Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-06
Agricultural Items.

cledTeu III ISZO, Wn1cn mas grown crop
OF corn every year since, and is now in
corn.
The Kalamazoo Telegraph of the Goth
inst, quotes wool at 36 cents. For a
few fleeces of fine combing wool 424
cents were paid, and 800 pounds in an
other lot brought 80 cents per pound
The apple crop is likely to be fail
ure in Missouri this year. The cater
pillars stripped the trees so thoroughly
last June and July, that few of them
had strength enough to blossom this
spring.
In size the Holstein cows compare
favorably with other breeds, mature
COWS weighing from 1900 to 100 lbs,
and bulls from 1000 to $500 pounds.
Holstein steers make a rapid growth,
mature early, and are profitable feeders.
The annual exhibition of the Royal
Agricultural Society, of England, will
be held at Liverpool, commencing July
II, and lasting to the 10Th. A very
large show of live stock is expected, as
900 is offered in premiums.
France has fifty thousand farms aver
aging six hundred acres, five hundred
averaging sixty acres, and over five mil
lion under six acres. In this extended
subdivision of land under culture, con-
sists her agricultural prosperity.
A San Francisco firm has contracted
to pay forty cents each for the unlicens-
ed dogs slaughtered in that city. The
skins are to be tanned for glove making,
the hair will be used in plaster, the
bones ground for clarifying sugar, and
the fat manufactured into oil.
The Barbary States on the shores of
the Mediterranean are experiencing a
IA locust plague. The crops have been
destroyed by the ravenous hoppers in
large districts, and there is serious scar
city of provisions, and the apprehension
of actual starvation among the people.
A Scotch paper, noticing the Dun
more herd of Shorthorns, says that the
herd is doing well, and that the old 9th
Duke of Geneva, calved in 1868, and a
pure Bates, is still healthy and in ser
vice. One of the Renick cows, Red
Rose of Lochaber has been purchased
by Sir w. H. Salt.
The Agricultural Club of Paris gave
Minister Washburn farewell banquet
on his leaving Paris. Drouyn De
L'Huys announced that Mr.. Washburne,
the American Minister, would hence
forth represent the Agricultural Socie-
ty of France in the United States. Mr..
Washburne thankfully accepted the du-
ty, and expressed gratitude for the kind
ly manifestation made in his regard,
Nothing can be done for black knot in
plum trees, says the Toronto Globe. but
to cut out the diseased parts, or the
parts showing any kind of disease, and
burn them. If the trees are very badly
affected, burn all of them. 1t will be no
use trying to grow healthy plums if
your neighbors have diseased trees, so
you should induce them also to cut out
and destroy the black knots.
The Germantown Telegraph recon-
mends allowing the young catal pa trees
to grow without pruning two or three
years, and then early in spring to cut
each down, when single shoot may be
allowed to spring up and will grow per
fectly straight ten feet high in one sea
son, and will form the basis of valua-
VIC tlIlbEl t4tt. l. tIlHcI uoTtu tIlill
Philadelphia the growth will be some
what less; and to prevent injury in win
ter, the tree should be planted on land
having a good, natural drainage, and
rather loose soil.
The old settlers of LaGrange county
Indiana, held their annual meeting and
picnic at LaGrange, June 49, Many in
teresting speeches were made, and many
interesting "reminiscences were related
Judge Jacobs, of Washington Territory
delegate to Congress, made a speech
lie was brought up at Sturgis and stud
led law with Hon. John B. Howe. at
Lima. The old folks presented fine
appearance. Many have resided in the
county between forty and fifty years
Several OF them, between seventy and
eighty, are active, smart and vivacious
men. They were full of life and of act
i've humanity
For several years past the local gen
ius OF the cotton States has been trying
to solve the problem of cotton picking
by machinery. 1t is said the question
has been practically solved finally by {
North Carolinian. who has perfected 8
cotton picker that will do the work OF
one hundred men. 1t is wagon-ike
machine, which is driven through the
ripened fields, and picks clean every
scrap of cotton lint, and nothing except
cotton. The cotton-gin created revo
luton in the cost and production of cot
ton, the invention Of the picker" car
hardly have less influence upon the
price and production of this important
staple
At meeting of the hiring fairs il
England and Scotland during the past
month. the wages agreed upon arc as
follows; At Aherdeon for foreman, $50
to 500 per half year; for second fore
man, SO; for third foreman. $50; for
boys, from $50 to $50 per half year. ac-
cording to ability. For women the wa
ges We're $3S per half year, At Carlisle
second-class men get from $50 to $50;
third-class, SIS to $55; boys, from SIG
to $40, First class women, from S4S to
$55; third-class women and girls, from
$50 to $40 per half year in addition to
board and lodgings. The report at some
of the places says there was brisk