Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-06-23
Agricultural.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

COOP AND BAD FARM SToCK.-There Il
no fact in agriculture more fully establish
ed than that it will not pay to keep poo
stock, when it is possible to secure that o
a.better quality. A few years since tht
rage for Durham, Alderney, Devon anc
other breeds OF cattle prevailed very eA
tensively throughout the country. Fabu
| lous prices were paid for superior animals
of these breeds, and there appeared to bt
a fair prospect Of something like a reform
/ IN the matter of stock raising. Like sc
many other movements in agriculture, this
spirit of Improvement has subsidized, ano
we find our farmers relapSed into then
| former apathy. Should this be so The
cost of keeping an inferior COW is pre-
| else the same as that of q better one.-
A good horse will always command q
! better price in the market, or is more
valuable to it's owner for his own pur-
pose than poor one. The cost of keep
ing is the same. Why not then raise the
best horses There are breeds of swine
that grow rapidly and fatten upon much
! less food, and in a shorter time than others.
Why not procure these improved kinds
The same may be said of sheep, poultry,
and, in fact, every kind of farm stock, and
yet we find thousands of farmers, III the
face Of these lncontrovertible facts, arraying
themselves in steady hostility to all move
ments having for their object the improve
ment of domestic farm animals They
cling to inferior stock with a pertinacity
that is surprising. In many cases the
secret of the matter IS their unwillingness
to make the first Investment. Fifteen dol
lars apiece seems to be large price to pay
for a two months old Chester County
White pig, when commoner animals can
be had at one-fith the price; but all eXpe-
rience proves that in the long run the best
are cheapest. We're it possible to over
come the indisposition to make the first
outlay, there would be room for indulgence
of the hope that our farm stock generally
would improve i'll character. This will be
accomplished only when farmers realize
fully the fact that it does not pay to keep
poor stock.-JouHnGJ Of the FdTna.
SUGAR FROM PUMPKINS. During late
years several more or less successful at
tempts have been made to introduce into
the United States sugar producing plants
to replace the cane. The beet root and
sorghum are among the number, but one
of the most valuable, which is cultivated III
every cornfeld in the Middle States, has
been quite neglected. This plant is no
other than the common pumpkin, the car
cotbi0 pepO of botanistf. It's period of har-
vesting lasts longer than that Of the beet,
it is easier preserved and its refuse is just
as valuable for the feeding of stock
Pumpkins weigh frC m fifty to sixty pounds
they furnish about four per cent Of sugar
their contents in jCiee is eighty per cent.
This juice indicates from ten to eleven on
Baume's areOmeter. The sugar obtained
from pumpkins is of q good grain and
color. Before refining, it has slight flavor
of melon. The syrup is of n very dark
green color, nearly black, and tastes like
cane sugar. In Hungary, since the yeal
1887, several manufactures for making SUI
gar from pumpkins have been in operation.
The treatment of this fruit is perfectly
identical with that of the beet root, and
the machinery used for the purpose is the
same.
YEAST FOR HoT WEATHER. sub
joined recipe for yeast adapted to hot
weather or hot climates is given in Nor
gan's Trade journal:
Boil two ounces of the best hops in four
quarts OF water for half an hour:
strain it, and let the liquor cool
down to new milk warmth Then put
in small handful Of salt, and halt
pound of sugar (brown); beat up one
pound of the best flour with some of the
liquor, and mix all well together The
third day add three pounds of potatoes,
boiled and mashed, and let it stand until
the next day. Then strain, and it is ready
for use.
Stir frequently while making, and keep
near fire. Before using, stir we'll 1t
will keep two or three months in a cool
place.
[ kept this two months in a cellar,
where the thermometer ranged between
80 and 104 degrees.
This yeast is very strong; half the
usual quantity necessary for baking is suf-
fcient.
RooTs require that air should be admit
ted to them; the surface Of clayey soil
should, therefore, be disturbed, as often as
it begins to cake. All plants absorb from
the ground different elements and juices
so a constant variation of crops is indis-
pensable for perfect growth of any veget-
able or cereal.
Dry east winds ale injurious TO plants,
by absorbing the moisture from their leaves
more rapidly than they are prepared tC
give it out; weather of this kind requires
to be guarded against as much as the Sc
YereSt IiOSt.
TREES which send their roots deep, like
hickories oaks and beeches, are the best
for pasture fields. Elms, naples willows
etc, tax the surface soil more, and so rot
the Grass