Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-09-05

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w. seat q Ksntanky. pfoe~s ~
Or Oulsissfor that g. ~. Ogden, -
Faysets co., has ! hook Of eighty CasG
mere goats. grades and full bloodp, male
and female. He vss astonishsd 70 -
chow rapidly the short-hsired scrub il
transformed into the fine wool-bearing
Cashmere-four or five crosses Sppear.
ing to make them in oil rsspects equal
to pure-bred animals from imported
stock."
WArEs ON SrocK FARMs.-Mr.
Straun, the great Illinois farmer, gives
the following method 10 the Farmers
Advocats for keeping water on stock
farm Dig . basin five Or ten rods
square and ten feet deep, upon high
knoll. Feed corn in the basin to your
hogs and cattle until II j. we'll padded
by the tramping Of their feet, which
will make it almost water-tight lie
says the rains Of . single winter snfficed
to accommodate several hundred head of
cattle, and that it had been dry but once
in twelve years.
ONIONS FOR CATrLE.-A writer in the
Homestead has great faith in tho effica-
cy OF . peck Of onions for riddisg cows
or oxen of lice. He claims to have found
them an infallible remedy in his practice.
They also give tone to the stomach, and
and are especially valuable in hot wealth
er, when working cattle will be in the
shade at noontime, and refuse to eat.
SOLDERING IN HoRsEs.-A cores
pondeut of the Boston Oultivator cures
this disease by the use of saltpeter. A
tablespoonful to dose he has found to
cnre the worst case he ever had, and has
not found it necessary to give the fourth
dose. He gives tablespoonful in the
morning, and in three days, if the horse
is not fee from it, repeats the dose.
ScoURs IN CALvEs.-Nothing is SO
good to stop this carplaint-says the
Massachusetts Houghnaan-as loan
from the field. Calves should be
weaued on hay; but they should al
ways have sods Of earth beside them 10
the barn. This is new to us. Carbon
ate of lime, it is well known, will check
the scours and perhaps it is this ingre-
dent of the loan which renders it eff
cacious-and if SO, pulverized lime stone
would be most effective.
To Remove Horses FROM BUILDING
ON FIRE.-The great difficulty of getting
horses from stable, where surrounding
buildings are in a state of confagratiop,
is we'll known. Wilkes Spirit Of the
Times says gentleman whose horses
had been in great peril from such .
cause, having in vain tried to save them,
nit upon the experiment of having them
hatnessed, when, to his astonishment,
they were led from the stable without
difficulty.
To KEEP PoTAToEs IN THE CELLAR.
"A correspondent Of the Nev England
Farmer says Put them in pile ~
deep as you can conveniently. He has
for three or four years noticed that
where they we're deepest they kept the
best. Last autumn he put ont 1875 BUSH
els in one bin, and filled them p or
feet deep. They have decayed but lit
tie, and he found more rotten ones near
the top than anywhere else.
UsE OF TIE BARoMETERs BY FARM
ERs.-There is no doubt that farmers
would 6od great advantage in consulting
barometers when harvesting their crops.
Several instances of its usefulness have
been made known to us. A gentleman
who had fixed q day for commencing
haying found that hs barometer on that
morning indicated rain, and he post
poned haying. 1t rsined during the
day and for two succeeding days, but he
saved his hay, while his ne,ghbors who
had no means of foretelling the wealth
er cut their grass and lost by the opera
ton. A farmer at Chatam. N. Y, had
large quantity of hay and gram cut
one day, aud on going to dinner noticed
that the barometer indicated rain. His
men went immediately to work and
saved most Of the hay and grain, while
his neiehbors who we're not forewArned
10 time experienced q loss. A physician
at Reading had fixed a day for haying /;
the morning was fine but the barometer
said rain, and he deferred moving and
advised his neighbors to do the same.
But they laughed At him and went to
work, and the rain came Al noon. Many
such facts might be given to show the
value Of the barometer to the farmer. 1t
will soon be considered as indispensable
to n farm0r'a kitchen A = clock Or .