Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17

as the first, second and third mOlars.
At one wear old the two central incisOrs
are changed and replaced by permanent
teeth. and the fourth and fifth molars
are up. Six months later the two lateral
central and the sixth mOlar appear. At
two years and three months the lateral
permanent iUcisors are cut, and the FIRST,
| second end third molars are permanent.
| At three years old the corner inclaors are
! shed. aud shortly afterward all the per
manent teeth are i'll the mouth.
The roofs of houses and barns need
paint, and are as much benefited by 1t as
the sides are. It is seldom done, indl-
eating pretty plainly that paint is more
often put on for appearance than for
utility For tue roofs of barns paint Is
especially import Mt, as it makes hard
surface from which dust and chaff are
washed by rains, instead of remaining
under the single to hasten decay. A
farmer who had low barn with nearly a
fat roof found that the dust from the
threshing machine each year rotted bis
shingles so that they had to be replaced
every seven or eight years. More than
twenty years ago he had a new roof
painted over his barn, and has had it
painted three times, and the roof is still
III good condition.
CONCERNING cows and steers, the form
of the feet is an indication of the nature
of the place in which the animal had
been reared. In stony regions the hoOf
grows round and wears away; on the
contrary, in soft, moist and marshy dis
tricts the hoofs lengthen and hatten out,
| o,,I tho n4fooi Ic1 NrnH11anI Inv
finement to the stable. The round hoof
is very desirable quality. Continued
stall feeding renders the feet so tender
that after some years the animal can
take no exercise, nor even comfortably
| travel over the pasture. The foot grows
long and thick, and the creature is en-
tirely untitled for work or for driving TO
any distance.
BEN PERLEY PooRE says that Ga gen
eral and very gross error in purchasing
young trees, which has often been
pointed out by writer's on both sides of
the Atlantic. is to consider those as best
which are the largest in proportion to
their age. The absurd principle of Sc
lection makes those nurseries most fire.
quented by customers which least de-
serve to be so; such, namely, as are sit
uated in the richest soil, surrounded by
the closest shelter, and stimulated by the
greatest quantities OF manure and fire.
quent hOelng. 1t is necessary, no doubt,
that plants Should be of size to qualify
them for being removed, and suit them
to the situation for which they are in.
tended. But if they had attained this
size sooner than the due time by being
forced they are In the worst state imag-
Unable for growing on a sterile hilltop OF
on the bleak side of a highway"
If mutton is not the object sought by
the breeder, the important idea should
be to obtain length of staple to the
be to get this length, and the next most
important matter is to get soundness
and strength, and uniformity in the size
of the staple. An element of strength
can only be secured by judicious anC
uniform feeding, and promoting the
health of the sheep, for Joints, ,
e brittleness," and the like, in wool, are
due to either poverty in feeding or dis
ease. The idea OF density" is a con
trovertible term, and may mean com
pactness of desirable wool, the greater
number of hbres to an inch, or it may
mean Yolk carried to an extreme point
There are many points in which breed
ers deceive themselves, but rarely Is the
great manufacturer deceived III the tex
ture Of the wool he buys, and it is The
sheep breeder who at last suffers def, al
THAT some profit may be made 10y tht
culture Of cabbage Is shown by the fol.
lowing statement Of the results obtained
from one acre: PlowIng and harrow.
ing cost 81. 80, planting So, cultivating
SIS, marketing $40, total $40. The re.
suits were ), 400 marketable heads and
40 heads which did not fill we'll Sales
amounted to S145 and enough cabbagef
were left to supply the stock and fol
home consumption. The 400 imperfect
heads were worth about one and one
half cents each making total receipts
from one acre $151, or, after deducting
expenses, $106. This does not include
cost Of plants. No other vegetable re.
spends more promptly and satisfactorily
to good treatment than does the cab
bage. A sprinkllng of salt on the leaves
Will help to obtain good, solid heads.
The soil should be very rich and mellow
to give the best results, light loan OF
sandy soil being the best for the pro
ductIOn OF cabbage.