Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-21

Issiseaae sugar Crsp.
According to tie New Orleans prio,
Current tllc Sugar scuvp u Lnuisiana has
become reduced to mere trihe. compared
with Che anlount pss,iueed previous u the
war. By way Of comparison il states that
The total crop for: 1894 - WAC 459.4lO
hhds; that for 1863 1855 hhds., a fall mo
"a Of 452sS55 hhds These NRusu 49,
.stinats.d nercly, but tie ir& MUM.
from all the Plantations cultisStei a. Gan
ed VIII grsa csse blythe editor from the
plarters thefhselvss, or other reliable au-
thorities The molasses crop il estimated
ut about 1900 bbls, which exceeds the
usual allowance Of 70 gibbons from 1000
bbls Of sugar.
In regard to the condition If Affairs the
Price Curfrht says that the sugar houses
steam engines and other costly machinery
" must Inevitably 60 to ruin unless literal
facilities are accorded n planters To enable
them tn reclaim the plantations now going
entirely tQwssse' $50.
From this state OF affairs our sorghum
growers eau gain some idea OF .thf do mand
that must exist for { ,eir product, and the
price II will te likely TO bear. II will
surely pay TO grow sorghum.-Prdsrdt
Former
The PoTAro-The potato is one Of the
most healthy and nutritious Of all our veg
etables The rich and poor are levclled hy
its use. for who can. refuse good mealy
potato From Peru, its place of nativity,
1t has spread in about two and half cen
turics ali over the -ivilz,d world 1t hr-
become almost as Indispensable as univer
al Famine has cnsucd in portions of the
Old world when this staple was cut off
Surely such agreat and common blessing
should I've carefully watched and brought to
its highest possible development by science
and skill. There are some curious facts
connected with potsto culture. Though
1t has doubtless improved in iarinacious and
palatabe qualities since its discovery.
these improvem -nts have been more the
result of accident than design. A good
variety can I've perpct,nted only by prupa
CATION from tubers. Instances are on rec
ord where out of 800 seedlings not one
was like its parent, aisl very few worth
pcrpetuaiing at all This is the more dis
from the fact. That it takes from
three tn four years to mature the tubers
from seed.
The potato is very easily affected by soil.
and the same variety will often have
sweet and agreeable flavor, or "A strong and
unpleasant one, according as the soil in
which ii grows is light or heavy New
lands in which the soil is light, dry and
enriched with vegetable substances are
best. Barn manurcs often in
crease the quantity at the expense Of pual- |
ty, and 50 do rich and heavy clays. Some
Il the old AMI fayorlte varieties have
,ccome obsolete ~ lost their original |
haracte ristics Such are the Merino, ar |
81. and Mercer. They are not what
hey once were and SD have Ietn
upersrled lay the Prince Albert, Jack
on White and jersey Peach Blow
rev. J. Pomeroy of Ashirld has n seed.
ing, iaised by hims' IT, which has stood the
'st ht $. vcraI years fair trial, and which
,ucll resembles the old Carter in its palm
81 days 1t is god sizr-l.st year very
ige-l fair yield.r white, m,aiy, and ni
II cNcecdingy delicate flavor. To our
a>tc it is one If the best table ptat,s..
"ised. A new variety from Ir, la,ri, The
'anal"y, Is attract e some attention by
Is oval RIM, white Fl. >l, smooth SIX n ard
carcty of eyes. Moreover, they are said
" b. quite caily and great y'ders 1t i.
inwey,r. too new II conner to rec, i've III,
ult>t con!;i' nc.
Not livery one that raises potatoes knows
low to cook them. Fire and hot water
re necessary som-hut glimption more
>cwly dug potatoes should be boiled with
heir JAG kets on. Older potltoes are often
by peelirg. Soaking wrinklcd
,rtatoes III cold water FIR six or eight
ours prior to cooking plumps and hardcns
hem to advantage. A heavy and soegy
',tato is som times made IN, ally by putting
into boiling water. \ table spoonful of
ait to two quarts of water, is excellent t.
ouk potatoes in and and il they are not
one mraly By som, one "f these processes
h MY I've consid, rcd ircorrieibir-
Rlu5ltcan.
II,RITs OF THE CurNcu Bva-B z. File
auv. North Prairie, Knox county Illinois.
ives the following reasons why the plan
i sowing Spring wheat upon rnplowed
orn stupbl,s tends to prevent the ravagrs
II that terrible pest of wheat growers in
illinois, the chin,h bug. The bugs that
ny eg IS in the spring 40 not deposit them
NTH after the wheat is up. Th,n they
work their way deeply down in lxo,c
ground and iasten their egg, upon all the
ilrous roots. He says: Last spring |
arctully extracted some wheat that was in
'me very loose ground, and it was aston
hing h. yond anything ever saw of the
, nj; thu little roots were literally luad, Il
With eggs Where this took llsce thc
,rcund. was brok. n in the spring and tn.
y heat was not worth cutting. That which
vas narrowed in when the ground was
hawed about two inches deep yielded me
bout twenty bushels per acre. These lit
lie pests can't work in the hard ground to
lepost their ggs on the roots; so there art
10 young bugs. Now let every farmer
make all the inquiry he can and see ii this
hcorv does not hid good. One thing
Mould he remembered: the bugs do not
hcoSc to lay their gigs in wet ground. d
\. Emerson of Dane county. Wisconsin.
avs the bugs generally commence on some
lryish patches, because there the ground |
5 more loose and generally deeper than
,ther places, and they can penetrate to the
'nnts to lay their gs"-fo'ca Hcmesten