Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-17

species Of wood will conn
ns ~srv bieh price. Growing forests
manu- VIZ s,y slow method Of gaining
,,.b h,t va are not certain but thai i
49, ~ a. safe and sure as any. II 10 Ut
I last worth Investigation.
,sop.rs GREKLEY's FARMING MIR. Hor-
.ce Greeley contributes TO the Ledger on
account Of the farming experiences in East
era New York. As very much Of this,
which consists largely Of reclining waste
land and raising these crops which are IN ,st
profitable in Eastern States, will not be
specially interesting to the prairie farmers
VIC give only Horacs's description OF bis
model barn. ard his special conclusions
My barn is q fair success. placed u on
the shelf Of my hall. nearest to tho upper
teasD side Of my place, because . barn
yard is manuiactory Of fertilizers from
materials Of lesser weight; and Il u easier
to draw these down bill than up. built
its walls vhslly ofstonss gathered or blast
cd from the adjacent slope, to the extent Of
four Or I've thousand tons, and laid in .
box with thin mortar Of Qitilc) lime and
(much) sand filling I'll the interstiess and
binding the whole into solid mass, till
my wallis are nessIy oue solid rock. while
the roof ID Of Vermont slate. | dsivs into
three ssosies-a basement for naHurss, q
stable Tor animals, and . story above this
for hay. whIls grain is pitched into the loft
or ..scaffold" above, from whose floor the
roof rises steep to height Of sixteen to
eighteen feet. There should have been
moro windows for light and air but my
barn is convenient, impervious to frost, and
am confident that cattle are wintersd IN o
& four b less cost than when they shver in
board shanties, with cracks between the
boards that will admit pour hand. No pari
Of your rural economy is more wasiefu
| than the babitural exposure oiour animals
to pel,ine. chilling storms, and TO intens.
cold But ding with concrete is still novl
ty, and was Tar more 90 ten years ago
when built my barn could now built
better and cheaper but | am glad that
need not. calculate that this barn vii
be abidingly useful long after shall hnv
heen utterly forgotten; and that, had
chosen 10 have my name lettercd on II
front, il would have remained there to hon
or me rs builder, long after 1t had cease
to nave any other Significance.
"You will be sick Of living ia the coun
try within two years." Was confident
told when bought land your place vi
be advertised for SALE" Then the sheriff
name will be at the foot Of the advertise
} msnt," responded. Tho mere fact that
am not yet sick Of it proves nothing, sine
| only try to spend Saturdays upon It, an
am often unable to do even that but u
wife. who spends most Of each year Their
, and has done 20 ever since it was bought,
equally constant in her devotion and III
bare idea OF exchanging our place for III
, other has never vet suggested itself to ELL
er of us. With frst-rate stone or bric
3 house to shut out the cold, doubt il eiti
: or OF Us Of choice would live slsewher
, even IN winter.
: "But what Of the prcfts Of your farm
, ingi You have said nothing Of thsm.'
, often hear. Well, it is not yet time
5 speak Of them-in fact, they nre as yet vi
r spcakably small. Thus far, have bee
: making farm rather than working on
. and the process is not yet complete. I'll
: FIRST apple trees, Of my planting-are ju
J. beginning to bear my bes. land, havir
D been recently bought, and not thorough
+ drained, il not yet productive. Nor do
r expect that farmiug-or anything else
. will pay without better oversight than
d have yet been able to accord it.
e "Do you not perceive said one near
y me, ''that your man there does more tina
Q half work - Certainly" ] replied
9 am quito aware of it, Were he disposed
. be efficient, he would work his own LANE
n not mine" You can scarcely hire any wor
q well done, TO which you cannot give pc
r sonal attention. Publishing newspaper
: by proxy would be still more ruinous tbs
t forming.
e But cleso with confident assertio
0 that god ia, ming ,eiH pay-yea, does pa
: right here by New York-pay general.
+ and pay well. OF course, lie who Incl
J., capital mus. work to disadvantage in til
c as in every thing else and little capital vi
70 further in the far West than On II
r crowded seaboard but feel certain tn
!, even could make money by farming
Y Westchester county, IL | could give IN
b time and mind to it and that good farm
e er, with adequate means, can. in followir
. his vocation, do as we'll near this city as
i reasonable man could expect, or wisely d