Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-01
THE FARM.

That naught is as it should be on this earth,
That grievonsly the world needs to befxed-
That nothing we can give has any worth,
That times are hard that life is full Of care
| OF sin and trouble and unit owardness,
That love is folly friendship but snare? q,
PrIt! COW, this is no time for aZinesS 10 I'll
| The cud thou chewest is not what it seems!
Get up and moo! Tear round and quit thy
Losses by failures recorded during a
few weeks past among the stock breed
ers of the famous bluegrass regions of
Kentucky, aggregate more than 81 ,OOO,-
600.
FROM chemical standpoint the roots
of an acre Of clover contain 1876 pounds
of nitrogen, $40 pounds of lime, As
magnesla, rs potash, 10 pounds of soda,
"a sulphur, and 20 pounds Of phosphor-
ic acid.
LAST year 10,OOS horses, 533 asses,
and SO mules were slaughtered at "61
horse butchers" establishments in Paris,
France. An establishment of the kind
is soon to be opened in London.
SECRETARY OF STATE EvARrs is famous
for raising large cattle. He has Just
sold from his Windsor (Vt.) farm, yokes
Of oxen that weighed $3.50 and 1851
pounds, and two COWS that weighed
400 pounds each.
To WASH GREASY WooL-Dissolve a
large tablespoonful of borax in pint of
boiling water. Mix one quarter of it in
the water in which the wool is to be
washed. Put In one piece of goods at
Il time, using soap if needed, and if
necessary add more of the borax water.
Wash well and rinse in cold water, or in
water only slightly warmed. Shake
well, and hang whore the goods will dry
quickly. For twenty-six years / have
used for washing my white hannels water
about as hot as would be used for cot
ton clothing. My fannels are beautiful
ly soft as well as white l never have
any shrink.
THE statistician of the Department of
Agriculture, at Washington, says that
half the counties of the United States
show that the number of hogs rails ed
annually is nearly 20,OO0,OOO OF this
number nearly 100000 are annually
affected by disease, and of the hogs so
affected. about one-half die. represent
ing a money loss of about $1O.0OO,0OO
annually. Reports from forty-nine
counties in Indiana show that 1884, O32
hogs are raised annually. At the same
proportion rs before we should have
about 1000 hogs affected with the
cholera in the forty-nine counties, or
SAC, 800 in the state.
PRESERVING FENCE POsTs.-The AMER
ican Chemist says: Wood can be made
to last longer than iron in the ground.
Posts can be prepared for less than two
cents piece. This is the recipe: Take
boiled linseed oil and stir it in pulver-
lied charcoal to the consistency of paint.
Put coat of this over the timber, and
there is not man who will live to see
it rot" Like many other sayings and
recipes, this statement is made by
man who evidently has never had proofs
of what he says; yet am sure that two
or three good coats Of this mixture, on
the parts Of the posts that 60 into the
ground, will prove good preserver for
them; but single coat will not suffice.
The charcoal should be finely pulver
lied, and the first coat should not con-
tain much charcoal, as the Oil should
be free to fill up the outer pores of the
wood, when the charcoal may be freely
applied. But let no one expect this to
preserve posts made of wood that soon
decay naturally, but use oak, chestnut,
or cedar, and apply three coats of this
paint; and your children probably will
see them in state of 1decay-not you,
unless you live to be very old.
PROPAGATION OF CoNIFERoUs TREES. =
An English writer remarks that "there
are two golden rules to be observed in
propagating coniferous trees. and they
are easily remembered: /. Cuttings
should be made when the growth is only
partially ripened, as they will then root
quickly, and (2) seeds should be sown
as soon as they are obtained, especially
when imported" Practically, cuttings
of many conifers may be grown at any
season, especially arbor vites, expresses,
ETC., but the above plan is almost imper-
alive with some species that are increas-
ed with ditticulty. Cuttings should always
be small and carefully prepared; re-
move few of the lowest leaves, then
dibble closely in a pot half filled with
crooks, and the rest clipped moss or
peat, with two inches of silver-sand on
the top. Shut up close and keep mod
erately moist till rooted. Too much
moisture will cause them to rot, and too
little will make them shrivel Seeds
freshly removed from cones are much
more likely to grow than those which
have been separated for some time.
Sow in pots of loan well-drained,. and
place in a cold frame. ~. Y. Tribune.
| PROTECTING TREES AGAINST WORMS. -
The bandage system is the only effec-
tual protection we have seen against the
operations of the worm in fruit trees.
We repeat again that in not single in
stance have we ever had worm in our
dwarf pear trees where this was prop
erly attended ato It is simply to ban
dage the bottom of tree with any kind
of muslin or cloth and tie it, letting the
bandage be about six inches above the
ground, and two inches below. It
should be applied as soon as the ground
is in fit condition to go upon. These
bandages should be removed at the end
of October, but it will do no harm to
let them alone, only that they remain
in good condition foraanother season.