The Tipton advertiser., 1876-10-26

Half hardy roses should now be pro-
tected for winter.
Pits or frames should be ready to NJ
ceive half-hardy plants
Onions, lettuce, cabbage seed, etc.,
can be sown late in the fall profita-
bly,.
Improve the fine weather, and fln-
ish visiting about Christmas.
The st. Louis Agricultural and Me-
chanical Association offers 5000 in
premiums and no fees for entrance Of
articles.
Nearly all corn Is now ready to crib
two weeks earlier than usual. And
yet December will see much Of it in
the fields.
The Iowa City Republican says Col.
Ed. Lucas has calf six months old
which weighs six hundred and forty
pounds.
Great destruction Of property has
occurred every fall by prairie fires, and
the penalty for setting fires Is heavy
and should be more strictly enforced.
The Marshall County Fair which
was postponed month, on account Of
rain, finally resulted in complete
success, satisfactory to its most sangu-
inc friends and workers.
Dynamite is used with great success
in clearing land of stumps and bould-
ers. In the latter case ii Is simply
placed on top of the stone, covered
with wet sand and exploded.
How soon do some animals and in
sects retire to winter quarters? BY
the middle of October the toad, land
turtle, woodchuck, skunk, mole, ETC.,
bury themselves in the..eaTth, and the
black bear will soon follow their ex-
ample.
A correspondent is informed that
cattle, horses or hogs will never eat
too much salt IL it is given to them
often enough. They are all better Of
being salted, or salt being placed
where they can get it every day
Probably hogs are more neglected in
sailing than other stock, hence there
are cases Of hogs being killed with
salt, and especially with brine.
From the hest information we can
get we believe Iowa has but seven
short horns ut Philadelphia. These
are the bull Baron French and two
females belonging to f. Elliott, Of
West Liberty, two females of $. w.
Jacobs, and two Of ID. Wilson and Son,
Durant.
Concerning the condition Of the far
mers Of the Northwest the Milwaukee
Wisconsin thinks the general condi-
tion Of the farmer In these States Is
better than at the close Of the season Of
1875. 1t admits the wheat crop il
short, not more than half crop, but
holds that they have far more corn
than fast year.
Through the exertions and patro-
mage Of the Chicago "Stock and Agri-
cultural Association" a large party
has started to establish colony on
the Charma River in New Mexico.
Some Of them for health, and Others
to better their condition. In the par
ty are several families from Adair Co.
Iowa.
The Germantown (Pa) Telegraph
remarks, that in 1860 the wool clip.of
the country was only 65, ,OO0. 900 ibs.; in
1875 1t was nearly 2O0, ,OO0, 900 his. Last
year We paid foreign countries go, ,O0O,-
600 for woolen goods, and $ll ,OOO, 900
for unmanufactured. When we have
n, 900, 900 more sheep than we now
have we shall barely equal our own
consumption.
A citizen of Dallas county, in the
Farm Journal, describes the change i'm
that county, in the past few years, in
the following prose poetry: at seems
as If the wand of some benefcent en-
chanter had touched the desert and it
had blossomed into homes, orchards,
groves, seas of grain that break upon
shores of corn, the wilderness lost in
cultivation, and the teaming earth
giving up her treasures to an eager,
intelligent, hungry people,"
A writer in the Oscaloosa Herald
gives some advice about profitable
ways Of sailing stock: I'm winter salt
your rough feed, and in spring, sum-
mer and fall, salt your weedy and
brushy patches, SOW the salt broadcast
while 1t is wet, and see how the cattle
and sheep will go for the bushes. You
can salt the weeds along the fence If
you are too Jeebte to NOW them"
The New York Tribune says: The
market for our farm products is wide
ming. Since last July American cat
tie have been received at Glasgow to
the number of from $50 to $50 head
per week. Meat has also been import
ed there regularly, the average guam
tity being $50 carcasses weekly. In
time this transatlantic traffic may be
expected to attain large proportions.
The Farm Journal truthfully re-
marks: However fair and large the
fruits of California, ii is well known
that they lack flavor. This knowledge
is gaining from year to year, and buy
ers in our markets largely take Michi-
gan fruit In preference when they can
get 1t. In relation to California wines
the Sacramento Record says: What
ever the cause, it is certain that our
grapes produce very crude and heavy
and earthly fiavors, as unlike the wines
Of southern France as shark meat is
unlike halibut.n
Mr. Landreth, chief of the Agricu!-
tural bureau Of the Centennial Conn
mission foreshadows our defeat in one
department, as follows: "Unless the
breeders Of the Union make a strong
effort they will be eclipsed by British
section, England having entered 100
sheep and SO swine, and Canada $50
sheep and $50 swine, total of 4SO, or
more than the entries of the entire
Union. Can We afford to rest satisfied
with occupying, on our own ground,
secondary position to our Canadian
neighbors, or our cousins 5000 miles