The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-08-10
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AIRlCULTJkxbI ITEMS.

count Of the growing hop crop IN Onei.
drnf'sa'NH asL ggETT1AggatM
IT'S stated that wheat isshirpeti from
Fort Dodge. to Chicago for thirty cents
'TFT TTTTT T~ q TTRy
AOss&e some what simnar 20 hog
cholera Is carrying Off swine rapidly In
Huntington county, Indiana.
Late a,ivicss from Russia indicate that
the crops In that country will he better
than for tho last five years.
The price Of Berkshire swine III Ken.
lucky continues high. Sows are selling
ut from $50 to s 90 apiece. \s7.N
The New England Fairs exhibition
buihiihg. Mt Lowell, win contain 81 900
fasb o. about half an acre of available
space.
Henry A. Dyre, very active, useful,
aud pr0Mihsslt NY rfcultlristo Of NewJer-
sey, recently died at his homo at New.
ark, in that State.
Twelve thousand acres Of land were
sold near Winchester, Tenn, a few
days ago, ut ten cents per acre. 1t Is
all mountain land, very heavily tim.
L,ered.
DIR. Stuart Elbridge, formerly libra
rian Of the Agricultural Department
mt Washington, 1t IL said accompanies
Gen. Capron on the Japanese commits.
sion. ..i u.
From large number Of reports COL
lected In nearly every portion of Eng
land, II Is now we'll assured that the
wheat csOp of that country viii be an
aversge ono. .lfu III LFEITHEEs
An epidemic cattle disease Is said to
DO raging in the southern portion OF
Brown GO. rWirconsin. . The animals
seem to be stupetied n day or two, when
apainful death ensues. 49,. .ua
An intelligent Georgia correspondent
ofan Eastern paper says that the un.
favorable season has injured the cot ton
crop very materially. The yield will be
from one third to one half below all av.
erage crop.
g.. II II reported that the Texas caltl. 70.
vcr has appeared in Lincoln Co. Ky,
and several cows have died. The d.
scase was communicated by some Mis-,
sissippi cattle that had been grazed and
fed in a pasture with the native stock.
Xedrth and Home learns that Mr.
Sheldon, the great New York short
horn cattle breeder, has been ofIerc,
aud refused $50, 600 for three heifers in
his herd, and also that he has been Of
fcred $3.50 for five cows, the choic.
Of his herd.
Among the premiums offered by the
Marshall Co. tllU Agricultural Society
AT its next Fair, are two of SO each fol
the hands"mest boy aud girl babies, t.
he awarded by u commits. composed
Of the editors Of The l.acon, Henry, and
Wenona papers.
This is the opinion Of an exchange
1--WE are clearly OF the opinion, that snil>
which are made up Il less than fry
per ceut, Of sand, drained and pinaed
twelve inches in depth, finely ruiver-
ICED aud well n,anurcd, will h.ing fan
crop any Year, be the weather wet OF
day.
In portions OF New Work women wen
iatu the l.Ayv4-t tield. III. Rundout
t|tt'ts'H says that Tive farmers are
drawing ia.gri, "u the vintage for har
vest hands. They tind tHt dagger part
Al tl.fr la IA. s..,.,,n ,,..>
men, II few Irish women also going into
field. Many of the farmers send their
wagons IN for them in the early morn,
ing. but many of them march out t.
the near by fields, returning in the ev.
ening.
The Grand Rapids Eagle says: "rhat
the great Uuion Fair of the Northern
Michigan Agricultural and Mechanical
and State Physiological Societies. to be
held In this city during the middle
week of September, Is to be n grand sue,
cess IL now well assured. Especially in
the psychological department do We eN
pect TO see by far the richest display OF
fruits ever put upon exhibition in this
State, II not in the entire West"
NJ. l., Danlap'> idea of planting fores,
trees Is that they must be closely plan.
ted. in order to make proper upward
growth, and will need to De lhinned out
year after year. according 10 the rapidi-
~ growth About three thousand trees
10 the-acre will answer a good purpose,
This Will make them about four feet
c,s,hs ~sy. Some planters prefer three
feet, aud begin To thin out in five or six
years. The wood that Is obtained in
thinning will more than pay for the ex-
ira p,ants aud labor.
Speaking of the health of animals, the
.lggiea'taraiiI says The sickness aud
death of stock constitutes one OF the
greatest losses aud discouragenents ei
the. farmer. T..c iulme.iiate cause OF
their death may be beyond our control
hut In nine eases gu, OF TEN The disease
i; We ssAreh back far enough, might be
traced 70 dyspepsia, der~,.gemsnt ot the
bowels. at.i gen slxl debility. Improper
and irregular feeding, oveTwork in a hot
sun, seinE too long without wafer, and
then giving too much, are among the
causes Of had digestion and gene raj ill-
health Aud these are uat.er our con
troll"