Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-08
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

KEEP sheep dry under foot. This is
even more necessary than roofing them.
The gapes in chickens is supposed to
come from worm In the throat. This
worm is supposed to be bred in filthy
water.
COMPOST heaps are in order now, and
in making them, remember that potash,
nitrogen, and phosphoric acid are great
fertilizers.
IT is said that brine of common salt,
as strong as it can be made, rubbed In
thoroughly, so as to wet every hair on
the animal, will destroy both lice and
their eggs.
AS rule new fruits originated from
seeds grown in seasons very unfavorable
to their growth are inferior. Our best
grapes, apples and other fruits come
fuOm seeds grown when the fruit at
tanned it's greatest excellence.
The increase in the number OF silos
this year will be fully 100 per cent. over
last years total. This will insure large
and additional number of practical tests,
adding to that knowledge of the subject
which can only be secured through ac-
tual experience.
fruit trees with advantage during the
summer as g mulch, will now soon be-
come damage by harboring mice. 1t
should be removed and bank of earth
be compacted around the tree to the
height of foot or more.
THE germs of cut-w worms, potato bugs
and other injurious insects harbor dur
ing the winter under the weeds, vines
and trash in the garden. They should
this year be raked and burned, and Just
before the ground closes, pillow the gar
den.-IoaOG State Register.
ONE of the best modes of watering
stock In winter is to have cistern in one
corner of the barn basement. Ii en-
closed on all sides with double wall it
will rarely freeze in the coolest winters.
The water that falls on 30x40 feet barn
viii supply ten head of stock through
the winter.
FROM this time until snow flies is re-
ally the critical time for stock. An AMI
NAL that comes into winter quarters in
good condition is half wintered, while
one that has been suffered to decline in
flesh can with difficulty be brought out
in good health In the spring, even on
double rations.
In Great Britain more land is sown
with rye for a green crop than with rye
for a grain crop. 1t is sown ia autumn
at the rate of two or three bushels an
acre, the smaller quantity when intended
to stand as seed crop, and the larger
quantity when intended for early green
fodder Ia spring.
THIS is the best time to select seed
potatoes for next seasons planting. Go
through the fields if possible before the
tubers are dug, choosing and marking
those which have thrifty tops. Then by
rejecting the small and Informed pota-
toes an improved quality and increased
yield may be reasonably expected.
The Leghorns, Spanish. Hamburgs
and French breeds are the best egg-pro-
ducers. The Houdans, and Dorkings
are the best for the table, if quality is
wanted, the Asiatics if only quantity of
flesh is desired. The Houdans and
Plymouth Rocks combine good egg pro-
duction with excellent table qualities.
Too many apples are sent to market
in bad condition and not properly sort
ed. A few inferior, bruised or wormy
specimens in a barrel reduces the price
materially. Sound, carefully picked,
nicely-sorted fruit pays the best, for it
commands the top price. Especially
will it pay this year to use the utmost
care in this matter.
To plant potatoes on swamp meadow
proved with Mr.. Frank Thomas, of
Woodbridge, Connecticut, q happy
thought for season that turned out
very dry. The farmer says he Ftdug 214
bushels of as fine Early Roses as he
ever saw from three-fourths of an acre
of land" and has sold a good many of
them for 81 bushel.
SOUR apples are often fed to mich
COWS to good advantage; but care should
be taken not to feed them out until they
on them only small quantity should be
given at one time, say one-haf peck
per day. then gradually increase to a
peck In a weeks time, and two pecks at
the end of two weeks.
In husking, be careful to sort out all
the poor ears and soft nubbins. Put only
sound corn in the crib. Give the nub-
bins to the pigs. 1t will not do to feed
such food TO horses; they need good
sound grain. Feeding green corn to
pigs and fatting hogs should be begun
judiciously. Don't overfeed. For the
best results, fattening swine should
be brought to full feed with quite as
much care as steer.
Ii constructing barn floors too much
care cannot be given to making them wa
ter-tight. This is especially true of
stables. The time when the urine of
cattle and horses was left to run through
the floors to get rid of it has gone by
forever. In some elements, particularly
potash and nitrogen, urine is richer than
the solid excrement. With alright
floors and an abundance of bedding the
urine can all be saved.
THERE is q worlds demand for we'll
fattened, healthy pork, and always VIII
be. Where the climate is adapted to the
growth of Indian corn, the most profit
able use it can be put to is in fattening
steers and hogs for market. Ii the
farmer culfivatino frem eighty acres