Agricultural news . -2l THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Ai-Rii, 20. The noted American inventor, Edison, claims that hecan produce thin sheets of metal, especially of nickel, whichwould SLTve every purpose for which paper is now employed,as far as bnoks are concerned, and that these will be cheaper,thinner, tougher, and more tlcvible than ordinary paper.(The \l\a//h ,>/l!i,/in, December 1917.) GLEANINGS. The number of live stock on the farms of the UnitedStates OD January 1, 1918, wiis estimated by the UnitedStates Department of Agriculture as 187,104,000, valued at-*8,,.324,OOl\ an incre
Agricultural news . -2l THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Ai-Rii, 20. The noted American inventor, Edison, claims that hecan produce thin sheets of metal, especially of nickel, whichwould SLTve every purpose for which paper is now employed,as far as bnoks are concerned, and that these will be cheaper,thinner, tougher, and more tlcvible than ordinary paper.(The \l\a//h ,>/l!i,/in, December 1917.) GLEANINGS. The number of live stock on the farms of the UnitedStates OD January 1, 1918, wiis estimated by the UnitedStates Department of Agriculture as 187,104,000, valued at-*8,,.324,OOl\ an increase of (5,,000 in number comparedto a year ago, and in value, of -SI,•527,912,000. (TheA^riatltiinil Guzettc of Canada, March 1918.) Tlu ]i>n> iij St. Lucia, March 16, 1918, calls attentionto the fact that the manager of the Maple Leaf Hotel inCastries has begun curing fish and meat by pickling. Thesample examined was as good as the best of its kind , p>rk, and beef were in perfect condition, and, whencooked, in no way fell behind si
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