Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-08-04
RURAL & DOMESTIC.


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Its editor is now travelling in Europ
and has seen some things there tina
he did not know before, and the fol
lowing extract from one Of his let
, tiers to his paper exhibits the chang
which has come to his views on thi
matter of American labor cempctin:
with European labor:
1t is becoming clearer every ia,
that American farmers cannot rails,
. wheat for export, in competition
with the grain growing areas of Eu
rope. Now that the same appliances
in the way of farm implements and
the same facilities Of rail transpor
tation as exist here arc there being
rapidly introduced, the American
farmer has no advantage over his
European competitor in this respect,
while the trans Atlantic wheat-grow-
err has decided advantage over
American producers in the fact that
he can get hands at IL to Is cents
per day, while we must pay $2@
$3.50. In 1858, there was short
crop in Europe, and England paid us
| $2l, 1861 for 12,427,4l2 bushels Of
wheat. In 1869, Europe had an av-
cragc crop, and England pays us
only $42,4l3,633 for 81, $3.50, $50 bush
els of wheat. Here we treble the cx-
port for double the money. Sup
posing, instead Of aa average crop
Europe had enjoyed y vcfy large
crop? The price would have been
still lower. What are We to do, then
to make money? We answer that
we shall develop our mines, improve
our waterpowers,en encouraged the South
to produce cotton, sugar and rice to
greater extent, leaving the grain
raising to the North. Let the North
west grow more tobacco, castor
beans, hemp, flax, sorghum, beet SUI
gar, live stock, wool cts. BY having
less grain and more Of the articles
named, this country will rapidly in.
crease in wealth and prosperity.
develop our mines, improve our
water.powcrs." That is certainly the
true theory. But how do SO? The
triumph OF Free Trade doctrines will
not bring tins about. Tho history
OF the last two years show that the
clamorous advocacy OF Free Trade
theories by such journals ae the
Democrat has retarded the develop
mcnt of mines aud the Improvement
OF water.powers, and has even closed
mines already opened and made idle
water-powers already improved.
The Protectionlsts say that they
connot manufacture iron and fibrous
goods without heavy tariff. The
Free Traders say 1t can be done, bu,
90 tar not one Of them has dared put
his money into the business to prove
his word true. When Free Trader
will pu. his money into cotton OF
wooden mills or iron fonnderies, and
prove that he can make money un.
der Revenue Tariff he will then
have, what be has not now, q sub.
stantial basis to his argument.
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A cross OF Leghorn made on Bra.
hma hen, produces hens more hardy
than Brahmas they mature early,
flesh exceedingly fine, are good lay.
crs, docile, and generally . clean
white.
A Frenchmar, after experiment.
ing on the subject, advises that pc.
tato vines should be prevented from
Towering, that the buds be removed
by hand IS soon A. they appear, as
their formation requires nourishlng
principles which should go to the
tubers.
An Ohio hog raiser advo-
Gates the system of pasturing
on clover during the summer.
He presents, as the advantage
of this plan, the statement
that an acre Of ground in clo-
yer will pasture five hogs four
months. and that will take the
corn from half an acre to feed
them the same time.-The
cultivation of the corn he
counts equal to tho rest Of the
other half acre. He further
claims that hogs pastured on
clover are in far better condi-
ton than if fed on corn, as
they are far better framed,
healthier, and eat better; and
also states that the land is en-
riched by the clover pasturing.
SEED WHEAr--It is an adj
United fact by our farmers
generally in Central Iowa. and
we doubt not such is the case
throughout all that portion Of
cur State and the Northwest
in which the wheat grain was