Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-28

The tomato plant is avoided by ear
wigs, caterpillars, aphides, slugs and
snails.
YOU'VE COWS do not give as rich milk
as do those of mature age A lean COW
gives poor milk and a fat one rich
milk
KEEP sheep dry under foot. This is
even more necessary than roofing them.
Never let sheep stand or lie in mud or
water. :
WINTERING bees in cellars seems to be
an improvement over wintering them
outside. The bees consume less honey,
have less loss and are healthier in the
end.
PEAR blight has in several instances
been arrested in affected trees by syring-
ing them with weak solution of pot
ash, and in some cases it has proved a
preservative when applied to the healthy
trees.
A FARMER Of experience In wool
growing says that there is more money
In growing wool at even twenty cents
per pound than in loaning money at ten
per cent. interest.
ONE reason why our wheat crops are
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England is because the British farmer
employs sheep as grain growers, while
with us sheep are only considered as
wool or mutton makers.
Too much attention can not be paid
to the cleanliness and ventilation of
stables and pens. TIC insure the health
and comfort of animals they must be
kept dry and warm, and have plenty of
light, as well as pure air aud pure
water.
A LADY correspondent Of the Country
Gentleman claims that by dipping the
joint or Heshy ends of turkey, geese or
chicken wings into a strong solution or
copperas they are made moth-proof, as
well as more durable than when treated
in the ordinary way.
To get a gear wheel off a shaft, upon
which it has been shrunl, take it to the
foundry and pour some melted iron
around the hub, and it will heat and ex-
pand SO quickly that there will be no
time for the shaft to get hot, and the
gear will come off easily.
To pinch off the tip of a shoot is not
to produce a shock but to change, not
impede, but to send the flow of the sap
benefited, while the leaf power is not
materially interfered with, the auxiliary
leaves atfording the needful supply.
FARMERS should endeavor to sell as
little as possible of that which comes
mainly from the soil, and as much as
possible of that which comes from the
atmosphere. Butter and fat stock sold
will improve farm, while cheese, milk,
and lean stock sold will keep the farm
lean unless manure or fertilizers are
bought.
SCIENTIFIC apple culture is likely to
get a boost from the present scarcity.
There is more money in it for New
England than there is for orange cul-
ture anywhere Addison and Chitten-
den Counties of Vermont are credited
with 10000 barrels this season. One
orchardist. it is said, sold 5000 barrels
for So per barrel. When we look for
the causes of this success, we shall find
it was no accident The land chosen
was adapted to the business, the fruit
was suited to the location and the trade,
and there we're expert and experienced
managers.
"WHY do you keep that rooster 2"
asked shrewd farmer of his nelghbor.
"He'n eat bushel of corn by spring"
The neighbor excused himself for the
extravaganza by saying that he wanted
to raise some chickens next year.
"Pooh," was the reply" put your
rooster in the pot and change eggs next
spring with some one who keeps a
rooster" This was pretty close calcula-
ton, but such is the origin of " business
profits" Why not this saving as well
as the saving of a manufacturer who
shaves a few cents off the cost of a
shovel in the quality of steel used?
The Scientific American gives this as
an excellent mode for preserving eggs:
Take fresh ones, put dozen or more
into a small willow basket, and immerse
containing about five pounds of common
brown sugar per gallon. Then pack,
when cool, small ends down, In an init
mate mixture of one part of finely pow
dered charcoal and two of dry bran. In
this way they will last six months or
more. The scalding water causes the
formation of thin skin of hard albu-
men next the inner surface of the shell,
and the sugar OF syrup closes all the
pores.
In making CIDER, cleanliness Is an IN
dispensable requisite, as sweet cider is
most sensitive to anything with which
it comes in contact, and will take an up
pleasant and ruinous flavor from musty
or filthy barrels, or from apples that
have been allowed to heat or mold by
lying in bins or large piles, or by lying
too long under the trees with grass grow
ing over them, or by being picked dirty
with leaves OF other litter, Or by being
scooped from dirty wagon box; or, if
the straw used i'll laying up the cheese
be musty or have any weeds in it, the
cider will partake of the bad flavor. A
half-dozen stalks of ragweed will flavor
the cider from ten bushels of apples.
PERSONS who are unfortunate enough
to live in damp houses, particularly near
undrained land, are apt to think that
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