The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-08-16

From the state Register.i

fore the weed seed natures.
Bonner has over $500, 600 invested In
horses for mis- own amusement.
The shipments. of butter to Europe
are double what they were last year.
Tin is merIy thin iron dipped into
molten tin. This is in reply to John
of Pella.
Six weeks till the State Fair. This
is the farmers own business. Lei
them take hold.
Ii weeds are allowed TO stand until
the seeds ripen, do not plow them un.
der. Burn them.
a country which will mot raise grass,
corn and potatoes, is a good country
to keep away from.
A meeting of the wool manufactures
of the West was held at Chicago on
the 10th of last month.
The farmers of Iowa have an oppor-
tunity at this years state Fairto show
condition of State prosperity which
no other State can.
Ii is the general impression that
wheat In all Northern Iowa will more
than double the yield of last year, and
that ii will all be No. /.
If any one is likely TO be deficient
in fall pasture, SOW rye At once. II
makes very nutritious pasture for
cows and young stock.
About ls47 the first reaper, the
Mccormick began to be introduced
among,;he farmers, and the writer
went on foot ten miles on hot sfay 20
see one working.
So much Of herd Law a authorizes
townships to adopt it, Wa repealed BY
the Fifteenth General Assembly, by
Chapter 70 of the public Laws ct that
session.
Wheat this year when ripe in the
field has that rich golden tint which
ii has not had sor many years. Usual
~ when ripe il has bad dirty white
east. TX i this year truly the golden
harvest
The sixth session Of the National
Agricultural Congress will De held III
Chicago on September =, p ami 2.
All agricultural societies AMI institu-
tons are entitled 10 representation.
The state Agricultural Fair should
not oaly De an exhibition Of al the
best things IN the state. but il should
be reunion Of al The good farmers
in the state, and tii-n-es break ever
the ISOLATION which prevails ia agri-
euEtu-ai Fife. and ;nfuse =neiat spirit
thai vii enLIsen lae Ginning YEAR.
The Georgia .iqricnltstrisf says. Ia
costs M more % produce pound Of
we.E than pound af cotton, but the
xosI sells fi1r rilrae times the price of
the cagT1n.
Iowa Il an agricultural State. Ne
aS1ar Industry Is yet looms up 10
shasse CUR supremacy Let us exhibit
Il the @s-ite Fair -uhstan tlal reasons
xhy W. a-e ~ eontenreG with our i'm
aari-anes
"a is the Agricultural editor
worked - i full hand digging the
Miami Ohio canal at 81 per month.
Then common shifting was 81! cents
per yard. And yet no one starved, or
went naked.
This is a good tina 10 put out straw
berry beds. There is considerable loud
talk in favor of Capt. Jack and the
Great American. Ii would be- well
for amateurs and gardeners To try
hen.
4 writer in the -sFa,gtcan ftttstFaeH
says that SOME townships il Massh-
.huseifs have losl IN population from
fifteen 10 sixfy-seren per cent. This
wing to worn ouf lands and RESTLESS
hes engendere5 by hard times.
In l,s4. the price 81 common labor
y a. twenty-five cents per day and
board themselves. our cid account
t,ook~ shows settlements al that price,
aud this was under the glorious
Democratic administration of Gen.
ackson
Forty years ago grain was cut with
, hand sickle The day was from sun
Use TO sunset. and the price was fifty
.ents per day. About that time the
,radle was invented. The agricultural
,ditor has the hand sickle now which
he learned to reap with in Is3l.
Corn fields are more foul with weeds
his year than usual. The foItaIl graz
,annot be removed nov. Bat %
the field carefully ard 70
move the s9ekI~ bars .panI.h h~e'iI~s
.znt- quarter and oth@r large
: eeti. = hieh uIEl .*oE stY@tt t+ssntt-
full crop ~ .eTs.
A veterinary -4rg~pa ~ Cedar Pap
i'd advertise that be fla- fag cfol-
era medicine which he g4sr4HtAs- 10
cure ninesy-nine ca-e- not ~ one hun
dred. If he has reliable men 10 GO on
hi- bond OF guarantee, he can have
plenty Of custom for hi. medicines
and his services.
During the hot weather any farmer
can have. If he prepares in time, ice
houses. ice boxes. iced tomatoes. iced
cucumbers. iced melons. iced tea
which no farmer should he without
iced butter, iced milk, ice water, .ee
cream, DC, dc. II il not necessary 10
live in towns TO have and enjoy these
deIicacie>.
The fnatiug cottonwood seeds. and
other objects in the air, are soaring
many people with the prospects Of
clouds Of grassshcpper-. Let D. state
that the Rocky Mountain locust or
yra--hepper il small, being not quite
an inch long, its fore leg- -hort re;-
dish. and the upper part II the hind
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