Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-12-19

me, though | never saw one made ex-
actly like my own. The one described
below is intended for buggy and light
wagon; for heavy it would have to be
made stronger. Make lever of hard
wood, feet long, 1x13 inches; stand
ard, same length, 1x3 inches. Connect
the two thus: Gut a notch 1x3 inches
IN end Of standard, and make three pin
holes about Z of an inch apart Ito vary
helght); put staple in the narrow side
of lever, q inches from end; drop the
lever into the notch (stapie on under
side) and through the holes in stand
ara ana through the staple in lever pass
q small pin or bolt, and you have the
l1ghtest, simplest and most convenient
jack l ever saw.
OFTEN the moisture from the breath
OF the bees cOndenses on the sides of the
hives, and on the combs, and freezes, so
that In cold weather the bees will be
encased in ice, and in warm weather will
have damp, moldy, unhealthy combs,
If there is put over the combs, on the
frames, porous absorbent covering this
will take up the moisture as it arises
from the bees, and give the hive sufi-
Gent ventilation.
They are growing big potatoes again
III the New England states. The editor
OF Popular Science News has an expert
mental farm on which he this year grew
varieties, some of whose specimens sur
prised him. He says: "Of three lead
ing varieties - the mammoth pearl,
American giant, and lily of-the-valley-
the latter gave the most astonishing re-
suits. A single specimen of this va
r1ety, OF perfect form, weighed, when
taken to the cellar, two pounds and sew
en- ounces; and eight taken from two
hills weighed fifteen pounds and nine
ounces. These eight potatoes, placed
end to end, measured four feet eleven
inches, and side by side, two feet seven
inches"
The following, says the Farmers Ad-
vocate, describes an easy method of hang
ing slaughtered animals: Three pieces
of hard wood scantling of the desired
length, and fastened together at one end
by an iron rod. Two of the scantlings
are fastened together by cross-bars, with
their lower ends spread a few feet apart.
A hook is fastened in the lower cross
bar, to which the animal is fastened by
the gambrel when suspended. To hang
hog, the tripod, or frame, is laid upon
the ground with q single "leg" extend
ing backward. The animal is attached,
and as the frame is raised the rear leg is
brought in to support it. The tripod is
easily made, and folds up into small
| space when not In use.
THE influence of food upon the quail
ity of milk has called forth, first and
last, much discussion, and in this coun-
| try it is conceded that food has very
much to do with it. The contrary opin-
| ion, however, has some advocates who
base their conclusions mostly upon the
| experiments made by DR.. Kuhn at the
Moeckern Agricultural Station In Sax
Ony. 1t Is claimed that he demonstrated
that the feeding of a COW has nothing
to do with the quality of milk, and the
necessary consequence is that we can
not increase the ratio or proportion of
the cream or butter In hecow's milk by
any change of food, however rich it may
be. This is so much at variance with
the experience of dairymen on this side
of the ocean that most dairy people are
skeptical about these experiments.
CORRESPONDENT Germantown Tele-
graph: Some excellent remarks on
DoGi0i afuAhSs ny n. E' GduSuC,
recalls to mind q predominant error in
our American system of farming
cultivate too much land. This fact stares
us ia the face every day, but yet we pay
no attention to it. We see it, or rather
ought to see it, most impressively upon
occasions when premiums are offered for
the largest crops of grain, showing con-
clusively that the productive capacity of
our sail is scarcely approached even by
our best farmers. The Chadd's Ford
Farmers Club, in this county, year
or two ago, made it apparent that one
hundred bushels of shelled corn to the
acre can just as readily be raised as half
that quantity. AS I plead guilty myself
to blowing two acres when could reap
as much from one, [ will drop the sub