The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-15

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|. Af1ny fslds Of csss and wheat hav'
already fallen 10 the earth, caused b.
heavy growth, induced by wet ant
hot weather.
n TYoluuteer Maid, Robert Bonner
trostirg mare valued It el20, 600, wa
found in the pasture with her LEI
broken, and was killed.
Bugs are the great enemy Of %,
squash. Two quarts Of kerosene oil
mixed, and sprinkicd on the squasl
vines when the dew is on, is SAT-
remedy.
The farmers Of Madison county
Ohio, have saved immense sums By
gathering monthly at their county
seat to sell and exchange various
farm articles and stock.
Mr.. Foster saws the Gotten bug
are attacking the soft naples, ant
are about as fatal to them as the Dor
ers are to the locust tree. He sseI
kerosene.
Most of the grass on the bottom
lands along creeks and rivers is ruin.
ed by being overaown by muddy
water. Every available field Of grass
should be cut, as evidently there
will be scarcity of hay.
The Iowa State Grange Agency il
doing a profitable and prosperous
business, as we learned by visiting
headquarters last week. Bro. Day is
evidently in the right place.
Mr.. S. w. Jacobs of West Liberty,
Notwithstanding his heavy sales last
spring, has now on hand about eighty
head Of Short Horns, consisting Of
Gwynnes, Princesses, Paris, Brides,
&c.
The complaint is general from the
entire Northwest that IT has been
TOO wet to plow corn. In many cases
not furrow has been run since corn
was planted, and as consequence
foxtail and weeds are rampant.
There is no known cure for CLAN
ders, quacks to the contrary notwith-
standing. So Mr.. N. need not seek
one. But there are ten chances to
one that his horse has not got this
fatal disease. We have not heard Of
a genuine case in Iowa for ten years.
The Executive Committee of the
Iowa State Grange have divided the
State up into seventy.fve Represen-
tatlve districts, providing, by giving
a few counties two and three dele
gates for one hundred members Of
the next State Grange. Most Of the
counties have one representative.
A Minnesota editor announces
that the agricultural department of
his paper will be conducted by SUI
peranuated Granger from Iowa, whose
life has been spent trying to graft the
mangel wurtzel on the burr oak. His
first article will appear in his next
number. entitled, "The best soil for
Bologna sausage"
Paris Green is An eifectual remedy
for potato bugs, but it is a deadly
poison, composed Of two native poi
sons, salts of copper and arsenic,
changed into another state by equal
ly dangerous agents--corosive acids.
And it cannot be handled too care
fully Ard it would be dangerous
experiment to dust an acre Of pota-
Toes with it when the breezes are
sufficient 10 watt the dust.
The hate Prof Liehig, in his letters
on modern agriculture, wrote "A
stock Of cattle may prove very nse-
ful to the farmer, and yield him a re-
munerative return in butter, cheese
and meat; but this is quite distinct
affair from the tillage Of his fields,
and he ought to know, and must be
taught, that there is absolutely
eompulsion upon him to keep cattle"
The late Short Horn sale OF Miller
and Cochrane, of Toronto, Canada,
went up to the fancy prices of the
bogus sales of King and others last
year. There were thirty-six females
sold, averaging Sl,.3s.3O; and three
bulls, averaging $6,l5O. The thirty
nine head sold for s72,0300o One
COW, the Airdrie Duchess, sold for
$4,000.
T.F.Bingham, in the Prairie Eamer
ridicules the idea and practice ofimpor
ting Italian bees. He says: "Some
people suppose that close breeding
is injurious, and the queen. raisers
pander to the within. If it is, how
long will it take to find it out. Bees
have been kept in Italy as long as
we have authentic history, and yet
no perceptible change has ever been
recorded"
William Muir, in Cotman's Rurai
World, makes strong plea for the
County Grange, which he believes
should be permitted to take higher
position in the Order. The Weekly
World has already placed on record
its prediction that the County Grange
will in the near future largely replace
the National and State Grange in the
executive and the administrative
work of the Order.
William Crozier, in charge of an
extensive farm on Long Island, is
endeavoring to establish firmly new
breed OF sheep, produced by crossing
Cotswolds aud Southdowns. He has
produced, saws the american Agri.
cultural, sheep with heavy fleece
OF combing wool, superior in quality
and equal in weight with that of the
pure Cotswold, and with as good
quality Of flesh as the Sou,hdown,
and one-half greater size.
The Farmers Journal, Cedar
Rapids, truly says: 1--WE heartily
concur with our exchanges in advising
farmers OF Iowa to beware Of men
who spring up with herd of cattle
and offer for sale who have reputa-
ton at stake as breeders, such men
whenever found require watching,
and are curse as well as draw
back to the breeding and improve
ment Of our stock; and should be
Stunned by every farmer and legiti
mate breeder in the country"
There is great amount of foolish
fwaddle nnhiished in nausnanars