Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-13
Agricultural Items.
From the State Register

Inc new crop OF wheat-is already ar
irving In st. Louis from Texas.
The patent potato bug medicine. now
pe1ng offered in the market should be
called "Delusion." "
Pedigree does not establish the char
acter OF an animal. 1t is only an indi
cation OF the quality of it's ancestor.
The wool market is opening in Ohio
and Michigan at from 20 to 80 cents.
1t mnst be remembered. saws Col.
Scott, that the proper time to cut the
first crop OF timothy is from the Goth of
June to the 10th of July
Never help chicken out of the shell
Ii 1t has not strength enough to get out.
1t Is economy and mercy to let it perish
there.
Hand picking aids in the early part
part OF the season in keeping back the
crop OF potato bugs but the only prac-
tlcal and complete antidote for them
known In heaven or among men is Paris
green.
Paralysis of the hind-legs of hogs is
sometimes caused by kidney worms.
The old-fashioned cure for this was a
dose OF arsenic of about one-sixth of a
grain. Relief is sometimes afforded bv
applying turpentine and kerosene on
the back over the kidneys.
Col. Scott says that, as far as pract;-
cable, hay should be cured the dav It is
cut, and put up in cocks for the night
The next day, if the weather be favora-
bic, open it.Out, turn it over, and take it
to the barn or stack
Miller T. Nichols. of West Liberty
have purchased the Peri Duke of Onci,
da, I'd Earl of Constance. and Baron
GWyne "a, OF MIR. Coen, of Illinois.
This is the same Peri Duke which Col.
King, OF Minnesota, sold two years ago
for 50 ,240 to Mr. Coen.
The Massachusetts Plougtn,ou, Bos-
ton, i'll quoting the prices, saws the de-
mand for hay and straw is dull; yet hay
IS quoted at $50 per ton, and straw from
$50 to $23 per ton.
If you get cheated in bogus seed
wheat or corn, defrauded in the breed of
cattle, hogs or horses, get worsted in a
horse trade, or swindled by irresponsi-
BILE peddlers, don't swear. But cut your
wisdom teeth before you venture out
again.
The Gardeners Monthly says: mo
trees, especially evergreens, should have
grass permitted to grow around the
roots Tor year or 50 after planting
Grass absOrbs moisture, and the tree will
probably want all about it for itself"
Quite recently some chemists have
succeeded in separating from mouldy
Indian meal an alkaloid substance.
which is white, easy alterable, nog-crys-
ta!line, insoluble in water, soluble in al
cohol and ether, which acts poisonously
on man and animals.
DEBORAH Republicans: $50 far as we
can hear the crop prospects arc good
Some answer our enquiries enthusiastic
ally, Others more deliberately, and only
occasionally do we find one who is not
sangulne. We hear no complaints vet
of chintz- bugs.
The Detroit Tribune thinks the spirit
which built old Norman castles, and
gained lordly estates in England, fingers
still in the bosom Of many a farmer in
this country, and spurs his ambition to
become governor or lord of miniature
estate.
Chemists tell us that lime has an af-
Unity to water and carbolic acid; when
applied to the land 1t absorbs water,
forming hydrate of lime; this hydrate
then absorbs carbonic acid, so that lime.
although applied in caustic state, real
ly exists, shortly after its application.
in the form of carbonate, along with a
little sulphate, as was previously men
toned.
The Cedar Falls Goaotie, of tho Grun-
dy county Butter Factory, says: "The
butter factory out in Fairfield township
Is doing well. The stock is said to have
advanced twenty-five per cent Farm
ers get sixty cents per hundred
pounds for milk, which is equal to six
teen cents per pound for butter.
The best way to piow head lands is to
leave strips of untouched lands at the
sides as well as at the ends of the field,
all OF equal width, and then finish the
whole by going around with one contin-
uous furrow until it is completed close
to the fence, thus avoiding the treading
down of newly plowed land.
1t is stated in an exchange that last
year farmer in Illinois put 100 hogs,
weighing on an average l25 pounds, into
a twenty acre clover field and kept
them there four months, when their av-
erage weight was $50 pounds This
shows 500 pounds per acre of clover
Will clover pay?
The United States Butter Reportey,'
of New York, very candidly admits
Western cheese, like Western butter, is
being made with such close care and at
tention as to command respect on its
merits alone, and is rapidly wiping out
prejudices against the geographical po-
sltiOn OF the points of production
Flat shapes to the home trade and
Cheddars to exporters have had fire.
quent sale during the year at prices
equal to the best State
If not provided already, now is the
time to purchase a bull. But the farm
cr who wants the cattle for work, beef
or milk, has no occasion to purchase a
$27, 900 bull. One that can be had for
5000, or probably 500, will answer the
purpose nearly as we'll. And If one
farmer has not money enough to buy
one, let him unite with one or two of
his neighbors and buy. But let not. the
next two months pass away without IA
vorable action in this matter.
Investigations by the Department of
Agriculture at Washington, according
to Mr.. Dodge, the statistician show
losses from diseases of swine during the
past twelve months 100000 animals of
all ages, or a money loss of more than
$4,000, 900. One-ffth of the reported
loss occurs in the State of Illinois,
Next in prominence are Missouri, Iowa
and Indiana, which together lose $10,-
100000
Mr. f. |. Cough, of Grand Junction.
insists that, ''The State of Iowa being
favorably situated for the observation
of the weather is called upon through
her Legislature to aid in sustaining a
system of weather stations under the
able management of Dr. G. Hinrichs, of
Iowa City, and it is hoped that Iowa,
foremost in the good of progressive ag-
riculture will respond. The Iowa State
Agricultural Society under the effective
management of Secretary Shatfer is full
ly alive to the needs of the hour.
The Davenport Democrat announces
that sea going vessels of the largest ca
pacity and draught had been put to sea
through the southwestern pass of the
Mississippi mouth and ietties The
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