Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-10
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

Oh tlie lONl
In cold weather feed more III proper
ton of the fat-producing grain.
RoUP III 1owis is an inflammation OF the
mucous membranes lining the nostrils
and adjoining parts.
FRESH bones from the butcher shop
pounded fine are superior to the COM
mercial bone-meal for fowls.
MANY an inferior COW has been sup
ported by the superior COWS in the herd,
the owner knowing that his total milk
yield was bringing III money, but not
realizing the loss incurred In keeping
the poor beasts.
A COUPLE of years ago when wool was
so low, farmer near Statewide, Mis-
sissippi, put his wool clip into mattresses.
This season he ripped open the mat
tresses and sold the wool in them for
| 1920.
New mown hay is not, as some allege,
an irritant of the digestive organs; where
it produces irritation it is simply the con-
sequence of allowing animals to eat too
much of the odoriferous, appetizing for
age, and not drinking sufficiently, which
brings on Indigestion.
The largest hog in the country is a
Poland China, four years old this
spring, lately on exhibition at Junction
City Kan. His length is seven feet;
girth of neck, 81 feet; girth of chest, =
feet; girth of centre, 8 feet; width across
the hips, SO inches, and weight, 1852
pounds.
A CORRESPONDENT of the RurGI NeeC
Yorker answers a query as to the rem
edy for worms in horse, which, he says,
has never failed of a cure, by simply
taking half cup of pure, hard wood
ashes, finely sifted, and mixed dry with
| the mash or food. If one dose should
not prove sufficient, repeat it after day
OF two.
| VICK's Magazine recommends coffee
grounds as q manurefor plants. A lady
IN San Francisco lately received some
plants from Mexico, and with the plants
came the advice to fertilize them with
waste coffee and coffee-grounds. This
was done, and the result was so satisfac-
tory that the same treatment was tried
on roses, and the effect was a healthy
and vigorous growth, and more and bet
ter flowers and of richer colors.
! The last milk drawn from the COW at
each milking is much the richest part
of the mess. The reason is the same
that the top of pan of milk which has
stood awhile is the richest part of it.
! The cream being the hghtest part of
the milk, rises OF remains at the top of
the udder, while the heavier, watery por-
tons settle at the bottom, similarly,
though not as perfectly, as when set in
| q Tho 1.Iaho7 1Nn7.fI01, of 4hn mill
being of greater consistency, settles to
the bottom of the udder but slowly as
the milk is drawn off.
A WRITER gives this method of curing
setting lien. SO You inclose the
hen in a coop Qight or dark,
and keep her there for three days and
three nights. She must not have par
ticle of victuals to eat or drink. When
she energies she will be so run mad
hungry as to Danish all thoughts of her
former intentions. Nofear of starvation
In this plan. [ have, practiced it for
years, and recommended it to hundreds.
1t is a sovereign cure. Several hens
may be put together One obstinate
case in hundred may occur. Then re-
peat the dose. %
EXPERIENCE teaches that stock enter
ing into winter quarters In good con-
dition can be kept without difficulty;
while an animal beginning the winter in
poor condition, notwithstanding an
abundance of feed, careful housing and
the best attention, will invariably be in
poor order in the following spring; par
ticularly is this the case with common
stock. Fat stock consumes a less
amount of food than poor stock, be-
cause there is not so much required to
keep up the animal heat.
In reply to request how to heal a
raw place on a horses back by sad
die, the veterinary editor of the Proirie
Farmer thus replies: " Mix together
equal parts Of carbolic acid and CIV
cerine, and add thereto six times as much
inseed oil. After cleaning the parts
morning and evening by means of a
sponge and warm soap suds, applya por-
ton of the mixture. The horse ought
not to be used, for SO long as the cause
of the injury continues to operate, there
can, of course, be no cure. Afterwards
the saddle should be altered or fixed SO
as not to cause such injury"
The Poultry Monthly advises every
farmer to keep a good stock of guinea
fowls, not merely for their flesh and
eggs, but for their extreme watchfulness
in guarding other poultry. They are
even better than dog for this purpose,
giving the alarm in an instant, and al
ways " sleep with one eye open" AS it
is almost impossible to catch a guinea
fowl on the roost or off of it, when it is
desirable to kill one or more, flock on
the farm affords the amateur marksma1
fine opportunity to practice. They
must. of course, be shot through the
head i'll order not to tear the flesh, and
to do this with a rifle requires practice
and skill.
The crop of wheat at the Virgins
Agricultural College this year, on clio
yer fallow with superphosphite costing S.
ner acre. saws the Planter and Farmer.