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

! PLANTING PorArors Win rnr PIow.-A
subscriber Ia Iowa writes us that he has
planted poistoes in sod ty dropping the
seed Ia every thild ilffow. and then plow-
| Ing the sod down fist upan thefn. They re-
! Cured 10 after cultivation, and ! harvested
! potatoes Of GOOD quality, and Il d a Yield of
| rom enc hun,iec 10 out hapif ed and fifty
bushels per acre. lsed about seven bush
els 81 seed per acre. Such cultivation
might r. successful, t. certain extent, on
clean, wt5te.n prg,rie soil, but where
weed aud grass aJonnd It would'n; ans
wer.
Make use d warm days TO clean and ven
iilate the cellars of bod, house and barn,
unless the walls are SO cold that the warn,
moist air makes ;hem damper. Painting
and repairing may be conc in warm wealth.
| sr.
A correspondent cf the Prairie Farmer
painted OF washed a building, four years
age, with water. lime aud new milk 1t has
done very well. He mixed . little at a
time, stirred frequently, and applied it with
a whitewash brush.
The editor of the Nsw EnDldnd Farmer
says he has always found pork as easy of
digestion Is beef or mutton, and he believes
that II hog is KEEP, in cleanly quarters, and
has clean and wholesome food, Il will fur
nish just as heaithfui and palatable food %
any other domestic animal
|. The OHIO Farmer saws over-sreaslpr war-
ons and carriages does them great injury,
aud says lard should never be used. tallow
being the best for wood axlctrees, and cas-
tor OIL fer iron. But light coat should b.
put on. The Same paper says ne vegetable
osl, excspt perhaps castor oil, should 30 used
on hsrness-neats foot OIL being the best.
The following recipe 10 worth 1900 10 4
sneep farmer, aud We have never seen 1t in
print: II there 10 any lifo in the lamb. put
u ~ once up to the head in q blood vssm
bath, adding more warm water a il oool.
Keep II in this fifteen or twenty minutes.
or until it makes the water Nv with ia
feet" Then wipe it dry and return Il 70
its mother.
Many horse owners aim 20 place The racks
ard hangers of their stables as high a. the
animals can reach and get their food. at
learns horse to hold up bis head" they
say, land he looks better in the stall" Mr..
Bonner, of New York, lets his valuable
horses take their grain from s;mnle box In
IN che floor, and their hay S thrown in front
/ W tHe0s AAV tdtb NJ tlaS Dttlrc ilICcu the
horses food at his feet. and in this respec,
it is wisdom 70 do likewise.
ARTIFICIAL GRovEs.-As this question ia
| attracting much attention at the present
time 10 Iowa, the following practicable sr-
ticie from The Fremont County 7Yres will
be read with interest:
We were shown, a few days since, eev
eral cottonwood trees nearly three feet 10
diameter. growing upon land that twenty
years ago was . cultivated Geld. without .
suck oil timber on il ; and we have the au-
thority OF one f the Oldest citixens of this
section Tor stating that there 10 at least
one third more timber in Fremont county
now than in ls4s. although q number al
saw mile have been in constant oner. t;on
since that period. In view Of this fact. ana
knowing the rapidity with which timber
can DC grown, it appears TO us that the ali. |
terence IN the price of prairie and timber
lands Is altogether too great. Uncultiyated
prairie can be bought for from four 10 six
dollars, while timber 10 held n from tvan.
y 20 tnir'y, aud, in some instances. a for. |
" dollars per acre. All thst II nec.ss.rv
70 De done to convert prairie land into Tim.
Der land 10 to pillow it, so rs to o,vs IL. ec,.
too-seod ssed chance to taxi roo, .nd !
IN very few years you will have a ,o,..,
Of large trees; al least. so we ara told h. |
men who ought 70 know.
IL the above figures are reliable. and Wa |
think they will soon be under ra.he- ,s.,,
over the mark. it will b worth vh;,s -
gsve the subject more prominence than /, |
.s -. heretofore received. The vac. ~ /. rds
l.. lining ,n our city which are permitted 70
msds /. .oa uniinproved, could sosn be |
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