The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-12-28

There i no time for idlensss, evsn
III the winter, on farm.
The temperature Of milk just from
the udder il about IS degrees.
A farmer better be slave in rice
swamp than 70 live . life in debt.
No farmer ever succeeded unless b.
did things Ut the right time and
right way.
Young apple trees washed with .
strong decoction of tobacco will keep
on the rabbits.
The Centennial Exhibition cost the
citizens of Iowa more than il did those
Of Pennsylvania.
A man that feeds his stock in mud
knee deep, will generally find himself
knee deep in debt
One Of the most serious biunders
made by farmers. is to send to another
State for fruit trees
The most popular literature just at
this time are mortgages to persons one
does not owe, to keep from paying
those one does owe.
In hiring farm hands Away. take
the best, even il IL does cost more per
month. Always give worth = pre-
MUM.
Now the farm work il over. make
feed troughs, managers. hacks. &c, for
the stock. If food Is cheap, economise
by feeding carefully.
When we see farmer with small
memorandum book and pencil. noting
down important matters, we are >s'is-
fied he viii be = success
More head work il needed on the |
farm Lay out the work for winter,
and lei il be something which will i
either add TO comfort or prosperity Of
the family
The price Of corn i. hooking up
little all over the State When 20
cheap large quantities viii be used.
and the stock On hand will b. far
exhausted by next spring.
We forgot 10 tell our careless man TO
let the hens roo>t on the wagons.
plows, reapers, rakes and sleds, Is in
that way the hen guano will be taken
to the fields next spring on those inn
plements.
The Mt. Pleasant Free Press says
that Hartley & Hough, Of that county
have bought . considerable quantity o.
corn in western Missouri for and s
cents per bushel, and are taking thar
stock there to feed. Doubtful.
Ifthe National Grange had given q,
kind and sensible reasons for its dona
tons to the Iowa State Grange, s. ths
Pdsron's Helper does for the act, there
would have been more truth. and II
would have been less grating 10 sensi-
tive feelings.
We care not whether it be a gcos'
barn or . straw shed, the neatneSs and
comfort of the apartment will proclaim
the spirit of the man. And % with
woman. If she be neat housekeeper,
it ran be .een in q log cabin As well s.
in . palace
Let every farmer now balance uK
his accounts for the year. and have ar
honest settlement with himself. II b.
has spent more than his income. turn
over . new leaf for the coming year.
Bankruptcy is certain If the expenses
exceed the income.
The Grundy County Atlas informs
Us that Henry Lighter. of Melroee
township. husksd and eribbed 30
bushels Of corn in just five hours. the
corn being weighed. and giving IS lbs-
to the bushel. Until further report
Grundy county Is ahead.
Grundy county has competing
cattle king with Geo. Wells. in the
person Of G. w. Warner. He is buy
ing, says the Atlas, y, 600 bushels of
corn to feed to stock. And he has just
purchased of Lyman Cole, Of that
county, ninety nogs, averaging S4'
pounds. Mr.. Warner is feeding 200
steers this winter.
A farmer who enjoys and probably
deserves the credit of making more |
money at the business than almost any |
other one on the town where he lives,
said to us the other day that he believ-
ed two loads Of manure ploughed or
narrowed in in the fall is worth as
much a three load- ploughed in in
the spring.
Some of those who have been dis
missed from our Iowa State Agricul-
tural College for incompetency or ras-
cality are writing 10 IT. Louis and
other papers slandering the college and
all the men connected with it. And
some respectable eastern papers are
re-echoing these ISLANDERS.
If you want an abundance of fresh
eggs this winter, the hens must have
warm house, plenty of straw, yari-
ETY. of food, some of which should be
warm cooked meal with some yegeta-
bles, pile of sand and pile OF ashes
to which they can have access.
Prof. 1. Long Cassells, of Cleveland,
Ohio, in long and able article on
fungi or smut In wheat, knocks many
old notions, thus: " But it may be re-
membered that smut, in no instance
originates from the seed wheat, nor
from the soil. but always from the
smut spores floating in the atmosphere.
ready to fasten themselves whenever
they meet with their MIDI.
Iowa being new il has yet but few
of the attainable rural comforts. The
Henry county Free Press records one:
J. NJ. Holland has one of the finest
artificial lakes in Henry county. II
covers about an acre of ground, is
twenty feet deep, fed by two never
failing springs, and supplied with
abundance Of pereh, cat, and sun fish,
Api others Of the finny tribe.
The Waterloo .Sate Reporter .ays
A husking match took place near
Shelby Station the other day. between