Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-04-07

few old ones, that lhcy plan carry IN the
spring to put too many acres into crop
They 90 through q careful cal :ulation of
how many days it will require TO pillow.
harrow, plant and sow given number of
acres. and find that there are Just DAYS
enough before the end Of seed time to &C.
complish it, Now, this making calcula.
tions before hand is allVery we'll but the
fault is in not making allowance for rainy
DAYS. We should always hope for long,
bright days of sunshine in farming, as in
other pursuits, but it is also the part of
prudence to remember that large pro-
portion of the season of seed time is taken
up by rainy days. Not only are there
many days when there is rain falling from
the clouds, but days when it is covering
the soil We wish to cultivate.
It would perhaps be a safe rule, after
farmer has made his estimate, that he can
plow and put in 9 crop, say eighty acres
no calculation being made for rainy days
and days when the ground is too wet to
work-to reduce his estimate one-half
IF water in the air and water in the ground
will not make this difference in the amount
eff work TO be done, il is pretty certain
:ha. accidents to farm untensils, tanning of
the team, or sickness Of the farmer, will
make up the difference.
Nor is it in the spring alone that al ow-
ance must be made for rainy days We
can pillow much less corn, secure much less
hay, and harvest much less grain than if
the ground had alwaysits requisite degree
of moisture from some other source that
from the clouds. It is wise, then, while
laying out for q good summers work, to
take into consideration how re shall be
DELAYED by the causes We have spoken of.
It's much better every way not to disturb
a good hay field than pillow it up, and
have it covered with weeds, because there
is no time to XIII them; for weeds and
goslings will grow at times when the rain
keeps the farmer within doors. -Prairie
Farmer.
JOINT CoRN-A Cleveland paper says
il has been showa three stalks Of this new
kind of corn, the product of one hill, up
on which there we're twenty-eight ears,
we'll filed, and each one perfect The
ears are small, resembling pop corn ears in
their shape and the size of the kernels.
It is stated by the originator ofthis pecu
liar kind of cereal that fewer leaves grow
upon stalk Of this corn than upon any
other variety, yet it is equally good for
stock, as the stalk itself is more tender and
just suited to. the taste of the cattle.
Notwithstanding the sma)lness of the ears,
it is claimed that the yield is much great
er than that of common yellow variety,
while it can be used for either pop corn
or for the same purpose az other varieties
This corn is claimed to originate with
sIr. Il. 0. johnson, of Wood county,
Ohio, who has sent specimens to various
places for exhibition. 1t is curiosity, to
say the least of it. a
CARE OF FowLs.-An invitation Of
the New York State Poultry Association
TO attend an exhibition at the Empire
Rink, on March %, brought out some
valuable experience in the management O
feathered stock Mr.. Bruen, OF Newark
said he had for many years kept chickens
and had found it profitable. He feeds
with cracked corn and oatmeal cooked
with lardboiler's scraps. He gives a dali,
supply of clean water, and furnishes clear
sand and ashes. He finds that oyste
shells burned and crushed are greedil,
eaten. One year, from less than five doze1
pullets, he took over six hundred dozer
eggs: The clear profit was over eight,
dollars or about one dollar and half eacl
hen, in eggs alone. A. s. Fuller said h,
never confined his hens at all, nor palc
much attention to them, but allows then
free access to bins of wheat and othe
grain. Hesays he has found it profitable t.
let his hens eat all the wheat they want
If a hen eats handful of wheat, she viii
convert it into an egg A little extra
high feed will often change useless pull
let into constant layer. He does no
require his hens to turn out such rict
and concentrated substances as compost
eggs, without giving them a supply o
hearty food.
CHARRED Co.'s FOR HOG CHOLERA
A correspondent Of the Prairie Farme.
writes:
"About ten years ago the cholera mad
its appearance in my neighborhood and !
made sad havoc among the swine. ba,
about thirty head of nice hogs that l ex
pected to give up to its ravages, if pre-
yentive could not be found. | tried one ex
pertinent and SUI ceeded. ~
Hog cholera preventti,e: Collect you
eobs in pile and burn them until the
are thoroughly charred, then wet the1
out. Sprinkle brine or salt on the coal
and let your hogs eat all they want
Farmers try it, and my word for it, you
hogs will do well. When fattening, Civ
once in two weeks stock hogs once
month. When you want to feed then
cob coal let them do without salt for fe,
days over their regular time, so that the
will eat more freely Of the coal. Las
winter neglected giving my hogs co
coal, and the result was, in the spring
they took the cholera ten of them had
bad. | raked up the cobs in the lot an
charred them we'll, then sailed the Goa
freely. They all eat of the coal but thre
who were too farlgone to get mp The
died ; the rest got we'll. l was SURPRISED
the next morning to see in their disharge
large amount of small white worms
My belief is, the worms are what do til
mishief.
Loss IN STACKING HAY-A farme
Of sound Judgment and large experience
in cutting and storing haV. estimates hi