Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-11-06
AGRICULTURAL.

In France, parsnips are very COM
mon horse food.
An orchard and vineyard of ten
acres, lying short distance north of
Stockton, CAL, was recently sold for
5000 an acre.
Owing to the famine in China a
large demand for breadstuffs from the
Pacific slope has been developed, and
ali the steamers from San Francisco for
China go out fully loaded with flour.
Modoc county, CAL, boasts timothy
81 feet ia height, with heads 7 inches
In length; oats over 6 feet in height, and
thick as they can stand and club wheat
that will yield from fifty to sixty BUSH
els.
A superior grating wax may be made
by mixing one pint linseed oil, six
pounds rosin, and one pound beeswax.
The oil will admit of a much greater
proportion of rosin than where tallow
is used
There are in Ireland 581 1868 small
farmers, being 30 more. than in 1876.
OF these 81 $40 hold not above l acre,
sc, 637 not above acres, 163,917 not
above Is acres, 1904 not above so
acres, 20, al not above 200 acres, and
1,51S above 500 acres.
Manure applied to anything now will
work wonders. It furnishes the means
and lets the plant know beforehand,
that business is going to be brisk next
season.
Here's big farm, if floating para
graph is to believed: A farm sixty
miles long and ten wide, in one tract,
mostly fenced, is that of Miller & Lux,
cattle monopolists of California. They
have $4,000 head of stock, Own 100000
acres of choice land, and are rated as
worth $15,0OO,000.
Mr.. Josiah Hopes, writing of Glide
bound Trees" says: "Like every other
gardening ope ration, this, too, is liable
to be overdone, but a slight cut, merely
through the outer layer of bark, when
the tree is suffering, will bring relief,
and SO far as have observed, does no
evil"
On stiff clays, barley may yield a
greater produce, but it is of a coarser
quality On light cbalky soils, it is
IllIl-oklllIlCu, It'll III COIOl, dlu, luOugIl
light in weight, we'll adapted for malt
ing. On loomy lands and sandy marls.
it assumes a greater plumpness, yet,
still retains its mailing quality.
One great leak on the farm is found
in the way stock is kept. Some try to
stop the leak by seeing how small a
quantity of food will sustain life, and
often succeed by having their stock al
most entirely leak away; whilst their
neighbor who feeds bounteously does
not have this leak to contend With, but
generally has profit to apply to the
stoppage Of other leaks.
To keep sweet potatoes, take COM
mon sand and have it perfectly dry;
then dig the potatoes before the vines
are frosted, Or as soon thereafter as pos
sible; have the potatoes perfectly dry,
and then take boxes or barrels and put
in a LAYER Of sand, then a layer of pota-
toes, and SO on until the barrel is full.
Then place in dry place where they
will not freeze. ....
"RURAL, Jr.," says: we have
learned by experience that early gath
cred winter apples keep the best. AS
soon as fruit has attained its full size,
we advise that it be picked. In Central
Illinois this will occur by the last of
the present month; further north a
few days earlier. A few days neglect
Of this important duty may cause the
premature ripening of the crop"