Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-08-26
SCOTT GO. AGRICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY.
"Draft'' and other M0fses
Compared.
NUMBER ONE.

NUAB4K ONE.
EDITOR DRnocaAr AND NRws :-Soms
gsntissnan 10 ,hs Gasesss Of the xeih inst. hiss
taken the liberty ot ss,os The "sIs of . oos'
sxcslispt clsrgymsn attack the preDiuW lie,
OF the Scott County Agricultural Society. lie
not only abuses the good name Of good min
istsr by transferring him from puipi, 80 horss
iair. hut he abasss and grossly ntsrspresssss
the Society.
He mi-reprssepts the Society when 10 say
that while the prsmiuos offered By the 80 ,ts-
" for fast running ard f.r tsst trottinE horsss
amounts = es40. snd for dsaughs horsss ,br
cum OF $94
The ooe,sty oifsrs for running horses 600
for trottisg horsss ts4O, making . total oi
500. and for ail other brstds Of horses The
cum Of eSS0. A bad calculation for gentle
msn 70 impose on clergy Dso. shss be sakss
him out Of the pulpit and usss Ais name With
vain thing
B-t the writer undertake. to deprive th.
blood-horss Of the benefit Of clergy and arsu-
6s. the question like slsrgyman in the pul
pit. Il. begins by asking which, trosting or
running horses. or drsul hs horses are moe,
bene6ci,l TO the farmer, end then he d,vidss
bis diseourss into, let, kunnios horses. IKE
running men. ere equally good for
othiAg else +; . proposit,os whi.h snoth
thsr 0oss excsllsot eiersymas. iuss % moral.
just - good juss % beloved. - the vsnsrabir
name Of J. Hsrtxsii. placed by soms wsg 81,
the end Of the paper. dare 70 be. viii
tell N. not In the pulpit nor the nswspspsr
bat privately on the road vhsn he 10 on tn.
way to wedding 10 nos true Of man OF
besst.
The .'losonotivs" power Of the horse is that
for which alons he 10 valuable. The quicker
n. l.,k
the more he 10 worth 70 his owner. A hors~
shat can ran aod trot fsst. eau walk Test. !,
be can srot ten miles 90 hour. and y .lk four
miles an hour. hs Il worth more 10 bis owner
shan II be 10 only able TO do less. The gentle
man never followed the plow hand lss or hs
would know that The team that walks ths
fastsst doss shs most plowiog in . day and y
The blood h0rss can walk one. fursh faster
than the draft horse. his owner can plov oes
fourth more lane 10 day. So the man who
ean run fast can walk fast end work Iss. end
the fat horse and the fast lsborer are equal )
oseful for Agricultural purposss
The second division Of this purloiDer Of
good man name. 10 that the "dssls" horse II
the sgrieuituraI horse.
A draft" homo - used 10 the eocie,y' list
,s not simply any horse that draws load, but
horse Or class Of horses used exclusively for
ueoIiuk uSovy sVouU ~ uTo - tTuOkU WutIe
the strssts ere stssp aud the jou, nsy short
Why. farmer Who knows bM business
couldn't take one - gift. A. for riding ons
. clerg man would never do II but once, and
farmers know, that driving them 10 about %
slow - driving oxen. The farmers hoi % musl
walk fast TO d. good days work 90 the piow
he D0ss walk fest to do . good days work .,
narrowing or carrying . grain drill. Ib.
borses never sows. he draws the rsaper. whict
rssps. and to do good dAy's work he mus,
walk fast He must do tbs same IT, drive tAs
threshing machine. and 60 - market
Faroers usually prefer to ride . horss tha'
can 70 on . brisk trot and better II hs soss
on . good cantsr, and ~ for driving his car
riags. time with him being money. be vsn.s
TO 60 right along and never vsis fes sh.
drafts" Toe Society. Prsoiams ere chiefly
for rosdstsrs. csrriags and farm horsss ; snd
useful 70 the farmer. The rosdstsr Of eleven
hundred pounds weight ihst can walk his
three . five milss sn hour. trot bic -,
mlss and gallop the same ; that can with hi.
mate (sud the better the match In style, shspe,
gait and even color. the bet er plsased th-
Tar nsr) take % much grain 30 market - our
farm wsgens will hold, 10 the farmers horss
Toe 10 the horse the farmer sApts to rlov
wi'h. 10 ssw With. to resp with, to thrssh
with to haal 10 msrks, with. 10 ride spos.
and take bic carriage With his wife and chill
drsn to church aad ha wants TO do these
thisgs 10 hurry. He wants nons Of your
Cansssogs draft thor.ss. OF seventeen hundr.d
pounds weight that will hold corn crib in bis
belly. walk tvo miles an hour. and csn't tro,
~ grac, fui - . COZ |. the farmer had to Lot
oss Of those "drstts''ts HE cs,risps. he woulo
never get 10 cbusch on Sundsv til che meeting
vss over uulsss hs stsrtsd before day break
One psir Of good rosdsters Or running horses
bioodsd horsss Of any kind. will eat less and
d, more work on farm, Of oil ordinary kind
Of work thsn Two pair ot draughts They viii
sadsrs more ssd last - long again
PEAorioAL FAanxa.
I ARRrsrED. This morning Capt. Lit
tier was asrsssbly surprissd by the sppssr.
sncs st Camp Mcclellan Of. two more Of the
chaps who toek French leave sons weeks ego
by digging ont Of the Guard House. They
we're arrested in Ringeld county in this State
msking traeks for Ai.ssuri. BY tve:uen Of
sas southsrn bordsr Brigade. A eitisss who
vas unsrmsd attempted to bring them too.
but the 6ssettsrs drew murderous vespons
ap"n them and made the citizen /" change bic
base." The rsscsls are named, Rogers siias
Dunn and Pesss sliss Psssles They are nov
10 the Guard Heuss sssarsly shscklsd. ssd net
With hasd csfs whish can Be knocted open
With blow. R,gsrs vas armed With sosll
oaonen in the shape Of . pistol. II 10 70 be