Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-17
FARM AND GARDEN.

AFTER harvest ditching and draining
should be seen to.
A CELERY worm has made it's appear
ance near Philadelphia.
PUMPKIN seeds are said to decrease the
flow OF milk If given to COWS.
MANY pastures and fields can be east
ly and advantageously irrigated.
SHEEP will not produce good clip Of
wool unless kept In good condition.
Ex-GovERNoB FUBNEss, of Nebraska,
recommends the Russian mulberry for
hedges.
The Orange County IN. " Farmer
says the eyes of potatoes next to the
stem are of little value.
OIL and place under cover, after thor
oughly cleaning, all farm implements
and machinery with which you are
through for the season.
BELGIUM, with an area OF seven and q
quarter millions of acres of land, raises
annually over five millions OF ducks,
which are sold at 81 per pair.
AT this season of the year meadow
lands should not be pastured closely.
Farmers sometimes through carelessneas
make this mistake, which they do not
fully realize until the hay crop of the
next year has been harvested.
The Boston Herald thinks that
"great farmers on small farms is the
true method for Ameaican agriculture,
and remarks that the old "Saxon earth
hunger" Is the normal craving of the
races that seek home in our republic.
A MIXTURE of hard soap and kerosene.
a half pound of each to three gallons of
water, has been found by Prof. Golf, of
the New York Experimental Station, to
be most effective in exterminating that
pest, the cabbage-worm. The remedy
is simple.
DIARRHEA is not uncommon among
poultry, and is often caused by badly
ventilating their quarters, and by their
drinking foul or stsgnant water. Clearly
quarters and pure water with diet of
rice or whole wheat will in most cases
effect a cure.
The Cape Cod cranberry crop will
this year be partial failure. One farm
which last year produced 4, 1000 barrels
Of excellent berries will this year put
less than 200 barrels into market. The
cause of the failure is attributed to the
vine and fruit worms.
FARMERS do we'll to as far as possible
manufacture their own fertilizing mate
rial. All the refuse straw, leaves, weeds,
bones, barn-yard manure, and other
waste should be carefully saved and util-
lied in giving back to the soil its original
strength and richness.
HOP-PICKING in the great hop-rising
districts of central New York is now
well-nigh completed. From the latest
reports it is learned that the crop is an
excellent one, and that the earlier varie-
ties have been harvested without any
material damage rominsects or frosts.
FARMERS should remember in buying
fruit trees to avoid getting those which
are forked; that is, having two main
branches forkiBg from the trunk. IN
less bound together when pound by in
SertwiniDg twigs, as they become larger
they will, when loaded with fruit, split
apart and soon become worthless.
A. FLOCK of hens belonging to Mr..
Reid, of Ballstcn Spa, N. Y, have Gull
tivated aquatic habits to such an extent
that to reach or return from an island
in river near by, they will wade out as
far as they can, and then sit down and
swim across as natural as ducks.
HENS cannot be expected to lay In
winter unless they are warmly and COM
fortably housed and have a full supply
of feed. Their quarters should also be
kept dry as wellas warm; dampne8s pro-
duces Group, which is a great scourge
when once started in the flock.
The Dairy says that sulphurous acid
is most effective antiseptic and anti
ferment, and may be produced by burn
ing sulphur up.n live Goals upon
shovel or bed of Goals carried into
stable with perfect safety. It will also
be found an excellent method for free
ing dairy rooms and cellars from the
spores of mildew, which have very IN
furious effect upon the milk and upon
butter and cheese made from milk that
has been exposed to them. In fact,
from constant prevalence of these spores
it might be useful to make practice of
fumigating diaries occasionally, especial
~ after a bad, damp spell Of weather
during fine summer season.
In England the best farming is done
on the four course system; that is, but
one crop of wheat is raised on the same
piece of land in four years, and hoed
crop must be raised once In the same
period Of time, to keep the weeds down.
A crop of oats, barley or beans is raised
once in four years, and then the ground
is seeded to grrss, clover and pasture, to
NOW in that year. The tenant is obliged
to SOW lime and guano once, and ground
bone once, on all the land, once in four
years. He is not allowed to sell hay or
straw from the farm, but make it all into
barn-yard manure, for use on the place.
Rents from $12 to $18 per acre are paid
and enormous crops are raised.
The poultry breeders of Hammonton,
N. j., have endeavored to settle the
vexed question as to which breed of
poultry is the best for general purposes.
The Brahmas, Plymouths Rocks, Wyan-
dottee, Leghorns, Langshans and Hou-
lans we're experimental with, not only
for egg production bat for market pur
poses. The Houdaus and Wyandottes
were too late in the trial, but the verdict
of the majority of the breeders is IN
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