The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-01-06
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There appears 10 be almost a manis
AMONG cui,ivs,ors of ,he soil to possess
lx0utusus. senusswAsssw& farms near
siagrieAiag towns or c;,iee. with more lend
III S<Ssy can hall in 10 proper advantage
wfsh ssins'e acre, when W
aividiae their land iatptkree OF more farms
tAey might double the value OF the Whole
and reany nsske more on that which sney
preserve fcr their own nee iksn they daa
aefors. sDthefs cell good farms, pick 20
their pesousl properly and families and
seek distsnt loostions lar from markets,
where they can obtain seciion Of isnd io'
what fhey sold their comfortable little
homestead Take the great mass OF far
mevs seeking new location, aud scarcely
ans in ie,ty will be eatiefed with the quaint.
y Of land really sece ssary Tot his purposes.
Instead OF buying sms israc,, and rssers-
ing means to build comfortable dwelling
and oushcrsss, with The gratis scr sa Or
ckard, the shrubs and seeds 'or gafden.
s., Too often the whole esP'isi y wasted
In assntiy instead Of quality. OF elss cheap
sr lerAs ere secured too lar distan, from
rood markets 10 make labor prsnis6ls,
Aneshss great object with farnefa' 60
matter where located, is 10 raise ssa'a' ana
Grain alone sometimes with happy sea
son asd good markets, highly Probable
but siwsys uncsrsaia. Nov 'he iassrs'
,,rns are got always, OF Generosity, The
mo.t money usk:ny. We are acquainted
with men Who from FIVE snd ten acres vii
make more money than those counting
heir sores By scores. We 20 not know q
On. more csrtu;n way of milking an mae
pepdence. Than By The proper cultivation Ct
q few. acres near coed market Every
Aouishina town Of few Thousand iaosp'-
,an,s, and more especially the large oitiss'
il sucA Z market. A model sized safm ioe
making uossy near good Market We
should call irom twenty 70 uif5 s9t',
although i've o.. Ten acres can % insas
really more profitable 4 the occupant
has 70 depend principally upon bis ow o
labor. Every acre can be na5c 70 prine y
hunAreds Of dollars under the proper tiiisge.
ana with The exsscise Of ludicicus ludg'
men, Is to what to grow. Coed segets-
hl., Of I'll kiads bring high price IN these
growing yoans cities. No farmer or gar
deser should raise s.yfAiss inferior. lie
shosla sake such care in his selection Of
.eeAe, and in the cult ure Of the plant
vhatevsr il may be, Is to insure good ar
IcIe. AID he 10 then certain Of good pIase
ior it, especially If By the aid of greenhouse
forcing or wa,chful eye TO planting. ne
is enabled TO bling his vegetables into mar
he, ., an early day. A ANAL farm well
Tiled may thus be made profitable There
10 always scarcity OF good vegetables ~
these rafidly advancing or well populated
towns; they always command price really
sxarbitsnt IN comparison with that pro.
duced by the same work sGdcsPitai in 9th
er fe,As Of labor. In the river Cities ss-
pecially. there neser can be real safieit q
standard vegetables. because II the pePuia-
ton 10 supplied there rs always nose
buyins to send 10 distant markets, moi 80
veil provided for
LIE. aericullusslisis tnra their attention
more 10 email farms wsa siltsa Maze
every foot pay i,s interest in The capita ahd
labor which secured and worked it. Ann
to raise the best Of everything, and attempt
10 raise nothing which 10 not sure 70 md
ready market, and locate near good mar
ket for issm produce. Ho. plain ls the
road - fortune thus pursued Frank IN
said, tbs read TO wealth is as easy as Inc
S.y d nasket. the xsy 70 market IN tni'
case, siIl BE- found literally the rosd Ia
wealth.
Thers : no better market for garden p o
duce 10 ,hs Mississippi Valley than Davsn.
port and there il no better land in 'sai
valley for sueh purposes Of cultivation 80
that immedis,eiy around This cry. Last
yesr The supply Of vegetables Wa. sllogeth-
er inadeqsate to the demand. Slaee is.t
sprins, IL net hundreds Of families, Al least
many haaareds Of people have been sddsd
10 our population, thus largely increasing
The hona demand Yet no matter What
the su,piy, there u demand abroad for NE
staple yssetsbIessueh - potatoes aud an'
ions, which mpsi always ensure goSd
pr;es Tor these articles. Last year thu
ssnds OF bushels Of potatoes and onions
were shipped from thi. point. The demand
abroad ms. be supplied no matter What the
price.
But Ne have 90 space 10 60 int de-
tails. We only wish TO suggest tbs ldes
that tbs most profitable Of oil farming,
taking i, yssr after year. . toe small farm
well titled; and that we hare The besl u
markets for the produce Of such farms.
There nessfwss hneI opening for god
sasdessss than in this Deighborhood. ihfy
can pay ier their land in enc gear, OF Two
s, the fur,he.. and each yesI double TIE
profits of the preceding one for a long
period. We should consider il bad manage
msnt. Of q most psculisr run Of bed sea-
cons, II such gardener did not make
fortune o. entire dependence in fFe years.
Bur small farms and TIL them wsl, instead
Of half filling large farms. This is TO she
intere.. Of beth city and eountry.
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1Fes persons have the slightest eon-
cepsion Of the extraordinary number 81
foreigners end country people residing IN
LondssS The census Of 1854 shows il TO
b. positsye fact ths. more than hstt The
>.;l.,ts ,rers mt horn in the ci.v--.tat