Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-10-18
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lHk EiTSSSl CoruUtlu III lnc state ol
Rhode Island contains twenty acres,
Coon Judges estimate Iowa's corn
crop this year ut 100000, 900 bushels,
against l97 100000 last year.
Tux rice crop Of this country is the
largest for ten or twelve years, and will
approach 100000 barrels.
THERE has been no increase in the
acreage or production of corn in Great
Britain during the past ten wears, and
little III that OF meat.
TnE measures adopted in Prussia for
the determination Of tho Colo,ado bee
tie are said to have been entirely sue
ceSSful.
A Texas paper advertisoS u plow
which has II furnace for tho heating of
iron. 1t is claimed that it will plow
the stickiest land.
lN Los Angeles county, Cal, good
corn land sells nj prices ranging from
$40 70 800 per aero. Fruit lands are
worth from $50 To $3.50 per acre.
lr is reported that the hop crop of
England will be greater this year than
il was last season. The prospects ON
the continent have somewhat improv-
ed.
DoN'r kill the toadS. They are tho
gardeners very best friends, from the
fact that they are mortal enemies Of IN
socts and worms that deprodate on gar
den vegetables.
WHEN swallows fly low wet weather
may he expected, because the insects
which the swallows pursue in their
flight are dying low to escape the mois-
ture of the upper regions of the atmos-
phere.
TuE largest land owner i'll the state
of Nebraska is Adam Smith, OF Boone
county. lie owns 10000 acres Of land
and he proposes to make additions to IT,
so that the big farms Of California will
seem like vegetable gardens III compar.
isoI.
One acre of land will produce 1,00C
bushels of sugar beets, which made into
sugar will yield 4,S00 pounds Of sugar
or into vinegar, 5000 gallons; or into
proof spirits, 1000 gallons. Such are
the possibilities Of an acre of grount
with proper skill and cultivation.
In Indiana they resolved to give TN,
old mon chance to attend the stat,
fair, without money and withou
price" All persons over seventy year
old who have resided in tho state fort,
years are carried on all the railroad
free and have "deadhead' tickets to tn,
show.
believe from experience and obser
vation, that well-improved grass lands
with many kinds of grass, not over
stocked in the dry season, and II libera
supply Of hay, cut early and well care,
for, will produce MS good If not bette
cattle than too much stufliing Will
grain, which has tendency to contrac
the inwards and prevent thrift whel
confined to grain alone.-Spangtr.
FARMING is business similar, in il
broad features, to all other trades an,
manufactures, and should be manage,
on the same principles. II is unpleas
ant, therefore, to observe that, witt
manufacturing and commercial inter
ests have attained distinguished pc
, sition in this country, agriculture In
, hot met with that consideration whic)
its importance demands. Whateve
, tho material prosperity Of the countr
may be, it must be based on that whic
, supplies the resources Of natural lf
and vigor to the nation.
A VERY simple process is employe
for freeing woodland newly brough
; into cultivation from the stumps I
| trees. A hole about two inches in d
| ametor and eighteen inches III depth
bored IN the stump IN autumn, III
cd with concentrated solution Of sal
peter and closed with n plug. In tn
! following spring pint Or 50 Of petrc
i leum is poured into the same hole an
; set on fire. During the course of th
: winter the saltpeter solution has pono
trated every portion Of the stump, Il
q that not only this, but also the roots ar
I thoroughly burnt out. The ashes ar
! left in stu, and form Il valuable mar
J ure.
: CIDER making is now in order, an
} old barrels must have become YER
rusty and moldy and wholly unfit +
use without thorough fumigation.
J scientific journal gives the following RI
3 cipe for affecting this, which we hop
I it may do: 10 clean cider barrelr
pour il lime water, and then insert
J trace-chain through the bung-hole, re
+; membering TO fastcn q stiong cord o.
I the chain SO az to pull it out agalr
: Shake the barrel until all Of the mol
, inside is rubbed OFF, Rinse with water
and finally pour in little whisky.
: This is simple enough, and would seen
e meet the requirements. Really fin
cider can not be expected when the bai
rels are not perfectly sweet and clean.
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