Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03
FARM AND GARDEN.

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A YANKEE hen stole her nest, laid
twenty eggs and Matched out nineteen
chickens. s. ..r. 20
A SINGLE town of New Jersey has sent
a million and half quarts of blaokber-
ries to the market.
Mr.. q. A. BLAKEs1EE, Galien, Mich,
threshed this year 697 bushels of wheat
from seventeen acres.
AN Indiana gardener strongly recon-
mends the setting of currant cuttings In
the fall as soon as the leaves drop.
! Do not try to milk COWS, especially
heifers, too rapidly; milk with steady,
continuous movement, and not by jerks.
A MARYLAND farmer whose farm is
| situated In woods credits COWS with
keeping his potato field free from bee
ties. ....
BLENDERS on harness are character
lied by the Lancet as useless, ugly and
to some extent injurious to the horses
eyes. ..... H' ......
YOU'VE heifers should not be given
fattening food before they have their
first calf. Hence oats and bran are bet
ter than corn.
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IN a circle whose diameter is thirty
miles, and pays out SIS, 900 each month
for the cream.
CIDER from late apples is of better
quality and possesses more body than
that from earl y apples. It will also
keep much longer.
IT has been suggested that cIergymen
ought to take special interest in gardens,
since the failure of the first one made
their profession necessary.
MAINE, it is reported, has hardly ap-
pies enough to supply the home con-
sumption the present year, notwith-
standing it is the odd year.
| RECENT shipments of American Me-
rinOs to Australia-one lot of 116 rams
and eight ewes-indicate the growing
popularity of our sheep en- the great
| island.
Mr.. DANIEL RooT, Hudson, Mich,
who has had several years experience
IN the business will equip his sorghum
sugar works with about 81 600 worth of
machinery. . ..... 49,. ...r
AN experienced dairyman says that
teaspoonful of saltpeter fed COW daily
will prevent the unpleasant favor i'm
parted to the milk by feedingon turnips
or cabbage. .ra
AN English company is said to have
organized, with capital of G10O, 0OO,
for the cultivation of beets and the man
ufacture of sugar. south of the Mime
sofa River" .s.-.-. -.. ..... ..r
A GARDENER IN Baltimore, who has
large number of hot houses for growing
early cucumbers, keeps hive Of bees in
each house for the purpose of distrib-
uting the pollen. . r-.. $751;. .
Mr.. B. F. CUE, of Des Moines, cred
its the Iowa Farmers Protective Asso-
citation with the effective work of reduc-
ing the price of bsrbed wire from ten TO
SIX cents per pound. s t-
A CORRESPONDENT writes: Farmers,
destroy the wild carrot, root and branch,
before the seed natures, and don't for
get it. It is most to be dreaded of all
weeds, and enc of the hardest to de-
stroy." ......... -...
PROFITABLE culture of lucerne In
Utah is mentioned by the Salt Lake
Tribune. "The yield averages about
two tons per acre each cutting, and in
good seasons three or four crops are
harvested.
THERE will be great show of horse
flesh under the auspices Of the National
Horse Show Association at Madison
Square Garden, New York, October 22d
to Goth. There will be over S11 900 Of
fered In premiums. 49,.
TAKE care, farmers, that the weeds do
not go to seed about the hedgerows and
fence corners. 1t costs less to prevent
than to cure; ergo destroy or prevent the
maturing of weed seed and save the
labor of eradicating weeds.
A PENNSYLVANIA farmer recommends
orchard grass on land infested with
daisies; the grass smothered them out
by the third year. He would SOW two
bushels of orchard grass, four quarts of
red top, four quarts of timothy and four
pounds of clover. a5
A MASSACHUSETTS man has tried the
experiment for twenty years, and is con-
vinced that man can support family
of six on eight acres of land, cultivated
properly. At first he thought the farm
too small, but now he finds it land
enough.
CONGRESSMAN RAY, at a late grange
meeting in New Hampshire, advised the |
farmers not to be ashamed of their call |
ing, as the farmers were worth more to |
the United States than all the profess
sional men in the country, to which we
may add, not excepting even members |
of congress.
A NEW YORKER heats linseed oil, |
places it in shallow dish and turns the |
wheels of his wagon while the felloe |
passes slowly through it. The oil fills |
the pores of the felloe, swells them, and |
prevents the loosening of the tires, and |
at the same time preserves the wood in |
its best condition.
IT has been suggested that the heavy
rains at the period of apple bloom last
year WAS the cause OF lack of fruit.
Trees and Varieties that bIoomed late
after the rains bore we'll It seems not
improbable that heavy rains atsuch times
might wash off the pollen grains or de-
stroy their vitality.
A SANTA FE (New Mexieo) paper says:
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