NEW IDEAS OF FARMING.
New ideas of farming are being successfully put into practice in the United States. A greet many fish farms have been started of late. The propagation is carried on in a series of ponds or basins—the first for hatching, another for the young fish, and a final one for maturing until large enough for market. The business yields a good profit. Frog farming has become quite an industry, and is carried on in a similar manner. Most hotels and restaurants in the large cities are supplied with the Parisian delicacy by those who make ffrog-fuising a trade. The rabbit ranch is one of the latest
set ernes of farming in the Far West. Hereafter, jugged hare will have a place ou American bills of fare, as several parties have already undertaken to cultivate this game on a large scale. Others, tired of farming on old linos, have turned their attention to mushrooms exclusively, Thousands of acres formerly sowed in grain, are now planted in sugar beets. Some planters in the Southern States &te experimenting with tea. Silk
culture is crowding out the bees. One in Ne<v York State, is devoting a thirty-acre space to raising dogs for leather. And s<J it goes,—AmericanEuropean News Letter.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 121, 9 October 1895, Page 3
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