Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-01
SEASONABLE. FARM NOTES.

The Bermuda onion always does best
from imported seed.
A NAIL can be driven into hard wood
successfully by dipping it into grease.
PLowED land attracts moisture to a
much greater degree than the unbroken
soil.
RABBITS do not like blood. It is said
that fruit trees smeared with it will not
be barkedby the little animals.
Now is the time to fatten hogs, and
every effort should be made to complete
the process before cold weather comes
on.
New ENGLAND farmers find that it
pays to CLEAN grain fields after the grain
/ has been taken off by raking the field
with a srlky rake.
BLACK corn has been raised In Liv-
ingston County, New York. 1t is de-
scribed as being as black as an African,
as sweet as sugar, and retains all these
attributes when cooked.
IT is generally bad policy to turn cat
tie into moving fields, as they eat the
grass aud clover too close to enable 1t to
withstand the cold of winter. They al
so break the sod if the ground is quite
soft.
WHERE strawberries are liable to draw
by frost, it Is best to cover them with
straw or some dry material. These are
often injured by covering with manure
or other material which favors damp
ness, and strawberries are often injured
by it. They hate damp.
A FARMER in the Old Dominion has
raised 100 barrels of sweet potatoes to
the acre on very poor land, with no fer
tilizer except heavy coating of leaf
mold. Wood-mold, and wood-pile dirt
are found to be good dressing for land
planted with this vegetable.
BAsING his opinion on the results OF
experience conducted Ct the agricultural
school at Norden, DR.. Wegner says that
artificial manures can be applied profit
ably on marsh lands. The harvest oil
the crops raised yielded very fair re-
turn for the expenditure incurred.
AS timothy grass seed, if sown at the
same time as winter wheat, is apt to
crowd the grain too much, the better
the wheat is we'll up before sowing the
timothy. Sow just before a rain and nc
narrowing or brushing will be needed
WHEN the country was new, corr
ground was often sown with wheat with.
out blowing, the stubs being partly tori
down with the drag. Good wheat was
then grown, but the requirements o.
modern reaping and binding machines
demand a smoother surface than was
deemed necessary in the olden time.
For the benefit of horse and cattle
owners please publish the following: it
is an infallible cure for stife: One-hal
teacupful of alum powered fine; the
whites of three hens eggs; beat to 8
stiff froth, mix together; apply freely
rub in thoroughly. Warm in with hot
iron. In six hours the leg will be al
right.
A PAPER published in Central lows
| tells how one enterprising farmer plant
ed five pounds of the White Star pc.
tatoes of the same variety and harvested
over bushel. A third planted half 3
peck of the Mammoth Pearl variety anC
the product was over ten bushels. There
are other parts of the state and Other
varieties yet to hear from.
Mr.. GEORGE MAY POWELL makes the
very good suggestion, that sprouting
acorns or nuts from the forest may be
planted with no more trouble than the
setting out of cabbage plants, and the
training of the young to look after the
growth of these forest babies" would
be one of the best means of inducing the
| incoming generation to take an interest
| IN forestry.
The stuble, and even the weeds, that
grow after grain crop, may serve use
| full purpose In winter, however Unsightly
they may appear now. With tall stub
BILE the snow is kept on the field instead
of being swept off by winds, as it usual
ly is where the surface is smooth. The
young clover is even more sensitive tc
winter killing than wheat, and needs all
the protection that can be afforded.
SIR J. 3. LAwEs, of England, says
that live stock should be fed with driel
| food In winter than summer. He also
believes that the American farmer claims
too much for ensilage, when applied to
grass or clover, since they are best FED
dry, the silo adding nothing to THEN
value and the process of drying in the
production of hay subtracts nothing but
wafer; portlHeHI EoHdfk ny cuomlcal
and practical observer and experimenter.
ACCORDING to the report of the
Elmira, N. Y, Farmers Club. Gaines
Evergreen grass is in reauisition
there for sowing, in connection with
orchard grass. "Caine's evergreen is
said to be identical with meadow oat
grass and is usually sown in connection
with orchard grass. Both start early in
the spring, they ripen together and
cover the ground better than when
either is sown alone. Prairie Farmer.
WHATEVER may be the cause of bark
splitting on one side near the collar OF
young apple trees in rich soil, the remedy
advised by DIR. Hoskins is the true one
to wrap the parts SO as to keep the
bark from detaching, drying, curling of
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