Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-17

The number CT thrsshiue rnaoi;aes IL i
the country is set down at 215 900, ard ], |
lie estimated ,Aat they can save fire per |
cent. moreof the graz, than the a.il This /
would save toe country more .hsn l9. Co.,
oeo besarls wore ~ Grain. ~or,h =. 'esst
s3o.ooo, 600.
SEITIss T1scE Posrs.-T iis editor g The !.
Journal Il hgricultue. 81. L'ui7, recently
paid visit 70 the nofLhvest section o.
hat state, and made note OF cef.sin thlrcs I
witnessed along tho route. Ar,cn" these I
IS mentioned fence making IN he praires I
or cleared region, and the manner @ set /
ting the fence costs. The con mon mcthcd |
Of digging holes for posts with a spsle ia
supefcsded BY the pile driver used abcg, |
our public works. lie construction aud |
operation Of these drivers are familiar to |
moat farme rs, aud need not be past icslarly |
described. The frame is erected on ron |
mere, like thoss OF .lei, for the conveni. |
ence Of moving from enc post to smother.
The frame is Of wood, ard so Is the driver |
"a block of solid, seasoned oak, Of ample |
weight 10 send down the feucs post to the |
proper depth. II is operate by crank or |
by horses, and costs for construction about
$50. Two men and q team will Dive about
three-fourths Of mile Of posts il q day
The posts are sharpened or pointed, and
usually sent to the proper depth by two APP
pacati9rs Of the wooden driver or monkey
One Of these drivers in neigh Dor hood
would often DC OF great service to tho farm
ing community.
How Y,usG NJ WITHOUT MEANS MAY
BIZ EpucA1ED.-Ihe following Characters
ITO letter from Ezra Cornell, E,q., OF the
Cornell University. Ithaca, New York, to
the New York Tribune, on this subject,
will explain itself
The numerous appeals which ! attn re-
ceiving from young for assistance to enable
them to pay their way while cbiainng an
education ut tho Cornell University, impel
me to reply through the Tribune | would
inform oil who may desire the information,
that, in organizing the University, the true
tee, aimed TO arrange system Of manual
labor which, while it would be compulsory
upon none, would furnish all the students
Of the University with the opportunity to
develop their physical strength and vigor
by labor, the fair compensation tor which
~ould pay the expenses Of their education.
Students will be employed in cultiva,ing
aud raising, on Z farm OF 800 acres, the
various productions best suited to furnish
|
for producing milk, butter and cheese, and
to be killed for meat, grain for bread, and
vegetables and fruits Of oil kinds suited TO
the climate and tho soil
Mechanical employ ment will be given to
all in the machine shop in the University.
This will be equipped with an engine Of rs
horse power, laihcs, planning machines for
iron and wood, and all tho most approved
and wood. Here they will manufacture
tools, machinery, models, patterns, &c
The erection Of additional buildings requr-
ed for the University viii furnish employ
ment for years to students in need of it,
There will also be employ ment in LAYING
out, grading, road making. improving and
bsautlfying tho farm and grounds Of tho
University The work done by studsnt.
will be paid for At the current rates paid
clsew here for like services.
The work will be done under the super
vision Of the professors, and competent su-
psrlntendents and foremen. IL will be the
consi ant aim Of the trustees a d faculty OF
he University to render it as Attractive and
instructive as possible, AID especially TO
make it conductive TO the health, growth,
and physical vigor Of the students, besides
afording thsm the means of selfsupport
and independence, while receiving all TIE
adyan ages Of the University.
With such combined facilities for instruc-
tion and maintenance. al tie expenses Of
trsl-class faculty and OF tuition being paid
py the endowment, trust that no person
who earnestly desires to he thoroughly ed
ucated will find fliculty in becoming so
by his oFn sxertions at tho Cornell Uni.
versity.
We already have students who entered
three months in advance Of the opening OF
the University, TO avail themselves Of the
opportunity, to earn two dollars per day
through baying and harvest, and thus
make a sure thing Of it," Such boys will
get an education, and will make their mark
in the world in the uso Of it.
In conclusion. | will assure the boys that
if they will perform one fourth as much la
hors ~ | did at their ares, or as | do
now at sixty years OF age. they will find no
difficulty in prosecuting their studies at
lthaca. You're, respectfully,
EzaA CORNELL.
Ithaca, n. T., August ,..ls6s.
The Appanoose Loyal sCitisen says Mr..
llc'llngswoYth, Of that COUNTY, has been
experimenting Gil the culture Of wheat
III pat in part of his seed with drill,
aud the rest he scwed broad cast, The
AGED was The same The time Of planting the
same, and the sol the same In short the
conditions we're &c as nearly as could lie
obtained. And & e result is yield OF at
least FIVE bushels mere 10 the acre from the
wheat that was planted with drill; From
sixty Ave acres he gathered nearly fifteen
hundred bushels Of wheat. And the grain
of that planted with the drill over that
sowed broap cast, he AYERS, would pay -four
times for the drill. lie accounts for the
advantages Ct the drill on purely philcso-
phical principles. The root beiag down in
the burrows is thereby protected from the
weather. Farmers can form their own
conclusions The same paper tells
Of = person sowing eight bushels OF spring
wheat last fall and reaping las bushel this
fall.
A WESTERN VIHw-One of the "broad
style Of western men saiG yesterday, on bis
way home from Boston, that nothing had
SURPRISE him so much As to see New
England farmer "boring holes in the rocks
with gimlcts to put in their grain. Why
out West" he added, "wo put the grain on
| . table and fan it, aud it comes up oil
around.-lN. Y. Post.
PLANT OAK TEEEs-The process Of de.
forestng cur lands upon the Atlantic Dor
der has gone on for centuries, and in the
very popuous States has neccssitated re.
planting. 1t is fact not suGiciently known,
that oaks may DO rapidly grown and will
develop, within an ordinary lifetime, 6ns
groves Of those noble trees which give 90
much dignity to an old homestead. Major
Ben. Percy Poor has upon his estate in
Massachusetts, splendid oak forest or
woods of thirty acres. every acorn for which
was planted by himself about thirty years
ago. The trunks Of the trees are now from
foot to foot and half in diamsssr.-
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