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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11
When to Soil Grain.

A correspondent Of the Erening
Wisconsin writes: l would say to
you, the one great mistake of the
farming community is this: the
practice of contracting debts to be
paid in the fall of the year instead
of having them come due in June or
July, in order to have the benefit of
the fall and spring markets. | find
that a great many of the farmers
sell their last bushel Of grain at one
half or two-thirds its value in order
to pay their liabilities, and SO lose
the profits, thereby damaging them
selves and the surrounding commu-
nifty by draining the country OF
every dollar, leaving nothing to
make improvements with. l have
noticed that the middle-men are full
ly aware of your obligations, or if
not, the first thing you do is to in
form them by saying, 81 must raise
some money to pay debts; what can
you give me a bushcl for my grain?"
That gives them to understand you
are obliged to sell, no matter what
you get, and they take the advan-
tage of you.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11
Flowing Out Potatoes.

A correspondent of the Country
Gentlnan writes: In the absence OF
good potato digger, the idea OF
blowing them out is not bad one
l have tried it with good success.
Where land is passably clean, and
the potatoes lie in the center of the
hill, like the Early Rose, Peerless
and Excelsior, take a common
double moldboard shovel pillow, hitch
on two horses and pillow out every
other row. Have potatoes picked
up, and pillow the alternate rows.
When they are all plowed out, and
those that can be seen picked up,
run over the ground with common
harrow Thomas Smoothing harrow
would undoubtedly be much bettcr)
and the potatoes will be out as clean
as though dug by hand, and in less
than half the time the same help
would do the work by hand digging.
In two pieces where dug them in
that way, think there were less po-
tatoes left in the ground than would
be left by hand diggers. The first
piece I dug in this manner l plowed
Immediately for rye, and | was sur
prised to find so few potatoes left.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11
Profit in Flooding Sheep.

At recent meeting of the Far
mcrs' Club, in Batavia, Gcncsec
county, New York, Mr.. George
Burt presented the following def
mite statistics relative to the cost
and profit of feeding sheep for mar
ket: lie paid for 200 sheep for fat
tening 1918; for keep, two months,
$G4; s tons of hay, SIG per ton,
SIPS; four loads corn stocks, SIG;
14s bushels Of corn, 60 cents per
bushel, $3.50; one barrel Of salt,
So; interest on money invested $780,
Is; total, 81, 227.55, January 4th, he
sold III sheep, at 8 cents per pound,
81 ,522.4O; %, at 81 cents per pound,
$lS1.79; one pelt, Sl.50; total, ST.
705 go; profit on 200 sheep, S47s.-
l4.-Mr. Burt holds that sheep, in
winter, should be kept in small
flocks, less, rather than more, than
G5 in a flock, in yards where they
can have free access, at all times, to
water; that they should be kept free
from all disturbing or exciting
causes; that open sheds are better
for them than y close barn; and
that it is best to feed grain to them
whole.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11
Driving Away Vermin.

If you arc troubled with vermin
and live in house that affords
them secure hiding places, you must
either plaster or paper the walls.
Nothing short OF this will answer
the latter any woman can see. Then
wash and wipe your bedsteads
thoroughly, and as particularly as
you would tureen. If your bed
steads are the very old kind with
cords in them, boil the cords in
ashes and water. Then touch every
joint and possible Judgement with
the tip of a feather dipped in mix
ture made of one pint of turpcntino
and one ounce Of corrosive subli-
mate, shaken well in y bottle. Do
this once 4 month for six or eight
months, and then ever afterwards,
once year, in the month Of March.
These troublesome vcrmin hatch III
that month. This mixture is deadly
poison, and must be labelled thus
and kept clear ont of the reach OF
your smart young ones. Nearly
every neighborhood has had a child
killed by taking a drink of this
poison.
But if You arc going into new
house, by all means buy clean new
bedsteads; it will prove one of your
best investments. l am not sure
that vermin can be eradicated from
old bedsteads, but they can be, as
DR.. Hall says of corns and consump-
ton, they can never be entirely
cured, but they can be indefinitely
postponed-we think bed bugs can
be made very scarce, and most salts
factorily postponed Ohio Farmer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11
A Western Farmer.

The farmers of New England who
blast holes In the ground to plant a
few acres of beans and corn-hops,
doubtless have imperfect notions of
the area of some of our Western
farms. Here, in Vermilion county,
a single individual owns and man.
ages seven thousand acres, while
other farms of still greater magni-
tude may be found in adjoining coun-
ties. Mr.. Slidell, Of the township
bearing his name, has domain of
seven thousand acres. The tract is
six miles long, and varies from one
to two miles in width. Running
through it's entire length is the
Little Vermilion river, skirted for
two miles with beautiful groves and
clusters of thickets. Three thou
sand acres are in meadow, and rs
much more in blue grass and pas
ture, and the remaining thousand is
DEVOTED to corn. Roaming over the
great pasture are fifteen hundred
cattle, a thousand Of which will
shortly be shipped to New York
city. Mr.. Slidell has also about a
thousand hogs on his place. The
corn he raises, together with thou
sands of bushels that he buys an
nually, is consumed on his farm.
He employs about forty teams and
fifty men, and has nine comfortable
tenement houses upon the planta-
ton. There are no public roads
through his premises, but Mr.. Sill
dell says that it is highway of it.
self. Wagon roads run through the
pasture from one end of the domain
to the other, with gates at the fence
crossings. The farm abounds in
springs, and is well drained
throughout. The proprietor of this
miniature dominion dwells in brick
mansion of size and surroundings
corresponding with the magnitude
of his comprehensive undertaking.
Mr.. Slidell has thirty miles of
hedge, and he expects to plant much
more. His business involves more
capital than is employed by any
mining company, banking house, or
mercantile establishment in Vcrmil-
lion county, and its successful man
agcmcnt demands capacity and en-
crgy Of the first grade.-Danuilie
(W) Times.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11

A correspondent of the German
town Telegraph writes: On dry OF
wet ground the effect of the roller
is found to be salutary. Plowed
and prepared for sowing, dry land
is much helped by the roller. The
blades of grass spring up sooner
and retain tirmer hold in the earth.
In a season of drought, rolling has
saved the crop, when without it the
seed would never have sprung from
the ground. In wet and heavy
ground it is believed the roller,
smoothing and hardening the sur
face, will leave the soil Immediately
beneath the surface in better con-
dition to terminate the seed. On
grass ground that has been heavcd
by the frost, the roller has an cx-
cellent effect in fixing the roots.
Rolling the ground is also good
when the land has been laid down
unevenly the previous year. If the
land is too dry, wait till just after a
soaking rain, and it will work cap
italy. 1t is good idea to roll
plowed sowed ground before har-
rowing, as it presses down the fnr-
rows that would be turned back and
makes the surface less uneven, and
the harrow pulverizes it much
better. We find that on an average
not one farmer in four has a roller.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11

Steamboats, are now carrying
flour from St. Louis to New Orleans
for twenty five cents a barrel, and
the railroads are carrying it to Dos
ton for $l.3O per barrel-the dis
lance being about 1900 miles-the
rates for grain are respectively: to
New Orleans by water l2a per hun
dred, to Boston by rail 65 cents per
hundred. A little comparison of
these two rates shows that the
Steamboats, are carrying five barrels
of fonr to New Orleans for the
same price that the railroads charge
for carrying one to Boston, and that
the boats are carrying five bushels
and a fraction of corn for the same
price that is charged by rail for one
bushel the same distance.
Steamboatmen complain Of the
present low rates, l2a cents per hun
dred, or $3.50 ton, at which they
are now carrying freights; still these
rates show what can be done when
there is plenty of water in the river
and navigation is easy; and they
show, too, how important it is to
the grain growers Of the west to
have sufficient water in the rivers
at all seasons of the ycar-The diff
ference between 124 and G5 cents
per hundred is $lO.45 per tom
sum which, calculated on one hall
the Western produce that passes
down the Mississippi and its tribu
taries, would, III few years, pay
the cost of all the improvements
needed to secure easy navigation al
all seasons Of the year.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11
Potato Experiment.

James Wellcs, of Chicopee, Mass,
plowcd deep and narrowed a piece
of green swarl, designed for a gar
den; dug deep holes three feet apart
each way, put sods in the bottom,
grass side down, and on them COW
stable manure, about two quarts in
each hill; covered this lightly with
soil; cut one bushcl of Early Rose
potatoes so as to have one eye in a
piece, and put two pieces in a hill,
six to twelve inches apart. The
ground was kept free from weeds,
and the hills made high and large.
the product was 81 bushels of pota-
toes, As of which were of suitable
size for the table. The ground
measured 1880 square feet or a
fraction less than one-tenth of an
acre; and therefore the crop was at
the rate Of over 500 bushels to the
acre.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11
Cheap Way to Make Vinegar.

| take quite quantity of common
Irish potatoes, and wash them until
they arc thoroughly clean, then
place them in large vessel and
boil them until done. l now drain
off carefully the water that l cooked
them in, straining, it if necessary,
in order TO remove every particle of
the potato. Then | put this potato
water into a jug or key, which
place near the stove, or in some
place where it will be kept warm,
and add about one pound of sugar
to about two and one half gallons
of the water, some hop yeast, or a
small portion Of whisky. Prepared
in this way, and letting it stand
three or four weeks, you will have
most excellent vinegar. Indeed, it
is the only vinegar that will pre-
serve cucumbers cut fresh from the
vines without the aid of salt. If
have not plenty of the potatoes,
when | am boiling them for family
use put on more water than is nee
cssary to cook them, and drain off
the water and treat it as above de-
scribcd, diminishing the ingredi-
ents to suit the amount of potato
water. The whole cost of really
superior vinegar made in this way
does not exceed six or seven cents
per gallon Cincinnati gazette.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11

How TO MAKE RooT BEER.-A
good root beer is a desirable thing
in the hot days Of summer, not only
for shaking thirst, but also because
Gifts utility rs tonic. this is the
way to make the real old-fashioncd
brew: Take spruce boughs, black
birch bark, sarsaparilla, winter
green leaves, sassatras, yellowdock,
dandelion roots; boil all together in
a large kettle, with a handfulof hops
and two quarts of wheat bran, and
two quarts OF molassos. When
boiled enough-two hours or So
strain through a sieve, cool, and
add pint Of yeast. If not very
sweet to the taste, add more molas
ses. Let it work over night and
bottle. Secure the corks tightly,
and it will foam well. The same
can be made in larger quantities,
and put into a fifteen-gallon cask,
and worked from the bung-hole for
q few days, but it will not foam so
well as if bottled.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11
WHAT DUMB CRITTERS SAYS

This sweet little dialect poem Is from Edwar
Egglestons new novel, 1.-THE Mystery Of MetroI
The cat bird poorly nigh splits his throat,
EfnObady's thar to see,
The cat bird poorly nigh splits his throat,
But CT say, 'Sing out, green coat"
Why, ~ can't" and II shanr," says he.
I'low'd the crows mout be afcard
OF man made outen straw.
How'd the crows mount be afeared,
But law they warn't the least bit skeercd,
They larfed out, "Haw! haw -haw!'
A long tail squirt up in tn top
OF that air ellum tree,
A long-tail squirt up in tn top,
A-lls'nn' to the acorns drop,
Says, "Sh! sh-sh!" ut me.
The big-eyed owl a-settin' on limb
With nary a wink nur nod,
The bigeyed owl a-settin on limb,
Is a-singin' sort of a solemn hymn
Of"HOO! hoo ah!" at God.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11
TRY PARSONS
KEY CITY BITTERS

and you will buy no others, af-
ter using them once. AS a cure
and preventative of all Skin Dis
eases, they stand without q IL
val. They regulate the bowels,
restore energy to the system,
aid digestion, and give new life
and vigor to all who use them.
Try ONE bottle Of the Key City
Bitters; they are for sale by all
first class druggists, and at
wholesale only by the proprie-
tor, 0. NJ. PARSONS.
Idly Dubuque, Ia.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11

A HINT TO HoUsEwIvEs.-Every
housewife of neat and tidy habits
takes especial delight in keeping all
the tin, copper and iron ware of her
kitchen as clean and bright as pains
taking labor can make them. A
pride in this direction is commend
able, and always meets the smil
ing approval of the "tyrant man.
who pays the household bills. Re
member that Sapolio is the only
thing..on earth that will make an
old furnished tin pan or rusty ket-
tie shine as bright as new. and by
the use ofSapolio it is the quickest
and easiest thing in the world tc
keep every utcnsil in high state
Of polish.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11
Not Farmers.

Men who know no better, are apt
to associate with farmers those in.
dividuals and families who live up
the valleys, along the timber, and
over the prairics, who virtually dc
nothing and think less. This is I'M
kind to the true agriculturist
There are thousands who have
failed in other callings for want OF
brains and motive power, who con
clude they can succeed as farmers.
They live for score of years and
make no visible improvement. They
have a small hut, (Which is all right
to begin WITH no barn, but small
patch improved, no orchard or gar
den, no shade trees, nor paint on the
house-no grapes, strawberries,
raspberries, or anything else to
make life desirable. Their children
in rags and Ignorance, and the wife
discouraged and broken-hcarted.
They spend three days of the week
in town, and probably the balance
in hunting and fishing or dreaming.
And yet men are sometimes inno-
cent enough to call such men farm
ers. And why SO? They neither
know or do anything about farming.
AS we'll might an ignorant dolt, who
could barely chop pig trough out
Of half a log, be called a carpenter.
Or if man had once been defend
ant in a lawsuit, be called a lawyer,
or if a boy had sold his fish pole, be
called a merchant. Yet frequently
by those who know no better, these
men who are neither farmers, nor
belong to any other branch of active
industry, are classed with the wide
awake, and scientific farmers. But
we will console ourselves that they
have no more discrimination or
honesty towards worthy class,
their opinions arc Of little value
Register.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11

DIPHTHERlA.- In the summer OF
1861, this disease prevailed through
the Chenango Valley in the State OF
New York, as malignant and fatal
epidemic; some Of many families,
and in some instances entire fami-
lies, were swept away by this fell
destroyer. During this time, DR..
Trask's Magnetic Ointment came in
to use as remedy, and very soon
was recognized as an important help
in the treatment; indeed, in some
neighborhoods it was relied upon as
the principal remedy. It's applica-
ton for all affections Of the throat
and lungs is attended with marked
benefit. 1t seems to act as an alter
alive upon the Mucous Coats of the
throat and air passages, forcing out
the viscid and irritating mucous
and restoring the mucous surfaces
to healthy action.
See advertisement on second page.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11

NOTICES OF THE Press.
The Bazaar is edited with contribution of tact
and talent that we seldom find in any journal, and
the journal itself is the organ of the great world
of fnshion.-Bost0a TtuUeler.
The Bazaar commcnds itself to every member o
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 matror
by its patterns for the chdren's Clothes to yater
fdmilias by its tasteful designs for embroidered
slippers and luxurious dressing gowns. But the
reading matter of the Bazaar il uniformly of grea
excellence. The paper has acquired a'wide pop
ularity for the Preside enjoyment it affords.-N
Y, EUeRing Post.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11

Harper's Bazaar, one year. 81 90
An extra copy of either the Magazine, Weekly,
or Bazaar will be supplied gratis for every club OF
Five Subscribers at "a each in one remittance, or
six copies for $40 without extra copy.
Subscriptions to Harper's Magazine, Weekly
and Bazaar, to one address for one year, $40; OF
two Of Harper's periodicals, to one address for
one year, 81.
Back Numbers supplied at any time
The i've volumes of Harpers Bazaar, for the
years 1858, 90, 70, II, ~, elegantly bound in
green morocco cloth, Will be sent by express pre-
raid for 81 each.
The postage ON Harper's Bazaar 20 cts ID year,
which must be paid ct the subscribers postofice
ddress, HARPER = BROS, New York.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11

A gentleman who lives on Fair
child avenue, and who has q fine
bed of asparagus, had the curios-
ity, one day this week, to test the
growth Of the plant by actual meas
urement. He selected thrifty
stock and measured it accurately at
eight o'clock a. m. At five O'Clock
P. m, on returning from the city, he
measured the same stalk carefully
again, and found that it had grown
exactly four inches.-Er.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11
AqrirmltMral Golm,Mn.

The reading columns of this page will be devo'
ted, mainly, to topics pertaining to the FA RIM and
HOUSEHOLD. The farmer readers of the BULLE-
TIN are cordially invited to write for IL.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11

CABBAGE LICE.-Thc Xorticul-
tarist recommends, Oh the authority
Of a correspondent, opening the
leaves as soon as the plants begin
to head and the louise makes it's APP
pearance, and sprinkling in common
salt, which, it is stated, has been
entirely successful. Another rubs
Oh the outside leaves 4 mixture OF
two spoontuls of kerosene in pint
Of water.
The movement of passengers between
France and England, by Calais an d Dove
in the month Of May, was 1926.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11
WON .

BY IN immense practice, extending through q
period of years, having within that time treated
many thousand cases Of those diseases peculiar
to womah, have been enabled to perfect most
potent and agreeable medicine that meets the ind-
cations presented by that class Of diseases with
positive certainty and cxactness.
To designate this natural specific compound,
have named IT - '' .
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11
an. 1879
THE
Iowa State Register,
DAILY AND WEEKLY.

The proprIetors of THE REGISTER. having learn
ed from experience what a newspaper should be
to suit the people of Iowa, enter upon the new
rear with increased facilities for the collection
and distribution OF news, from all parts OF Iowa
and all quarters of the world. In all the general
features Of a modern Political, News, Literary,
and Family Journal, The REGISTER Is now able
to compete, before the Iowa public, with any
paper published.
We need not say that Politically it will be Re.
publican. Its record is its promise here. All
Its powers shall be lent to the aid of pure, old
fashioned Republicanism, which never changes
any more than liberty changes. Devoted to the
party it will yet preserve the free agency of hon
est opinion and the right of frankly expressing it.
We know of party; we know nothing Of party
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11

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