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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-18
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Land Poor.
BY ROBERT EoLLINs.l

BY BOBEkT EoILIES.i
I've had another offer wfe--a forty acres more
Ofhigh and dry rich prairie, ~ level as floor;
thought I'd wait and see you first, ne Lawyer
Whiting said,
10 tell how things will turn GU, te-t a woman il
ahead.
And when this LOT Is paid for aud We have go
the deed.
And next well see about the yard and fix the
And manage in the course Of fine to have a
better home.
There is no use in talking Chsrlcs-you buy that
And wen go scrimping all our lives and always
FOR thirty years we've tugged and saved, denying
While ali we have to show for it Is tax receipts
and deeds.
I'd sell the land II il were mine, and have home
With broad. light rooms TO front the street, and
take life as II comes.
If we could live as others live, and have what
We'd live a great deal pleasanter, and have .
plenty, too.
books,
Just think how stingy we have lived and how this
That old farm we bought of Wells, that took so
OF clearing up and fencing in ha. cost me many
tears.
Yes, Charles, indeed, I've thought Of 1t 4 hundred
times or more
And wondered If il really paid to always be land
poor!
II we had built coy house and made happy
home,
Our children once so dear to us had never learn
cd TO roam.
grieye 10 think OF wasted weeks, and years. and
months and days.
While for II all we never yc; have hsd one word
of praise.
Men call us rich, but we are poor-would we rot
The land With all It's fixtures, for better way to
live.
Don't think I'm blaming you dear Charles, yOu re
not n whit to blame;
I've pilled you these many years to sec you tired
and lame!
It's just the way we started out our plans too far
ahead;
We've worn the cream of life ava. to leave too
much when dead.
It's putting off enjoyment long after we enjoy:
And after all TOO much Of wealth, seems useless
as 4 toy.
Although we've learned alas, too Late! what all
must learn at last,
Our brightest earthly happiness is buried in the
past,
That life is short and full of care, the end is al
ways nigh,
We seldom half begin to live before we begin to
to die.
Were to start my life again, I'd mark each sep
arate day,
Aud never let single one pass unenjoyed away.
Hthere were things to envy, I'd have them now
And have home tina, was home, and not a
cage or pen.
I'd sell some l.nd If ii were mine, and fit up well
and rest.
I've always thought small farms rel rork,' ere
bert.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-18
Flax Raising in Iowa.

From the Cherokee Times
We have endeavored to impress
upon the farmers of Cherokee
county the Importance ola diversity
of agricultural pursuits. Ofhavine
more than one string to their bow
and as the culture of flax is very
profitable pursuit, we propose to de
vote an occasional article to its cul.
tlvatiou.
Flax is cultivated for two pur.
poses-its seed and its fiber but
most frequently for both. When 4
market can be found for both, there
is no other crop grown by farmers
that is more profitable, and very
few indeed equal to it in that res
pect. At present we shall simply
consider it with reference to the
seed, as there are no mills in the
country for the manufacture of the
fiber.
All ax-growers agree that rich,
loamy soil, porous and friablc, such
as we have in this county is best
adapted for its growth. The land
must be we'll cultivated and made
as mellow as possible. Land that is
in good condition for wheat, is suf-
ficiently prepared for flax, but the
latter will not prosper on damp soil.
The time for sowing in this latitude
is the latter part OF April or the
early part of May. The best gene
raj rule that can be given is to SOW
when the land is dry and warm, and
as early as it IS so. The quality of
the seed that is to be sown differs
according to the object IN view. If
grown tor lint then it requires a
great deal more seed to the acre,
as the quality of the fiber is i'm
proved by preventing too much
branching in this case three or
four bushels are sown to the acre.
When grown for seed, from one
half bushel to one whole bushel is
usually sown. Three pecks on our
soil is usually sufficient. 1t cannot
be sown with seeder, but must be
sown by hand, and from its slipper
mess is apt to give beginner some
annoyance. Some cover it with q
brush harrow, but a common horse
harrow answers we'll enough, though
many roll it afterwards. The har-
vest is in September when it may
be cut with an ordinary reaper
About twelve bushels per acre is an
ordinary crop, and 81. per bushel
an average price per bushel, giving
the farmer s24. per acre for his land
in the gross. In addition to this if
the fibre be saved not lest than $40.
per acre can be realized in addition.
from it where there are manufacto-
tories. The residue or oil cake
the refuse after oil is pressed out Of
the seeds the very best feed for
stock. One pound containing more
nutrimcnt than five pounds of corn.
There is prejudice among some
farmers against growing flax, on the
theory that it impoverishes the soil,
but the experience of those who
have grown it for many years. is
that by proper rotation Of crops,
it is rather fertilizer than impov-
erisher Of the land. Now thaA flax
seed is offered to the farmers of
Cherokee, below it actual cost, let
them prove for themselves how its
cultivation will pay.
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The experiment Of sinking Sc
ries Of artesian wells along the line
Of the Union Pacific Railroad is
proving success. The railroad
company has alseady successfully
sunk six of these wells, which are
copiously flowing. There is one
well in every los miles along the
entire line. The depths range from
800 to LAS feet, and the bore is
six inches in diameter. This de-
monstratcd success ofartesian wells
is the solution of the problem of a
water supply and the eventual irri-
CATION and development of the now
sterile and desert-like great western
plains The quality Of the water
obtained is about the same as that
of the wells at Omaha, containing
in solution alkaline salts, soda, mag
nesia and lime, but not sufficient in
quantity to render it unwholesome.
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We extract the following from
Noore's Rural Neac Yorker. The
hints about cooling and handling
milk are good, and the entire extract
will be found suggestive:
Experiments in butter making
seem to be carried on with great
deal of care and system in Sweden
at the present time. Dairy schools
have been organized by the govern
ment and through the influence of
those schools, material improve
ments in cheese-making have been
introduced, so that the present pro-
duct is said to be universally ac-
knowledged as ola superior gu 'llty.
1t is probably through this organ
lied system Of schools that an effort
is being made to reduce butter max
ing to a science, or at least to estab-
lish certain principles in regard to
the treatment of milk and cream,
which, heretofore, have not been
fully recognized among practical
butter-makers.
On the authority Of NJ. Jwahlin-
Dauntelt, Superintendent of the
Royal Agricultural College, at Stock
holm. It appears that by long and
carefully conducted experiments it
has been ascertained that the more
speedily milk is cooled down after
being drawn from the COW the more
completely is the cream separated
from it. The water system which
had been adopted at the butter fac
tories, has been somewhat modified
to better meet the requirements Of
the above principle. The pals
originally used in setting the milk
in the pools were ls inches in diam
eter and "a inches deep /; and in
order to increase their capaci-
ty for cooling, the bottoms were
taken out and the sides pressed to-
gether, giving the pail an oval
shape, with small diameter of 7
inches, and providing them with
new bottoms. But in order to fur
ther quicken the process Of cooling,
iced water instead Of well water has
been used in the pools. The tenn
perature Of spring water is usually
no lower than 42o to As Fahren-
heit. When the water, therefore,
is above 500 the iced-watcr meth
cd is adopted for cooling the milk.
Again the Swcdes find from their
experiments that the milk should be
delivered soon after the milking is
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TRY PARSONS
KEY CITY BITTERS,

and you will buy no others, af.
ter using them once. As Il cure
and preventative of all Skin Dis
eases, they stand without ri
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restore energy to the system,
aid digestion, and give new life
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Try ONE bottle of the Key City
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FARM FOR SALE.

r9O Acres Of Land In the southwest corner
Nsdison township. Buchanan Co.: !ows, "
Under GOOD fences, and the prairie improved;
at; good well; house 1894. good basement T:1mo
I'd cellar; barn 1874; granary lsa; H.. To- nn;;
5000; one-haN cash, the balance on 'in'' ~ 'ui'
a House and Two Lots
Ee,so,: Addition 70 Independence. Terms:
sno: one half cash, balance on time 70 SUIT me
nrchssef. Inquire OF B. h. Ely ie soS
nee. iowa.
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NOTICES OF THE Press.
The Bazaar IL edited with a contribution of tact
and talent that we seldom find in any journal, and
the journal itself il the organ Of the great world
OF fashion.-BOstOn TrdUeter.
The Bazaar cOmmends itself to every member of
the household-to the children by dolls and pref
ty pictures, to the young ladies by its fashion
plates in endless variety, to the provident matron
by its patterns for the childrene clothes to paer.
Cdmiltds by its tasteful designs for embroidered
slippers and luxurious dressing gowns. But the
reading matter of the Bazaar is uniformly of great
excellence. The paper has acquired wide pop.
ularity for the lreside enjoyment il affords. "
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UoLLowAY's OINTMENT.-PAI

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IN THE BACK OR LIMBS, stiff neck,
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Sold IS Maiden Lane, N. Y. Price
25 cents per pot. Ask for new style;
the old is counterfeitcd. so
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The Alta California has this among its
answers to correspondents: DISCONTINUED
Wife.-Whcther you can safely swceten
your husbands coffee with sugar of lead
will depend Il good deal on the intimacy
of your acquaintance with the attending
physician.
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AaritMltMral Column.

The reading columns on this page will be devo.
ted mainly to topics pertaining to the FARM and
HousEnoID. The farmer readers of the BuLLE
TIN are cordially invited to write for It.
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Subscriptions. 1873.

Harpcr's Magazine. one year...... 81 90
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taza. 1879
THH
iowa State Register,
DAILY AND WEEKLY.

The proprletors Of THE REGISTER. having learn
from experience what a newspaper should be
} suit the people OF Iowa, enter upon the new
ear with increased facilities for the collection
nd distribution OF news, from all parts OF Iowa
id all quarters Of the world. In all the general
atures OF q modern Political, News, Literary,
I'd Family Journal, THE REersTEK is now able
|, compete, before the Iowa public, with any
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shioned Rcpublicanism. which never changes
~ more than liberty changes. Devoted to the
srty II will yet preserve the free agency OF hon
opinion, and the right OF frankly expressing 1t.
e know Of party; we know nothing OF party
DAILY REGISTER.
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wa has she facilities for so completely and
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ibiishing said dispatches In full, and all the
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other features, miscellany and literature, II
yes more and choicer reading than any other
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Hest Legislative reports OF any paper. and also
latest and most accurate reports Of the decis-
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COMMISSION TO AGENTS..
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IVA.
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NOTICES OF THE Press.
The ever increasing circulation of this excellent
monthly proves its continued adaptation to popu-
lar desires and needs. Indeed when we think
into how many homes it pcnetrates every month,
we must consider ii as one of the educators
well ms entertainers of the public mind for its
vast popularity has been won by no appeals to
prejudice or depraved tastes .BOston GlO6e.
The character which this Magazine possesses for
variety, enterprise, artistic wealth. and literary
culture, that has kept pace WITH ii it has not led
the times, should cause its conductors to regard
it with justifiable complacency. II also entities
them to great claim upon the public gratitude.
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Lands in Arkansas

The Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad offers
for sale 900 900 acres, in the rich valley OF the
Arkansas River. These Lands are unsurpassed in
the production ofcotton, corn. fruits, vegetables.
and all cereals The Inc xhaustible fertility ofthe
soil, the climate average temperature for the
months of Dec, JAN, Feb. and March about 49,
F. permitting agricultural labor about eleven
months of the year; the unquestioned health OF
the valley; the various and abundant timber, good
water and water powers, with the rapid develop.
mcnt of the State in Railroads, population and
general improvement, combine 10 render these
lands the garden OF the country.
Uplands from $3.50 to s., and River Bottoms
from so to $50 per acre, on a credit of six years
and annual interest. Pamphlets and Maps fur
nished gratuitously on application to
Ms. HOWE, Land Commissioner,
Little Rock, Ark.
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DAILY REGISTER.
ne WEEKLY REGISTER.

This edition will be compedium OF the most
iuable matter appearing In the Daily Issues
il edited for the class Of readers taking II, be-
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and the workingman, and all classes Of intelli.
Mt society. It has for Agricultural Editor
sctical farmer. In news each issue OF The
sxxLY REaIsrYR will be history Of Iowa for
, current week; In general features, 1t will give
much reading matter, literary and miseellan-
~ a. would be given In book Of $50 pages.
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Harper's Bazaar.

a Repository Of Fashion, Pleasure q
Instruction.
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Hampers Weekly.
SpLhNDiDLr ILLESTR1TED

NOTICES OF THE Pass.
Tho Weekly is the ablest aud most powerful il.
lustraed periodical published IN this country. Its
editorials are scholarly and convincing, and car
ry much weight. Its illustrations of current
events are full and fresh. and prepared by our
best designers. With a circulation of 10000, the
Weekly is read by at least half million persons
and its influence as an organ of opinion Is simply
tremendous. The Weekly maintains a positive
position, and expresses decided views political
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Subsori tions.-1S73.
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Burlington. CEDAR Rapids &
Minnesota R'y.

On and after August i,h, 1872, Passenger train,
on this line will run as follows: