Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-06-07

der water and gives no flavor to the wa
ter If hemlock can not be procured.
tamarack would be the best. The tim
Der should be cut in two or three
inch planks and put together by
halving the timbers at the end and
holding the halved parts dovetailed
can not be forced in by the pressure of
the earth; the upper half of one piece fit
ting upon the lower half of the other
piece.
Mr.. @. A. GREEN writes to the West
ern Farmer from New York State: We
have found but one reliable method of
discriminating Canada thistle, which is
to plough thoroughly early in the spring,
and so often thereafter during the grow
ing season as is necessary to prevent the
appearance of a single shoot above
ground, say every two weeks. II the
roots are thus smothered for one season
(they cannot breathe without leaves)
they will rot and be converted into plant
food, leaving numerous small drains
through the subsoil greatly to the bene-
fit of the land. Though this method is
laborious who can doubt that it will
prove profitable, considering the long
years OF loss and annoyance that must
otherwise follow.
HE practice of allowing grass to run
to seed on the land is very mischievous.
Many farmers do it under the impress
sion that it improves the pasture, but it
has exactly the opposite effect. Grasses,
If allowed to grow unchecked by now
ing, become exhausted and soon die out.
Indeed, many varieties are not strictly
perennial, and perish if allowed to ripen
seed. Moving or grazing and frequent
rolling are indispensable for obtaining
and preserving a good pasture. Those
who cut grass for hay should select that
stage for moving when the earlier
varieties are in full flower. There is in
all grasses, and especially in clovers, a
constant secretion of saccharine matter
in their stems during their early growth,
and the best hay is made by those who
select the best time to NOW, which is in
Dictated when the grasses are in flower,
and before they begin to turn color.
FARMERS sometimes leave a colt run
ming at large in the pasture till he is
three or four years old, or until his pres
ence is actually wanted in the team.
Then sufficient force is brought up,
and he is "harnessed in with steady
old horses, driven few days, and then
brought down to hard work. This is
the method of mere brute force, and
though energy and skill often bring colts
into reasonable subsection very rapidly,
yet the advantages are strong on the side
OF the plan which gives more time to the
subject. Beginning at an early age, the
colt should be accustomed to the pres
ence OF persons about him; then to be
handled freely, and accustomed to the
human voice; then to being led by a
halter, which should be attached to a
headstall; lead him about every day; re-
ward him by kind words and more SUBJ
stantiai benefits for aptitude in acquir-
ing his successive lessons.
A GREAT amount of labor is lost by
sowing fodder corn too thick. Many
SOW three bushels to the acre; some but
two bushels, and few SOW but one.
Others SOW but one-half bushel, and
think that their corn is too thick. The
man who has raised the largest crop the
peat season sowed but twelve quarts of
seed to the acre. Make the drills at
least four feet apart, and SOW one-half
bushel of ensilage seed-corn to the acre;
then, when it is about a foot high, thin
it to six and eight inches between stalks.
When corn is planted too thick those
plants which do not attain their full
growth are nothing more than weeds.
AS dirt is only matter out of place, so a
weed is plant out of place. No plant
is so far out of place as when it is
crowded by other plants of the same
kind so that it's growth is impaired, It
then becomes a mere weed, and only
serves to iniure the growth of the proper
number of plants in the hill Or drill.