The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-04-27
Iowa the Banner State,

A Chidago paper, bowling to the fig
''ses and facts ~ they appear in the
onieias statistics Of the Agricultural
Department, hns the following concern
ing Iowa's superiority to Illinois in
the production Of corn:
a gold mtne in Iowa! Thank God it
Is vegetable gold, and vulgarly called a
corn mine. Thank God, because it is q
true proverb; "A gold mine will
make you poor, 4 silver mine comfor.
table, and coal mine rich" But .
corn mine IL worth then all. We ought
to annex San Domingo, because 1t gave
Indian corn to Columbus, and through
him to the world. All the world south
Alaska now raise corn. How then is
corr pre emineEtly the gold mine of
IOwa2 Illinois and Missouri eae;s
raises more than she of that golden
grain.
Yet Iowa raises more proportionally
than either of those States, or than any
other. The bushels last year were:-
III Illinois, 12l 10000; In Missouri,
$780, 600; IN Iowa, 1880, 600. But ILL.,
nois was the then fourth, and Missouri
the NTH State in population, while
lows stood twelfth. Hence the mum.
Der of bushels to eacl inhabitant were:
In illinois, Al; in Missouri, 40; in Iowa
Is, 4
As these three States yield two-fifths
of tile corn product Of the Union, Iowa
is clearly the banner State for hominy.
Her percentage Of increase during the
last decade was IS 6, that of Illinois was
AZ 4, and that of Missouri As /.
The reason is that corn means cheap
food for man and beast. Itmeans that
cattle and hogs can be raised to greater
advantage than in any non corn grow
ing except in Western Nebraska, where
'all flesh, is grass" and where they
neither need grain, hay, salt, nor shell
ter.
Every bushel Of unhusked corn to an
Iowa stock dealer means five pounds of
beef or pork. No wonder, then, that,
during the last week of 1870, the cars
bringing Iowa stock into Chicago on a
single line-the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy-amounte ed to l8l more than ir
the corresponding week of the year pre-
5vious.
Every State has its superiorities but
regarding the great trinity of hominy,
herds and hogs, her sisters must yield
the palm to Iowa. California is ut her
wits end where to get bags for holding
her wheat. iowa will never lack corn
sacks SO long as she has hog skin and
OK hide, ReCel as we may against the
inevitable, we must at length "acknowl-
edge the corn"
What Breed of Cows are the Best for
ALL Purposes?
This is a question often nskesl, but a
difficult one to answer, unless by the
sweeping assertion that we want them
all.
so far as we are able to learn, there is
no one brood that, as rule, is possessed
Of all the points desired. There may
exist individuals in almost all the estab
lished breeds, that possess all good quail
tiles in sufficient degree to answer the
purposes Of the ordinary farmer, but as
race, there are none that embrace all
good qualities, and every farmer must
be governed in his choice by his situ;.-
ton.
If he has rich pastures and extensive
corn fields, and is near market where
the price of good beef rules high, the
Durham will probably be us near per
lection as any that can be obtain
ed.
The Shorthorns are great eaters. If
they run to milk, they give large
quantity Of it. If they have u tenden-
cy to fatten. they fatten with great ra
pldl:y. They grow rapidly and are
capable OF carrying an immense load of
flesh. They require the best Of care and
the richest of feed, and with this they
will every time amply repay all the
OUTLAWS.
But If allowed to roam in the public
roads and wild pastures in summer, ami
kept on poor hay and mouldy corn fod
der, in winter, they will invariably
prove the worst scrubs and the poorest
investment that the farmer can make in
cattle.
The objection to them as dairy cattle
is that you are not sure whether they
will prove great mixers or great feed
ers, or half and half.
The remedy is to feed literally at all
times, and if the cows are good mixers,
they will be very good ones; if not they
will fatten rapidly and can lie disposed
Of to good advantage as beef.
With dairy of forty COWS, a dozen of
SO Of the best heifer calves should be
raised each year, and ten or a dozen
cowssfattened each winter to be sold
in the spring, when beef commands the
highest prics.-ssasaz@z-a.-.@s .-.
III he keeps Shorthorns on the system
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