Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-26

when wanted. A farmer that keeps things
in the right place il no sluggard, and wneu
the tax collector calls be finds The money
ready. have known farmer that allow
cd the collector to call two or three times
and when came to examine into the mater
! found him equally rs unprepared 10 NEE,
his teamwork a. the collector. The inmates
Of the house we're fast asleep at eight IN III,
morning The horses and cows we're in the
corn,.ld, and the hogs were digging po'a
toes. n W the cause Of all this trouble end
destruction Of property was owing TO tie
fat tina, the farmer thought 1t unnccessaf,
TO repair fences in time aud stop hog-boles
Con.d be not have risen . few hours earlier
and done little repairingi lie might have
done so. and thus have prevented the hcrses,
cows and hogs from helping themselves in
satisfying their hungry paiates. love TO
see nice farmers, and always take them Ms
sure evidences Of industry and thrift.
WoRKIxG tue GROUND WHEN WEr.-Thc
temptation IL often great 10 use far month
for the preparation Of the soil for crops be-
fore the water is sufficiently dried of, or
drained out Of il. TO warrant its being stir
red at oil. Thus the gain Of forty .eigh,
hours in time 10 oflen serious det' iment to
the field for the entire season. Ligh, sandy
loans are not injured in this wav, but every
clayey loan il. and ~ a general rule, 80 is
any soil which ever dries in Jumps. The
pillow presses the furrow slices into clods
which often dry like pressed bricks, and the
,reading VI the teams in har, owing makes
bad worse, though the harrow tears them ur
somewhat. Even heavy loan may BE-
worked into light, porous, warm seed-bei
Il in proper condition for p'oslng before
worked.
SWEET GREEN TomAro Pickles. and
slice two gallo.,s of green Tomatoes, add five
! tsblespoonfuls Of ground mustard, thre.
gills Of mustard seed, two tabcspoonfuls o
| cloves. one pound Of brown sugar. three
quarts IL vinegar. Boil ali together III
quite done. II you choose, yon may u.
one spoonful ground and portion OF EN-
nsmon bark. Celery tops improve tho ila-
vor. These arc excellent.
Qurxcss FOR rns TEA TABLR. Bake rip,
ounces thoroughly when cpld, strip Of
the skins, place them in \ glass dish, ant
sprinkle with white sugar, aud serve then
with cream. They make q fine look in,
dish for the tea table, and n more lusciou,
and inexpensive one than the same frui
made into swectmcsts. Those who ono,
taste the fruit thus prepared, will probabl,
desire 10 place away u few bushels in The
fail to use in the above manner.
/ CHARCOAL AND SwiNE.-OGc Of the best
articles that csn be given to swine, while IL
preparation for the tub, Is common charcoal
~
they have subsisted on it with but little
other food for days together. A good sup
ply should always be kept, and fed regular
FENCE PosTs Not long since, farmer
took up . fence after il had been standin,
fourteen years and found some Of the post.
nearly sound, ~hilc others we're rotted off n
the bottom. Looking for the cause, no dis
covered that the posts which had been se
top end d,wn were solid, aud those which
had been set - they grew were rotted off
This il certainly m inci.cnt woslhy Of be
ing noted by our farmers.
Onions AND PoULrRY.-Scarcely to-
much can he said in praise Ut onions fo
fowls. Tn y seem TO bc . preventive sn,
remedy for various diseases 10 which dome
tic fowls are liable. For gapcs and inilAm
nation Of the tn oct, eyes and head, union
are almost specific. They should be fine
~ chopped. and a small addition Of cor,
meal 10 an improvement
RINGwoRM-Th disease, which show
itself about the head and neck OF Young cat
cattle, in the form of whtish, dry scurv,
spots, can be removed by rubbing the part
affected with iodine ointment. The d,seas
may also be combattcd by tue use Of sulphu
and oil iodine ointment Is, however, TO b
preferred.
Bcioit, Wa 1866. Fra.
A NAtrARLE REcirR.-A correspondent
OF the Philadelphia ledger writes that 81
years experience has cone inced him that
coat Of gum copal varnish. applied TO ia
sules Of boots. and shoes, and repeated a.
dries, until the pours are filled and the sur
face sh'ncs like polished mahogany, wi
make the solcs water proof aud also caus
them e. last three times as long "a ,r,lnar
soles.
Professor Silliman says that a iishtnin
rod, to bc effective, should be conducted 1
"a well or wat.r ciscrn, aud II possible b
cooled on the bottom, SO that il will " i'm
mcrsed IN water. If this is lot prac,ica
BILE, then the rod should be conducted to
heap of charcoal, recently ignighted On
quenchei by water. These arc all excel
len, conductors. The polns Of lightn,n,
rods, should be clcctr0>plstcd witt
geld, the ordinary way Of guiding then
with gold leaf bein; useless, a. the lea
washes of in few weeks.