Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1891 — FARM NOTES. [ARTICLE]

FARM NOTES.

Lktnbs, to frow rapidly, must bo furnished with a food variety of food and kept constantly gahrfcf. One reason for the English supremacy in mutton growing fa that there the best the land affords, instead of being confined to short pastures and stubblefields. Lime is an effectual remedy for mildew upon cucumbers, potatoes, melons, etc. It should be finely powdered and sprinkled ucon the vines when they are wet with dew, care being taken to get it upon the under side of the leaves as well as over them. To destroy the fungus there must be actual contact between the caustic particles of lime and the fungus. Fanners who wish to get all of the facts and information about sugar beets that are available up to date should send to the Agricultural Department for bulletin No. 27. which has recently been issued. This contains a resume of all the matter heretofore published on the subject and brings the history of the industry down to date. If we will we can within ten years be making all the sugar in the United States that is required for our own consumption. We have alluded elsewhere to the fact that the producer does not ordinarily, under existing conditions, receive a due share of the ultimate profits arising from his labor. Much that should be his goes to the manufactur - er, the middleman, the retailer. In this connection we find in exchanges figures showing a difference of more than 100 per cent, between the prices of beef as received by the producer and as paid by the consumer. This fact in itself is sufficient excuse for alliances. for combinations and for cooperation.