Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-24
FARM AND HOME.

snt Of Eselish statesmen, lost his ne "
riding fractious horse, which lis green
had neglected 10 Oil up with wsisf oe,o's
his master esds him, ~ be had besa o'osf'
Cd. Sir Robert was consequently torswn
a. and killed. A horse that has . couple
~ buek ets of water in him jus. before being
S,;,.n ar reds cut is not 20 Wild and risky !
=. an. thst is empty. That much water 10
besvv and Keeps him quiet, and eompsls his
essd behavior.
PUMPKINS. Besides the vel! known use
If this vegetable il The fall ssssop. a writer |
il Abe Prairie Farmer says be has for sew
sssi years psst placed two o. three wagon !
loads In his CELLAR for winter use The
largest and ripsst are selected and handled |
Win care. They should b gsthsssd before
hard frssts injure them. 1.-THE stsm clesvss
frsm the pumpkin o. they get much sruie-
ed. they will decay and should be rejected.
II the reader 10 small farmer. having one
or two cows hs wishes 70 milk through .
part Of the winter, he will find the pump |
kris very convenient, % some Of them will
keep sound until February.
Build SnKss Shelter is food and shelter
10 health. He who would feed we'll and
give comfort to his steck must build sheds
and stables. Blu. few days and winter will
chill and destroy, and il is high time for
the economical and the humane to bsstir
themselves for their own benefit and for
that Of their domestic animals. Even the
rudsst structures are sf some account. Four
posts, . few polss, and . deep covering Of
slough grass, form protection better thas
nothing, II the structure 10 built upon the
highest aud drysst ground. A board shed
aade close upon one side and two ends, 10
ssill better. A good hedge. grove Of trees
Or elump Of evergreen, ere Of great value.
Cattle, sheep and swine nust have shelter
lfthsy are not 10 die Of exposure and dis
ease or come cut "spsing poor" Build
sheds aosc and furnish them with feeding
rasks and treushs.
Seus CnAeGs - SToP.-Thess 10 the barn
aud stable Immediately back Of whore the
cattle and horses ere . stand this winter
nssd stsppisg badly, and il 10 an easy mat
| ter 70 do 90. See that the nails in oil the
sutsr boards are driven in tightly then
make battens Of laths o. pieces Of siding
and put them On with shingls nails. Or,
make mortar 81 lime aud sand or ashes,
usisg hsg's bristlss in The place Of plaster
ing hair. u sivsit greater tsnasity, and fill
this into the cracks with trsvel. These
cracks in the hay >lofs should then Be treat
cd in the sAme manner.
Those cracks 10 the poultry house, hardly
vide enough to let . feather through, are
ssill OF SUFFICIENT width TO lot 10 snow and
rain and wind, which will vet and chill the
fowls % that they will not be likely - lay
during the whole winter o. il, BY chsncs
Il - ~
courage TO dror an occasional EGG. it would
DO sure 70 b. frozen while she was yet cack
ling over il.
Thess about the outer doors Heat will
crawl out through an exceedingly small
place; therefore great pains must be tax en-
in the matter Of fitting these dosrs 10 their
frames. Some tack = strip Of list or sci
wedge on the dser casing, being careful that
there are no folds o. wrinkles in it, Oshers
recommend working out pieces Of wood
about an inch square, covering this with
cloth and fastening it to the door itself.
clsss where i comes against the casing. II
this way 10 adopted = coed job must he
made Of il, ether iss it will lsok badly II ON
without. II would be better to fastsn on
these strips with small screws rather III an
with nails, % . nicer fit esuld be male and
the screws taken ost and used again with.
out injuring the door.
These in the walls and 1.er Of the rsem.
The former can best Be stepped by paper
ing the wallis the latter BY using such
carpets as any farmers wife can make
Thsse keep eut the cold, diminish noise,
and give the room = genteel appearance
Under the carpet should be placed several
thicknsssss Of newspapers or one thickness
Of the course paper which 10 sometimes
used back Of cup boards In covering the
walls Of houses Prairie Farmer.
CAN Va Gaow WnaAr THAT IL 10 pes
sibls TO raise wheat, and still not destroy
the ability Of the soil to produce it for the
next generation that il is practicable to 20
nislly take from it . crsp Of this most de-.
sired cereal, no one who has read the pro-
gross o! improved agriculture in England,
will think 10 doubt The truth is, ws
have settled down into the idea that it is
best to Gro, our land with wheat till it fails
to return the seed We SOW, and then to fol-
low TIE setting sun to tho land OF the In
dan and the buffalo. BY tilling tho soil,
We mean killing the soil; ard when the
wreck is accomplished, We hsartlsssly seek
out another spot which shall shsrs the fate
Of our last victim. There really appears
to be no way Of preserving for pcsterlty
the fertility Of our fsw tillable plains on the
frontier. but to leave them to tho war der
ing bands Of the Sieux and Oamanchss.
Isagrculturs, a. applied to wheat raising,
| lost art, Or 10 it that eur Amer can far m
ers have not yet found it cut . We believe
The latter. We are inclined 70 think if no
virgin plains had lain west Of the Allssha.
mics, that wheat would still b raised be-
tween them and the sea. Coed farming
comes Of necessity. Agriculture, like any
ether art, must be studied, written about
and talked ever. W. must bring oil the
appliances Of science 10 our aid, and put
ourselves in the way to profit BY the sxps.
risncs Of these who have achieved success
in the branch ~ have been attending 10.
Now. few Of these things have been
done in this country 10 respect to wheat.
We have had conventions Of sorghum
growers, fruit growers, wool growers, grape
growers, and Of poultry fancisrs; but when
have w had . eenvsntien Of wheat growers
on American soil Nearly every ether de-
partmsnt Of agriculture, - we'll a. horti-
culture. hes % organ devoted 70 ito inter
~ssS O~s WIN sue WASsPstVo ~ oHoy U-u-
Gle which occasionally appears in the
statistical pages Of the Department. Of Az
riculture, Or . chance column in some Of
our farming papers, nothing 10 written on
the culture Of the grain that forms 1.-THE
| stan Of life" Mere printers ink 10 wasted
On ssms black cap raspberry. o. some new
tangled strawberry. which ripsns three
days earlier than the standard varieties,
thaa 10 used in oil the wheat discu ssiops for
decade. In shsrt, il it we're not for
Tag Of wheat which W Sometimes zee
tucked away in some back corner Of the
Floral Hall ct our Country Fairs. and the
accasisnsl newspaper article referred to.
~ should almsst think that the subject OF
wheat raising vas becoming ignored alts-
| gsthsr -Pferie Farmer.
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