Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-02-03
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III oIuct tilaI IL might laSG lun5 Glme
without decay Hc was aware that other
seasons of the year we're recommended.
He had tried all seasons and with num-
Der of varieties of wood, AMI no timber
lasted so we'll as that cut in the winter
when frozen. He said helnlock stick
Used as stringer for bridges would last
longer when the bark was left Oh. Had
observed it often, and gave as reason
chat the bark keg the wood moist. He
thought the best timber for sills, or for
building purposes: was red elm; next in
order was oak, white elm and red beach,
For pins, the raves of wood sleds, and boil
sters to wagons, there was no timber he
preferred to red elm.
DEXTER's DAILY ALhoWANCE.-The
following will be interesting to lovers Of
herscaesh, as we'll as many others, as
giving brief resume of Dexter's daily life:
At six o'clock every morning Dexter has
ali the water he wants, and two quarts Of
oats. After eating, he is walked" for
half an hour or more, then cleaned off, and
At. nine has two quarts moro of oats. If
no drive is on the card for afternoon, he is
given half to quarters of an hour
Of gentle exercise. At one clock he has
oats again, as before, limited to two quarts.
From three to four he is driven IL to 10
miles, after which he IS cleaned of, and
rubbed thoroughly dry.
lie hasa swallow Of water on return
from drive, but is allowed free access to
his only feed of hay, of which he con-
sumes FIVE or six pounds.
II the drive has been particularly
sharp one, he is treated, as soon as he gets
in, to quart or two of oatmeal Cruel; and
when thoroughly cooled, has half a pail Of
water, and three quarts of oats, with two
quarts of bran moistened with hot water.
Before any specially hard days work,
or trial of speed, his allowance Of water is
still more reduced.
When COW or OK gets choked it is
said that immediate relief may be obtained
by strapping up a fore leg, and compelling
the animal to Jump. This will cause the OBJ
stuction to fly out.
A farmer who had be en- in the habit
Of selling his hay for many years sin sue
cession, being asked how he kept up his
hay crop without manuring or cultivating
his land, replied, II never allow the after
math to be cut"
A correspondent of the JouraaZof Ag-
riculture says he finds his clay loan
grounds increase more in productiveness
by the use of eight bushels Of salt to one
Dusnel of plaster per acre, then from the
application of barn yard manure.
A correspondent of the Country Gen
Aeman says he killed briars by a single
cutting with, grubbing hoe, done after
the snow was off in the spring and before
the ground thawed. Moving in spring
or summer increases them.
A correspondent of the Country Gen.
Aenaan says that if sheep or calf is GOV.
cred with rubber or leather spread, or
a thick blanket and tobacco smoke be
made under this covering, every tick OF
nit will be destroyed in half an hour Oh
less.
A correspondent of the RurGl Ne,
Yorker says he is in the habit of cutting
out all recipes he finds in his papers, ant
FASTING them in scrap. book, arranged
under appropriate heads In this way b.
has at hand large number lof recipes fo
almost all preparations in cooking Or dis
eases.
Tie number Of varieties of strawberrie
now named and cultivated is about thre
hundred, of currants fifty, of raspberrie
seventy, Of blackberries twenty, and 0
American gooseberries nine. The list 0
English gooseberries is almost beyont
computation, but nearly all are valueess i
this country.-E.Cchdnge.
B. L. Kingsburg, of the Alton Horti
cultural Society. says that every owner 0
vineyard should dig up every vine tina
dies, and if it has been destroyed by
borer, hunt him up aud destroy him
Each Que that is left may be the parent 0
many others, md if they once become es
tablished in the vineyard, farewell to sue
cess.
Every farmers family can find goo'
use for the SCOT which is usually SO abund
ant IN their stove-pipes and chimneys
Twelve quarts of water, we'll mixed will
SCOT, will make powerful liquid munure
which will improve the growth of flowers
garden vegetables, and root crops. Il
either liquid or solid state it m 4kes al
excellent top dressing for grass or cerea
crops.
SHEEp Observation-Disclosures is made O
farmer who fattens several hundred Q
sheep every year for the sake of the ma
nure. He purchases wethers from two tt
three years old, and gets from each a loae
Of manure worth 81 to So. Four hundred
sheep purchased IN Michigan cost him
delivered at his place near Rochester
Ny, 50 each. If the manure is wortl
what h. sets it down at, it IS a profitable
business to make mutton for market.
CELLARS FOR VEGETAALEs.-Tha stor
ing of fruits and vegetables in house eel
lar in large quantities, is always objection
able. The temperature is necessarily in
creased by the fires kept in the house du
ring winter, and this favors decay, OF
commencement Of growth in vegetables
Besides, gaseous substance of an unpleas.
ant oder usually pervade the dwelling
which are injurious to health. Serious
Illness frequently arises from these well