Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-03-30
Agricultural Items.
State Register.

City at which good patterns of cook
ing stoves are made.
Straw at Boston is s2l per ton.
Most of the wheat crop of Iowa for
1876 sold for less than $50 per ton.
The cloth p'ld'rr> are doing up
the tar,nrrs m Cerrn G.r'lo county.
So says the Ri "hlir"..
There are over 10000 shorI -h"rns
in thu United Sta g. record Il in the
Anne lean Herd Book. So says Al
len.
Under the new arrangement Of
pnolet railroads East. hca, aud corn
are quoted at the same pice AT Bos-
ton aud New York.
W. n. HAYNES. OF Iowa Cir. wish
rs to know who has Dultun corr, for
sale. Inform him and the balance
of the world.
I, is stated that Michael Sullivant,
the extensive farmer ct Ford comfy,
Illinois, has made an ASST ynnen,.
If there is no. holding up soon,
some counties in This State will he
taxed into the poor house
Pianos and fine carria GEES, after all,
are not half as expensive luxu,icS for
a farmer AS shiftlcssncss.
Among farmers at Morristown Ill.
good farm orSes are selling at from
$75 to $3.50, and mules al from 5000
to $500 per pair.
The starch factories in Prc>que
Isle and Maysvllle, Me. have paid
over 100000 for Potatoes purchased
from farmers in the vicinity.
Prof. Thury SAYS: "If YOU wish
to produce females give the male at
the first signs of heat; if You wish
males, give him at the end of the
heat" Ard if you wish to he hum
plugged try the experiment.
Fla mers cannot do like factor les
run on short time, but they can do
tina, which is iar better. They can
hire less help, and keep in cultivation
less ground, and more in grass, and
thus have as much income with less
outlay.
In the Eastern States they can pa,
ten dollars per ton for straw to make
int" printing paper, and send II to
Iowa I" print "u' papers ON. In
Iowa we burn IN our fields millions
OF tons of straw. and the winds blow
the ashes to Jericho.
In Washington Ci;y good >irl"in
steak is worth from % To 35 cents a
pound the year round. AT De>
Moiues it il from 10 to ~ cents.
The freight on beef cattle from Dr>
Mn;nrs to Washington is about II
cents per pound.
We learn fi"nn the +, m Jr, -,."i
tina, Mcs>r>. L,wnian and Wilson
have Il public sale Of Sh"r, Horns at
Cre>ion, Iowa, on the 2sth inst. And
tina, Mr.. Berry, of Inli.n"l,, had il
sale OF hc same kind on III, l3ih
list. We never heard If tits sale
until il WAS over.
The March number OF the .NIfio"-
~ L.ct iat,. + .i,"rnu has been 10
cci,ch, and ls ornamcntcd rs Il front
is piece with fine picture Of the
ll,,l,sdale stallion, Donald Dinnir,
ON ncd by Downs & Sanders, Tall,
rand Iowa.
The Eurm Jr" nal gives the
names ot another firm OF Shor' Horn
breeders in Dallas county, Mtssrs.
Gillette & Hooker. They have Il
farm of six hundred and forty acres,
every way >ui,abl, for their business,
and their farm is well stocked and
well ordered.
From the long trains of cattle an |
hogs going from Northern Iowa, re
ported III the new spaprrs, We Judge
that region of our Stal. is ahont de-
ple,cd of what c title and hogs that
can be ready for n,arkc, until an"th-
or crop. Heavy feeders still lave
steers on hand.
There is pl' nty Tor farmers I" Il"
this month. Top dressing grass
fields, scattering all spare grass seeds,
Il L.. 81 4 .,J,
hay. on native pastures and wood
lands. AS ;he spring opens keep the
water courses clear, prepare and
spread manure, and see tina, every
thing is ready for work.
A writer the E"rm J."r""
recommends those preparing tnr y
flower garden, to depend mainly on
old standard varieties, which are al
ways reliable. He recommends II
dozen kinds, and here are the names
of them: Astcrs, bal>ams, dianthus,
petunias, phlox, calli"p>i>, vrrbcnas,
sweet peas, migonettc, clnnlas, mar
rigolds and por ulaccas.
The Huuie thinner informs u>
that Mr.. John ID. CT bert, the we'll
known Logan county breeder and
feeder Of high-grade Short Horn cat
tie, sold 1913 fat steers, averaging
2.lOO pounds, at 10. gross. These
were fed in the usual way, out of
doors, and not tied up, or, IA it is
termed, stall ted. Another sale of
extra cattle, five cad, fed 10y Mr.. +.
a. BiSseil, of RlrhmcnI, Mich,
which averaged 1890 pounds, were
sold ut Detroit. These are claimed
To Lp the five heaviest three. car-old
steers in the Northwest.
An English writer, VII" had trav-
clcsi mu Il III this country, says Of
the lntlur,i,.e of icli zion. that he
could tel. as he came near to Il co,iii-
tiN village what were It's religious
psi, les. l. Ire fences were in
t...,i ..i,,. th,. road. well luuIr the