Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-11
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

but once. Ihey require sandy soil.
A MIXTURE of bone dust and ashes is
said to be the best fertilizer for straw
berries.
ANY hog, and especially SOW in pig,
should have, atleast three times week,
a small quantity of charcoal.
IT is said that oat straw and clover hay
will make as good growth in young ami
mails as the best of English hay.
The ground about the currants and
gooseberries should be cultivated thor
oughly and given good mulch.
The strawberry bed should be kept
free from weeds, and the soil loose and
mellow. Before hot weather apply
mulch.
ACCORDING to the Mark Lane En-
press, "Opinion among cattle breeders
in the United States is setting dead
against horns"
To certain extent tillage may be
substitute for manure, but the man is
not wise who endeavors to substitute
manure for tillage..
Cows at pasture, as we'll as those kept
in stables under the soiling system,
| should have an abundance of fresh, pure
water, and be properly supplied with
salt
MOST of the teaming upon the farm
is upon soft ground, and the light draft
| of broad tired wagons should make them
preferable, because they are saving of
animal strength.
For worms in hogs, give a teaspoon
full of copperas to each six months or
over; give half the dose to younger ami
mails. Give by mixing with mash made
of chopped grain.
A ToP-DREssING of fine barn-yard ma
nure, OF artificial fertilizer to the grass
land, either pasture or meadow, will Of
ten give new life to the grass, and return
the expense many fold.
Too much hay and too little grain is
common mistake in feeding working
horses. Twelve quarts of good heavy
oats and twelve pounds of hay are a
good daily ration for working horse.
AT odd times, during rainy days, etc.,
it will be profitable to took over the ma
chinery and utensils used in haying and
harvesting, and see what needs to be
bought or mended, and thus be in readi-
ness when the clover is to be cut or when
the wheat is ripe for the harvest.
ERAsTUs CORNING, of Albany has pur-
chased a remarkable COW in Herkimer
county. She is of the Jersey breed and
is five years old. It is claimed that
twenty three per cent. of her milk is
cream, and that she can produce eighteen
pounds of butter week. Herprice was
$1,000.
ONE greatpoint in improving the corn
crop is to carefully select the seed from
prolific stalks, that have through a series
of years yielded more than one ear to the
plant. It is safe to say that aproper at
tention to the selection of seed will
double this valuable crop on every corn
growing farm.
IT may be we'll to remember that as
each female potato beetle is capable of
laying about l. 00eggs (sosay entomolo-
gists), it is matter of considerable i'm
portance that those which have passed
the winter liz the ground and appear in
the spring should be as nearly exter-
minated as possible.
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 produces large growth of
roots close to the trees, for roots grow
where soil is richest. Orchards need
lime and ashes more than manure, and
these soon produce healthy, smooth bark.
Pres profit by run to grass. When
the trees in the orchard are large enough
it should be seeded to clover as apasture
for the pigs. This will afford them good
grazing, and at the same time they will
destroy many of the orchard vermin.
Young pigs will need plenty of good
milk, which should be given them sepa-
rate from the older ONES.
A FRENCH paper relates the following
experiment: A COW was MIXED three
times day for eleven days, and yielded
ITO quarts of milk. With two milkings
daily she gave only LAG quarts in the
same number of days. Analyses, more
over, showed the milk in the first case
was richer in butter globules by more
than one-seventh than in the second
case.
WITH the hard work of the month the
horses require the best care, which in
cludes carding and brushing. Too much
corn, fed now, make the animals restless
by producing an irritation of the skim
A moderatefeedo of green rye will be very
acceptable to horses, and promote their
health. If the land is not stony the
shoes may be removed from the farm
teams, for time at least, with benefit.
TT is best to set blackberry and rasp-
berry plants in the early spring, but it
may still be done. Some means of hold
ing up the growing canes should be pro-
vided, either on single stalks or trellises.
The canes produced last year bear the
fruit, and the new ones are for fruit
next year. All suckers at a distance
from the rows, unless new plants are de-
sired, should be considered as weeds and
cut away.
YOUNG chickens will now be coming
forward. Those of good breeds Matched
this month will begin to lay in the fall,
and with care will continue through the
winter. The chicken coops need to be
moved frequently. There is no better
place for young chickens to forage than
the vegetable garden: they will DESTROY