Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-08-29

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winter and summer, it plainly shows
head in summer of early life and win
ter of old age
When his cattle are properly shielded
and fed in winter, it evidences that he
IS acting according to the scri pture
which says that ga merciful man is
merciful to his beast"
SELLING FROM THE THREsHER.-NIr
Aaron A. Webster an old farmer and
now the treasurer of the Peoples saw
ings bank at South Bend, Indiana, adj
vlses selling the wheat crop as soon as
it IS ready for market Taking one ten
years with another, he claims he has
realized more for his wheat than have
those who held it over winter for high e1
prices. His argument, as given in the
South Bend Tribune, is:
In selling his crop from the machine
he ran no risks whatever. The wheat
was delivered, he got his money, and if
he had no other use for it he put it on
interest. Had he stored it, there was
shrinkage, cost of storage, waste by YER
min,s loss of interest on the money in it,
and the risk from theft, fire, ETC., and
the still greater risk that lower prices
prevail long after than directly after
harvest. Mr.. Webster always kept a
strict account Of his wheat sales, and in
no ten years did he ever fail to realize
more than those who stored and waited
for a rising market, which in three cases
Webster's experience is worth CON
sidering
THE POTATO STARCH INDUSTRY
of the most important manufactured
products of the small country towns of
New York state is potato starch. and
although the total quantity of potatoes
consumed in the manufacture of the
article is relatively but small portion
of the entire crop of the United States,
which is estimated at 150,O0O,O00 bush
els annually, yet the amount of capital
represented by the potato starch indus
try is by no means insignificant, and its
yearly production in tons is frequently
estimated by five figures, and in dollars
by seven. 1t is believed that nearly
100000 bushels of potatoes are fire.
quently consumed per year in the states
of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
and New York in the production of po-
tato starch. This amount is three
Fights as large as the total potato crop
of Maine, three-fourths as large as that
of New Hampshire, three-fifths as large
that of Vermont, one-tenth as large as
that of New York state of the
same magnitude as that of Massachu-
sets, and much larger than the crops
of Connecticut or Rhode Island.
There are about 225 factories engaged
in the manufacture Of potato starch,
and probably all of them with one or
two exceptions are located in the States
of New York, Maine, New Hampshire
and Vermont. Probably the average
price paid for potatoes by starch manu-
factuTers during the past season has
been 20 cents per bushel The aggre-
gate annual production Of all the facto-
ries is usually from 5000 to 1000 tons.
A bushel of potatoes generally makes
eight pounds of starch, $50 bushels,
therefore, being required for a ton AS
the average market quotation of starch
IS about 5 cents per pound, it follows
that bushel Of potatoes brings only 40
cents after being converted into starch,
and the value Of the total production
of potato starch in the country is from
100000 to $1,2O0,OOO per annum.-
NeW York Commercial Bulletin.
A HUNDRED BARREL CIsTERN FOR
! FIFTEEN DOILARs.-As a rule, cisterns
can be built cheaper than wells can be
dug, while for service they are much
more valuable in this land of lime
stone and hard water. We have just
completed one Of 100 barrels, the cost
of which may be set down as follows:
Digging, $500; two barrels of cement
$3.50; mason for putting on two coats OF
cement, washing over and applying
coat Of soluble glass, $500 total, $13. 80
This was the original cost, but surface
water breaking through, necessitated
the use of more cement afterwards,
and increased the expense. The fol
lowing rule is a reliable one to follow in
ascertaining the contents of cisterns for
each foot In depth
Five feet in diameter. sc barrels
Six feet in diameter II barrels
Seven feet in diameter. .13 barrels
Eight feet in diameter. Ill 90 barrels.
Nine feet IN diameter. Id 10 barrels.
| len teet IN dlameter.......lS.6O barrels
To get one of hundred barrels the
hole was made ten feet in size at the
top, and nine at the bottom, and due
about SIX and q half feet deep, this
would really make it hold over the de-
sired quantity, but the cement put on
reduced the capacity to about one hun
dred barrels.
| The conductors, Of course, cost some
thing, as we'll as do the pump and the
| covering for the cistern, but when one is
bound to economic, the first and last
item can be made very small. Fence
boards can be nailed togeth er into a
trough, and poles can be split and care
fully laid over the top, while excavation
can be made by the owner himself dur
ing his leisure moments, and the five
dollars named in our bill of cost, saved
and applied to pump. Put the cement
right on the dirt-it is altogether prefer
able to bricking it up-and when all is
on, get, if possible, some soluble glass
and spread a coat on. 1t will give it a
glazing that will take away the taste OF
the cement and keep your water sweet
If you cannot obtain it in your place, ii
may be found at the Asbestine stone