Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-10

offered and refused ~ 90 Tor his Young
Short Horn Bull, 18th Duke Of Thorndale.
The impression somewhat prevalent that
soft corn Is better for fsttcniug STOCK than
the matursd portion, has nothing in nature
to support il.
lie Is a good farmsr who makes good
compost heaps; ne is better who marriages
TO have the manure applied as fact as 1t is
made.
Tho Wisconsin Legislature has been dis.
cussing adog law. Have not heard wheihcr
it passed or not. These bills look ny for
the protection Of ono Of our mos, impor-
tsns interest, are generally defessed by
ridicu'e; but just why We could never ste.
aoRsKs Eox sAxMsss.
II eests 10 mere to keep good horse
oes that will do heavy days work With
eass-ihan . POOR one, With more bone
than muscle, ard hard to keep In order.
A COED, veil chosen team, compactly built,
easy keepers, 10, well taken care or. wili
do one bali more work each day than bad
o. common team. Good horses will. Of
courss. pay the interest on the whole cos,
several times over. and be far cheaper than
The others. II will, therefore, Dc TO pay Z
hundred dollars or more additional on
them. A man, whose labor costs $500 for
the season, will accomplish far more with
the hns animals than the cheap ones.
TnE sRcasrs or cnEtP PoRK-There are
several OF these secrets known to the initia'
ted. First-a coed breed You may stuff
any OF the land-pikcs with any aosutity o.
corn and ne will not futen. Sun5lks,
Chester Whites. or grades Of any pure
breed. will show their keeping. Second
good housing. Apig wants a nice, cl' an
dry pew to sleep in. The yard may have
much and plenty Of litter fer manure-inak.
M, bu, the pen, or sleeping apartment,
should be warm and well Strswed. Third
early fattening. Pork 10 made much
more economically 10 warm weather than
in cold. Fourth variety Of food. II
cooked Indian meal 10 the staple, let IL be
varied With green food while it lasts. corn.
stalks, weeds. purslAne and clover. and 10
winter. feed enough eabbahe and rss,s 10
keep the bowels in good eoniuisa. rih
-rsguls, feeding. three times day. A fat
teninG pig shcsid never squeal. and be al
not II be always finds his food ready o. the
regular time. Calcula ate to have your perl
worth no moss, and perhaps little lose
than the feed costs, and find oil your profit,
in the grand heap Of rich manure which the
lying porker leaves a. . legscy. These
secrets make cheap pork in our pen, even
At ths present price 0f corn.
CsLoaovoan 10 nov used for capturing q
veil % killing mice. A piece Of cotton OF
/ sponge, saturated with chloroform. 10 pls-
ced In the closet, boz. or barrel infested
With these mischievous in,ruders, and the
tesults are either dead mice, or mice 10
ruch state Of helplessnes. that their cap.
sure 10 EASILY accomplished.
PEsDis0 Fowls There 10 nothing gained
by I, cdng your 10y ing her as though you
~ere fattsning them for market. Espec.
ally will this remark apply while they
are ranoing out. This thing Of over eating
- hursiul to anything that eats. I 10 nat
nrsl fowl TO be on the lookout til.
most If her time, and swallow a grain at I
Tine a. il 10 found. and thrive hest living
in this manner. No, 80 with man o. bea /
cer,sin periods. and not eat particle be
.ween meals.-lEx.
MAKING GARD.N.-Th above expression.
sometimes employ ed By our lady friends
when speaking Ut their desires to fix NJ
matters a little in the flower garden. viii
Low soon be in season, cv,n Is far North
IS where We write.
In the South, ard along up to the South
ern boundaries of this State, tho season Is
al,esdy here. and the first early sprine
,n,s ,erss.s Nofth, ere this wilireAch iui
readers. have begun to uniold their pleas
an TAGS to the delight Of all who have i
soul for Il ,wevs.
Those who have already their veg. table
lruit and flower gardeas. will have but SIN.
pie tasks to perform, consisting Of spadine
up dressing walks and edges 20 borders
aud transpIantips such plants as may i,
ont OF place, or It is wished. from some
other cause, to remove.
After the frost has left us. the sooner ali
this kind Of work is done, the better, a., il
delayed too loug. besides running tas ,isk
of beng put off altogether. In the necvs
sary spsding or removing, 1t is nt cesary 10
cut of 90 much Of The roots as to tend to
check the luxuriant growth that Is sure to
set in with the season Of warm and grow
ing days Of spring.
In the matter Of pruning. no great deaf
will need be done, yet there some ia al way 8
necessary. II the plants and shrubs are 10
have a tidy. COMPACT appearance. All
climbers, Ms arose, honey su, kles snd SINH
ar plants, should be mostly tied to their
suppo,ts-not in a tangled. jimbtd man :
ner. but each shoot straight to ,ac poin,
to which il IS wished to lead it. whether /
he perpindicuiar, or at any particular an
Il. A
cover the space, whether that be a pillar
era piazza, piece If fence or wall, OF
stakes in the ground. The most Of the
pruning viii be thinning out unnecessary
shoots, AS vel as weak OF decaycd ones.
and careful cutting Of all decsyed or dis
tased branches. A partial shortening IN
may also be nearly always employed to
advantage.
This is particularly so in the case Of
strong, rampant growth although it would
have been better, perhaps, in such cases,
10 have stopped the growth in the summer.
For covering unsightly walls, buildings,
or old trunks o. trees. nothing iike the
American ivy (Ampelopsis) particularly
II on . north exposure. or At oil shaded.
Ills astonishing how cczy = home looks,
embowered By trees, shruts, climbers and
flowers.
With the old adaee, at is never too late
to mend" those who may not yet have be-
gun will end THE just the time Of year to
do 80. Il the house really stands alone in
ito glory. do plant . few trees, and don't
stop then Without adding flowers but, Of
all events, trees.
The cost. certainly, need not deter, for
in rare instances where that 10 An absolute
barrier, real or imaginary, take fores.
tesea.
Our native Elm il hard to beat for beatty
or shelter. Our NAPLES arc tho pride 81
summer and the glory Of autumn. Our
Lindsus, besides hosts VI other kinds, ere
really admi ssls.
II another objection still creeps in thai,
not ono Of this class # trees are within
teach, tall back on the pcpla,s and willows.
There 10 great hue and cry against cot
ton woods, from the doe q that q ,ata abou,
for . few days; but my goodness il l.
only . half d.x.n out Of tho three hundre d
and sixty Ave days.
Thess tso kinds Of trees grow rssdil,
snoueh By just sticking . little piece into
the ground snd that var, Of the count,,
is poor indeed that ill not afford bundl.
Il willow or poplar cuttings. We hope
every one who reads this h.s land. and has
not begun, will this spring mend his ways
and his garden, too &. s., in Prairie
Farmer.