Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-05-17

is made to produce turf after the clover
and timothy have gone.
FEEDING wheat bran without mix
ture of some other meal with it, has
been found highly injurious to colts Ill
England, as 1t IS apt TO form stony
secretions In the bowels. Stones pro-
duced there from the excessive use OF
bran have been taken out of horses after
death, weighing many pounds. When
sawed through they appear to be COM
posed OF a hard crystalline mass, de-
posted in regular rings, resembling in
appearance the concentric rings of wood.
They prove to be composed of phosphate
OF magnesia and ammonia.
THE one secret of handling bees with
out trouble is this: A bee filled with
honey will not sting unless you crowd
her to it. There are two or three ways
to cause them to fill themselves with
honey-by blowing smoke in at the en-
trance, or down among the combs at the
top; by combining them to the hive and
rapping gently ON the hive with a stick
or light hammer, Or by sprinkling the
bees and combs with warm diluted honey
or sugar syrup. A bee filled with honey
is much like man who has just eaten
good hearty meal don't feel very much
inclined to quarrel Or fight.
IT has always been belief of ours
that the true value of the roller has not
been understood, and we have received
considerable credit from our contempor-
aries for our efforts at various times to
have this efulimplement better under
stood. What we have said CT it in the
past has chiefly had reference to it's use
in the spring In passing over the grain
and grass and pressing back the plants
to their normal position, where they
frost; but as we see farming conducted
during the summer, we are tempted to
inquire whether even still more use of
the roller might not be made with ad-
vantage. -GernaaaatoaUn Telegraph.
Loss of feathers in fowls probably
proceeds from deficient or unclean dust
ing arrangements. Fowls must have
dust baths, and pound of sulphur now
and then mixed with the rubble or sand
is excellent for keeping feathers in good
order. A few grains of carbonate of
potassa in water twice daily, and the
application of petroleum ointment, will
produce a cure. Proper food is also
necessary for the preservation of plum
age. Food without husk, as Indian corn
or soaked bread, if given exclusively,
will bring on loss of feathers; barley,
buckwheat, barley meal and shorts
should be added. If the skin is bare,
and shows no growth of feathers, rub in
oil and turpentine in proportion of three
to one till the feathers commence new
growth.
Mr.. SAMUEL JOINS, Eldora, Iowa,
describes his method of raising cucum-
bers by the barrel as follows: "Take
salt barrel, knock both ends out, set it
In convenient place, and fill nearly full
of well rotted manure. Form three hills
for the vines, one on the east, one on the
west and the other on the south side of
the barrel. Have but three plants on a
hill, then place brush to keep the vines
up from the ground. Keep the barrel
well watered, and if those three hills
don't furnish enough pickles for large
family, then think me a false prophet"
The same method is employed just as
successfully In growing melons. We
have tried it with the best success.
Water should be poured into the barrel
daily. Half-rotten manure serves adj
mirably for filling the barrel.
The disease generally known as hog
cholera has not prevailed to any alarm
ing extent in other countries where vege-
tables, fruits and grains other than corn
are fed to hogs to a considerable extent.
A diet composed almost exclusively of
corn does not appear to be favorable to
either men or beasts. 1t does not an
swer for horses, COWS or sheep. They
will fatten on it, but will soon fall off in
condition. There can be no doubt about
the excellence of corn for fattening hogs,
but observation shows that it should be
fed in moderation and in connection
with other kinds of food that are more
easily digested, and which tend to the
production of muscle rather than fat.
Pumpkins, squashes, apples, artichokes,
potatoes, and roots may not of them
selves produce much fat, but they aid
digestion, produce muscle, prevent dis
ease, insure steady growth, and keep up
the general condition of ANIMALS. The
like is true to considerable extent with
grass and clover.