Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-04-21
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SEED.-The soil for flowers should be a
mellow loan, if possible, made 9eep-a
foo or eighteen inches at least-and then
the plants will not suffer so much in dfy
weather. 1t should also be well pulver
ized-completely broken up-and made
as fine and mellow as possible. It is use
less to try to grow flowers on a poor sol!
50. if not naturally rich, make it so with
a liberal supply of well rotted manure.
Every one, even those who do not keep
a horse or cow-ean have good pile of
manure for flowers without cost. Obtain
lot of turf from the sides of the roads
and the corners of the fences, place it in
pile, and throw all the soapsuds aad sIops
upon it. IN the autumn col Feet the fallen
leaves and put them upon this compost
heap. Keep adding to it, as you have
time and nvenience and when we'll
rotted you will have excellent manure for
flowers. Always drain the flower garden,
so that water will not lie on or near the
surface. Fick's Catalogue,
To MEASURE Hay IN THE Stack OR
Mow-If it be square or oblong stack
with pitched roof, measure the heightin
feet from the base to the caves; add to
this half the height from the caves to the
ridge, to find the mean height; multiply
the height by the breadth, and the product
by the length; divide the gross product
By twenty seven, and the qaotient will be
the number of cubic yards in the stack.
The estimate of the total weight must de-
pend upon The supposed weight of cubic
yard this will necessarily vary according
to the time allowed for the stack to settle.
In an old stack tie hay is much more
compact than in one recently built A
pretty correct estimate will be gained by
allowing eighty-fve pounds to the cubic
gard in the new st spk, and one hundred
pounds in one that 5as stood few months,
and one hundred n twenty pounds if it
has stood more than.a year. To ascertain
the weight of hay il the stack, multiply
the number of GU yards allowed BY the
number of pounds esrFed, Did the product
will give the contents Of the stack in
pounds divide 2O0Q I'D the quotien4
will give the nuAber~of Sns. 70 ascer
tain the weight Of hay id round stack
with conical top, fnd the height to the
caves, and add one-third of the remainder
to obtain the mean height of the whole.
Measure the girth square this dimension
THAT is, multiply it BY itself, and multi.
. ply the product by the decimal 0795
This will give the area Of the base Null
tiply the area By the mean height, aud the
product will be the contents Of the stack,
in cubic feet divide By twenty and
we obtain the number Of cubic yards
Multiply this as before, by the number of
pounds allowed to the yard, and the prod
uct will give the gross weight IN pounds.
To estimate the contents of NOW where
the top surface Of the hay is level, the
process Is he same as with the square
stack, or rick, emitting the allowance for
the slopirg roof.
BLANKETISG HoRsEs.--It is not unu
sual for overland and very careful peo-
pie, in very cold weather, to put on a
heavy blanket under the harness of their
horses when about to drive to town or to
church. This practice, although intend
cd as a humane one, is by no means to be
recommended. While the horse is per-
forming his work, there is no danger that
he will suffer from the severest cold, or
that Lis natural clothing will not be
enough. Indeed, unless his work is very
Gov, perspiration will be excited, and the
moisture thus arising would be retained
by the blanket, instead Of being immedi-
ately dissipated into the air. The conse-
qucnee Is, that, the moment we stop, our
horse stands in the cold winds, with a
wet blanket over his whole body, the effect
Of the evaporation of the water being to
make him much colder than be would be
If the blanket were then taken off. The
true plan is, in cold weather, never to
blanket q horse while he is taking his ex.
ercise and never allow him to stand a
moment without b)anketing with dry
blanket, when his exercise has ceased.
So true IS this, that the most careful and
experienced owners and drivers Of fine
horses find 1T advantageous to remove
even the heavy coating Of hair that nature
supplies for the winter season, SO that
there may be no accumulation Of
moisture about theskin in consequence Of
heating work to supply its place, at all
times when the ani2al is atsrest, by am.
pie clothing Amt%pan Agricuzturist.
USES OF ENToMoLsGY.--At the Ohit
Agricultural CONVECTION, last year, Mr
Townshend, IN advocating the importance
Of having naturalist in the employ Of the
state, said Two or, three years ago, a
report was made to the Swedish govern.
ment that three millions of dollars worth
of ship timber had been rendered yalu
less by the action Of an insect, The
matter was referred to the Naval Depart
ment. TO see what coaId be done about it
The naval commanders, who knew al
about gunnery. did not seem able to meet
the case. They gave it up. Finally, they
went to the naturalist, and asked wha
could be done. The entomologist said
There is little rascal that bores into tht
timber, and lays its eggs during couple
of weeks in the mouth of June In shor
time grub is developed, which works il
your timber butrif the insect cannot fn(
your timber, it lays its eggs somewhere
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