The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-06-10

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from the state Register
Hops are, in the New York market,
rs to 80 cents, according TO the quail
ity.
The Cedar Falls Gazette says mere
than IL ,0OO, 900 has been coatributsd
this year by low. Tor the grasshoppes
sufferers.
The recently imported horses Of
Mr.. Cook, of Charles City, are said to
be very we'll since their arrival.
The downward tendency in wheat
and corn has disappointed many
spectators as vel! - producers.
In most of the States the rains
have been too limited for even . ne.
dium crop Of Timothy.
The Oskaloosa Herald says that
Mr.. Else of that county sold eighteen
two year old steers, averaging in
weight ,467 pounds, and claims the
belt.
"A grange cannot surrender its char
ter so long as nine men and four wo-
men" members thereof vote against
it. So say those who are authorized
to decide.
The Grundy County .Atias says
that the powder Of white hellebors,
or cayenne pepper, sprlnkled on
plants will preserve them from tins
depreiations of worms or bugs.
Grundy county will hold its first
Agricultural Fair, Sept. 18th, 18th
and 18th. They offer liberal list Of
premiums, and 8 goodly list Of spec
ial premiums is offered by individu-
ais.
Mr.. A. j. Alexander, Of Kentucky,
has lately sold by cable dispatch to
f. H. Cheney, Of Gadesb- Hall, Eng.
land, the 10Th Duchess of Airdrie fo-
$4,000. So says the Country Gem
tlemdn.
There is complaint Ess, that the
rage for cheese factories is lessening
seriously the amount of butter offer
ed at New York market, and that it
is now worth, for first quality Of west
ern, - to 23 cents.
Some successful experiments have
been made in working heifers like
oxen, to cure barrenness. The same
has been done with some choice
mares which which had been kept
idle and fed high.
Mr.. Wilson, of England, after Ia
borious experiments, has succeeded
in hybridizing wheat and rye, but
when the grain thus produced grew
the next year it would not produce
grain, but was perfectly barren.
Those who were with him in the
army report TO us that VIM. l.. Car
penter, the new Secretary of the
State Grange of Iowa, is 6rst-class
man as to honesty and capacity, and
that he is good fellow generally.
From every direction We hear that
the corn has come up well, with few
or exceptions than usual. There has
been but little rain. and there has
been favorable time to keep the
ground in good order.
At the late Fair at Rochester, N.
Y, the highest premium was paid for
the heaviest fleece Of wool from
ram, weighing 80 lbs, and from >
eve, weighing II lbs., , OF.
We believe at Chicago No. l
spring wheat has to weigh fifty-nins
pounds to the measured bushel, No.
2, fifty-seven lbs, and No. 3, 6fty-fvs
lbs. But in all cases they take sixty
pounds for bushel.
The Prairie Fdrmev, after inter-
viewing prominent miller, says :63
lbs of No. spring wheat should
make III lbs of best -four, 10 lbs of
superfne -four, ~ lbs bran, 81 lbs
middlings, 3 lbs screenings, leaving
! 8! lost in grinding.
One Grange proposes to be sweet
ened. The papers state that the Pat.
! rons OF Monroe county, Missouri, last
week received direct from Louisiana,
/ through Grange agency, six and
half tons Of sugar and large amount
! of coffee.
| Corn is the great crop for Iowa.
! June is the time for the war Of exter-
mination Of weeds, but it is better
for the corn and easier work to pre-
vent them from growing than to kill
them after they have grown. Harris,
of the 1griculturist, should be can
onized for his hatred of weeds.
The Grundy County -i,las informs
us that Mr.. G. w. Warner, of Colfax
township, sold, last week, l0l head
of fat cattle, averaging 1900 pounds
each, realizing thereirom 4:,22l.5O.
Mr.. Warner has sold some 10000
worth OF cattle and hogs this spring,
fed by him during the past winter.
Mr.. F. K. Holcomb, of Muscstine,
says there is an abundance OF the
"lowa Tanning Weed, grown in that
county, and says he could furnish :
million o: plants. 1t would be =
good thing, if prolific weed in this
State should be discovered that
would be efficient in tanning the
hides in Iowa.
| Mr.. NJ. A. Rodman, Of Jefferson
county, New York, last year had .
butter factory, and took milk from
customers to manufacture into but
ter. 1t took 234 lbs of milk to make
pound OF butter, and was sold that
the customers received el.451 for
every 100 pounds Of milk. The prof
its Of the cows each for the summer
was $5G.3l
A correspondent Of the Massschu-
settsr Ploughmaa says: 81 once had
valuable animal in such . bad case
from that kept him out Of sight
from shame. A friend, however,
suggested that feed him ten bushels
of buckwheat and watch the result.
This l did in lieu Of any other prov
ender, and before long he began to
improve, and by the time tho ten
bushels were consumed he would