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


plumage of poultry.
JOHN MoRoBERT, of Vevay, Mich,
harvested 66 bushels of cloverseed from
Is acres-a profitable crop.
REMEMBER this, that apples keep bet
ter In damp, moist cellars than in dry
ones. In the latter they become dry
aud shriveled; in the former plump and
juicy.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific
American reports success in growing
potatoes on top of the ground, in rows
two feet to three feet apart, covered with
sawdust six to twelve inches thick.
KEEP the fowls warm and dry, feed
some warm food and give them vari-
ETY. Of it. Take out all the old hens and
keep only young ones, and the egg as-
ket will be well flied, even at this
season.
IT is the opinion of many that fowl
fattened quickly will make far more
juicy and toothsome meal than a chick.
One thing is certain, three-year old
fowl will make much better broth for an
invalid than six months chicken.
In France when vinegar is to be made
clean barrels are rlnsed with old vinegar
before the new substance is put in.
The riDsing is said to make vinegar in
about half the time required without
the practice.
WHEN trees are transplanted the
roots are always more Or less injured,
hence it is always beat to cut off the
wounded parts of the roots and head
back the top to correspond with roots
left.
A VETERINARY writer condemns high
hangers for horses, claiming that they
irritate the throat and create tendency
to heaves. He says the manger should
be on a level with the feet, as that is in
accordance with nature.
GRASS grown on MANFRED land gives
a more nutritive fodder, richer, es-
pecially in albuminoids, than that grown
upon MANFRED or poorly manfred land.
The difference is sometimes as great as
ten per cent.
CATTLE undergoing fattening pro-
cess, as well as those kept for the pro-
duction of milk, should enjoy the great
est possible amount of rest. All violent
exercise must be guarded against, as it
greatly increases the decomposition of
fat.
A COW with three rings on her horns
is 6 years old; with four she is Z. No
new rings are rormed after the tenth
year. The deeper rings, however, and
the worn appearance of the horns, are
pretty sure indications of old age,
THE weight of hens eggs ranges from
fifteen to twenty ounces per dozen. A
oh Of 4xuo tv H.
ounces may be taken as fair average
for good sized eggs, although weight
of nearly four ounces is not unknown
for single specimens of eggs.
AN Ohio farmer wants ito know what
per cent. of grain is lost by threshing,
and suggests that farmers see that their
straw and chaff piles are run through
the machine second time, and note the
result. He believes that, so far as his
knowledge extends, enough is wasted to
pay the threshing bill.
A GERMAN manufacturer has figured
out automatically that in wind mills
the most serviceable wind is one that
blows at velocity of twenty three feet
second. The fans of the windwheel
revolve with nearly double the velocity
of the wind. The lowest number of
days in the year that the wind is SER
viceable is 100, and the greatest number
is 280.
CARBoNIC ACID, so necessary for the
production of vegetation, yet only forms
a thousandth part of the atmosphere.
It is calculated, however, that when
taken to the full altitude of the atmos-
phere the latter contains the enormous
total of 8, 400, 600, 900, 000tons of carbonic
acid This amounts to about % tons
over every acre of the earth's surface.
A HEFER coming in at two years old
is the best time for developing her fu-
ture milking qualities. Comfortable
quarters, generous feed, regularity in
feeding and kind treatment will do much
however, in rearing a fine mixer. When
cream is worth twelve cents per pint,
remunerative returns are received for ex-
ira labor employed in rearing and i'm
proving our dairy COWS to their utmost
milking capacity.
SOME large and important sales Of
Shropshiredown sheep have recently
been held in England. The sales were
largely attended and highly successful.
Some of the most famous rams brought
astonishing prices, one OF them going at
40 guineas, or about $1,000. Prices
ranged all the way down to few dol
larsI per head. The Shropshires have
won for themselves an established place.
WHEN young poultry have been al
lowed to contract the habit of roosting
in the trees no time should be lost in
breaking them of it. Confinement to
the poultry house and yard for day or
two will generally effect a cure. Get
your dust baths ready for winter: Sand
and fnely-sifted coal ashes, with a pound
of sulphur to each bushel of the mix
ture, is the best. This should be put in
large boxes, and kept out of the rain.
Whitewash the houses, putting in gill
of crude carbolic acid and pint of COM
mon kerosene oil to each pailful of
slaked lime.
DRY, well-seasoned wood is the only
kind that is either pleasant or economic
al to use, especially in the stove in