Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-08

trials In fighting the cabbage-wOrm WE
can recomend the following remedies
knowing them to be safe, cheap and Ell
fective.a First, solution of one pound
of whale oil soap, applied two or three
times during the season. Second, tai
water, prepared by placing few quarts
of tar into barrel of water, and apply
ing this mixture during the season
Having no whale oil or tar at command,
use suds made as follows: To one quart
of soft soap add teaspoonfu1 of crude
carbolic acid, stir and mix thoroughly.
Then to a bucket of water (soft water is
preferably add one third of the soap,
make suds and sprinkle SO as to wei
the cabbage thoroughly; repeat the
operation every morning until the worms
are destroyed.
SOME horses acquire the habit of eat
ing great deal more than they can dl-
gest, while others require much more
food than the average. A system OF
regular feeding at regular hours should
be adopted. Some persons commence
feeding oats to colts before they leave
the mare, and with good results. Too
high granting, however, is not advisable
for young horses. Feeding a horse on
grain simply when he is going away, or
going to do hard work, is not a good
policy, for the grain just fed is of no
benefit to the horse in immediate work,
except SO far as allaying hunger is con-
cerned. 1t can add no strength to the
horse to aid it in performing days jour
ney or hard piece of work. 1t will take
ten days before the feed will tell upon the
strength of the horse. Feed a little
grain every day and then your horse is
always ready for work.
MoLEs can be killed by setting trap
as follows: Take q board four OF five
inches wide and seven or eight inches
long, and fill it with sharp teeth made OF
wire, letting the teeth be four or five
inches long. Press down any part of
their track gently with the foot, SO as to
interrupt their passage for they pass
back and forth through the same
track, then place the board prepared as
described directly over the part thus
pressed down, then take any heavy post
or log of wood and support one end of it
on ordinary trap sticks directly over
this board filled with teeth, and some
distance above it, say six or eight inches
so as to insure the teeth being well
driven into the ground when it falls.
Bear in mind that the end of the treadle
must be put closely in contact with the
earth that was pressed down with the
foot, SO that when the mole comes along
he raises the earth and springs the trap,
and in most cases finds himself pinned to
the ground. Be careful and see that the
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The Farmers Aduocate says:
theoretically Spanish vines ought to do
better when trimmed than when left to
themselves. Pinch the tip of the young
plant when it has four leaves. Spread
the four branches that are thus produced
at equal distance from each other about
the plant. Pinch them again when
about foot long and allow not more
than two squashes to set on each branch.
By iudicious trimming, which can hardly
be explained upon paper, seek to direct
the nourishment to the melons instead of
to the production of vines, and when the
ground is covered allow no vigorous
shoot that has no fruit to expend the
strength of the plant The same di-
rections are also applicable to the care of
the melons. The number of fruits that
can be grown on one plant will, of course,
vary with the vigor of the variety. 1t is
by just such care that European gardens
are unable to produce from five to eight
handsome melons under single hot bed
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