Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-30
WHEN COW is troubled with constant

WHEN COW is troubled with constant
diarrhea, says an exchange, it is reason
able to suspect the presence of worms
in the intestines. It would in this case
be advisable to give her a pint of lin
seed oil with one pint of turpentine, and
repeat the third day. If the diarrhea
continues and no worms are discharged,
repeat the same. If the food is all right
the oil and turpentine should remove the
diarrhea. although it may be caused by
indigestion and not by worms.
THE Chicago Drouers' Journal tells
how man of ordinary means can in a
few years have flock of sheep equal to
the best: ''Secure few good common
ewes at first" it says ''and buy purely
bred ram every year or two to couple
with the best ewes in the flock, and fat
ten for market the inferior ones. Thus,
by using none but thoroughbred rams,
and selecting each year the best ewes in
the flock for reproduction, sheep-grow-
ing may be made more profitable.
IT is always better to spread manure
as it is drawn than to put it in heaps.
When put in heaps a large portion of
soluble matter is left in the ground
under the heaps, and makes these spots
too rich, and of course deprives the rest
of the ground of it's proper share. When
it is spread as drawn there is no waste,
the soil is equally benefited, and when
the ground is worked over in the spring
with the wheel harrow or the cultivator
the whole is well mixed together. There
is also saving of labor, as one handling
is avoided.
REPORTS to the department. of agricul-
ture from the southern states are very
encouraging as to the success of an ex-
pertinent started 25 years ago-the grow
ing of the cork oak, native of Spain or
northern Africa. Seed was distributed
about 1860 among some southern plant
ers and the first crop of oak bark has
lately been taken from the trees which
are growing thriftily in South Carolina,
Georgia and the states bordering the
gulf. The tree is an evergreen and not
unlike the live oak. The bark is
stripped off as hemlock bark is and once
in from twelve to fifteen years. The
older the tree the better the bark. It is
steamed and pressed to close the pores
before being sent to the mandatory.
WRITER OF experenceln the Country
Gentleman says: 81 think the ensilage
is destined to make greater revolution
in the agricultural interests of the New
England and other northern states than
any discovery or industry that has ever
been introduced" The matter of ex-
pense he believes has proved him
drance to many farmers, but he has
found that silos above ground worked
nearly as well as those below. He filled
the sides of three box stalls with saw
dust, blocked up the front tightly and
filed with green fodder, corn, fresh
grass, green clover and some oats which
had come up weedy and full of thistles,
all cut green. All kept well except
little at the edges in some places, where
the air had reached it and produced de-
cay. His cattle ate up everything clean,
preferring it to the best of hay, and
when his ensilage was gone the COWS fell
off one-third in milk production. He
believes the matter is no longer an ,ex-
pertinent, but that expens i've silos being
unnecessary it is within the reach of
small farmers.