Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-10-04
AGRICULTURAL.

IA farmer is manure bank.
Y Liquid manure does its work at once;
solid manures requires time, yet is GER
tain in its effects
He has fat cattle who feeds them.
And he has fit acres who ministers TO
them with liberal hand.
Rotten wood, leaves and forest clean
ings make excellent plant food when
plowed into the ground.
Bury your dead animals at the root Of
your fruit trees. You will find that it
pays good per centage.
A Field at Walla Walla, Oregon, gives
300 bushels Of clean wheat from fifty
acres. In some cases the yield goes up
to eighty bushels to the acre.
The argentine confederation, South
America, il estimated to contain over
70,000,000 sheep, or nearly double the
number owned in the United States.
Any country that has farms with
groves Of forest trees, with orchards,
with vegetable and flower gardens, Is
beautiful and valuable. Without these,
no country, however, rich in soil and
location, is attractive. Every dollar
spent in trees and flowers will add $40
to the value Of the home.
1t is said that DR.. Cheyalcr of Nor
folk, England, Observing some fertile
ears in crop Of barley, separated them
from the rest, and, by sowing the grains
separately, grdually propagated the va
ricty which goes by his name. Its pro-
life quality has been tested by the ex-
traordinary fact that $50 stems have
issued from . single grain.
II is said by farmer, who has tried
the experiment 50 often us to be sure of
his ground, that buttermilk poured
over u scurvy pig will entirely and
speedily remove the scurf. The reme-
dy is simple. Almost every farmer can
boast Of one or more scurvy pigs, and
if buttermilk will cure it, il should not
be spared.
The use Of dynamite for Strengthening
purposes is meeting with much opposi-
ton III Europe, since such method
damages the head Of animals valuable
for sale rs lood, besides the time occu-
pied In arranging its application and
the risk Of injury to persons and proper
ty render the system less expeditions
than that Of killing by the old method.
A Manlius, Onondago county, n. T.,
farmer writes that last fall lie sowcd
twenty-eight acres of wheat, applying
225 bushels Of damaged salt, and this
season he has harvested from the same
land ], 120 bushels Of fine wheat, aver
aging forty bushels to the acre. He
keeps eighty horses, twenty-five COWS, u
large flock Of sheep and forty-seven
hogs, and believes in genuine gain
growing, stock raising husbandry.
After many experiments, u certain
and speedy remedy for burdocks has
been discovered in kerosene OIL Ii Il
small quantity be poured into the heart
Of the plants, directly after cutting, they
will disappear entirely,roots and stalks,
leaving no trace Of theic existence save
u small hole III the earth where they
stood. Refined or crude OIL will accom-
plish the purpose equally well.
To secure the total destruction Of the
tobacco fly, sprinkle the plants with u
decoction Of onc-sixteenth of nj ounce
Of strychnine, dissolved in twenty
quarts Of water. This application has
been known to destroy the fly absolute
", and cause no injury whatever on
the young plants. All indefinite guam
tity will be found to work To no injury
whatever to the plant. II can be mp
piled with perfect safety.
Tile London Farmer has the follow
ing: A capital plan Of protecting
horses and cattle from the tormenting
attacks of flies III hot weather is to
wash their coats in the morning with il
detection Of walnut leaves, the peculiar
smell Of which eflectually keeps the
would-bc marauders NJ distance. The
dccoction is said to have the further
power Of destroying amy eggs that may
have been already deposited III the
skin.
BARON l.IERlG says Of agriculture
!" Not merely for its utility, but on
account Of the very intelligent nature d
lis pursuit It stands above all occupa-
tons, and its practice procures to the
man who understands the voice 81
nature not only all the advantages fol
which he strives, also those pleasures
which science alone can afford There
is no profession which for its successful
practice requires larger amount b
knowledge than agriculture, and none
i'll which the actual ignorance is great
er.
A NUMBER Of butchers and provision
dealers III Liverpool, England, have
dubbed together for al experimental
importation Of live hogs from thi,
country. They have purchased i
steamer and had her fitted for the nc
commodation Of $500 hogs between
decks, beside large number Of cattl,
on the main deck. Ii the ventur,
turns out well. they propose To estah