Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-10
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

sEAsoNABLE FARM NOTES.
ONE hundred pounds OF buttermllk
has as much nutritive value as twenty
pounds of corn for pigs. And 1t is much
better adapted to the growth OF young
pigs.
ALMOST any good soil will produce
potatoes abundantly, but that best
adapted is rich sandy loan, or rich
clay loan, with a good sprinkling of
sand In it.
A SUCCESSFUL man with poultry says
that fowls need hay as q substitute for
green grass, and adds that they will eat
large quantities of it every day in the
winter when it is placed before them.
POULTRY which is to be kept in cold
weather should be thoroughly cleansed,
then be wiped dry with cloth and have
-four rubbed all over the inner part;
then it should be hung III cool, dry
place.
A NEW way of blanching celery is to
use tive-inch drain title 2 foot or so
long over each plant, drawing it up as
the plant grows so that the leaves are al
ways Just out of the top, thus excluding
wet and insects, and, it is said, securing
punches we'll blanched, sound, and ten
der.
PROF. BEAL recommends to pack
celery and other vegetables in damp
moss for keeping through winter. 1t is
said that vegetables thus packed will not
only keep long time but retain their
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hardly be distinguished from fresh
ones.
The owner of farm of one acre in
New York state reports that his COW
gives him about 500 pounds of butter
every year, but It is by good feeding and
attention that she does so; and while he
claims that the profit from her is large,
he admits that his COW would be an ex-
pense if she were an inferior animal.
THE problem of breeding for sex has
been studied for years, and several plans
have been declared efficient. A German
paper says that for several years Baron
Ozegovie has found the following rule
successful: If male is wanted mate
when the udder is empty; if female is
wanted mate when the udder is full, or
just before milking.
THERE is no advantage to be derived
by attempting to economic in the "a
tiOns of the stock at this season. Al
though the working animals may be Idle
at times, yet there is a demand on the
system for animal heat, and it must
come from the iced. Ii not provided
with all they need, they viii be in poor
condition for spring work.
To prepare butter tubs for use, scaId
with clear water; put three or four
quarts of salt III the tub, then fill full
with boiling water, putting the cover on
tight, shaking once In a while to stir up
the salt, and let it set a few days until
wanted for use. Burn q little brims tone
in the tub after The brine is out. Fill
the tub within three-fourths of an inch
Of the top. Keep strong brine on the
tep OF the butter all the time.
AN experienced farmer recommends
that oats be soaked sufficiently to swell
them before feeding to stock. Ground
oats are III proper condition at all times,
but matters are not partial to grinding
oats, and many farmers feed them IN
ground. When soaked the husk is
partly torn away, and facility Of diges-
ton increased. Poultry will carefully
pick out the soaked grains from the dry
when allowed preference in the mat
ter.
An experienced dairyman says: Cows
usually become addicted to kicking when
heifers, by being MIXED by abusive
mixers. [ have never seen an old COW
become a kicker unless abused. Instead
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when giving large quantities, [ have
turage is good, and COWS come home at
night with their udders distended with
milk, they seem grateful to have it re-
moved.
THE massing of a large number of any
kind of warm blooded animals in re-
stricted places for a length of time is de-
trimentaI to their health and produc-
tiveness. The same rule holds good in
regard to poultry, and we might even as
sert that fowls, from the nature of their
droppings, air-cells, feathers. and the
habit of hustling and roosting close to
one another, are more susceptible to the
ills that follow close coping than other
domestic animals.
IIARL4 Cl1IChO1S dIS FCI OUU
difficult to raise. To overcome this q
coop for keeping them warm may be
made as follows: The coop is three feet
high and four feet wide, with common
hot-bed sash as the front, placed slant
ing. The nest is made in one corner
and the coop can be placed in a sunny
part of the poultry house, or yard. On
the warmest days the sash may be raised
and in the coolest weather a blanket
placed over it, will add to the comfort of
the young fowls. Winter chickens need
attention, and when ready for the mar
ket, will bring high prices as very early
spring chickens.-An1. AgrScutturist-
MANY valuable horse is subjected to
unnecessary pain if not to permanent in
Jury, at this season of the year, by the
thoughtIess placing of cold iron in his
mouth. Ii anyone doubts that this is
painful to the horse, let him satisfy him
self by laying piece of frosty iron across
his own tongue some sharp morning. It