Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-12-12


acres each, leaving ten acres for garden.
orchard, etc. Fields to be worked on
this scale, with improvement of land al
ways In view. Field No. /, old pasture
planted to corn; No. 2, pasture; No. 3,
to NOV second time; No. 4, to NOW first
time; No. 5, wheat; No. 6, potatoes. ex-
per1nental plot, and truck for family,
with surplus for sale to help bear cur
rent expenses; would keep four horses,
one OF which for driving, also to work at
busy times; two COWS to supply the fam
lily with milk and butter. a few stock
cattle, live hogs for pork, one brood SOW
and poultry, Also would use all ma
chlnery that could be practically used. ;"
Now If he will tell through the same pa
per, the American Farmer, how he
would manage if he desired to make
money, the n. j. man would confer q
favor on great many more people, per-
maps. Most farmers have an ambition
to get on in the world.
CORREsPoNDENT Rural New Yorker:
The lower part of our ice house is q
brick wall, sunk few feet. below the
level of the ground. This is the foun-
datlon of the wooden superstructure,
The outside of this is clap boarded; the
inside IS rough boarded. AS the studs
are four inches thick, there is an open
space OF four inches between the inside
and outside boarding, which is filled up
permanently with sawdust, which an
swers as good q purpose as If
packed IN space between the ice and
the inside boarding. This done. [ have
no moro sawGust loose in the house than
Is requisite to cover the top of the ice
about six inches thick, md this only is
left III the autumn after the ice is ex-
hausted, to be taken out and stored pre-
vloCs to filling the house again, after
the setting In of winter. IF, during the
excessive heat of July and August more
covering is required on the top of the
Ice, / spread some coarse meadow bav
over the saWdust, and this answers Just
as well as If another. course of sawdust
were added. This hay, when no longer
wanted there, is taken to the stables for
cattle or horse bedding. It is much
less trouble to- handle the hay. than ex-
ira saw dust, and it costs less.
The agricultural editor of the Char
lesion Is. o. Weekly News asks:
" Does the average farmer appreciate
the advantages Of a country life on the
farm where he may have his garden veg
etables, his Welfstocked fruit orchard
his dairy, poultry, and other lUxuries,
which I'm should yield? Let us see
how he COZ gares with the city or town
man. They each are striving at very
nearly the same object, namely, to get
living and to have as many of the COM
forts of life around them as possible for
their means. The town man out of his
income (often a meager one) has to fur
nish his table. He expends large por-
ton of his income ON the very articles
which the cOuntryman can raise at home
with but very little cost. The town man
gets for his money generally an inferior
article IN his vegetables, fruits, butter
at least inferior to what the countryman
should have fresh and sound from the
farm-and if his pocket book is not a
large one, he must buy them In limited
quantities. This is an important item
III favor OF the countryman which he Of
ten neglects. 1t is no uncommon thing
IN the rural districts to see country carts
returning home from town, after selling
the produce, with a great slab of western
bacon for family use, and too often moth
ing else but the inevitable Jug of
whisky. These are the unthrifty farm
ers, who cannot find time for the really
healthful and enjoyable comforts of
home life. Perhaps they have ventured
too much in the cotton field, to the ne
glect Of other things-and when the cot
ton fails they must resort to rusty bacon
and the whisky jug for their comforts. !"