Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-08-11
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Practical Suggestions.


Practical Suggestions.
The advantages OF cross breeding
sheep are set forth in statement In a
recent issue of the Agricultural Gazette,
in which it is said that Cotswold ewes
crossed with pure Hampshire Down
rams, yield lis lambs to the 100 ewes,
while 80 per centum is the extreme
yield of lambs by the pure bred Cots
wolds or Hampshire Downs.
BREAD is now manufactured largely
for stock food in parts Of Europe. For
horses the bread is made of ground
rye, corn, oats and beans. For pigs
rye-cern and bean meal are used.
Loaves Of these materials are sold at
Berlin and used with great advantage.
For dogs biscuits are specially pre-
pared, either wholly of vegetable mat
ter-chiefy oatmeal or of meal mixed
with prepared meat.
The worst of everything is the greed
mess of men for land. A newcomer
will put his last dollar in land, and go
in debt for his house and farming tools,
and in ninety-nine cases out of hun
dred, he will, after striving hard and
living poor, find himself, at the end of
a dozen years, worse of than when he
first began. This is the general rule of
those who chose farming for their pro-
fession.
No poor man can afford to buy goods
on credit, for If he does, he usually pays
more for the same article than he would
if he paid cash; he is more Liable to buy
goods he does not need, and is liable to
incur debts which he may not be able
to pay, and which may involve him in
financial trouble and ruin. A man who,
habitually buys goods on credit is like
a man who, In an open boat, risks the
current of the Niagara; the current of
debts gets stronger, and it carries him
down.
TWIN heifers will breed as surely as
others. If the dam is a vigorous, strong
animal, and the calves strong and
hearty. they can be counted upon as
good for breeders as single calves. IF
the contrary is the case, however, it
would be best to reject them as breeding
animals. In case one of the twins is q
male, it is always a matter of doubt
whetper or not the heifer will breed.
Probably there is no more than one
chance in ten that she will. Among
fancy breeders the twin heifer is gener-
ally rejected except as show animal.
WE have heard of a skinfint in town
who had novel way last year Of getting
his two COWS pastured, says the Sara
togian. He hired pasturage for one,
but would alternate the two beasts,
driving number one home when she
had filed her stomach with grass, and
putting number two in the lot to take
the place of number one. In this way
he fed two COWS, but only paid for the
pasturage of one. And yet he had but
one cow in the pasture at one time.
How is that for thrift?
M. PLoUARD, lawyer of Andelys,
France, has invented new cider, said
to be very cheap and of excellent flavor
the peculiarly of which is that a
large proportion of sugar beets is mixed
with the apples before pressing; 80
pounds Of beets are mixed with 700
quarts of apples, or about IL pounds to
the 100 quarts. The beets and apples
are pressed together, then saturated
with water, left quiet in a cellar for
twenty four hours, and pressed anew.
This is repeated seven times. The in
ventor says he makes 100 quarts of cider
for eighty cents.
The growth of cucumbers for pickles
is made profitable business by many
farmers who live near pickle factory
Otherwise the cost of time in disposing
of the crop often eats up the profit
The crop might be made to pay well by
gathering the cucumbers when of a
proper size, or from two to four inches
in length, and packing them in brine,
IN clean, new oak barrels. In this
shape they are salable at about 81 hun
dred Ga barrel holding from 1,2OO to
1900 in any of the towns or cities
where lumberers and miners in the
northern part of Wisconsin and Mich
igan procure their supplies. Any per-
son who will take the trouble to pickle
them In pure cider vinegar can realize a
better price for them; $25 barrel has
been paid for them in this condition.
The trouble is to market them. IF sent
to Chicago or any other large city, they
go through a commission merchants
hands, and the expenses of sale until a
regular channel is found are very heavy.
The annual inquiry for good white
wash has commenced, and the follow
ing may be found useful: Take half a
bushel of freshly burned lime, Stake it
with boiling water; cover it during the
process to keep In the steam. Strain
the liquid through fine sieve, and add
to it seven pounds of salt, previously
well dissolved in warm water; three
pounds of ground rice, boiled to thin
paste, and stirred in boiling hot: one
half pound of powdered Spanish
whiting, one pound of clean glue, which
has been previously dissolved by soak