The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-03-22

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stoves are made.
The cloth peddlers are dsing up the
farmmsrs Of Cerrs Gordo county. So
says the Republican,.
Pianos and carriages, after all, are
not half as expensive luxuriss for .
farmer IS shiftlsssness.
II there Is not holding up sson.
some counties In this State will be
taxed into the poor house.
Straw at Boston Is s21 per ton. Most
of the wheat crop Of Iswa for 1875 sold
for less twenty so per ton.
Theas are 60, 900 shert-horns in the
United States recorded In the Ameri-
can herd book. So says Allen.
| tis stated that Michael Sullivan.
the extensive farmer Of Ford county,
Illineis, has made an assignment.
Among farmers At Morristown, III,
good farm horses are selling from SIS
to $3.50, and mules from $500 to $500
per pals,
The starch factories in Presqus Isle,
and Maysville, Me-, have paid over
$50, 900 for potatoes purchased from
farmers in the vicinity.
Prof Thury says: iii ysu wish to
produce females give the male 1t the
first signs Of heat; If you want males
give him at the end Of the heat" And
if you want TO be humbugged try the
experiment.
| Tn Washington City good sirloin
steak is worth from % to IS cents per
pound the year round. At DesNoinss
it is from 10 to IL cents. The freight
on beef cattle from Des Moines to
Washington is about Ii cents per
pound.
Farmers cannot do like factories
run on short time, but they can do
that which is far better. They can
hire less help, and keep In cultivation
less ground, and more In grass, and
thus have Ne much income with less
outlay.
In the eastern States they can pay
ten dollars per ton for straw to make
into printing paper, and send to Iowa
to print our papers on. In Iowa We
burn in our fields millions OF tons of
straw, and the winds blow the ashes
to Jericho.
The Farm Journal gives the names
Of another firm Of short horn breed
ers in Dallas county, Messrs. Gillette
& Hooker. They have farm Of six
hundred and forty acres, every way
suitable for their business, and their
farm is well stocked and well ordered.
From the long trains of cattle and
hogs going from northern Iowa, re-
ported In the newspapers, we Judge
that region Of our State IL about de-
pleted Of what cattle and hogs that
can be ready fer market until another
'rop. Heavy feeders still have some
steers on hand.
Mr.. N. w. Garretson, prominent
in early days among the patrons of
husbandry Of Iowa went to Oregon to
take editorial charge Of the Oregon
Cu,tivator. That paper has been pur-
chased by the Oregon Farmer, and
the Cu,fiuator disappears, and Mr. g.
retires from the editorial chair.
High feeding of incoming cows
frequently is the cause Of garget, milk
fever, abortion, and other inflamat-
en- for several weeks before calving.-
Bran and middlings, with plenty Of
good hay, and an occasional quart Of
oil cake meal, will prevent much
trouble.
There is plenty for farmers to do
this month. Top dressing grass fields
scattering all spare grass seeds, and
the accumulations on char from hay,
OH native pastures and wsod lands.
As the spring opens keep the watsr
courses clear, prepare and spread ma
nure, and see that everything Is ready
\ for work.
A writer Complains of Appleton's
and Johnson's Cyclop,edias for the
reason that neither Of them mentions
Sullivant Of Illinois, the corn king Of
the world. And yet his corn field was
larger than the Kingdom Of No rocco.
and yet the Prince Of that forty acre
Kingdom is paradsd at length in the
Iexicons. We call for another count.
A writer in the Farm Journal re-
commends those preparing for a..fiower-
garden, to depend mainly on old
standard varieties, which are always
reliable. He recommends = dozen
kinds, and here are the namss Of
them: Aster, balsams, dianthus. pc
tunias, phlox, calliOpsis, verbenas,
sweet peas, mignonetts, cinniaa, mar
rigolds and portulaccas.
The Prairie Fhr1ier informs US that
Mr.. John d. Gilbert, the well known
Logan county breeder and feeder Of
nigh grade Short-horn cattle, sold l2s
at steers, averaging 2,100 pounds, Mt
&c. gross. These were fed in the usual
way, out Of doors, and not tied up, or,
IS it is termed, stall fed. Another sale
Dfextra cattle, five head, fel by Mr..
Il. A. Bissell, Of Richmond, Mich,
which averaged $500 pounds, were
sold at Detroit. These are claimed Ia
DE the five heaviest three-year-old
steers in the Northwest.
| An English writer, who had trav.
eled much in this country, says Of the
influence of religion, that he could tell
IS he came near to country village
what were its religious privileges. II
the fences were in good order, tha
roads well made, the houses painted
the barns in good repair, the carts and
wagons housed, he was sure 70 find
the church steepls pointing heaven
ward, the school-house with opel
doors, and an appearance Of refine.
lnent, responsibility and religious lif,
in the community.
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