Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1877-12-28
AGRICULTURE.

at Al average price Of 1851 each, ag-
glegatc total value Of $50, 293, 1856.
IL 1876 the United States cultivated
540, 457 acres in tobacco, with yield of
381 100000 pounds, valued at SOS, 2S2,-
968.
FRENCH tobacco contains Z to per
cent Of nicotine; Virginia tobacco, 6 to
HI; Maryland and Havana about 10 per
cent.
Or tobacco, Massachusetts, averages II
1 yield per acre Of $40 pounds; New
Hampshire, 800; Pennsylvania, 1880;
Wisconsin, 500; Virginia, 600 pounds.
JOHN JOHNSTON, the veteran New York
farmer near Geneva, has frequently fed
out to his cattle forty-iive tons of oil
cake per year. He has always argued
that grain and stock and grain raising
must 20 together when it is proposed to
keep up the fertility Of the soil
OSE pound of corn, oats or barley is
equal, rs regards the food it furnishes.
to "a pounds Of mangels, 10s pounds Of
straw or 81 pounds of cabbage.
SHOWING the results Of scientific farm
ing, while Austria produces on one
square mile 3,796 head Of stock, Prls-
sia, within the same limits, raises 5,537,
France 500, Great Britain 11,447 In
Belgium, where agriculture is most nat
urally pursued Il square mile produces
means Of nourlshmcnt for ,345 persons,
whereas III Poland the farming produces
food for only 1929 persons per square
mile, and, taking the world ut large, II
far less average than this is obtained.
WHAT GRAPES TO PLANr,--To the fire.
quent inquiry what grapes to set out for
i moderate family supply, the answer
would be most safely confined to old,
welI-proved sorts, ut moderate prices;
say the following for succession in ripen-
ing Hartford Prolific, Delaware, Grey
cling, Concord, Diana, Catawba. More
extended lists will embrace Adirondack,
Iona, Rebccca, Maxatawney, lsraella,
Agawam, Wilder etc; and those who
can pay higher prices may add several
of the newer and promising sorts, as
Brighton, Lady Washington, Lady, etc.
TO BREED PICS SUCCESSFULLY 80 From
the experience Of successful swine breed
crs it is pretty well established that to
keep pigs growing and thrifty all winter,
it is important to give them Il dry, warm
place to sleep; good drink, either warm
slop or fresh pumped water; and to keep
not too many hogs in MI enclosure, and
they ~ nearly us possible Of il size. If
you have large and small together, the
big ones will run over the little, and
they will not get their share of food,
There is much more danger Of cholera
or epidemic diseases whore the condi-
tons mentioned above are disrcgardcd
than where hogs are kept thrifty and
growing, and certainly there is more
profit A dry, warm bed is II cheap
luxury for hogs in winter and every
farmer should prepare shed and plcn-
ty of material IN the fall.
IllE PICS. The pigs require Il warm
shelter us much us amy animals. Do
not imagine, because they can endure
cold, that ii is of any benefit To them.
Keeping swine III u piggcry open to the
cold, perchance with no bed but the cold
wet earth, is like throwing food into il
river; for it requires food to keep up
the animal heat, and the food fed, first
goes to this work, second to increasing
the flesh. A warm, clean house is
cheaper than grain,
ORCHARDS. The orchard needs attcn-
ton now. Young trees especially
should be mulched. A couple shovel
luls of compost should be placed around
the body of each one of them. This is
II good protection against mice i'll the
winter, it guards the tender rootlets
from injury from sudden changes of
temperature, and if spread on the sur
face of the ground iii spring, promotes
the growth of the trees and increases
both the quantity and quality of the
fruit
pHrNlNG CRAZE VINES. Grape vines
should now hctrimmcd. This gives the
wound some time to harden before being
lain down, and will not bleed when taken
up in the spring. Before winter sets i'll
they may be lain down and covered an
inch or two in the earth This is \ sure
and safe covering. and il may be done
about lis quickly Us 10 fuss with straw
or boards or brush, which affords SO
good shelter for mice. Remember to
cut away the old wood, rs il is this
wears growth only chat sends out bear
lng shoots next Year This il the only
secret there Is III trimming vines. They
may be made 10 grow iii any desired
or fancy shape if this rule is only obey
eel. Leave from three to five feet long,
according to the size and strength of the
root.
fnE MuAS ArrIE. This good old
apple seems to hold its place III locaIi-
ties where il is hardy That IS, south of
the latitude of st. Louis, The Farmer
dmi fruH Groaer, II southern Illinois
Linnrnnl saNs. Ii snlting out III 0rCh-