Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-01
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

IT is generally supposed that thick
covering of snow affords the best pro-
lection from the severe frosts of winter
to the soil beneath. Experiments by
Deheraim and Kayser prove that grass
turf is much more etfectual.
WHEN liquid manures are too much
diluted, fruit trees are injured by being
compelled in seeking nourishment to
take more water than they need. On
tons occasion decay of the roots.
WHETHER an animal will suffer or not
from eating moldy vegetation depends
very much on the constitution of the
animal. One animal will suffer no bad
effects from the same fungus which will
destroy the organs Of another animal as
a malignant parasite.
NEVER set hen in box above the
ground or floor of the chicken-house if
possible to do otherwise, as the eggs dry
too fast and lose their vitality. Much
better success may be expected If the
nests are made upon the ground.
IT is said that Sin the fattening of
wethers to finish as shearings, English
breeders state that the Cotswold and
Leicester grades can be made to 60 UP
to 200 pounds, the Oxford Downs to 100
pounds and the Southdown grades to
100 pounds, live weight.
Fowls will never touch food, if they
can help it, which lies near any drop
pings or an unclean place. Special
care should be taken, therefore, to clear
the ground of all pens and runs daily.
The smaller the runs the greater must
be cleanliness and the labor spent on it.
IF one has garden that is clayey it
will be greatly benefited by putting on
it all the ashes from the house. The
ashes makes the ground more porous and
thus adds to it's fertility A good dress
ing of sand, coal ashes and manure will
assist it wonderfully in the way of plant
development.
A FARMER who grows both wool and
wheat largely and successfully says that
it his opinion that the reason why the
yield of wheat per acre in the United
States is only half as much as that of
England, is because in England the
sheep are utilized with grain growing,
whilst here they are only thought of as
wool and mutton-makers.
SAVE oil the manure. The fall and
winter months are the best seasons for
applying it. Frequently it is advisable
to pillow the land before spreading the
manure, so that the essence of the
manure may not be washed away. IF
the ground be open and loose the whole
strength of the manure is absorbed into
the soil.
IT is recommended as an important
item in sheep husbandry, "to separate
the ewes whose lambs are intended for
early market, and devote to them little
special care and attention. It will be
evident to every sheep farmer that this,
though it cost but trife of either time
or food, will add many pounds and
good fattening condition to the lambs. "
The demand for mutton for summer
consumption in every town and village
is thing to be cultivated by farmers.
A flock of sheep is safe to pay 100 per
cent. In profit in the hands of a COM
petent manager. Every week few head
Of fat sheep might go to the butcher for
local consumption during the hot
weather when beef is less salable, and
in this way the surplus of considerable
hOCh UC WOIh6u DuD U1lS
dogs When sheep are more numer-
ously kept than dogs. the dog question
will be satisfactorily disposed OF. -Rural
NeaC Yorker.
The horse like his driver and the dog
like his master. A nervous, timorous
man is almost sure to have a skittish
horse, shying at anything, unsteady,
and runaway if he gets the chance.
Many cow is spoiled by lack of
patience and quietness in the mixer,
and the amount of milk depends more on
the mixer than on the pasturage. If
man is afraid of a horse, the animal
knows it before he gets into the stable.
A noisy, boisterous fellow about fatten-
ing stables will cause a serious loss in
gain of flesh to them when they are
digesting their food.-Frch0nge.
The following table will show the
number of checks or hills contained in
an acre of ground at certain distances: