Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-12-06
SEkSONABLE FARM NOTES.

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else to maintain good health. The quieter
they remain the richer their milk will be
III butter.
1T has been shown that a pail of milk
standing ten minutes where it is exposed
to the scent of a strong smelling stable,
or any other offensive odor, will imbibe
a faint that will never leave it.
CONTINUED damp weather often causes
roup in fowls. In order to prevent it
the best quarters must be provided.
Dryness, warlath and freedom from
| draughts are the best safeguards.
GIVE rich food like clover, oats, beans,
peas and hnseed cake. The stomach OF
horse is small and should be replen-
ished often. Regularity is an important
point. Digestion will be helped and the
general health improved by giving few
cut swedes daily.
The Importance of winter dairying is
not sufficiently kept in mind; the pro-
| duction of butter should be distributed
| Systematically over the whole twelve
months, not crowded into few summer
| months when competition is strongest
| and prices lowest.
BARE pastures and poor cattle go to-
gether. 'The grass should gain Oh the
animals during the growing season.
| Cattle that are obliged to eat night and
day to satisfy their appetites can not
mature properly. Give both the grass
and the cows chance"
A CELEBRATED French farmer gave
the ground of his success in fattenipg
sheep in a very few words. He opened
| with the remark that he had no secret
only question of fare. Induce the ami
mails to eat abundantly by large choice
variety and good preparation of food;
| that is all there is to it.
A CAPABLE horseman gives it as an
| expression of his experience after twenty
years OF trial that tired horse can be
best refreshed and strengthened by
| giving him quart of oatmeal stirred In
g pail of water. This fits the stomach
for stronger food, sIakes the thirst and
is much better than pure water.
IT is said that corn fodder in a IA
ton of hay, corn and cotton seed meal
has given per COW, butter and milk pro
ducts, as good results as an equal guam
| THY of hay. In mixed rations for steers
| a pound of corn fodder eaten may be-
come according to personal experience,
nearly as valuable as good hay"
A ST. LOUIS paper would have it IN
derstood that not one farmer in ten uu-
| derstands the value of ground corn as
| food over that IN the ear. The correct
ness of this has been tested thousands of
times, and so without guessing it may be
said that one bushel of meal will put as
faF al 6
plain, ordinary grain.
TEE fact should be more generally
known that "beets, and especially sugar
beets andyellow mangels, are excellent
fodder for making milk. Their health
ful effect upon the COWS, and their aid in
Athe digestion and assimilation of ether
| food tend to largely increase the yield of
| milk, and the abundant nUtriment con
tanned III them gives quality and flavor. F"
IF you want to transform wild heifer
into a Well-behayed and well trained
COW, you must be patient and exhibit no
temper. Never strike her; she must.
first OF all, get acquainted with you and
learn that you will not hurt her. She
must learn not to fear you. If, in win
ter, 1t is best TO milk IN the stable, make
as little fuss and as few alarming mo-
lions as possible; handle her very gen
tly.
The age Of sheep up to four years old
IS readily ascertained from the mouth.
They put two large teeth in the center
Of the lower jaw, casting two sucking
teeth at about twelve months old. They
put up two more large teeth each of the
next three years, making at four years
old full mouth of eight large teeth.
These soon become gappy and worn, es-
peclalIy when sheep are fed on whole
roots.
4 BUSTING shed should be in every
poultry-yard. It may be a few feet
square, according to the number of
birds, with no sides, but good water
proof roof. A heap of dry ashes should
be put under this, and 1t will soon he
seen how much the fowls appreciate il.
No fowl viii thrive if covered with in
sects, and the dust bath alone will keep
them away. Dry ashes should be used
wet material is not good.
A MEHBER of the Elmira Farmers
Club says OF orchard grass that no other
grass IS so sure to grow from seeding.
and none will bear the tramp of feet bet
ter. No kind starts quicker in spring
and continues later in fall, and none
springs up more rapidly after grazing.
Another member examined a patch
during the late intense drouth, which
was green and fresh, while timothy ad
joining was dried as if dead.
SHEEP should have airy, we'll Uttered
sheds, with plenty OF sunshine and pro-
tected from snow. One great advantage
OF keeping sheep is to convert straw into
manure. Hence much litter is generally
strewn in sheep-sheds, to the distress OF
the sheep, unless they have hard places
to lie upon, because their feet get so
hot. A few platforms, like old doors.
which car be shifted about every few
days by turning over, will be greatly en-
joyed, and will promote health and com
fort.
KOHL RABI or turnip-rooted cabbage
(brassica oteracea) is variation in the
cabbage family that is quite peculiar. It
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