The Tipton advertiser., 1876-05-18
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
From The State Reo;ster


bles.
Newly planted trees should have
as careful cultivation as corn or po,a.
toes.
AT the pnblic sales of short. horns
there are generally about an average
of four females sold to one male.
The number of hogs packed by
Sinclair & Co., of Cedar Rapids, for
the week ending April 18th, was 81
460.
A siat,ern and slu, says, 81 have
no need now | am married, to be SO
particular about my dress or appear
ance."
1t is calculated that potatoes plant
ed five inches deep will produce thir-
per cent. more than those planted two
inches.
1t is good rule for either man or
wife not to ask one to do thing for
the other unless they are better able
to do it than themselves.
If the cattle have tramped the med
ow, harrow it. fit is baked harrow
it. If the grass is thin harrow it. If
you want good crop, harrow it.
A farmer at Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
says it costs him As cents per bushel
to raise wheat without counting rent
of land or board Of hands.
If any farmer is in debt to any mer-
chant this spring and cannot pay, go
manly and see your creditor, and not
dodge around as though you was
dishonest man.
They are rebuilding the Slelght
grain elevator at Marshalltown, SO
the farmers of that region will have
their favoritc whea. merchant.
The Cedar Falls Gazette reports
many of the farmers in that locality
have abandoned wheat, and go for
corn and grass. That means cattle
and hogs. There is no doubt but
that they pay the best.
1t is no,iceble fact, says the Ce-
dar Falls Gazette, that the farmers Of
Black Hawk and adjourning counties
are becoming better situated, as re-
CARDS this worlds goods, as the years
roll by.
Sleigh robes and furs of all kinds
should be summed, whipped with
switch or whip, then sprinkle with
tobacco, and rolled up in cotton sheets
and packed in tight boxes or trunks,
till next fall.
1t is considered best to give mares
in foal, gentle work up to nearly the
time Of foaling. But be careful about
putting in close stalls either day or
night. Have box stalls where the
mare can be turned loose.
The oil of grasshoppers is of great
benefit in arranging the delicate ma
chinery Of fine watches, and useful in
the art of matchmaking lily
So says the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture.
There are thousands of farmers in
Iowa who have lived on the same
farm ten years, who have never tasted
any fruits of their own raising, not
even the small fruits, which can be
raised 50 easily.
Jethro Tull was the first writer who
contended that minute earthly par
ticles supply the whole nutriment of
the Vegetable world. and that manures
and fertilizers only ferment and pre-
pare the earth for this purpose.
There are over ten thousand tons of
fertilizers manufactured at Chicago
each year out of the blood, horns and
oifal of hogs, cattle, sheep, dead horses
&C., and shipped east and south to
fertilize their farms. And yet this
goes off our farms.
1t is positively asserted by those
experienced, that walls that are not
TO be new papered can be nicely
cleaned by rubbing over with saw
dust tied up in a thin cloth, say
quart of sawdust. 1t will remove all
smoke and dust, and make the paper
sweet and fresh.
Now that the busy season is on
hand on the farm, see that the wife
is not neglected, with wood and wa.
ter at a distance-that she has ade-
quate help-and that she has every
thing she needs to have each meal
promptly at the right time, and in
proper order.
The I'rogressice Farmer makes
the following broad declaration, with
half century of close observation
has convinced US is strictly true: "The
man who sticks to farming, if he pos
sesses any capacity for business, ulti-
mately becomes well-to-d do"
Scarcely can you find in Iowa an
intelligent farmer who adheres to the
policy of crossing his cows with ma
tive bulls, and numerous as they are
the forthcoming sales, they will scarce
ly furnish bulls enough for our Wes-
tern farms.
Chas. Adlrieh, in the Country Gen
Neman, of the region of Webster
City, says: "There is much good
unimproved land hereabouts that can
be had from 81 to $40 and upwards