Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-29
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


SfArg HoEficuLfCBAL SocIB1y. - The |
lows State Horticultural Society viii hold |
next annual winter meeting in Oss Moinee |
ON the second Monday in January. at which |
m. citing ptemiums to the amount Of about |
AGO viii be awarded for the best speci
mems Of apples, pesra, and grapes, TO be
then and there furnished. Viii Ill hor,i |
cu,turists il the State take notice Of this |
meeting, and attend If poss'bses
A Coon PLAIx TEA CAKs.-TAks half
cup butter and oce cup suesr, rub together
a.th q spoon, then half teaspoon salcs,tus
spd one II cream tartar dissolve in half
cup mix, beat two eggs aud mix with the
sugar; then mix al together with u cups
flour, season 10 taste.
LAscs on SMALL CArrls In taking in
10 consideration che question, (which shali
buy. large or smaliy, - must hrst look
At our pasture Held If the grass 10 light,
And a,larEs d ass has % he gsns over 70
! satisfy The feeder with bic morning meal,
reason would say that large, heavy cattle
would consume too mucfftime and strength
in oo,ainine that snssl, while smaller ones,
| filling themselves in lsss time, would have
more rest aud consequently gain 1ors
flesh. The more quiet On aniinsl " kept
the more fAt is added to his system Hence
before the main question Of profit Is de-
| cided, the pasture question 0uss b settled.
But where the grsss 10 good snd thick
and Of the right kind TO produce muscis
| aud fat, the nearness 10 market and the
general demand for that market must be
| consulted. At certain seasons OF the year
large cattle are not SO saieable as medium
| sized or even small ones Il do not refer -
cattle under four hundred, dressed weight
while there is scarcely time that the lat
| ter are not IN demand.
| Again. to bring this question to one OF
rroiit alone-the gain per cent. on the cap
ital invested in medium cattle is la. cr than
on heavier ones, and the risk attending
from death or accident. proportlonateiy
less. Also. the time required to bring me-
| dunn cattle TO marketable condition is less
than for larger ones. DO not think many
OF our farmers claim much profit for feed
ing the large oxen Of which mention is Of
ten made IN the paper; the amount of food
they consume is necessarily very er at, and
The interest ON the first cost is also an item
of Importance.
But TO narrow the question down still
further, let rs SCI aside hat are called lex
ira cattle" aud corfine ourselves to med-
um (say seven hundred TO eight hundred
pound cat,ls,) snd ANAL Give hunCred, or
even four hundred pounds The latter are
sometimes dull Of sale, unless NJ . very low
price, while good fat s;eer can always be
sold Such has been mv experience 1t least
have tried both, and found, wheO cattle
we're plenty, small steers were very hard to
sell. Diovers do not like them, and for the
home marke, the butchers are not too apt
to ''bi,e" freely. To realize regular profit
from year to year, we must feed cattle suit
cd to our castoners. and am Of the opin-
ION that, taking term Of years IN success
son, the average profit On . lot Of u. edium
sized cattle will be greater and more uni
form than on any other kind. know there
are some who will differ from me, aud per-
haps | am wrong. II so. | am open to
conviction Cor. Germ sntown Telegraph
TIprSEss IN FARMERS wIvRs.-Martha.
who Nc will venture cookev 10 = Quaker
ess, talks to farmers wives through she
Germantown Telegraph in the following
very sensible strain
"There is nothing that marks the chsrac-
ter Of the housewife so clearly and unmis-
ltakably as p rsonol tidiness. 1t is no ex
cuse 90 say that i have had 80 much to At
tend to to-dsy that have not had time to
dress &C.. and thus continue slovenly-
looking oil day. am not willing either TO
admit that household duties should no, b.
bar TO tidiness in its proper sense. l do
not mean that person must be at all times
dressed up but surely household work,
of whatever kind. does not interfere with
having . clean frcck on, however common.
nice plain collar, and . smooth head of
| Ill al.
world in different hous wives in this re-
specs. Some always look bright and
smart but others never lock decently
clean in the mornings; thev seem 20 have
40 idea that any body ever notices their per
sonal appearance while engaged in their
household duties, or that it is . matter OF
the least possible concern 10 any body
They forget that they have husband. Who
~as won when in full dress, and studied u
attract him by the addition it gave 10 their
persons, without regard to the time and
trouble it required, whose eye il ~ sharp
row as il ever war, and whose sensibilities
are just o. acute-he may no, complain be
my lave found out BY sad experience that
oil complaint 10 futile but he feels and
suffers the change. AMI is forced to settle
down into listie 80 ind iference, without .
hope to brighten the future.
With respect 90 the children, also what
On example Tor them The daughters will
be ed"csttd in sad school 10 take upon
themselves. in the course Of time, the
chances of marriage and the responsibilities
Of house. bold. Mothers you should set
bright example before your children in
this as well as other respects. The Bible
says Cleanliness is next to godliness
hence, your teachings should embrace the
practice ss we'll as the theory Of religion.
especially in its every day applications in
the family"
CANADA TnIsTLss AND RAnRoAps.-ln
our recent trsv.l, TO attend the State Fairs,
sc noticed a!tnos. every " here in the West,
the steady advance Of this seourge. The
West had once clean fields; but now, in
many sections, the pastures and meadows
are as foul as in the oldest part Of the eoun-
t-y. Most OF The older railroads are al
ready well stocked with the Canada thistle
At their northern extremities, aud every
year carries them further south The seed
is furnished with u tuft Of down, which
makes it Goat in the Air like feather
Growing il close proximity to the railroad