The Tipton advertiser., 1877-05-10
AcauCULTURAL i ITEMs.
from the state Register. |

Mulch NJ OuCc HcWiy SVs 1Sf
coarse hay or straw.
/ A. w. Cook, of Charles City, ha
lately sold $5,0N worth of at
horses.
Tie up to stakes or wires. the rasp
berry and blackberry bushes.
If sheep are sent to pasture, have
shed or other protection from cold
storms this month.
If your corn is planted, don't wait
but put the harrow on, and keep 1t go
ing, early and late.
Harrow your wheat W hen 1t is two
or three inches high, If cornstalks DC
not obstruct.
Fruit trees which have been careful
ly heeled in, can be safely set out as
late as the middle of May.
Husband your strength when you
can, but use it freely when you must
Use br aims to plan but muscle to exc
cute.
Nearly all variety of garden seeds can
| now be planted. By the time they
are p, there will cease to be danger
of frosts.
George Wells. the big Grundy coun.
| ty farmer shipped eighteen carloads OF
cattle and hogs from Parkersburg last
Fridly.
Mr.. Rockwell, farmer in Cerro
Gordo county, farms this year 2l5
acres Of corn, la5 acres of oats and l6t
| Of wheat.
Sinclair < Co., at Cedar Rapids, av'
erage over, 5000 hogs per week al
their packin & establishment.
The Times says that Mr.. M'Kibbin
of Marshall county, had steer which
gained the past winter in 100 days AZ
pounds.
Fruit trees received from distance
at this late period i'm the season should
be buriel. root and branch, in the
ground for week.
Borers work in the currant bushes.
They are In the heart. Hunt them
up, and if found, cut them out if ii
takes the whole bush.
Hon. smith Wright, of Vermont,
goes strong on poultry. He is now
fee ling for market $3.50 geese, 2so)
turkeys, and | 40 ducks.
There are in Dodge county, Wis
consin, twenty cheese factories ten
regular, one Switzer, and nine Limber-
ger. Glad we have but few northwest
winds in the summer.
The Supreme court of Iowa has
lately dec .ded that farmers having
wheat stored in warehouses and ele-
vators along railroads, have to run
| the risk OF tire, an not the owner of
| elevator.
The market day enterpris has about
failed i'm Cerro Gordo county. 1t is
from the reason that large portion of
the farmers of the county prefer loung-
ing about saloons and congregating at
street corners, doing nothing and
think ing less.
Take away the dirt and rubbish
about your houses, placed there last
fall to keep out the cold winds. 1t is
now unsightly and injurious to health.
Hire the best hands for the farm
and let the stupid. plodding billiards
go to work on the railroads. They
need constant overseer, and there
they will get one.
The Kansas Cooperative Associa-
ton is making arrangements to ship
their grain direct to another co-opera-
tive association in England, with
whom they have . reciprocity treaty
in business.
Mr.. Lewis, of King William Co,
Va. is planting this year seven hun
drei acres of tomatoes. As this is
one of the Eastern counties in Virgin
ia, Mr.. Lewis is evidently preparing
for long extra session of Congress.
Mr.. Shields. Of Mahaska, has lately
lost eight valuable horses by an un-
known disease. They were nearly all
Sormans or ClydesdaIes, and among
them large pretty Clydesdale stall
lion. This We obtain from the Her.
aii.
The awakening interest in this State
for butter and cheese, is causing an
inquiry about other stock than Short
| Horns. q. NJ. Orwig, of Butler coun
ty, Iowa, has recently purchased sew
en- head of Jersey cattle.
The spring pigs should be weane'
a. soon a. possible, and this can bs
done when there is plenty of milk
Get them out of the way so the SOW
will have another litter before it is to-
late in the fall. Late fall pigs are tn
next thing to perfectly worthless.
Horses have to work hard thi
month Take care of them. Tn
character Of boy or man can be ascel
tainel by the care and attention h
pays his faithful horses. Wash the
shoulders, rub their legs, and gis
them clean soft bed.
A large amount Of wheat was sow
this year in February. Many timi
ones withheld their hands. We a.
happy to report that the industriol
ones are successful. The Februal
wheat everywhere is up and lookin
splendid.
. Jasper county raised in 1875 Il
| large amount Of 4,525, ,ss9 bushels ,
4 corn, being little over forty-fi'
, bushels per acre. That county hs
e 1000 acres, and it is almost incred
G BILE that nearly one-fourth Of her te
r ritory that year was in corn.
Mr.. Rhodes, OF the Jefferson Zee,
right when he says that ''one of Il
best signs OF the times lies in the ia
: that farmers are buying nsthing b
) what they absolutely need, and a
t endeavoring to ge; along with Il
a least psssible outlay in supplyir
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