Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-07-13

AonaCUlrsIaAh nrnns.
A., c.a.d,sr. efBsshsl, No., has made
- eonn1e ~ maple sugar the present
ssseor' ~ srsss which Is ct cut hin.
~ ~ vsasS 80. He b uow raisiag
| \ snssr csehard Of over 1000 trees.
A. expssiescsd winter butter>mster
vsites to ~ 4srol Amsrioan that his
wife Odds warm milk 70 Der thick cream
ontil Il b suf1cientiy reduced for comforts
a6ls ehurniao. and oatil the mass attains
that tcmpessturs at which drop applied
70 the foeshead viii feel neither cold nor
A correspondent writes from Steers
Nil, Randolph county, Illinois, describing
soms marveliously prolific wheat grown oy
him. OF foor heads he states tiiat orr
bore III grains, one 90, one SO and one oo
or $40 on the four. He describes tho wheat
a 4 white wheat, eth a silk head ana no
beard on il. A singular fact connected
Nth Il il. that these bcardless heads were
found growing in = Geld Of l'ng bearded
wheat.
THs WurAr CRor. The Columbus (Ga.)
Sun says: "rhe wheat crop, where il has
hesn tircshed. a. ~ lssr. from almost ev
erv nort;on sf the South and Southwest, 10
eurning out much better than WAS anticipa
ted-thc yield being far ahead Of last year.
This being the case, We look for decline in
dour from the present figures. The South
and the Southwest have made nearly quite
enough to supply the home demand"
Tie Alton Telegraph, Of June 20. says
1.-THE farmers in THE vicinity arc Ill busily
employed in cutting their wheat, the reap
sss being engaged in almost every field, each
one Of them doing the work which formerly
required the labor Of more than 4 dozen
men. With the aid Of these machines, il
the weather continues favorable, the whea
crop will be oil secured by Saturday night
The yield 10 tlrning out full IS well ~ va
e1pected. and Of very superior quality
The grass crop will be very short this seas
on, not averaging much moro than half I
CROP"
FAxn Srocx.-The raising AMI caro- o.
steck demands the attention Of every farm
q. The manner in which he pc forms thil
pat Of his labor is very true criterion BY
which to judge Of his merits and success Al
. d =. The man who keeps alot II lean
hungry locking cattle, il not the man tt
stand high - . farmer, nor to 6nd farming
vssy profitable in the long run. Far too
little attention IL paid to the choice Of stock
Very many farmers because they can get ,
little more money from the butcher for I
! nice calf than for common one, sci The
best. and raise the other. But this course
except for . short time. is far from being
pro6tablc. Il Is freak Of nature that ELK,
produces like" and from this Law there art
few deviations. Now, the farmer who rails
q an inferior calf, not only makes sure o
an inferior animal, but all tho descendant!
Of thst animal will DO Of low grade. Thi
10 an item worthy Of consideration. Tn
difference in the value Of good and nm in
, fsries esw, for the purpose Of missing stock
! 10 very much greater than the difference il
the price Feeding is ~ important part il
the care Of stock. The best breeds Of AMI
! mails, unless we'll fed, viii DO Of little profit
d Many farmers seem 70 think that the great
Or number Of cattle they can keep on givel
quantity Of hay, the more profitable it ".
bc. But this mistake. The oil maxim
ANY thing that l. worth doing At all i
worth doing WE'LL" is cminently true q
feeding stock. It Is cruel and unprofitabl
10 keep an animal so short for food as /
have it grow poor cruel, because ncarl
oil the comfort and happiness of animal
consists in gratifying the appetite; un
profitable, because they are losing flesh
when BY more liberal feeding they woul'
BE- gaining in flesh and value. Some farm
crs sell their best hay and feed tho poorest
and seem to think they arc on the higl
road to wealth. They are on the road, bu
they arc moving back wards. Good cattl,
can no more Be raised on poor hay than
good house can DO raised with shaky
boards. In either case there is en- uttcl
impossibility, because the materials uscc
are not Of the right description. Coco
breeds. good care, and last, but not least
good feed, are the three principal esscnia
elements Of success in this department O
farming.
| Cnps look splcndidly, rye nearly ready
for harvesting. Wheat and oats heavy ant
well headed. Sorghum coming on nicely
and potatoes promsng.-Ce Cedar I,aHf,
Times.
BoNE MEAL FOR Cows.-A writer in the
..I ~. 80" s.:" """
nsvo not'cea LOT years that cows, par
ucula1'y ~ .ne time OF Tue greatest How Of
mak, cnew oones WIN avidity, ana was led
!" supPoscN was because pasture constants
'eu ~ COWS IN mug, whereby tue phos'
pa.i 49, ~ oonc-mss'"g qusn"es we're DC
ns i"'sc'y Ie'"ossu, because uehc'eht n
.uoas lual..'es' anu 'na' oy 'hc use o. pas.
..O =. 1one me. .aes' sne rnospna'e might DC
require. Last spring received froa Bos-
.h.,,,,,, in;.a;-...;".. IA ~, o'"o ';o:, anu
g.. % - -" ~ ~ y ~ .,'iic