The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-21
Farmers-Hops- Greenbacks.

water from his body.
Farmers-Hops- Greenbacks.
Agriculturists are every year awaken
ing to the fact that there IL q way to
wealth on road that leads more rapidly
to the result--and nearly As sure-as the
old one Of plodding along ''at the tall of
the plow;" and raising nothing but wheat
and corn-which some years (when the
grain alone Is sold without being fed to
stock) brings the husbandman but poor
reward for his toll. Once In q while q
genius discovers some product which Is
SO entirely neglected that sufficient
quantities cannot be procured; and search
ty makes 1t SO valuable that when he
comes out all of sudden with his little
crop he flnds he has struck OIL" and
reaped rich harvest. Some OF these
are of real value and stability, and are
entirely separate from humbugs that in
short time fade out Us beautifully as
the King Philip corn that was to raise
two crops in year; the swamp willow
that didn't make hedges; Hungarian
grass which some denounce as q hum
bug and some don't; the Myattus Linnos
(wine plant) that ragged and exploded;
the prolific India wheat, that yielded
125 bushels to the acre, and made green
flour:that well raised hogs wouldn't eat;
the Morus M,.lticouius, Of silk fame; the
"Gumbo" and Apple Pie Melon of the
garden; aud a thousand other things
that came and went, and were SO fiatter-
ingly promising that visionary men
figured themselves rich In ten minutes
and-poor in five. In contradiction to
these, are things that are not humbugs;
and amongst them, the most successful
are not inventions or discoveries, but
,naraiy the return of crops which have
gone out OF sight, and which fancy farm
ers don't consider fashionable cereal to
raise. During the war while we had
shoddy and petroleum aristocracy, we
also saw very frequently another class
not near SO numerous but more wealthy
we term Onion aristocracy, SO
great was the demand among soldiers
for auy anti-sco-butic that it was i'm
possible to procure vegetables of this
character in sufficient quantities., and
the consequence was that some sharp
fellows, who raised few acres, received
fabulous prices for their onions. Other
instances may be mentioned of like pro-
ducts but the detail would be irksome.
Hops started our pen, and we are go-
ing to tell what we lately heard; then
you man try the project if you want to
we saw to-day letter on the subject,
dated Monticello, Iowa, Jan. II, and
signed H. H. Starks. We give you an
extract: II am engaged in the hop
growing business. am raising them
on poles and strings. like it first rate.
I had about four acres last year. hoed
them some three times. sold them for
5l4 cents per pound, making some three
thousand dollars. There are somet fifty
acres of hops set out here, now. There
will be over 100 acres more next spring.
They will be mostly on tho Collins
string plan. | am selling roots for
$40 per acre and have contracted
some sixty-five acrer." This thing tells
its own story. Three thousand dollars
forthc product of four acres, should be
enough for any one man; but this gen.
tleman proposes to sell from his little
patch, roots enough to set out sixty-five
acres. This at $50 per acre will give
him 81 800 for the surplus roots of his
mop HeId-stlIl leaving enough to raise
the next crop. The price for the hops
and the price for tho roots make the re-
ceipts of four acres the snug little sum
ofS4 800. Where are four acres of Polk
county that equal these :?
We lately heard the fact stated that in
Sauk County, Wisconsin, the hop crop
sold last year for over half million dol
lars. The soil of the region is said to be
only moderately fertile at best, and in
sum can be brought yearly into our
county revenue, would it not be worth
while TO make a trial oft? A light san
dy loan is said to be the best, and we
surely have that. Everybody who loves
good bread mot to say beer) knows the
value ofhops. These baking powders"
and other contraptions, done up IN pret-
ty bundles Of crimson or yellow paper,
may do for those who love unhealthy
stomachs and smoked ham complexions;
but one good loaf of hop yeast, or even
"milk-emtins" bread are worth all the
yellow biscuit ever made since dough
was invented.--Des 1Notnes Register.
"Well, wasn't that q finished sermon
we had this morning." asked one per-