Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-03-07
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| norse 81 s~-~~tr's aS
| KINDNESS To M,,cn Cows. It is a
get error 10 whip, bss, VI kick CO..
turing m'iking. became she h.rpcns to
bt rv.te.s and ungliet. Il does u.
god, and III the enu the COW becomes
afraid Il ,hs per on ~ho 10 IN he h.Ui
II 20 do ne. and rapidly become. wor e.
instead Of better. Treat the COW gent
iy and kindly, like other animals.
| FArrsSIsa PoULTRY. - The Ir;sh
Farmer's Gozette says, to fat,pn turkey,
ieed with barley mea, mixed with water,
adding a tur0ip with the leaves on, or
fresh cabbage tor them TO pick at. Geese
and duke are well istted b. giving them
ground buekshest or oats mixed with
well boiled potstoes, gwen warn, tu,
not hot. Indian corn, we'll boiled aud
bruised, 10 also an excellent food Tor tie
purpose.
To PREsERvE DRIED FRUrr FROM
WoRxs.-Sprinkle slcohol freely among
the frui', and the worms will not trouble
Il; or, put i, 10 bsg, made Of double pa
per, and tasten cloae. Ssss.tras ba.k
scattered among fruit will alro answer
the satnc purpose. To cleanse wormy
fruit, steam 1t IN a common s'carne,
thoroughly thr ugh !; then spread out on
paper, thoroughly dry, and put i. into
paper bags pasted tight.
LARGE SAFE OF ILLINOIS WooL.- The
Rpcktnd Register says: owe learn
that Mr.. Shepherd Leach, Of Rockford,
ms j st soid MS wo,l ip tor tuis season,
realiE'ng for It, at 70 cents hound,
$6,54O.46. During the past var he
kept an average of abou, 2,4O0 sheer,
out has at the present time about 600.
rh.se arc most y grade Spanish Mer,nos,
~hich he considers the best ia this sec
tion."
ETFEoTs OF Roors OK anEEp. Ran.
dali, IN his Pro- cticak Shepherd, says -
Having habitua'iy AID regularly fed
turnips daily to breeding ewes, lams and
~ethcrs (wuen nave ke, the latte,) 10,
the last tit cen or twenty winte:s. AN
bile to affirm OF my own pos,t We knowl
edge, that green ICED, Adhin,ste,ed in
proper giant tics, does not dlmoish the
appetite for dry feed and tina, proper
green feed, 80 far from weakening. aids
t. the condition Ind strength OF the
sheep, bssl lea producioA. other q OIL eff
ects which wi | be diverted {, ~hen |
speak Oh the ,e;aliv. value and i, faenc.
Il winter leeds. Ia. exper;e. &c Of the
great body ot English farmers fu ~ sus
tAIns these con,lu..ot The pa t,ce OF
wntciing sheep exclusively on dry feed
Say on hea'!ow bay and raw. with
grain or pul-e--is Substantially unknvwo
~ the arb g 4 stri; OF England. For
-heep oi we y .la-sno, to receive green
Iced ia'!. W aid there b, an ex:tp,o !; !
and fatten'mg she, p receive IL ia album
dant Quantities.
DE 8 WORKING IL Two HIVES. The |
toilow'"g r.ma kab incident il related |
by Z rrt.pon cnt oil he l. neon ri |
Gazette "Ou the 26th O, |
June thl. year, hisel a very large |
swarm # bees 10 straw hive. Before |
'hSs bau oeSh IA ~ iiany ua1 =, III uiS. I
covered an unoccup'ei hive about tao |
tect distant from their own, ha,f filed
wilh cie,n cmp!y ,nbs. They saga.
chuly took possession OF il, and used it
rs a stor"-h use for honey, ~hlo comb. |
.cte t eng constructed in Their new dom |
:cile. AT o'ght they did not abandon
their stnre-h"usr, but lett a guard OF
bout 500 bees, who remained there |
without any apparent con
cern at the absence of the queen. THIS |
hive was II ade Of wool, wi n glass win
dows, SO TIL could see the. honey 10 |
the COMBS, and the bees clustered lc- |
tween them, aud com ng cut BY the
hundreds T. the glass, when | held a
light TO 1t at night. Dut'ng tie dsy,tu.
bees at tue moa,h OF the store house
hive buzzed aad ventilated, jus, as ifthe
qlceu tai been there. Al dusk some
vi them flew 10 their own bone. After
using the extra hive fer about tire
weeks, the bees removed the honey
f.om it 10 their perma, cnt abode, i, be-
ing no longer required for the harves,
~h ch wa Tor TIE time too abundant toi
tn. ir accoMinO alton 4. home"