Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-12-16

not strong enough, for the fertil.
ity of the land is not an idle
wealth, like the wine in the bar
rel. It may be drawn out and
lived upon, and yet be kept con-
stantly increasing. 1t all de-
| ponds on management whether
the father shall thrive, and, at
the same time, increase his sons
Inheritance, or the reverse.
1t is not the crop which grows
thst cxhausts the land; it is the
disposition we make of it after
it is grown. Every bushel Of
ssain contains matters supplied
by the soil. If it is sold,
there is an end of it, so far as the
farm is concerned. If it is fed
out on the place, nearly the
whole of the part taken from the
soil goes into the dung heap, and
there goes with it matter which
the growing plant took directly
or Indirectly, from the atmos-
phere, and which helps to deyel-
op more of the mineral plant
food of the soil, and to make
more than a bushel the next
year. Therefore. look well to
the crops. Sell of course, all
that cannot profitably be fed out
on the place, and, with a part
Of the price, buy manure to bring
home. But, in counting the
profit and loss of feeding at
home, consider always, the val
ue of the manure. It is safe to
say that, one year with another,
corn thoroughly soaked and
cooked, (never mind the grind
ing ityou cook thoroughly and
fed to well-houscd swine Of a
"growthy" breed, will bring
more money than if sold in the
market, to say nothing of the
manure; indeed, it will more
often than not, pay to buy corn
to make into pork-cooking it
first. Grow clover to be fed to
your own stock, the sod to be
plowed in the spring of the Sec
ond year; plant corn on the land;
feed the corn to your own pigs,
and use the manure of the sly
to top-dress in March the clover
you intend to pillow for corn in
May. If this plan be followed,
a crop of wheat or Of barley, ev-
cry third year, will not prevent
the land from growing richer
and richer; but if the farmer
sells his corn and wheat, and
buys no manure, the impover-
ishment of the farm, and the
emigration of his sons is sure
Anne rican Agriculturist.
COST OF RAISING WHEAT IN
Awe are too far removed,
as a State, from any market in
the East to raise wheat and re-
c-iye for it, one year with anoth-
'er, a price above the cost Of
producing it, or equal to that
which can be obtained for the
product of any other crop if fed
on the farm or sold within a
reasonable distance Of it. The
difference against wheat is not
less than twenty-five per cent.
We estimate that the average
cost of producing a bushel of
wheat in Iowa is not less than
80 cents. The census Of the
State for 1868 gives the aver
age production of spring wheat
per acre at ten bushels, but the
average for a series Of years is
twelve bushels. Those who pro-
duce fifteen or twenty bushels
per acre may save themselves
and obtain something handsome
over if they can get ISL a bushel
for it at their nearest market
town. But let us be correct as
possible on this matter of rails
ing wheat, as it has become a
serious question for the consid-
Grafton Of wheat growers, and
to do this we call upon those
who have counted the cost to
give us their expert ,nce.-
Homestead.
Durable and Cheap Wrought.
Wepersume every farmer un-
dcrstands the usual method of
making cut-nails flexible by
heating them, but if instead Of
allowing them to cool in the air,