Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-07-20

on pasture land where there is any
amount of wild onions growing IN the
grass. The same thing is noticed IN
eggs. There is vast difference in the
flavor of eggs from hens fed on clean
sound grain, and kept on clean run,
and eggs from hens that have access to
stable and manure heaps, and eat all
kinds of filthy food.
AN old man who has had much ex-
perience in handling and dealing III
horses for more than half a century, said
recently that he had never known a horse
to get tender-footed that was kept
loose in a shed and yard, or in box
stall; that turning around and treading
with their forward feet in the manure
keeps them constantly moist and soft.
His theory seemed perfectly reasonable
to me. 81 have no box stalls, but /
use shavings for bedding, and every
morning with large shovel I move the
wet shavings from under the horses
front feet, and then the last thing at
night cover these with dry shavings for
him to lie on. He also remarked that
he had never known fat-footed horse
but what was great worker. s
/ SALT for cattle is absolutely necessary
for their health, and If they do not get it
pretty regularly they are liable to
disease. The very best kind of salt for
cattle is the Liverpool rock. It comes
in large Jumps and can be broken up to
any convenient size for use. When in
stable always keep lump of this in the
feed-box for each animal to lick at
pleasure, and when the cattle are turned
out to pasture put large block of salt
into an open box for their use. Rain
does not dissolve it. If fine, common
salt is put into trough for them, rain
dissolves it and the cattle are apt to take
too much at time; but of the rock salt
they lick just as much as is necessary
for them and as required for their
health. ~
MONEY is made in stock keeping by
exercising the greatest skill and good
management. Here is an example. 1t
relates to poultry which, considering
that it is livestock and of great impor-
lance to our interests, may perhaps be
made the subject of note here. A Mary
land farmer recently sent 145 capons to
market, the total weight of which was
1926 pounds, average over IL pounds;
the heaviest pair weighed 29B pounds
and the sum realized by the sale was
$500 This certainly puts the cap on the
business of stock raising, What other
kind of flesh would sell for $500 for the
weight of a moderate steer ?-barring
capons actually brought for their value
as meat as much as is given for Jersey
COW with her valuable pedigree included
ho, al, vi 10
boot. EE
EIGHT quarts is considered fair
yield of milk from one COW per day in
Orange county, although some of
superior breed are known to yield thirty
quarts daily. In summer the COWS are
allowed to roam in the fields all night,
while in winter, when the thermometer
is very low, they are kept in a cow-house
for twenty hours out of twenty-four.
During milking farmers provide them
with little feed made from sprouts of
barley mixed with water, which so
pleases their palates that they stand i'm
movably and submit to the operation.
The milk of Orange county finds it's
way to the city of New York in its origi-
nal condition, that being more profit
able way of disposing of it than by first
churning it into butter. Most of the
farmers make only sufficient butter for
home consumption. A good business is
done in and near Monroe in bottling
milk in Theoretically sealed bottles, in
establishments there known as {" cream
cries, many persons in the city believ-
ing that the milk reaches them purer in
such way.-N. Y. Evening Mail.