Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-03
.SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

when not in use.
| MAKE farm work attractive to the
young and they will not seek other oc-
equations.
Two Georgia farmers grew 500 bush
els of Irish potatoes on one acre of
land and sold them for $400.
CLOVER that sends it's roots deep into
the earth is considered the best sub
soiling agent to be had.
| Stop scattering your empty half-shells
among your fowls. If you feed them at
| all, pound them UP and mix them with
meal dough or your grain feed.
| FARMERS who keep sheep should not
forget to dip the lambs into tobacco
water about three weeks after shearing, to
kill the ticks. HI
I A FARMER recommends raw potatoes
and meal as feed for COWS. 1t Yields
large quantity of milk and good
Quantity of beef.
. A BRITISH gardener green's all his seed
potatoes by leaving them in a light place,
but shielded from the SUN, and finds that
thus treated they keep better during
winter and are " much harder for seed"
TT has been found that potatoes, tur-
nlps, rape and mangels grown on we'll
lined land are of better quality than the
same produce from a similar soil to which
! no lime has been applied. -
t., A SCREW that refuses to be started may
sometimes be drawn by applying piece
of red hot iron to the head for a minute
OF two and then Immediately applying
the screw driver.
A MIXTURE of sulphur and finely
ground tobacco, two parts of the former
to one of the latter, has been found an
excellent prevention of the ravages of in
sects on squash and other vines, as well
as for keeping lice from cattle, dogs and
poultry. 1t is also recommended for
sprinkling trees and bushes that are
! eaten by canker worms or c1lrrant worm
! The general rule in feeding COWS is
that twenty-seven pounds of dry food
daily are required for 100 pounds of live
weight, and that three-fourths or two
thirds of this should be bulky food, such
as hay. This is rule which admits of
many exceptions. Very much depends
upon the form Of the COW. Some COWS
weighing 800 pounds consume more
food than others weighing 1000 pounds.
THERE is such thing as keeping
a
or sheep upon a farm. A half dozen
half-starved COWS will not yield as much
milk as three that have all the food that
they want. If there is no more stock
than can be well kept the returns will be
the greatest in money, and also in the
satisfaction of seeing the animals in
good, healthy condition-no small part
of the income to one who loves to have
good stock well kept upon his farm.
f One who is posted in cheese dairying,
being asked what was the great point in
cheese making answered.: " Knowing
when to Dip" By that hemeant to say
Knowing when to salt" There is an
other point equally essential, and that is
to get the whey out of the crlrds and also
out of the cheese. The first can be done
by fine cutting and few other close
points, the second by proper hopping
and pressing, both of which are much
neglected. ,u. .i
OF all poultry breeding, the rearing of
the goose In favorable situations is said
to be the least troublesome and the most
profitable. 1t is not surprising, there
fore. that the trade has of late years de-
veloped enormously. They will live
and to a certain extent will thrive, on
the coarsest of grasses, though of course
if birds are to be brought to market in
good condition they must be treated to
something more than coarse grass The
fattening of geese has now become an
established industry in some parts of the
country.
To keep apples. says the Germantown
| Telegraph, the fruit must be free from
bruise or blemish. The fruit must be
spread out on shelves Or packed in bar
rels, and kept in an atmosphere of from
forty to fifty degrees, better from forty
to forty fve-that is at a temperature as
equable as possible. Some cellars are
just the thing, and preserve them beau
tlfully; others are too moist. Where
this is the case few bushels of stone
lime should be used Sliding shelves
six inches apart, latticed bottom, with
single layer OF fruit, are extremely con-
ven1ent, as they allow of constant exam
nation without disturbing the fruit.
PICS Uttered in the fall or early win
ter, owing to the cold weather, lack of
green food, etc., seldom makes a good
start, and in many cases are eaten so
soon as dropped by the voracious dams.
Pigs for the greatest profit should come
about the opening of spring, with it's
fresh grass and warm sunshine; they can
then be ready for themarket by fall, and
very few risks will be run. For this
end sows should be bred in December or
January. At one time large hogs were
highly priced in the market, but now
smaller ones are in demand, and such
pork can be produced at less expense
per pound than that of large hogs.
Young hogs are the most profitable,
born in spring and marketed in the fall.
]-Amaerdc0m AgricWlturiSt.
ALL food beyond such amount that is
properly digested and assimilated by the
animal is a source of loss to the owner,
and that In two ways. First the foods
lost; and second, the animal is not kept
in the best condition for getting the
most out of its feed-its stomachis over
loaded and its digestive apparatus more
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