Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-09
The New York Herald recommends as

IHE new OK I1CTOCI recommends DIS
an excellent remedy for sprains hook
joints and stiff joints generally, in do
nestle animals, liniment composed OF
creosote, one ounce; turpentine, one
ounce; olive oil, two ounces; mix and
rub upon the affected parts. It is also
of great advantage in thrush and foot
rot.
A GOOD way to prevent horses from
getting their forelegs over tine halter
strap, is to pass the halter strap through
the hole in the manager, and, instead of
tying it to the manager, tie it to block
of wood or other light weight. The
weight will take up the slack in the
strap, and will effectually prevent this
annoyance.
IHE number of plants required for on
acre, at any given distance apart, may
be ascertained by dividing the number
OF square feet in an acre (43, $500 by the
number of square feet given to each
plant, which is obtained by multiplying
the distance between rows by the dis
lance between the plants. The straw
berries planted three feet by one foot,
gives each plant three square feet, or
The Southern Planter gives the fol-
lowing method of an Alabama gentle
man in ascertaining the age of horse
more than 9 years old: After the horse
is years old wrinkle comes on the
eyelld at the upper corner of the lower
lid, and every year thereafter he has one
well defined wrinkle for each year of his
age over 9. If, for instance, horse has
three wrinkles, he is twelve; if four, ID.
Add the number of wrinkles to 9and you
will always get the age.%
AN exchange says that handy corn
shelter may be made from a piece of
plank two feet long, two inches thick
and ten inches wide. Drive eightpenny
nails pretty thickly into the central por-
ton, just so that they will not come
through, and for a distance of ten or
twelve inches along tine surface of the
plank. A small strip should be tackled
along the upper end and on the under
side to hold on to the top of box when
In use. The corn is shelled by rubbing
the ears upon the heads of the nails, the
board resting in a slanting position in
the box.
WHEN an orchard requires fertilizing
it is best to do this all over the ground,
and not to apply manure only near the
trees. This produced large growth of
roots close to the trees, for roots grow
where the soil is richest, and prevents
the growth at distance from the trees.
Manure tends to encourage the growth
of wood rather than fruit. Instead of
manure it is better to cultivate the soil
and leave it fallow. or to seed it to clover
and pillow ii in, giving liberal dressing
of lime or wood ashes. The clover is
then plowed under. Orchards need
lime and ashes more than manure, and
and these soon produce healthy, smooth
bark.
A VERY useful fixture on farm is
platform scale, of q capacity of from 500
to l, 200 pounds. It is good plan to
make practice Of weighing our grists
occasionally, and our grain that we may
sell by weight, on our own scales, and in
order to detect mistakes, and see that
we are fairly dealt with. An honest
man will bearwatching, and a rogue
needs it." A tally board in the barn,
similar to the one used on threshing ma
chimes, is very easily made, and is very
convenient in measuring up grain, etc.
A good bench-vise and drawing
are two of the most useful tools in the
farmers shop.
CORRESPONDENTS who have young
pear trees raised from seeds, ask us if,
by inserting buds or gratis from them
upon old and bearing trees, they can
not get their fruit sooner than to wait
until the seeding come into bearing.
Certainly, the fruiting of the Seeding
will be much fastened, and still more so
if they are budded on ounce stocks.
These methods are often resorted to by
those who raise seeding fruits, but how
much may be thus gained can not be
foretold; the seedlings differ greatly as
to the time required for them to bear on
their own roots-they would similarly
vary when worked upon a stock. The
same may be done with Seeding apples
and other kinds of fruits.