Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-22
Agricultural Items.

In the midst OF other work do
not forget the garden.
1t is the careless and unskillful
farmer that loses most by unfayora-
bic seasons. The shrewd man sur
mounts nearly all difficulties.
1t is better to keep little ahead
Of work than to be always dragging
behind. Better for the farmer and
better for his crops.
1t is better to keep little ahead
of work than to be always dragging
behind. Better for the farmer and
better for his crops.
Early eight-rowed corn has fire.
quently produced good crop plant
ed as late as the Goth Of June.
There has been considerable corn
planted since the 9Th inst. With
out very favorable fall there will
be soft corn.
Weeds poison the earth, draw its
nourishment, destroy the crops, and
leave their foul seed for an inherit
ance.
When the milk from fresh cow
will boil without boiling over, it is
good and safe for family use.
AT present prices no man can af-
ford to hoe his corn by hand. But
by skillful management Of the walk
ing cultisator, better crop can be
raised.
Good news for the boys. They
have invented patent machine for
currying horses. 1t is said to save
time and do the work far better.
A Granger writes to a rural pa
per to ask show long cows should
be milked?" Why, the same as
short cows, of course.--New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Hungarian grass can be sown I'M
til the last of June. 1t makes ex-
cellent feed on which to winter
calves. 1t is not as much grown as
it should be.
Mr.. Foster complains Of unusual
depredations in his orchard by
canker worms. He is sprinkling
them with Paris green and arsenic.
1t is stated by careful staticians
that the decline in mess pork in the
past month is a loss of S14, 900, 900
to the holders of pork in the United
States.
The man or boy that will abuse "A
kind, gentle COW, which is supplying
the family with one of the best lux
uries, is fit only for the loneliness of
the desert.
A correspondent of the New Cen
fury contends rightly that farmers
should keep but one breed of poultry.
1t will not pay to have all the trouble
of keeping various kinds separate.
Select choice breed, and then keep
them pure.
The Marshall Republican says
'"The farmers hereabouts are very
happy at their prospects. The
grain has seemed to spring into
stock and blade as if by magic |
during the past week"
Mr.. J. NJ. IIayner, of Lebanon,
Southern Ohio, raises over 500
acres of sweet corn annually, and
iisposes Of his immense crop by |
first drying and packing it in bar
feis. The process is very simple.
G. +. Clarkson has accepted an
dress, on commencement week, be-
fore the Board of Trustees and
Faculty of the Iowa Agricultural
College, the second week of Novem.
Der.
Mr.. Pike, of Winthrop, Maine,
kept eight Jersey cows last year,
aud after supplying the family with
milk and cream, he sold his butter
at Portland, and it averaged for the
season S99.98 per COW.
The man who keeps his cows in
muddy or dirty yards at nights will
have dirty milk, sickly cows, puny
children. His milk viii be too
strong for his own use, his butter
bad, and his cheese worse:
Buckwhcat for some years has
been u profitable crop, and if corn
has failed in some places owing to
poor seed, or if you still have land
not planted, buekwhrat can yet be
sown. But there is no time to wait
Now is the appropriate time for
layering grapes for the production
Of new vines, If your neighbor is
too poor or too stingy to buy vines,
layer few for him, that his children
may enjoy the delicious and health
invigorating fruit.
In the horse, hereditary disease is
a well recognized fact. Youatt says
shat there is scarcely malady to
which the horse is subject which is
not hereditary and Bernard says
"that there is scarcely disease
which does not run in the stock,
is gaining new advocates every
day"
1t is supposed the farmer can
live without the favor of the public,
or the smiles Of politicians. Not
SO. The crops may depend on his
industry and the rains and dews of
heaven. But without wise govern
ment and sound and stable cur
rency there will be no reliable mar
ket.
Cedar Rapids is to have the ma