Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-07
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.
FAT is of no value as manure,

basket Willow, which sells at from $40
to $50 per ton, according to quality.
! IT is asserted that nine-tenths of the
| foot and ankle ailments of horses are
traceable to standing on dry plank floors.
MANY Wyoming County On. Y.,)
farmers are trying the Scotch potato seed
this year, and very large crop will be
| planted.
WHATEVER he has done, or neglected
to do In the past, the farmer who has
land which can properly be devoted to
that purpose, should make it a point this
year to set few fruit trees.
THE soil for radishes should be very
light and rich. They grow fast and are
able to keep out of the way Of weeds.
They can be grown in succession from
the time frost leaves the ground till late
in the fall.
The beef of Hereford cattle is pecu-
liarly tender and fine grained. For
quantity as well as quality of meat they
are not excelled. The capability of the
breed as quick feeders and economical
producers of meat is unquestionable.
Mr.. GREELEY used to remark that he
always knew when farmer was prosper
GUS or not by the way in which he man
aged his manure heap and handled the
whitewash brush, as well-kept buildings
were advertisements OF well-kept farms.
AN enterprising farmer proposes to
establish a goose farm in Texas. He
will raise geese for their feathers alone
and will keep them Oh grass and alfalfa.
He thinks they will yield three crops of
feathers year and will pay dollar
each.
To prevent chicken cholera, keep the
drinking water for fowls in old, rusty
iron vessels and occasionally throw
small quantity of sulphur and quick lime
into the vessels and do not let them get
filthy, but wash them out every few
days.
EXCESSIVE sweating in horses is usu-
ally caused by feeding too much corn,
, and hence the best remedy is to dimin-
ish the quantity of corn and vary the
feed as much as possible. Some horses,
however, are constitutionally subject to
sweats.
IF only one crop of grass is to be OBJ
tanned, probably the best time for cut
ting is usually when the plants are just
beginning to blossom. At this time a
larger crop is obtained than if cut earlier,
while the digestibility is not seriously
impaired. Chicago Herald.
A USE has at last been found for the
Canada thistle. A shepherd in South
Australia declares that they furnish bet
ter and more food for sheep during
protracted drought than any plant that
grows. The flower buds are eaten by
lambs IN preference to any kind of grass.
JAMES WICK says: CT find when I
SOW celery seed in the hot-bed can have
far better plants by transplanting twice
before the final setting. The roots are
more numerous, the plants stocky, and
they Lift with ball of earth. am very
careful to have bed of rich mellow
soil"
THERE is good time coming for the
long wool raisers. and the indications
are it is not far off. The decrease in the
number of the sheep in England, as
shown by the agricultural returns, is
enormous. Since 1868 the number has
fallen off 5,548,000, being more than
one-fourth Of the whole.
FARMERS who complain of the crow
pulling up freshly-planted corn could
effectually protect their crop by scatter
ing on two or three occasions half peck
or more of soaked corn over an adjoining
newly plowed field, which would effect
ually divert their attention from the
planted field. Neither crows nor black
birds can eat hard corn and that is the
reason the soft corn in the ground is dis
turbed.
MANY farmers that raise their calves
"by hand fail to give them sUficiency
of water. They labor under the mista-
ken notion that calf that is treated to
two messes Of the bluest of blue skim
milk don't need any water, and are al
lowed to swelter and pant in a hot sun
after suffering all the fortunes that calf
is capable of, piece of cruelty that is
born of ignorance or heedlessness.-
CZ0rksU5lIe Star.
In my experience in raising geese I
find that it is best to let the goose take
care of her eggs, not remove them from
the nest; nearly every egg is certain to
hatch in spite of the old theory that
thunder and lightning will kill the Cos
lings in the shell. I manage by prudent
feeding to keep the geese from laying un-
til all danger of the eggs chilling by
leaving them on the nest is past. I con-
slider geese the most profitable IN the
poultry line, and the most easily raised.
H j. w. IN Rural NeaO Yorker.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the New York
World says: 81 do not pretend to say
what causes scabby potatoes, but some
of my neighbors vouch for the effective
ness of refuse tobacco as a remedy.
Their plan is to cut up the refuse stems
and stalks of tobacco quite fine In an or
binary straw-cutter and apply handful
to each hill of potatoes at time of plant
ing. This simple remedy appears to
have done good by destroying the grubs
on parasites, or whatever is the cause of
the scab. It also acts as a good fertil-
izer."
sSHEEP nibble their skin and pull the
wool because the skin itches, and the
wool comes off easily because there is in
fammation. The skin is red and hot in
these places. The cause is dieordered
blood produced by dry food, and 1t is al
WAYS worse when there la a good deal of