Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-02-19
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
AGRICULTURAL.

A0kkCCLIUBALs
Orchards suffer when the forests are cut
away. Shelter bslts should be planted on
two sides, and the trees will be benefited
as much AZ COW in . warm stable
Lsrge losses or sheep, by the severe snow
storm Of the 12th Of December, are reported
by the LEGAL press through Northern
Ohio
For bolts in horses, make . strong tea Of
mullen, and drench the animal with quart
Of il. Never fails Southwestern Farmer.
Always loosen the check a before Civ
ing water 10 horse. Even il the pail 10
he'd SO high that the rein 10 not drawn
| tight, the position IL IN unnatural one in
which to drink.
JoHN JoHxsox's EAnMiKo.-Ia . recent
letter to Michigan sosrsspendsnt, (Who
sends Il TO the western Rural for publiession)
Mr.. Johnston mentions that he il feeding 265
sheep and head Of cattle this winter, hsv-
ing laid in ten tons Of oil neal, .besidss bic
corn crop, for their consunPtiea. He con
tinues =
half miles put . good deal in my yards
before put 10 my sheep and cattle, and
spread straw over it. | have . basin in the
lower part Of ono yard. that put 80 loads
in: the remainder I am putting in where
the lieuids run out Of tho yard. i expect
TO get in all $50 loads. and large ones l
get a. LARGE loads % l wish TO draw for 80
cents. dug out ready to load and tho road is
and has been ~ smooth - glass and ~ bard
"A iron, a.. ever since July No have had,
and still have, great drought eur wheat
look. bad. mix my sheep and cattle
dung With the muck. When sell my sheep
in March or first Of April, expect 70 have
$50 loads Of the very best Of manure to put
on nv land next August or September.
Forty acres OF Mr. S.'s farm have been
rented 10 Two nursery firms for i've years,
Al Il 600 year, and the above extract
doss not look a. il the rest would suffer
neglect. The true secret Of success in
grain raising is comprised in the following
remarks:
"You may rely upon Il, that il 10 only By
4 mixed husbandry, and large part Of It
stock Of either cattle or sheep. or part OF
both, that farmers can prof ta>ly rsiss grain.
had only 90 acres in wheat, and cold 6l2
bushels. Ny nsighbor on the south had
a. acres in wheat, most oil summsf-iallowed,
and he told me be had only shout 400 bush.
eis 10 cell. lie, twenty 70 forty ysars ago
raised good crops, but lateefly his crops
have Handled Down to almost nothing.
His wheat in 1866 was not half 20 good ~
this wear. The reason Of his failure 10, be
keeps almost no stock, and what he does
keep hs feeds on straw IN winter. except
ins his horses"
The San Francisco correspondent Of the
Chicago Tribune writes:
"Count California in your next estimates
% tho first wheat growing State in the Un-
ion. The California wheat crop Of 1857
did not fall much short Of 90, OO0, 900 bash
els. IT, indeed, Il did not exceed that
amount; and, - il realised fully $3.50 IN
rold' per bushel, Il follows that W ere TO-
dav CSC, 900, 900 better OF for Il. And 10
that the value Of four millions Of gallons Of
wine and brandy. and an almost incalcula-
BILE fruit crop, and you have some idea Of the
} money realized BY the farmers Of Cslifor-
MIA.
According to the report Of the assessor,
Los Angeles county last year produced
! 10000 gallons of brandy; and this year
I ls0. 900 bushels Of corn, $50. 900 Of barley,
T oranges is worth $527, 900; Of walnuts,
, sos, 900, and of lemons, SIS. 900. The
average value Of production per acre cult
waited is given At 1928. The Los Angeles
News says: 'B, the passage ofa law abol-
ishing the fence system, and the building
of arsilroad from this city to some point
on the Bay Of San Pedro, ,hs present. fig-
urss will be more than quadruplsd.' And
Los Angeles 10 but third county in
population and comparative Development
of her resources The figures it must be
; remember ID are to be understood as coin not
greenbacks. Stimulated by this great sue
cess. our farmers are taking hold with re-
! newed energy, since the PRESENT rainy sea
son has set in, and il is now certain that in
1868 We shall have one million acres in
whea. alone. Give the average Of thirty
bushels per acre-ths estimate 10 low one
for California W shall have 80 900 :
600 bushels Of wheat. This beats Wiscon-
sin and places California in the front rank
Of wheatproducing States.
"Our corn crop is Of small account, and
. the barley and oat crops will. perhaps, be less
than in 1868, but the aggregate. you can
see. will be enormous. And yet California
10 but in her teens, not half not quarter
Z developed. What future she has before
, herr With oil her drawbacks-and they
are many-she is the State to live in after
ALL"
EARNED PENNIES AND CIR PsxsIRs-It
isa hard matter for stirring boy TO be con-
. tented and happy, when he has net cen,
in his pocket. Yet, Of the two extremes, i,
ruins him far quicker to have an unstintsd
supply of spending money, which costs him
: nothing.
4 gentleman who had ground along
] through his childhood in extreme poverty
> Afterwards became 4 man OF wealth. Re
msmbsfIng his own early days, and the JOY
which chance dimes and quarters gave him
he determined that his boys should be made
happy BY most lavish supplies Of money
. He failed utterly in making them happy
and teo now lie in drur kards' graves, while
!. | . third is rapidly tending the same down
, ward road. The fourth hes failed in every
thing he has undertaken, and is now settled
down on little farm near HE father, where
= the old gentleman can keep bis eye on him
The golden mean 10 the wise course Ia
this - in almost everything else. But &c
have boy fully appreciate the worth o.
money, he needs to earn it. A gentlemar
who rose 10 high position - . wealthy
merchant, said he Rad laid the foundation
Of his fortune chopping wood at twenty a ',
: cents . cord. lie gained about thirty dol
: lars ia this way. and whenever he "a,
. tempted to waste quarter on some trifle hi
. could just - we'll do without, he would say
4. to himself, "Thers gees cord Of wood" |,
served a. powerful check to sxtravaganes
snd the lesson he learned from that wood
chepping, WAS faithfully drilled into ID,
minds Of . suecsssion Of clerks who came
under his influence. thus giving their habit,
. bent in the right direstion. Would thai
more Of our young clerks had similar en-
ployers.
Nobody has better opportunity to plas,
: his children in The vsv Of earning snsne
thing for themselves than the farmer. 4
little plot OF ground to cultivate. veull
never b missed from his acres. and If h
vas the very heart Of his farm that d,
thss appropriated, il would more than pey
: 10 the advantage 10 Nho children Tn. A.