Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-01

A New JERSEY FARMER.-ln our East
crn travels We have sevtNl tinles met with
Mr. John Mitchell, of Burlington, n j.,
who is at once both a sample ard study.
Mr. Mitchell now owns large share of the
land on the south side of Burlington, sur
rounding the TenlAcres Of Edmund Mdr-
is, and reaching on in various directions.
AT our last visit to burlington, we cncoun-
tered Mr.. Mitchell, and gained from Mis-
lips statement Of his operations, and how
he came up to his present estate in lite.-
lie was a poor boy, and to get start. tuin-
cd his hand to great variety of pursuits.
lie hunted Swapping turtles and sold them,
went fishing in the Delaware, and to make
amends for having only short fishing
nall, while the rich mems boys who iisied
vith i'm had their long cane rods, ne wad-
ed out to where he could hook his game,
and as he always succeeded in this, he
would sell his fine stock to the other boys
who had more money than skill in fishing
for themselves, but who were unwilling to
90 home with no fish to show. lie planted
a bed of raiishes, which he tended between
school hours, and sold his crop in town,
and 10 keep up the fertility of his little
patch, he scraped manure from tho high
thus saving the waste of the rich farmers
in the neighborhood, and adding to his
sales from year to year. he next purchased
II little piece Of ground, then larger field,
until now he owns many Of the splendid
farms to whose former rich owners he sold
turtles, fish and radishes. x, srs
MIR. Mitchell is an exceedingly plain mani
his portrait is well sketched in "Ten
Acres Enough us the man who made SO
great an account Of manure-and he told us
I hat the two great secrets of successful farm
ing were to make and use all the manure
possible, and keep out the weeds
Mr. Mitchell is largely in the fruit bus
mess, and has his sorts SO arranged as to
come along in succession. His first spring
crop is asparagus, then follow Strawberries,
raspberries,. b,ackhtries, with a succession
Of each, and the main crop to hc rs carly rs
possible in the market, when it will com
mmnd the highest price.
Here is study for farmer boys who have
onlythcir two hands to begin with, and who
falter before the magnitude Of a first at
tempt, showing all the steps from the first
humble endeavor all the way up to victory.
-.Ohio Farmer.
FARMERS TooLs-A certain number of
tools and some skill in their use, will often
Save the farmer much time i'll sending for
Il mechanic, and some expense in paying
him. Every farmer should be able to
make small repairs on his wagons, gates,
buildings, &c. A room or a portion of a
room, should be devoted to keeping these
tools; a pin OF nail should be inserted for
each one to hang on, and name of each
tool written OF painted under the pin, and
any missing one detected. Keep every
tool in its place-do not wait for more
Convenient season, but return every one to
its pin the moment it is done with. Ii
left out of place minute it will he likely
to remain week, and cause a loss of time
in looking for it, a hundred times greater
than in replacing it promptly. Keeping
everything in its, place is a habit, costing
nothing when formed The tools should
be, hammer, saw, auger, brace and bits,
gimlets, screw driver, wrench, two planes,
chiscls, mallet, files and rasp, saw-sct, trow
el, and box with compartments for differ
ent sized nails, screws, nuts, bolts, &c.
Common, farm implements anl tools, such
scvthcs, &r, may he in the same room, on
tuc 'pl,'~itc SItlt. UNI TIC Ssfiitc picCuutIOuS
taken to keep every one in its place
fuckers Rural Ifdirs.
Pooh FLOUR -Families sometimes lave
the misfortune to get barrel of poor -four
They cannot make good bread out of it.
This is especially the case at this season of
the year. Such -four when used for
bread making with yeast, will sour before
it lsready for baking. A lady correspon.
dent says-this difficulty may be cmedied
by mixing little finely pulverizcd salera-
tus with the dry flour, and then mix the
yeast, and it will make sweet bread. This
is . fact certainly worth knowing, and we
thank our lady friend for the information.
Maine Former.
=. RATs.-Neighbor Jones says, that if we
will go to tin shop and get lot of SCRAP
tin, and crowd it into their holes, they
will evacuate the premises at once Wheth-
er they fear them as traps, or whether
they scratch their sides, or whether they
havaa natural fear for it, he could not tell
Tie only knows'the fact ibid -
BPS, Gilbert writes to the New York
Fafntr CLUB that cattle bloated from eat
ing clover or other food 10 excess, may DO
re- rel ieved in few'minutes by pouring cold
water upon their backs. "a 4Ftvg1a
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