Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-28
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

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ashes and salt, twice week.
CHARCOAL pulverized and mixed with
water is highly recommended for reliev-
ing cattle suffering from any derange-
ment of the stomach, such as bloat, how
en-, etc.
OATS supply more nourishment and
hesh-lnaking material to horses than any
other food, but oats alone are not condrl-
Give to the best results. Mixed food is
best.
Hoes are sometimes troubled with
disordered stomachs. The best antidote
is charcoal. Aside from charcoal, char
red corn cobs, or charred corn, have a
good effect.
EXERCISE great care in the selection of
calves for raising. An extra dollar
spent in procuring a thrifty one with
good limbs will be better investment
than If placed at interest.
II lamb when firso dropped becomes
chilled, o te0spoonful of rum given with
twice that quantity of warm water, will
be excellent to restore warmth and re-
vive its strength.
PATENT tube COW mixers are pro-
nounced humbug by English dairy
men. They not only lessen the yield of
milk, but in some cases have actually
spoiled the cows
KEEP barrel of gypsum in the stables
where COWS are kept, and sprinkle the
floor with it after,the stalls are cleaned.
1t is a valuable absorbent of liquid ma
nure, and an excellent deodorizer
Try making q compost heap this year.
Use the refuse vegetable matter, and
whatever will decay. Pile it in heap,
soak it SO as to assist fermentation. and
| izing material.
The value of dry wood for fuel as
compared with green is nearly double,
especially when we take into account the
time it takes to start good fire in the
morning. Moral: Lay in years stock
| ahead.
| BUCKwHEAT straw, which heretofore
has been considered of little value, has
of late been utilized by some of the wes-
tern farmers by chopping it fine and add
ing meal to it. A small quantity fed to
stock occasionally would be relished, no
doubt.
The following kinds of fruit are found
to succeed admirably on both volcanic
and alluvial soils, viz: The apple,
cherry, black and red c1lrrants, goose
berry, flbert and cob nuts, plums,
ounce, medlar, chestnut, raspberry,
strawberry and walnut.
FARMERS sons and daughters should
be acquainted with botany, learn all
parts of a plant, the relations of one
part to another, and of each to all. They
should also learn what is the appropriate
food of different species and the condi-
tons under which they appropriate their
food.
Mr.. TAYLOR, of Burlington, Vermont,
says he has tried wood and stone jars
for putting up butter, and finds that
butter from the same churning, part put
up in stone jars and part in tubs, that in
jars will keep year in good condition,
while that in tubs would become frowy
In three months.
AN Indiana farmer asks this pertinent
question: els it not better to feed corn
to my COWS, every bushel of which will
make three pounds of butter, worth from
Is to 20 cents per pound, giving 81
cents per bushel for my corn at the door,
with the manure left on my farm, rather
than to sell it at 80 and 35 and impoverish
my farm?''
PRUNE currants and gooseberries now;
abundant manuring and mulching will in
crease the size of the crop and the fruit.
So soon as the leaves are of much size
the 8" worms may be expected. Exam
inc the under surface of the lower leaves
for the eggs, and destroy all that are
found When holes are seen in the
leaves apply white hellebore, either
sprinkled dry OF mixed in water, table
spoonful or SO to pailful of water. It
is better to first scald the hellebore in a
little boiling water before adding it to
the pail containing the cold water. Keep
stirred
In regard to white Russian spring
wheat, I would say that [ have raised it
for several years, and find it superior to
other varieties in every respect. I first
procured four pounds from Wisconsin;
the first product was 50 pounds, the Sec
ond year it yielded at the rate of 80
bushels per acre, and [ have since OBJ
tanned good yields, always more than my
neighbors with other varieties. Its good
qualities are, it is bald, the straw is stiff
and bright, always standing up well, a
good yielder, and makes No. l flour. 1t
has no poor qualities
A MIXTURE of kerosene and lard will
remove lice if it is well applied It
should be used all over the skin and
brushed into the hair thoroughly. It
will be more effective if some sulphur is
added to it. Take one pound of lard,
one pint of kerosene oil and four ounces
of flowers of sulphur; rub these well to-
gether; smear some of it over a horse
brush, and brush the horse with it until
the hair and the skin are all touched;
give the colts each one ounce of sulphur
daily, and as soon as She coats are brush
ed with the lard mixture cover with
blnnkets.
IT is said that barley is in more gener-
al use than any other grain and that it
was the first grain cultivated for food.
Barley is the favorite crop to be followed
| nv wheat as If is harvested early on6