Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-14
THE FARM

| oAlC AAShSop P1aloO VI gas tdI lOIs Jdlut-
ing wagon wheels, stating that It tightens
tires and spokes better than anything
else that can be used lue belcl5 1l
p "YEARs ago, I was told by, a young
ScOtchman that il [ would feed my
sows plenty of sulphur for several days
previous to narrowing time, as we'll as
occasional " afterward, would have no
trouble. In an experience of fifteen
years | have found ito work like a
charm" inb ooi3,a'2 no aqog4s ne9
= Com FOB. SEED.-Use only grains
from the middle OF the ear, rejecting the
butts and tips. Our experience has
been that ears from the butts are short
and thick, while those from the tips
have fewer rows and thin stalks. The
grains from the middle of the ear have
larger, germs and more substance to
nourish the sprouts. "rHi
TAPE WORM IN CUCUMBERs.- THE
dietetic reputation of cucumbers is bad
enough already, but it is likely to be-
come worse now that DR.. Leidv of
Philadelphia has discovered that they
are liable to be infested with tape worm.
At meeting of the academy of science,
Philadelphia, he exhibited specimen
of tape worm taken from the inside of
large cucumber. It is said to have had
all the characteristics Of true tape
worm, but belonged to an unknown
species, the peculiarly being that the
ovaries, containing the round, yellow
eggs, are confined to the anterior ex-
tremity Of the gment.-Boston Journal
of Chemistry.
PASTURE IN SPRING.-Great care
should be exercised in making the
change from hay to grass diet. When
cattle are tdriven to the pasture in the
morning and brought home at night,
any deficiency of food in the pasture
can be supplied at the barn, but when
cattle are sent to the pasture during the
summer they are not ordinarily sup
piled with hay. If driven there early
they are half starved for few weeks,
while, if turned out late on rank grass,
they will. if driven directly from the
barn, suffer greatly from the derange-
ment of the digestive organs which will
follow such a radical change. 4 good
plan is to turn cattle into home pas
ture for few hours day for two or
three weeks, feeding also hay; they will
thus sbe prepared for living on grass
alone, and, having become accustomed
by moderate exercise to walking, they
will drive more readily than if Kept in
the stable until time to start. -
ABOUT EGas.-We have seen dyspep-
tics who suffered untold torme nts with
almost every kind of food; no, liquid
could be taken without suffering; bread
became a burning acid; meat and
milk were solid liquid fire; and we have
seen their torments pass away and their
hunger relieved by living on the whites
bling water for thirty minutes. At the
end of week we have given the half
yolk of the egg with the white, and upon
this diet alone, without fluid of any
kind, we have seen them begin to gain
flesh and strength and quiet, refreshing
sleep. After weeks of this treatment
they have been able, with care, to begin
other food. And all this without taking
medicine. Hard boiled eggs are not
half SO bad as half-boiled ones, and ten
times as easy to digest as raw eggs,
even in egg-nogg.-Indiaaa Farmer.
APPLICATION OF ASHES. Ashes are so
valuable fertilizer for most all soils, es-
pecially for light, dry and sandy soils
that they can hardly be applied amiss,
put on at almost any season and in al
most any manner. They are highly
valuable as a top dressing for grass
lands, for small fruits, for Indian corn,
applied alone; and likewise from
most important ingredient in the COM
post heap. Twenty bushels of leached
and ten of unleached per acre, form a
good dressing for lands. Experiments
at the Maine state college farm show
that ashes were more lasting in their
effects on grass than any other fertilizer
applied. The soil was a strong clay
| loam. We have been general rather
than definite in speaking of the guam
tity OF ashes to be used per acre. Be
fore having been leached, wood ashes
contain about eight and one-half per
cent. of potash, possibly one or one and
a half per cent. may be left, and some
other soluble matters. 1t is true that a
few soils may be so changed with pot
ASH that crops growing On them will
Lot be markedly increased by an appli-
cation of ashes of quaptity above speci-
fed, but as also stated most soils will
be grateful for their presence.-Pza,ater
and Grange. d" '.~' 'a--4.. ~ = ST.,
TRAINING SADDLE HoRsEs.-Some re-
cent inquiries from a correspondent on
this subject we submitted to Captain e..
N: Jennings, of this city, who favors us
with the following reply:-'In answer
to the questions on training saddle
horses, by E. P, must not say that it
is good rule to use first class saddle
horse il harness. or vice versa, and
horsemen all know that to use trotter
to saddle is to shorten his gait and get
him IN the habit of cantering. AS soon
as horse finds it easier to canter or to
rum as it is commonly called, when
going fast he will invariably take the
latter gait. But with the ordinary
buggy horse or saddle horse, if properly
trained, it will not make any difference.
The writer has trained a good many
horses for saddle and harness purposes,
both in Europe and America, and
knows that the best saddle horses in
the world are never harnessed until
their services to saddle are over. In