Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-11-22
FARMERS DEPARTMENT Z.
PRODUCT OF q VEGETABLE GAR
DEN


DIR. D P Wilson, Of Massachusetts, re-
ports the following splendid results Of his
small gardening for the present season.
Let every reader of The Farmer resolve to
"go and do likewise, next year. and then
not forget it:
The garden contained one-halt acre, on
which grew thnty-six apple trees. also
twenty-one of pear and other fruits, The
apple trees are about five years old. All
of tie land was planted with common gar
den vegetables, and the following figures
will enable you to form fair estimate Of
the produce
Forty-seven bushels jackson white po-
tatoes eight and one half bushels toma-
toes; bushels SWede turnips; 2 ~
bushels English fat turnips; 3 bushels
horticultural pole beans, for table use
23-4 bushels China dwarf string beans
bushels carrots bushels .beets: 3 IL
bushels British Queen peas; 4 bushels
pa, ships 3 bushels second crop turnips
5 bushels small ears Of Burr's sweet corn;
1910 ears of Burr's sweet corn, fer table
use; 3S7 beads fat Dutch cabbage: 27S
heads red Dutch cabbage; IA heads cauli-
flower; s large pumpkins; 70 Hubbard
squashes for table use ; $40 cucumbers,
white spined, for table use. -s..z
Many of the early garden lu1uries were
enjoyed by my family and friends, beftre
any record was kerr, which renders it i'm
possible for me to furnish full account of
the whole produce of the garden I sold
more than enough to pay the expense of
manure, ploughing. &c, which was twenty
three dollars. r."
My family was constantly supplied with
good vegetables, some were given to those
who had none, and my cellar was well
stocked fer the winter The whole cult
walton of the garden was done by my own
hands. during the spare moments frcm my
daily occupation, and occupied about two
hours per day, from six to eight o'clock
IN the morning duriag the season for gar
den labor.-lass PlougAman. Ef@s
MAJOR GEN. HENRY w. HALLE OK
This officer, who will probably be the
future commander of the Military Depart
ment the West, is one Of the ablest and
most thoroughly educated military men in
the army of the United States Like the
other active Generals now in the field lie
is comparatively a young man, being be-
tween forty and fifty years of age. He
graduated with honor at West Point in
1889, ranking third in his class He is a
native of New York.
In July, 1889. he was promoted Second
Lieutenant of the Corps of Engineers, and
was the acting Professor of Engineering
in the West Point Military Acadamy from
July 6, 1859, to June. %, 1S40-and
was promoted to a First Lieuteuancy II
1916.
In 1871. be published a work of high
order, entitled "Bitumen, its Varieties
Properties and Uses" and in 1916 he
published a work on "TEe Elements Of
Military Art and Science. Was brevette6
Captain in 1647 for gallant conduct in
affairs with the enemy in Mexico, and fol-
meritorious services in California.
Gen, Hallock (then Captain was Secre
tary of State of California, under the
Military Government of Generals Harvey
Hason, and Riley, from its conquest from
Mexico. in 1871, to December, 1910.
He was Chief of Staff to Commodor,
Shubrick during the Naval and Militar,
operations on the Pacific coast of Mexico
1647-4S. and was member of the Con
vention that framed the Constitution unde
which California was admitted into tn,
ailu SdNS Ills ATTENTION
to the law, and was admitted to practic,
at the bar. For the last dozen years O
SO he has been the engineer of the Almedel
Mining Company, under a salary of $40
600 year-the richest and most exten
sive mining interest in California, with tn,
single exception Of Fremont's Marapo:a -
Now be is called into the service of hi
country, being an experienced officer ant
scientific Military man-just the man, in
deed, to take so important a command a
that to be assigned him in the West.
A REMARKABLE MEMORY
John franklin was native of Canaan
Lltchheld county, Connecticut. An in
stance of his remarkable memory, when 6
lad of seventeen, viii show that he was nc
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