Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-13
SEASoNABLe FARM NOTES,

PENNSYLVANIA farmers grow one third
of all the buckwheat produced IN this
country.
DAMP moss is said to be an excellent
material in which to pack winter vege-
tables to retain their freshness.
PEA straw is more valuable as afodder
than the straw of any of the cereals. If
well saved it makes capital fodder for all
descriptions of domestic animals.
SAVE ap-sads from the laundry, and
when not required for immediate apph-
cation to plants or trees, pour it on the
compost pile. 1t is good fertilizer.
DANDELIoN is sown In Swiss meadows,
and credited, according to correspond
ence of the London Gardeners Chron-
icle, with "great milk giving proper
Ties "
The more fully bred the stock the bet
ter shelter, feed, and care it requires.
Without these no carefulness IN breeding
will prevent herd from degenerating
into scrubs.
liz England inferior barley is generally
ground into meal for feeding cattle and
pigs, and nothing surpasses its value
when boiled as mash for horses after q
hard days work.
In England inferior barley is general
~ ground into meal for feeding cattle
and pigs, and nothing surpasses It's value
when boiled as mash for horses after
hard days work.
BLACK corn has been raised in Liv-
ingston County, New York. 1t is de-
scIibed as being as black as an African,
as sweet as sugar, and retains all these
attributes when cooked.
THOSE who have tried it thoroughly
say that apples packed up in dry sand
remain until spring as crisp and seem
ingly as fresh as when first gathered
The same is said of potatoes. The sand
is used year after year.
WEED out your stock and get rid of
the poor mich and butter COWS. The
profit in dairy comes wholly from the
good COWS, while the poor ones not only
do not pay for their keep, but they re-
duce the profit made by the others.
THE protection of shrubbery, straw
berry plants and other tender growths is
now receiving attention. For the pro-
lection of strawberry plants, cornstalks,
leafY brush, and other material which
will not pack down closely is recon-
mended.
The cheapest way TO get supply of
pie plant IS TO SOW the seed and select
the pest specimens among the seedlings
for setting out IN permanent rows. 1t
takes a year longer to get the plants,
but they have more vitality than old
ones, and are better II other respects.
EVERY barn should have basement
with enough room partitioned off to
accommodate all the stock kept through
the winter. Wherever stone is to be
had for the drawing, the cost of a barn
basement is less than the same amount
of room In wooden frames above ground.
The Pekin duck is nearly as large as
a goose, is entirely white, and can be
kept in small enclosures with only
trough to battle IN. They grow rapidly,
furnish fine feathers, and are excellent
: for the table. They are also good lay
ers. good settlers, and careful mothers
The fall is the time to buy bran and
mill feed for winter use. At this season
the mills make feed faster than they can
store it, and, though certain to advance
Ii price towards spring, they are always
anxious to sell. Most farmers have and
should have places for storing a few
tons.
FAST horses are usually bred from
mares IN the prime of life and not over
worked. No matter how highly bred
dam may be, if she be past her prime or
tagged with work, it will tell against her
offspring. This considerably increases
the cost of breeding the fastest-trotting
stock.
ONE Of the most successful breeders
of fowls in this section, says that fowls
need rowen hay as substitute for green
grass, and adds that they viii eat large
quantities of it every day IN winter when
placed before them. Another breeder
writes in high praise of the use OF en-
silage as winter feed for poultry.
The shrinkage and oftal of a slaugh-
tered steer, if the animal is fat, will be
about one-third. A steer weighing
1,225 pounds should weigh after
butchering $50 pounds IN the quarters;
tallow should weigh about so pounds,
and the hide IS pounds, making total
of S25 pounds. So says the Minneapolis
Tribune.
THE feet and legs of horses require
more care than the rest Of the body.
They must not be allowed to stand in
filth and moisture, and IN grooming a
horse the feet and legs must be as thor
oughly brushed and cleaned as the coat.
A little oiIcake meal mixed with food
will give a gle ssipess 20 the skin and
have a good effect on the health.
OF all roots, except potatoes, beets
are most sensitive to frost. Carrots be-
ing mostly deep in the ground will stand
considerable freezing without much In
jury, provided tn ey are left to thaw to
the ground. Parsnip and vegetable
oyster plants are better for being left
out all winter; and of parsnips espec-