Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-08-24
FARM. GARDEN AND WOUsEnoL8.


| How To MOVE STooKs OF Corn. have
a useful implement on my farm that ]
nave never seen with any one else-that Is,
/ Of the same kind and for the same purpose.
| 1t is boat for drawing stooz or shock
corn, made in the following manner: Take
five sixteen feet stock boards. one foot
wide of frst-class quality, and bolt four
/ pieces across the top of them at equal dis.
/ tances. The one at the forward end had
! better be made of hard wood. Then take
i q chain and attach it 60 the
head piece so that it will pass be-
tween the two outer and the three mid
/ die pieces that compose the bottom,
and have 1t extended forward about foot.
Itwhere it should be attached 10 The double
tree, where you can hitch two. three OF
/. even four horses abreast. This is decided
| ly the best thing that have ever used for
moving stock or shocked corn. It will
draw easily over the grass in the fall or
| spring, and If III winter there is slight
fall OF snow, so much the better. Last
winter drew twenty acres Of corn on one
and liked it very much, it was SO easy to
load and unload The corn of course
Should be placed on the boat crosswise
and if it is dry a very large load can be
taken at once. Any farmer can make one
OF these contryanees IN one or two hours
time Sc
How To MAKE CUTTINGS Grow. When
alIud1ng to the manner of propagating cut
ungs, the New England farmer saws that
1t has been ascertained that cutting will
develop roots mich sooner In ploist sand
han IN rich soil But the sand cannot
maintainlt Its growth Tor any length of time.
10 prepare pots for raising cuttings they
should be filed nearly to the brim with
rich garden loom-dark and porous, not
oiayey and soggy; then pour in one inch in
depth OfscOuring sand-sea sand will do as
well as the yellow sand. Wet this thorough
~ and place the cuttings, from which all
but the three or four upper leaves have
been removed, close to the side of the pot:
the contact Of the ware against the stem of
the cutting promotes its growth. Press the
wet and firmly around the tiny stem A
great deal Of your chance for success in
raising slips or cuttings depends upon this,
PIant many cuttings as the pot viii hold,
from SIX to dozen, according to the size
OF your pot; when they are firmly set 10 the
sand two or three can be inserted in the
middle OF the pot set them away in n dark
warm place for twenty-four or thirty-six
hours. Thus cuttings will grow quickly in
hot bed, because the temperature is not
dry. Their growth depends great deal
upon light, heat, and moisture If a bud is
close at the base of a cutting, it will strike
root more easly-is not SO apt to decay
The roots shoot from bud, and the lower
down 1t is, the surer your success.
When the leaves drop, the plant is COM
menclng to grow; if they wither on the
stem, 1t has began to decay. By following
sna&J I'll
all kinds Of house plants. Roses and all
the rarest flowers of the green house are
propagated in this manner,
The PURPLE BEECH.-This is one OF the
most strikingly beautiful lawn trees. In
spring or early summer, when the leaves
are still tender and but partially devel-
oped, the effect produced on them by the
bright sunshine is really marvellous, and
when the foliage is viewed under certain
conditions, is beautiful in the extreme. If
the tree is brought in the range of vision
between the spectator and the sun, it will
have the appearance of being on fire, and
lit up, as it were, with an intensity of color
th2t any painter might love to dwell on.
TheJpurple beech is q native of GERMANY.
and all the varieties which now exist,
sprang from single tree which was dis
covered by accidert in a wood sometime
during the last century. There are now
many fine specimens of this beautiful tree
to be found IN many parts of the United
States.
Both III nurseries and in private grounds
1t is so much admired that wherever it is
known in this country, the demand has
been generally greater than the supply
The. is variety Of this which is also
very conspicuous in its foliage and is much
sought after. 1t is called the copper beech
on account of the foliage being of deep
copper hue, that continues to grow darker
as the season advances, until it becomes
almost black. 1t has always been my aim
to introduce the purple beech and It's vari-
cites into both private and public grounds
as the opportunity presented itself, and
the trees could be obtained, as objects wor-
thy of prominent place on the lawn; as
1t is suited to almost any kind OF soil that
is dry, but grows with most vigor on clay
loam.- William Webster, IN HOrticMItTjst
IT APPEARS, from the Nashville journal
OF Medicine and Surgery, that the tea-plant
is now successfully cultivated near Knox
vile, Tenn. 1t has been raised ere tor
the last ten years, the original plants hav-
ing been obtained from the Agricultural
Department at Washington in 1853. The
plant is said to be hardy, and needs no
protection from frosts. Good judges pro-
nounce it to be not Inferior III fragrance
and flavor the to imported Young Hyson.
HERE are four good habits-punctuali-
ty, accuracy, steadiness and dispatch.
Without the first of these, time is wa ted
without the second, mistakes the most
hurtful to our credit and interests and shat
Of others, may be committed, without the
third, nothing can be well done; and with
out the fourth, opportunities of great ad-
vantages are lost, which it is impossible to
recall.
How TO TREAT KICKING Cows.-A friend
told Us the other day Of method of treat
ment that ne had found successful IN cur
ing COWS of the habit of kicking while being
MIXED 1t is as follows: AS the COW
stands In the stanche0n, he puts bull
ring In her nose, throws the rope attached
to the ring over beam or girC above the
head of the COW, and drawing her head as
high as possible without raising her feet
from the floor, makes fast the end Of the
rope. The COW cannot kick while standing
IN this strained position, and the milking
process is then conducted gently and rapid
ly. AS soon as she learns that she has
nothing to fear from the mixer, but every
thing to fear from the ring this
knowledge she is said to acquire rapidly
she is cured Of her disagreeable habit. A
young heifer may often be cured by
single application.
PRUssING's VnEGAR.-As the picking
season is now at hand, and many house
keepers are concerned about getting Vine
gar that will keep their pickles, we deem it
our duty to inform our readers that Prus-
sings Vinegar is admitted by all who have
tried it to have no superior in the market