Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-03-03

Agricultural.

man, saws IF all Of the crops grown in the
United States could be put in after clover
lay, Il would hardly be too much to say
It would add from one-fourth to one, third
10 the yield, which in the aggregate would
Z amount to hunCreds Of millions of dollars.
lie speaks Of the berehts OF clover IL
enriching and preparing the soil, which it
does largely The grasses form tough
compact Sod, but clover is different,-it
leaves the ground mellow It. does this
always, and by its large tap root, which. by
crowding the soil, looseus its5s Here then,
We. have mellow ground prepared for us.
The SOW process of growth does this. and
there is no baking, no packing, but only
looseuipg This is the effect that all clover
fields will exhibit Now this improved
condition of the soil, fitting it for any crop
especially forcorn, as extensive experience
has demonstrated-this, and the fertility
which the long root furnishes, are what is
reeded in most soil,-and Just what is
needed. One year will do all this. IF
now well rooted, manure is added, in the
fall, early, and worked close to the ground,
as this correspondent recommends, there
is he SAYS, a combination Of circumstances
superior to any reached in any other way.
From all this we gather not only that
manure isgood, but that the benefits of the
clover are not yet fully deveoped. It is
among our greatest renoyatoIs of the soil.
and getting in favor more and more every
year. EEE
CoRN FOR SEED should be selected per
sonalIy before the stalks are cut up. Go
through the best ofthe corn field, marking
the ears on the most prolific stalks, and
choosing the ears which suit you best on
the stalks, which are of medium size and
not given to suckering Mark by string
tied around the middle of the ear. At
husking time all these ears will be saved
by themselves, and out of them when the
husks are stripped back, one can select
the most perfect. Mark two or three
times as many as you will need
EGGS. IN WINTER.-J. L. Peabody, of
1facoupin, Ill, tells the Peoria Farmer
what he learned of Kansas man about
making hens lay in winter:
"He told me if I would let nv hens
huddle together in some. warm corner,
and not let them roost, I should get plen-
ty of egs. had about twenty hens; nv
hen house was rough shed, eight feet
square, with small window and door on
the east. [ took down all the roosting
poles, leaving the nest boxes only. With
o few short boards made small shed,
about four feet square, on the south side
OF the larger one, and covered it with
corn fodder. (Straw is better I made
hole for the hens to pass from the large
house into the small one The result
vas my hens continued to lay all through
the cold weather.
"You will have to drive them in a few
times at first; they will soon learn to 60
in themselves, Put in wood ashes occa-
sionaify to. keep them free from vermin.
There are a great many who are not able
to build an extensive henery. But any
one can fix place like this in an hour or
two, with very little expense
ALL THE FAT GOES INTO THE PAIL. p
This truth cannot be too often re peated.
4 cow that is good mixer should be fed
literally, not on y while she is giving
milk, but while she is dry. All the fas
she aecumulates before she calves will find
its way te the pail during the summer.
There IS no period at which a COW laws on
fat SO rapidly as before she calves, provi-
ded she has food enough. It Is a wise
provision Of nature. And yet many farm
ers feed nothing but straw and cornstalks
at this period Because the COW is no,
giving milk they think it will not paw ia
supply more food than is necessary to sus-
tain life. Frequently the poor cows are
not even provided with shelter from the
storm, And it is a mystery how they
manage to digest straw enough to keep IN
their animal heat. No wonder that mapv
of them have to be lifted" in the spring.
There Is nothing that pays so we'll as good
shelter and good feed for COWS during
winter, whether they are giving milk OF
not. Every pound OF fat stored up before
calving will, if the COW is a gosa mixer
find It's way to the pail during the sum.
mer And a pound of talloW will make
more than pound Of butter, because the
latter contains from Is to 20 per cent OF
water which the former docs not I'm y,
ican Agrtcultmist. $50
To MAKE Cows GIVE MILK.-A
writer, who says his COW gives all the mill
that is wanted in family of eight per
sons, and from which was ma lie two hun
dred and sixty pounds of butter last year
gives the following as his treatment. HI
says: "Ifyou desire to get large vel,
of rich milk, give your cow, three times
day, water slightly warm, slightly salted
in which bran has been stirred at the rat
of one quart to two gallons of water You
will find, if you have not tried this dali,
practice, that Jour cow will give twenty
five per cent. more milk immediatej,
under the effect oft, and she will become
"a soattached to the diet as to refuse to drinl
clear water, unless very thirsty; but thi
mess she will drink almost, any time, and
ask for more The amount OF this drink
necessary is an ordinary water pail full
each time, morning noon, aad night
-Four hundred pounds Of butter are often
obtained from good stock, and instances
are mentioned where the yield is tft2n al
ahigher figure"
TURN THAT DRAIN.--The one that ruos
out fyour barn yard int, the gutter by the
gutter by the roadside It doesn't make
much difference which way you turn it. SO
that it discharges It's contents on some part
of the farm Sueb a leak as tba = c,r ,,,,ro