The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-07-12
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS,
From the State Register.

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The potato bug in travelling from
Nebraska to Maine, averaged about 10
miles per year.
The prospects Of wheat are good In
Indiana, but poor in Illinois.
Up with the Short Horns and Jer-
seys and down with the scrubs.
The fly is injuring the wheat crop
in Michigan, until they estimate the
Weld below the average throughout
the State.
There is nothing more demoraiizing
than growing poor crops, half or a
quarter OF the rishtful yields, year al
ter year, and as regular practice.
The western traveller Say found
the Colorado bug on the upper Miss
ouri in 1874, and in his writings OF
that date describes ii infinitely.
The Chufas will not stand Iowa
winters if left in the ground. Ihose
raised by the Agricultu raj Editor last
year were destroyed by the winter,
40 that not one Of then grew this sea
son.
We can inform Mr.. j. 5. Smith, OF
Tabor, Iowa, that we consider 1t 100
late to SOW Hungarian grass, If he de-
Inf I'm
should the season be favorable II
will do the first half of July.
There are large quantities OF horse
radi-h used by vinegar factories. II Ii
raised to a considerable extent in the
Eastern States. When properly man
aged the crop per acre is worth $500 t
! $500. and sometimes more.
i The \ ewton Jor1ot reports tina
hundreds and thousands of acres OF
corn and wheat have been drowned
out in that county, and personally to
the agricultural editor he stated the
rain OF Monday, June -, damaged
that county 100000.
A correspondent, discouraged al tn
many failures Of prominent agricnit
arists about i'm, wants to know OF IL
the true key Of success. In answer "
would cav, it j. all attentive supervis
Jon which never sleeps, the exerri-
/ Ia .h
strain Of muscles " hich never relax
the employment Of eyes which neve
blanch. and the concentration Of tn
thought which never wanders from
the business Of the farm.
The editor Of the Newton Jonr"o
In his Iabors il adding largely To ayri
cultural knowledged. He says:
We have been consulting the agri
cultural editor of the Joaradt 70 &c
his opinion a. to the best method q
eliltivating corn in wet season lik
this. He advises the farmers 10 pro
ide them selves with pontoon@. with
sort OF dredge attachment hitehed I
to the ste rn, and then pole it bae
ana fDTth across tbS N''ih@
When We know how mach poo
butter i. made, it appears a. II ther
was nothing which requir ii State al
80 much a. instructions in the dairy
Let us have few butter institute
in each county, which girls from al
teen TO twenty-oHe shall be compelie
10 attend for two weeks each year.
The Indiana Farm er reports that
;, citizen Of Indianapolis was poisone
by inha,ing the fumes Of Paris gree
which he was sprinkling upon the y
tato vines. He managed to reach hi
house drank o glass Of milk which &C
ed as an antjdote, lie is still quite II
however.
It /. not true that all the fine stos
n breeders In the State have or are abo
: to break. We have heard Of none e
. cept Jacobs, the kimberiy's. and WI
|, son Of West Liberty, and Mr.Colial
of Dies Moines. 1t IL supposed that
d the Others, with great care and rea
q enable prudence, will not only escaT
hi shipwreck but will make their ente
PRICES remunerstlve.