Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-12
AGRICULTURAL.

FEED turnlps to mich COWS Just after
milking. The milk will not then be
turnip favored
A SOFT, firm, velvety skin is nearly
always found on q good COW, and a
thick hard hide on poor one.
KEROSENE will soften boots or shoes
which have been hardened by water,
and render them as pliable as new.
FILL up all depressions in the surface
soil around the buildings, so that there
may be no standing water, no matter
how much rain may fall. -....
THE introduction Of the cultivation
of the mangle wurtzel into Great Britain
took place in 1886, and formed almost
a new era in British industry.
WHEN commencing your agricultural
life remember that industry, economy
and integrity will insure success, and
form the best capital that can be en-
ployed. -....s ...--.re. ..-a
OATS vary in quality with the soil on
which they are grown. The meal made
from oats grown upon clay land is the
best in quality, is the thr1ftiest,"
keeps the longest and is worth the
HlSbSot pIlCS.
THE heaviest turkey that we have
heard OF is the one sent to President
Johnson in 1866 by the Union Club, of
Stamford, Conn. This bird turned the
scales at forty-seven pounds, alive and
was not two years old. .....
AN excellent farmer says that for
every sheep he kept last year he sold,
in lambs and wool. an average of SIS
worth per head. He said also that his
sheep paid him better than anything
else grown on his farm. .-....l
BREEDING ewes should be fed daily
ration of about one gill Of corn, or,
better still, about one pint of oats.
They should be warmly sheltered from
cold winds and drenching rains. Such
treatment will give strong healthy
lambs. -ta aa"@
Buy a coal oil barrel; knock one head
in; take bunch Of old hay, set fire to
it, and throwit in the barrel; let it burn
until the slaves commence to burn;
put it out by turning the barrel upside
down; scrape the Goals off, and you
have a good, sweet barrel. .@5ar
No animal should be killed for food
Immediately after violent exercise.
| Under such conditions tse meat will
keep but very short time, and some
times it is impossible to keep it sweet
with all the salt that can be used. Hogs,
especially, should be butchered early
IN the morning after q quietrest during
the night. .....4t
Every farmer may not be able to
reach the maximum Of production, yet
he can make his land produce what he
needs and what an accommodation
market Will pay him we'll for, when he
mas it in excess of home wants. No
farmer in the land, however poor his
soil may be at the outset, has any ex-
cuse for not making every acre con-
tribute to his own and the general good.
A GOOD and cheap rack in which to
place fodder for sheep may be made of
rough boards nailed at the corners to
scantlings. A good size is 10 by %
feet. Two boards, 1 foot wide, with d
space of 9 inches between them, con-
sttute the sides aud ends. The edges
of the boards next to the opening should
be rounded to prevent injury to the
necks of the sheep.
Mr.. VIM. FOSTER, says the Hartford
KY, Heruld, has Poland China SOW
that has dropped forty-slx pigs inside OF
the last two years. In December, 1876,
she dropped nine; the next was In
September 1877, she dropped eleven; III
April 1878, she dropped seventeen, and
in this month she dropped nine. A
single brood SOW like this is enough for
any ordinary farmer.
The more the agricultural situation
is discussed, whether by the press or IN
public meeting, the more general he
comes the conviction of the Importance
of agriculture in the nations welfare.
1t is of importance to the whole COM
munity that the land should be worked
to the highest advantage. The farmers
themselves are fast rising to q proper
appreciation Of the value and dignity of
their calling. .s as4 81
ScrrUATE, Mass, is almost tie only
place in the country where carragreen,
or Irish moss, used in Jellies, blanc
mango, and in making lager beer, is
gathered and cured. About $50 fam
lies are engaged in the harvest, the
men gathering the moss with long rakes
into dorles, while the wives and daugh-
ters prepare it for market Tue annual
product is 10000 to $4,000 barrels,
worth to the gatherers about $4,000.
HORSE raising has become a large
business on the western plains. Some
of the herders on the Yellowstone have
from 500 10 1,5OO head, and are MAX
| ING fortunes bv selling the three-year-
olds at $50 to 500 each. No grain is
fed and no stabling is provided, abund
ant grass and rough sheds sutficing.
The business is exceedingly laborious
and risky, an entire herd being some
times lost in q single night by scattering
or by an Indian raid.
A SINGULAR chemical change is some
times effected by the mixing OF the
cream of full mich COW with one
we'll along with calf, or if it is not
chemical change, what is it? The
cream, as above indicated, has been