Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-18
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
AGRICULTURAL.


Fne,zs POTATOES make more starch than
fresh enc; they also make nice cakes.
A Bourbon Co. tKy.) minister 10 preach
ing on the sinfulness Of Agricultural fairs.
Canada farmer speaks Of sowing one
haysel Of sal, 10 the acre of wheat With de-
cidei advantage.
The Maine Farmer tells Of young man
aad woman who got married in Beshe! last
winter, and the next day the happy couple
started on their honey moon tour into the
woods. where be had contracted to cut .
large quantity Of wood. lie built . camp,
vhees she spsuds her time 10 promoting the
comfort Of her husband, and on ever Sasur-
day nisat they make their appearance 10
the village to secure fresh supplies ios their
next weeks work. and return On Monday
morning to their camp home - happy -
king and queen.
IxpaovlSG SrocK.-The American Stock
Journal 10 Of the opinion that our native
breeds Of cattle can be improved By proper
care in selecting the best 10 breed from, 90
q 70 be equal to the best imported for dairy
purposes, and, for many kinds Of farm work.
superior to IT, All improved stock is de-
rived from the intermixture Of native
breeds. improved by good keeping. and the
sslectious OF the finest specimens TO breed
from. What sre called native animals are
susce psible Of being improved up TO almost
any point Of excellence.
A NEW ENEMY TO Coma correspond
emit 0! the Maine Farmer notes new enemy
10 the corn crop in tho shape Of green
worm about tho size Of . pipe stem, and
from one TO one and half inches in length.
Dark stripes, running longitudinally the
whole length OF the worm, are noticeable.
These worms eat through the corn husks,
and then commence on the grain, which
they destroy rapidly. The party furnish
| inR the information lost about one-fourth Of
his corn crop by this new enemy.
FAsMIxa IN NEsRAsKA.-Ths editor Of
Of the Prairie Farmer 10 making. Of has
made, . trip to the Rocky Mountains, be-
| ing one Of the "Fraternity" engaged IN the
railroad frolic. He states that farming Is
receiving much attention about the region
Of Omaha and west Of that along the line Of
the road. A belt Of country sixty miles
vide. extending N. +. and s. W. along the
Missouri from the crossing into Nebraska,
| il underlsid with sand stone, afording good
land drainage. This belt produces wheat
in abundance, averaging from forty to forty
five bushels to the acre, with IN occasional
field turning off fifty bushels. The yield Of
corn and potatoes is also very mun'ncenI
| Psosrusrxc IN A Ngw CouSrnY-Oae Of
our subscribers writing from CLARK County.
Isws. thus sketches . nsighbor:-"Hs has
: section Of land oil fenced in, has over one
hundred sores Of small grain. end, think,
% much timothy meadow. and over my
acres in corn. flo has just completed
stock barn one hundred and fous feet long
bv seventy five feet vide. He deals largely
in stock, having over sixty fat stesrs on
hand. lie is Q man that works and attende
strictly to business; coming into this eoun-
try some thirteen years ago with no means
save good health and plenty Of energy (ths
best capital fer new country, he has to-
outstripped many with larger means. This
il great county for stock raising, - We
have plenty Of range and good gsass.'
WooL.-There is . movement on foot
Viii CD has the sanction Of Hon. Henry S.
Randall. President Of the National Wool
Growere Association. for the holding Of .
grand mass convention Of the wool growers
and WOODEN manufacturers, as Chicago
some time during next May. In connection
with the Convention, it 10 proposed thai
there shall also be an exposition OF woods
and wooden PRODUCTS Of the country. making
it . grand National Fair OF these great sta
pies. II is understood that at the WOO
growers annual meeting held this week a
Pittsburg, Penn, the matter world be dis
cussed and decided. We feel sure that thu
representatives Of this important interest il
the West, will heartily second such move
neut- Waukegsn Gazette.
CouLps'r Fool Hlx-I know q nice ole
farmer who never had ps per iE his hous'
till he was fifty years Of age. His fathe'
left him two hundred acres Of choice land
which he worked as we'll a. he knew how
and made comfortable living. One sprinl
the Postmaster told him il he would sub
scribe for good agricultural paper. read i
carefully and work according to instructions
he would warrant him to clear . thousand
dollars that year. On these conditions b.
paid for the paper. read it, worked faithful
", and at the end Of the year he figured vi
carefully and found he had cleared min,
hundred and sixty dollars. He sued tn
rascally Postmaster for the other forty
but by some dodge of the law the yillsiI
! cheated him out Of it. Ever since then tn
old gentleman has been down on Postmas
tiers and newspapers.
CARs or FRuiT IN WINrEs-The Western
Rural says: Apples and poars, stored il
the fru.-Louse or cellar, should be examin
ed occasionally, in order to remove such Q
show symptoms Of decay. Before apple
are packed in barrels or boxes for white
keeping, they should be placed in heaps I
! sweat The sweating brings out the gum
, my substance, which coats the ekn lik
varuish, resists the action of the atmos
phere, end promotes the keeping qualitie
Of the fruit. The varnish should not b
rubbed of, and on this account the frui
should be handled Is little - possible.
apples or pears are kept on shelves in
fruit house, they can be examined, and de
caying fruit can be removed without rut
bling the varnish from sound fruit. A fruit
house should be frost proof. and should
kept at as even temperature - possible
In damp, heavy weather . fire Will b
useful. 1t is probable that the decay ]
fruit in some fruit houses, constructed o.
the plan Of Professor Nyce, has been caui
cd BY packing the fruit in barrels in th
e open cir, during the damp weather, an
: heading the barrels before they were store
: in the fruit house. The damp cir being r.
: tanned in the interstices between the frul
. had probably On injurious effect on it,
A Magnificent Christmas Gift Five eel
tificstcs OF the Washington Library Com
pnny of Pniladslphis, in aid Of the Rive
side Institute for educating ofphaDs, css
ing five dollars, with the splendid engrsv
ing. Marriage sfPocahonias," worth at n
tail, ct least $3.50.
Ma. G. W. Nichols, author Of "Shs
mans March to the Sea-" is ssid to be q
gagged 10 Miss Longwosth. daughter Of Il
! late Mr.. Lonsworth. the Cincinnati millisl
airs. She 10 the wealthisst unmarried lad
in The oOuotry.