Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-11


JACQUES.
Our Iowa College Farm.
Those who are anxious to know
how fas, the "lowa College Farm" and
the "Iowa Farmers College" which We
have heard SO much about, are gettin.
along, will read the following letter
from Suel Foster, Esq, which we take
from the Muscatinc Journal, and be
satisfied, We presume
found Hon. Richard Gaines, Tru tee from
Jefferson county. aud our agent for the farm
. ID improvepent' doing well. industrious.
economical AMI faithful. The foundation OF q
bank . was hui t. two feet t,cS and eight
r,yh 42x6U feet, .bstahtial and good-look
ed sufficient to set a big mill upon. The Sill,
were placed upon the foundation, but tn.
frame wo L., MT he ready to raise for abou,
week II is to be covered with oak b ard
AMI ha,tened with pine. Oak Sl5 per |, O0',
pine SIS. 1T Fairfield and SIG for hauling.
We have 1000 feet tor batten AMI doors =
Oak shingles at So We intend to paint It O
dark color, like u railroad depot.
IlousE Only the kitchen. che and ~
| stories. store room, etc suitable for lars r,
| house, which is iniendel to be put up in fu.
,ure Also, now to be built, wash room
milk room. and wood house. Join ng tn.
kitchen. Stone on he ground Tor the cellar
and iumter-oak SIG. linn and walnut $l5
to 500 Brick kiln just burned.
We have 70 acres 10 wheat. corn and Hun.
garian grass. This was broken last year, bur
| we have broken no more this year. w.
have 1870 acres under good fence.
CosT or FENCE-24O rods 1T poet and board
fence, 5 six-inch bOsrds-97 l-2 cents per rod
This IL estimating oGr u Der, Of which w
have plenty, 81 Two cents for each post. In
this fence Ne have found a remedy Tor one
difficulty which have often seen ia m
travels, namely that green oak boards viii,
shrink enduiss, and once in 8 or 10 rods
break the nails and part or inches. 1t may
e said that to lap boards so a. not to hav !.
them all meet on one post will remedy this
difficulty, but ! apprehend that a. the ium.
ter shriuks. the nails will break 10 different
lac 9. Once in about 10 rods We s.t two
DOS 9, and had the ends Of the boards nailed
os,pon each and they have nov shramk end
,cise as to dram apart about four inches Wiil
lumber shrink emd.ci.e
300 rods worm fence. 8 rails high, stake
aud rider IS cents per rod estimate value
VI TIN Ter cent? rail-.
1870 rods posts. mortified, with S flat rails,
IS cents q rod i; estimate value OF timber 3
c'nts each. This is probably as good as tn.
board fence.
We had donated to US by Mr. Jas. Smith,
and plants We Get out 100 apple trees, anu
probably 80 died Of drouth The others are
beautiful trees, and in good condition. Also a
quality Of grape-v,nes and rhubsrb We
nave doLated TO the College Farm several val.
liable farm implImen's and patent rights among
which is IA Mower, by Mr.. Woods Of Muss. It
is intlmated by DR.. Hickey that he or his as
sigus will donate one Ut bis valuable G ain
Sowers. They az, no doubt, an excellent
thing. end i; the College Farm uses them. it
must. Of course, b. a high Recommend ation.
The tols cost Of all our IMPROVEMENTS, when
tn barn and the back part Of the houses are
finished, will be between s., 900 aad IS 900 -
We he'd appropriated by the State $4,000
when we started nearly two years ago Cot
Of lend $3.50 Locating Farm and ether con-
iingents abou' 1000 Collected en- subscrip
lions RAP First months Interest on the
$4,000 story CO. Bo de will be paid this
Fall, $3.50; $3.50 Eore Of iLteres: Que the l6tl.
Of January. With Judge Evans Of that coun-
~ assures me will be pad this Winter, as fast
as the taxes come in. This will pay all debt
and costs up to tina. time, nd leave US with
all the lands donated, aud about 81 900 of sub
scription.
1t may lie asked where the College j.. ard
whore the Farmers echo ! is, which We start.
ed to build and .pen? We started with I'M
inteution q economiz'ng the funds Of the State
TO the b. 81 advan'a age, and l be ieve we have
early all prac iced uron tie principle which
Governor Kirkwood wrote me last Jnne. F r
one | vii! no. consent TO haze standing on the
Farm pile o. unfinished building. as q monu.
ment Of my folly and want Of business capa.
city
So. not until the peorle Of this State are
willing to tax themselves, and the railroads. and
nonresident land owners land their amount is
immense through all the tninly settled coun.
ties) can We have Farmers College, where
the poor class, AID the iaruer's soma can get
an education above the common school, at
about h 'H the cost # oar high schools. Ours
10 nearly . pattern after the Pennsylvania
Farmers His School" which again hear this
summer. as vel! as last Fall when visited l..
'. =: sacceeding beyond their fondest expecta-
''o"s' SUEL FosrER.