Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-04

large plantation, care should be taken
to set roots of each variety. Four hills
the of male plant are said to be sufficient
for an acre.
CRACKS in the heels of horses are La
BILE to result from variety of causes,
and be manifested In various forms. from
a simple attack Of scratches 10 that of
greaFe-heel, canker of the frog, ETC.
Grease-heel and canker of The frog spe-
cal treatment, but simple crack, from
liberation of the skin, unacconpanied
with any offensive discharge, will, no
doubt, readily yield to some simple treat.
ment. 1t the heel is inflamed, it will be
prudent to apply a lineeed poultice for
few days, after which lotion made of
chlorid of zinc 20 grains, water ounces,
may be applied daily with sponge. The
patient should be kept out of the mud,
and given moderate exercise only, until
be RECEIVERS.
NEWLY transplanted trees are often
neglected to their detriment after they
have been well set out. Sometimes the
| tops have been left too large for the
shortened roots, and the wind whips
them about, making a round hole in the
soil about the stem, working the roots
loose and drying the trees. It is too late
to reduce the tops after the leaves have
| opened, but the trees may be saved by
timely attention-frst removing the up
per soil, filling in mellow earth and
treading it compactly, and then shaking
the trees against the wind. An inclined
hole may be made with crowbar q
foot or so from the tree, stake driven
in firmly, and straw whisp tied around
the stake and the tree.
For forty years [ have been employed
by my ne1ghbOrs who have had COWS
with stOppages III their teats to lance
the obstruction, and have been success
full In curing many bad cases. [ was at
first troubled to hit upon plan of con-
timing a COW so as to be i'll no danger
myself, and at the same time not hurt
her, but at last succeeded. [ used strap
three-quarters of an inch wide, six feet
long with two loops and buckle; one
loop quite large. Now I loop this into
the right leg above the grambel, pass
the strap around the other leg, then
cross it back and forth few times and
buckle snugly and It's done. Such a
strap is very valuable in breaking heif-
ers to milk.-COr. NeW England Home
stead.
JAMES j. II. GREGORY, the weu-known
scotsman, of Marblehead, Mass, says
that " cabbage will thrive on any good
corn land, though the stronger the soil the
better they will develop. New land is
preferable. Plow deep and manure
very literally. The early sort bear plant
ing from eighteen inches to two feet
apart IN the rows, with the rows two to
two and one half feet apart. The large
varieties to be from two and a half to
four feet apart, the distance varying
with the size. The crop should receive
as many as. three hOeings and three cult
vatlngs. Cabbage will not usually follow
cabbage or turnlps successfully in field
culture, unless three or four years have
interviewed between the crops. For late
fall marketing. plant drumhead sorts
from June 10 to 20.
A PLANK drag is such cheap, conven-
lent and valuable implement on the
farm that the method of their construc-
ton may not come amiss. The plank
should be two inches thick and any de-
sired length from ten to twenty feet.
The planks may be spiked to ecantling
or they may be bolted together and no
crosspleces used at all. Another, take
four pIanks foot wide and lap them on to
each other four inches. This gives
cutting edge at every plank. The planks
are Tapped just like the weather board
ing of house, beginning with the rear
board, SO that in dragging it does not
bring the edge against the clods to make
the draft heavy, the edges will cut as
they slide over. It is cheap and effec-
tive implement to mellow a seed bed
leaving it fine and level.
NATURE suggests in the natural and
thick growth of great variety of grass
es and weeds together that mixture of
vegetation may yield larger quantity of
vegetable produce than any given area
that can be obtained from the growth of
one species alone. Actual experiment
has shown that mixture of grasses is
usually more productive than the cult
walton of single one. An acre of peas
and oats grown together will yield more
than half an acre of each sown singly. A
field seeded to timothy and clover pro-
duces nearly twice as much as when
either is sown alone. A pasture sod
composed OF orchard grass, timothy, red
clover, and Kentucky blue grass is in
good grazing condition from early spring
till autumn, the decay of the earlier rip
ening species furnishing plant food
for the species next coming to maturity.