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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1880)
October, 1880; 272 THE WEST SHORE. 1NWAV OR AHH Oft WOOD CRASS. Our engraving ahows a graaa which will be recognised by many of our readera who htil from til prairie State, where it llgurcs quit largely In the native paatiirs, llutanically, it ii sorghum Sorylium nuiit'), anil it ii tall growing in iU habit, tin lUlln Ixting from three to four ft high, in favorable location!. In order to ehow how graaana may vary in chemical oompoutinn ami lima dilfitr wiiluly in eoononile value, wa ilaoa aiila by aide tli ptoi mala analyii of AVfAum miltini and Noryhum llilam (green vailey graaa): Sorghum HftUieiuw. tit .ill 7S7 Ml V. 16 HI..H7 l.MI la. in 4.N6 Kotifhum ftlJUIII, oil 1 67 Hu Ill Huiut T 7 (Jura, Me 1 76 (Million M70 Ani)Uiiui du 17 U Alkali Uxil AllmoillKrt.U. IfU Aah t.01 The analyse were mailn by lr I'ctcr Collier, ebennat of the I'uiUxl KUloa llupartiiient of Agriculture. The eiierior richneaa ol the .V. . aprH In oil, aiigara and ita notable inoniaae of tlbunilnoldi, are plain evidence of ita great outnermtive value. It baa more gum alao, which there la eome reason to believe ia converti ble lulu auger in the animal digration. On the other hand the A'urjAum llalujmmt haa much laaa oelluloae, which la indignatible and worth leaa. We gave an engraving of Horghuin llala tieiiae in our laaue ol March 27, I KM), and it ia Interesting to oinnre their apiiearanoe in con nection with Una alatonieiit of thoir compara tive oomxieiliin. Horghuin nuUna haa not bean generally con eidered of much' value eioept aa one of the graaaaa In the native pastor, although if out eily the hay la nutritious. The main trouble with It ia that it grnwe rather scantily and dime not oover the ground well, TkeeUlkaare emiuth, hollow and attaiglit,aud have at the ti a nairuw peuitlu of hamlaume elraw-onhited or brownish Mowers, which are rather dumping when the aoed ia funned. Tlia I'iiomiitioii or Aiiau ri.Ti kr. We learn from data eeut ua from the Keet that there haa bean nrganieed an association whoa object ah all be "the promotion of agriculture by foaleriiig Investigation in ecienoe spirited to agriculture. For the accomplishment u( Una object the mem ben aball meat annually tor the presentation and dteouuioa ol original psiwrs on auhjecte mhrsoed within the i of thia Held of in further Investigation, either Individual or co-op-iuiry, and (or the enueidaratiua of plana fur eretive, I'aiera may be ollereil at Uie meetinge through menihere by non-membera, for reading and diecusaion, and for the indorsement of the association and the aaaooiatioa ahall endeavor aaiMotally in Una manner to encourage, aa far aa Ilea within lie power, all elect Investigation Wading to advancement In agriculture. Mem bership la la let limited to a email number, aay 40 or AO. New membera are to lie appointed by the association ilaelf on aura conditions aa enay be agreed Un hereafter. The papers reed are to be published, nndet such conditions aa auy be devieed by the annotation. We are aouuUd with many ol Uinee named aa mem bere, an.L (rum their (lauding aa oniriual in re Ugaktn, weeipert many valuable result will be attained by their labor. The fteereUry la lr. r.. 1. nwrtevani, ai ueuthaaum larm, Houlh rVaalngham, VI. a thorough student, with a Ana record of achieveui ante. Tkbkehtrial Maonbtibm. Prof, Balfour Stewart, in a letter to Haturt, July 1, laoO, diaouaaaa the connection between auroral and magnetic storms. Since we have change pro duced in stationary strata by a moving magnet, oannot the reverse be true? May we not have diechargea produced in moving atrata by a ita- logical change) would do," and be alao state that hi observation! np to the present rP'w to ahow that an increase or deoreaae of solar activity corresponds to an increaae or deoreaae of both magnetio and meteorological activity. The probability of a progress of magnetio phe nomena from west to east, corresponding: in character to a progress of meteorological phe. lUnrouixo lli.rs.-The only thin that will reader (lee perfectly laenlnMe I bichromate ol twUek. If o adJ a Utile ol this in eolation to tb glue, and alto applying the glee to the article eipoee II to the euuligbt, it will bar an taeolnble eve) la hot wnatar, better upoee lur geod while, any aa har or SA, to anak aura that all the glae tub) beeocn iaaolubU Bottom Mi IM'IAN GUARS fill vrvm "ww uiiAaa Sorahum Nui. ZirJ? old . .omen, is alluded to. Magnetic wnatbe, an . - ww oaa would byoonvUooeurrnU produce change, in th. , ... u ,n eartn a a perma nent mumaa IJ . . .' . uee eiecuio diaturb- anoea, which in turn would react upon terrestrial ?.TUm- Working anon this hynothaii. Ballonr Stewart haa been Cd to the faTlT! ruin magnet d.am.1 llb. ! mm BHiuuDu ul niarmaj! aniaiii a an. Pear to travel fasUr, however, than meteor, logical weather. W hat Cam or JonrWO ihi Kori.-Dr. eok, of Indianapolis, has ampaUUd the legs oUronng g,rl on aoojunt of decay in th. bones, Produced by aioeaaive rope-jumping. He ad.