Ten years ago it cost nearly as
much to get a bushel of grain from
Buffalo to New York as it no'v does to
carry it from Chicago to Liverpool.
A lreignt tru.ru i ears ran iulo a
ditch a few d)tvs ago in Illinois. Ten
tramps were on the train, two of
whom were killed.
The farmers of Hunterdon and
Somerset counties, New Jersey, are
said to use goats to protect their
sheep from dogs. Two goats can
drive away a dozen dogs, and two
are about all each farmer put in with
his sheep. As soon aa a dog enters
the field at night the goats attack
him, and their butting propensities
are too much for the canine, who
soon finds hhnself rolling over and
over. A few repetitions of this treat
ment causes the dog to quit the field,
limping and veiling. Formerly when
a dog entered a sheep field at night
the sheep would run wildly around
and cry piteously.. Since the goats
have been used to guard them they
form in line behind the goats and
seem to enjoy the fun. The idea of
utilizing goats in this way came from
the West where they are put in
sheep pens to drive away wolves.
GENERAL ITEMS,
If tulphnr is dusted around the sheds and
hog pen it will effectually drive off lice.
Dust it on the bogs also, and leave a little
in tbe troughs for them to eat.
An Indiana inventor has patented a straw
stack mg machine.
It ia reported that a guano island has been
discovered in the (hi I! of California, near
the Mexican coast, 23 miles northwest of
Point Loboa.
