Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-18
FARM HINTS,

BONE dust is lasting manure, and will
continue to fertilize plants for years.
when not ground too fine.
A FAILURE of clover seeding means o
year lost in the profits of the farm. The
time is close at hand for sowing clover.
Prepare for it.
In all our cropping and planting we
should remember that the farm is our
capital, and that increasing its produc-
ing capacity meuns adding to our princi-
pal.
THE poultry should be fed meat three
or four times week with their other
food, when, the ground being frozen,
there are neither worms nor insects for
them to pick up about the premises.
THE best herds of dairy COWS in this
country yield from 600 to 800 pounds of
cheese per cow. Few of these are
thoroughbreds, but are selected from
the best grades of the various breeds.
Cows, when they expend vitality in
labor, eat more; when they expend it in
keeping warm, they need more food; and
when they either lay on fat, or produce
milk, or grow, they need food in proper
| ton"
Cows remove more from the pasture
than their dropplngs supply; therefore
| 1t Is q good plan to spread manure over
them, sprinlled with plaster, to save the
ammonia for the young grass in the
spring.
PNEURO-P or lung fever,
| made it's appearance about century ago
| III central Europe, and has since spread
to most European countries. 1t was
brought to this country as early as the
year 1913.
The great secret of manuring for corn
is to keep the fertility near the surface
when applied, and it is rare that another
course is advisable It is best to harrow
or brush, to distribute more evenly, and
then by shallow blowing prevent loss of
nitrogen.
Mr.. BENJAMIN p. WARE recently re-
marked at the farmers convention, held
at Auburn, N. Y, that heavy corn land
was good for onions, and better the first
year than when first devoted to the crop.
The manure should, if possible, be ap-
piled in the fall.
PURE water and salt must be supplied
to mich cows ad 6bitu27a, as eighty
seven per cent. of the milk consists of
water, and where salt is sparingly sup
piled the digestive powers of the cow are
enfeebled, and the milk is defective in
keeping quality.
THE farmers around Elmira, n. Y, are
quite excited over the beet-sugar ques-
ton, which Mr.. Ernest L. Gennert, of
the Portland, Me-, sugar factory, and
other experienced men in the various
processes of sugar manufacture from
beets, amber cane and corn are to be
present.
CATTLE Like change of diet OCCASION
ally, as men do. Keeping cattle on hay
or straw alone is little like living on
bread or potatoes, or meat alone, with
nothing except that one dish. Therefore
feed some roots, as well as hay and meal
or shorts. If you haven't the roots on
hand, be sure and have supply next
winter
The potato crop Of the country is esti-
mated at 181, 1863, 900 bushels. Compared
with 1873 there was an increase of 3 per
cent. in acreage, and the yield is esti-
mated by the department of agriculture
al ninety eight bushels per acre, against
sixty-nine bushels last year, and ninety
four in 1874.
If you feed proftably you must bring
the pasture into the problem. Summer
feeding pays better than winter, because
CATTLE need less to keep up the natural
heat of the body In summer, and their
blood is kept cool by the grass. These
elements of success can be brought into
winter feeding by warm houses and the
use Of roots and oil cake.
An exchange says that cheap walks
around the farmhouse and yards may be
constructed by laying sapling trees, say
six inches In diameter, parallel with each
other and one and two feet apart, accord
ng to the width desired. Bind them in
place by pinning ties across occasionally.
Fill in the middle with sand, gravel, saw
dust or any other similar material.
SWINE that are fattening viii do bet
ter with soaked corn than dry. Corn
stepped in water for twelve hours has
been found more economical to feed than
when ground into meal. The animals
are sooner filed, the food digests better
and, consequently, the feeding is finished
more expedit1ously, and feed, which is
money, is saved.
In Great Britain machine has been
invented by which wet grass is rapidly
turned into hay. The machine has
worked very successfully during the past
season, and it is said that this method of
making hay is to be introduced on many
large estates in England The admoni-
ton of the old adage, ''to make hay
while the SUN Shines is in danger of
losing it's force in that country.
FENCE posts or timber cut for other
purposes in September, viii be more dur
able than if cut at any other season.
Many farmers give it as their experience
that fence posts cut in August Or Septem-
Der will outlast by many years others
that are cut in winter or spring; and if
the ground ends Of gate posts are slight
II charred before sinking they will not
rot for years.
THE matter of windows in stables is
one of vastly more importance than some
fo,,,,, ORC 4hinL Animals no mora than