Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-21
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

Cdoc3 UuG are SymptOIH ol UIS0aS0.
This distinction is very important.
MANURE from granted horses, free
from straw; uneXposed to weather, will
weigh about 4,500 pounds per cord.
STRIPS of very thin India rubber are
beginning to be used as a bandage in
grating, instead of the wax commonly
applied.
HENS may lose their feathers in sum-
mer without having any disease. It is
better to lose them then than late in the
fail or early winter.
ALWAYS have place where chickens
can be sheltered from storms and kept
comfortable. It is the lack of this that
kills SO many chickens.
To prepare night-soil for use on land,
mix it thoroughly with any dry absorb
ent, as powdered charcoal, dry muck,
road dust, or sifted coal ashes, so that
all Jumps may be broken fine, and then
apply it as any other manure.
II is said tint kerosene oil slightly
sprinkled on the floor of the horse sta
bles will serve to abate the nuisance of
flies. 1t may be shaken out of bottle
through hole in the cork. A pint will
last a week for the purpose.
Do not forget to give plentiful sup
ply of cool water to stock Of all kinds.
A pailful of water into which large
handful of bran has been stirred should
be given to each COW at noon. It will
very perceptbly increase the quantity of
milk.
SUFFOLK and Berkshire pigs may be
proftably fed, to be sold at nine and ten
months, upon clover, corn meal. linseed
meal, or corn and oat meal. Half a
pound OF hnseed meal per day on the av-
erage, to six-months-old pigs, would be
sufficient.
LET every farmer who is not able to
fence large pasturage get few boards,
build few rods Of portable fence and
make small enclosure for his hogs and
move it around as circumstances re-
quire. 1t will make pork raising more
profitable than to keep hogs confined in
pens all the time
CABBAGE is best given TO poultry
whole, hung up by the stalk. At first it
may not be touched, but when one fowl
begins to peck at it, the rest will be
tempted to keep on until little remains
Being suspended, it does not waste or
become polluted, and it viii remain in
good condition to be eaten at Will.
DR.. J. LAwEs, Of England, believes
that live stock demand dryer food in
winter feeding than insummer. He also
believes that the American farmer claims
too much for ensilage, when applied to
grass or clover, since they are best fed
dry, the silo adding nothing to their
value and the process of drying in the
production OF hay subtracting nothing
but water.
WHEN fattenlng al animal for beef,
let the process be as quick as possible.
Any stint in feedi1 will make the meat
tough and dry. Stalled animals viii
fatten more readily than others, and
younger animals require richer food
than older ones. In winter fattening
much depends upon the warmth of the
stable. The warmer the cattle are kept
the less food will be needed.
SOME farmers make practice of SOW
ing few oats with their winter wheat to
protect the latter in the winter time, and
1t has been found to be of use for the
purpose. The oats grow more vigorous
Iy than the wheat, and aid In catching
and holding the snow, thus acting as a
protection or mulch to the wheat. The
small amount of food the young oat
plants draw from the soil is returned
during the spring, when, being killed by
the winter cold, they rapidly decay.
TIE average results of experiment and
theory, SO to speak, make ffty-seven
pounds of Indian corn equal to one hun
bred pounds of hay, or lao pounds of
Indian corn to the ton Of hay. But it
must be remembered that the nutritive
effects of food upon an animal are varied
by many causes, and also that the COM
parisoD of food is affected by the object
sought, as fat, growth, labor, milk, etc.
The above is the relative amount of nu-
tritive matter in corn and hay, as deter
mined by experiment and theory.
The kinds Of grass suited for perma-
nent pasture depends upon the kind of
soil. Indeed, it is hardly worth while to
hy to seed down permanently any but
moist soils. For these the following
kinds of grass -are best suited: Red top,
) pounds per acre; creeping bent, 5
pounds; meadow spear-grass, 4 pounds;
fowl meadow grass, 4 pounds; red fescue,
5 pounds; meadow fescue, pounds; tall
fescue, 5 pounds; meadow oat-grass,
pounds; crested dogs tail, pounds;
timothy, 3 pounds.
w. FL. BENTON, of London County,
Va, says: "About twenty-five years
ago. I commenced to pick out small
quantity of the best ears of corn when
6usking. The corn thus selected was
planted by itself, and had better yield
than the rest Of the field. Every year
since I have been saving more each
year, picking out when the corn was
husked, and spreading it in loft until
spring. When / first commenced saw
IN OF seed II took 500 ears 70 make q bar