Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-05-31
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

| 0udIty VI OH0 nay.
In arranging perches for fowls allow
six inches for each bird.
APPLY pure raw hnseed oil in June
for the oyster-sbell bark louise.
ORCHARD grass is not suited to wet
bottom land, but thrives in rich up
land.
AN average two or three-year- steer
will eat Its own weight of different mate
rails in two weeks.
BEANS often do well on land that con-
talns SO much sand that any crop but
rye proves failure.
A THREE-YEAR-OLD cattle beast, well
fed, will give at least one ton of manure
every month of winter.
HE following points should be sought
after in selecting breed of fowls: Early
maturity. fertility as layers, quality of
flesh, and hardness at all ages.
The indications are that potato bugs
will be remarkably troublesome this
year, rendering free applications of paris
green necessary to rescue the crop.
IT is said that lime whitewash, %
made yellow with copperas, covering
stones and rafters-the crystals of the
copperas thrust into rat holes-will rout
not only rats, but cockroaches and mice.
EXCESSIVE drinking of water is said to
increase the consumption of fat in the
body. Too watery food should, there
fore, be avoided, especially in fattening,
If we wish to obtain the most rapid and
abundant formations of flesh and fat.
If a small piece of sulphur is oc-
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smoking, it Will effectually prevent skip
pers and bugs from making inroads
upon the bacon; nor will it produce
any effect on it's flavor, save on the mere
surface or skin.
AMONG the most successful farmers
the sulky plows are now being largely
used in the place of the ordinary two
horse pillow. With one of them a man
and three horses may easily do the work
of two men and four horses with the
common plows.
The Rural New Yorker says it is gen.
orally conceded that wheat needs a mel
low surface, with a greater or less de-
gree of compactness underneath. It is
noticeable fact that it grows as readily
on portions of fields used as thorough
fares before sowing as it does on por-
tions where the ground was not thus
hardened.
IF wooden pals are bought, choose
those with brass hoops and trimmings
They cost a few cents more, but are
worth double that Of the iron hoped
ones. A cedar water pail with brass
hoops, that costs rs cents, will outlast
one dozen pine ones with iron hoops,
that cost quarter each, and be more
agreeable to use.
WHITE GLOVER HONEY, when produced
in good marketable shape, says the Kan
sas Farmer, always demands a good
price. If the beekeepec has managed
his apiary intelligently, he knows what
he has to sell and what it is worth, and
will not dispose of it until he can realize
it's full value. There is time to "sell !"
as well as to produce.
| BEANS are well adapted to farmers of
small means, as no expensive machines
or implements are required to plant,
cultivate, harvest and prepare the crop
for market. AS the crop will mature In
from ten to twelve weeks from the time
it is planted, it can be raised to good ad-
vantage in parts of the country where
the seasons are very short.
| The hat-headed apple tree borer is
found under the bark of apple trees,
white oak, and sometimes on other trees.
This insect attacks, principally, diseased
trees; the remedy is, therefore, to have
only healthy trees. Apple trees that are
sun-burned are very subject to its at
tacks. Use the knife and wash with
soft soap, about the last of May.
CUT-woRMs can be cheated out of de-
stroying cabbage and other plants by
surrounding each plant with an oak,
hickory, or some other strong leaf set
deep enough to prevent blowing away.
Another remedy, said to be efectual, is
to put sawdust about the roots and satu-
rate with gas-tar water. The sawdust
will retain the scent of the tar and drive
away cut-worms and other insects.
ONE of the surest and best remedies
for preventing the ravages of the cab
bage worm is pyrethrum, or Persian ia
sect powder. Add two tablespoonfuls Of
wash the plants, especially the tender
leaves just forming the heads, once a
week. This powder is obnoxious to
| WOrIuS Anu 1HSOCCS. LII Is dISO oXCOlI0uG
for Kidding fowls of vermin.
THE Indiana Farmer remarks: Gland
plaster gives the best results when used
in connection with barn yard or stable
manure. Use from 100 to $50 pounds
to the acre. x 1t is a safe plan
to continue to raise due proportion of
the staple farm crops, no matter what
the present prices of each may be. One
year with another, this will be found to
be the most satisfactory rule to adopt.
A COW reared on the farm where she is
to remain is more valuable to her owner
than strange COW. She is acclimated.
She is acquainted with the herd with
which she must associate. She is famil-
lar with the lands from which she obtains
her food, and can travel over it with
greater ease than strange COW. In
consequence of these things she will
yield more milk and be more profitable.
Corn is the most profitable crop for
soiling purposes. 1t should be sown at
different times to keep up succession
until cold weather. Oats and then bar