Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-04-23

poflod abimalS alive, one cent
pound on beef, two Cents d pound on
hams, twenty to tbirty-one per cent.
on leather, thirty five per cent co
prepared meats, Ewenty per cent. on
condensed Iailk, one cent per pound
on til ", ttom fifteen to fifty per
cent Ja wool and wooden manutac-
lures. More than the can not rea--
onably be expected. Unde: this fos-
teriog legislation an encouragement
is held ont 20 every Industrious far
mer which can not fail Of aiding TO
success wherever intt lllgence is
brought to bear aud the proper means
are applied, with reasonable economy
IN the Disbursements Of the farm and
expenses Of the farmers family
RESULTS IN THE Pr apucTIoN Of GRASS
And HAY.
The early colonists bad no koowl.
o1ge Of rni4ing either grass or hay hy
arIticial means for their animals, and
Tho cattle had 10 browse on the leaves
and branches of trees ana grazo OF
be slid grtsse, III ;ho meadows and
at marshes for q Subsistence. Star
vAtion and death were often she re-
suI'. An OLD Virginia Fl ORC Reg
l.ter says; All The inhaoitau 5
give their cattlo ia the winter is only
be husks Of their Iadian corn, 40
less IL DO some Of them That have .
little wheat straw, Mother ~ they
give them any more Of these than
vii serve TO keep them alive
| An0 her C temporary writer says
They neither housed or MIXED their
cows 10 winter, having "a n0tlOn THAT
it would kill them" Sheep and hogs
were equally neglected, ana very ilt-
lie Improvement in this respect was
introduced mill after the Revolution.
| Gradually from that period The cuiti-
| walton OF grasses and preparation OF
hay increased, and with these the
stock improved, Agricultural soclo
ties at ii lAter day stimulated this
branch Of Industry large barns DO
came objects Of PRIDE, especially in
he Eastern 3tatee, and stabilized cat
tie were seen for the first time, at
fording q corresponding improve
meat in the quality of tho beef. The
return of the hay product for 1870
was q 3l6 048 tonr.
HISTORY OF TIE INCREASE OF CEREAL
AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTS.
The early settlers found the Indi-
ans cul ivatjfg Indian corn to q limi-
ted extent, and q tew vegetab lea, and
they themselves relied for years
chiefly on corn, pumpkins, sqnashes,
and sweet potatoes, the cultivation
Of which, with t0Oaec1 in Virgins
vas ell new 10 them. The Indian
planted hia corn With q shell, putting
Ii Il as fsrlil zer uater sarh hilt
Tbs asttiers puoB.ituted pgaiiic0
hoe for The s1oli bur adopted the fish
as fertilizer. az early wfitor
among tho Pilgrims says: accord
ing to the manner Of tie indians, we
mannred our groaa1 with horrogs
or rather sb=ds, which We have in
great abundaUce and take With grea
ease 1T cur doors." And again
You may see in ono township
hundred acres together set with these
fish, every acre taking thousand OF
them and ono acre thus dressed VIII
produce and yitl SO much corn as
three acres without G-h Theirs
wac no pillow, and no suba,al farming
in those days, and the surface scratch
| ing wa8 frequently sftected %
Drought TO tho extent OF the lass Of
the entire crop.
Wheat va. first s0wn in 1902 but
in verv smalnneniisy. This was by
Go4w on one Of the Elizabeth L.
mis-. ID b 2z Ard's Bay. Massachu-
4etta. as vs. me informed bg Caarles
r.. Flint III TIE repo. cftbr Depar :
m. nj Of Agriculture for 1872 a very
.5ocd autbotity. Tho 6tsJ whea
| wa. sown in VIRGINIA IN 1911. and
the quantity oonunusd 10 increase
un l640 when j. ftll into djsrepute
and was largely superseded by TIC
culture Of lonneco, which was much
more profitable IL Nv England i
secured mora attention, butts merits
were held 10 subordinatlon 60 ludIan
corn, AMI the increase 81 the qnanti-
" raised vas, up TO tue commence
ment OF the present century Ver5
incons'oofaoI.' oAP1a'h "'S = ~
also eocretoed lh II roouc'l3 t"e
cultivation n rye' o@tlsy, aho oa'7
early - the scVehteoh1h cet1a VI.
The rye houf was used mainly tor
bread, mlzed win corn meal. Inc
oaituro II The potato was Introduced
about 1879, &nd soon became popular
About the middle OF the eighteenth
century both tha. anu the sweet pc
tatoe were exported IN small qaanti-
ties TO Eogland. But It was no.
until agriculture revived "i'eI '"9
heVoiuuon, thA' 'nuch progress W.
lli@o0 - 'na ou's'' 80. - " = 90
ot"ce toeo. ho"oso'' more mas ceo'