Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-07-21
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S2S cwt; an increase of about l6 per
cent, from 1868.
A writer in the GcrHiantown Tel.
cgraph thinks that salt is no benefi,
As worm destroyer. FROM actual
experiment and repeated trial, ho has
come to the conclusion that II IL time
AMI material thrown away, to apply
salt for this purpose.
The highest prices ever known ia
have been realized in England for
short horns were obtained by Mr..
Sheldon; Of Geneva, New York, tor
six Duchess, sold to Mcssrs. Wall.
colt 4 Chasnl,ell, nor tho sum Of l 200
guiness each.
N,nc times in ten tho failure OF
crops ariset more from wantot knowl.
edge OF the soil, or an intelligent sys.
tern Of culture, or the grain or fruit
suited to tho soil, and the proper
time Of planting, than' TO- an. uGtavor.
able season or any other natural
cause.
Baron Won Tschudi, the eminent
Swiss naturalist, says that without
birds successful agriculture is imp -.
siblc, as they annihilats ~ . very few
months . greater number of dcstruc.
tive insects than man could in years.
He classes among the most useful the
swallow, wren, robin. and sparrow;
and says that robin killed eight hun.
dred dies in an hour, and . pair OF
sparrows carried three hundred cat.
erpillars to their nests in . day.
M. Stevens, Of Herk,mer county,
N. T., beng short Of pasture, has
adopted the following plan several
times, and always with the best re.
sults:-Atter taking off a crop. he
sows Winter r, e and seeds with grass
at the came time. The next season
he turns stock upon the rye about
the 10th Of May, and It furnishes
good Aed th~onyss tho entire season,
or until Fail, when the grass begins
to yield feed also.
1t is claimed by an agricultural wri.
ter, that It 10 not the surplus produc.
ton that has depressed the price Of
wheat, but tho fact that in 1868 farm.
crs refused to sell At fair price, held
on and finally sold ut less, and 90
stocked the market as to push down
the prices tor this seasons produc.
ton. The producers have had the
upper hand sor several years, bnt now
the consumers are in luck. Should
they now lay IN full supplies they will
probably gain considerable BY it.
A writer in the Canada Far.
mer says the plan now adopt
ed by which to destroy Canada
thistles with the least time and
labor, is to let the thistles grow
until they are in flower, then
NOW them and thoroughly
pillow the land. The thistles
have made their utmost growth
and the roots are in their weak.
est state.
The Hon. Marshal p. Will
der, in an article in the Jour.
nal of Horticulture, strongly
recommends the practice Of
thinning fruit. He says that
one of two farmers near Dos.
ton, always thins his fruits; the
other neglects doing so. The
first sells his Baldwin apples
at $3.50 per barrel, the latter
for less than $3.50. He thinks
the danger when there is a
large crop Of young fruit, is in
not Trimming enough. rather
than overriding.
The Agricultural College Of
Missouri has been located at
Columbia, Boone county. The
county gave. to secure the 10.
cation, $4,000 and $40 acres
of land, which cost nearly $50,
GOO. The lands arc improved,
having a large mansion, cot
tages, orchard, nursery and
vinegar |. The college is in con.
nection with the State Univer-
sity, now in operation at the
sa me place. President Reed,
of the University, and DR..
Wyman were appointed to
visit the agricultural colleges
of the country.
l An ITEM FoR WHEAT RA1s-
ERs.-Mr. John Goul, of Buffa-
10 Grove in this county, made
last year from seven cows l.
800 pounds Of butter besides
what was used in his own fam.
lily. Reckoned 1T twenty cents
per pound, the product OF these
seven cows for the year was
$3.50, or the value of 1926 bush.
els of wheat at 80 cents. The
relative expenditure of time,
money and labor required to
keep seven cows on the one
hand, and to sow, harvest,
thresh and market 325 bush.
els or 20 to 25 acres Of wheat
on the other, can be figured
out by our farmers. We think
the exercise will be instruc.
neutrality-suspicious. Bulletin.
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