Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-11-25

entirely satisfied with my own figures re-
quested neiRhbor, one of the most in
dustrious and shrewedast farmers know
of, to give me statsment Of the cost of
bushel of wheat. Here it IL. It will be
observed that my neighbor put the value of
land at City dollars, and he says:
The interest on $50 at 6 per cent. is s.,
which, divided by 20, gives. ...."..... y
Cost of seed, 49, .......... 10
Cost OF blowing, 81. So. u
Putting the ground In order, 81 50. 500. 4
Drilling in, $1.6O. ..................... u
R;sSine' = ~; as...'''''''''''''''''''s
Shocking, 100 .................... z
Boarding hands while cutting: 4oc....... 8
Hauling and stackir 6, $1.25 ............. 81
ThreshinR. 81 s.
Boarding hands. 81. S
Hauling to market, ST.. ,............. 5
Taxes On money invested 10 seed, pillow.
ing, narrowing. and drilling. 90. "a
Total cost per bushel. ....,............ 904
Considering the straw and pasture worth
the wear and tear of tools, harness, etc..
the above I consider fair estimate of the
cost of one bushel of wheat.
The land may be estimated too high; but
that very fet; taken in' connection with the
inflated condition Of the currency, is q
strong one, in evidence of the distressed
condition of the farmer. On the other
hand, he puts the average production Of
wheat to the acre ct twenty bushels. 1t is
not much more than one.haK that.
Now, the dollar The farmer receives is not
gold dollar, nor 10 it even paper dollar.
The farmers az 6 class are, perhaps, the
heaviest consumers in the country, and in
return for their wheat they are raid in ar
.icles sold on an inflated currency, aggra-
waited, or rather sustained by the fari& Let
us see. Wtile Ae sslls Oh gold valuation,
he PURCHASES on a paper basis. On salt he
pays . fearful bonus 'to The salt Maunfac-
tufEr that AeVer reaches the government,
and therefore, not considered taxation.
The same IL true on iron, that enters 10
largely, through machinery. into the bust
ness Of farming. To benefit the pig iron
interest of Pennsylvania, he 10 forced to
Els i.at, @,s coat si1ia bantaloons, his boots
all that luis wife aid ohildren wea~
Tkis i what he gets in return for his
wheat: But. You say, look at his corn: see
what he gets for his corn. Corn is high
because It is scarce, and II We average this
article o. We have the ;Nbeat il, will be
eled the better crap il this section of.conn.
tTY. Nos s! y. 4 Il do to assert that any Of
! this loss ia to be attributed to bad manage
ment Here is my neighbor, John Enoch.
He has over 1. 500 acres of the best land in
the world. This is tho accumulation of his
own hands. and the net result of his OWE
| head. And yet will venture to assert thai
| for the last four years Mr.. Enoch has moth
ing to show for his heavy Investments ant
labor. He has probably kept out Of debt
which is more than his neighbors, who hat
to borrow money to pay their losses, cal
assert.
EXPERIMENTS WITH OATs.-Dufing tn
present year the Michigan Agricultural Col
iege tested eight varieties Of oats, all o
which were shown at the Michigan State
Fair. We give summar. of the results:
;Etcelsior > Oots.--An English variety
Sown broadcast, April 80. Weight Of seet
per bushel, AZ lbs, Harvested Aug. 8
Yield, per acre, COG bushels. Weight 30.
lbs. per bushel.
Somerset Oats, :. Enelish variety. Sow
in drills. April -. Weight of seed. pc
bushel, Il lbs. Harvested Aug. 3. Yield
per acre, GA bushels Weight, per bush
el, 81 lbs IT,
l.. White Schooner Oats.-Imported from
Hamburgh. Sown: in drills, April %
Weight Of seed, per bushel, 40 lbs. Har
| vested Aug 2. Yield, per acre, 81. 3 bush
ella. Weight, per bushel g37.5 lbs. ]
Black Sasedish Oats. Imported from Ham
burgh. Sowed in drills, April 29. Weigh
of seed, per bushel, 10 lbs Harvested Aug,
%. Yield, per acre. &C. 3 bushels. Weight
SOL lbs. .-...-
Prince Ed,oarfs Island ats.-Importet
from Prince Edwards Island. Sown broad
cast, May /. Weight Of seed, per bushel
38. 8 lbs. Harvested Aug. II. Yield, pc
acre, GA ;bushela Weight, per hushel
VI brcoI;s osis!-sow.n, b broadcast, May /
Weight of seed per buahel 16 lbs: Hay
vested Aug. II. Yield per acre. CSC bus
Weight, Der bushel, 81 his. r.; .
Nor,oay Oats Ram4 iea. }-sovn May II
Harvested Aug. "A. Yield, per acre, SO.
bushels. weight, per bushsl;; % lbs: :, :.
Sunrise 0dts.-Sovn broadcast, May
Harvested August 4. Weight, per bushel
46 lbs Yield interfered With by shade o
The seed Of the four varieties first Nance :,
was furnished by the Department, Of Agri
culturel :. It viii be noticed that, in. ever
case. where the weight Of the seed and tha
Of the grain raised arc given, the latter i
the sma1ler. We have omitted the guam
tity Of seed sown and the amount Of LAM
used, 5;!ls-: 5lEr~;,z II '1i.!Jf i..,.::., Is
Tho difficulty Of 30 conducting such ex
peiiments % to make them entirely aatia
iaftory 10 we'll shovn above. Some q tn
varieties were eoxn broadcast, some il
dsills. There was difference of thirteel
days in the time Of sowing, 10 that it j
veFy. diaacult to compare the results will
fairness. ,.'S5 y I. .'''s'. 5 .: i>>>.
BaErDs OF Same. The following state
ments are condensed; from . report mad.
By Nj. @. Howard, OF Bedford, England
before tho London F4rmers' Club:
/ l. Leiceeters cut . good fleece of wool
upon ~ average of pounds each, ens
weight at u or IS months old from, from
| 8 to 10 stones each. ,..-.,.,s... .,&s.'
! q. Cetsvold average, when fit for butch
or, at II or IL months old, from II to j
stones; and the weight of wool of tn
whole aock approaches to 8 pounds each
s. Lineolns are not generally fit for tn
butcher 1T IA or is months old, but the,
are kept until they are ~ t. 70 months old
when their weight will be nom 80 to 4
pounds per quarter; and they cut . eecont
fleece, weighing from 10 to IA pounds Tn
weight of wool Of On entire flock, unde
fair sFerage management, is about eigh
and half pounds each. -. 5,,:'t 81,
4. 6hropshires, % yearlings, cut from
five and q halt 10 seven pounds OF wool
and il they have been we'll kept, viii weigh
from 16 to 10 pounds per quarter; but the.
are not calculated to como out as yearlings
and are more frequently run on until tn
| following Christmas or second years clip
when they can be made twenty-five O
thirty pounds per quarter.
S. Oxford Downs (of which Mr.. How
ard has been for many years distinguish
ed breedeD generally drop their lambs il
the month Of February, and at thirteen tt
fourteen months old they are ready tol
market, weighing upon an average tel
stones each. with q fleece varying iron
seven to ten pounds. The ewes are goot
mothers, and produce great proportion
of twins.
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must have somath{{ng 70 give for q cold
for : headache disrrhea,*. rheumatism
neuralgia, toothache, Group, whoopinl
cough, or other of the hundred ills thai
are ~ sure to come as;waking with day
Il you do not have case Of medicine,
and q book of intelligent directions SO al
to know what the disease is and what you
give for it. you will be given paregoric,
picra, lobelia, pills, calomel. opium, OF
other dangerous or injurious drugs, where
by often disease. IL induced, or even life
endangered. !
TorewsrIed is forearned, To b. pro.
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