Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-06-10
AGRICULTURAL.

X VIII be tclnl Nct 70 SOW peas rs PIE
lnde to the former.
The army worm has appeared In the cot
ton fields Of Louisiana, causing much de-
spondenee among the planters.
Good dry earth is said to be the rnost
heallhful material to place in poultry
house, II il most excellent absoi bent
Agriculture bsng science as well as an
art, requires an educated hand. singly
they can DO little ; coujoined, everything.
A Canadian farmer objects TO feeding
whey 10 cows. as it Affects unplcasaniiy
the flavor of the butter produced after
such feeding.
DEAru TO PorATo BuGs.-Dr. d. p.
Keen, of Attica, Indiana, says he has driv
en- every bug from his potato patch by
pouring Stacked lime over the vines, which
only few days since were covered with
them. The Doctor says the bugs vii all
leave within two days af'er this il done.
He thinks instead of njuring the potatoes,
the lime benefits them.
The Farmers Cabinet says a piece Of
lard as large - walnut mixed with |
dough, will cause hen TO commence lay
ing Immediately after she has been broken
up from setting and by giving hens fat
in this way, they may be kept laying al
winter.
THE CATTLE DIsEAsE-The cattle dis
ease, that lately made its appearance at
Springfield, has broken out IN Quincy
Eight cows were scizsd on North Eighth
street, in that city, on yesterday morning,
and all died within few hours after be
ing a,tacked.-Roria Transcript, Friday.
ECONOMICAL WnI1s HousE PAINTING
Skim milk. two quarts fresh Stacked lime,
eight ounces; linseed oil. six ounces;
white Burgundy pitch, two ounces, Span
ish white, three pounds. The lime to DO
Stacked in water, exposed to the air mixed
in about one fourth of the milk the oil in
which the pitch is previously dissolved, to
be little 1t . time then the rest Of the
milk, and afterwards the Spanish white
This quantity Is sufficient for twenty seven
square yards, two coats, and the expense "
, not more than forty cents.
Sheep raising and wool growing, As car
+ ried on in California, 10 prosecuted on far
moro stupendous scale than is generally
e understood. For instance, one ranch con-
: tsius over zoe, 900 acres Of some Of the fin
J est grazing country in California. The
+ sheep, horses and oxen on it are Thousands.
J. Another ranch has yielded 100000 clip
i pings, clear OF all expense. in q season. Al
y this rate it is not bard TO estimate how long
n il will take the owner ofsuch ranch to b.
d unable to know how rich he really is.
A leading journal OF Maine informs "
that syrups Of several qualities Of sugar ar
now successfully made from csrn, at a hand
some profit Several attempts have hereto
- fore been made, but none Of them have sue
=, ceeded in saving the product from tenden
~ cy to starch" or "glue" up. A compan
:. 10 now operating at Green Point with
large capital, and every prospect Of success
=" If sugar can be extracted from bests, VIII
~. not from sugar corn, which 10 much swesl
Or to the taste.
no CnicAao EXPEDITION OF Woods An
-. WooLsNs.-The exposition of Woods An
in Wooden good propos ed 10 be held at Chlcu
90, August 4, . and Is, under the auspce
q, he " oolen Manufactures Associatio
of the Northwest. has already been notice
les in our columns, bnt with some uncertalnt
4; a. to whether tho cooperation OF woo
growers was invited or desired. We at
no now informed that =. l.. Morrow, Esq, c
as the Western Rural, has consented to act o
10 the committee having the exhibition !
- charge, and that tho ate ndance and compt
titon OF wool growers Is cordially urged
circular addressed to them has been pre-
80 pared, stating that the diploma OF the Asst
an CATION will be awarded to the exhibitors {
,il, the best and largest displays Of each II tn
ed following classes OF wool Broad cloth, Il,
re laine and sombing; of the best collection {
81 samples Of each Of these classes Of the thre
to. unwashed feeces On each class) best 'pu
We up" for market Of the three best put up
to a 4! ~
= fleece lin each class) Of greatest market va
nj ue, of ewes fleece Gin each class) Of grea'
OF est market value: and of any other exhib
I'D ton of peculiar merit. Breeders Of the va
M rians breeds of sheep are also requested I
in exhibit engravincs or photographs Of thei
at stoca Parties desiring to exhibit wool ar
Mt desired to send statements Of the numbe
Nv and kind Of aeeces or salnples they propoS
b, xhbi>ing, 10 Mr.. Mcriow, At Chicago
/, Il believed th7t The Views Of the wco
growers and edYer- can best be harmon'ze
whore thev nos couilicl, By such meeiin
or between The two parties Tic Northwest
I'd eru Wool Growers Association has appoint
70 ell delegates, rna .svsrsl members have e,
at pre-. sei their inteniion to exhibit. fhci
Ter Is every Indication Of very large ami fin
A. exhibition Of wool products. Manufacturer
DO have also been requested to exhibit spec
a. mems Of Toe woJis OF Their several localii ie
j.. Is prepared FOR market, and also who
ot secured. Country q ntlemsn.
al 10 PRsyEsr WEgvIL ~ WuEAT-Th
nj following timely article is extracted fror
ne one Of or exchanges
IA Mis- EpiroKs-ln looking over tn
ID Southern Culture for last October, fin
cw an extract from The Dollar Newspaper, i
ri which two plans are given TO keep wccv
tie out Of wheat. | am thus reminded that d.
no ring the last harvest | wrote an article o
the subject for the Cultlvator, but neglecte
to forward it.
no To come short to my point, let wheat b
:, sailed and wesvil will never infest it.
VI | have followed this plan from 1884 Q
~. 1885 till now, and have never lost an
~ wheat BY weevl after sailing it. So certai
!" is this plan to save wheat that never su
,es mine at all. let it stand in the field i
10 dozens for ten or twelve days, then thresh
= fan, and salt it away At once. Ii il be d.,
~ ~ enough 10 thresh well, it is dry enough I
:" salt away.
r. luss half pound Of salt to the bushe
10 OF wheat. As it IS measured into garner
Is or hsgsheads / sprinkle the salt, and sti
a. after each measure. fths house be dry
"' wheat is certain to keep we'll on this plar
!" got this plan from The Tennessee Far
~" mer in 1884. A farmer Of East Tennessee
y. communicated this ~ his plan. based upo
sl fifteen years experience. I have forgottc
=. his name but we'll remember his state
-, ments. lie said that sailed wheat remain
~ ed new ~ long ~ you desired to keep i,
= That's it does not shrink by time, and
!. continues to yield ~ good and a. muc
:. flour as whom first harvested. All thcs
~ statements have found to DO true, by tn
- experience Of eightsen years.
Now. all farmers know that wheat pu
up in!ths usual way diminishes in bulk q
:, it gets older q. .. the grains get iess), an
~ and that it with not yield ~ much as goo
~ Hour AZ when il was fresh from the field
~ This charge is prevented by sailing.
:" prefer the kanawha Salt, because it oil dis
=, solves and is soon absorbed by wheat.
80 yeu examine 1t eight or ten days after sal,
'.n ing, it will be found damp, with dissolve
r salt on the surface Of the grains, but som
" weeks afierward it will be found drv. bsy
- ing kept cool all the time. The salt enter
into the gram and makes the -four sal,sh