Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-11-21
Facts for Our Farmers.


has just completed an extended tour
Of Hampden Hampshire Worcester.
Middlesex and Essex counties, three
months having been spent in the Con-
necticut valley. In the valley he was
surprised at the rapidly increasing
cultivation of tobacco and what ne was
pleased to term rum rule" He de-
pIored the fact that the beautiful
valley is fast being devoted to a
growth of the weed, which has come
to be almost the only object for farm
ing in some sections, Hatfield and
Westfeld being notable examples
Some Tobacco "Don'ts."
Here are some "dont's' for tobacco
growers, published by the Homestead:
Don't ever take down wet tobacco; 1T
never will look we'll again Don't put
tobacco IN bundle and stamp it IN.
Don't press the bundles too hard
Don't expect q big price FOR lot of
rubbish mixed in: this will always
show the first thing when opening
bundles for inspection Don't put
water on the tobacco to dampen it;
nine times out of 10 it will do damage.
Don't think your tobacco is all right
and not go near it for a month; if you
do, you will find it all wrong
Notes.
In proof that abandoned farms are
| more largely the result of barrenness
of brain than of SOIL" an exchange
reports that on one of these In Mas
sachusetts q farmer from Long Island
who knows something about farming
has this year planted 81 acres With
potatoes, from which he is now gather
ing crop Of from 125 to $50 bushels
per acre. disposing of the same n
Worcester at from $3.50 to SIS per
barrel At the lowest figure he will
receive over $4,000 for the crop, or at
least 20 times the amount he paid for
experiments by Long Island farmers
will redeem the waning reputation of
the agricultural district of Massachu-
sets.
The secretary of the MASSACHUSETTS
state board Of agriculture has issued
descriptive catalogue of farms for sale
at prices low in proportion to the cost
Of their buildings and their productive
capacity. There are so farms adj
vertised for Berkshire county, Is for,
| Franklin, Is for Hampden, Is for
Hampshire county, making a total Of
SO for western Massachusetts. This
work Of the state board was begun 10
lfC in 80
sold seem to Justify it's continuance.
1t is said that Chicago spectators
have set aside a fund Of 100000,
and have their agents in New York
and Pennsylvania buying up apples,
and a corner in the fruit is talked Of.
a high price in the northern apple
regions will bring out an unusual
quantity from the Virginias, North
Carolina, Missouri and Arkansas.
where they are relatively abundant,
and in years Of CheapnesS unable,
from cost of transportation to make
| competition.
! A Boston agricultural paper makes
| this observation: One who follows the
| Boston market year after year notices
/ that its distributing trade area is be-
| coming more circumscribed. Other
New England cities are becoming
trade centeTs, and as they get Boston
| freight rates from the west their
merchants can get supplies at home
cheaper than to send to Boston for
them and pay the freight out.
The Vermont potato crop is much
below the average, but is somewh Vt
! larger than was at first expected. The
| prevalence of dry rot is complained "
in all potato-raising sections. The
| state experiment station early an
| tfcipated the trouble aud advised
| treatment OF the vines by spraying.
! Wherever the advice was needed and
the instructions followed q fairly good
crop is being harvested.
! The United States government CEN
! sus bureau Friday announced that
! statistics Of agriculture for Con
necticut- It shows that 746 per cent.
Of the land surface of the state con-
sists of farms, numbering 26,94S In all.
Their value is s97,425,06e, of which
| $44, 1888 $50 represents the value OF the
buildings and $52,441, sos the LAM and
improvements exclusive Of buildings.
A course In corn Judging is offered
this fall to students Of the Illinois
college OF agriculture. The work be-,
gan September Is, and will continue
1 nine weeks. This Is the first time
such a course has been offered any,
where In the world.