The Davenport gazette., 1854-04-13

"'N W. ~" "Ffi.sa' Ac suil Is linda
laid by the lime rock, which crops ou, ,qy'. n,,
bluffs, and affords an abundance ofeycolI'e 'e
building stone. Near the river ,bc Sitht sG.i'ht
reddish loan; further back Il is the cona,
black prairie muck, with a clay snI"'i
adapting il TO the growth Of grass WI
corn, nnd timber almost cauajly wo,I
fen notes Of three iarms. which iy;sual
he taken as samples of the rcrian ~!
first u that oi AIr X Jackson. yL, "e
been in tie State but three or fomr Ill. Da'
and who had yainly tried Il make tLp'in's
est on his money invested in a farm in H.,
region Of Cincinnati. '
His farm is well provided with hu,ld,
having upon it large, we'll built hons
a spacious barn The latter is mo-, o,Ja '"4
voted to stabling, and storing hay and 9r.S
of which the former has its nIa,e p ~ ~"
busemcnt--but eneloses a STATIONARY ba.
power. for threshing, cutting feed o,%.
any other purpose Ii was employed NIL.
saw il in ma lin. humny: proccy,
which perhaps the farmers 81 Yaukeai,,5
have no definite dea,
The corn il ihrownnto circularrror,,
and the power causes to travel OVER !, ,s
huge grindstunes, one after the other viT'
moving stake stirs up the grain af,ry c.,l
wl eel This Is continued ,Ill the huI. W.T..
all oil the kernal, when Il is conslcrclf, f.,
ishcd 1t brings ong de!lar and so,.,o.
per bushel when 50 prepared The e,,r
used for the purpose IS the white ant,l.
being considered for some reason tho bs.
Mr. Jackson raises some barley for vf,s
he informed me lie only obtained 20 r.r,,
per bushel. IL considers il the poarg..
crop he raises, and will leave other, n la,
after The beer interests hereafter. WIN.
beans arc also one u his crops but theprr.
u so small-oniy - cents pcr bu.he-,b..
they are to be put with THE Barley.
In walking over hs farm found ,f,,
what | had IN the distance taken t. b.,
piece OF timber. was a large Locus, Gry.
OF some Ten Years standing. The tree.sr.
many Of them, from 81 10 80 feet Ap6 and
are OF a size sufficient for rails and oo,,. -
they were planted IN drills thirteen fee,aD,r
III distance which some may consider Lrr,.
but the spaces between the rgWs are eu,,,a.
iy shaded and unoeeupied In The rsv. "a.
plants are much Too thick fhes strOprgrg1p,
tejng obliged ID tussle with THE we1kgrr
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"asA s.r". So n y s1E.t ''e l.N"' y. Y.
plants. ihfy were th hie cohol''"' ,'-'.--
El' q l",' o1' h"t a. very I@-'', '.." '..'.-
as .W','a' a. 81. many ta.l.. '.'". -
pr. jack Lux ~ 't'tt '
af0F9 '' use iaFhi u ~ -.
iHg on lIt same "fiust. III. L-4"''-''