and lieutenant governor on the Re¬ 
publican ticket are farmers. With the lat¬ 
ter I am quite well acquainted, and know 
him to be a hearty sympathizer with the 
agriculturist. He has been largely instru¬ 
mental in introducing the red polled breed 
of cattle, and is a practical nurseryman. 
The great question, however, with the State 
is that of temperance legislation. The issue 
is license or prohibition. My own convic¬ 
tion is that prohibition is here to stay. The 
happy results of our present laws are too 
manifest to be set aside. While our people 
are great for corn, leading every State in 
the Union in this respect, yet much atten¬ 
tion is now being paid to the amenities of 
life. The culture of older communities is 
acquiring a foothold in many a homestead 
on the prairies. Ten years ago one could 
scarcely see a spring wagon or a buggy. 
Now to own one, or both, is the rule on the 
farms. The Improvement is also visible in 
the residences that are now built. Effort 
at ornamentation is now made in the build¬ 
ings and in the yards and grounds. Much 
more attention is being paid to the plant¬ 
ing of evergreens and shrubbery than ever 
before. Many trees and shrubs once re¬ 
garded as tender are now found to be 
hardy; the same remark is applicable to 
fruit. This some claim to be due to a grad¬ 
ual change of climate taking place, and an 
elimination of the “wildness” from the 
soil. For myself, I take no stock in these 
ideas. I believe it is due to care and culti¬ 
vation. Twenty years ago, men tried to 
raise fruit by planting orchards and then 
pasturing them with calves and sheep. Pigs 
ran riot, rooting in the dooryard among 
the tiger lilies, phloxes and the shrubs. As 
an excuse, it was easy to say, “Suchthings 
are not suited to our climate.” We are 
thankful that nothing of the sort is now 
heard; but on the other hand, experiments 
are yearly made with things that were once 
thought a little tender as far south as Vicks¬ 
burg. It is not an exaggeration to say that 
a State that seems to be a national granary 
for the cereals, will in a tew years vie in 
many other things with the States that 
hitherto have been regarded as more favor¬ 
ably situated. e b. h. 
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Buttermakers who recognize this fact have no 
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But a uniform, natural shade can be made only when 
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