Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-31

annie worm or MON IN iHt""e
add pears in all quarters lbs year. rIoin
Pearsylysnia 20 Iowa, all accounts ag'ee
that twas mover so destructive before.
LARGE Caor or OArs.-Mr. WIN. HAY
hurst. Of Kane Township. IN this county,
+ harvested a little over 400 bushels oil oats
( frofu few rods over five acres OF ground,
being 40 average OF so bushels TO tae acre.
Whoever has a heavier crop will plesse re-
port vinton Eagle.
LARGE YigLp.-The New Bedford Ier
curry says that Samuel Il. Iamlin, of Acush
net, raised this season, from one acre and
ninety four rods Of land, fifty bushels Of a.
handsome wheat as can be shown IN the
State. This shows what intelligent and
well directed effort can do upon the uninvis
ting soil Of Bristol county,. Il. Farm
eY.
RRrrpY ron rnE BoaER see that
remedy for the Borsr Worm 10 inquired ioi:
| send you mine, which you can publish, u
you think useful.
For the last eight years have praciiced
hauling hickory wood on my farm every
year, aud placing it whore il would attract
the borer moth, and then burning 1t With
the worm in Il, before the end Of two years.
think that have thus kept the worm IN
subiection, and it will take but small quan-
tity Of wood to keep them so, if the reqnls-
| tie pains are taken to burn il, before the
worms come out.-lE x.
| The Adair County Register of the 9th
SAYS: 1.-The citizens of this township met
last Friday evening and organized q herd
company nearly all the cattle owners in
the town going into il. A boy is employed
to take charge Of them, who will take them
away nt seven o'clock in the morning aud
return them at shutdown. Qulte large
herd was made up at the meeting, and 9th
ers can pu. in at any time. With the mum
Der already made up the expense will be
light on each one, and as the owners will
not no~ be under the ecessity of hunting
| for their cattle cvory night, often not find
ns them for several days. we think they
will find i, an economical arrangement
| In one Of the large pork packing houses
oil Cincinnati il is the rule to finish off three
hogs per minute. The force required for
this embraces two pen-men, one knocke'
| down, one sticker, two bristle- snatchers
to..v scrspers, six shavers, who remove the
hair from parts not reached by the scrapers,
two gambe-men, one gutter, one hose boy
one slide boy, one splitter (who fastens tn,
animal open to facilitate cooling,) two at
tcndsnts upon the cutters, one weigher
two cleaver- rnen, four knife men, one ham
trimmer, one shoulder trimmer, oue packer
six ham sslters, one weigher and brander
one lard-man, one book Keeper, seven por
tcrs and laborera.
EcosoMY IN THE USE OF Fuel Take as
period the lat fifty years, and see what i'm
provements have been made in this direc
ton. While our forefathers were conten
TO warm the humble cottage by the aid o
the Fireplace" which occupied one side o
the dwelling, whose capacious jambs re
quired the immense 'backlog" and ''fore
stick" and the various components to forir
the huge pile for q respectable fire, theii
children employed the box" and Frank
lin" stoves, etc., which used both coal snt
wood, and were scientifically an improve
mcnt in the degree Of radiation attained
and because they did not carry the most O.
the caloric up the chimney in . tempest.
From this We come to the more modeIr
and scientific appliances for heating. cook
iug, etc, embracing heaters and registers
radiators. bascburners smoke and gas con
sumers, patent cooking stoves, rangcs, gal
lcys and numberless other inventions. 50
also il equal OF greater degree have ther,
bean Improvements in the various processe.
o! smelling, and IN steam engines-botl
l,ud and uariue, by the aid Of improved
dr Il or blast, by return, horizontal and in
clinei ilies, patent jackets, CRATES, condcns
.rs, etc, to more completely consume tb,
smoke and gases, 10 increase the radiaiine
surflces, and various other improvements
until, when No look back TO the old meth
DDS, we smile a. Their prin,itiveness and ir
efficiency.
Science is progressive, and the inquiring
mind is ever on the alert to improve the vi.
ricus appliances now used, where coal or
otncr fnelis employed to more completely
utilize and economizc the caioric evolved du
ring combustion TO devise more economy
in mining and to discover and apply sub
s,itutes for coal fuel.
II is safe to say that BIZ modern improve
ments we get from ono 10 two hundred per
cent. more caloiic or trork (Which il but an
othar name for iD from gwen amount @
fuel consumed than We did fifty, or ever
twenty i've years ago /; and there is Ia
reason to believe the inventive genius o
the ase. will not Improve upon the presen
methods of consuming mel economically
during the next hundred wears, in n similar
ratio al least American GINS Light JouG
nsl.
MEADOWS Fall DRIsstNG.-A CORE
spondcnt Of the Ohio Farmer makes som,
sensible Remarks on the management o
neadow lands. These need no, DC brok, I
NJ and cultivated Tor re-sceding, but may
t. KEEP, up by proper treatment 70: q Ions
settles Of years Sections OF meadow which
on being moved, showed signs of exhaust
ion, should be thoroughly narrowed in tn,
fall. re- ceded. ard literally supplied witt
well rotted manure. The other pcr,ion,
should receive good top-iressing Of IL,
same material, which will keep them il
good heart for M indefinite period.
WHEAT IN CAlIroaNiA.-Th wheat Gro,
Of California the present year is ssiima,et
at IL. 900. 900 bushels equalling New Yorl
in DE productions of this important farm
product.
I SPLITTING RAIs.-A correspondent OF
tho Iowa Homestead, abiding to the & iii
Guilty frequently experienced in making
wedge stick in frozen timber when splitting
rails, advises the use Of dry sand. dashed
into the crevice from which the wedge re
bounds. The end sought can be equally
attained by making lev checks close to
gether, with the axe, on the end Of the 10y
TO be split, and inserting the wedge between
them. We never knew q wedge 10 rebound
under such circumstances.
HossEs - SPRrNG KNEES. = Tho Ohio
Farmer states'that corns in horses feet ar,
the cause, in most cases, Of sprung knees
In order 10 relieve the heels, sore with
corns, the animal throws his weight mainly
on the toe, thus relaxing the tcndons ant
suspenscsv ligament Of the leg, contraction
Of which naturally follows. Corns are main
ly produced BY improper shoeing. which
contracts the heel. Instead Of bevellng from
without, inward, making the foot to rest il
. ccncavity, which resists the natural ex
pansion Of the hoof and forces the heel in
ward, the shoe should be made level.
The Bank of England. it is reported, bal
10000 different shareholders, and ct tn,
semi annual periods when dividends hAv,