The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-04-01
: AaasCULrunAl EExnGI


i
virsiaia = ~ ba.ass Sta4s -
peanuss. it' hasiae raised ~ pese
ysar $50, 1000 bosksls.
A dssss ~ bssu issssd q Bse-
I'm ks1ssia, aGaiase - imposeant q
Anssicaa posa1oss. We SkiIk Be-
rsas has issued . nees sGleisas d.
Eee.
w. Duase Wilsoa has bseoos
sssociste editor q tAe P0erons Hsl-
|pw, ssd win 6svoee sll his eossgiss
10 its sdvanceosnt.
Many farmers aas;a this spring
win run short Of grain for horses.
hogs, and cattle, . the winter hes
been loager and severer than antiei-
patsd.
A. n. Southard, Of Hardin county,
hes invented ehsck-row corn plant
., which drops in rows both w.ys,
without any sshsr hand than the dri-
vsf.
Sous man in Jones county, lows,
insists that there is monsy to b
made in raising wheat. Hs must b
some relation to Geo. Wells.
At the late session of the Nation-
q Grange the initiatioa fees and dies
were not changed, which was anxioss-
y desired BY many good members Of
the Order.
The season of flowers 10 at hand.
They should ornament the grounds
surroun ding mansion, cottage, or cab
in. They drive away dull care,
swesten the atmosphere and purify
the heart.
There are IN abundance Of aeri-
cultural papers (so-called) which
treat Of theorstic farming, but If our
readers want the practical, smelling
Of the fresh dirt OF the hoe and the
plow, they can end il in these col
smns Of the Rsgister.
Az the horse 10 next in importance
to the farmer 70 the earth On which
he stands, the farmer should see that
his horse 10 in the right condition for
the seasons hard work before him.
II the horse fails the crop 10 . fell.
ure.
Col. Smedley, writing from the
National Grange, says: "The written
and unwrittsn laws were duly con-
sidered, and are msds much more
simple, clear, and practical than for
merly." But says, "No changes were
made in the constitution"
G. |. Morton and George Green
have purchased the stock belonging
to the Cedar Rapids Live Stock Az.
socistion. Stock associations are
not generally - we'll managed -
whore one man has the interest %
veil - the control.
During the past winter who that
lives in our trssless prairics but has
experienced the necessity for wind
break! No wonder they complain
of "this windy country" They must
plant something to break these winds
or abide the consequences.
The State Register has done more
to call the attention of the pub
lie and Coagress to the Importance to
the West, to restore the tariff %
juts, thaa Ill other papers in the
West. Congress before il adjourned
restored the tariff TO 1900 per ton,
and now Aax lint will b worth saw.
ing in Iowa.
II. C. Rsymond's catalogue Of Bell.
view Fruit Farm aud Nursery,
Council Bluffs, 10 modest little doc.
sment, bat tho wisdom and practical
sense Of the "frisndly CHAT" on the
frss page 10 worth more than large
volume Of thsoreticsl nonsense on
horticulture. Send for il.
H. G. Raymond, in his catalogue,
says: s'If you haven't the time nor
inclination to take proper care Of
trees, don't waste your money by
buying them. The business Of fruit
growing il . benefit, mentally, NOR
ally. physically and financially. II
yoa do not furniah your children with
fruit, they will steal it from your
nsighbors."
The PLOs40h,n0n says there are
about 1000 miles Of common roads
! in Massachusetts,, which cost annual.
" to keep in repair 90 per mile.
They ought to have good roads. Bat
| in some towns the damages for acci-
dents to men and animals for defec-
tive roads amounts to $40 per mile.
"B. G." of Dexter, Iowa, is inform
ed that the Agricultural editor has
the M. L. Gorham Sseder and Culiva-
tor, which sows all kinds of grain to
perfection. There il no mark on the
machine indicating BY whom and
whore manufactured, nor have We
any knowledge whore it can be had.
If the implsmsnt man would pay
little more for advertising and less
for s,rolling peddlsrs, it would be
better for all coacsrned.
A Short Horn, to BE- of the Duch-
ess stock, must have descended from
Duchess by Daisy bull (1s6). "No
animal can be said to belong to bis
family in the sense in which short
horn breeders use the term family,
unless descended on tho dams side
from Duchess of Cornet bull (155)'as
this COW was the progenetrix of the
Bates Duchess tribe Of cattle.
The largest recorded yield Of
singls COW that 10 perfectly reliable
and we'll authenticated, is that of an
animal kept It the jai! at Lewes,
England. In eight consecutive years
she gave 9720 gallons. or an average
of more than 1910 gallons . year.
She was nilked one year 328 DAYS,
and gave 1880 gallons, which made
$40 pounds Of butter, or ct the rate
of . pound of butter from - pounds
Of milk.
Mr.. Jacobs, at the Cedar Rapids
Stock Convention, gave bis exper-
iencs on the different ways offseding
corn to stock. He 6rst tried broad
cast system, aud it took 60 bushels Of
Ooro "a fned An animal throuUh tha