Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-27
AGRICULTURAL.
The farmers OF Nebraska are plantin
fnresf treas.

gNb,Vuu fnles " feHCibk might % auFant4-
secusly removed In Great Britain. lie re.
moved from farm Of 200 acres 81 miles Of
hedging last season.
Upon the fruit prospects OF 1868, the St.
Louis Journal Of Agriculture ssys: 1.-THE
prospect for an abundant crop Of peaches
the coming season is very promising In,
deed. The sane may be said OF nearly all
other fruits. The severe drought OF .he
fall PREVENTED a late growth, and the young
wood was well rpened before winter. The
fruit binds were not sufficiently developed
70 be particularly susceptible o the injury
by frost, and unless they are injured by the
late spring fros,s we shall have full crop"
DisEAss AuoSo Iowa CArrLE.-ws learn
from Mr.. II. Hewitt. Of Virginia Grove,
Louisa county, that serious and fatal dis.
ease has appsarsd among the cattle Of that
nsighborhood, four having died on the
farm Of Mr.. J. II. Brown. The first symp-
tom 10 . twitching Of the tail. The next .
lamsnsss Of the hind lsgs, followed by lick
ing the affected parts. The animal contin-
uss 10 eat almost 70 the last, but in no ease
has lived over forty eight hours after show
ing symptoms Of diseass The complaint 10
regarded - quite mysterious among the
farmers Of that neighborhood. Some think
it 10 caused by want Of water. II needs in
vsstigsting Il Burlington Hawksye.
| The WHsAr CRoP II IxpIANA.--The New
Albany Commercial says that the prospect
or fair wheat crop 10 Frightening. There
10 much improvement in its appearance
within . week or two. The correspondent
Of the Cincinnati Gazette telegraphed to
that paper on Monday from lndianapols:-
- - L.
aging reports Of the wheat crop prospect
that the fine rains and warm weather since
then are bringing it forward remarkably,
and in many places whore they believed il
entirely killed before"
A thrifty farmer, who "bslisvss in max
ing old things last in these t'mse," says /:
There 10 one thing that nearly everybody
knows and hardly any body attends to, that
is TO sprinkle Stacked lime on their roofs
once . year, either in fall or spring II the
shingles are covered ever 90 thick with
moss. the lime soon clears it of, leaving the
roof clean and white, and good for dozen
years longer. II ought to be put on pretty
thick, and rainy day is best for this work.
Strong wood ashes will answer almost %
we'll 10 keep old roofs in repair, but they
will not look o. nice To make new shin
giles last three or four times the usual per-
iod, they need only to be soaked few day Q
in . tank half full of lime water, which
must be stirred up we'll before the shingles
are put in"
NORWAY OArs In answer TO the inquiry
Of Mr.. Talcott about Norway OATS, | will say
that in the spring of 1865 ID. w. Ramsdell
Of Chelsea, w., proprietor Of tho Norway
oats, hired one acre Of ground from me, OF
which 10 SOW said oats. On said one acr,
put on enc bushel and six quarts of seed
and harvested from said acre 1874 bushell
Of tho heaviest oats | ever saw. | advIs,
every farmer to try them. ID. w. Ramsdsl
harvested last fall, from IA acres sown
1888 bushels. Daniel T.. Smith, ds
a Grcsnsboro. VI.
y WAsuIxa SHEEp-The Irish Farmer
Gdsesttsearnestly urges the India rubbs
manufacturers 10 prepare and keep on salt
: water proof suits for the protection Of me,
i employed in washing sheep in tho stream
:. and pools. "rhey would he much 10 . ex
penslve than the diving suits, which enabl
ncn 20 walk about on the bottom OF III
u sea, and ascend again and come perfectly
i ny out of them Much stress 10 place,
! upon the importance Of thorough washing
an operation which seems to be graduaill
falling into disuse or disrepute IN this coun
try.
{ LABoR IN AGRICULTURAL CoLLEGKs-Ou
: correspondent. Surl Foster, of Iowa, fur
nishes evidence to the Prairie Farmer, tina
the failure Of we'll known Agriculture
: College in this country, was owing to tn
{. TACT that manual labor Was required Of IN
!. students, but that tho professors and othe
ofi,e did not take part in this labor. Tn
motto was posted up in large letters in
'. glt frame, that labor is honorable !" bu
i those to whom the students looked As teach
: srs BY precept and example, omitted tn
example. A terrain amount of labor va
urged on the ground Of health-but tn
- professors did not take the medicine then
selves. The question is then asked, Win
d would be thought Of military officers VII
Il should send private soldiers alone into .,
ton, while they remained Of homo. The.
> suggestions are worth examining.-C ou,
Is try Gent.
r A MAN OF BusrNEss He must know II
ID market price Of oil he grows on his farm
aud the relative value oil every kind Of Ii,
stock. lie should understand the points
~ cattle and sheep. and keep constantly pos
n connected with agriculture.
b. a man of business will always look fol
ward far enough to keep his blowing, cult
walton and seeding done in good time; h
- will do great deal Of preparation for sprin
! planting IN the autumn, so that if it come
n n very wet time. then he may not hav
either to plant improperly or be benin
:. with every thing.
~ | H. hu IL.
}, such a way that the stronger take oil tn
/. best Of the food, while the weaker go BAG
!. and waste in flesh and health; he will nc
suffer his Dung stock TO be exposed to ID
: inolemency of the weather in winter, or .
10 low any creature Of whatever age or kin
/. to feel the pangs Of hunger or the rigor +,
cold weather.
He will always have time to do sveryth hin
because he looks forward, and calculate
N correctly, making ample allowance for cor
tingencies; and farming on q system adap
. ell to his soil and locality, he carries o,
successfully al he undertakes.
. You never hear man Of business say
cannot get help, or that he lost by cuttin
!. his grass when too old. or his grain or cor
II when too ripe, because tie was short
e hands. lie always pays good men raths
more than the average rate Of wages, use
them fairly, and discharge al unreliab
ones; leaving them to be employed BY thos
Who pay lower, and who neglect the highs
= branches Of agriculturs-to labor oil day I
!. drag along . set Of men who will not worl
, faithfully unlssa their employer works Wit
= them. A man Of business, AZ an sgrisultu
70 ist. can say to HE msn-'Do the au
r they will do Il, because he has d,seernmeu
ID TO employ mono but good workmen, and iii
=. erality enough 10 treat them 90 ~ to kes
= them with him. He leaves Il for those vi
ng have stronger muscles than brains, and Ice
III tack in managing laborers to say-"Oou
A. along boys and thus shame worthle
set Of fsllows to earn their board, which
more than many will do who are suppose
,ly to be hired ehsup.
70. A thorough man Of business, - farms
is completely master Of the situation.
- can 60 out for the day, if necessary, atten
~ ing m auction sale, or visiting any one vi
It a celebrated herd and H,ck he can !o
ror around frequently, and purchase bargai
of needy farmers. who have no genius I
"o buy ing and selling, and who have no ,ir
" to 20 from home; yet, wien the man