Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-11-13
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


may be killed in the winter before cuttin,
away much Many trees arc prunet
which do not need any cutting, but wher
1t is necessary we should operate as sool
as possible after the fall of the leaf There
is less danger of any part of the tree dying
In the winter, when it is autumn or early
winter pruned This is particularly the
case with the grapevine, unless the plant
has been badly widowed during the grow.
ing season, IN which case the wood does
not mature There is no better way to
save from winter killing than vigorous fall
pruning.
A LADY correspondent of the Ohio
Farmer describes a dry house which has
been found very profitable and satiSfac-
tory. The actual outlay was 800, and In
two weeks L had moro than paid for itself
in fruit preserved. It is wood frame 6x
7 foet-boarded up and down and battened
No windows There are two large holes
bored on either side or ends for circulation
of air, a ventilator through the roof, brick
chimney There is L tight fitting panel
door and parlor stove is in temporary
uso. There are racks made of nicely planed
laths nailed to side pieces, for apples, pears
peaches, and the like fruit. Sheets of tin
with the edges turned up make very con.
venient holders for corn, berries, etc. these
are kept III place by setting them on pieces
of wood, which reach across from side to
side of the house, or from end to end.
A WRITER in Moore's Rural, who says
he has tried both fall and spring planting
of currant and gooseberry bushes and cut
tings, asserts that the results have always
been greatly in favor of the former season.
Fail planting viii, he thinks, be generally
found best IN the Middle States,Or wherever
the currant drops its leaves before frosts
occur, as it does in the latitude of New
York City and southwark. If the bushes
are transplanted as soon as the leaves fall,
new roots Will he produced before cold
weather, and a much stronger growth
secured the following season than if this
operation is deferred until spring. Currant
cuttings made in early fall will produce
roots in few days, or weeks at most " bile
the leaves will remain entirely dormant
and slightly protected when the ground
begins to freeze, they will not only pass
through the winter unnjured, but be In
the hest possible condition for making q
rapid growth the following season.
MooRE's RURAL advises u young farmer
who " wants to begin right in the market
ing of what ne produces to adopt thes.
rules
[. Grade all products sold as Of first
second and third quality.
2. Sell fer first quality only that which
is 4 No. - and strive to make all YOU,
products reach that grade.
), Put your name and address on al
packages, SC that if they are found Just Al
represented your name will be associated
with them. This Will help to make for you
q reputation.
1. Never allow q poor article to go Of
your farm with your namo attached, un
less with a true statement Gifts quality,
5. Remember that it is cheaper to bu,
the best, do all things in the best way. anC
profitable TO be known as producing ant
selling the best, that it is Just as valuable t,
you that a customer finds that what yOl
say Is second or third class is so, as to finc
you tell the truth when you brand you
produce as tlrstclasS Labor to get al
honest name in market, and that gained
you Will have the passport to prosperity
and wealth, provided you arc strictly Wig
liant IN guarding 1t.
II is hopeless to attempt to fatten chick
ems Winnie they are at liberty. They mus
DC put IN a proper coop; and this, Ike
most other poultry appurtenances, neeC
not be expensive. To fatten twelve fowls
coop may be three feet long, eighteen
inches high, and eighteen inches deep
made entirely Of bars. No part solid
neither top, sides nor bottom. Discretion
must be used, according to the size of tho
chickens put up. They do not want room
indeed, the closer they are the better, pro
yided they can all stand up at the same
Time. Care must be taken to nut IN sucL
as have been accustomed to be together O,
they will fight. Ii one is qual1eIsome. i
Is better to remove it at once, as, like other
bad examples, it soon finds imitators. A
diseased chicken should not be nut nm
The food should be ground oats, and NAV
either be put up IN q trough or on q fiat
board running along the front of the econ
1t may be mixed with water or milk-the
latter Is the better. 1t should be wei
soaked, forming pulp as loose as can be
provided 1t does not run off the board
1hey must be well fed three or four times
q aay--the first time as soon after dav
break as may be possible or convenient
and then ut intervals Of four hours. Eacf
meal should be as much and no more tbar
they can eat up clean. When lhev have
oone feeding, the board should be wipeC
and some gravel may be spread. II cause,
them 10 feed and thrive
A CORRESPONDENT of the Vermont Far
mer thus describes an improved poke o,
jumping stick: First, put piece acros,
the horns. Then have Il piece of hare
wood board, one-half or three fourtbs mel
thick and about three feet long Have .
hole inserted in the bar across the horn,
IN such a way that When this hard WOOD
strip is inserted in it, running out over III,
back, as the animal naturally carries If,
head, the rear end will be Just free Of thu
back. Drive three or four single nails
ground sharp, into this cad, letting then
come through thro0-foulth8 Of an inch, sc
that as soon as Jhe animal makes an eli
tort to raise his head to jump the fence
the mails viii souudly prick his back, anC
nc will be apt to irisk his tail and star
Tor some feed that is easier to be obtained.
For chcapness and durability this ar.
lranSement IS unequal. It weighs less
han three pounds; it is not in the way in
travelling around, and when the animal
hes down it Is on one side, as it is natural
lor the animal to throw its head opposite
70 The side it lies on. When they arc
feeding 1t is upright in the air. II will
Keep inc al lmal to which 1t is applied
where he belongs, sure.
oNE Of our substantial subscribers, in q
recent conversation, gave his experience
u framing meat stock affected with the
I nGma q pc, eatlng wood, chewing bones, etc.
LIS cattle were one spring affected in this
way they became thin in flesh, refnsod Ito 10
e't hay and presented sickly appear,