Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-20
AGRICULTURAL.

Der, broome Co., N. j., Writes - see
that .,ncog' in his sTticle in tho Rural Of
Feb. ID, on weeds, suggests remarks. /
don't oppose his practice of burning out
ience corners, but approve ct moving
them and putting whatever grows therein
With the coarse fodder for sheep. !. inakss
an excellent change OF fodder, which g a.
most indispensable 10 their thrift. ~
swers just as well in clearing the COZ =
burning. Weeds gro y no; py o'ia. ~ ,sL
NEGLECT. I ifthe grsss is not cs' an'
en- eff YOU wall certainly havs 49, ,h.
weeds on briers Negiec. wa go
same result with any land incog
An but you don't get rid OF VIZ go
don't expect as long as we once "s'e o.o
.sed in every thing. to get RIA oil ,hsm oy
. .s,u M one-thousandth part Of tho
s.rm,s produce. The most Of the foul seeds
Arc rendered harmless. by proper cultiva-
ton.
About burning straw spread on stubble,
it makes the think Of DIR. Franklin's burn
ing the barn 10 &c, rid OF the weasel. 10
think OF burning up ton OF straw TO the
acre and another ton OF stubble and with
tina. all the surface manure to get rid OF the
weed seeds, to me 10 like burning the barn
to get rid Of the weasel. A farmer in my
town last spring drew out corn fodder and
spread il on meadow and burned IT, All
he got was the ashes. thought there was
no great loss without some small gain, but
in this case II was like Tom Jones burning
his vest to get the buttons, and they hap
pencd TO be leather"
DESTROYING PoTATo BuoI-A corroSpon
dent of the Prairie Farmer says that ne
cleared his potato patch OF bugs last year
bv busting bis plants while the dew was on
them with the white hellebore in powder
Farmers near him who neglected to take
this precaution had their fields ruined
Care should DO taken in using the drug 10
ee, mono If it in the eyes and mouth, ~ II
is an active poison.
PrAcn CaoP.-By careful inquiry among
our fruit growers, we have ascsItainsd that
the peach trees In this region never exhibit
cd moro promising prospect at this season
| Of the year than at the present time. The
| .Aore hardy varieties are not at oil affected
by the cold Of the past winter. and the most
tender Of the species have not more than
one tenth Of the buds injured. Tho open
ing OF spring has been extremely favorable.
The temperature Of mid winter was perhaps
IS low as eight degrees below zero on one
or two occasions, bat with the snow and
gradual changes, the buds were preserved
uninjured. The winter has been remarka
bly, equable. and while tho weather Wal
warm the ground Was unusually dry, and
not 80 favorable on that account for the buds
to swell II 10 not too late yet for our dis
appointment TO come, but product Of %
much importance to Quincy, it is quite en-
couraging 70 know, gives promise now
Quincy (IlI.) Wing.
LOOK TO TnR Cows.-This is n season .
the year, above oil others. when cows re
quire extra attention. The severe cold o
winter does not affect them 80 much as tn
storms Of rain and sleet which usually char
acterizc the month Of March, during whicl
a considerable portion Of the cows come in
Good shelter and generous feeding are i'm
portant TO dairy stock At this season. WhsI
cows in good heart are left ont in cold rain
they exhibit marked signs Of discomfort
| They SILVER and become doubled up, n,
t | when approached emit moaning sound
1 | indicative Of their suffering state. 1t j
their mode Of asking r. let, aud tho petition
should not he passed by nnhe-ded Ever.
farmer knows with what cagcrness cow
exposed to storms will III IA TO shelter whe
u chancs to reach ID is aiforde
+ hem, and how msrked is the satisfac
q ton which this attention gives them
f, Rut, in addition to this ample shelter an,
liberal feeding, it will pay TO card the cows
newly come in, al least once each day.
! Impsris llveliness to them and is NJ doub
conducive to their health and productive
ness. We sometimes see cows with thei
des cased in: coating of green manure
rendering them uncomfortable and Difficult
= Of approach for milking purposes. ThI
5 can be very generally obvia,ed by timel
cleaning of their sta'ls and by supplying
them with suitable bedding. These atten
tons, at this season OF the year, are import
ant to dairy stock, and if neglected or bu
lmperfcctly rendered the owner will be rec
ompsnsed in the shape Of lean cows and d
minish cd products. Rural New Yorker
STATISTICS OF GaAPE GROWING. Mr.
Haraszthy, Commissioner from California
( in his Report, gives tho average annual pre-
duction If vino in FIancc at sS4, 900, 90
gallons, worth at the press about twenty
i've cents gallon, or 1921 100000 In a
' Europe the annual crop is over 100000
) \ 600 of gallons, worth nearly 500, 900, 900.
The wine product of this country IN lS5
Q | was stated 20 be 2ls ,02S gallons In ls6
i was GIT ,g5I gallons. In 1868 Caifol
MA alone was reported to have made tw
millions OF gallons, and the 5 cramo I
> | Bee declares that in ls6, it would reach tn
: | enormous amount of thrty-four millions o
gallons. Nearly or quito forty thousan,
acres are cultivated in grapes in thst State
. The yield Of wine in the United States il
1870 will certainly be one hundred million
OF gallons. What immense sums Of none,
are expended by the inhabitants Of tho civ
iised world in artificial stimnlants and lik,
Injuries, taking the figures given by Franc,
and EUROPE - basis The sum total TO
spirits, wines, lager beer, DC, cannot b,
short of three thousand millions Of dollars
year, and is probably much more say on,
hundred millions Of dollars day. Thi
. would pay of the United States natisna
debt in less than month.
DRAiSAes OF FARM LARDs-At meet
, ing Of the Massachusetts State Board Of Az
ricuturc at Concord in December, the pro
esedings Of which are reported in the Ney
England Farmer, there was 3 discussion OF
draining lands. Judge French, who he,
published work on this subject, said thor,
was hardly time for discussion of the gen
eral subject. but he would answer spscifi,
questions. In the course OF his replies e
various members, he remarked that he die
not believe that all lands needed draining
IL was not necessary where stagnant water
stood moro than four feet from the surface
Where water stood within two and hal