Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-15
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

AZ least uLIy SllOS nave D6on made
and filed III Vermont this season.
IF you have choice potatoes to keep
for seed put them in a box Of sand in the
cellar. They will not sprout nor freeze.
PUT carrots intended for feeding to
stock in pits or trenches. For family
use, dig and store in dry earth or sand
In the root cellar.
COVER few tomato plants with mats
to protect them from the first frosts, and
they will continue to bear for some time.
The green ones are useful for pickles.
Now is the time to destroy all the
fallen fruit which is infested with worms.
The larva of the codIing moth leaves the
fruit and ascen1s the tree, where it soon
spins its cocoon,
j. A. DODGE, in the Journal of Agri-
culture says he cures hog cholera by
giving half a teaspoonful of carbolic acid
in gill of milk. It is administered
from a long-necked bottle
IT is good idea to select potatoes
that are to be planted next spring as
they are dug this fall, and then give
them good care in the winter. Choose
tubers from vigorous growing plants,
and those that are fully matured.
THE use of binders and light check
reins is going out of fashion IL England.
For working horse especially the check
rein is an abomination, compelling the
horse to work in as awkward a position
as man would be with both hands tied
at his sides.
FROZEN roots, or, indeed, frozen food
Of any kind, IS very pernicious to swine
and all other stock, as it is apt to scour
them badly, and III any event disturbs
their digestion and renders the other
food taken into the stomach less nutri-
tious to the animals.
Mr.. r. l.. You've, Cobalt, Conn.
says his father ploughed four inches
deep; he has gradually gone down TO
eight inches, and while his neighbors
this year have " no corn crop ON account
of drouth he has an excellent one, the
Middleton Constitution reports, I" the
best in all Chatham town, to say the
least"
OCCASIONALLY touching the latches,
locks and hinges of the doors with drop
Of kerosene or a little tallow from the
candle, and thus keeping them well
fabricated, will insure the smooth and
quiet shutting OF doors and prevent the
Earring, grating or creaking so comma n
In neglected cases. By this attention
doors and latches will last much longe4..
MORE poultry and less pork. Chick
ems and eggs are more wholesome food
than hog meat. A busheI Of corn fed
to fowls will produce a greater weight of
food than the same amount OF corn fed
| 10 4oIy IL \ 10
amount of nourishment in the two
products, and the comparative price,
pork is almost three times as costly food
as poultry and eggs.
APPLES need to be kept as cool as
possible without freezing; they will en-
dure little frost much better than too
warm temperature, 28o to $40 is best;
when it rises above 400 they don't keep
we'll, and temperature over 50o will
speedily spell them. Hence, to keep
russell apples till late in May. they
should be kept in tight cellar and aired
only at night when the temperature is
near or below the freezing point.
The great curse of the American
farmer is too much land. In trying to
spread over too much ground ne is COM
pelled to do things by halves and only
gets half returns. One acre Of land
that Will produce four tons of hay. is
better worth 81 900, than ten acres that
Will produce like quantity is worth S25
an acre. The COW that averages two
pounds Of butter a day is better worth
5000 than is the COW that only makes
one pound day worth 800 Orange
County Farmer.
For profitable dairy, do not buy
COWS, but raise them. Keep a. careful
record of every milking, and make fire.
quent tests of the butter quality Of
every cows milk. Raise the heifers of
only the best third of the herd, not the
favorite COWS but those of the best
record. Use only good bulls-the bull
is half the herd. Dispose Of two or
three COWS, or, preferably, of one-fourth
of the herd, selecting the poorest COW
by the record every year. This is the
vital point-to make the dairy pay, Gull
the herdr
The Mensury barley is new variety,
and likely 10 become popular. It is six
rowed, and was sent out by the depart
ment of agriculture four or five years
ago. 1t originated in Canada. It has
long, H6aVy n0aUS, WHICH uduS Gown
when filing, but its straw is SO strong
that it does not fall down, even on the
richest land It has been tested for
mailing and pronounced superior for
that purpose. In ripening it is little
later than the common six -rowed, and is
easily distinguished from that when
growing by slightly redish tinge to
the beard when the heads appear.
SOME experiments have recently been
conducted in the old country, with a
view OF ascertaining the best methods of
/ preserving manure so as to retain the
more valuable ingredients. In one OF
these experiments the manure was al
lowed to accumulate under the cattle for
a long period-three months or more
III specially constructed deep stalls. It
was found that In every case the manure
SO formed was, as com pared with that of
the manure heaps, IN more workable
condition, the ammo niacal salts were
better preserved, and all useful ingredi-
ents were present III greater proportion.