Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-29
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

The droppings of sheep are much
more concentrated and valuable than
those from any other domestic animals.
If you have choice potatoes to keep
for seed put them in q box of sand in
the cellar. They will not sprout nor
freeze.
SUNFLowER seed given to horse at
each morning and night feed will keep
him In good spirits and give his hair a
sleek appearance. So says the National
Farmer.
To keep apples late, pack them in
tight barrels in plaster (gypsum). This
will keep the air away, and, if the apples
are originally sound, they will not rot
for months.
A FARMER who has tried it says tur-
keys will lay on more fat in two weeks,
when confined in comfortable pen,
than they will in four when suffered to
ramble about.
ALL honey not in the comb is looked
upon with suspicion. Comb honey,
too, has not escaped, although the efforts
to adlllterate it have SO far not been very
successful. CWltivatOr.
POTATOES, when dug in an upright
state, may be at times watery and not fit
to eat, but if spread as thinIy as posi-
BILE In dry, airy place, they will in time
become as mealy as if left to ripen i'll
the ground.
THE legitimate way for farmers to
make money is to sell as much as posi-
bic from their farms at the least ex-
pense. There are other ways often sug-
gested, but they are not to be COM
mended, and generally result in loss and
disappointment.
DIR. ELLIS, of Russell County,
Kansas, large wheat grower, under
stands the value of sheep upon land so
thoroughly that he advertises he will
pay 10 cents per head for sheep to pas
ture upon his fields.
WILLIAM RAMSEY, of Gainesville, n.
Y, has this year sold 421 bushels of
potatoes at an average price of 80 cents,
all the product of two acres of land
The ground was a clover sod plowed
after the clover had made some growth
and we'll MANFRED besides.
THREE-YEAR-oLD shorthOrns are, under
the best management, made to weigh
1000 pounds, which sell at $3.50 per
hundred, or $3.50 per head. Four-year-
old scrubs sell for $50 per head. Grass
and shOrthorns make farmers rich.
IT is reported in the east that there is
likely to soon be a "big boom in
Dutch blanket" cattle. Small herds
of them have been kept in central New
York, but they have attracted little at
tention, except from their peculiar
coloring.
THREE cheeses are being made at DR..
Nights factory at Whitesborough, n.
Y, which weigh "long ton" 1900
pounds each. They are to be shipped to
Glasgow, Scotland, and will be put on
the market in time for the Christmas
holidays.
A MISSOURI sheep-grower advises
breeding from polled rams. The ami
mails, he says, fight less, are never fly
blown around the horns, are more con-
veniently sheared, keep easier and grow
larger. This is his opinion after nine
years experience.
REPORTS come from many places OF
the death of farm animals caused by eat
ing flax straw. The lint forms a COM
pact mass in the stomach. Cattle Of
ten eat large quantities of the straw in
order to get the seed that remains in it.,
and find it difficult to digest it.
PIG weed root has been analysed at
the New York experimental station and
found to contain 70 parts water, 2. % of
ash, OBS nitrogen, 2.25 albuminoids or
their equivalents, 9.69 carbohydrates,
and 2.55 of cellulose. Dr. Sturtevant
considers the plant of considerable value
for green manure.
CALLED and sore shoulders in horses
are often caused by the name working
under the collar while pulling. This
can be avoided by plating the name and
tying it up IN such a manner that it can
not touch the collar. It not only Injuries
the shoulder, but the name also, which
is one of the beauties of the horse.
FINE butter can only be obtained by
churning at favorable temperature. If
the temperature of the cream is too low
the butter will be long in coming and
will be hard in texture. If the temper
very speedily, but the product will be
greasy, destitute of grain and deficient
in quantity Farm. Herd and Home.
MAKE the cobs into neat winrows about
6 foot high, and after the wind has
swept through them an hour or SO set
fire to them. When charred rake them
down and sprinkle water on the mass;
stir them again to be sure they do not
go on burning and go to ashes. If now
seasoning of salt be thrown over the
pile there will be a lot of feed for the
pigs and hogs which they will enjoy
hugely. d
AN experienced dairyman says: Cows
usually become addicted to kicking
when heifers from being MIXED by
abusive mixers. [ have never seen an
old COW become kicker unless abused.
Instead of COWS being averse to being
MIXED when giving large quantities, [
have ever found it the reverse. When
pasturage is good, and COWS come home
at night with their udders distended
with milk, they seem grateful to have it
removed.
Now is good time to lay in stock
of vegetables to feed fowls d11rino the