Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-08

only once in sesson, but % follow him up
every two weeks until exterminsted. After
the FIRST going over" Of 90 orchard this
viii be little or 20 trouble, Is esch tree can
be attended 70 iut.o minutes.
HoRsEs-FAsT AND FAKM.-commensing
on the mania Tor fast horses, the Fsrlnsr's
Advertiser counsels rs forming readers to
turn Their attention to raising those that
are Of sornc use, large enough I'D strong
enough to do the work Of the farm, and fac.
enough TO carry the produce to market or
the family to church. This is sensible ad>
vice, and seasonabe withal, since the clear.
ing up Of the country has rendered the use
Of oxen less common aud necessary than
vas formerly the case. Servicsabls horses
should be the main consideration with
farmers, unless they breed expressly Tor
other than farm purposes. 1t 10 not ex>
pscted that fast horses or fast men VIII pc
come obsolete very soon. but II should be
the aim Of the mass OF farmers TO prevent
the strong and useful race Of hotses from
bt coming 20.
UsAp AND HAND IN FAnmiSo.-Dr.
George b. Loriue, president Of the New
England agricultural society, in late ad>
dress. stated that the soil is go poor IN New
England that farmers could not thrive ex.
cept by hard brain, as well rs hand work.
Advantage must DO taken of scientific
theories and research, and the farmer must
be . thinker as well as . worker. He ilus-
trsted the profit Of brain work united with
hard labor Is follows
lie knew . man in Massachusetts who in
1926 bought twenty acres Of land. lie ap>
Ill . IN b lad hat
hc could get There is no month in the
year tba. something does not bloom on his
farm there is something green there as
ways snd he always has some crop TO send
10 market. You walk through il and find
every thing gong on just as regularly, ac-
curat.ly and carefully as the cotton goes
through the loom. lie has managed his Of
fairs with prudence, accuracy and care, and
has made from his farm Of twenty acres two
hundred and fifty Thousand dollars in forty
years. There is no illegal forming, no lie
Ritimate farming, no careless farming, that
will thrive in New England.
The exhibition Of the Royal Agriculture
Society of ireland this year was . grsal
success, the greater because the show wsl
omitted last year on account OF tho rinder'
pest. Two hundred and fifty prizes wer'
offered, varying in value from one pound Il
one hundred and fifty pounds. The mos
striking feature was the show OF horses Tit
famous Irish horse Of tradition bad become
Q sorry object when the society took him il
hand. but he 10 coming up again very fast
There we're no lcss than two hundred ant
hfty.sighs entries. The entries Of short
horn cattle we're eighty>Gve, Of Hereford
fourteen, Of other breeds about one hun
drsd OF sheep one hundred and forty five
|, and OF swine twenty eight. The show o
machinery and implements was very large
The society has three objects, to hol'
, three annual shows in the leading lrs'
towns, to foster local agricultural societies
and assist them in the improvement G
. farming methods and tho breed OF cattle I
mako the dwellings Of the farming class an
, their manner of life moro comfortable an
pleasant In this crusade against ignorance
waste and misery, It is doing more to max
Ireland contented and therefore n qui,
country, than all the politicians in Londo
and Dublin
Two men named Isaac George and Nj
-; chael Coffsy, residents of Pike township, i
; this county, returning hone from this city
were drowned il Cedar river night hefor
= last The exact particulars are not know
nor probably never will be. Late IN I'll
; night the ferrymsn NJ Co6los ferry WI
aroused from his bed by the cries of help
from the river. Rushing towards the spc
he arrived just il time 70 zoe span I
horses emer~c fro'n the stream attached
! WAGON tongue. The team was recognize
D as being tho one driven by the two men
Q the morning. It is supposed that bein
somewhat intoxicated, aud not knowing ii
y depth Of the stream had concluded to for,
and consequently driven of of the boat I'M
the river. The bodies had not been foun
!, yesterday noon. though diigent search vi
being made by the ncighbors of the decea
!, ed Muscatine Coulter