Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13

10 small runs or loose cages. this m eat
chopped up and mixed three times a
week with their soft food, will help the
younglings wonderfully Poultry World.
LOOK TO THE LAMBS they first
make their appearance in the world
lambs are very feeble animals. but if
/ they once get we'll started they are
likely to live, and if properly cared for,
do we'll The first day or two of its life
Is q critical period with a lamb. There
fore it is quite important for heep
owners to look after their flocks when
1t is time for the ewes to bring forth
their lambs. Unless they are defurmed
or extremely feeble, (which is seldom
the case nearly all lambs will live, il
they have q little care and attention
Probably a large proportion of them
would live if left alone, but many would
die. When the weather is calm they
need special attention. A severe chill
will be likely to be fatal unless prompt
and proper remedial means are used
The owner should visit the sheep yard
frequently during the time at which
lambs are expected. Every evening he
should attend to new corners, if there
are any which need help. To give
specific directions would require a great
deal Of space.
Ice NECESSARY IN THE DAIRY.-A
paper was lately read before the French
Academy ofScience which gave the re.
suits of many experiments. The milk
having been exposed at various temper
atures varying from SO degrees to 212
degrees Fahrenheit, elected the follow.
ing summary of facts:
The rise OF cream is more rapid al
the temperature to which the milk is
exposed approaches (32 degrees) the
freezing point.
The volume OF cream is greater when
the milk has been efectually cooled.
The yield of butter is also greater
when the milk has been exposed to d
very low tempe. ature.
Finally, the skinned milk, the butter
and the cheese are of better quality
when prepared under the above cir
cumstances.
KEEP THE BOYS ON THE FARM.-The
question Of keeping the boys on the
farm and the best possible methods fol
accomplishing this very desirable re-
suit may always be considered as open
to all who have suggestions to make
thereon. It is question in which New
England farmers are specially interest
ed and which they ought to be doing
something to solve And it seems
strange that in this center of the com
mon school system the farmers have
not seen in the school one of their prin
cipal aids, and have not shown more in
terest in what their children have beer
taught. Though these men are strong
friends of schools, and pay literally fol
their support, yet they allow in these
schools the teaching of branches which
will be of little value to the children
whom they greatly desire shall become
farmers, and this to the utter exclusion
Of branches which they ought to mas
ter. This, to say the least, is not at al
wise. AS the author of an essay reac
before the National Grange remarked
" more than half the farmers sons who
seek livelihood in the cities, 60 to q
baser calling and harder labor than they
would submit to on the farm" and they
are ready to do this because at schOo
they have been taught in "the knowl
edge and methods of statesmen, agents
and merchants, without even one text
book specially adapted to any part OF
rural life" Thus the school which the
farmer zealously supports, in the hope
that it will fit his sons for an intelligent
prosecu ion of the business in which he
is engaged, really becomes a potent
means Of drawing them away from
home. The boy who has graduated at
a Massachusetts high school finds him
self much better qualified for the pc
sition of bookkeeper Or agent, Or occu-
patton of merchant, teacher or survey
or, than he is for that Of farmer So il
happens that the educated boys leave
the farm to enter callings which are al
ready crowded, and where the prospect
of success is small, They ought to have
been SO educated that they would have
known something of the application Of
scientific principles to practical agricul
ture, and gladly chosen farming as then
work in life. It is high time that farm
ers should insist upon a change of stud
les in our country schools. They pay
for educating tn cir boys and they should
have the right to say in what specia
branches this education shall be given
N. e. Homestead.