Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-26
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES:

tried the process.
The fly attacks short wooded sheep
more lnJuriously than long wooded, says
a western breeder.
THE average quantity Of milk required
for one pound of butter at the cream
cries is about twenty-five pounds.
CABBAGEs respond quickly to frequent
hoe1ng. 1t is one of the crops upon
which too much labor cannot be be-
slowed. They should be cultivated
often, even when there are no weeds
among them.
SoUEALING hogs do not fatten as
readily as those that are quiet. Some
time the fault is In the breed, but regu-
Lar feeding three times day, and enough
OF 1t, will keep them contented and in
good growing and fattening condition.
To make cisterns and tanks water
tight, paint thickly on the inside with a
mixture OF two parts of melted glue and
one of hnseed oil, boiled with litharge.
La forty eight bours the coating will be
SO hard that the tank can be filled with
water
CARBoLIC acid is very useful as a pre-
ventlve OF insect rayages. Radishes NAV
be protected from maggots and orchards
from borers by its use. A mixture of
one part Of alcohol and nine parts of
crystalized carbolic acid is stated to
afford great relief in cases of bites from
insects.
LESS grain and more grazing tends to
a better development of frame and mus
Gle than when corn is fed to hogs exclu-
40 to
growth by giving a variety of food
rather than attempting to keep them fat.
Build the frame first and lay on the fat
afterward.
A WRITER In the Homestead says CT
do hot believe there is anything like it
SO handy and effectual-to dispose q
young heifer to keep her hind feet still
at the first lesson of being MIXED as a
small rope tied around the body, close
back of the forelegs, and twisted tight
with a short stick"
The Guinea fowl is very destructive to
insects, and will feed on some that the
hons will not touch. They are great
foEagers, active, and go over whole
field in short time. There is another
point in their favor not generally known,
which is that they are not scratchers and
do but little harm to plants.
MANY breeders of mutton sheep prefer
thick neck, as it is usually found in
connection with capacious chest and
vigorous constitution and thick flesh
along the back. The upper line of the
neck should be well up to the line of the
chine and loin, as dropping neck is an
indication of poor feeding quality.
The Baxter Spring (Kan.) News re-
ports that at public shearing at the
ranch of Spencer & Wiswell two young
American merino ewes were sheared, one
fleece weighing 49, pounds and the
other 168 pounds. These ewes each
raised young lambs last season, and
neither of them weighed to exceed SIS
pounds.
BEARING the off year may be affected
by shearing off all the apple blossoms or
small fruit on young trees likely to be
overloaded this abundant year. The
work is comparatively easy on young
trees, which as yet have small crops and
are more accessible and it is more likely
to produce permanent change than an
old tree with fixed habit.
INSECTS of different species are at
tracted toward the species of plants
suited to the wants of their offspring,
by the sense of smell, and if some odor,
strong enough to overcome the odor of
the plant, can be applied to the plant,
or the earth around it, it will no longer
attract the insect. but will escape It's
depreuatiOns. There are many stcong
odors, carbolic acid, for example, that
might be employed for such purposes.
P8oF. SHELDON SAID that when In
Canada he saw Mr.. BaIlantine who told
him he had found cheese made late in
autumn did not ripen so well as that
made in summer or spring, and when 1t
did ripen it's favor lacked richness. He
concluded that the temperature Of the
evenings milk sank too low, and having
guarded against this result by heating
the milk up to- 8O'degrees in the evening,
and leaving it stand ab that heat until it
matured, his autumn cheese ripened
without the least difficulty.
L. B. ARNonD, In the Farmers Advo-
cate, says the large loss of milk from the
pEotracted drought Of last season shoaEd
admonish daiEymen OF the danger of let
ting the spring 60 by without making
some provision ia time for supplying
green food in. the midsummer drought,
which, for a longer or shorter term, will
be very sure to come. A stitch IN time,
etc. But no one need hug the delusion
that applying to one part of a farm the
products Of anothef part will make one
part rich without 1mpoverishing the
other.
Fl. G.. WEBSTER, Delaware County,
Pennsylvania, owns about 600 hens, and
believes that the raising of poultry can,
with proper attention, always be made
one of the most profitable departments
OF the farm. During the first eight
months of the first year he obtained
forty TWO thousand eggs, which he sold,
with the exception of those consumed in
his own family, for 1902, about one half
of which was profit. His stock consists
of mixed breeds, which have ample
space to roam. Their feed largely con-
sists Of wheat screenings
LONG woods are not wanted at fac
tories, shorter and finer woods being the
favorite. Com bling wool is not in de-