Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-09
FARM AND GARDEN.

the seeds.
Do not manure too heavily in a small
circle at the foot Of fruit trees. Spread
the manure well.
THREE cheeses recently shipped to
Glasgow from New York we're five feet
in diameter and two inches thick. Each
weighed over R ton.
HE famed Niagara grape is. now re-
| ported to be cross between the Con-
cord and Cassidy. The new variety is a
hardy white grape of fine quality.
HE assertion that stock will Craze al
most all kinds of grasses in preference
to red clover, lis made by President New
ton, OF the Western New York Farmers
Club.
AS growth with the calves is a greater
object than fat, food that will produce
muscle and bone is more desirable than
one which produces flesh. Therefore
oats and bran are esteemed a better food
for growing calves than corn and bran.
IT is stated that by spreading salt on
| the ground under plum trees as far out
asthe branches extend, that's good crop
Is often secured, and it interferes with
the operation Of the curculiO. The
|
The yield of cheese from Jersey milk
is said to be surprisingly large. It is at
least 20 per cent, greater than the yield
from average milk Only eight pounds
of 1t are required TO make q pound of
cheese, when it requires ten pounds of
other Pilk.
IT is now suggested that few tobacco
plants can be grown advantageously
among cabbages. In fact, farmers who
have tried IL insist that q good crop Of
cabbages can be grown in this way,
where not a sound head has been seen
for two or three years.
SOMETIMES horsemen ere at a loss to
know just what feed is good for horse
! soon after he has been driven on the
road rather briskly. Let them stir o
| quart of oatmeal In pail of water and
| give that. 1t will refresh him, and pre-
pare the stomach for more solid food.
THE commissioner of agriculture has
done o good thing in inviting DR.. D. e.
| Salmon to Washington to conduct
series Of experiments upon incubation
as a means of preventing the spread of
contagious diseases of farm stock. DR..
Salmon has peculiar qualifications for
work of this nature.
THE Wyoming Stock Growers Asso-
citation reports that last year 10000
beef cattle were inspected. About ], 900
head were killed by the Union Pacific
Railroad. IT further reports that $780,
900, 900 Of Scottish and English capital
was invested last year IL Wyoming and
the Texas Panhandle.
EXPERIENCED sheep1nen state that
sheep will endure severe cold, if kept
dry. Exposure to storms is very hurt
full as the water remains in the wool,
and IL an atmosphere at all above the
freezing point, chills the body long
time. An open winter is therefore IN
favorable for feeding sheep.
An exchange asserts that the differ
ence between the yield of eggs in the
most prolific cases, as compared with
poor layers, is as three or four to one.
Ia favorable instances individual hens
have been known to produce $50 eggs
per year. Yet 200 is reached SO seldom
as to be called a remarkable yield.
The Country Gentleman in answer to
an inquiry for the ten best and most
beautiful herbaceous perennial plants,
which are hardy ana keep their places,
names the Dicentra, Yucca haccida,
Spir8a lobata. Dictamnus, Lily of the
Vally, erect clematis, and several spe-
cies and varieties Of Larkspur, Phlox,
Iris, and Peonia.
A VERMONT sheep raiser cures foot
rot in sheep by wetting the foot of every
sheep 10 the flock sound or lame, with
kerosene or coal oil. After this he rubs
on between the hoofs OF each foot ABBOTT
as much sulphur as can be taken between
the thumb and forefnger. Keep them
in dry place for twelve hours. Repeat
the operation once every two weeks.
ADvICEs from the cattle raising re-
gion of the southwest indicate unusual
activity IN preparing for market. The
grass is starting well, and the cattle are
in splendid order. It is estimated that
not less than 200, 900 head will be con-
gregated IN the Cherokee Nation alone.
Prices are high, yearlings ranging from
$12 to Is, and older ones IN proportion.
BEDS occupied with herbaceous per-
ennial plants are often neglected in
spring, and hard crust forms on the
surface, much to the detriment of their
luxuriant growth. This remark more
particularly applies to the smaller
plants, Ii the crust is broken and the
surface kept mellow by the use of a
small steel rake, it will add much to
their fine appearance.
THE agricultural department. statis-
tics make out the average price of corn
in the entire United States for eleven
years, FROM 1871 to 1881 inclusive to be
about 43 cents per bughel. The high
est annual average was ga cents in 1874,
while the lowest was 81 cents in 1873.
The aggregate value has increased III
ten years from $435, 900, 600 to $759.-
600, 600, though the last crop was the
smallest for the last seven years.
L1EBIG, the great agricultural chem
ist, said: :" A certain mass of gold and
silver circulates in the world, and the
art of becoming rich consists in knowing
the way to divert from the main stream
an additional brook to ones own house.
In like manner there circulates, in the