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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-30
Stock Feeding Compared with Grain
Raising.

nthc early agricultural history
Of this country, and before the Mis-
sissippi valley became the great
producing section, there was more
of system Of mixed husbandrv
prevailing than at present. Each
farmer raised Il little surplus wheat,
a few surplus hogs, and annually
fattcncd for market a few head OF
cattle.
Under this system there was no
division of our producing area into
sections, each making a speciality
Of producing grain or stock, as the
case night be. But with the inau-
guration of the system of husbandry
now practiced in the West, and
with the settlement of the North
western States and Territories, to-
gether with the introduction of az
ricultural machinery, the farmers
on the prairies Of Iowa, Minnesota.
and Wisconsin, began to devote
their attention exclusively to wheat
raising Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
to = considerable extent, began to
make similar speciality of feeding
stock for the great Eastern markets.
The demand for cattle for CITY
slaughtering, and for packed and
cured meats for shipment, grew
with great rapidity, and much fast
err than the demand for brcadstutfs.
This resulted from the fact that
as Europe began to look more and
more to this country for large
proportion of its supplies of meats
and breadstuffs, a competitor in the
production Of cereals rapidly devel-
oped in the rich intervals of the
Danube and the vast steppes OF
Southern Russia, while no section
of Europe entered the lists in com
petition with us in the rearing and
fattening Of hogs and cattle. We
therefore find that while the price
Of wheat in the bins Of our farmers
depends entirely upon the condition
of the crop in the producing sec
tons Of Europe, that we have named,
the prices Of marketable stock have
never been subject to any such in
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-30
Corn and Pork.

If hogs are to be sold at low pri-
ccs, what chances are there for any
profit to the producer?
To this we reply, the fattening Of
the hog, even at the lowest price,
will result in a splendid business to
the farmer. The corn crop is eve
rywhere admitted to be immense,
and will necessarily be sold at a low
price, and the mos, economical way
Of getting the crop to the market, as
is we'll known, is to feed as much as
possible to the hogs, and drive it
through on the boot.
Every producer and intelligent
farmer understands perfectly, and
acts continually upon the fact that
one bushel of corn properly fed, and
with good care for the hogs, will
make ten pounds of gross pork.
From this admitted fact we deduce
the following:
Corn fed ont at lo1 cents per
bushel will fatten hogs at II cents
per pound gross.
Corn fed out at 20 cents per bush
ell will fatten hogs at 2 cents per
pound gross.
Corn fed out at 25 cents per bush
ell will fatten hogs at p cents per
pound gross.
Corn fed out at 80 cents per bush
ell will fatten hogs at 3 cents per
pound gross.
Corn fed out at So cents per bush
ell will tatten hogs at 81 cents per
pound gross.
Corn fed out at 40 cents per bush
el will fatten hogs at 1 cents per
pound gross.
Corn fed out at IS cents per bush
ell will fatten hogs at II cents per
pound gross.
Corn fed out at so cents per bush
ell will fatten hogs at 5 cents per
pound gross.
Corn fed out at So cents per bush
el will fatten hogs at 81 cents per
pound gross.
Corn fed out at so cents per bush
ell will fatten hogs at cents per
pound gross.
Now compute what $50 pound
hog will cost at a given rate for
stock hogs.
A stock hog weighing $50 pounds,
bought at say, 6 cents, will equal
50.
One hundred pounds weight add
ed on ten bushels of corn, at 25
cents, $3.50.
Total value Of hog would be SILL
so.
This would make the animal cost
just So cents per pound, and the
farmer has sold his corn, in this cal
culation, at twenty-five cents per
bushel.
We confidently believe that there
will be ample profit to the farmer
the present year at low figures for
hogs; and it adds another powerful
argument to sustain all the positions
we have taken.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-30

= Mr.. P. c. Compton, of Ames, Story
Co., Iowa, furnishes the following
interesting statement in the Iowa
Agricultural Report for 1869:
January Is, 1867, Thomas S. Min
mis-, of Meadville, Pa, took out let
ters patent for locomotive engine
for blowing, &c. We were so
thoroughly convinced that we were
on the right track that we conclud-
ed to build working machine Of
Is horse power, and take it to the
prairies, its natural home. Accord
ingly the machine now here was
built at Erie, Pa, and shipped to
Iowa, December, 1868, nearly two
years after the patent was issued.
Two years of such hard labor, dis
couragement, disappointment and
delay as few men ever experience.
Mr.. Compton is mistaken here, for
this is the fate of nearly if not quite
all inventors and promoters Of new
things.-AG. ED.
This machine consists of a boiler
and an engine on each side, work
ing on the same shaft, and the usual
connections, all resting on two run
ners, six feet apart, and nearly
eight feet long. These runners
glide over rollers, fixed in endless
chain tracks which revolve in an
ellipse, the driving wheels moving
the chains and propelling the ma
chine. Either side may be run in
Dependency of the other. By this
means when drawing load, it is
easily turned or guided, the total
weight being about eight tons. The
width of the endless tracks is one
foot, giving contact with the
ground of about $500 square inches
apd Il ''traction'' power limited only
by the weight.
When we prepared for an expert
mental trial, we attached five IA
inch breaking plows into solid
frame, gagged to turn an average
of more than 6 feet wide \ crowd
followed us on the prairie expecting
to see us sink in the first slough.
But they were disappointed. The
machine rode over lightly, with less
impression than the empty wagons
which followed us. 1t drew all the
plows through the toughest prairie
sod frequently beam deep, up grade
and down, over hard and soft
ground. The traction power was
not fully tested. 1t frequently drew
the plows with only one side in
gear, showing that it had power to
draw twice as many plows. 1t rode
over dead burrows, bitches, and
rough places as smoothly as : sled,
touching only the highest points.
1t ran over plowed ground with
scarcely any increase of power. 1t
was under perfect control and could
be moved either way to an inch. In
short, it ran easier, proved strong
er, and performed better every way
than was anticipated, and in all the
essentials of such a machine, is a
success.
Then why, it is asked, are notthe
results greater? Strictly speaking,
because of disposition Of parts.
The fire box ais too small. There
are three defects, all of which can
be remedied in the next machine.
Two men can run this machine, and
it will work as well in small fields
rs large ones.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-30
Iowa State horticultural Society.

The Iowa State Horticultural
Society will hold its Sixth Annual
Meeting at Des Moincs, commence
ing on Tuesday evening January
10, 1871, and continue three days.
An interesting programme will
be prcparcd-the best horticultural
talent OF the State will be in attend
ance and profitable meeting is
sure. The usual arrangements for
reaching the meeting at reduced
rates will be made with the rail
roads.
All who have an interest in the
growth Of trees, shrubs or vines,
are cordially invited to meet with
us in council. Judging from the
past, | can safely say that no one
will go away from this meeting
without full conviction that the
time has been protitably and pleas
antly spent. Friendly papers please
copy. d. w. ADAMS,
Secretary.
Wuu,'oa, Mua, Nor. 10, 1870.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-30
,ences The limited Statos 10 IN.

fluences. The United States is to-
day the practical meat market of
the world. The stock raising branch
of American agricultural industry
is the best paying and by far the
most reliable Of all branches, ex-
cept, perhaps, the dairy business,
and this is confined to the Eastern
and Middle States. We have not
time or space in the present article
to discuss fully the reasons why the
cattle and hog raising branch of
farming is not only the most profit
able now, but also the causes that
conspire to give this act permanent
cy and reliability.-Kamsas CITY
Drover.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-30
Wuu,'oa, Eun, Nor. 10, 1870.

Charles L. Sharpless is farmer
who carries the precision and exact
noting ofthe counting-room, where
he has amassed a great fortune, to
the farm, and what he knows is val
liable because he can give his
knowledge in figures; for instance,
he says he can winter COW in the
best condition and at the greatest
profit on this daily ration: Hay, fif-
teen pounds; meal, eight quarts;
carrots, four quarts. He feeds about
equal meals morning, noon and
night. 1t is doubtful whether any
body has better Jersey cattle than
Sharplcss.
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Says the Cass County (Mich.)
DeMocr0f: "This has been an unu-
sualiy favorable year for the corn
crop, but the best yield we have
heard of was produced by David
Long, Of Calvin township. He
raised 6O2 bushels to the acre. The
seed used came from Kansas. One
OF the stalks grew nine feet seven
inches to the ear. Other corn plant
ed in the same field at the same
time, with the same cultivation and
care, produced only seventy-five
bushels to the acre.
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Agrifnltnral Column.

THE reading columns this page will be devot-
81 mainly to topics pertaining to the FARM and
HousBnoLD. The farmer readers of the BULLETIN
arc cordially invited to write for It,
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-12-30

After the summers drouth a far
mer in Iowa planted five-cighths of
an acre in potatoes, and dug there
from 1859 bushels.
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address HARPER & BROTHERS, New York
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.

THE subscriber Offers for sale at low figures,
L for cash, IL acres of land on the Quasqueton
road i've miles south of independence On
ance ID not surpassed in quality of land for pur-
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FOR SALE OR RENT.

INCUR arst-class Store Rooms and one building
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address p. o. Box 432, or the owner on the premi-
see.
De. 18Th, 1870. ~
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