Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-03-12
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Farm Gleanfn.s.

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sour milk mixed with meal Tin winter,
scalded). They produced in year a
profit of $50, besides eggs and chick
ems used in the family.
A MEADOW irrigated by running
water is said to be double the value of
one irrigated by flooding; a flooded
one double the value of a rich loan not
irrigated.
The Wisconsin Farmer thinks the
Berkshire hogs have been over-esti-
mated. It says they are round, plump
animals, with large round hams and
shoulders, but they are hollow inside
and tough meated.
FLORIDA must be a great fish coun-
try, if we can believe an Alabama
paper, which says: "They are also
numerous small lakes of pure water,
filed with fish, some of which are only
few rods in extent, while others are
from taoo to ten miles ia 1e,agth.'
UNCLE BRoADAoREs, after trying a
horse described as thoroughly broken
and afraid of nothing" came to the
I conclusion that there was no misrepre
seDtation. He moved as though every
bone in his body had been broken, and
he was continually afraid, while, as
there was nothing to be afraid of, he
seemed to answer the description.
A GENTLEMAN addicted to scientific
inquiry has discovered that thirty
three days complete the cycle of the
potato bug generation; that 700 of the
critters are the average product of one
female, from which the family grows
in the second generation to 245, 900,
and iii the third generation to IS, 700, =
| 900.
IT needs no argument to show that
man who desires to cultivate the
land intelligently needs all the aid
which science can give, and indeed
science stops far short of his needs; he
cannot succeed unless his plans har-
monte with the laws of light, heat,
growth and moisture, although he may
be ignorant that such laws exist.
IT will not do hereafter to say of the
dullest boy in the family, that he can
be the farmer, because he is unfit for
anything else. He must have all the
! elements of an earnest man in him,
with good reasoning and analytical
powers, and no slow blood or Indirect
ed brain or else, though he may make
poor lawyer, doctor or politician, it
is not at all probable he will succeed
as farmer.
The significance of the fact, g With
out food without life" is of more inn
port than the words first convey.
Strike out Of existence ten days sup
ply Of food and the human race would
be extinct The houses we inhabit,
the monuments we erect, stand in some
cases for ages but our own frames, the
stout limbs and sBillful hands which
perform this labor have to be built up
and recreated every day, and this must
| be done from the fruits of the earth
Everything else IS comfort, convenience,
luxury-food is indispensable.
LETany che who has piece of land
overrun by Canada thistles treat it in
the following manner, and he will be
surprised at the result: Pillow as late
in June as possible, and give time for
the maturity of a crop OF barley. The
thistle Will have attained quite a
growth, and by blowing and narrowing
thoroughly the roots will be pretty
we'll torn out. Sow the barley and har-
row in we'll The warm sun viii bring
up the barley at once, and before the
thistles recover from their rude treat
ment the grain will quite shade the
ground, and nothing will be seen OF
the thistles but a few sicklylooking
specimens. A good crop can be grown
on such ground, where little would
grow if early sown.
of 41,o
Farm Journal writes To exterminate
lice from calves, colts and other stock
afflicted With them, take a good hand
full of the towering annual, known as
! larkspur, cut the stalks near the ground
and steep tops aad all In vinegar. When
cool, wash the animal thoroughly III
the liquid SO as to wet every hair, and
you will find one application to destroy
both lice and nits entirely, and it is
not injurious to the animal like the use
Of sulphur, mercurial ointments, etc.
Should few of the vermin escape the
first application, second one will
thoroughly eradicate them.
OUT of 14O families supplied with
milk from dairy III Islington, Eng.
seventy suffered from typhoid fever !;
1853 occurred within ten weeks and
thirty died. An investigation showed
that the COWS drank water from an old
underground tank, built OF wood and
much decayed. The milk cans were
washed in the same water, and in all
probability the water was also mixed
with the milk. As the fever attacked
only such parties IN that district as
used the milk, the water in the rotten
tank must have been the cause. This
is only one more evidence of the dan
ger of using foul water, and giving it
20 animals, as well as to men, and it is
a matter of the first importance to all
dairymen and stock-raisers, as we'll as
families, to use only pure fresh water.
A WRITER in the National Live Stock
journal says 1t is not the wool but the
1ntestlnes that causes the unpleasant
taste III mutton; therefore, to avoid it,
be sure that the sheepi is not warm or
heated, Or any way unusually excited
jast before the Strengthening. He gives
the following directions for killing and
dressing: GAS soon as the sheep is
caught hold Of, let his throat be cut
immediately. Then make an incision
IN the chest near the heart, and anoth-
er near the crotch above the smaller
intestines, that the air may escape as
he dies. Dress such portions OF the
quarters and abdomen as Will allow
the immediate opening of the mutton
without the soiling OF the flesh by the
tag and dirty locks. When thus dress
Ell, the carcass may be rolled up in the
pelt with the wool next to il, and no
unpleasant taste will be communicated
to it. -
Garden GIenninSs.
4 KENTUCKY editor SAYS q neighbor