Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-27
AGRICULTURAL.

yet felt the pillow.
About one hundred and TWENTY-FIVE
thousand bushels Of clover seed are an
nually sent from this country te
Europe.
Of the farms in Pennsylvania, II pei
cent. are cultivated by their owners, q
per cent. are farmed on shares, and {
per cent. are rented.
Indiana farmers say that either the
dogs must be killed off, Or they will
stop raising sheep. So much mischief
has been done to focks of fine sheep by
worthless ours recently that the raisers
are completely discouraged.
The Nebraska farmer says: Corn piles
in the yards in Nebraska are nearly as
plenty as wood piles in the east, and for
the same purpose, to wit: to burn for
fuel.
FoWLs.-Fowls drink water freely, but
they know just how much they need,
and when they have access to the fluid
clean, sweet and fresh, they imbibe no
more than is good for them. 1t is,
therefore, unnecessary to mix your
dough too thin, and sloppy, at the
morning feeding. Have the meal we'll
scalded, and feed the mixture to the
stock stiff and dry, comparatively. This
feed should, generally, be composed of
both corn and rye meal, with vegetables
say one-third each. In our own prac-
tice we have found this preferable, both
for the birds and as an economical oro-
vision, for the old or growing stock. A
little pepper occasionally in this dough,
and always salt, will improve the mess.
-Pouttsy WorM
CORN is not a sufficiently nutritious
food for pigs except for fattening. For
growing pigs there is nothing better than
bran with the corn, and milk if it can
be procured. Milk and equal parts of
bran with the corn meal will make a
good food for pigs. If grain has to be
grown for the feed, we should advise rye
as the best and easiest to be raised.-
american Agricauurist
COTTON AND COws.-If cotton is king.
the COW ought to be crowned queen
without delay. Statistics, recently COM
piled, show that in 1875 there were in
this country, 100000 mich COWS,
which, at $45 per head, represented a
capital of $45O,O0OOOO. In the same
year there were manufactured 2O3 1853,
6S5 pounds of cheese, and 625. 191 PIG
pounds of butter, and 326.5OO,59O gal
Ions of milk were sold, Besides this,
an enormous quantity of milk was con-
sumed in families, of which no account
can be taken, but evidently four times
the quantity sold, which would make
the total amount consumed and sold
100000, 1896 gallons.
This would make the probable yearly
yield of the cow in butter, cheese, etc.,
as follows: Cheese, 2,669,3S4 pounds,
at II cents per pound. $24 ,44O,327; but
ter, 625, 1O1 ,219 pounds. at 20 cents per
pound, $137 $40, O4S: milk, 100000 sos
gallons, at cents per gallon, $104, 16O,-
l91; and 100000 calves, at 81 per
head. $9,0O0,OOO Total, $275, 124, $50,
as the annual product of our dairy in
terestS.
These figures, it will be noted, are IN
several instances less than obtained in
this section. In 1875 the total value of
the cotton crop only slightly exceeded
10000, SO that the COW is not only the
equal, but the better of the monrach,
whose sway has SO long been acknowl-
edged.
GOOD BEDS FOR SrocK.-A good bed
for the horse, COW, and other stock kept
housed during the winter, goes much
further towards saving feed and keeping
stock thriving and comfortable. than a
large class of farmers and others are
willing to allow. Four tons of fodder
will more than equal five tons, where
damp, scanty bedding and hard, cold
uncomfortable standing places only are
provided. There are very few farmers
who cannot provide with little difficulty
or expense plenty of litter to give their
stock good, comfortable beds through
the usual season of necessary shelter
and stabling.
There is usually refuse fodder, straw
and much other matter which may be
thus utilized and made into manure by
this process, forest leaves and muck are
at his command very frequently, where
the disposition is not wanting, but the
whole involves some labor. What is
there in connection with the farm that
does not involve labor? The coarse
refuse fodder needs to be cut, or in some
way made fine, before gong into the
manure heap. This cutting up may be
made Il light matter where the will is
not wanting. For corn stalks, block
and part of an old scythe with a wood
handle affixed TO one end, will make
short work where any more eco
nomical implement is wanting.
Muck should be dug and we'll dried.
and then be housed conveniently for
use. Straw and other long litter should
be made shorter in some way before
passing into the manure heap for ease
in handling, Fine sand makes good
bedding material where it is to be had
and makes good dress
ing for any heavy sell Sawdust makes
about as comfortable bed as anything,
but all may not be able to procure it as
needed. Sawdust very frequently is al
lowed to go to waste at the mills, or is
used as fuel, but the farmer could
afford to pay fuel value, where within a
reasonable distance Of his place, for