Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-03-08

They dig deep trenches in the ground
and bury the green corn after it is cut
1t comes out sweet and good and is kept
in this manner for long time, and wher
taken out is freely eaten by the cattle.
DIsTEMPER in a colt takes about three
weeks to run it's course. All the medi.
cine required is q light dose of EPSON
salts-say four to six ounces-and good
nursing. Give warm bran mashes, lin
seed or oatmeal Cruel; keep the animal
warm, and rub the legs with a cloth
dipped in hot water; a tablespoonful of
mustard III the water would be beneficial
for the legs seem to be weak and numb.
-NeaO York Times.
ANIMALS often show their excellence
through their offspring in one sex alone,
Imported Glencoe, one of the grandest
thoroughbreds the world ever produced,
was total failure with his sons, but his
daughters made good runners and brood
mares, one of them being Pocahontas
Gin England), dam of Stockwell, King
Tom and Rataplan, and in this country
his daughters were the dame of Ken
lucky, Asteroid, Norfolk, Gilroy and
hundreds of other good ones.
ECONOMY in the dairy is of special i'm
portance, because the price at which
dairy products can be afforded material
ly affects the amount of consumption.
In order to carry on a dairy farm with
the greatest economy and the best re-
suits it must carry good natural grass
land. A first class pasture and a
moderate area well adapted to soiling,
with an abundance of good, pure, clean
water, will help to cheaper cost and
raise the quality of the production.
BOILED pumpkins are excellent for
fowls and hogs. Raw pumpkins are
readily eaten by all the animals general
ly kept on farms. They are specially
valuable for mich COWS at Che season of
the year when grass becomes short and
they have little disposition to eat hay
They help fill the gap between green and
dry food. Squashes are in strespects
preferable to pumpkins. Their flesh is
richer and they may be kept longer.
There is little trouble in keeping some
of the " hard shell varieties all winter.
DURING leisure time this month make
simple hot-bed, even if it is no larger
than large dry goods box from which
the bottom and top have been removed.
This, if sawed in diagonal direction,
will make two frames one foot in height
on the front side and twenty to twenty
four on the rear side when placed in
position at the south side of building
or high plank fence. If no old sash are
at hand, cotton cloth, saturated with
boiled inseed oil, will answer a very
good purpose. No manure will be
needed within the frames, but the fresh
stable manure should extend one foot
beyond the frame on each side.
UNLEACHED wood ashes contain all the
constituents of plant food that the ordi-
nary or WORKOUT soil needs, except
nitrogen. By their chemical action, they
render much OF the inert nitrogen in
soils available, and in that way may be
said to furnish nitrogen. This is true of
lime, and on this power of making
nitrogen available, the greatest value of
lime, when applied as fertilizer, de-
ponds. Ashes also have good mechan-
ical effect upon the soil, especially heavy
clay soils, which are made lighter and
more porous, so that air and water cir
culate more freely. Ashes do not suffer
waste by being washed out, to the extent
that is true of the more soluble and con-
centrated fertilizers sold in the markets
their effects are therefore more lasting.