Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-16
AGRICULTURE.


own products and processes with his
ueighbors'. Therefore, the display q
agricultural products is the first thing 10
be regarded.
OR the ISL 900 paid i'll premiums last
year by the agricultural societies in the
state Of Massachusetts,, nearly SS,QeV
was paid for trotting horses This was
more than was paid for premiums on
fruits, roots, grains, orchards, farms and
dairy products.
TREAT the family COW 10 little oil
/ cake meal every day, and she VII
quickly respond in more and much
richer milk. rryit. Fresh ground and
pnre it contains Il larger per centage II
4 gluten, albumen, starch, sugar and fA.
Best spring feed for all kinds ot stock
! EVERY family finds more or less
bones accommodating. Burn them with
your wood, and the ashes thus enriched
lis one OF the most valuable of all fer
4 filters. Money can not buy any
article which will SO fettihze Your sol.
Bones thus consumed will quadruph
! the value OF wood ashes, which II
themselves are among the best OF soi-
enrlchers
A SUCCESSFUL aairyman feeds his
cows night ami morning the year round,
and in each feed puts teaspoonful Of
salt. He considers this method of salt
ing cows preferable to the usual one e
giving animals salt oace or twice !
week and thinks his method adds large
4 ~ 10 the amount of milk given.
A TRUE FARMER.-A trao farmer, #
culture mud breadth of mind Is II true
man, whatever position you may place
I him IN He is called upon "a I'LL the
small but important neighborhood Of
! fees. He is commissioner of highways,
school director, justice Of the peace
He fills the offices well. His ability y
strengthened He is sent To leglslate
1 for the state. He knows the wants Of
the people and works for them. \
seat in congress is within his reach. Ia
/ fact. there need he no Office within the
gift Of the people to which he may not
aspire. But such n man will never for
get that he is Il farmer, Being true
man, he thus ennobles his profession.
He has no cause 20 be ashamed Of il. 10
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such men will convince, are convincing,
the world that there is no occupation
higher or more ennoblng.
TURKEY DusTERs.-The Monticello,
Iowa, Express illustrates how easily an
important industry can be worked up
by genius out OF apparently small
matter. Mr.. Hoag, Of that city, with.
out any previous knowledge of the
business, engaged in small way in
making busters ont Of turkey feathers.
He has enlarged and improved his
business so that he manufactured $10-
600 worth OF busters the last year. The
Express says The feathers are pur-
chased III dozen different points, and
shipped here in large bags or bales.
Manchester, Maquoketa, Strawberry
Point and Fayette are among the prin-
cipal points OF supply. On arriving at
the factory the feathers are first care
fully assorted according to length by a
female employee. And then they ere
run through machine, which split,
them and brushes the pith, and makes
the horny portion soft and pliable. SO
that it can be bent and twisted in any
direction without breaking. A third
woman or girl then takes the split
feathers, and with n knife scrapes away
the pith, and passes them on to man
who arranges them in vice-like ma
chine about turned hub, which con-
stitutes the core of the buster. Three
men are kept constantly on this part OF
the work. in all, the establishment
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five to seven female employees. The
handles are bought ready made, with
thread on the end, which screws into
the hub of the buster, holding the feath-
ers in place, and giving shape and fin
ish to the article. There is Il steady
demand for these goods. Indeed, Mr..
Hoag is urable to keep up with the in
creaslng orders. His principal markets
are Chicago aud st. Louis, where his
busters are given the preference over
those manufactured in tine city estab-
lishments. Mr. Hoag intenis to EN-.
large his establishment, so rs to make
treble the amount he does nj present,
and man who is able by industry and
ingenuity To work such trade will not
be likely to fail
A New INDusTRY.--In II paper ON
Fig Culture ~ the North 4 Success.
Mr.. g. f. Nedham, Of Washington,
makes the emphatic statement that no
other crop can be raised which will give
50 certain and 50 large returns in our
Middle and Northern states as that de-
llcious fruit, the tg, He says: "The
fig fIourishes in much more unfayorahle
climates than our own. In Great Bri.
tain, for instance, figs have been grown
in the open air for more than 800 years,
the original trees brought from Italy by
Cardinal Pole still bearing. Now, if IN
that damp foggy, misty, mostly at.
mOsphere, where melons and cucum-
bers can not be grown, the fix will sue
ceed how much more will it flourish 10
our bright and sunny elimate The eli
mate Of our north temperate zone, is
one Of the best possible for the full de-
yelopment of the fig. 1t isl well known
fact that too great heat il nimicable 70
this plant; il causes the tree to cast it,
fruit Our northern climes are superb
Or To the southern for another reason
our days are several hours longer than
/ at the south. which gives a heightened