Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-03-08
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES,

GOOD feeding is the secret of success
In sheep husbandry.
THE best and surest way to get a good
cow is to raise her yourself.
THERE is less excuse for feeding q
milk COW stingily than any other ami
NAL.
SEPARATE all breeding ewes from the
other sheep in the flock now until after
lambing.
IT is best to procure seed corn from
some place near the latitude where it is
to be planted.
RUNNING wet horses and other ami
mails dry is very useful, not only to save
heat, but to save cold taking.
FAT hens rarely lay. If hens are fed
so much or so often that they begin to
fatten rapidly, they will soon stop lay
ing.
ANYBODY can have grape vines by cut
ting them properly. Trim off portion
of the old vine and leave bud at each
end.
Now is good time, while waiting for
return of spring, to top dress grass lands
with the winters accumulation of
manure.
ORCHARD grass is certainly second
only to timothy as a hay grass, and
preferable IS feeding or temporary pas
ture grass.
PARsNIPs and satisfy are not injured
by freezing, and may remain in the
ground and be dug as wanted, or during
mid winter thaw.
By training pet lamb to come at the
call, and afterward putting it with the
flock, the owner can call his sheep wher-
ever they hear him, as the pet will come,
followed by the other sheep.
In all cases a cow should be MIXED
regularly and stripped clean. No doubt
this has much to do in founding good
milking tribes of cattle, by encouraging
full development of the milk glands.
Few kinds of vegetable food are as
nutritious as beans. In all countries
where much attention is given to econo-
my IN food beans are extensively Guilt
waited and form a leading article of diet.
An application of 100 pounds of nj
trate of soda to an acre of wheat, where
the crop looks weak, will show its bene-
fit In few days, not Only improving it
In growth but largely increasing the
yield.
ENsLAGE is nothing new, as far as
preservation is concerned. 1t is simply
keeping green food through the winter
by exclusion of the air. 1t is on the
same principle as canning, only on a
larger scale.
The Burlington Hawkeye OPPORTUNITY
pleads for the destruction of all old corn
shocks, strap piles and heaps of litter
on the farm, where chinch bugs are be-
ing harbored to issue forth in the open
ing of spring.
An application of bushel and half
Of plaster to the acre on clover early this
spring will infuse new life into it. If
wood ashes are added 1t will be still bet
ter. Ashes and plaster are special fer
tilizers for clover.
A TRIAL has been made in Scotland to
test the value of an acre of cabbage COM
pared to the value of an acre of Swedish
turnips for fattening sheep, and it was
found that the cabbage was worth very
nearly $40 the most.
THE premature growth of colts by high
feeding and severe training, has the ten
dency to degenerate the breed, by en-
failing the over worked debility on their
issue, which may become hereditary, and
be transmitted to future generations.
ONIONS are the first vegetables that
get in the ground. The land should be
very rich. They can be grown in the
same place every year, as they are very
nearly equally proportional in the con-
stituent elements derived from the soil.
1T is generally conceded by the ma
iority of poultry breeders that meat
diet is essential during cold weather,
when worms, bugs and insects are not to
be found by the birds. But, though
considered necessary to atone for the
lost insect food, it should be used spar
ingly and not fed too often to young
fowls.
A GOOD way to prevent cribbing or
stump sucking, or that more disagree
able practice of smoking, is to make a
thin paste of brown soap and red pep
per, and paint managers or hitching
posts, or inside of pipes or outside of
cigars with this preparation. We can
heartily recommend it.-IoUa State
Register.
The question of narrow, VS.. broad
tires for wagons is again being discussed
in various parts of the country. There
seems to be many good reasons why the
broad tire is preferable for ordinary farm
work. A team VII haul heavier load
on soft ground, and can be driven where
narrow tire cannot be used. The sub
ject is very interesting one.
The London Live Stock Journal gives
two methods of starting balky horse:
81. Tire Your steed out by remaining
perfectly quiet until he starts of his own
accord. 2. When horse refuses to
draw at all, but him in a cart in shed
and keep him there until he walks out.
In one instance the obstinate one was
thirty-six hours in the shaft before he
gave in"
The average cut of green corn per
acre in this country does not exceed for
ty tons, while the French farmers it is
said cut 100 tons to the acre. The French
have mode peculiar to themselves.