Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-02-24
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
For the Farmer.

Dr.. SYLVESTER, of Western New York,
planted an apple orchard thirty three
years ago, and last year sold 1000 bar
rels from ten acres.
Mr.. MCDoNoUGH, of Illinois, says
that turpentine is good for hogs, pre-
venting in all cases, if used freely, the
hog cholera.
Mr.. KIRK, of Pennsylvania, says it
pays to grind hay for stock. Machines
have been made for this purpose. When
ground, it resembles ground oats, and
weighs 80 pounds to tle bushel.
Mr.. SCOTT, of Delaware county, Pa,
raised l, 1876 bushels of corn, calling 70
pounds bushel, on IL acres. This is
at the rate of 104 bushels per acre, but
~ pounds of dent corn. when husked,
will not make Sc pounds of shelled corn.
A COW in Michigan lost three inches
of her tongue in a peculiar manner last
week. She was hitched on the barn
floor, facing stall containing horse,
and while trying to lap salt through a
crack in the manger the horse caught
her tongue and bit it off.
Two horses, lost in Goodhue county,
Mimi. were found after eleven days alb
sence in the woods, where they had
strayed, and had been trapped by trees,
which blocked the wagon to which they
were attached. During the eleven days
they did not eat or drink, being short
checked, and neither of them had lain
down. They Will recover.
s'IowA PEOPLE," Columbus JUNCTION
A flock of turkeys, numbering about
800, was driven through our streets
Sunday morning. They had been gath
cred up in the neighborhood of Win
field, and were being taken to West
Liberty. They were well disciplined,
and kept together like flock of sheep.
Occasionally one would become unruly,
and leave the ranks, but would soon
join the rest again.
PROBABLY the most extraordinary
crop of mangolds ever grown is report
ed by the manager of Lord Warwick's
sewage farm, near bennington, Eng
land, who claims to have raised eighty
two tons (of 2, $40 pounds each) on one
acre in 1874. Tie beets were in rows,
twenty-four inches apart, and twelve
inches In the rows Tons of these could
have been selected, which would not ex-
coed 100 roots per ton.
The indianapolis Journal notes that
the standing walnu, trees on half sec
ton of land, in Mi. nj county, Indiana,
were sold recently for $1,000. There
is a large amount of other timber on the
tract which is not included, only the
walnut timber being sold. Walnut lum-
Der is coming more and more into use
throughout this country and Europe,
and at present very large business is
done III preparing and shipping it from
Indiana. Indiana has more of this tim
Der than any other state.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Cincinnati
Gazette, writing from Southern Ohio,
says he finds two and one-half bushels
of corn per acre the best quantity to be
sown for fodder He uses rich land, in
good condition, sowing about the mid
die of June, and harvesting soon after
it is in tassel He finds no fodder is
eaten with greater relish by horses and
cattle, but has difficulty in curing it.
Were he to try drilling instead of broad
cast sowing, giving the crop some clllti-
walton, he would doubtless be even bet
ter pleased with the result.
ENAMEL leather tops which have be-
come hard, but have not lost their color,
can be softened and much improved in
appearance by oihng them with pure
castor oil. The oil is readily absorbed
by the leather, and will not fry out IN
the sun. When the leather has turned
gray, apply coat of hatter's blacking.
after the oil has struck in, and rub well
with cloth to bring back the polish.
Most varnishes dry too hard to be used
on tops, shellac varnish being the only
kind that can be used with safety, but
this will crack unless the coat be applied
very thin.
AT a late meeting of farmers in Mas
sachusetts one man from New Hamp-
shire related his experience with a
mare, which had in nine years, besides
paying for her own keeping, and two
colts of hers which he still held, en-
abled him by her colts which he had
sold to pay So, 500 mortgage ON his
farm, and also paid the expenses of his
son in college.
Care of Swiue-EcOuomv i'm Food