Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-10-11
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

ID GOOSU6E Is uOu6 bllO NOl6C lOI OC1DS do
old as three years.
A GOOD preparation to mark sheep
without injury TO the wool is said to be
thirty large spoonfuls of hnseed oil, two
ounces of litharge and one ounce of
lamp black, all boiled together.
FEED the stalks of sweet corn to
mich COWS after the ears have all been
pulled. Out them and sprinkle with
meal and BRAN An Iowa farmer says
they are worth the cost of growing the
crop.
PoTAToEs should be exposed to the &C
tlon of the sun as short time as posi-
BILE after they are dug. The sunlight af-
| fects them unfavorably, and if they are
exposed to it for g. long time their value
for table purposes is completely de-
| stroyed.
WITH a good COW to begin with, fed
very literally and given the best of care,
"one-acre farmer" says he makes 500
pounds of butterper year, leaving snug
margin of profit He admits that if she
were an inferior animal he could not af-
ford to keep her.
A WRITER IN the Boston Post advises
utilizing specked. partly decayed or un-
marketable peaches by pressing out the
JUICE, leavlnglt III an open vessel IN cool
cellar for three months, Z" after which it
will be found perfect vinegar, superior
to that from apples.
| EARLY in the fall is the proper time
for applying manure to pear trees, which
should be spread on the surface where
rains and SHOWS can mix it with the soil.
IL pear trees are heavily MANFRED IN the
spring or summer it is apt to cause an
unheal5hful growth and result in blight.
Do not neglect the ripening seeds.
| Gather them, dry carefully and label
them correctly, after putting In paper
bags, being securely placed where rats
and mice will not iniure them. Pot
herbs should be gathered when In flower,
tied in small bundles and dried III the
shade.
ONE of the best modes by which to
protect trees from cattle is to soil
the cattle The idea of pasturing an
orchard and then of putting a guard of
stakes about each tree and barbed wire
about the stakes, is a poor commentary
on the enterprise of the farmer who
practices it.
BEANS are well adapted to farmers Of
small means, and no expensive machin-
cry is required to plant, cultivate, har-
vest 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 advantage IN
parts of the country where the seasons
are very short.
RUB the hands thoroughly with lin.
seed oil, then wash In CASTLE or bar soap.
1t will remove pitch, and when the hands
have become grimy by hard work it will
make them clean and soft. 1t is the
best thing to remove cracks or sores in
cows teats; moisten them with oil after
the milk is drawn. It will likewise re-
move any scent from the hands after
milking.
CALVES may generally be gradually
stopped off their milk after four months
age, then fedon grass or hay. If to this
was added pint of provender night and
morning, made up of nine tenths oats
and one-tenth faxseed ground together,
it would accelerate their growth and
keep them in fine condition. IF this can
not be had some advise scalding the
grain and seed; let the two soak awhile
| together and then feed.
UNLESS hay and grain or oil-cake be
given to sheep as an extra feed, the mere
feeding of sheep on .a,pasture cannot add
| to it's fertilizing matter, but when these
| animals have even small amount of oil
cake, for instance, the advantage to the
parlor Is at once observable. AS the
supposed enrichment of a pasture by
sheep is ell the dressing that some fields
| hax-a he &1ooro &c 1a7,
/ that pasture becomes sEorr out.
A MAN who once gets thoroughly into
| the work of breeding fine stock is seldom
willing to abandon it for some other
pursuit, no matter how lucrative the
new venture may be. The field it offers
for the study of scientific physiology
the possibilities of combination and de-
velopment, and the broad opportunities
| for experiment are afford III no other
business. There is fascination III the
production of fine stock which no other
| industry can claim.
A STORY having gone the rounds of
| the papers relating how four horses at
| Woodstock, VT, we're poisoned by eat
| ing ensilage, the Green Mountain Free
man comes to the front with the full
| facts of the case. The horses were poi
soned by eating ensilage, but only be-
cause it contained quantities of poison
GUS herb locally known as meadow pine
or "colts' tail weed. This was cured
with the ensilage and eaten by the ami
mails, proving fatal, as it would have
done under any other circumstances.
To avoid exhausting the soil, the fol-
lowing rotation of crops is suggested by
a high scientific authority, which, with
slight notifications, can be made to APP
ply to all sections of the country. For
three years rotation, one year each of