Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-07
.Tbey arc reviving oId fashioned

They are reviving old fashioned
huskings Ia Massachusetts. DR.. J.
w Bartlett, OF South Pennington,
lately issued invitations, printed
on corn husks, to 4 large mum Der of
his friends in both country and city.
Over two hundred were present a.
the husking. After the last ear was
stripped of its husks the party par
took Of sumptuous supper the barn
floor was cleaned and the company
joined in contra dances till late
hour.
Referring to boys leaving the
farm for towns and cities, the New
England Farmer thinks that the
whole matter will regulate itself in
due time. 1t says that for the past
twenty-five years, manufacturing
and trading have been prosperous
throughout the land, and farmers
boys have crowded into these
branches Of business, until there is
scarcely standing room f0rany body
else Cities and villages have out
grown the country. But lit is
long lane that has no turning" We
believe we are now on the corner OF
one Of those turns.
J. IL. Wallace, furnishes the
Country Gentleman with facts of some
interest, relative to breeding from
stations ofvarious ages. These show
that celebrated horses have been
raised, that were by stations from
twenty TO. twenty-seven years old
while equally famous horses have
been produced by stations only three
and four gears old. The writer con
cludes that the question Of age is not
80 important as that Of condition.
The practice of sowing Spring
wheat on plowed up fields Of Winter
killed wheat, IL condemned by some
farmers, 1t is held that the balance
of fertility has been disturbed, and a
crop has been grown, a young one il
is true, but still such a one is requir-
cd for its support what the land was
capable Of finding, but which it could
not find for both Fall and Spring
wheat, even when Fall wheat has
been ploughed under.
The Illinois Agricultural Report
for 1864 says 1.-The fences of the
United States have cost more than
the houses, cities included; more
than the ships, boats, and vessels, of
every description, which sail the
ocean, lakes and rivers; more than
any one class Of property, aside from
real estate, except, it may be, the
railroads of our country"
Paper is gradually assuming a
place as an article Of clothing. Some
genius il Is said has discovered a new
process by which it can be made
available for certain articles of cloth
ing, for hed-quihs, table cloths, inn
tation leather and shoes. 1t prom-
ses TO be cheaper even than paper
collar material.
An old stable keeper in England
says he has never had bad foot on
his horses since he commenced the
practice of bedding on a thick LAYER
of sawdust. Pine sawdust he finds
the best; oak the worst.
1t may DO an item of news to
our friends who Whit the weed. that
water-cress is recommended as q per-
feet antidote for nicotine. or tobacco
poison. 1t Is also when properlv
dried, used as substitute for smok-
ing tobacco.
The corn crop of the United
States for 1870 was 100, 900 900
bushels, q gain over last year of more
than five bushels to the acre The
hog crop is u littlo over 20000.0 0O
tons, 10 per cent. less than that OF
1869.
"A Minneapolispaper says: 1--WE
notice several large lots of sumac
being brought to this market. lt is
purchased by the dyers, and brings
the nice sum of sl2 per load"