The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-10-12

: Inc wheat crop III the nOTtH oi LHS-
land has been greatly injured by wire
worms.
Cattle are dying in considerable mum.
bers in Madison Co., Ala, from the
murrain.
California has produced watermel-
on weighing seventy-three pounds and
nine ounces.
The largest melon patch in Illinois is
probably that at Seymour, which coy
ers 700 acres of ground.
90 The drouth is reported to be very
severe in Maryland and Virginia, doing
great injury to corn and tobacco. *.a
General Beall, of Pennsylvania, is the
owner of 100000 acres of land in Cali.
fornia-rather sizeable garden spot
1t is said that hog cholera is still rag
ing in Marion county, Iowa. No re-
medy that will check the disease has
been discovered.
An exchange says that the Corn crop
of Southeastern Illinois will not be over
half crop.
Heavy land if reduced and pulseriz-
ed, as it can be when completely dry,
will not forget it in years.
Over $4,000 acres of land were taken
by homestead and presumption at the
Vermillion, Dakota, land Office, during
August.
A farmer in Jefferson township, Iowa,
recently met with severe loss, by the
burning of eight stacks of oats, seven
of wheat, and six fat hogs.
California finds poppy culture sue
cess. The opium is rich in morphia,
and much superior to the ordinary
imported article.
The hay crop OF Sheboygan Co.,
Wis, is estimated to be one thousand
tons in excess of the requirements for
home consumption.
The editor of the Canton (Ill.) Req
s. iste,. claims to have1seen stalk of corn
in Banner township, ILL.,, bearing nine
perfect ears of corn.
1t is estimated that nearly 100000
worth of tobacco will be raised in
Jefferson Co., Wis, the present year.
providing past prices are obtained.
About 1000 acres of flax were sown
in the vicinity of Morning sun, Louisa
Co., Iowa, this Spring, and is now be-
ing harvested. 1t proves a valuable
crop.
In ten years mich cows in Vermont
have increased ten per cent. The
butter produced has increased 2,0OO,-
COO, and cheese has declined 3,OOO,O00.
pounds.
Striped snakes eat potato bugs,
which in turn poison the snakes, and
the people of Van Buren, Co., Iowa,
speak of this arrangement as a mutual
benefit society.
Northern Texas is SO severely affect
ed by the drouth that vegetation is
driving up, and the cattle are d wing out.
The Southern part Of the Indian Ter
ritory is in the same condition.
The Flint (Mich.) Fii.:en says that
Prof. ;. Bricklcy, .Jr., had forty bushels
of Dichl wheat to the acre this wear.
His corn crop Of Ii acres is CONSIDERED
one of the finest in the nrinIlhorhood.
The Hillsdale .>tonH,i,| says that
Geo r. Trumbull, of Whcatland, raised
this season 225 bushels Of black Nor
way Oats upon three acres of land soWn
with six bushels OF seed. s"vcntv-fvc
bushels to the acre.
The Ne,c EnylanH Eiru,er SAYS that
soils which are made up of less than
fifty per cent. of sand, drained and
plowed twelve inches in depth, finely
pulverized aud well manurcd. will
bring . fair crop every year, b" the
weather wet or dry.
a farmer in Clayton county, Iowa,
has raised three acres and IA half of
tobacco this season, the yield OF which
was ton to the acre, and 81, 900 for
the crop. He thinks this is better than
wheat at sixty cents bushel. and only
sixteen to twenty bushel, to the acre.
Charles Carter went into Iowa
county only six years ago, young, with
his soul full of pluck, and $500 in his
pocket. Now he can stand on the
veranda of fine residence on slightly
elevation, look cultivated farm of 600
acres worth thousands of dollars, all his
own.
The highest farm in the world is said
to be situated four miles from Sherman
Station, on the Union Pacific Railroad
1t has an elevation eight thousand feet
above the sea level. Vegetables and
grain thrives we'll on the farm, and two
hundred young apple trees have been
set out as an experiment.
A California writer says 1--WE find
in California no wood for lever or a
pick handle, better in quality than a
pine limb. In the whole western half
of our country no timber is grown suit
able to make a carriage, wheelbarrow,
or any kind of farm implement. All
these are supplied from the East
A lady writing from Salem, Oregon,
SAYS there is an abundance of the finest
and largest cherries, apples, peaches,
plums, and apricots. No wormy fruit
there. The curculio is not known.
They sky is very clear, and the air,
though the thermometer is up to
eighty-fve or ninety degrees, is not OPP
pressively hot. nights are cool. No dew
falls. She has put clothes on the grass
at evening, and in the morning they
were dry. Flowers of great beauty are
found wild.