Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-23
AGRICULTURAL.

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manure, always depends on the quail
ity ftheir food.
MORE than one-half of the total popu-
latlon OF France depends on agriculture
as means Of living.
OVER 1000 farmers in Maine have
taken hold of the beet-sugar enterprise,
and are raising this root for the factory
in that state.
RooT crops of all kinds are usually
crowded; one well-developed and quick
ly-grOwn root is better than two or three
starved ones.
lHE German colonies near Marengo,
Iowa, were established twenty years ago;
they now own 10000 acres of land, val
ued at $50 per acre.
WEEDS about the walls and buildings
should be cut before permitting them
to mature seeds, and burned. A single
weed neglected will be q frightful source
OF evil next season.
1t is computed that Minnesota is
capable Of producing 7OO,OOO,OOO bu.
OF wheat annually, and that the water
power OF Minneapolis alone can manu-
No animals unless we'll fed at all
times can give q constant return for the
food consumed, and no pasture is safe
from injury by over feeding if overrun
in dry weather by herd of poor, hun
CRY animals.
THIS item is going the rounds: at
may net be generally known that COM
on
the bite OF a rattlesnake, if applied soon
enough. An incision may be made to
the depth Of the wound made by the
tangs OF the snake, and into this cut the
soda should be sprinkled. 1t will i'm
medlately bubble up and turn green,
caused by the action of the soda in
neutralizlng the acid of the poison"
DISSOLVE common salt in water,
sprinkle the same over your manure
heap, and the volatile parts of the am
monla Will become fixed salts, from
their having united with the muriatic
acid OF the common salt, and the soda
thus liberated from the salt will quickly
absorb carbOnic acid, forming carbonate
of soda; thus you will retain with your
manure the ammonia that would other
wise fly away, and you have a new and
important agent introduced, viz: the
carbonate of soda, which is powerful
solvent of all vegetable r.-Utautou-
qua Farmer.
The MeXicans have a method OF sub
dung fractions horses and such as are
inclined to RIM away which might be in
troduced here with profit. A hood or
wlnker is so arranged that the driver or
rider can III an instant draw it directly
over the eyes of the animal, efiectually
blindfolding him. When this is done
the horse instantly becomes quiet, and
a repetition of the blindfoldjng two or
three times gradually results in his be-
coming quiet and docile. Such an ar
rangement would be valuable appen-
dage to the headgear Of such horses as
are disposed to run away.
A prominent feature of the wool
market recently is the purchase and
shipment to Great Britain, for English
houses, Of several hundred thousand
pounds of Cape and Australian woods.
These woods, it seems, are higher across
the water than here. This is somewhat
encouraging to the wool interest here,
and simply illustrates the fact that
WOO, ALSO, is a marketable commodity in
England. The day may not be far dis
tant when America can raise part Of
the wool for foreign supply, Oh, what
would be far better, to supply an in
creased demand from such American
manufacturers as. should secure a for,
elgn trade for the manufactured goods.
A method in pra ctice among the
best butter makers in England for rem
derlng butter firm and solid during the
hot weather is as follows: Carbonate of
soda and alum aroused for the purpose,
made into powder. For twenty pounds
OF butter one teaspoonful Of carbonate
OF soda and one teaspoonful of DOW
dered alum are mixed together at the
time Of churning and put into the
cream. The effect of this powder is to
make the butter become firm and solid,
and give it a clean, sweet flavor. 1t
does not enter into the butter, but it's
action is upon the cream, and it passes
Oft with the buttermilk. The ingre-
dlents of the powder should not be
mingled together until required to be
used, Or at the time the cream is in the
churn ready for churning.- Cincinnati
Price Current. '., ,s--.g. Il
American trotting horses are in de-
mand IN England. The farmers cry for
them. A Hampshire farmer writes to
the London Agricultural Gazette and
says: Il see the subject of introduce
ing the fast trotting horses Of America
is being preached. [ sincerely hope it
will not be allowed to drop. [ usually
have two nag mares covered annually,
and here in East Hants there is nothing
IN slres to be met with but cart horses
and broken-down racers Or such other
leggy brutes All sorts Of stock are
being improved except our nags. 1t is
to be hoped that Americans will be
represented at the great show in Lon
don next year, when [ feel sure the
horses will not be allowed to return.
[ should be glad to subscribe 2.or even
5 guineas toward getting a good ex-
hibition of them.-Mdssochasetts
Ploug1ln,a11