Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-19

Andersonville. Ga, Nov. -. e
AsHACULTuRAL. - e
Treatment Of Sick Animals.
DR.. Dadd in late number of the Prai-
RE Farmer gives the following u.
cellent advice to persons having the
care and treatment Of sick animals:
lst. Don't place too much confidence in
medicine. hut lave sosne faith in the efforts
of nature to cure disease.
ID Never give any medicine to an ami
NAL unless you are acquainted with its me-
dicinai properties; if you know them not,
inquire of your family physician, and he
will give you the desired information.
Sd. Never give any medicine to sick
animal, that you would not be willing to
administer to member of your own fam
lily.
4th. When an animal is sick, and you
are unable TO ascertain the true character
of the malady, then trust a good deal to
nature; you play nurse, and give some
simple domestic remedy, until you can OBJ
tain more light on the subject BY that
time the animal may be better, then you
must withholdali medicine. aE
9Th. Experience teaches us that animals
are to be treated ON the same general prin-
ciplcs which prevail in modern human
medicine .r1 S
9th. When treating sick animal, use
your own good common sense and judg-
ment, and do not allow quorum Of your
neighbors to prescribe; they may do so
with COED intention and honesty Of pur-
pose, but the patient is sure to be "ycrdos
I'd BY attending to these rules, the lives
of many valuable animals may be saved.
PROFITS or FRUIT GHowiSG..-Looking
carefully into the matter Of the profit real
izcd from all descriptions Of fruit grow
ing, and running over only two or three
authorities on ,llc subject, multtudes of
instances are to be found where extraordi-
nary gains are realized without apparent
care or skill. Some years ago there was an
orchard Of 20 May Duke cherry trees, a
few miles below Philadelphia, the daily
sales from which during the season amount
cd to $40. A single Washington plum
tree, in city garden, has been known to
yield six bushels of fruit, worth $40 per
busl,e A vineyard some sixteen miles
from Philadelphia, occupying three-eights
of an acre. has produced $500, when the
grapes sold only for eight cents pound,
or at the rate Of $500 per acre. 4 single
Cataw ba vine, in the same neighborhood,
has produced ten bushels, worth $40 at
market price.
| No matter what fruit is examined, the
same results are found to occur. A row Of
common gooseberries n hundred yards
long have realized $40. Two superior
Apricot trees have produced 800 worth Of
| fruit in q season There are OnOndaga
pear trees in New Jersey gardens which
yield fruit every season, to net their own
ers $50 per tree.-Erehange.
The CHINESE AIBoRvIrE-It is known
to all who cultivate this variety of the ar
boryitP, that it becomes very thin and
ragged in year or two, and makes very
shabby appearance. Some persons become
so much annoyed with them that they
throw them out while others retain them
for the time being rs better than nothing
Now, it should BIC known that the whole
evergreen family stands pruning to any
extent You can't kill them, arborvitHs
especially. Therefore, when your Chi
nesc begins to look shabby, lop the en-
tire branches of to the very top, not toe
closely, however, to the main stem-saJ
within an inch-and in 'two years YOU viii
have much handsomer tree or bush, thar
when taken from the nursery. The proc
of this we have upon our own premises
which any one is privileged to see.-Ger
manto,en Ts'egrapa.
DiRDs.-Whatever havoc birds ma,
make among fruits in summer, during
, April and May they live upon insects, anl
the nuElber they destroy Is immense
Happy is he who has his garden full o
them Wrens and blue birds should b
! especially courted and furnished will
: houses Of appropriate sizes; for wrcns
boxes AKA with an inch hole for entranc
Gx0 with IA hole. Colonize differen
birds in different places, for the wrens ar
quarrelsome. -Agrieultmria
Ey~ 4 s.,vc Of or hceswax, OF. lard
melted together, with ! OF. sugar Of lead
and drachm Of finely powdered alum
. mixed and we'll stirred when cooling,
RECOMMENDED as . good salve for COW
sore tcats.
Gardens for the Chhldren.
Il A MiehiNn lady thus sensiLly plAd
the cause OF the young people:
A gfest deal can be done to en0omae
horticultural tastes and industrious habit
in children. Why don't farmers fence o
little gardens for their larger boys an
D girls and allow them to hare al they ca
raise from them! Put agricultural paper
into their hands and encourage them +
; Etty experiments in the raising, cultivation
! Of seeding fruits, etc. Put good magn
ttE-.-- a.. Ai..k ~ -
become acquaintcd with their insect friend
! and enemies. To those old enough to Al
! fpreciats and take care ofthem. give choiC
y plants to cultivate. or wha1 would som,
times be better, let them carn money I
; some way md purchase. for, tlemselve
) Don't turn them off with an fsabclla Rrsr
: when Il VIII not ripelA for you; let tl1t1
= have . Delaware Of Conrord, that the
may be more sure Of return Tor their ],
!. Dor. IS .s.yss assassa s .sisiea 20
q So Of strawberries ana other thinga. n
cite ia them desire Of cxcclfing II ri
lang fle fruits ard vegetable Let thcI
get up chi@tql) zfeultus3 ollre 81 no
q ttcultural societies for discussion, et
4 DOqt ydA thipA the a9ricultuJoll p6vel
Z wen st6died 15S0a do this, Md ddnt 10
: think yQp win lise Amily Of iptelliee,
= ahd welI 'in3ofl "A young men ana women
al So Of domestic enlmSlG : II yosl have
! boy dozen yes,s Old, give him yoke 4
! IcalV1e - tfsin; give the girls lambs al
! LEI them have the neeces a, . reward "a
4 IRodd care, ot Nov them To raise some iln
: fcows f0fa tl5e MA Children NED 81
IjeSts 10 love, Ed lA6qntfves to lAbor. an
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