Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-25

/ Frrn.ers rarely pillow their gardens IN the
fl. thew should 40 ~ for the purposes Ct
sarlr arirF planting putting toe soil II
eoed t4.ih. sri destroying weeds Manure
5lea "a ihr $50; ID With coarse material pillow
81 iri r with iiae, iep dress.
I.ao.s Of ell kinds should be housed b.
fore fra.G affects their GsYor ard keeping
oalitils a hia Il Garth in the cellar is
-.fui f.r pscting roots to keep tncfn fresh
lii is,o ia sfssau. igrnips and beeis arc
liable 10 shliyel nalass covered WITH the
soil.
1'nH GRrAr 81. LOUIS FArs.-This Fair
eiosed On the 18Th. tn 20 receipts
Amounted to over SIS. 900. ..,se for the en-
tire Fair viii exceed 800, 900. This is the
telegraphic report, aud IL correct, Missouri
heads the list in the way Of Agricultural
and Industrial Fairs.
PorAroEs AND CogS-DKoura- cor
respondent writes us:-"I have recently
passed through portions Of Wisconsin, IL
l,nois, Indiana, Michigan, Northern Ohio
ana Western New ORR, ana lind that pc
tatoes ani corn have suffered much by the
,routh and high prices are looked fore"
1He pEA WLIvIL.-It 10 stated that the
Ne. Jersey arkel gardeners prevent the
pea weevi from destroy ing The germ in the
early peas which they winter for seed BY
sprinhling the heap with spirits If turpen-
Tire after winnowing and before storing in
the BINS One quart Of turpen,ine is suii-
cient for Gftcen to twenty bushels Of peas.
The quality OF California wheat is ur-
+ eoualtd. During the growth of the kernel
4 no rain, not even q dew, moistens IT. IL
can lac Transported around the globe vi. h.
+ out injury. In England its use Is fast be
! com NJ a necessity. Mixed, half and half.
with tie damp, turgi wheat vi the British
lslsr. il furnishes bread greatly superior
10 tie heavy, unpalstablc ioaves made e
purely English grain.
Cabbage may be safely stored fer the
winter in such rl., or one may sinksss
large cask in the ground ard bank up the
earth around il, cover suitably, and store in
,hs, manner. t-Dbage may be kept very
well by SIMPLY turning the roots uppermost
and covering the heads with soil and then
with coarse litter, and we have kept them
II excellent condition until spring by sim
ply pulling and inverting th.ia, setting the
heads on the fresh earth. The snow forms
good protection.
Potato bugs with wings are travelling in
all directions, in ali parts Of the State. II
hey ate only making preliminary move
nenis for universal tide Of imm grafton To
parts unknown, We shall be highly gratified.
But If they are concocting designs foi car
rying on q more vigorous campaign another
season, We would pray that destruction may
overtakc them every one.
EFFICACY or OsioSs --A writer says: -
I'VE are troubled often with severe coughs,
the result, Of colds Of long standing, which
may turn to consumption or premature
ieath. Hard coughs cause sleep less nights
by constant irritation in the throat, and &
ttrong effort to throw cf offensive matter
from the lungs. The remedy propose has
been tried by me, and often recommended
TO others with good r. suits, which is simply
TO take into the stomach piece Of raw
onion, after chewing. This esculent in On
uncooked state is very heating, and tends
TO collect the waters from the lungs and
throat, causing immediate relief TO the pa
TENT
RI vsG llonNs IF C.rnr.-In July,
30, ~ ls,, ','.s,,, NC led the attcn-
+ lon o. our rca,.ers TO- he b.neli,s .aid to
4 i'-c iram renewing The horns Of cattle. -
Gas IA cores fl.s,n,s INSERTS that in
4 .nce aEa Belgium i prodgc, an increase
Z mix ot ~ III twelve !. fifteen l,res po-
+ ~. nt.,rrcry tntI ent .ar;n,r H.
e~t5 a' y, itna..i horns from fourteen
| tc4tni y aG lril6cks, allow ~
So ,,,i puuu. better 20 retasn
+ helf hUrn,, ami t.n' tn. uniformed animals
.tred - mtCA ms p be each pouud bet =
cr litsn s..e'rsiN hori..d panons, mai
1s'a iil',re"oe Il two pounds per head in
favor ct the orerlt.,n. Farmers Gazeiie.
PLANT IHrts Ten acres Of timber will
supply iamily with fuel. Half an acre
.er year viii suffice TO keep two or three
fires going constantly. or oil the time fire
il needed b the time the last half acre
= cut over, which will be on the twentieth
year, the first half mere will be again ready
for tie axe. Ten acres are enough for ali
the necessary purposes Of fuel on . hun
bred and sixty acre farm, that is, one six.
'centh part II the f,rm in timber. Timber
will grow almost anywhere. Every farmer
will do well to look at this matter 1t will
require only q few DAYS work 10 start the
ten acres. No other tn acres on the farm
viii yield larger pro!is when the tim Der. .
once large enough 10 cut.
Fur. Mr.. Suel Foster. of Muscatine
, sF,ies TO the LYONS Mirror, to correct an
| error into which that journal has fallen in
relation 10 the number OF varieties Of r,eare
shown by him At tho State Fair, and adds ::
| would not advise the setting Of bear
treas .oI market purposes. but few trees
for family use :; ana then it should be upon
thin sou. with heavy clay srh-soil ard dry
| rolling land or dig M The clayey sut-.oil
anl have II Vel und ,rirained or surface
drained. Ny dwarf dld best at first. but o,
late. alter twelve years. | think INV stand
ards ate doing best | ,hink the apple the
iaost profitable for family use or ior mar
het. Grape secpnl though we ore over
dong the grape planting for market, but
! no, for home assumption. Ladies. daush
tors, hensekeepers, ysu ought to put up q,
least twelve cans grapes for each member
Of your family :ir winter and spring use.
Tor sickness, and to supply the careless, the
needy and the sick. Pu, them IN ar-tight.
the same as other berries. They keep their
tibet wine flavor better than the pear anu
the strawberry. and rs well as the raspberry
and blackberry.
The Boston Cultivator gives On account
of a visi. recently paid to the apple orchard
Of George Pierce. in the town Of Arlington.
II consists Of about two hundred trees. and
bears bountiully every year. The Baldwin
apple Is the most prolific. One tree was
noticed the circuit of whose limbs measured
by pacing alb ut them, about one hundred
PAGES, OF nearly two hundred and fifty feet.
Fruit men, on the ground, accustomed 10
Judge OF the quantity on a tree, rated this
ms high rs % barrels. The trunk vas but
five and half feet in circumference. Mr..
Pierce being inquired Of how he managed
TO raise apples, while others around mir,
failed, said IL prepare and ill my ground
well, keep off and destroy caterpillars, can
krr-worms. web-worms, prupe my trees my
SELF &c. II il no matter what am doing,
if web worms or caterpillars are manifested
from tent or web, | 60 and destroy them
forthwith; in brief. ! comply with all the
conditions, 90 lar a. know them, Of . good
apple crop, and | get ono annually, while
my ne'ghbors, failing to do so. have become
discouraged, and are and have been digging
~ Their trees l. he not right re.d,r,N
+ It net Just ~ imp aSs;hlc for app,e trees
u make iruit without suitable culture and
lipnt food. ss i; is for a COW t, make good
sfr-s at milk Without plenty OF GOOD and