Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-08
FARM AND HOME.
1llats lron the LonDan Here

%smS ITopOtt'Ouus WlluooI que regard ~
heir ages, thor Consultations and their
work. Because the propri.ty Of such
practice is self eyident. Yet Is constantly !
done, and Is the basis Of disease Of every
kind.
.. Never use bad hay On account Of it,
rheapuess. because there 10 not proper
noussstment IN is.
3. Damaged corn 10 exceeding irjurous.
Because ii brings on ii6AmatIon Of the
towels and skin disease.
4. Chsff Is better ioi old horses than hay.
Be, ause they CD chsws aud digest Il bet
ter.
6. Nix cha6 with cesn o. beans. and do
not give The lsstss alsne. Bscsuss IL makes
The hsrss chew bic feod more and digest il
better.
9. Hay OF ersss aisns viii net support .
horse under hard 0ssk. Became there 10
not sviBeiess nutritiss bedy 10 either.
Z. Wines horse \ worked bard It's food
should chiefly b osss II not worked hard
i.s fond should chi.Hy b. hey. because
es,s supply pcvs nessisbmsnt and fssh
msb,ns material than sny ether kind Of
faod. H.y not - much.
8. FoI saddle or coach iofse, half .
peck Of sound eats, and eighteen pounds 81
good hsp is sufficient. II the hay is not
good add quarter Of peek mote oats.
A horse which works harder may have
rather more ei each one that worhs little
should haze less.
.. Rack tcedlngis wasteful. The better
plan 10 to feed with chopped hay, from .
manger. Because the food ID not then
a. stv b.. sA
and digssted.
10. Sprinkle tie hay With water that
has sslt dissolved 10 il. Because Il -
pleasing TO the animals taste, AID more
easily digesied. "a tesspossful VI salt in
a bucket Of water 10 suficisnt)
II. Oats should be bruised for an old
horse. but Tor . young emo. Because the
former, through sgs and detective tss,h can
ret cksw them prepssly ; The yousg horss
can do %. and they ere thus proper y mig
ed with the saliva, aod turned int whole.
some mutt iment
II vstshss and cut grass should alWsys
BE- given ia the spsing to hossss that cen
not - turaed out int the 6slds. Because
they ass very cooling and refreshing, and
almost medicinal 10 their effects but they
muss Be sur, flied il moderation, - they
srsliable to fermeut in the stomach il Civ.
en- largely.
Is. Water ysur horses from pond Or
STREAM rather thsn from . spring or we'll
Aecaase the latter 10 generally bard and
cold, whis the former - soft and comfor-
tably warm. The horse prefers soft muddv
water to hard wafer, though ever % clean
IA A horse Should b I'VE at least . pail
OF watsr. morning ond evening or,still bet.
tar. feur half pail>iulls, at four several
t,mes IN the day. Because tnis assusges
his thirat without boating hin,. He should
not 10 msd1 to work directly after he has
had full draught Of water for digestion
and sxertien can never 60 On together.
10. DO not lss Jour horse haveo warn
va q 10 drink. Bscause, II he hiss - drink
cold water, after getting accustomed te
warm, it will give him collie.
l6. When your horse refuses lids food
after drinking, go no further that day. Be-
cause the poor creature 10 thoroughly beat
| On.
THE GRAIN QUESTION.
BIT noN. ,. D. 6RiSNRLL
We arc extremists A. . people, vet il is 1
tri,e say ing that the truth il usually found
between the extremes OF opinion. Even ia
the midst Of heated ptlited canvass it i.
well to reflect m material affairs.
| What are the lessor OF lhs season fol
our agrlcul,uristst Large districts OF ceun'
try have lost their labor, being victims ,e
the hop mania, by over production. But I
/ tew years since tobscco and cotton growers
saw their markets glu,tsd aud ,hsmsslvs,
ba krupt, having changed their avse atom
At . great sacrifice with . greed for erea
gains.
w DOL growers were no exception . few
years since; lacking experience and pur
! Oh .siug the eldest Of a .Iow kisd" 10 NEE
the wsf demands Tor cloth and new with
kindred folly, parting with all Of the feel
fer less than mere song.
The grain panic mex, strikes the whea
grower, to close up financially tAousAndi
and TO give heed to such facts ~ ws may
nov ponder 10 advantage. Wheat grew, r.
| have been even more un wiss thon the q Ick
master. II the former it vas known thai
We did not produce more than 60 per cent
Of the staple necessary To cl0the our PEG.
pie, " bile tho wheat farmer wss apprised o
the TACT that our production ceu.ll.d ou
home wants, and that high prices we're de
pending IN failure Of \ crop abroad am
export demsnd. Yet what q strife Their,
his beet to see who would harvest. was,
his lands, and most Atric " have his labor
told Of ..Ch.csgsr' II has been held The
for years there would not be low prices
even with good crop. Let us sec hov
errvneous thisOpiuiun 10. Our annual ma
tionsl consumption Of = heat il about l5o,
o,O, 900 Of bushels, and one half he State
prod. CO their eWn, white the most Of tn
.urplos c,ops Of the Ncrihwest dads II
WY Est by Lake Michioan To m .es thi
demand We VIII give the large ess,ma,s o
80. o0O, 900 Of bushels.
What States seek 10 supply this market
| give them il the svdsr eth. il sntsrp. 10
ami sdop,isn: Minnesota, Io.a, W,sseu
Gin, II inois, Missouri, NJ braska, and Kan
sas. Whit 10 che asos required 10 predue
this S0.U00,0 900 Of busheisi Estlmstip
20 bushels - the acre for new land, and II
bushels for old land, II 10 less than 1000,
600 Of ssrss and net equal - the d,men
0seuo ~ si1 Of eur counties. Twenty Q
our new counti.s could be named, no.
reached By e.ip I'd, that might keep q
their present sleek and meet The hone Dc
mani for grsin, and then furnish oil tha
The adssntuross grsia osschaote in Chica
60 would dare cont act for delivery. An,
10 have not twenty, but sixty countis
raising wheat for export, and net on,
State, but eight, seeking T. brsad the Eas
and Europe. Such facts and fieurss will
wheat q Is and 30 cents bushel, and n,
boyssv, maxwell dispsl ths illosions .
many and turn attention to divsrslfsd in
dustry perhaps 70 the reelected stock, tn,
culture o. tame g,assee, Or The culture Of
smaller farm, ~hich may Be adorned ans
enriched with fssis. do not cay that III,
deUssanion q the wheat .markss = pssas
mont, only that with fair crop next seasOs
20 great 10 the preparation, that prices
must b. Low. Califernia this sssssn pro
ducsd 20, 000, 900 Of bushels, and the bee
graiol distsiots Of Europe ore nlw reachs<
BY rAilways, and ~ must meet with eu
crops cheaper labsr than our eun 10 ever,
9ass efths Wosld. Win it not then b IN,
true philcs ,phy to allow those just opsnin,
new farms to be the wheat growers Ter ex
port !! Should not the old lands DO laie
down 10 grass a once. that Ne may rails,
better stock and shorten our mon,hs o
feeding Would It not be wise While sul
focks are depicting BY neglect, and WOO
appreciates in value, TO cherish what r.
mains, assured that they promote eooG
crepe, and that their flssces, s,sone snt
warm, will oil be vs. ntsd BY our SO lows
factories. and our million Of Iowa people
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