Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-04
AGRICULTURAL.

of May. There is but one answer to
make: l. The apples must be good
keepers, free from bruises or blemish.
2. They must be spread out on shelves
or packed IN barrels. and kept in an at
mosphere of from 40 to 50 deg, better
from 40 to As deg.-that is tempera-
ture as equable as possible Some eel
lars are just the thing, and preserve
them beautifully. Others are too moist
Where this is the case q few bushels of
stone lime should be used. Sliding
shelves, SIX inches apart, latticed bot
tom with single layer of fruit, are ex-
tremely convenient, as they allow Of
constant examination without disturb
irg the fruit. A friend informed us
that with a large stand of these shelves
IN his cellar, with few inches of lime
on the bottom Of the cellar, he kept his
apples until May in perfect condition
and good havor.-SpirH Of arkansas.
HUMANE AND RATIONAL CURE FOR
HORSE COIIC.-Colic is one of the most
fatal diseases holsehesh is heir to. The
symptoms of collie are readily detected.
The animal scrapes with his forefeet,
kicks at the belly, and shifts about,
turns around, smells the floor, crouches,
puts the nose to the TANKS, lies down,
rolls, remains for q time on the back,
and breathes heavily throughout. But
there is a ready and safe means OF re-
lief and cure in every homestead in the
land-a means and method recently
brought forward at @ meeting of the
London Farmers Club, by Mr.. Frede-
rick Street, a gentleman of great skill
and experience in the training and
management of horses. When a horse
shows the symptoms Of an
attack of collie, apply at once,
says Mr.. Street, horse cloth,
or WOODEN rug wrung out of boiling wa
ter, to the belly and up the sides, and
cover with another couple of cloths to
retain the heat. AS they cool, renew
the cloths AS often as needful A large
bran pOultlce, as hot AS can be borne,
is equally effective and retains the heat
longer Western Agricuhurist
SENTENTToUs PARAGRAPHs.-At the
last meeting of the New York Farm
ers Club Dr. A. S. Heath read the fol-
lowing paper: A successful club must
have short, pithy, pertinent speeches.
A chairman active discriminating
and independent; not afraid to suppress
nonsense, garrulity or vulgarity He
should know that what is gracefully
done is easily and inoffensively done.
Soils, like silks, are best when fine. A
part Of the same field (similariv treat
ed, when finely pulverized, will yield
fully one-third more Of crop than the
other part cultivated in a slovenly way.
An orchard to be made fruitful and
have large, luscious fruit, must be
deeply cultivated between the rows,
but not too near the trees, and receive
a liberal supply of barnyard manure
and fertilizer as a top dressing in the
spring, with a good mulching in No
vember every year. Economy and
humanity both teaches us that to cook
food for all animals aids mastication,
promotes digestion and saves the raw
material. Deep blowing aids natures
chemical action, erates the soil, pro-
notes the absorption of ammonia,
prevents drought, and drains wet
soils. PHILADELPHIA Practical Farmer.
SMALL COMPOST HEAPs.-Now that the
fall clearing of gardens, yards and fence
corners needs attending to, the following
remarks from the Germantown Telegraph
upon easy made compost heaps, is very
appropriate advice: All farmers know
the value Of compost and how to pre-
pare it. Many farmers manufacture
hundreds of loads of the best manure
in this way. They gather together on
the premises forest leaves, cornstalks,
including the roots, weeds, vines, offal
from fence corners, muck from ponds
and bitches, occasional sprinkling of
lime through the mass, layers of barn
yard manure, and thus build up oblong
squares and let remain over winter.
When April arrives the mass has gone
through fern entation and combination,
and presents mound of fertilizing
matter better than a small gold mine
would be to the proprietor CT the farm.
But we want to see these compost heaps
in the garden, and there is no reason
why they should not be there as well as
upon the farm. There is rubbish enough
in the garden, with the assistance of
leaves, some mold from the woods if
attainable, if not, from portions Of the
premises where it can be spared, scrap
ings from the turnpike, manure from
the stable, and every attainable sub
stance that will decay through the win
ter. A little slaked lime will be good
assistance. A half dozen loads of ex-
cellent manure will be manufactured
by the time it is wanted in the spring,
without mourning a cent Of actual ex-
pense, and at the same time the garden
will be cleared of its vines, talks,weeds,
and all otherwise worthless trash.
DIVERSIFIED FARMING. Although
specialties areto be the prime motive in
all systematic farming, still variety
Of crops can not be too strongly rec
commended. The habit of many far
mers of putting their whole force upon
one staple article, is too risky, for uni
versal adoption. In a plan of this
kind, if the markets happen to be
over-stocked and prices low, the years
product is sold at very small profit,
and the farmer finds himself without
anv resort from which to make a profit.