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Show Atrlrullural otra. Tlio nw of Florida phwphato it reported report-ed m very rapidly lucrcnilu,, In tho gulf alik'i. Acnmling to the ilepartmenl of agri-rultnm agri-rultnm tint average mine of farm bortut hot iImi from tM.l to W during tlio last decade. UraMrert'a atatet that there are In Niw Knglaud liilf a hundred ttiKk farrai, where twenty jiiirt ago there vre rr rmctlcally nono, au 1 In California the breeding of faituonu hat becoum almost a crau. Thii importanco of economy in feeding la lUuttratod by the ttateuient occrrdlnal to Dr. Uolllnr, of tho New York erinri-mi erinri-mi nt ttallon, that a earing of one cent n day upon tlio dairy cowl of New York It over o,0W,0t year. BtAtl.tlre of tho ngrlcnltnral department depart-ment fflnce tho total nmnher of tberp lu the United Htatet Jan. 1, IWI, at 4J.43I,-IM, 4J.43I,-IM, ulned atIOS,M7,HT. Jan. 1, IW, tho liumbur of ih p lu tlio United htatet wai 4l,!Ud,o;j, lalnwl at (luu OVJ.Ml. |