Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-03-03
FARM NOTES.

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farmer forevermore be honored in his
calling, for they who labor in the earth
are the chosen people of God"
The best herds of dairy COWS i'll this
country yield from 600 to 800 pounds of
cheese per COW. Few Of these are thor
oughbreds, but are selected from the
best grades of the various breeds.
The lettuce disease is not new trou-
bic, but one that has done much havoc
In market gardens, especially in old ones,
near large cities. The trouble is caused
by fungus, closely related to the grape
mildew.
BUTTER properly worked presents q
grain which overworking destroys, Civ
ing it a greasy or salvy appearance. The
latter has dull look, instead of bright,
sparkling appearance, when the knife is
drawn through it.
HE Ingalls, COW, native with long
horns and large belly, when she run to
pasture and had two quarts of meal per
day, gave the first week nineteen pounds
the second week twenty, and the third
week twenty-one pounds of butter.
ONE OF the first, if not the first,
agricultural implement patented in
this country, nearly $50 years ago.
was 4" for an engine for the more speedy
cutting of grass" The patentee was
Joseph jerks, ST., scythe man1lfac-
turer.
The orchardist should now pay some
attention to needed pruning. All dead
and useless branches should of course be
cut away, and those that crowd one an
other. Cover all large wounds with
shellac varnish or with paint
CRAFTS should be looked after. It
may be that the shoots from the stock
are growing too vigorously at the expense
OF the gratis; remove such twigs. See
that the CRAFTS have plenty of room and
are not 1nterfered with by surrounding
| branches.
A FEW rubbing posts set up in the
pastures will prevent injury to the fences.
| Cattle will use these cOnveniences very
often, if provided for them, and it is
worth all the trouble to witness the en-
joyment of the animals in the use of
| them
j. w. LANG, of Wade county, Me-,
once said that Farmers Clubs, market
days, cheap untrammeled transportation,
diffusion of knowledge and cooperation
are among the most potent means of
Kidding productive industry of those par
asites now sapping it's life blood.
The best way to preserve manure is to
haul it to the field on which it is needed
as fast as it accumulates. Have wagon
or sled always ready on which to throw
the manure as it accumulates and haul it
OUt when there is good load and spread
it at once. This is the latest approved
plan.
A LITTLE attention paid to the wagons
may possibly save breakdown, and
perhaps limb, if not life, and will save
the hindrance of many hours when one
! can Ill afford it. It is a good maxim:
GA stitch in time saves nine," and if
that stitch is properly timed it not only
saves nine, but the cost of nine times
nine. 1t is good time to get up the
wood and have it properly housed.
A FEW hours, and sometimes days,
might, at this season of the year, be
prcfitably spent in looking over the
tools and machines and putting them in
repair. A bolt will be found wanting in
one place and q nut in another. These
can be attended to now, saving much
trouble when work presses.
THERE are localities where it may pay
to grow small crops cheaply, where one
may skin the land for a few years and
leave it, just as In some places cattle
have been killed for their hides, leaving
their carcasses to decay. But farmers
can not afford to adopt this style Of farm
ing. The aim with them should be to
grow larger crops by the expenditure of
more labor upon the land, and upon do
ing this depends their future prosperity.
A RIGID law should be enforced against
any neglect to remove or bury any stock
dying of disease, as the most careful SAN
itary measures In stock-raising will not
prevent contagion from spreading so
long as diseased stock are exposed to
contact or proximity with healthy stock.
And any person guilty of such neglect
should be held just as capable as if he re-
moved bedding from pest-house and
threw it in the public highway.
Do not remove the straw covering
from plants that have been protected
during the winter when the first warm
days come The most dangerous time is
during the alternate freezing and thawing
of early spring. Let the covering re-
main on until all danger from cold nights
is past.
The successful farmer does nothing
for living but farm. If he has money,
he invests it in way that will improve
his farm. He informs himself as to his
business and goes to work in an inteli-
gent manner. Upon such farms no
weeds stand as high az mans head, nor
fences neglected, buildings dilapidated,
implements left exposed to the weather,
and stock unsheltered and uncared for,
but everything denotes thrift and enter
prise.
+ PURE seeds and pure breeds are in the
line of improvement. Mules and crosses
are not Never mix distinct species or
races or breeds with the hope of i'm
provement. Never mix the inferior with
the inferior in the attempt to breed up.
Take up no cross in this field with the
hope of exerting the best point on either
parent. Never mix dissirnilar varieties.