Show tun tire abc average a u annual ot 01 the prec precious ions metals in the world from ulc to lo iso was gold silver sitz AT a kansas city CAY pack packing ing house bouse a few days ago in eleven hou hours rs cattle were lulled killed and prepared for the beef market an average of about five a minute TWENTY NTY years ago there were but two or three manufacturers of horsehide leather in this country the consumption auml of this le leather ia large and rapidly increasing IT is undoubtedly profitable to keep a cow A census report shows that the average yield of milk per e ow cow for the wh whole ol 01 united states in 1890 was 2 2082 pounds or 1203 quarts I 1 IN T is x the bituminous coal mines of the united states employed number of working I 1 persons the average days was the grand total of employed emp loyes of coal mines was THERE THEM are carnivorous plants capture ca iture and eat insects A CERTAIN forest plant in japan grows to be about six feet high hig h in three mcclis tur ann most singular plant is t the he sensitive plant some of this family are so delicate that tho tha passing of a cloud over the sun will cause their leaves to curl up has b been inspecting goss who p r california vineyards as a spec ting the representative of the french government rn ent is taking tal cing back samples of what lie he regards as h biffl agh grades of wines he foung found produced there hunters and other collectors that rajah have so ravaged aged crooke lias has prohibited the collection of natural history specimens 5 many of the fauna fan a and flora of specimens of becoming his country were in danger extinct |