Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-06
AGRICULTURAL.

I An ear Of corn fed to i hog now is
worth two fed in December.
Twelve bushels per acre is said to lie
the average Of orchard grass seed, in
Kentucky, this year.
When calves arc turned out and
wholly fed on grass, the flesh is render
ed poor, dry, tasteess, and is usually
! dark-colored.
The wheat crop Of the northwest as it
is being threshed, is turning out better
than was reported, both in quality and
quantity.
The peasantry of sweden subsist
chiefly on rye cakes, which they bake
only twice year, and which are, there
fore, generally as hard as ship-biscuits.
About l 200 varieties of grasses grow
within the limits of the United States.
So says Prof Collyer, Of the agricultural
department at Washington.
In Pennsylvania the crop Of apples
exceed anything before known. In
Washington county an entire orchard
was sold at 20 cents the bushel, hand
picked and delivered.
When, by reason Of inclement wealth
er, you can not cultivate the soil, it will
be wisdom on your part to cultivate the
mind. A valuable harvest will reward
all earnest and faithful culture.
In France the hog is never scaIded to
remove the hair. a large pile of straw
is fired, and over this the pig is hung
until all the hair is singed off. The
small patches of hair are singed off by
means of wisps of straw.
No farmer in the old states can afford
to sell wood ashes for any price that the
soap-boilers would pay. Where oats
lodge, as they are apt to do upon heav-
lily MANFRED land, IN application of
ashes would save the crop.
1t is not we'll for the farmer Of ordi-
nary circumstances to NEEDLE much
with fancy poultry, not because poul-
try IS an unimpOrtant item on the farm,
but because it will notpav him to breed
for fancy alone. Should he do 50, lie
will come to grief thereby.
ANY country that has Il farm 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 To-
cation, is attractive. Every dollar spent
in trees and flowers will add SO to the
value of the home.
THERE is no better time than the
present for draining wet ground.
Swamps are now dry; work isnot press
ing; every foot of land II farmer owns
should be made profitable, and if the
season is permitted to pass and this
work is neglected, a year must elapse
before the opportunity returns.
AN old darkcv has given us his RENE
dy for getting rid Of cabbage worms,
which i rs follows: lie gathers il lot
Of dog-fenncl, puts it into u barrel and
pours water over it, lets it stand about
twcnty-four hours and then pours the
water on the cabbage, which will kill or
drive the worms away Cleveland Ban-
1ler.
lN II recent letter written by Mr.. Ful-
ton of the Baltimore american, now
travelling in Europe, he speaks of "wo-
men and cows in France for work men
and horses for war; and also narrates
how he has seen women doing the
work on farms in that country, while
the men did Il good deal of heavy stand
ing around.
LEGUMINoUS plants-sueh as beans,
peas, and the cloyers-contain a good
deal of lime, and flourish best where
that mineral is present. They also re-
quire sulphur. The article best fitted
for the supply Of these is plaster, which
contains sulphuric acid and lime, and
is hence considered the specific manure
for the above named plants.
a WRITER III the Weekly Tribune, says
that he hunted last year cabbage
worms till he nearly crippled his back.
One day a neighbours wife came in and
told him to use II tea made OF cayenne
pepper to sprinkle the cabbages with
twice day. He applied it. and his
cabbages and back were saved. lie
watched the millers and they would
not light on the plants which had the
pepper on them.
A WARM climate is not SO favorable to
the cultivation of the turnip rs us that
of cold, moist regions, and in Great
Britain no crop succeeds 50 we'll on
high, hilly grounds, in II moist climate.
The turnip attains II larger size III the
north Of England and in Scotland than
n the south Of England, and does better
III the humid western parts Of Britain
than in the east.
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