The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-11-07
Agricultural Items,

SOME Poor PRAoTIoEs. attempt to
tatten three bogs into 1900 pounds OF pork
on just as much feed as would keep two
nicely growing. a
To estimate agricultural fairs as arrant
humbugs, and spend three days every
month rowing the country at political
meetings.
To depend upon borrowing your neigh
bors rakes, mowers and all sorts of imple-
ments, in haying and Narvest, time.
To house up thousand bushels of grain.
waiting for a rise, till one tenth has gone
to feed rats and mice, and the remainder
smells like the essence of rat, and the price
down forty per cent.
To plant mp big orchard of fruit trees
with first thought of money-making, and
leave them to do or die
To keep two $500 carriage horses,
and pay six dollars day for team to
plough. 1t is positively poor practice to
call shook learning all bosh, to ignore
news and agricultural papers, and attempt
to keep an even yoke with your progressive
neighbors by main strength and stupidness.
"COSmQn
'CABBAGEs are preserved very simply;
they are left out as late as they can be pull
ed up by the roots in this section; about
the end of November; they are then pulled
up and turned upside down-the roots up ,
the heads packed close together, in beds
six feet wide, with six feet alleys between,
care being taken to have the ground levell-
ed where the cabba ges are placed, SO that
they pack nicely They are left in this
way for two or three weeks, or as long as
the ground can be dug between the alleys,
the soil from which is thrown on the beds
of cabbage. 80 that, when finished, they
have covering of fonr or six inches Of soil.
This is not enough to cover the root, how
ever, which is left partly exposed, but this
is in no way injurious. '-Hendersoa.
EDS. PRA1R1E FARMRR:-As l have had
number of years. experience with grapes
and vines. thinking it might be of some
advantage to some Of your readers, |
will just say that had in bearing this
year, 10 varieties and that / prefer the
Concord and Delaware l wish to speak
more particularly of the different locations
in which we have the Delaware growing.
We have vines, bearing a number of
years, trained up on the south side of a
brick house and now running on the
west side Of row of large apple trees
The sun does not shine on them till noon;
one row east side feet from a barberry
hedge that is turned out to the street.
Have other Delawares directly under, and
on the north side of large apple trees
Have. the fruit ripened as well and as
early as in the sun. Leaves now green
Oct. s. We left one vine up last winter.
1t bore and ripened we'll, but should not
recommend leaving them up as far north
as we are.
Had from to hundred lbs. of Del
ewares this year can sell them five cents
higher per Id than any other grape, we raise.
Concord, Delaware, Takalon, Union village,
&c; did well this year, A few Hartford
did not do SO well. E. ORDwAY.
| Iowa CoRN.-There was exhibited on
Change on Saturday a sample of corn
from stations on the line of the Des Moines
Valley Railroad, Iowa, which, for size Of
ears, weight and beauty exceed anything
of the kind we ever saw. A majority o.
the ears were nearly or quite one foot in
length, and all were filled to the tip with
large bright kernels. Those familiar witt
the character of the corn grown in this sec
ton could appreciate the beauty of THU
corn, and m any were the encomiums j
received. This sample of corn was brought
to this city by E. A; Chaplin, Superinten
dent of the Toledo, Wabash and Western
Railway, and by Mr.. j. S. Dickinson sen
to the Board of Trade.-IoIedo, O. Blade