The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-10-21

From the State Register j

lhe price OF grapes in California
is from si2 to $40 per ton.
The Connmercial Record says that
hogs have been contracted 1t Gin
cinna,i for January delivery At $3.50.
Hon. James Wilson, NJ. C.. de-
i.vers the agricultural address si the
Marshall county Fair this week.
| Vernon county; Missouri, thi. year
raised $4,000 bushels of castor beans.
They are grasshopper proof.
| Neidig, of the Marshall Repubh.
can, says of Grundy county: I'VE
have no hesitsncy in. saying that
Grundy county is the most beautiful
agricultural district in the State"
Sheds, straw stables. pig pens, and
chicken houses must be repaired,
cleaned, manure removed, ready for
winter. The health and comfort Of
all animals demand it.
When weaning colts, tie them up,
or they will run and fret so as to
seriously injure them in growth. II
is just rs good as any other way to
tie them 10 stall adjoining their
mother.
As the cold winds sweep across
hog pens, it is poor economy to at
tempt to keep the hogs warm with
corn and ice water. Give corn to
fatten but give them ample shelter
from winds and cold rains, and driv
ing snow storms.
Mr.. Dunham, OF Wayne, Illinois,
has in his stables forty imported Per.
cheron and Clydesdale stations, be
sides a large number Of blooded
mares, yearlings and colts.
Frost Injuries all tubers by leaving
the ssalks attached after they are
killed. They should he cut of
dahlias, gladiolas, Sc, and bulbs or
tubers can remain in the ground nn
I'll there is danger Of freezing.
Very few farmers have asparagus
beds. They do not like il becsuse
they know nothing about it. 1t is
one of the best and cheapest Injuries
that comes to the table. 1t can be
set out now, before the ground closes.
IS there will be no spare time in the
spring.
Several years ago All extensive
starch factory was bnilt at Cedar
Falls. But for some reason il never
amounted to much. Lately it has
been purchased by Harris Bros, and
it is hoped their enterprise will make
il win.
France produced in 1874 the large
amount of l,664,OOO,OO0 gallons OF
wine, being G40,00O,O00 more than
any previous year. The price of
wine to producers in France is usually
from 2: to 81 cents per gallon, but
at wine times it is sold at the presses
for one fourth Of that amount.
The Farmers Narrow Gauge Rail
road, now building from Liscomb, in
Marshall county. both ways. east and
vest of that place will have, it is
positively said. ten miles in operation
by November 1st, 1876. The cars
and locomotive are on the way there.
Sinclair 4 CO. still keep packing
hogs at Cedar Rapids. They have
not ceased during the entire summer,
and now we learn from the Times
that they are about erecting build
ing SO they can hereafter double the
number of hogs slaughtered EACH.
day.
Now is the time of year that cat
tie feeders are contracting with
farmers to take cattle and feed for
the winter for certain price per
pound for all increase. II any farmer
contracts for less than fifteen cents
per pound, next spring do not charge
your loss to the State Register
Miss Ada Luck, of Carthage, Ohio,
ION q cook stove at the Cincinnati
fair as the best and most expeditions
c, ok, In thirty minutes she cooked,
and c, oked well, potatoes, chicken,
porter house steak, tomatoes ana
corn, and made coffee, tea, pie and
biscuit, and set the table in the neat
est style.
AL. Swain is Secretary Of the Dis.
trict Fair at Fort Dodge. Being alb
sent last week, (the time Of the Far,
with the Black Hills Commission,
Mrs. Swain performed the laborious
duties of Secretary of that Society
during the week, reported the pro.
ceedings of the Fair and Of the
Methodist Annual Conference, wrote
the editorials for the Messenger, and
superintended the business of that
Office, and yet she is not allowed to
vote.
The honey OF commerce is largely
adulterated with glucose, which is
now made of corn, but formerly Of
grape sugar. But little pure honey
is sold in the cities. The only way
TO be certain of buying honey is to
get it in the comb. Glucose is worth
y cents per pound in Cincinnati. and
can be had of the exact shade Of
honey.
Of the honey crop for the latter
part of the season. Mrs. Tupper says:
"From all parts Of the West we re
ceye reports Of great yields of
honey during the latter part of
August and September. If care has
been taken to use the extractor, and
thus give the queen room, brood will
have been reared until frost, and the
hives will now be we'll supplied with
young bees
The Champaign county, Ill.,, cor
respondent of the Country Gentle
man writes about almost every thing,
so we get this information about the
state Of affairs at Champaign, Ill.
He says: "Havipg been talking
corn for the past four months, and
having secured the crop, we have
changed our base and we are now
taking quinine' almost 10 a man
down here on the prairie. l think l
have never heard Of more regular,
downright, shaking ague than we
have this year, and | have been in
Illinois since 1851"