Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-29
FARM AND HOME.
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s5f the greatest benefit to qrazins slsca,
the pastatsge should AWAY &c ahuadani,
vhen bullock or - Cow has . wark oF
continually rangiug orcr pfoal a1T.-ee
r. *ieaa is food. thY cannot be expected
10 ee. ias or yleid iaucl milk 'li.i
BITE % the boast is tho only proatahis waY
0. feeding Cattle love res- Any c-cn-
tafe sayald 10 able 10 fill Itself two o.
three hours time, and then la down and
ramiaaie.
Waite, too. should alrAys be handy.
u hen they can get water at will, cattle
usually drink th,ce or four times a day
when al pasture. Many peop. suppcse
that # they are lie! ut Of a dry pasturs
twice diy, and conducted 10 water, this is
sufficient. not SO. Cattle have bnt iittie
'orethoughi, and cannot, as men d., anticl-
pate want which may occdr sn hour or
hence. and provide for it in advsnc~.
We have seen herd driven out in the
early par, OF the day 10 water, an many
Of them would not iouchit. aud in Two
hours afterward they would be loving
about the fences, gates or bays in stress
fit wafer, All, no. o5t3Ining i, thsy sur
cred throughout thc day, eating ,tlc q
nothing, until the next watering hour ar
rived, and then drinking 50 inoraInatelT
IS to injuro and disarrspgs al their diges-
ton.
Men will say that cattle will become
htoi,ated to such stated Watering by pr c
tee. They may, 20 some extent; but any
ono who viii try the two met hods. { & giving
them water at viii, OF only ct certa.a
hours once or twice a day, viii ss0n per
ceiye The difference il their condition If
tisah, o. ) lid OF nis.- Aliens American
Cstt.c.
0s.Gs Il EDGx- Dssr MopE OF SHoarEs
iso.-Ac,ing on tho suggestions Of a per
sonsl interview with one Of the cditcrs,
| have now laid down or FLASHED" about
three miles Of hedge in .hc following man
uor:
The plants were set In the hedge year
ego last spring, from eight to...welve inches
apart. In consequence Of being plowed to
| last fall, contrary to my directions, many
were killed, and in many places the hedge
grew out this spring quite thin. II was
| replanted, but the season was no. favorable,
| and many " the last set did not grow. In
thl, month, August, ] found the years
growth, where the plants were strong. was
a, least three feet. | commenced bending
them down north and west, to catch the
snow drifts, fastening the first plant, and
wrapping the end. OF each in . Inc plai,
underneath, 80 that when tho work 10 ii a
i.hed il reminds one Of green rope on the
ground. found that the plants, to do the
work we'll, need not stand in the row nearer
together han two feet. IS . closer hedgs
makes It difficult to wrap under. and does
not render the hedge any batter.
r. 4
twisting together. while young. as much
better than splitting and splashing wher
h. plants arc older, for two reasons one
that It ~ much more easily and rapidly
done; another, that it is much less likely
u impair the vitality Of the plants IL ms
plan proves a success, it will require muci
fewer plants. us two feet apart 8 nea'
enough, and can he accomplished one year
sooner, at less cost than any other 4.
| don't profess TO know much about hedg
inv. | Should 81 Glad 70 hear the eubirc
aeiia atscussed tas s1rcss rllne,s .
f.e eaaee aS > cleap ANA sore INCA, il no
yet q fact accomplished. II | can venture Al
opinion upon tho HEDGES ! haze seen il
sight degrees Of laitGle.-J. "a. IN Pci
RE Farmsr, Doreaporf, lore.
IloHsEs -GNet.tsu ". ANeucAS-D
Holland writes lsoo, Lonl,a &, tie Sprin (,
teld Eqrlb,scus a,paa HOSES. - says
. IN lond9n there ale lhfc' FercFa clas.e
al t4tss5 te lie sen AH iIi- ane-'s.
= oaui5 ana cab horse, aycra,r i weight
ite'i TN hui IL i All ii'ty b eleven har
! dfed pounds. ne '.sat. horses rye l-1
+ me99s creature, -sou1 Of thc5o c. Vhan
tiua IN proportions. Ihav were rf riur f.
Of fietnish blood, ani were 50 l,rse as {
rer Ter Il necc sary t. c,oe7 the breed vii
= iu1 English hsrscs. The result is n smaller
4 brit every way a brighter md better horse
What the Original Flemish horse ooult
have zen, | nm at loss to con eclure, 10
really some OF the London horses voul,
q1ite place the Herring safe mans ponies Ii
a the shade The th,id class - uado up
breed oi poaies or sual horses, veicLin
nat more thap tiye Aln red to five nundre
- and hity pounds.
&c II haze had 10 opportunity TO lear
- what breed OF hcrses they belong 10, bt
i they are too numerous, aud too much ulil,
noi = hs ~ disiinc; blood They has
= nanc .. what Is aas%n IVA amag!ea as tN
& 'pang hiiia.' oat ara sinply snali horse.
n feaQy nude, sud a. filil u KS iNeS. No-
wltl ~. these horses the .u.e ,li1ws lAr
every pound Of muscle DOES Just ~ niue
a. .osA Oh tho road as two pounds do
nj America. The cal ard onnibus hor.
). does twice rs mGei 80 the Same horse ! i
!. - imcriea. lae dEa I, orsc does as mue
= the GraY r. NO rstaavv dr. horses
i America, ami The iitto Lorscs, which CT
. drivca mainly IN bu,chers' carts AID cro
, ceFs' csr.s. viii ire a csc horse To follo
), .aeHi U.th no load AZ all
= ,st~.ig,,f b. o., ,-,ff,
q. "a ba recorded thai the .psei OF Al
se..leles IN ;Ao streets o. Loadon, ,Thethe
the localities lie crowded or not, is q. le.s
third faster than it is in oorresoondin
streets in American cities. The ordin.r,
u speed Of vehicles in London, in W hich pss
Y senEcrs or light loads IRE transported. i
n one which 10 considered not entirely safe il
Main street, Springfield. Mass, and on
which, IN some streets OF Boston or New
. York, would lie Of once checked by tn
ponce. a man who sits in Hanson.
! iads himself driven at an unprecedente,
pace through crowded thoroug hfares and
. YANKEE though he may bc, he viii otter
wonder whether he is going % bring up
last without broken neck.
- menuoa this matter Of speed par.icu
N larry, because II shows that even NOR,
: work IS done by one horse in London tina,
), by two in New York. lie not only draw,
. - large . load, but he travels with create
:, rapdlty. The streets Of London presen
such . spectacle Of headlong activity as n,
n American city can show, in conee quence o
tho rapid passage Of all sorts of vehicle
!, through the streets. 1 might add TO thi
statement. touching the superior speed o
the London horses. . word about the great
: er weight Of the csrriages which thev ar,
a obliged to draw behind them. All car
riages are built more heavily in Great Br.,
ain than in America. They are built Il
last, and many OF them stem to NE 70 b,
. suptriuously heavy.
The point which | wish to impress una,
a my American reader is simply this tia,
= the English hose, employed in the street,
:, OF city, or on the roads Of the country
: does twice as much work as the America,
J. horse similarly enn'nvcG in America rtr