Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-08-07
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Farm.

FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
~ The Farm.
A SHEEP with sore nose may be
made happy by the application of tar
and sulpher to the part affected
BREAD soaked in porter and well
49, busted with cayenne pepper Is excellent
food for fowls out of condition.
A MASSACHUSETTS cultivator says in
Secretary Flints report that he has
9 noticed IN his garden 9 shat chat por-
tion which is lfoed or cultivated with
the dew upon the ground produces bet
ter crops than that hOed in the heat of
the day." 80 @ s-r .-..@s
AN Australian newspaper says that
the practice has been very successfully
as4 adopted In gardens of sowing rows Of
common larkspur, the leaves of which
attract grasshopEers at once, and when
eaten is certain death to them, and
saH'a that thousands of gfasshoppers have
been thus seen lying dead. .EEf
ta Ell STINsoN, president of the wool
growers association, has proved to
demonstration that his flock of 800
sheep has enabled him toproduce eight
or.ten bushels more OF wheat to the acre
than is grown on the average lands of
Wisconsin, where sheep industry is not
auxiliary to wheat farming. go
/ THE Hearth and Ho1neobjects to the
very common practice of dumping ma
nure in heaps on the farm, leaving it to
EHs be spread at leisure afterward, and de-
tails single case of injury to wheat
and oats from lodging. rust, ETC., on
the spots where the heaps had been
made. We have often noted much the
.#s#ss same result both on grain and grass
land. Even when not allowed to re-
main long enough to infict actual dam
~ age to future crops, it always results in
unequal fertility the site of the heaps
Will exhibit three or four time the pro-
ductiyeness of the adjoining land
The best way is to spread Immediately.
The Country Gentleman gives the
g following as cure for quinsy in hogs
a l. Take an ear of corn, and besmear
genuine pine tar upon it, and give IT TO
the hog. No other food must be given
until it is eaten. You can repeat the
same until the cureis effected. 2. Take
hog manure and lard, equal parts, say
four ounces of each heat the lard,
then add the manure, stir until cool
and mix the whole with one ounce of
spirits camphor Drench the hog with
the mixture. II the first does not prove
etftctual, repeat often as necessary.
These two receipts have been used for
twenty years, and proved to be good.
UNDOUBTEDLY the very best way to
Keep eggs is to pack them in salt time
and dry,) little end down. Arrange
them in a barrel-frst layer Of salt,
then layer of eggs, alternately All
kinds Of fat, grease, or oil are well ad-
apted 10 keeping eggs for long time
One methofsis to dip the egginto melt
ed pork lard, fobbing it into the shell
VIII the hnger, setting every egg up
right. A French method is to rub the
egg with fresh butter until every pore
Is filled In order to have eggs keep
fresh from spring until the end of win
ter, 1t IS only necessary to deprive the
hens of all Communication with the
cocks for at least month before the
eggs are put away. The secret of the
whole matter is to keep the eggs from
the air. Sa
;. NJ. WELLS, of Weathersfeld, Ct.
has found great advantage in being
very considerate of the welfare of his
score or more of cows. He has even
ascertained that any continuous noise
as OF fanningmill, about the stable
"a has such effect upon the nervous sys-
tenn as to cause perceptible falling off
- in the flow of milk. No dog is tolerated
l@1e ABOUT the place. There must be re-
pressionl OF rampant ways on the part
OF Paddy The bars are let down and
thes6utter-makers walk leisurelv ont
49,. they are petted and caressed The
consequence IS they yield flowing pals,
and they wear such cheerful and con-
tented faces and such[mild expression
OF eye as would do the kind heart of
Henry BeFgh good to look at,
One OF the best farmers east of the
Hudson expended ten years ago one
hundred dollars On a shed of thirty
feet loag by twelve wide, under which
his cart wagon, Sled moving machine.
- lo'F, noes, and chains could be kept
80 when not nsIlse.s His implements are
tSs 9ood now as they were then, with
the exception OF the Inevitable wear
- -s ri!lch 'helf use Involves, and in the
49, s ollslo1i VI ehe owner the building has
sss saved him at least twenty per cent Of
Its cost each year. The same roof can
pc many times made to cover q loft
WHICH, can De used as granary or for
some other purpose which the business
49ne upon the farm may make desira
ple, az the same time that the lower
above. = ~ -'>'1 'eu !
: a &C, ooRREsPoNDENT gives the following
receipt for making an ink to be Usedi
on zl1c labels to be attached ~ +Toos
lake part verdfgris 49, " frees
mac, part lamp-bIack, and 10 r1aIts
- :.t matsf MIX we'll, and keep bottie
Win glass stopper. Shake the ink be-
l ~ e usIhS It. 1t will keep any length
@ " CIAie. write It on the label with
steel pen not too fine pointed. RI dries
IL the course of minute or two T.,
making zinc labels, whatever be their
size, would, for permanent use and
Durability, advise making at least two
1olds If not three, on the end where
the s9Iispending hole is to be, as i
have found one, and even two folds
OF the metal worn through wifi,
the action of the suspending wire on
the edge of the metal by It's almost
continual motion from the effects Of
the winds in the course of one vaa1
where the trees were much exposed f.
wind. = f'0'0o 10
- esq.,, 10 BRING into bearing, trees which
have been neglected for number Of
years. and which are now tall and hin
With long whip branches, some of these
Slender shoots may be bent over and
fastened by the upper extremity 70 Az
base without breaking It kept in This
position for two years the curved mart
viii by the end of that period have
formed an abundance of fruit spurs
Once the change from wood to frnit
bearing there will be no difficulty IN
the future. Another method occasion
ally practiced is to make hooples of
some OF the small, thin branches. This
can be done in the spring and summer
49, by taking shoot q foot or two in
length and then bending it around in
the form of a RUG, making it self-fas
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