Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-05
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

II pays to feed COWS giving milk iber-
ally. Butter is high and now is the
time to feed proftably.
ALWAYS. give the soil the first meal.
If it is we'll fed with manure it will feed
all else, plants, animals and men.
The first COWS were brought to this
country by Columbus at his second voy-
age, 1893.
The Hereford heifer edith" fat
Albany butcher, tipped the beam at
1900.
Mr.. S. II. COLES, Norfolk, Conn.,, Sc
cured 273 gallons of crude juice, or 4Ol
gallons of Al syrup-worth 81 cents
gallOn-frOm amber cane growth on
fourteen and half rods of ground"
HORSES and cattle normally require,
in round numbers, four pounds of water
for each pound of dry substance in
their food, while sheep require but
about two pounds, half as much.
A MISSISSIPPI farmer dashes cold
water into the ears of choking cattle.
This causes the animal to shake its head
violently, and the muscular action dis
lodges the obstruction.
Farmers rarely feed their laying hens
enough, and the consequence of too lit
tie. food to birds expected to produce
matter so rich in nutriment as eggs
must be obvious.
The Columbus Ca, } Enquirer-Sua
tells this champion gourd story: Mr.
E. T. Hickey has a guard vine covering
about one fourth of an acre, and upon
which is over 100 gourds which will
hold over gallon EACH
The Enterprise 1owa) editor boasts
OF being presented by Mrs. George Bald
win with neat little roll of butter made
from the milk of young Jersey heifer.
ten months old, that never had calf.
West Liberty, Iowa, must be a wonder
full place.
RECENT experiments in England show
that thin sowing of wheat in drills is
more productive than thick sowing. By
special culture of small plots a single
grain to the hill has given yield Of 100
to 152 bushels to the acre.
EARTH is good absorbent for use in
the barn Or stable Where a bank of
earth is accessible in winter to use be-
hind the farm stock for saving the
liquid manure, the value of the farm
manures may be greatly increased If not
doubled.
SAVE lameness and coughs by an i'm.
mediate covering OF the horse after
drive, If only stopping for few minutes.
Do not cover the horse with blankets
when he is in exercise; not even in a
storm; but cub thoroughly, and cover
after the horse has found shelter.
In selecting COWS for milking, the
free, easy step, the pleasant and COM
Portable expression of countenance and
the round, capacious form of body are
far more important than the line of de-
scent OF family history. Pedigree goes
for very little unless it carries with it
marks of good mixer.
In all attempts at breeding domestic
cattle no immature stock should be used.
Mature sires and dams are essential If
strong healthy stock are desired. "Like
produces like Ii the parents are i'm
mature the stock from them cannot be
strong and healthy, and If this mischiev-
GUS practice is continued for a few
generations it must end in producing,
feeble race of stock.
By the analysis of Prof Collier he
found the per cent. Of sugar in stalk in
Indian corn to be much greater the
more perfect the stalks were and nearer
they were to maturity The experiments
demonstrate the Importance of planting
fodder corn thinner in order to get
more valuable crop.
ERRORS in butter-making are unclean-
Illness, too much acid In cream, caseine or
butter-milk in decomposed state, too
much friction in churning, and working
butter, bad salt and too much of it, foul
milking stables, impure water, odors
from various sources known and un-
known; these are errors vital in their
consequences, and not generally thought
of as of any Importance.
The silo is stone vat with walls
twenty inches thick 1t hold 100 tons.
On the 18th of last August patch of
standing corn in the green state was