Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-16
THE FARM.

and perhaps closer. Feed well, and
have them !" come in " in good order
Good COWS will milk down ia flesh fast
enough if ever SO well fed afterwards
but every pound Of fat will be given
back in cream and butter-Anaericop
Stock Journal
The GARDEN.--A couple of acres. iu-
dlclously planted with sound seed of
choice varieties Of ali vegetables, and
properly tended, will prove the most
profitable portion Of the farm, by sup
plying abundant healthful vegetables,
all spring, summer and autumn, be-
sides filling the cellar with a rich sup
ply of healthy delicious food for all the
family during the winter, when it is most
desired. Maryland Farmer.
MILK Cows.-In cold weather a great
er amount Of food is needed to keep up
the necessary animal heat, and where
but q sufficient amount is given for this
purpose, how can much milk be ex-
pected? With a little extra pains, which
Will more than be made up by the extra
flow Of milk, this can be done. Good
hay, plenty Of water, and small guam
tlty daily Of some provender will be
found to pay well. - american Stock
Journal
+ FEED FOR HORsEs.-The most natural
feed for horse is WI ~ he can pick up
for himself, but as we cannot let him
run and pick his own living, let his feed
be as near natural as possible. Too
high or too low feed have both bad
effect. Hay alone, be it ever so good, is
not tit feed for a horse, whether working
or idle, they need grain, with an occa-
slonal feed of roots, bran mash, or
something to keep their bowels OPEN
american Stock Journal
To MAKE SAUsAGE.-To forty pounds
Of sausage meat cut the size of a wal
nut and spread over your table before
grinding, put one pint Of fine salt, half
a pint of ground black pepper half
pint OF slfted sage, one and half table
spoonfuls OF cayenne pepper These
ingredients well mixed, sprinkle over
your table of meat and mix it well,
then grind it, In olden times we used
to grind before seasoning, and oh the
aching shoulders and painful wrists
that was the result of mixing 200 or
800 pounds of meat after it was ground
and seasoned over and over again to
suit the taste of all the family. -Rurn
World
YOUNG PIGs.-Milk is supposed to be
the most proper feed for young pigs, as
a general rule, but the best authorities
on hog raising do not seem to hold to
this idea. They seem to look upon corn
meal Cruel as the best feed. It is made
by boiling one quart of corn meal in
four quarts of water, stirring well so as
to have 1t entirely free from Jumps,
AID cooking it thoroughly. The scen-
tlfic hog men are always careful to
have it cooked just the same wav everv
day, and to this end they cook by the
clock-put the meal in after the water
has commenced boiling and cook Just
so many minutes. A variation in the
cooking is said to work to disadvant
age.
THE EGG QUEsTIoN.-To get the best
result in eggs from your hens, TOO many
should not be kept together. If you
have large number better divide them
up into flocks of twenty or thirty in a
flock. 1t IS not necessary to keep a
cock with them unless you want them
for Matching, as they will lay as well
without, and the eggs will keep longer.
Give them all the room you can. The
less room you give them, the greater
care you must take of them. Provide
a box of dry ashes and road dust in
which little flour is mixed for them
to dust in. This will effectually keep
vermin off Of them. Whitewash your
| poultry house several times during the
year. Provide suitable boxes for them
to lay in and change the straw or hay
in them, sprinkling plenty of sulphur
into the nest to prevent vermin from
annoying the hens while laying.-PouE
try World.
A BUsHEL BY WEIGHT have per
sons ask how many pounds of certain
articles are required to make bushe]
is thing not at all unusual. For the
benefit Of all such as are not thoroughly
posted IN " weight measures" we would
state that shelled corn is reckoned at
5Spounds to the bushel rye, Sc pounds;
Irish potatoes, SO pounds wheat, 60
pounds; corn on the cob, 20 pounds ;
buckwheat, 50 pounds oats, 80 pounds;
sweet potatoes, so pounds onions, 81
pounds; beans, 60 pounds bran, 20
pounds clover seed, IS pounds ; flax
seed, IS pounds hemp seed, As pounds;
blue grass, IA pounds dried apples, "a
pounds; dried peaches, SO pounds of
peeled and SO pounds of unpeeled.
FINE HoGs.-Some of our Southern
farmers are of the opinion that fine
nogs cannot be raised in our section as
they are raised at the North. This is a
mistake. IF we devote the same atten-
ton to them that the hog-raisers do up
there we can secure the same results.
1t is our neglect that works against us
nothing else. TO give the reader an
idea of how they do it up North we
quote the following paragraph from a
leading Northern authority on hog rails
ing. Where is the Southern man who
has ever thought Of taking that much
pains with his hog pen? Whitewash
the pens and put little carbolic acid in
the whitewash Wash the troughs oc-
casionally with water containing half
mint Of or,,1o 40 rbO clio q old ~ - I'LL &c