Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-05-14

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seeding Grass Alone.
William Story, of Kalamazoo. writes
as follows:
In the fall of 1866 I harvested a
small field of "Swedes," the ground
having been kept during the simmer
perfectly free from the weeds The
soil was strong clay, made quite rich
the year before by the application Of
oarnyard manure, when a crop of
sorghum cane was raised. After the
s'owedes" were harvested, the ground
was narrowed very smooth, not plowed
AS soon as the snow was gone in the
spring OF 1865 it was sowed for timo-
thy and clover. The oath of July fol-
lowing this piece vas moved Git was
ready cut before, but wheat harvest
preVented), and it is very seldom that
farmer has the pleas ure of moving
such crop. This was mostly timothy,
and perfectly free from weeds. This
piece has now been moved ten times,
three crops of second growth having
been cut, each crop being as heavy as
it could well stand; indeed, nearly
every crop was more or less lodged,
and to-day that piece is apparently as
good for hay as ever.
One year ago last August I seeded a
snail, clean summer fallow to clear
timothy. Last July heavy crop of
timothy hay was cut, but no weeds.
On the other hand, there are fields in
sight of where I write that were titled
ordinarily clean, where crop Of corn
was raised. This corn ground was
plowed in the spring, dragged, fine
seeded to timothy and clover, and roll
ed smooth; in other words, it was
nicely fitted for seeding. But what
was the result? A total failure to Sc
cure the first crop the first year, but
on the contrary thick growth of weeds
of all kinds natural to that soil-so
thick that the timothy and clover could
make no growth to speak of, It is not
well to say that these weeds would have
made good hay had they been cut at
;, just the right time, +" for, by the time
they had made growth enough to cut,
many of the weeds would have matmed
sufficiently to have seeded the ground,
or filed the barn and yards with foul
seed. It would have been far better to
have soWn the grass seed with grain
crop than to have lost the use of the
land for whole season, raised crop
OF foul seee, and a crop of weeds that
were not worth the cost Of curing.
What, then, may be learned by the
foregoing2 That on any good land
that has been clearly titled with any
crop, like turnips or potatoes, or a
clean summer fallow, and left so as to
be fitted for the seed with a harrow,
grass seed may be sowed alone, with
fair prospect of cutting good crop OF
hay the first year but where it is nee
essary to pillow piece before seeding,
as is the case in corn-stubhle land,
fresh weed seed is brought to the sur
face ready to grow Immediately. IN a
well-tended corn field the foul seed has
terminated and been destroyed at the
surface, ard might answer to seed to
timothy and clover alone were it not
for the stubs. These seem to require
that the land should be plowed. So,
unless the farmer is quite sure his land
is free from foul seed, it would be well
to commence on a small scale to pillow
his ground in the spring, and SOW
nothing but timothy and clover.
Helpful Hints far Housewives.
CHEAP BLACK INK.--Take of Clipped
logwood pounds; water, s gallons.
Boil three-fourths of an hour, and add
ounces bichromate of potash. Costs
about five cents gallon.
POTATO PuFF.-Two cups cold mash
cd potatoes stir in it two tablespoons
of melted butter, beating to a cream
add two well beaten eggs, one cup
cream or milk; pour into deep dish
bake in quick oven.
To WATERPROOF Doors AND SHOES
Before applying, warm the boots a
little, but take care not to hold them
to near the fire. Melt together half
pint of linseed oil, two ounces of suet,
half an ounce of beeswax, and half an
ounce of RESIN.
BLACK PAINT FOR IRoNWoRK.-A var
nish for ironwork can be made as fol-
lows: Obtain some good clean gas tar,
and boil for four or five hours, until it
runs as fine as water; then add one
quart of turpentine to gallon of tar,
and boil together half hour. Apply
hot.
QU1NsEY. "A simple preventive for
quinsey is to wear string of amber
beads around the neck; they may be
worn little loose ard out of sight
with the present style of dress You
that are afflicted with the quinsey try
it. Do not let them deceive you with
amber colored glass beads.
ORANGE CAKE.-Three eggs, yolks
u a 70 II
spoons milk, one teaspoon baking pow
der, little salt; CRATE the peel and
chop the pulp Of enc orange together;
squeeze the juice out and mix with soft
frostin2, and put between the layers of
cake when cold