Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-01-31
AGRICULTURAL.

DAIRY CAPrTAL.-lt is estimated that the
capital invested in the dairy business, in
the United States at tho present time, Is
equal 10 six hundred millions of dollars.
The dairy exports the past year foot up
about fifteen millions Of dollars.
FLORA lrnrLr. the game old queen of The
trotting turf, is said, without a doubt, t.
be in foal, by young Handkerchief stal
lion out Of Lexington mare. Mr !. D.
Halstead saw her few 6-ys ago, near fhli-
adelph.a, On tic place q bes owner, ar.
| Wech, and lie says ihs. lcm every ap-
pearauce. Sic vii dTop colt early m the
apsiar s Gays he Ieri, Field aud Farm.
Why DaAf4 lbs Do NV hen the farm
ar knows ,Lat he winter season is .he time
| TO ,repare bar posts and repair all kinds Of
farming tools Why don't be do it,
when farmer knows that wagons and
sleighs, and other carriages will last great
deal longer when properly houscd--why
don't he do il?
When farmer knows that cows will do
better on less quantity Of feed, il proper
" stabbed through the winter why don't
| hs do il
When q farmer sees the boards drop
ping from his stables, baras and out-build-
7 ings, and knows that it would take only a
few minutes TO nail them on again-Why
don't he do it
When farmer knows that good part
Of his farm would be much improved by
blowing it in narrow lands, thus giving il a
chance Of drain-Why don't he do 1t
When farmer knows that most OF his
plow land would be greatly improved by
aowing c.over-Why don't he do it
RsfsIss CALVES. -Most farmers being
anxious .c .realizc, as the phrase IS, from
their cows as on after the calves are drop
bed as possible. choke them of from the
dam lien a few days DID, aid bring them
fora Gfd ~ hanl They are made the re-
cipieits Of SKINNED milk and various dilu-
uonn, and the const quence is frames, badly
secured a that, instead OF the notive, frisky
calves they should be. Stock may be ras
c ! in this way. no doubt, occasional losses
Intervening but il " i'll never be as strong
and hcallh!ul as that produced by the old
fashioned system Of allowing calves to draw
their nourishment diyectly from the dam I'll
they are month or SIX weeks old. A
tins stage OF growth they " i'll be better abb,
TO Withstand the effects of change o
diet, and though the milk eaten will havi
cost sonnet. 'ling, i, will be returned many
fold 10 the after progress Of the calf thu
brared up ard cared for in the incipien
stage. II its development.
A SWEET Az. sour ArrLE Capt Ben
smin Allen. OF Green, Maine, raises in hi,
orchard a variety Of apples which is grea
pomolog ical curiosity, as well as . puzzle
Ii ], made up OF alternate sections Of swee
aud sour eich section including about one
eighth Of the apple. When tho apple i
well grown, the sections are regular an,
vary but little, if any, in different spples
and they are always distinct. In size, foru
and keeping propeEsites. it resembles tn
Q Rhode lslaGd Greening-in fact, the sou
= part is that kind o! apple. " hen tirs
!. picked, the whole apple is Of q GREEN'S
color, and the sweet aud sour sections ar
: not easily distingui bed but rs il maturei
P the sweet sections assume a rich yellow CO
Q Or, peculiar TO the Greening.
, My father obtained scions from Mr.. A
lens orchard, and for many years raise
some Of the apples. but the tree was blow
y down, and Tow, think. there are mona
4 found only In NJ. Aliens orchard. Man
n time | have seen my father, when he ha
piece OF sour apple for them to taste. an
ADJOINING TINT piece OF sweet, from T.
same apple The tree now in Mr.. Allen
n orchard vas grated many years ago, but
3 think 10 one knows where the section
= came from. How was such a variety pr
daccj Was 1t natural growth from Il
= Sod, or wa i. produced by artificial means
think /: must have been done by artifc
\. neans, bot what those means were, woul
probably need somc experiment to prove
a. GILBERT, in Maine Farmer
Dors YouNG CLOVER on TmornY CAus
Rrsr Uroa TuE WHEAT This is questio
tina, has for long time agitated the mind
OF intelligent farmers, but it has been sc
, lied TO my mind at least, by a series Of e,
perimens.
; am satisfied that it does in n, least 9
! cases out Of hundred
| have sown the wheat with and witho,
the grass seed. and have never seen ru
. where there was no grass; v hilst in the sau
1 field the rnst has affected the wheat III
grass holds the dampness at the roots Of II
, wheat, and when the sun shines out yer
warm, produces the blight. Besides, Il
G wbes, standing alone will produce five busl
{ els more to the acre than when the grass
D sown. | mean, now, that this will be Il
, average difference.
But the question arises: When shall II
!, grass he sowni answer. After The whe,
harvest. Plough the field and prepare
smoothly ard SOW the grass seed Ct wha
e yer Kind you desire, and your crop
| grass the coming season will be equally a
, good il hot better than if sown with III
wheat.
Farmers, Try the above and my word fo
u the result will be satisfactory -tCot
Rural Gent.
A WORD yoR InE Boys-IIow 10 rails
. pockct-moncy, is hard question for
' great many farmers sons to solve. Tru,
some may have but little trouble to get i
providing their parents are wealthy; but
this class shall not speak To such boy
I as like to earn what they spend, and hay
Q desire TO become farmers, will present
r plan by which both these ends may be a
| tanned, to Il more or less degree