Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-03-29
AGRICULTURE.

An infallible remedy for smut in
wheat is to soak the seed wheati in brine
and then dust it with unslaked lime.
This is said to be Il sure remedy. Min
t.esota Farmer.
As illustrating the value Of an or
chard, farmer in Montgomery county,
Pa, the possessor of farm OF 100
acres, says that the thrce-acre orchard
thereon is the most valuable portion of
his farm. It mas averaged u return Of
$500 per year for apples alone. lie
runs twenty or twenty-five hogs in it
and eleven ewes with their lambs. The
proceeds Of the apples, hogs, wool and
lambs.rcach 5000 year Who can
beat this for three acres?
An Ohio husbandman tells the Pluct-
/ cal Farmer that in the field lac can AL
ways move heavier load, underaIl err
cumstanccs, with his broad-tired wagon
with much less danger Of upsctting on
hillSldes, and without making any ruts,
than with the wheels ofordinary width,
but that On the common roads over
which he travels it is just the reverse.
A slight shower Of rain makes an OK
| hitb bSf1il ll1Gip6hl w oNtlA0IiiN' Nil1
extra width Of tire, and lie finds that
the wheels 80 nearly IN equal depth, let
the tire be narrow or broad.
Heaps ofcorn, the Nebraska Ftumer
says, are nearly rs common in tire
yards of that state rs Wood-pilcs Ut the
east, and for the same purpose, to-wit,
for fuel 1t is on record that Kansas
farmers have burned corn, and six
months aftcrward paid - cents u
bushcl for corn to feed their stock.
And again, that within ono
corn IN that state was il drug ut
z cents tie bushel III the field, there
was ready market for il 1T - cents.
The easy lesson Of which il that III
years of plenty il is tile part Of wisdom
to provide for possible faminc--as Joseph
did in Egypt and not pile corn on the
kitchen fire Nee York al7bune
SOUR MILK JEwELIY. "A new indus
try has been started iii Mansfield, Mass
1t is no less than the manufacture Of
jewelry out Of sour milk. This seems
II strange anomaly; but it IS il fact.
The milk comes iii the shape Of curd
| lIOlIl lIlG ulNlII ttild iIl1i5Si IllilhIllS
counties in New York, and look upon
its arrival u great deal likepoppcd corn.
The secret IN making il up is carefully
guarded; but il is certain that it has to
be heated very hot, during which cool
ing matter is introduced, followed by u
very heavy pressure. Some Of il il col
orcd black and called jet, whilc some
appears rs ccllulod. Il makes very
handsome Jewclry, and is made into AL
kinds and styles known 70 the trade.
GREEN PEAs.-lt is strange that peo-
pie deprive themselves Of these, the
most delicious truck that grows. Most
people will make one or two paintings
in the spring, early, have il few dishes
| IN midsummer and no more. Now,
why not have them for two or three
months rs we'll rs II week or tWo2 Two
things arc necessary to have good, ten
der peas and plenty Of them-rlGh soil
and deep sowing; and too soil to be
well worked or well mulchcd. We
want Our readers TO try our plan.
Spade or pillow ground deep; sow deep,
and just us the peas arc breaking soil
scratch the surface over With Il fine
tooth rake, and then cover the surface
right over tire peas with manure On
staaw; and instead u getting two OF
three pickings you will get halfH dozen.
-Ei1Gt Recouier
posrs Tor ENp noWS-I noticed MI
article from VIM. Rislcy III the issue Of
February 18th, saying that his expert
enee teaches him il makes no differ
once which end Of i post i set i'll the
ground. My experience Is exactly the
contrary, | never set hemlotk posts,
Int when boy, helped my father re-
pair M old fence where they were used,
and every one set top end down WAS
very good, while those set butt down
were I'LL gone. Two Years ago, in re-
building Il long lime If picket fence, |
/ found every post that had been set top
down was til "a reset, anl ! used them;
but not one Of the others could he used;
/ they were rottcd entirely oil. The old
] fence had been set about twenty-une or
twenty-five years; spil ltiea slate.
Country Ge1aleman
ONIONS FROM SEED. People ii vari-
ous parts of tire country have become
/ possessed ct i strange idea that II Is
1 impossible e. grow good onions from
black seed. is il i called, and that 10
secure good bulbs III the autumn Il Is
necessary 10 plant the little onions call
"a sets There rr doubtless por-
tinns If the country especially South,
/ where il u somewhat difficult IL make
onions bottom, but with the proper sorts
the difficulty is much less than is
imagined. Il onions will bottom i'll
Spain and Italy, why will not The same
varieties succeed South and there are
no better onions III the world than those
produced iii these counties. They arc