Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-10-18
ShoLt Paragraphs.

Iowa ylelu OF corn Is estimated at
25O ,OOO, 600 bushels, against 1917 600, OOO
in 1877
During the first six months of the
current year $l5,0O0,0OO worth of cat
tie, sheep and swine were imported to
England.
There is great increase in attend
ance at the Western Agricultural Fairs
this fall, the figures running up to CO.
600 week at Toledo. and $4,000 at ST.
Paul.
One hog, kept to the ago Of one year
IT furnished with suitable material, will
convert cart-load per month into a
fertilizer which will produce a good
crop OF corn.
A great number of weeds are now
maturing seeds, and every weed about
fence-rows, in fields, or about barns.
and in hooks and corners, should be
cut now and burned.
A few gallons of gas tar to barrel
of water, applied with garden sprink-
Ter, repeating as often as necessary, is
said to be destructive to vine bugs, cab
bage worms, and Colorado beetles.
The largest strawberry farm in the
world is probably that of John r.
Young, about two miles from Norfolk,
Va. 1t comprises about 26O acres.
The yield last year was 1000 quarts to
the acre.
The Minot Corner (Me.) corn factory
has put up about 225, 1000 cans Of corn
this season. The farmers receive three
cents per can, and this season the corn
produces at rate rather in excess of
$50 an aero.
Norwich, VI, claims the largest elm
in New England, the spread of its top
being one hundred and ten feet, and the
circumference Of the trunk, three feet
above the ground. eighteen feet and
seven inches.
A Logan County Gill; farmer has sent
to President Hayes what he calls "a
sample apple, that was grown in his
county. The apple is seventeen and a
half inches in circumference, and of the
Clapp's mammoth" variety.
If q small quantity of kerosene oil be
poured into the heart of burdocks, d.
rcctly after cutting, they will disappear
entirely, roots and stalks, leaving no
trace of their existence save small
hole in the earth where they stood.
The only agency used for cooking, in
a new apparatus, is the heat of the sun
the solar rays being concentrated by
means of condensers, and reflected by
radiators until sufficient heat is engen-
dered to boil an egg, or even to bake a
loaf or to cook piece of meat.
1t is asserted in an article in Col
mans Rural World that hogs can be
dressed by skin ming quicker than by
scalding; that the former process leaves
the carcass looking as well as the latter
that the skin has market value, and
that the hide and hair of 20Olb. pig
weighs about 12!lbs
A housekeeper in Windsor, Vt, says
she has made the past year 1,03S loaves
of bread, 421 pies, 1872 loaves of cake, 10S
buildings, 2,140 doughnuts, sliced and
cooked 1000 pounds Of meat, about 100
bushels of potatoes, taken care of the
milk and butter of five cows, besides all
other care necessarily devolving upon a
housekeeper.
Dairying is great AGRICULTURAL inter
est in the State of New York. 1t is
credited with 100000 cows, and put
ting the income per head at only $40.
which is below the average Of the last
five years-;t gives an aggregate product
of GU, O00,O0 annually. This is about
one-seventh of the dairy business of the
United States
To mend broken crockery, use lime
and the white of an egg. Mix only en-
ough to mend one article at time, as it
soon hardens, when it can't be used.
Powder small quantity of the lime,
and mix to paste with the egg, Apply
quickly to the edge, and place firmly to-
gether.. 1t will soon become set and
strong, seldom breaking in the same
place again.
Indigestion, much more prevalent
complaint among horses than in gener-
ally supposed, says the Mirror and Far
mer, is the near or remote cause Of many
fatal diseases. 1t usually arises from
overworking, iniudioioqs and irregular
feeding, poor grooming, and poorly yen
tiated stables. Sometimes it arises
from overlooking, and letting the horses
stand idle for several days and then
overworking.