Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-06-07
AGRlc ULTURE.

! tHC ploSHDiIl Is IllIlhitA'
/ A CORD of green hard wood weighs
upwards of three tons. Some teamster.
seem TO be ignorant Of the fact.
| 4 BAG Of hops large as the two fists
placed in bin or store Of grain, will, il
is said, kill or eradicate all grubs and
insects from the grain.
| The spring wool clip in California, it
is thought, will run onc-third short OF
that OF last year, which would make the
total about 20,000,000 pounds.
A GREAT garden is maintained at Ber-
lin for the purpose of supplying the
schools with botanical specimens. The
distribution begins April /, and 4,o00,-
600 plants are thus disposed Of during
the season.
BASED on theaverage yield of land in
the United States, it would require the
product Of 1000 acres in corn, or 5000
acres in wheat, to fully load one freight
steamer ola carrying capacity of 5000
tons.
THE time of year has arrived for the
publication Of notices Of double-yolked
eggs, from the size Of ones fist to that Of
an infants head. Every happy posses
sor challenges the next mans hens to
beat it. Nevertheless the average eggs
remain OF the average size; at least
those which are sent to market.
TIE Kentucky Horticultural Society
has determined to compete for the Will
der medal to beawarded at the meeting
of the American Pathological Society,
to be held ut Nashville, Tenn, in Sep
TENDER, 1879 This medal is given to
such societies only as make a merto-
rious display of fruits. The Kentucky
society expects to place upon the tables
not less than 900 plates of fruit.
TIE annual yield of potatoes in the
United States, according to the returns
Of the last census. was nearly 100000
900 bushels. In view of the increasing
attention lately given to this crop it will
doubtless show ut the close Of the pres
ent decade large increase in the
amount Of .hc yield, as Well rs III the
number ana Improvement Of varieties.
In fact, it may be safely assumed that,
in spite Of tie fears of many in regard
to the ravages of the beetle, this crop
will still show \ yield 1T the next CEN
sus Of over D0,O0O,oOO bushels.
THE corn crop exceeds i'll acreage
and value any other in the country
Next i'll value is the hay crop, not in
Guiding pasturage. In 1870, out Of
123, 243, 600 acres under cultivation, a.
100000 were devoted to corn, 25,4OO,-
900 to hay, 100000 to oats, and TO-
500 600 to cotton. The money value of
the crops, as given by the departments
Of agriculture for that year, was, in
round numbers 5000, 100000, Of corn,
$342, 100000 of hay. 1894 100000 Of
wheat, $272O0O,00 ofcotton and S429,-
599, 900 of oats. Potatoes are down for
Il value of 800, 100000 tobacco, $4,000
600 and barley So, 100000
a Hint 10 aERANlUM GROWERS In
towering seeding geraniums the pro
cess which | generally practice after the
plant has grow some eight inches IS rs
follows: makea six-inch cutting of the
top. dry it III tie shade for i day, and
insert il in sand or sandy soil, keeping
it moderately dry until rooted, when it
should be potted and shifted, as it re-
quires, or planting out i'll the ground.
By this means seeding geraniums are
made to flower much quicker and grow
dwarfer than Oh the seed roots, and
where room is no object and stumps are
kept, you get two plants instead of one,
which isa great advantage if the seed
ling be worth preserving. Gardeners
MontHy
RECEIPT FOR SMOKING BACoN.-Take
II tin pan or kettle OF corn cobs and set
them ON fire SO rs to make them smoke;
then turn bottom side up over the
smoking cobS the barrel, Or whatever
you wish to pickle Or salt your bacon
in, so rs to thoroughly smoke the inside
of it. Burn mt least two pans of cobs
under it, SO rs to smoke it well. Then
pack the hams, shoulders, or other
meat that you wish to make bacon Of
in the cask, and after preparing your
pickle, heat it nearly boiling hot and
pour it on the meat, and let the meat
stay until it is picked, when it is made
into bacon. ready for use and well
smoked smoked my bacon by this
process last fall, and it is we'll done.
The bacon can remain in the pickle until
used and you can watch the pickle in
the summer, and should it Torment.
scald it over.-G. y. IN The Husband
man.
HEALTHY Cows AND Coop Milk
There is not much need of an argument
to prove that farmers and dairymen
should keep healthy COWS. The fact
that such cows give \ larger quantity Of
milk than those which orn unhpalthy
can produce, is proof that whatever of
profit is secured from cows will be OBJ
tanned from those which are we'll and
strong. Another fact which has not
been IL well known rs it should but