Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-06

that he days Of thy LOT may be len. ihened pe.w.
And lle fame Of Thy worth IKE pumpkin yin. grow.
A I'd Thy HE he sweet. aud liz last runset rky.
Golden tinted and fair ~ tiny own pumpkin pie.
WIxTEn WHEAT does no. seem TO be
thriving very well this fall The drought
prevents it from growing.
The Prairie Farmer says that an axe cost
ing two dollars, with which laborng man
can cut 80 cords Of wood per month, Is
cheaper tool than an axe costing but one
dollar and which nc can cut only 40 cords
The same holds true Of many cheap tools.
Old animals OF every kind are unproisa-
DIE and should be got rid Of before they be-
come SO deteriorated in value as TO be diff
| cult to sell even at ycrv reduced price,
| Prairie Farmer.
Scratches The veterinary editor Of
Wilkes Spirit Of the Times, recommends
| the following for scratches in horse =
Take sulphate Of zinc, one drachm glycer-
inc, two ounces apply every morning.
CARROTS "A writer in the Independents
considers bushel of carrots, fed with lib
cral account Of meal, worth as much for cat
tie or horses as "A bushe Of oats.
SAW Dtsr AND CHIP MANURE These are
excellent articles for promoting tho growth
Of vines. shrubs sui ANAL plants. They
should be thrown into pile. after reInov-
ing the coarser portions os the mass, and
thoroughly saturated once or twice . week
With a mature of urine and soapsuds. THIS
will induce incipiens fermentation, and SO
| far break down the texture OF the mass AS
to prepare it IL act with energy when ap-
piled to any soil or crop.
| Bronze ruRKgYs.-We are under obliga-
tions to that sterling friend Of agricultural
| progress, Judge Grant, Of Davenport, Iowa,
for a pair III beautiful bronze turkeys. He
has had this family of turkeys Tor tive years
and says that dunn. that period tho hens
ave invariably. after being b oxen up
snen first sitting, coi4men, Cd LAYING again
and so continued anen Septembsr or Octo-
her. Several times after raising q brood Of
young turkeys the heus have weaned The In
and commenced laying. raising a second
brood. lie has one hen now with her
4 valuable acquisition to our poultry yard.
| = Prarie Farmer.
Tor DRrssING Grass LANps-On this
satject, among other things, the Massaohu-
setts P!oughnan says: Where field Is
| toerably level, and not srtj ect to great sur
face wash, the loss and waste Of msnurinr
substances lying upon the surface through
the winter is very slight, il. indeed, any
takes place. Even the rank manures from
the barn cellar may be applied at this sea
s,n OF the year with safety, the evaporation
being slight and tie wash sinking into the
soil to fer.ilize the tender plant
10 CuRr SukEr FROM JuMPlxG.-A CORE
-pondens Of the Ohio Farmer gives the fol
loving curious account Of the method adop-
ted by alm to prevent his sheep from jump
ing the fences Of his pasture IL want to
tell you about my jumping sheep, and hos
| broke them. got them in pen suil-
GENTLY largo to bod them then caught
the ring leaders, one at time, and made "a
small hole IN each ear. l then took n cord
or string, and run through the holes in the
eass together close enough to keep them
from working their ears then let them
cut, aud thex are as quiet as any sheep"
fEtniNG rvwts The way TO feed fowls,
AMI particularly those that are laying, or
being lattened, is to allow them to have
free cess to food Mt all times. In this way
they can always supply the demands If
their omsehs and grinding apparatus, cx-
sctlv AS food j. needed and they will fat
ten moro rapidly, or iav more eggs, and
consume much less food than the, will il
they are fed as much as they will eat twice
a day. Todd.
CraE roa GARGET A correspondent Of
the American Farmer says that this disease
can DO cured by giving half tesspoonful oil
nconite in little ground feed. One dose is
usually sufficient.
THs IMPORTANCE or AaaicuLruaK.-Wh
mus, be the feelings Of happiness and con-
tcntment Of the man who, by skillfully
turning 10 proper account his intimate
knowledge of the pecullsrltes Of his land.
has succeeded without increased applica-
ton Of labor or capital, In gaining from il
permanent increase Of produce Fop such
result is not only personal advantage to
himself, but a most important benefit con-
ferred upon oil mankind
How paltry and insignificant do all our
discoveries and invcntiens appear, CON-
pared to what is in the power Of the agri-
cullurist 30 achieve!
All our advances in arts aud sciences arc
Of no avail in increasing the conditions of
human existence; and though small frac-
ton Of society may, BY their means. be
gamers in material aud intellectual enjoy
ment, the load OF misery weighing upon
the great mass Of the people remains the
same. A hungry man cares not for preach
ing, and child that is to learn anything
ct school must not be sent there with an
empty stomach.
Every step in advance, however, made
by agriculture, SERVES 20 alleviate the suf- |
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make the human mind susceptible and ca
pablc OF approaching the good and the
beautiful that at and science present to us.
improvements IN agriculture constitute the |
only solid foundation far fur her progress
IN all other branches Of knowledge Il Lie
b,s's Cores. Country Gentleman.
PROTECTING TRSrs FROM Mics AND Ran
Btrs Editors Eurai Nc Yorker II See |
in many papers much discussion on this
subject, and inquiry for preventive. Last
winter mice were more than usually de
structiv~, and even in nursery grounds
thousands e trees have been DESTROYED in
this county. In seasons when large guam
titles of snow remain late these little trou-
ulc>ome pests work under the snow and
bark the lower part Of the tree, while the
rabbit goes on the top and knaws the bark
above. have method that is entirely |
eiiectual against mice. and unless the snow
is very deep against rabbits also. 1t is en-
tirely practicable in orchards.
| take common barrel slaves (any other
,hia stuff will of course do as well.) and
With brace aud bit bore four holes ia
each. This may be very quickly done by
putting do1sn or more together in vice.
Three OF them are then strung upon two
pieces Of string and tied around the tree.
the slaves forming . trian.le. and il the
edges are straight entirely prevents any.
thing from getting to the bark. or courss n
should the snow b. very deep rabbit
might reach allowable top Of q stavc. and
in that case so'ncsAing of greater length
would be necessarv.
Greece, n. Y, 1867. r.w.
A CINcISSArI drummer, who was sus.