Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-03-29
Agricultural Items.
From the State Reeister,

coi. CaiueTS Is preparing a revised
edition OF the Percheron-N Norman Stud
Book.
The golden text is, The worlds best
crop is tame grasses, and the best ami
NAL to utilize it is the cow"
Chickasaw county has two good
cheese factories, which have proved to
to be paying inititutions.
Farmers better not set all their eggs
under n goose this year especially if
that goose is called Wheot.
Many pretended farmers 90 to town
and smoke, spit and drink beer all day,
and then go home and grunt about hard
times.
An eminent Lord Chancellor being
asked what was the most essential to
make a good lawyer, replied, Poverty
and talent. that is, poverty to compel
the young man of talent to work.
The old poets said that "before the
temple OF virtue (meaning all excellence)
the gods have placed labor" Let
everybody, without respect to age, sex,
color or previous condition." know
that it is work alone. that conouers.
In the preparation and contracting
Tor milk for factories the approaching
season, it was stated at Manchester that
the lowest contract price was 60 cents
per 100 pounds, and the highest $40.
Every intelligent boy on the farm
should learn to graft. 1t is a very sim
pie operation. Many frauds have been
practlced by tree peddlers. Many trees
IN the orchard are seedlings or worth
less fruit. Now is a good time to graft
them, and thus change the tree to good
fruit.
John p. Woodbury., of M~arshalltown,
has invented and obtained a patent for
a lady's glove fastening. 1t is under
stood he has been offered $4,000 for
the patent. But he leaves his bank in
Marshalltown and moves to New York
to superintend the glove making by the
new patent.
The Steward of the Marshall County
Poor Farm delivered to Kendall <
Barnes, of Lamoillc, to-day, 43 head of
Poland-China hogs, which averaged 5l8
pounds each. These hogs were raised
on the farm. The Daily Times is good
outiolibI
The Oskaloosa HeruM of March 9TH
reports that. Hon. John n. Dixon in
forms us that the prospect for fruit the
coming year is unusually good. The
trees are not injured in the least. Even
the peach trees give promise of a good
yield.
IL: n. Moore, Red Oak, Iowa. and 4.
p. West, and r. +. Tubbs, Villisca. To-
wa, have made arrangements to hold a
joint public sale Of Short-Horns at Vii
lisca, Iowa. Wednesday. May 10Th.
They will offer about 125 head; and in
cluded in the offering will be many no.
ted show animals.
The San Francisco Bulletin in an art.
icle on the future prospects of Califor-
mia agriculture, says that twenty wears
hence nearly all the breadstufs for ex-
port from the United States will be
produced in the country west of the
Rocky Mountains. The exceptions will
be in the surplus production of corn in
the Mississippi Valley"
Mr.. Folsom says Ohio formerly had ;
good reputation in the East and in Eu-
rope for her full milk cheese, but a few
OF her craven men concluded to skin
their milk and then make cheese a:
good as any Ia this way Ohio ha.
been greatly injmrcd in credit. Iowa
can easily follow in her footsteps,
b. NJ: Robins. Osoeola, Iowa, ant
John McDonough, WOODBURY., Iowa
have made arrangements for holding
JOINT public sale of Short-Horns at tn,
Osceola Fair Grounds, on Friday, Apr
18th. They will sell about 40 head, in
Guiding representatives of the followin!
well-known families: Desdemonas. Me
doras, Amelias, White Roses. Mar,
AIMS, Cambrias. etc.
The Notioao1 Lire Stuck .Jou1uo
gives a volume of good advice in tn,
following paragraph: Breeding 70,
speed alone is at best an uncertain bus
mess; and when to this uncertainty we
add the expenses of training, the chanc.
es OF profit are so slight, hat we would
not advise any general farmer to engage
in the business, either with trotting O
running horses.
In planting trees. recollect they are
not q stake to be driven intothe ground
Dig a large, fiat pit for the tree. and put
IN the bottom surface, loan. Spread
the roots out carefully and equally, ant
place the loose, fine dirt under anC
among the roots with the hand. Fill u,
the hole and press it down gently witt
the foot, but do not stamp it down.
The neglect of farmers to grow grapes
would be astonishing, did we not con.
slider the amount of mystery that ha,
been thrown around the training. prun
ing and culture generally by some writ
ers. There is no reason why every
farmers family should not have all the
grapes they can eat; and there is scarce
ly a town OF village lot so small but al
least one vine may be grown.
The first summers treatment O.
grape vines, after setting out: Wher
the buds start, there will probably bt
many more than should be grown; rul
off all but two of the strongest, anC
when the shoot from either of these j.
long enough to tie to the stake, tie III
the strongest of the two with a sofr
string and break away the other. TIC
start right, you must grow but one shoO
the first year, and keep that tied up as
it grows.
The Marshall Republican speaks high
ly of the marble quarry in that county
1t employees a large force of workmer
and ships at times thirty cars of stone
per week, in various directions, fol
building purposes. The marble obtain
ed in its quarries is sent to Chicago anC
fashioned into handsome mantels anc
other ornamental work, it being suscep
tible of a high polish. 1t is in great
favorin that city. Recently some of
this marble was ordered for a govern
ment building in Oregon.
This is the season farmers should pay
especial attention to their horses anC
their drivers. Many new and untried
hands are commencing on the farm
High-spirited horses (and this is the
kind to own and work. are easily ruined
by ignorant, careless or vicious men. TIL,
first ill-treatment to IA noble hors,
should be cause sufficient and ~irreyoca
BILE for hands dismissal.
Mr.. Folsom, of New York, in his ad.
dress at Manchester, gives Iowa dairy,
men the following wholesome advice.
My advivc to the dairymen of Iowa is
RI n1aca cuch chnaSo hafora tha conSumn,