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

quite hardy and resists for a long time.
The chief sorts are the white Vienna,
| large green, and purple.
| A CONTEMPORARY, commenting on the
statement that call bulbs and plants
| that lie down on the ground In autumn
may be protected by covering the SUE
face OF the earth with leaves, manure or
straw remarks that this is certainly
true, but if there are mice about il is
better to leave the ground bare, as they
are apt to make nests Of the covering and
feed on the bulbs. Ii any covering is
used, it should not be put on until after
the ground is frozen, for then the mice
will fiud it difficult to reach the bulbs.
The old plan of deodorizing stables,
pens, etc., by the use Of common gyp-
sum, we see revived as if it were a new
discovery, when III fact it was practiced
by intelligent farmers fully fifty years
ago. Still, that is in It's favor, but it
would have been still better If it had
been steadily increasing instead of stand
ing still as it appears to have been do
ing. In this application there is every
thing to gain and nothing lost, inasmuch
as the plaster itself is valuable fertil-
izer, and it operates in the stables, ETC.,
in retaining ammonia, and adding decid-
edly to the value of the manure. It
ought, therefore, to be far more gener-
ally used than it is, and will be wherever
its merit is fully understood.
The efficiency of machines often de-
ponds upon the Judgment and care in
selecting q lubricatOr, and the choice is
usually Ill made. Common kerosene oil
is too often injudiciously used in place
of thicker or more bland oil, because
the heat produced by friction vapOrizes
the oil and leaves the journal dry.
Crude petroleum, for the same reason,
is only fitted for very slow revolving
journals, such as water wheels. For
very heavy machinery, or for gearing,
tallow and black lead rubbed together
is the best lubricant, and also the best
| for wagon and carriage aXles during the
hot weather. For ight-running ma
chinery sperm oil is the best; good olive
oil, that has not become rancid and acid
is perhaps the second best, but for WIN
ter use lard oil is excellent, but is rather
too drying to be frst-class lubricant.
Castor oil is better for axles in the win
ter, and black lead with it is q help at
any time.
THE valuable results obtained from
| thoroughly tilling of a small patch of
land is illustrated by the following cred
tied to paper away down in Maine:
&" He planted one-third of his acre III
corn, and he usually produced thirty-six
acres of good corn. This quantity was
sufficient for his family use and for fat
tening two or three hogs. From the
same ground on which the corn stood he
raised 200 or 800 pumpkins and an am
pie supply of beans. From bed of six
yards square he usually obtained sixty
bushels Of onions; these he sold for 81
a bushel, which amount purchased his
-four for one year. Thus from one-third
of an acre and an onion bed he obtained
his breadstuffs and 200 or 300 pounds of
pork. The remainder of the ground was
appropriated to all kinds of vegetables
for both summer and winter use. He
also had a flower garden, raspberries,
currants, gooseberries in great album
dance, and also a few choice apple,
plum. pear, peach, and ounce trees"