Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04
FARM AND GARDEN,


the United States.
Mr.. l., d, POWELL, Of New Jersey,
says that he keeps 100 cows upon 100
acres. r...t...
ALL the big cattle ranches in Texas
are rapidly being fenced, and soon the
no1loGs and notorious cowboy will be
gone.
BREEDERS should bear in mind that
capons grow nearly third larger than
cockerels, hence are profitable. as they
command always better price III mar
ket.
The healthfuInees Of milk depends
largely upon having clean and pure wa
ter for cows. Often that which ap-
pears clean, because clean from se6i-
ment, contains the gems Of disease, and
these kurely reappear IN the milk.
BAsswooD trees are urged for plant
ing by the roadside, as they serve the
double purpose of attractive shade and
abundant forage for bees they also
make excellent timber whenever Ii be-
comes desirable to fell them.
Fowls will greediIy eat 8 great many
bones if cracked fine enough so they
can swallow them. They will eat bones
of any age, but give the preference to
fresh ones with adhering meat. Bones
with marrow i'll them are also a delight
TO them.
MANY purchasers Of eggs show a de
cided preference for those that have
dark-colored shells. They think :heir
contents are richer. In some eastern
cities retailers sort their eggs and ask a
higher price for those having finely col
ored shells.
GLOVER is one of the best crops to
clean out foul weeds from the soil. It's
rapid growth enables it to smother all
except the strongest rooted perennials,
and even these 1T will greatly keep in
check. But it will only do this if cattle
and other stock are kept off at all times.
LEADING members of the Kansas State
horticultural Society agrees upon the
following distance apart to plant trees:
Apple trees, thirty-two feet each way Is
none too much; pear, standards, sixteen
feet; dwarfs, ten feet; peach, twenty
feet; plum, ten feet; cherry, twenty feet.
PROFESSOR J. ". SANBoRN. found in
experiments at the Missouri Agricul-
tural College, that meaI-fed steers
gained, in 81 days, 70 pounds more. on
$50 pounds less of fodder, than steers on
whole corn. The cost of grinding was
81 80; value of the extra 70 pound,
So. 50-or dollar was gained il flesh,
and $50 pounds of fodder saved besides.
Wheat straw was fed with the grain in
both cases.
A MARKED feature of rural life in Eng
land at the present day is the substitu-
ton of permanent pastu1age for tillage.
Year by year the disproportion between
titled and untitled land becomes greater.
In the whole OF England there are up
wards Of 80, 900 600 acres, and of these
IN 1870 upwards OF 5000, 900 acres were
laid out IL permanent pasturage. In
1880 the untitled land had increased to
Ii, 100000 acres, and the increase is
maintained at the rate of 40, 900 acres
per year. Taking the whole of Great
Britain, the increase is even higher, I2,-
073, 900 acres only being untitled IL 1870,
as compared with ii, S21, GOO in 1882,
while in Ireland the change Is still more
marked. This is owing to foreign COM
petition in the cereal crops.
A CORRESPONDENT of a Virginia paper
states that tires may be kept on wheels
by the following process: 81 ironed a
wagon some years ago for ny own use,
and before putting on the tires I filled
the fellOes with linseed oil, and the tires
have worn out and were never loose. [
also ironed a buggy for my own use
seven years ago, and the tires are as
tight as when put on. My method of
filing the felloes is as follows: [ use a
long cast iron heater made fer the pur-
pose. The oil is brought to a boiling
heat, and the wheel is placed on a stick
50 as to hang in the oil. An hour is
sufficient for a common sized felloe, of
which the timber should be dry, as green
wood will not take oil. Care should be
taken that the oil does not get hotter
than the boiling heat, else the wood
might be set on fire and burned. Tim
Der filled with oil is not susceptible to
water and much more durable.
THERE is nothing better for laying
hens, says the American Agriculturist,
than milk, after the cream has been
taken off. We have tried it several sea-
sons with complete success. With the
milk given fresh from the dairy room
every day, the fowls will need no other
drink, and it will supply everything
needed in the way of animal food. The
pullets fed with milk ard corn and a
mixture of corn meal and milk, through
the cold weather, have given an album
dant supply of eggs. Wheat bran is al
so a good article to mix with the milk.
It is better to give the mixture a boiling
and feed it in the warm state, but this is
not necessary. We have also found the
milk one of the best kinds OF diet for
young chickens, soon after they come
from the nest, to promote their health
and rapid growth. Indian meal. ground
coarse, and scalded with milk, is per-
feet feed for them. AS they grow older.
grass, cabbage or onions may be chopped
fine and added to the daily rations. A
portion Of the milk on dairy farms, usu-
ally going to the pig trough, may be di-
verted to the chicken coop with great
advantage.
The boy that commences early in life
TO practice agriculture for himself on
small scale, becomes interested in obtain
ing the best results with the least ex-