Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-06

A Few n01oss 90 9arsners.
As seed time approaches, il would be we'll
for our farmer 70 take into consideration
the kind Of crop they will put in tho pres.
ont season, 40 ~ TO make the most Of their
land and labor The usual practice, We
know, is to COW wheat and plant corn year
after yssr, with scarce . change. because
those crops are thought to require lesa la
Dor end skill thsn any other grain. Whsth>
er this be correct o. not, 10 shall not nov
stop TO inquire. Our impression 10 that =
majority Of farmers making these grains .
specially, for the want o: proper attention
to their culture, do not always get full
crop. No doubt this mostly Si.es from the
mistaken idea. that il the seed 10 put in the
ground. no matter how. the earth will yield
its strength to the desired crop. II lands
ere not we'll titled. We cannot expect full
crops. and a large return for the seed and
labor II no, our intention at ihis time
10 writ, h ,miy on the practice many II
uAr tanners have Of culiiyatng their lands.
Assuming that wheat Is not the most prof
liable crop We can RAISE. It he'nncs cur
farmers t. look around ard select such
cropa as viii pay brst. We have n large
ran 9 &C crops which can hc brought n,o
reeuisai,n from which 20 s,lcet in order 20
make farming profitable. II il true. more
la'o, VIII have to be bestowed upon most Of
iacm than on tho wheat crop, We they vii
pay Among them are lax, hemp. hops,
q,
Another fault among tho illers OF the sol
"a, they do not rotate their crops enough, or
change their seeds ~ frequently ~ they
should. For instance. # potatoes are plant
{ on the same ground year after year, they
Wi run out aud become subject - the rot'
whle II the seed should bc changed each
year OF two, by bringing it from distance,
the crop can he Kept up 70 tia best yield hy
YaAd cultivation, and the potatoes remain
hc.l,hv
Agricultural chemistry tells us that some
Others. Then i. is evident the soil on
winch these crops are raised. should be fed
iu.oteei to restore its powers Of production
TINS fact most oil our farmers understand.
Yet to- many q them neglect to act upon
this hupNl dye Tho result is that in a few
years their land sh Tvs signs OF falling o.
,ats L.. 1 ".
feeding thry vii mantain their visor and
richn,ss through generations
lh,re is enc great fault among many o
.ur farmers, n fault which cause them much
time and money. and that is the practice Of
attempting 10 cultivate too many acres. In
DOING this they fail TO dojustioe TO the land
aud crops. Il Us mistaken notion that the
larger tae crop you put in, the greater will
be The profits, unless you have tho force tc
cultivate the land we'll. Il is not in every
case that our farmers are able to do this
A man who cult.vates forty acres ~ j,
should be will make more clear profit thar
he who prerends to gill double that amcun
AUO icNVeS IL 10 INC VcuJeT meYCleS OI TN
weeds.
TnE st. Louis DispafcA says: "rh'
supplies Of coal and iron contiguous to 81
Louis are positively ssupsndoua. Goodwin
Smith recently alarmed the people Of Eng
land BY the statement that At some day moi
very remote. their coal mines would be ex'
haustsd. No such fate awaits ours. Goa
undsrlies . large portion Of Missouri. II
has already been discovered in thirty coun,
tics. Beds u eannsl coal. forty five fee
thick, have bssa found. There are 16(
square miles Of coal in st. Louis county,. =
The amount Of coal in Cooper county is e.
t,natsd u 6o.ooo.0oO tons. Uoder ever
aero Of Boone county there 10 supposed Z
be At least one thousand dollars worth {
coal The deposits in the ,cdity Of Boon,
Vile cever an srea Of two thousand squar
miles. The strsts have mean thickness ,
three feet, aud aic calculated to contain On
900 900 tons Of coal. The amount in Mi,
touri is estimated At 600 o0o. ovd 900
quantity =, great thai it would rtaa:rc
consumption Of 100000 tons u dav, f.
more than three Thousand years to expeu