Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-07-27

Agricultural HEM ..
lcosnpaled from ssase KeEasier-l
The price OF good ash lumher fol
implements and vehicles at Boston !:
Ss5 per 900 feet.
IF we could manage To have nc
weeds go to seed how soon we would
have final triumph over this
enemy.
Weeds about newly set trees will
absorb all the moisture and noarisii.
Incnt from the trees.
In the harvest field exercise all the
prudence yon can In drinking large
draughts OF cold water
There were twenty-nine car loads
Of hogs shipped from Indianola Ia
tho month OF June. This means
about s25 900 cash for the farmers Of
that county.
Go abroad TO get the news. Mr..
Sinnett. Of Iowa, says in the Oregon
Caltirdtor: Tine present outlook
for the farmers In Iowa Ii a gloomy
one.n
Mob law Is not right, but Ii the
tramps come about the premises Of \
farmer. tell him To get up and get. Y
and enforce 1t with stiff tocd boot,
or mild shot gun.
Sheep arc being slaughtered in Cal
ifornia by the hundreds OF thousands
for the peits and tallow. on account
of the depression in the wool mar
ket. Very unwise policy.
The Cedar Falls Gazette reports
that james Rugg, OF Grundy. has
two Cottswold sheep. which weighed
240 pounds each, with the fleece Oft
He has also fourteen months old
bull calf which weighs lliO pounds.
All the space occupied i'm the east
ern agricultural papers about when
90 cut wheat Is all bosh In Iowa.
Here we have to cut it when we can.
1t takes all the time from when IL
will possibly do, until the grain Is
about falling to the ground.
Even away from rivers, swainps
or sIoughs, houses on high lands
should no protected from disease
breeding cesspools, drains, garbage,
dirty hog pens or barn yards. Health
l. not too dearly preserved At any
cost.
The English quarter, by which
wheat Is quoted In tho English re-
ports, Is $50 pounds or one-fourth OF
a ton gross weight OF 2,2iO pounds.
The English legal bushol is 20 pounds,
consequently of these bushels Is a
quarter, equal to 81 of our statute
bushels OF 90 pounds.
Those who are likely to have de-
ficiency of hay or fodder, caused by
floods. or any other cause, can now
SOW corn on any idle land, and raise
a profitable crop. There are plenty
Of such places In the lately flooded
regions.
No condition Of weather checks
the growth of weeds. Hot or cold,
wet or dry, they are in their element.
They grow in the corn, wheat, pota-
toes, garden or orchard. They -four
ish snpromely I'm fence corners, along
private roads, and in all unapproach-
able places. Vigilance, farmers, vig-
,ilance. ll aat 4 -
The Hamilton Freeman upon an
interesting question just now, says:
"Sone OF our farmers have talked OF
starting the price TO be paid TO har-
vest hands at 800 per day. They
are already afraid that class Of labor
ers who are worth anything will be
hard to find.
After tho great foods I'm our
streams, hot weather succeeding,
there Is threatening danger OF mala-
rial diseases. Use freely disinfect-
ants about all your houses. DWELL
ings In low lands or near streams,
swamps and sloughs, should have
chloride Of lime or carbOIic acid In
every room In an old saucer or other
vessel.
The unusual rains and dampncss OF
the earth viii require more ventila-
ton 10 the grape vines. They are
making larger growth than In ordi-
nary seasons. and will need cutting
back, and In some cases stripping
some Of the foliage. But rccollcct
that the vine and grapes receive
most of their nourishment through
the leaves, and must he lief, for that
purpose.
Blue grass seed IL too often spoiled
by being gathered and packed when
loo damp. To keep it must no we'll
san-dried after IL II stripped from the
stems. In Kentucky the seed iHgen-
orally stripped by hand In the field.
The seed IN very small, and Its vital
ity cannot be preserved as long a.
timothy or clover seed.
Cleo. +. Waning, Secretary OF thu
American Jersey Cattle Club, says !:
The Jerseys are making their way
with great rapidity, considering bard
times, ON tho merit Of their butter
producing quality alone. and II they
are to add TO this advantage that Of
being the producers Of cheese.
which will rival the richest OF the
epicure cbeeses, those interested In
breeding them are 10 be still farther
congratulated.
The wool market IL still gloomy.
Tho New York Ecoaosaist says !:
"Wuoi IL lower to-day than In n
quarter Of century before. We
have handled the nice Colorado
woods to-day, III PC. fDr tho scourotl
pound woods too fine for carpets,
bat excellent for blanket purposes.
A., ...x f,r.. ,,,iIf enc shnra IA mn t,annaN