Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-22
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

the poles driven in the ground; cover
the stacks with straw. In pulling
leave them in rows for time to cure
and if rain threatens they can bt
gathered quickly in stacks.
COARSE heritage and weeds not IL
seed may be cut and placed in the barn
yard as an absorbent of liquid manure
A number of little jobs can be done now
that will aid greatly in making things
comfortable, and will pay good inter
est upon the time invested.
SHOCKING is an important matter and
should be done with care. If the stalks
are not we'll set up and properly tied,
the shocks fall in all directions and the
fodder is damaged and the huskin2
made more difficult. Bands of rye
straw, or even of willow, may be used
with advantage.
IT is convenient time now to get on
supply of muck, and should not be
lost by those whose land may be much
benefited by muck. 1t is a valuable alb
sorbent of liquid manure, and contains
considerable nitrogen, which, decom-
posed in the compost heap, makes
excellent plant food.
CURRANTs and gooseberries may be
pruned so soon as the leaves have fallen.
Cuttings may be made now and planted
in rows a few inches apart with one bud
above the surface, taking care to press
the earth very firmly against the base of
the cuttings. IF put III early, roots will
| be found this season.
EARLY potatoes should be dug at once;
rains will otherwise start them into
growth and do much injury. The last
brood of "bugs" should be destroyed
! as it is these that furnish the early
brood next season. 1t is a good plan to
sort the potatoes as they are gathered
thus saving much labor in handling them
afterwards.
BUDDING is one of the important labors
of the present month. The precise time
| depends upon the condition of the stock.
The work may be continued so long as
the stocks are growing. After the buds
| have become firmly set the ties should
be cut. That the buds have "taken." as
it is termed, will be known by their re-
naming green and plump.
CIsTERNs should be so protected that
there would be no danger of freezing
Some who have large cellars build els
| tern of brick, stone, and even of wood,
In one corner. A cistern of some kind
| is almost indispensable, and their cost
| is but little; many who are compelled to
set out a barrel, pals and tubs at the
approach of every shower, may be saved
all this trouble
| HARVESTING and other farm machin-
cry that is to be be used no more for
this season should be cleaned and stored
away. The bright parts may be kept
from rusting by applying a mixture
made by melting together one pound of
fresh lard and lump of resin the size
of a hens egg, stirring as they cool
The bearings should be well wiped, and
afterwards given thin coat of castor-oil
BETS and mangels that were sown
| early, may be harvested this month; if
left III the ground they become hollow
and dry. When pulled put them in
long heaps, with the tops or straw laid
over them; to be afterwards covered
with earth, to protect them from the
winter, or taken to the root cellar.
Care should be taken that the roots do
not heat at any time either in the pit or
cellar.
The second crop of clover for seed
can be cut with the ordinary reaper.
Some prefer to attach a small frame of
strips of wood covered with cloth to the
cutting bar of the moving machine. the
clover being gathered upon the cloth
and raked off, This makes a much
lighter cutting machine. The straw and
chaf are useless for hay, and need not
be pressed from the weather. They
may be used for litter in the barn-vard
or stable.
BUCKwHEAT should be cut before the
first frost Injuries it. The grain shells
badly when the plants are dry, there
fore cut in the morning when the dew is
on. The cut crop after standing a few
days will be dry and ready to thresh,
which had best be done at once. Ii a
machine is used, remove the concave, or
the cylinder teeth would otherwise break
the kernels. The grain should be
cleaned at once and spread out as thinly
as possible, as it is very apt to heat, and
become almost worthless, If let in large
heaps.
AFTER the roots have been removed
from the field, the sheep should be turn
ed Ill that they may pick up the small,
imperfect roots and the scattered leaves.
This will accustom them to the change
of food that must soon come. If early
lambs are not desired, the ram must be
kept from the ewes, or otherwise be
aproned or ''bratted" It is an impor-
tant matter that the ewes that are to
bear lambs should be well fed, and be-
gin the winter III good condition. A lit
tie grain fed to the ewes now will do
much to insure strong lambs.
DOC days, we hope, are nearly at an end
for this season. Many cellars and damp
rooms are covered with mould, or fun
gus Sulphur is death to it. Horticul-
turists know its value as destroyer of
fungoid growth in the greenhouses.
But there are thousands Of cellars that
need the fumes Of sulpher worse than do
the greenhouses. Before vegetables or
fruit are placed in thecellars that mould
everything speedily the place should be
fumigated with sulpher. Take some
stick sulpher and burn in pan or old