Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-29
AGRICULTURAL.

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LEAVE all winter pears on the tree as
long as there is no danger of severe
frosts.
TAKE the topmost ear of corn for seed,
and select it from those stalks which
bear the greatest number of ears.
Fowl houses and yards should be we'll
drained; low, damp grounds are very
unhealthy for chickens. A hillside is
the best location for a poultry house.
CLOVER or grass lands require lime,
that in the form of stone lime or mari
should be artifcially supplied where the
land is deficient.
COOKED vegetables are good for young
stock. Cook and mash and mix with
scalded corn; it is healthful and eco
nomical way of feeding.
CORN stalks and leaves are more nu
tritious if cut green. Much ia lost if
the shocks are permitted to remain until
late in the year.
ADDITIONS should be made to the
manure pile on every possible occasion.
The amount of fertilizing material regu-
lates the farmers prosperity.
No one breed of cattle, horses or sheep,
best for all localities and purposes, will
be the wise and sensible platform upon
which all good farmers and breeders must
stand.
IF chicken growers will cut some sods
before frost comes and pile them up
under cover, they will be found very
handy to throw to the chickens when
winter comes.
In gathering late potatoes all that are
dug should be put away safely before
night. At this season it will not be safe
TO Leave this tender tuber exposed over
night, as slight frost may spoil many.
IF strawberry beds are protected this
winter, it il of Importance that the
material used should not cover the soil
with seeds. Probably straw or even the
leaves and small stalks of corn are as
good as anything that can be used.
The varieties of winter wheat possess
the habit of &c tillering' to far greater
extent then spring wheats, which gives
the former preference among growers
On account of its average higher yield
per acre.
To" milk potato hilP' dig down
where the earth is cracked open over q
potato hill, and take out the largest pota-
to. With little experience you can
soon learn to find one or two large pota-
toes in hill, and leave the balance Of
the hill undisturbed, to mature.-Prac.
teal Farmer.
A FARMER has experimental with
manure taken from his barn-cellar under
cover and exactly the same manure
dropped just outside of the cellar, and Of
course exposed to the weather. The
crop from the former was just about
double that from the latter.-LoweW
Courier.
In order to prevent the injurious
effects of late spring frosts upon the buds
of fruit trees, German gardeners practice
the plan of digging trenches in the earth
near the roots of the trees, and filling
them with blocks of ice, which are COW
cred with the soil. This is done on
nights when frosts are anticipated, and
it is said with good results.
ANOTHER enemy to wheat growing is
reported in the shape of weed some
what resembling cookie. In some parts
of the east it has become so abundant as
to cause serious alarm, especially so in
North Carolina, where it springs up
simultaneously with the grain, and near
ly snothers it. The people have given
it the name of Clutch cockle."
MANURE applied broadcast to mead
ows early in autumn or later, if it mas
not been done sooner, increases the lux
uriance of the growth before winter and
gives the grass an early and luxuriant
start in the spring. Manure, which was
to coarse or fbrous early in the season
has rotted enough, if piled in heaps, to
spread we'll.
In applying night soil to pear trees,
which he does once in two or three years,
Mr.. Baldwin Coolidge, Of Lawrence,
places it in series of holes dug around
the trees, and from four to six feet from
the tree to the nearest edge of the holes.
The place is covered after the night soil
is applied, and its effect upon the growth
of the tree is wonderful.
A FARMER writing to an exchange
says: 81 had q mare some years ago
that had a large wart on her side, where
the harness rubbed and kept it sore. In
summer the flies made it worse. To
prevent this I put on good daub Of tar,
and in a few weeks the wart was killed
and disappeared. I have frequently
tried it since on cattle and horses and
seldom had an occasion to use second
application. The remedy is simple and
efectual."
A GOOD way to preserve sweet pota-
toes for use in the winter or seed in
spring is to dry them well in the sun
after taking from the hill, and, placing
them loosely in small boxes that hold a
half bushel or more, add dry sand or dust
to fill the interstices and place the boxes
where there is no possibility of freezing
and where the air will be dry. A back
chamber over the kitchen FIRE is a capt.
tai place for them.
A FARMER writes: The surest and
most profitable crop is the osier or basket
willow. I have had good success in rails
ing it on my cranberry lawn; a muck
bottom well drained needs no manure.
It must be cut close to the ground every
wear which will cause it 70 grow thick