Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-09-14
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
saving seed.

seeds they want for their own use Whei
a person sows 80 or 40 pounds of onion
seeds, for the purpose of getting small on
ions for s'scts, " 1t is an important matte
that such seeds should be fresh and true t'
name; if old on mixed, it will often Prov
a loss of several hundred dollars in single
season. s...-< --E@ET He
| I have twice, during my experience, sus
tanned loss Of over $500 by sowing poo1
quality of cabbage seed. Such loss soor
brings about different change OF practice
in this respect, and since these two occur
rences, have been more careful about al
ways saving some of my best ''stock" to
grow seeds from. EARLY beets are profit
able crop with market gardeners, and the
profit consi is in eaIlinGss, and having the
variety tue to name Three years ago, an
instance of poor quality of seed came I'M
der my notice where the gardener lost $3.50,
| by sowing three pounds of a variety OF beet
that was not true to name 5.LG5
| With the farmer the loss is seldom SO
large, from the fact that less quantity OF
such seed is sown, but no matter how
small the quantity, it is very provoking TO
| SOW caulitiower seed and have instead q
crop OF ruta-bagas, or purchase fiat Dutch
cabbage seed, warranted on the paper true
! to name. and when the heads are half
grown select twelve or fourteen varieties of
cabbage, and from the same package of
seed; or TO buy white solid celery seed, and
when full grown to find to your surprise
that every STALK is as hollow as pipe-sten,.
Such instances are very common among
those who buy freely Of garden seeds
grown by persons not familiar with the
laws Of vegetable growth and peculiar char
acteristi s of different kinds of vegetables.
1t would be difficult, indeed almost i'm
possible, for a gardener to grow the whole
list Of seeds that he requires in q single
year, from the fact of hybridizing but lie
can, without inconvenience or danger of
mixing, grow two or three of the leading
kinds each season, and in this way always
have supply Of genuine seed that will
save him many vexatious moments and
harsh expressions. There is nothing that
| am familiar with that is SO provoking as
to lind from such poor seeds the years s la
Dor is lost, and no chance of making up
the loss.
But preventive is always better than o
cure. The time Of selecting q few speci-
mems, fine of their kind, is but trife
when one is aware that he is sure that like
produces like, and little care in making
the selection, and repeated for few years,
will often give what is better than new
variety, an improved old one, which is FREE
quently sent out to tho public as q new va
rlety.
The plan of always selecting the best
specimens for seed will pay. Ii cabbage,
so through the patch in the fall before
burying and pick out the largest and best
formed heads. Dothe same with turnips,
beets, carrots, parsnips; in fact whatever
variety is chosen, .ako ont the best speci-
mt itaza1 fox fn,~ a.
whole crop will improve and prove equal
to the few specimens that were saved.-M
7. Tribune
GATHERING FRUrr. A great deal of dam
age is done to fruit trees every year at the
time OF gathering fruit. Large branches
are barked, small ones are broken, and in
the violent shaking OF the trees, fruit spurs
are broken of. Selling fruit on the trees
generally results i'll great injury TO the
orchard; for the buyer, In most cases, does
net care how much damage is done to the
trees, and his object is to gather the fruit
IN the most expeditions way. There is
generally more damage done in gathering
unripe fruit Than i'll taking Off that which
is fully matured; for the former adheres so
firmly to the spurs that some force is re-
quired 10 remove it. When orchards have
been properly cultivated and manured and
the trees judiciousiy pruned; good quail
ity of fruit is generally the result, if the
care should be taken not to damage the
trees when harvesting the fruit The eye
OF the owner will be- useful while this op-
Grafton is being performed.
CANNING tomatoes. the Syracuse
Union we find the following: "The most
thorough aud reliable mode of canning TO-
matoes is as follows: They are just suffi-
cienty steamed, not cooked, to scald or
loosen the skin, and are then poured upon
tables and the skin removed, care being
taken to preserve the tomato i'll as solid
state as possible. After being peeled, they
are placed IN large pans, with false bot
toms perforated with holes, SO as to strain
of the liquid that emanates from them
From these pans they are carefully placed
by hand into the cans, which are filed SIS
soIidly rs possible = in other words, all are
put in that the can will hold. They ara
then put through the usual process and
Theoretically sealed. The cans, when
opened for use, present the tomato not
only like the original vegetable, in taste
and color, but also in appearance; and
moreover, when thus sealed they are war
ranted to keep in any climate, and when
opened they will taste as naturally as when
ufSb piuCk5u IrOu Inc vines.
CHowDER. pounds of fish cut in
slices one inch thick; lay in the bottom of
the same vessel layer of fish, and cover
it with a layer of hard crackers, which
have been soaked o few minutes in cold
water; sprinkle over this chopped parsley,
pepper and salt; put in layer after layer
till the fish is ali in, taking care to have
layer of crackers at the top; add absat
tablespoonful of butter, and little bit of
onion-say about quarter of small one
If yO11 dare! Add further three pints of
milk, and water enough to cover the con-
tents of the vessel; set on the fire, and
when it begins to boil it will be done in
thirty minutes perhaps III twenty if the
fish is of a soft nature.
Rookfsh is the best which comes to this
market for the purpose, and requires thir-
minutes boiling. Fresh cod is good
Some people prefer slices of fried salt pork
or ham to butter This should be between
the layers.
SWEET PoTATo CULTURE.-A correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Gazette says let sweet
potato vines run, and let them root. The
rootiets of the runners will support their
growth, which would otherwise be drawn
from the parent root. Besides these little
rootlets bear no mean part in carrying back
to, and strengthening the hill. / have
eight years experience in growing the
sweet potato. I have cultivated the crop
many years and. found it to be the best
way. .... .. .r---E
No CANKER WORMS NEAR PINE TREES. -
A correspondent OF the N. II. Farmer
writes: Not long since heard man say
that canker worms would not live among
pine trees. The idea was new to me, but
on looking around within the circle of nay
knowledge, L cannot disprove it. In town
adjoining Beverly, where the cankor worm
eats very badly, there is a pine tree with
two apple trees standing very near it, and
while all the apple trees in that vicinity
were almost entirely stripped, those Rear
! the pine were untouched. l have made fire.
quert inquiries and have not found man
! who ever SAW canker worms IN the imme
| diate vicinity OF pine trees.
! TIMELY HINTS, - AS hay is scarce, and
pasturage also, very many farmers who
have not large fields of corn, can cut 1t up
and stack IN some convenient place for
| hussing or feeding, after which the ground
now covered with rank growth of weeds,
the seed on which is not yet ripe, may now
| be ploWed under with safety, and give you
% GOOD nf ~ al n