Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-01-03
AGRICULTURAL.

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ENGLISH butter buyers refuse to han
die butter tubs fastened with wires.
The cotton crop of 1873, in round
numbers, is 5,197 900 bales, weighing
$50 pounds to the bale.
a WRITER in an exchange says: 81
laid in o store Of sod cut in pieces, for
my chicken house last winter, and found
it most valuable for the fowls / pack
ed it IN one corner Of the house, and
before spring the poultry had il pulled
all to pieces
THERE are yearly raised in Vermont:
Corn, 500, 1872 bushels; wheat, 45470
bushels. There are in the state $50 grlst
mills, worth $1,250000. The average
price Of corn now is 80 cents per bush
81, while from 1852 to 1877 it averaged
80 cents per bushel.
FARMERS can find much to their profit
in study of the markets, both domes-
tic and foreign. Keep watch of the
breadstuifs and stock, and note the fuc-
tuatons of prices and the shrinkages as
compared with former years. There il
food for reflection here.
In England, according to the Brewers
Gdaette, large quantities of Indian corn
arc now used IN connection with barley,
and in the proportion OF two-thirds corn
to onc-third barley, in the brewing of
beer and porter. Inthis country many
brewers have been in the habit Of using
oats in the same way.
THREE HUNDRED gallons Of castor oil
i ~ In
county, Ill, alone. The oil Of Illinois is
said to be equal to that produced in lie
want, in SPAN, Provence, Brazil, or the
West Indies, and it is steadily improv-
ing in quality. About twenty bushels
Of beans to the acre is considered fair
yield.
REPORTS concerning the winter wheat
outlook throughout the northwest are
generally Of an encouraging character.
In many localities the acreage has been
reduced by reason of the unusual
drought which has prevailed during the
fall months while in others the acre
age has been largely increased, and
prospects are good for an abundant
crop.
THIRTEEN years previous to last spring
| transplanted u quantity OF cottonwood
trees that were two years old. They
were set l64 feet one way and 81 feet
the other way, making 800 trees per
acre. The past summer II stroke Of
lightning killed one of these trees; cut
il into wood. 1t made 2 cords OF wood
that | sell for So 80 per cord ut the tree.
| pay Is cents cord for cutting and
cording. This makes n net per tree Of
SO. 934 multiplied by 800 gives net per
acre Of about III ,2G0. 10 Correspondent
Kansas Farmer.
Tools ON TIE FARM.-One Of the ad-
juncts 10 the workshop Of every farm
ought to be u set of tools needed i'll
mcnding harness, SO that the boys may,
ON rainy days, learn new trade, and
save quite M expense. With harness,
u stitch in time saves, not nine, but
ninety-nino more. The essentials are,
two avis, needles, waXed ends, and II
clamp to hold the piece to be seWed.
The lust may be made out Of u couple
Of barrel slaves fastened to block,
and frightened by strap around the
middle. Some mending will have to go to
the shop; but, i'll the course of the year,
quite sum can he saved 10y merely
sewing up the ripped and torn places
in the harness or padding. We have
found copper rivets, sold IN half-pound
boxes, Of great advantage in mending
harness. linlf-inch rivets come into
play oltenost, though u few three-quar-
ter inch ones may be ncedcd.-Er
change.
| WuIrEwATHING TREES This very
old mode, among tidy farmers, to make
their apple orchards look nice, but
which for many years has been next to
abandoned, is coming into vogue again,
and discussions are being held US To the
proprcty Of it. The Germantown IT.
royuph says "What We know about the
matter ourselves is. that we do not think
That il makes much difference so far rs
the health and productiveness Of the
trees are concerned, whether they are
whilowasned or not. In other words,
we do not think it pays. 1t certainly
has tendency to close the pores OF the
trunks, rs we'll rs that it has an unnat-
ura appearance. So fur us it is declar-
"a that the whitcwash causes the old
bark to scale OIL and hiding places of in
sects to be disturbed, and this is about
all that is claimed for it, how much bet
ter for every farmer having an orchard,
to scrape the trees once year, or only
every other year, and follow it with II
washing OF whale oil soap or carboic
soup and water, applied with u short
broom. This would be sure to dislodge
the insects, open the pores Of the trees,
and give them natural, healthy mp
pcarance. This would do the work Of
icctually, and leave no room for doubt
or discussion. Whatever aid the white
washing of trees may bet their health
and produetiveness, the best orchards
we ever SAW, which bore full crops for
u generation, were not whitewa shed,
but scraped and washed with soft soap.
Worldwide Gossip.
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