Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-24
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THE FARM.


profitable than hens for home use, tax
ing into account the number and size of
the eggs laid by them. The solid mat
ter and oil IN ducks egg exceeds that
of hens egg by fully one-fourth.
BARN-YARD manure must remain, for
many years at least, the backbone Of
profitable farming; hence it should be
guarded with special care Manures
should invariably be under cover and
IN absence of proper shelter they should
be protected by thick coat of dry
earth, road scrapings, or suds and
mould
A NEW insect pest is announced. It
is a worm that eats the blossoms and
fruit of the cranberry. Its first appear
ance was on Cape Cod where it is al
ready regarded as a destroyer of 5000
bushels Of cranberries, and is still at
work. The insect has been examined
by Mr.. Taylor, microscopic 10 the de-
partment Of Agriculture. He finds that
it can be extirpated by busting the plant
with a miXtuee of crude napthaline and
| flour
To MILK A KICKING HEIFER.-A dairy.
man remarked that before sitting down
to milk a kicking heifer he put a
strap" attached to the end of rope,
into her nose, and tied the rope to pin
put into the scaffold girt over the man
ger, slightly elevating ner nose, and she
stood as quietly while she was MIXED
as the most gentle COW in the stable.
SMALL SHRUBs.-The owners of small
lawns and ornamental grounds are often
puzzled to know the best way to treat
small shrubs. If they are planted in
grass, they grow feebly, and they do not
succeed much better with small dug
circles about them The best way is to
allot to them certain distinct spaces
where they can be grouped together in
mellow, cultivated beds, and then to
adopt the methods employed in the gar
dens of the Thames Embankment in
London, the bare earth of the beds
being hidden by mignonette, Virginia
stock, and other small ANIMALS. These
ANIMALS operate, it is true, somewhat as
weeds in reducing the vigor of the
shrubs, but far less than grass surface.
THE CARE OF GERANIUMs. The gera-
NUNS which have lost their foliage
most probably need reporting. Shake
off all the earth from the roots, and set
them in soil which you have prepared;
press the fresh earth around the plants,
and give them a little water, keeping
them in the shade for aweek. Cut them
back if they are well grown They do
not require to be kept very warm, only
SO that they will not freeze The flow
ering maple must be taken out Of its
pot, and the roots washed. Scrub the
pot, and fill it with new earth, in which
reset the plant. Wash slus s off with
whale-oil soap, and if this does not
prove effectual, smoke the plant with
tobacco, by putting tobacco in saucer,
with a live coal on it, and holding the
plant over the fumes
WASHES FOR TREES. Charles Down
ing recommends soft soap as wash for
the trunks and large branches of trees,
put on as thick as can be used. Potash
is equally good, a pound being dissolved
in six quarts of water, and put on with
a stiff brush-the brush being kept in
water when not in USE Care is neces.
sary to prevent the potash from coming
in contact with the hands or clothes.
Mr.. Downing objects to the use of lime
wash, as giving the trees an unnatural
color, and forming, as an additional OBJ
lection, hard, stiff coating on the bark
The objection may be obyiated by us
ing fresh or sharp lime, and making the
wash SO thin that it will scarcely color
the bark at ALT will then do about as
well as potash. 1t should also be borne
in mind that stronger wash may be
used in early spring or in autumn while
the trees are dormant than during VIC
orous growth; and that the soft, thin
bark of young trees will not bear 50
strong or caustic wash as that on cider
! trees
HORSES IN THE FALL-Farm horses in
the fall are often ungratefully neglec-
ted. Their hard toll in hel ping with
the heavy work of the season over,
when only odd jobs await them, it is
too frequent a custom to dock them of
their grain and allow them to shift for
themselves on the pastures, often with
out needed shelter from the bleak winds
and early frosts of autumn nights. At
ter feeding awhile the poor animals get
chilled, and run about in search of
warmth, which they often find only at
Vic COSG VI ~ Slul1lUlo OF Iall, resulting
often in a sprain or a cut that injuries
or disfigures them for life. Then, when
warm and tired, they lie down to rest );
no wonder if they rise up stiff, spirit
less and not rarely suffering from a Sc
we're cold after their heated blood and
relaxed sinews have been exposed to
the blasts and frosts of a chilly night /!
When the days are not stormy, It is
we'll enough to let horses run in the
pasture, but every autumn night should
find them comfortably bedded and fed
in the stable. Ingratitude to our fellow
men is justly considered an odious vice,
but is there not often strong faint of it
also in the treatment of these noble
animals, to whose faithful help in all
kinds of drudgery farmers are deeply
indebted for full barns and comfortable
homes?
CONDENSED APPLE CULTURE. -Profes-
sor Beal,s of the Michigan Agricultural
College, gives the following admirable
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