Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-02
FARM AND HOME.
Agriculture and IHorslcais are.


nest Autsun's iuspiritiug smile
so; giving each other sisscsIv greeting.
ihey a. down 70 gossip awhile.
= hope ysa',. quit. well. dear. this elegant
"Hov charming the county," they said.
''Asd how 10 you Pssspef"-bosh spsskins TO-
''wish regard 10 ysur businsss and trade
"Loot, where the ruas thorn.bush and brAnbls
With fruit.ge The spp'e-trss bends.
| The scythe ,sfths mower q sssriss 10 swing
AND III. Gong Of ne r.spsr ss.ssd..
LET Us walk hssd 10 Aasd. fer - obstacle ear
Till yisss DER the ssssssiss shali grow;
n' 81 g green vslvss, he srsws heath b
And deserts win plenty esraow."
9Th. geld il IL mine With sseisemsss and won
Msy ssmmes an smigrsnt bsad
Asd she chariot Of Marc trample on In its thun-
der.
Isu. we're the true strength q The l.nd.a
"for us ro lors wife in her cottage is gri.viug.
Earth Welcomes ms both in ner prime
No stsng in Che bosom OF memory we're leav-
irg,
Nc stein on the pinon o, time"
TIMBER Wood for lumber and fuel is
becoming scarce in many parts Of the coun-
try. WHAT shall 10 done. We'll, fer one
| thing, let the farmer, ono OF these dry Sep
tembsr days, take his horses, wagon and
boys, and gaths. up aud place in his wood
housa oil logs and limbs that are down and
decaYing In his woods. This kind Of trash,
housed now, will make sooi fuel. There
10 ne bsttcr economy thai this American
Farmer.
RBNoviNo GRASS SPors.-A simple
agent for removing grease spots from elk
and WOODEN fabrics 10 very useful. Carbon
sts Of magnssia saturated with benzols,
add spread upon . grease spot to absus
one third Of an inch in thickness, answers
veil for this purpose. 4 sheet d porous
paper should be spread upon the benxen.
Atsd ssgnssia. and fat iron. moderately
warm, put upon the top Of all. The heat
grease, which 10 then abssrbsd BY the %
rsus magnssia. The fat iron may be re-
moved 10 the space Of one hour, and the
msgnseia dust brushed %. Soap stsns
dust nay Be used ID The same manner, and
answsr nearly 80 Eocd . purpose.
| JupoiHo Hosses ~ ArrsAsAxcss.-I
offer the fellow suggestions, the result el
my close obssrvatisus and long sxpsrisncs:
II the color BE- light, ssrrsl OF chestnut, hia
feet, legs aud face Whits-thsss are maks
Of kindnsss. II he 10 broad and full be-
} tween the eyes, he may bs do ,endsd on q
, . horse for being trained to anything q
respects such horses. the more kindly you
treat them the better you will bs treated In
return. Nor will horse o! THE description
stand whip il we'll fed. II you want I
safe horse, avoid one that is dish faced. liz
may Be 20 far gentle % not y scare. but hs
, will hsvs toe much 60 ahead in hin, to b
, safe with every body. II you want . fool
q but hsres Of great bottom, get deep bay
!, with not . white hair about him. II bill
> face 10 q littlo dishsd % much the worse
: Let ne man ride such horse that 10 not Al
t expert rider they are always tricky ans
: nnsafa. Ii you want one that will nsve
= give out, never buy alsrgc overgrown one
A black horse cannot stand the heat, nor
u white one the cold. If you want gsntl
. horse, get ono with more or less whit
about the head, tho more tho better. Sc
e !eciions thus made are Of great dscity an
gsntlensss.-E Exchange.
~ To krgr TIE FEET awe notice i
! ing shoe-leather water proof, most Of the
~ compounds involving considerable troubl
=. in preparation aud more or less .oxpeus,
and none Of them half 20 good a. the sing
- article castor oil, which can be bought
I'd the drug stores for twenty >6vs to fifty cent
pint, according 70 your locality. Appl
1t to the boot whom dry, and soak il BY Oh
ERE till the leather 10 saturated. Treat til
soles In the same way, being careful to DR.
10 in well 90 that they will not grease tn
10 carpets. We once treated q pair Of ca
bosts in this way, and few days after "
walked five miles In saturated snow an
water from elk 10 ten inches deep At ever
10 step, and came out with the fee. psrfsctl
dry. Caster oil will keep the leather soft
. pliable and back, though not glossy, an
y quite impervious 10 water Jyisconsi
=, Ratmer.
he TwA>srLANTISG Faulr TRxgs.-If fru
tv trees, either apple, pear, plum, cherry, &c
Or are taken up while in dormant state. b,
OF lore the putting forth Of the leaves or IN
~ commencement Of the swelling of the bud.
" they may be very much exposed withou
a. injury. That is their rosts being expose
y TO the atmospheric influence and ns
:. brought in contact with the earth. are thu
h, unable to replscs the moisture that is eva,
!, GRATED from them. Ard they may beeom
or 30 dry that the bark will become bsdl
shrivsled, and yet by proper treatment
:, may be restored to their original plumpae s
~ and freshness, and do equslly well as tho,
0 not having been thus exposed.
p. And why, Because their texture hav
N bsen uniniured, and their vital life, thong
checked in its action, not weakened. An
like the man or animal that has done with
= out accustomed food, aud the wasting prl
IN csssss Of the system have been going
IN until weakness and WEAKNESS haze take
=, held OF him er il, On having their foed r,
stored, bseeos hale, healthy and vigorsu
e. So With an exposed fruit tree, the textus
y and vitality Of which has not yet suffers
Of injury.
But 70 know whsp such q tee has sul
Tered vitality and when it has net, 10 Q mic
point. Yet ny experience cells me that .
the tine Thousands Of sneh trees are psc
no neunced dead, they are entirely uniniur,d
b, and If destroyed, il 10 the after trsstmer
=. ~hiea they rsosive that does il. Thsir los
:. moisture or unslaberatcd sap 10 net restore
d. without which they are unable to svs
n their buds ~ put forth their lsavss and
8 this b fesbly and but partially accomplish
cd, they may aftsPwards fail from the sam
cause. The dry sell into which fruit tree
= ere % eftsa set, and the dryisg state Of Il
atmosphsrs, both tend. not to conntsrsc
I'd but rather to assist in carrying On the ID
IN atreying precsse. In feet, some seasons
- theusands, ssd perhaps nillisns Of fru
" srsss newly SET that are in good conditie
- whsD tressplantsd, die. because the cen
% dition Of beth sell and atmosphere unite I
"A starve then to death, While . majority 6
such - live through the season rsceiv
their death frem the same cause. With
few days starving, then, restoration Of .
10 the necsssary food may work may no Wit,
N injury, While prs,ractsd period Of On ia
adequate supply, wsaksns the scnstitu.io
- and destroys its vitslity.-Americon Farm
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