Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-01-26
Farm and Grange Items.
c. +. Clarkson in State Register.

"a spur in the head is worth two
in the heels"
No farmer ever succeeded unless
he did things at the right time and
right way.
Young apple trees washed with
strong decoction of tobacco, will not
be harmed by rabbits.
A farmer had better be a slave in
! a rice swamp than to live life of
, debt.
One Of the most serious blundcrs
made 10y farmers is to send to anoth-
er State tor fruit trees.
The Centennial Exposition cost
the citizens of Iowa more than it did
those of Pennsylvania.
a man that feeds his stock in mud
knee deep, will generally find him
self knee deep in debt.
Let every farmer now balance up
his accounts for the year, and have
;ln honest settlement with himself.
The most popular literature Just at
this time are mortgages to persons
one does not know, to keep from pay
| ing those one does owe.
In hiring farm hands always take
the best, even if it does cost more
per month. Always give worth u
premium.
When we see 4 farmer with q
small memorandum book and pencil,
noting down important matters, we
are satisfied he will be 4 success.
The price of corn is looking up Il
little all over the State. When SO
cheap large quantities will be used,
and the stock on hand will be far ex-
hausted by next spring.
Now that the farm work is over,
make feed troughs, managers, racks,
etc, for the stock. If food is cheap,
economic by feeding carefully.
! More head work is needed OH the
! farm. Lay out the work for winter,
and let it be something which will
either add to the comfort or prosper
ity of the family.
| We forgot to tell our careless man
to let the hens roost on the wagons,
plows, reapers, axes and sleds, rs in
that way the hen gauno will be tax
en- to the fields next spring on those
implements.
If the National Grange had given
As kind and sensible reasons for its
donations to the Iowa State Grange,
rs the Putrons' Helper does for the
act, there would have been more
truth, and it would have been less
grating to sensitive feelings.
The Grundy County Atlas informs
lis that Henry Lighter, Of Melrose
township, husked and cribbed so bu-
shells OF corn in just five hours, the
corn being weighed and giving IS
pounds to the bushel. Until further
information, Grundy county takes the
lead.
Mr.. Leoper, of Blackhawk county,
having seen newspaper statements of
hands husking large amounts Of corn
per day, says if any one of them will
husk 100 bushels day and crib it
for him, the husker will find 4 $500
bill under his plate, and roast tur-
kew Oh the table.
The agricultural editor Of this pa.
per has never accepted cent for Or
ganizing oranges, acting as deputy,
or az memb of the State Grange,
either as mileage. per diem, or ex-
penses. This is our record on grange
labor.
We care not whether it be good
barn or straw shed, the neatness
and comfort If the apartment, will
proclaim the spirit of the man. And
so with a woman. 1t she be 4 neat
housekeepcr, it can be seen in \ log
cabin as well as in 4 palace.
Neither mercurial ointments, To-
tions If corrosive snblimate, nor de-
coctions of tobacco should be used
on calves or colts to kill lice. Lard
or any kind of mild oil can be ap-
piled, and after three days wash off
with warm soap suds, and carefully
blanket until perfectly dry.
Some of those who have been dis
missed from our Iowa State Agricult-
ural College tor incompetency or
rascaIny,are writing to st. Louis and
other papers, slandcrng the college
and all the men connected with it
And some respectable Eastern papers
are rc-echoine these ISLANDERS.
If YOU want an abundance of fresh
eggs this winter, the hens must have
a warm house, plenty of straw, a var
iety o.: food, some of which should
be warm cooked meal with some veg
ctables, pile of sand and pile of
ashes to which they can have access.
! \ firmer who enjoys and proba-
bly, deserves the credit of making
f, more money at the business than al
NEST any other one in the town
{ where he lives, said to us the other
day that he believed two loads Of ma
nure ploushed or narrowed in the
fall is worth AS much AS three loads
ploughed in in the spring.
| Iowa being new, it has but few Of
the attainable rural comforts. The
Henry County Tree Press records
one: J. NJ. Holland has one of the
finest artificial lakes in Henry county.
1t covers about an acre Of ground, is
| twenty feet deep, fed by two never
{ failing springs, and supplied with
abundance of perch, cat, and sun
! fish, and others of the finny tribe.
! The Waterloo State Reporter says:
a husking match took place near
| Shelby Station the otherday between
George Finely and Clarence Whist
Ter for $50 side, the stake being
given to the man who should husk
; and crib the greatest number of bush
! els in one day. The contest was
, spirited, and each man did his best,
resulting As follows: George Finley,
los bushels, and Clarancc Whistler
100 bushals