Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-25
AGRICULTURAL.

ons operation.
Carrots are recommended for horses 10 /
Aid digestion. and tomatoes 70 co~s TO I'M
prove and increase the milk.
Toads ara capital helpers il taxing care
Of nc patches Lay boards between ,us
rows TO shelter them ia the dayt'me' "".
they will make . carnival OF tao ouss ~
night.
Tx,I,e quarts Of SCOT in a hogshead OF
v.l., viii make powerful liquid manure,
whieh will improve the growth Of lowers
garden vegetables or root crops. In elmer
= LIQUID or sodid state il makes an excs'ient
top dressing for grass or cereal crops.
The California Farmer 10 excited on the
Wheat ausstion, and elaine that the iesm-
sr, n that state can raise and sell wheat
for lea cents bushsl. We advise them
no, 10 do i, as long as they can re, high
or price.
Maple seeds should lie sown as soan "a
they turn yellow, in May AID June
vrit.i ia the Iowa Homestead EaS maple |
trees GROWN from seed .oon n June, that
nre eleven years old and eleven iachcs in
diameter They have grown 40 iaeh thick
every year.
Nine ,enths of tina diseases which happen
TO the hoofs and ankles Of tie horse are
occa-ioncd by standing On the dry VtanH
floors Of tie stable.
1.-THE roots OF trees arc dipped into water
Just before planting, the earth that sticks
10 them viii give immediate support to the
small ibres.
HnLlsa PorAroEs The Cottage Gar
dehcr, Of London, says earthing up potatoes
L.. No. eln nj vnts vla thu ~
Laning Of the subers. Long experiments in
England have proved this fact. that milling
up the potato will reduce the crop one
fourth. Our farmers must, however, re-
member that this theory depends On the
| nature Of the soil. The potato likss not
| vet feet. II there 10 this danger, better
plant shallow, and hill up.
| Powdered hellebors 10 recommended a.
sure cure for the potato bug. This 10
violent poison, and 10 busted over the vines.
II is slso used for the currant worm, which
10 SO bad now in this State. Potato bugs
promise to do - much damage - ever this
year. The only remedy is busting the vine
with hellsbore and pulling of the leaves on
which the eggs are laid. Our correspond.
ent. Susi Foster, Esq, Of Muscatins. says
that the lady bug 10 doing much good in
his nsighborhood, by proving GU the eggs
and ungrown larva. but this bene6csnt in
sect has not yst put in an appearance there
in numbers sufficient to do any material
good worth mentioning.
Stamp on them, mash Thorn, do anything
80 you destroy them forthwith from tho
face OF the earth. What. Why. svory
one OF those harmless. innocent looking
: l st,u,Ilavsf hat rptf and harm,
less as they look, each one is the father OF
mother of an innumcrable and inferno
brood Of loathsome worms, catsrpillars
, etc, to destroy your fruit and crops. MGR
r and brethren. women and sisters, youul
and old, do not neglect to destroy all tn,
mllers and moths you come across. y,
this without the slightest conjunction @
hesitation. -Exchangc
BurrsR-June butter is considered tn
. best made during the year. There is n
difficulty about it, II the bnttsrmlN J.
thoroughly worked out, tho butter salle
one ounce TO the pound, aud worked aga
z after standing twelve to twenty four hours
/. III packed in LAYERS in tirkins, with thi
layer Ct salt on the bottom, and salt be
tween each layer. Tho butter must b
Y packed air.tighs if possible-that il, with
o out holss-and pounded down Hat an
n solid The less butter is handled the bel
ter, and the lower the temperature at While
il is worked, provided il be soft enough
}, work thoroughly, the more waxy and firr
q Will it be. II the tub cannot be filed
n once, cover the butter with strong brine
SrLrnuR voR GRAPs Ror.-The Amer
can Vino Commissioners in Europe ai
very positive that sulphur is a perfect cut
Tor this disease It's applied early in Ii
morning when the grapes arc as large Is
lp,n-hsad, the under side Of the leaf beiu
~ we'll busted with an implement com posed
~ . tin tube perforated with holes q the en-
m and wooden tasssl. Al Rheims they wei
shown 4 large vine, one half OF which b.
= been busted, the other half not The Ia
re halt had leaves badly mlldexed and fruit u
& dropped on. While the other half was gree
> A. 4 urishng and loaded with trGit. Tn
Is woith general ulsl in this cpuntl
ancus gNpgS liable ID inldew. Tusa
All uid AM We'll known remedy, j, is = OF
n b. 9eSp ssd, Hnd should ~ more generaii
m used. tuapes always do best in yolcan
soils, probably on account OF the sulphi
IN tho'n.
' TuK F.weh's LipnaRr.-What . pr
4
a f.spor- book case Il does not tax c gre
n I.htary. The shelves of many a man ma
erosn with books, aud yet they may /
neatly ali useless trash to hun. We ha,
sometimes looked over large book stor
At and not found single book that We wan
D. cd. A single book adapted TO our wants
great library Of Itself fur the { me beinl
> The books now accessible to the farmer 4,
full, not only of practical farming, but
II writings of tho most scientific character
= dozen books Of the right character on ayr
|. cultural subjects will meet the demands
nearly every farmer in the Stats.-IT
- Rural West.
SAVE rmx PLrxs-A correspondent OF III
Rural New Yorker says that for the IL,
,. three years he has succeeded in growing 9
: hnc crop Of plums - need DO desired, b
smoking the trees from the time the bio,
soms begin 70 fall until about the FIRST Z
July. lie manner Of treatment Was - 70
" lows: He procured large sheet iron pa,
}, in which be made IRE Of chips Or auy
a thing else that will kindls freely. WIZ
the tire was in full blsze he covered tn
y blaze With grass, which produced . dsns
smoke. He carried this pan round smong b
d trsss aud smoked every part Of them con
10 pletcly. He made this application ever
=, evening and morning, giving the trees
:" thorough smoking, and con inung the Pre-
70 cess until the curculio season sss over.
TINS Harrisburg STATE Guard, 40 orga
of RAdiealism, has evidently get ito ey,
, open to the particular characteristics Of Il
men lending its party. II says:
no while dsmagogues riot in the veal,
o. they have already filched from our eou
IS try's necessities, or plan new schemes
be plunder, the Republican masses of Il
a Keystone State are expected to be true
I'd principles, are looked to to win victori
C out Of which these clique leaders may secu
. the means to add new acres to their alread
OF gigantic land possessions. and more dolls
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