Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-25

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MER1No sheep feed in Aocks while NUT
ton sheep separate almost as much as
herds Of cattle when feeding.
To make chicken coop-Get store
goods boxes (about 1890, put strips the
short way, about three inches apart. Be
sure to put in floors.
Of oil the products of the soil none are
so prolific in seeds as weeds; 60, 900 seeds
have been counted upon one mullen
stalk ..I'5e - 7aa A"iT7H+ n @-a
I PERSONS using nitrate of soda as fer
tilizer ought to bear in mind that, of all
fertilizers, it is the easiest washed out
from the soil. ~
The Duchess Farmer says If farm
ers would plan recreation for their wives
and families they would remove one cause
of gloom and sickness from their homes.
In trimming off branches they should
be cut close to the trunk, so that no dead
stumps shall disfgure the tree; also
that the bark may readily grow over.
The United states has nearly four
times the acreage in crops than are given
IN the agricultural returns for Great
Britain. ~
A CORRESPONDENT writes: sc Last
season L kept the striped bugs from my
cucumbers by saturating ashes with
kerosene and applying a handful in q
hill. " "..t
A WRITER In the Garden says that if
potting soil is placed for day or two in
the. hen yard every particle of it Is dug
over, and all the grubs and eggs of in
sects are picked out. ore boz hlog ~.
ANY of the cereals may be cut at the
roots when the kernel is in the milk, and
the seed will ripen just the same, show
ing that at that time all the elements for
protecting the grain are in tho plant.
d. M. CLoUGH, of Canterbury n. H., Z
has just slaughtered seventeen hogs,
weighing. dressed, 5000 pounds The
hogs were fattened with corn, every ker-
mel of which was raised on his farm.
FoR 1879 Nebraska gives the largest
average yield of corn per acre, amount
ing to forty-fve bushels, and Colorado
the largest average of wheat, amounting
to % bushels per acre. it'a iiad or I'll
CALIFORNIA c11ltivates Brazilian arti-
chokes, which yield four hundred bush
els to the acre. They are fine for stock,
but are difficult to get out of the ground
when once established.
Our domestic heeces are still cheaper
than foreign wool can be imported, since
the staple has advanced In Australia,
South America and in England High
prices for wool must prevail here for
some time to come.
A CORRESPONDENT at Keene, Il. H.,
recommends boiled potatoes as a remedy
for diarrhea in cattle. He says that three
pecks day, fed warm, cured In twodays
an OK of his that was badly affected in
that way.
BUCKwHEAr straw, which has hitherto
been considered of little value, has of
late been utilized by some of the western
farmers by chopping it fine and adding
meal to it. A small quantity fed to stock
occasionally would be relished, no
doubt.
ALI. scars made by pruning off large
branches of trees should be painted or
tarred, or otherwise protected from the
rain. Many fruit trees become hollow,
or fall into premature decay, from the
rain penetrating through old sawcuts
made III pruning. HaN aGT
The sugar product of the world is not
increasing as fast as the demand. The
amount consumed per capita is each year
increasing. In this country the amount
consumed per capita is larger than any
other, and is estimated at nearly forty
pounds. .aE.--. s..
MR.. CHARLES L. SHARPLEss, Phila-
delphia, has sold to t. S. Cooper, Coop
ersbUrg, Pa, the fawn-cOlored Jersey
heifer, by Chelten Duke, out of imp.
Black Bess-price 5000. Chelten Duke
was the bull, and Black Bess one of the
COWS, of the Centennial Prize Herd.
MENTION is made of an Illinois apiary
of fifty colonies kept by man who, hav-
ing had the good sense to cultivate a
home market by offering honey at mod
crate rates, has found the demand so
rapidly developed by this judlcious
means that at present it runs beyond the
supply. sa q
In the valley of St. Martin, in the
Austrian Tyrol, they have mari which
is regularly put upon the land, and by its
use the clover crop continues Cnd1min-
ished from generation to generation; it's
growth is very luxuriant, the clover
stems frequently reaching five to six feet
in height.
AN exchange gives the following as a
cheap and true barometer. Put small
quantity of finely pulverized alum in a
long half ounce vial and fill it with spir-
its of wine. When the atmosphere is dry
| and clear the spirits will be as clear as
crystal, but on the approach of rain or
bad weather the alum will rise in the
center in the form of a spiral cloud,
which is an infallible indication of rain or
bad weather.
A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Tribune says: "Having raised many
calves in the last twelve years and found
their thrift checked by loose condition of
bowels, i, this fall, gave bareback tea in
their drink by the advice of an old army
surgeon. These were cured In twenty
four hours, and have since grown beau
tiful, with no recurrence of the COM
plant. ri s. Gs.-er.., r,sfii-e.
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