Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-04
EARN AND HOUSEHOLD.

on every box, package, etc, offered for
sale, or be liable to a fine of $50. Let
the law be enforced.
IT is said that bag of hops, as large
as the two fists, placed in a grain bin,
will kill or drive away every grub or
Weevll IN the bin. The dead can be re-
moved by tanning. .....
OATMEAL and water is coming into
general use as q drink during hot wea-
Their for men and horses too, on Cana
dian farms. Experience has shown that
it is q grateful and Strengthening bever-
age.
The wool clip of 1878 is about 8 per
cent. greater than that Of the previous
year. New England fell off about 5 per
cent, the three north middle states 3
per cent, and the Pacific states 9 per
cent. All other states show an in
crease.
PARSNIPs contain almost twice as
much dry matter or real food as tllrnips,
and this Of "a superior quality. Carrots,
again, contain about as much dry sub
stance as mangolds, but are richer in
sugar, and of better feeding quality.
IMPROVE TIE FARM.-If the farmer i'm
proves his farm he improves his tinan-
cial condition. The more valuable he
makes it the more his capital stock is
increased, the larger will be his returns,
and when he dies the larger will be the
patrimony he leaves his family. Fix
up the old home then Clean out the
fence corners. Destroy the noxious
weeds. Grub out the hazel and sassa-
fras. Burn out the stumps. Clean off
the logs and stones. Make a paradise
on earth Of your farm, for are you not
to live on it while you remain on earth,
and will not your family live on it when
you lie IN yonder graveyard? Plant out
good orchards, so that your family may
enjoy the good fruit that you had the
foresight and energy to provide for
them.
/ EGGS AND MEAT-As a flesh producer,
one pound of eggs is equal to one pound
Of beef. A hen may be calculated to
consume one bushel of corn yearly, and.
to lay twelve dozen or eighteen pounds
Of eggs. This is equivalent TO saying
that three and one-tenth pounds Of corn
will produce, when fed to hen, one
pound of eggs. 4, pound of pork on
the contrary requires about five and one
tenth pounds of corn for its production.
When eggs are "a cents dozen and
pork ten cents pound, we have BUSH.
ell of corn fed, producing So SO worth Of
eggs and $1.05 of pork. Judging from
these facts, eggs must be economical in
their production and n their eating,
and especially ct for the laboring man
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COWs.--Cows accustomed to a great
variety Of food are invariably good eat
ers, and almost always heavy milkels.
Thus, the best cows in the neghborhood
are usually those Of poor men, whose
one cow is made pet Of and has all
sorts Of food. Such COWS are usually a
good bargain at almost any price, though
they rarely do as well when taken from
their old homes and turned in with
the less varied fare according to larger
herds. Milk men have learned that it is
important to give COWS q variety of food.
Hence their purchases of bran, meal,
! roots and Oil-cake. 1t may not pay
| farmers to take so much pains, but they
can promote the thrift of thyir herds
and their own profits by changing the
animals food as often as possible Cor
|1espOndence Country Gentleman. -.
T.. READ AGRICULTURE Dung man, be-
fore beg inning toread law, medicine Or
theology, ask yourself il, it would notbe
better to read agriculture and practice
1t. Are not the so-called learned pro-
! LESSONS crowded to their utmost capaci-
ty? Is there not q more inviting field
open before you as q learned farm er,
! than as a7learned lawyer, divine or doc
tor? 70 attain distinction in any Of these
professions, you viii, most likely, have
Ito go through the starving process for
fseverat years, and to labor harder than
any farmer labors. Think Of. these
things. If you don think Of them now
you will think Of them often before you
make a living by your profession. )If g.
f. Zoo MANY FENCEs.-I have often won
dered at the preference. of farmers for
i small fields. One often sees two. three,
or five acres enclosed by an old zig Tag
rail fence, and the whole farm, IN many
instances cut up into small sections:
I whereas. ,one-third the amount Of fenc-t
ting would be just as satisfactory and
much more pleasing to the eye Guilt
waited as it usually is, nearly a rod in
width Of the land is left for the propa-
cation Of briars, weeds, and thistles.
From what experience [ have had, l
arrived at the conclusion some time
since that the old-style, seven-rail staked
and ridered fence was the most expen-
siveethat could be built Post and rail
fences or board, are much neater, re-
YOU'RE less room and are not nearly so
liable to get out Of repair. And in re-
gard to small fields, We all, of course,
need SOME; yet that does not compelus
to divide all our land in the same man
ner.. Seventy acres Of ground calculat-
ed for a grain crop, all inclosed in one
field, is worth nearly double-one-third
! more at least-than the same area di-
vided into four small fields; that is con-
sidering the difference in time required
to cultivate each and the waste land
taken tip by the unnecessary fences.
! Large fields are more handy to till, are
saving of both land and fencing ma
terials, look much better, while it, re-
| ouireS less tim q tO keen the fences in