The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-09-05


OLD CORN.
There seems to be a good surplus of
old corn on hand, enough to prevent any
serious want from this seasons short
crop. The price of old corn is now
thirty-fve cents, with a good prospect Of
being forty.
GRASSHOPPERs.
The ravages of the grasshoppers have
been quite serious, and especially with
fruit trees. Young apple trees are, in
many instances, stripped entirely of their
foliage. It is thought that they will not
deposit their eggs this fall, therefore
they will not amount to q great deal
next spring and summer.
CATTLE AND HOGS.
If the cattle have not the feuer, the
farmers certainly haze, to a certain ex-
tent, as they seem to be determined to
make that one of the chief sources Of
revenue, which is very well, a they
make a good return on money invested.
Hogs are being handled with great care.
There is a good supply and they also re-
ceive meritOrious attention.
HORSES AND MULES.
st. Joseph as a horse and mule mar
ket is well esteemed by the farmers gen.
orally, and much attention is being paid
to this; mules, especially, find a ready
market. The epizootic seems to have
played sad havoc among jacks, they be-
being somewhat like loud-mouthed poll
titians, were continually braying, hence
were ready to inhale anything of an cpl
demic nature. The prices offered and
paid for jacks is simply astonishing.
IMPROVEMENTS.
The county Is slowly but surely pro-
crossing onward in the scale Of wealth
and population. The condition of the
farmers is generally easy, with no very
great stress in money circulation. All
Of them are in excellent spirits and seem
rather buoyant over the present and
future prospects before them. A great
many farmers, firing of seeing their tim
Der wasted on farm fencing, are cult
waiting and growing hedge, and already
have many miles Of good fence OF this
perpetual hedge.
EURsERY--PERSONAL.
DR.. Falkner has a very extensive nurs-
cry, embracing every kind and descrip-
ton of fruit trees, grape vines, Usage
hedge, &C., SC. He has labored inces-
sanity for the welfare ofhis section and
is now reaping some of the benefits of
his untiring labor.
Judge Talbot is one of those farmers
who are themselves ever up with the
times and keeping others up with a sharp
stick. Men like him are a necessary &C
cessiOn to every community.
Edward Robinson, of Andrew, a man
who can talk good sense all day long
and intersperse it with the spice of a
good anecdote. a Republican and a gen.
tleman generally, we had the pleasure
of meeting at his h%ospitable board.
THE CHANGERS.
Everybody seems to be a Granger.
They are particularly after middlemen.
and not without cause, perhaps. But il
seems to us that a great many farmers
are like the ladies--after the fashions.
1t is a rare occurrence with them that
they will, when they can, buy home
made wagons and plows, which are Just
as good, except the nice painting and
Towering, perhaps. Let them more con-
sistently practice what they preach, en-
courage home manufactures, plant more
wheat and import less bread stuff.
(Nodaway imports 100000 worth Of
flour per Year,
The impression that has SO generally
| prevailed heretofore that the Changers
would largely affiliate with some polit-
ical party, is doubtless without easona-
BILE foundation, as they as yet stand well
alOof and upon the merits of their OWL
| strife, which is indeed enough, j. g., to
correct the evils incident to their calling.
It might be well, to ave some men from
initiating the brown handed farmer, to
| state that none but farmers are admitted
| into their Oranges. The Grange AT
| Maryville admitted a lawyer, conse.
| quently forfeited their charter. Wonder
what Judge Royal knows about farming
nowp
BOLCKow AND IT'S SHIPPING.
On Monday afternoon, having a little
| leisure, we undertook to find out the
number of hogs, cattle, grain and Other
| things that have been shipped from thai
station for the last six months, anG
learned from mine host, DR.. Faulkner
that it was about as follows: Number
| of cars of cattle, 100; hogs, 1875; grain
q; lumber, (native) s.. This woult
| give evidence. it seems, of thrift and en-
terprise, and the returns for their pro
duce are good, enabling them to gain {
more sure footing than many have here
tofore enjoyed.
ACCIDENT.
On Saturday evening as Wash. Jack
son, Esq. Reed and others were return
ing from Maryville, when near Bernard
the team ran away. Mr. Reed, contrar!
to the advice of Mr.. jackson, jumped
out of the wagon, alighting on his heaa
and received such injuries rs will lkef.
prove fatal. MIR. Reed Is a resident o
Nodaway county, and is n Of thei
heaviest farmers. j. ID. NJ.
Crvvrs q IJApny ain't Uof auv ur0uer