Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-15

The whiskey tssiAs In lowe City 10 said
y b. csnplstsly abaadoosd. II eeasequeses
Of the enfesceGDent Of the psohfbitory Law. |
AGRICULTURAL. aT8AO
WAsrsvUL.-Ths Boston Post ssys Vss.
mont farmers waste manure enough every
year to pay for the bssedstufs that che
State gets from the West.
Sixs OF EAsrRsx FAnMs.-The 'avessge
number Of acres in the farms 81 Massachu>
sets 10 -, Rhode Island. 90. Connecticut,
%.
Ooes o. fus CArsts PIAous.-1t has bess
estimated that the actual 0sney loss to
England BY the cattle plague has tqnn el7.-
500, 900 in gold.
A Coon RuLs.-Pay . hand, IL be 10 .
poor hand, all you promise him IL be 10
good haod pay him little more; Il will On.
courage him 70 do better.
VALus or FARx SsocE m N. Y.-Psss<
idcnt Gould Of the N. Y. Ag'l &c., in his late
address, cstima,ed the value Of the farm
stock Of the Empire State 1t $3.50. 900 900.
KsxriNc Snrsr.-A farmer near Mays
vile, Ky, says his flock Of Cotswold sheep
have Lad no grain for years, but do we'll
winter and summer on blue grass pasture.
YIELD OF PorAroEs -Among the large
yields Of potatoes recently reported 10 one
from Canada. to the effect that two Peach
Blows. cut into sets. produced two bushels
Of large. sound potatoes.
Milk Wsrp ron Cows-A farmer 10
Vermont thinks milk weed may be made
useful for soilipg cows. lie says the cows
eat them eagerly, and he 10 Of the opinion
that they increase the milk.
PRESENTATION or SrRuP-A great many
Of our readers have sorghuw syrup that
they will 6nd form snting unless care 10 used
~ warm weather comes on. Fill up yeus
barrels bung tight and keep in cold cellar
SO says Bro Olough Of the Soryo Joar~al.
Coox,xa FooD vos Srocx s-Joseph liar-
RE says that on the whole he does not think
u will pay to cook food for neat cattle. He
hss tried il with miloh COWS, and thinks it
too much trouble. Cooked food f,s hogs
pays best in his opinion.
SOME CONSOLATION A misery old farmer,
who had lost one Of his best men in the midst
of haymaking, remarked to the sexton, as
he was filing up the grave. ats sad
thing to lose good mower ct time like
this hut. after all, poor Tom was great
eater r
F,s,p or CAnRors-A gentleman, resid.
ing neav Rochester, N. ", raised carrots at
the rate Of ,3si bushels to III. acre. He
planted them in drills one foot apart, thin
ned them to four inches in the drills and
cultivated them carefully throughout the
season.
Wool AND Woolxx M,Lis.-Ths wool
clip in the United States 10 1865, amounted
10 ls7.0OO.OOo pounds. II 10 estimated
thas there ere IN the United States 1900
woo,sn n''. eons.nUe C,ooo eets eesa'ne
.s"ne ~, w' ~ sue s.psc.y " "snusactuE>
ing i'''ooo'v'V pou"o' u e'ean massf'a''
6rARca rsoM PorAross.-A starch factory
, in Vermont last year used %, 900 bushels
Of potatoes fes which 30 cents per bushels
were paid. A coarse variety called "Cali>
.orn'a. wasea yields 10 - 400 bushels pea
acre were usso. inas 40 income o. vlvu
per acre wes eosa'ned "so 'and "ss ~ossh
SSV PEI AGRA
CARADA TorsstSs ". W0oD CnucEs.-
About ths eoly go ~ - esee hsasd fer
Canada Thisslss b thas promulgated b. 4
late eossespeodsst ofthe Rusal New Yesksl
lie 49, then = al NE hsaeo e tsoUblss
some voed.chucks putting then 10 when
, ahsut half vitted Frua nine holes thus
'ss'se oss - S1esA va eoseo.
CnsAS PAM soa SAaN-A eoessspoo-
} Dent o. me Ossnevy 0esstsMsA etvss ths
following Tahe al oeaI, aeeue eas quas(
4 . swo quarts Of wesee. Boil half IN hour
when q hes esetaeo AXE the W end nil
? wiA yoseio ~ (ct sees cl4) - -
3 ~ WIN eewnoa besM. Hsksows q
. NH ps'eese No. essea 81 eaehe ysess ~
!. 'eas y ss''' re" covered wssh The paint.
No Nsao TsxAs CAsris.--Oue eaesk -
4 Who have beso justly alarmed q the pros
Il 49, q - w9osseee sesrodoes.sn OF tn
- - eeeeloo ~. eoeeoes re aesd'
o. me STATE, van osssshe ncss easly whee
. assured mat ~ Pc go eaasesd ent''
tied An act to prevent the importation .
Texan cattle into the State.
Psorss or A Cnkss FAcroaY. Augussu,
Smith, secretary Of cheese factory com
pany, At St. townsville, N. r., reports tn,
business for 1868 = follows: Ne. Of cows
: $50; No. Of cheese, Z, e6s: lbs. Of milk. 2,
400, 2ee; lbs. OF cheese, sSl. SIC; lbs. Of mill
Tor ID. Of cheese. . $1,000; lbs. per COW
A75; cash per COW. HS2 IS: aalea is l-q "a
{ 20 cts. average ~ s7.IoO cts eheree 70,
I makinr. harms ~ i1rs. h.,,.s. ma. :.
factory through May and June.