Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-20
FARM AND GARDEN.

Don't forget the three acres of sweet
corn for the COWS, calves and pigs.
DoN'T trust every person who is
anxious to sell you Russian white oats.
SEE that your fowl are not infested
with vermin. Hens will not lay freely
If they are annoyed by lice.
HENRY WARD BEECHER established
the Indiana Farmer and Gardener at In
oianapolis, the 1st of January, 1916.
The first agricultural paper published
Ill the United States. or anywhere else,
was the American Farmer, commenced
III Baltimore III 1919 which lived fifteen
years and was succeeded by the Farmer
and Gardener in 1884.
GEESE seldom lay the second clutch
OF eggs in a season, and care should
thus be taken to gather the eggs while
| fresh and put them carefully away
where they will not get cracked or dis
turbed until the goose is ready to set.
PROF. WILEY, of the Purdue Univer-
slty, (lndiana'S agricultural college, has
been appointed by Commissioner Loring
chief chemist of the agricultural depart
ment Of the United States. This is a
worthy compliment to Prof. Wiley. but
serious business for the Purdue Univer-
sity.
WHAT is needed is less land and more
| improved cultivation. 1t has been
clearly demonstrated that improved
methods give better results at less costs.
This being the case, it is folly to do one
third or one-half more duty to secure
the same compensation that could be
realized for less labor.
ONE thing is noticeable in the reports
OF extraordinary yields of corn last sea-
son. The use of commercial fertilizers
was the exception, not the lule In a
majority of cases the soil has been of
ordinary fertility, and the fertilizers en-
| plOyed have been those manures pro-
duced on the farm by ordinary methods.
Cows that are soon to come In should
receive careful and regular attendance.
Overlooking with rich food should be
avoided, but good, sweet, nutritious
food should be given, that their health
be kept III the best condition; nor should
it be forgotten that they should have
some exercise, as well as good hight and
air and pure water.
WHY some farmers are pOOr.-They
do not keep up repairs; they are welded
to old methods; they give no attention
to details; they think small things not
important; they regard labor as a mis-
fortune; they have no method or sys-
tenn; they ale wastefui and extravaganza;
they let their gates sag and fall down;
they consequently enjoy poor health;
| they are in town too often to " see
man.
A FARMER who has used barn cellar
for thlrty-seven years. says in the New
England Farmer, that he would not un-
dertake to farm without one, and adds:
81 consider the manure to be nearly
twice as strong as that thrown out III
heaps against the side Of barn in the
old way" Any other man s verdict Will
be much the same who takes proper care
of such cellar by using absorbents to
''fx' the CASTS.
The farmer who raises sufficient farm
stock to consume the hay, fodder, corn
and oats of his farm need to worry but
little what prices for these may be at the
end of the season. He can always count
on realizing a profitable price for them
III the shape of pork, beef or mutton that
he has to sell. The constantly increas-
ing demands for meat production insure
the success of this plan for his genera
ton at least.
GROW tomatoes on a moderately rich,
deep soil. Grown in poor or shallow
soil, they do not produce well, the fruit
is small and of Indifferent flavor. In
very rich soil they grow too much to vine
and foliage, then also they are not in
clined to be fruitful, aud what fruit they
do produce is small and of inferior quail
ity. With the moderately rich, deep
cultivation and full exposure to the
sun, the best results may be obtained.
The setting hen that steals her nest is
generally successful with all her eggs,
but why this is SO has been a
puzzle not only to farmers, but
to scientific men as well. When
eggs are placed under hen it is not
Only matter of guess i'll selecting the
best, but the hidden eggs are always
fertile. One thing in their favor is they
are never disturbed and are surrounded
only by the pure and uncontaminated at
mOsphere.
THE intelligent farmer should know
what amount of each kind of feed is
necessary for a full grown horse or COW,
what the per cent. of waste is in feeding
the coarser foods, and what combinations
of food will make the best and most
profitable ration for milk, flesh, or force,
and thus be enabled to use the raw roa-
terial of the farm intellIgently and profit
! ably, and there is no way, III which he
can find satisfactory answer to these
questions SO well as by careful exper-
iments on his own farm.
POULTRY manure is identical in action
with guano, both being very rich in
ammonia, and therefore powerful plant
stimulants. When used it should be
first mixed with some other material
such as pulverized clay, dry muck or
plaster. Where earth is used, mix two
parts of it to one Of the manure, if
plaster use equal pr portions. 1t may
be dropped direct on potatoes but on
corn it should be spread on the hills
after planting. This forms fertilizer,
as far as it goes, equal to the highest
| priced commercial fertilizers
TIE farmer who owns his own soil
makes a great mistake when he ex-
/ changes 1t for store goods in anticiDa-