Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-06-15
WHATIKN0W ABOUT FARMING


In selling stock by live weight, it is
a good plan to feed each one
about three pals of water and what
other stuff can be got down them just
before driving on the scales. IF the
buyer has ever invested much money
on Change, he will know what wat
cred stock means.
In holding the plow, I always prefer
to hold it in the house, seated in a
rocking chair, with my family clustered
around me. As I hold the pillow, my
wife reads aloud, the dear children
gambol in the hilarity Of their juven-
lie freshness, and my gorge rises as /
breathe the pure air of heaven rush
ing in through the kitchen window,
and the singing Of the birds makes me
feel contempt for those shut up in
the dusty town.
In planting hay, I always select the
longest, [ can find as short hay bends
a persons back in cutting it. [ put
the hay in with drill which 1 bought
for the purpose, and get on and ride
around at my leisure, as hay is some
thing which will always comes up,
generally coming up to $50 ton
before spring.
In the matter of wheat, I always
raise it by the barrel, at mill not far
away, as it saves buying seed, blowing,
sowing, grading, threshing. I thus
also get rid Of the ravages of the
midge, and all that. [ generally raise
it on a note.
In travelling around the country, l
have often noticed that farmers do not
sufficiently regard the health of their
animals. My barn is arranged on a plan
of my own. 1t is open on all sides, SO
that no creature may have to stand out
in the storm because [ am asleep or
away. This also saves lumber. And
all around the barn are benches on
which any animal can sit down when
tired of standing, or when waiting for
something Or other to turn up. The
sheriff says my cattle always sell when
my neighbor's don't, aid he thinks it
is all owing to my economy, and do
not doubt it.
Ia subsoiling a piece Of ground, I
always ''plant" a mortgage on it the
winter previous. Some folks think
that a mortgage crop never burns up,
but / have my own experience saying
that it raises the biggest kind of
crop, especially where you let the in
terest get behind. I hardly ever knew
such sowing that didn't turn out full
as we'll as the holder expected.
In raising hogs I think that many
farmers are altogeter too slack for their
own interests. Now, suppose that I
want to raise hog, [ go at it in a care
ful, scientific way. 4 good many far
mers raise their hogs with the first
club that comes handy, but this has
tendency to make the animal discouraged
and disconnected.
[ have my own ideas about training
horses. If I ever get hold of horse
inclined to run away, [ always borrow
a buggy of some of my neighbors, put
him to it, turn him into a lot, and then
let him run. He generally gets sick
of the fun by the time the buggy IS
gone, but if he don't, hitch him to any
Of the wheels that may be left, and
keep him travelling. The owner Of
the buggy always expresses astonish-
meDt at my system, but the evidence
Of its success is here before him, and
he can't dispute the pieces.
If [ ever get hold Of kicking COW,
7 always let Mrs. Quad sit down first to
milk, and take my station near by,
to see what foot the animal kicks with,
and how hard she hits. My wife has
remarkably clear memory, and after
coming too, she can generally give me
any little particulars which | failed to
note owing to distance. I then get
the COW into the stable, draw her up
Wi til a windlass, until she is evenly
balanced. Then I get bag and Fill
il with hrieks, hung it within easy
kicking distance, and [ stand off for
Developments. Every time she goes
up have another thing to apply to
her in front and after she has gone
through with this oscillation two or
three times. she never kicks any more,
If Iaast MOI. until cha looks orouDd for