Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-25
FARM AND GARDEN.

A POUND of good asparagus seed should
produce 10000 plants.
IF the conditions are favorable the last
of this month is good time to sow man
gels.
CALVES should be allowed to suck the
dam for three or four meals even though
1t is designed to raise them by hand.
The starting of most garden seeds
may be quickened by soaking them, this
is particularly the case with beet seeds.
Do not leta deceptive warm spell cause
you to uncover the grape and strawberry
vines. There is frequently more harm
done to plants in April than in January.
UNFRAMED land becomes sour in wet
weather, and the formation of sub
stances injurious to vegetation is encour-
aged.
A RooMY mare, with a sound constitu-
ton, good temper, and coming down
from noble ancestors, will produce an
even formed, kindly disposed, excellent
colt.
Too little attention is often bestowed
upon the meadows. Where one is to re-
main permanent good top dressing of
manure or some commercial fertilizer
! SuOulu U0 given blom.
A PRACTICAL farmer recommends the
growing of two crops Of buckwheat in
succession, as a means of DISCRIMINATING
wire-worme. They will not eat buckwheat
and are starved to death.
INSTEAD of manuring heavily in a small
circle at the foot of fruit trees, spread
the manure, if needed at all, broadcast
over the whole surface, especially where
the ends of the roots can get it.
MUCH depends on the season and soil
in securing success with sorghum. All
varieties OF the cane mature earlier i'll a
dry warm season than in wet, cold one
and on dark soil than on a lighter col
ored one.
POTATOES do better in a cool soil than
In one that Is quite warm. It is, accord
lngly, better to plant them on land that
inclines toward the north, so that they
will not be exposed to the full force of the
SUMS rays.
Prov points that were thrown aside as
useless while the ground was hard and
dry last fall, will often last some time
longer in moist, soft ground of spring.
time, mellowed by winter frosts and
spring rains.
SowING corn broad cast for fodder is
poor policy. 1t grows poorly and of
course produces scant fodder. One rea-
son for this is it is too densely shaded.
Put 1t in drills two feet six inches apart,
three or four seeds to the foot.
1T is stated that by spreading salt on
the ground under plum trees as far out
as the branches extend, that good crop
| ID nd 4 into 4,
the operations of the curculio. The same
application is good for bark lice.
RooT-PRUNING fruit trees to make them
bear Is often necessary. It's object is to
diminish the vigor of the tree, which in
duces fruitfulness, probably by the in
stinctive endeavor of any plant when the
seed-forming process by which it's kind is
perpetrated.
VERY young ducklings are tender at
first, and should be neither allowed to
go into cold water nor be exposed to
chilling winds, while they are under TWEEN
| ty days old. Such exposures cause
cramps, and they often die suddenly from
these assaults.
No better roots to feed mich COWS can
be grown than the mangel warzel. It
| hourishes better IN a dry season than the
turnip, besides being more nutritious it
viii keep longer into spring and summer.
They impart no Objectionable flavor to
the milk. Breeders of Jersey cattle take
note.
AN experienced farmer says that oats
should be soaked sufficiently to swell be-
| fore feeding them to stock. When soaked
the husk is partly torn away, and facility
of digestion increased, Poultry will care
fully pick out the soaked grains from the
dry when allowed a preference in the
| matter.
"WLD butter" or that which after
the first appearance in the churn will not
collect together in larger Jumps, but re-
mains flaky and apart, was analysed by
Schultze, and found to contain an Excess
sive quantity of casein. The trouble was
caused, he thinks, by too much souring
of the cream.
WHEN horses eat their oats too rapidly
the evil may be checked by placing some
clean cobble stones in the box. The
horse will thus be compelled to pick his
oats slowly, and masticate them more
thoroughly, and they will do him much
more good than if hurriedly eaten in the
ordinary way.
IF salt is to be sown on wheat, spring
is the right time to apply it. The usual
application is about five bushels per acre.
The effects usually attributed to salt
sown on wheat are that it stiffens the
straw, brightens the berry, tends to pre-
vent rust and increases the yield about
four or five bushels per acre.
A. A. ANTRIM, veterinary surgeon,
says that to determine whether horse
has the CHAMBERS the discharge from the
nose should be allowed to drop into a
bucket OF pure water, with an implanted
bottom. If the matter sinks to the bot
tom the disease is CHAMBERS, and the horse
should be killed at once. In other dis
eases in which there is a discharge of the
nostrils the matter floats in waterinstead
of settling to the bottom.
In order to have successive crops of
green food for stock, small pieces of land
should be sown at intervals for that pur-
pose. Some sections will not produce