Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-30
FARM AND GARDEN.

men,
JUDGE ROGERS, of Chicago, in recent
suit tried before him, decided it was not
Islander to call a woman an cold heifer.
CEDAR FALLS is building a canning
factory. There are five or six new estab-
llshments of this kin0 being started in
Iowa this year.
To cultivate and to commune in heart
and soul with flowers elevates to holier
sympathy with all mankind, and lifts the
affections to higher level.
A GARDENER recommends sprinkling
squash bugs with sulphur while the dew
is on, and says it will produce q stam-
pede. Repeat the dose If necessary.
The entire population of the United
States might be placed In Texas without
croWding that state as much as Massa-
chusetts is crowded to-day.
The Pullman and Wagner sleeping
car companies have consolidated and
are dividing the country into territory
for exclusive occupation by one or the
other.
CLOVER or other grass seed can be
sown yet. No one was ever heard of
who sowed too much seed per acre, Of
clover, SOW all you can afford to, and it
will not be too much.
IT is unlawful at the present time to
catch bass or wall eyed pike with spear
or hook, and the fish and game associa-
ton will prosecute all violatOrs of the
law that come to their notice. Clipper.
New JERSEY has a law which compels
seedsmen to give to purchasers Of their
goods written guarantee es that they are
sound. They are held liable for dam
ages In case the seeds fail to grow on ac-
count of their bad quality. -RepubH-
can.
FARMERS, be glad. The birds and
blossoms are here. A delicious aroma
ascends heavenward from the newly
ploughed fields The world of vegeta-
ton is springiDg into life No other
laborer has an equal inspiration with
the farmer
CAREFUL experiments recently made
in Germany, show that COWS MIXED
three times a day, yield milk richer Ia
fat than if MIXED but twice each day.
1t is also reported that COWS MIXED
three times day, gave five pounds of
milk over COWS MIXED but twice.
FARMERS in the central counties who
bargained for lightning rods at cents
foot and signed notes, find when the
notes are presented the price is 70 cents
per foot The farmer who signs note
or order on request of a stranger is fire.
quently heard from OF the mourner's
bench.-Cedar Falls Gazette.
l.. l.. ESTES the short-horn granger,
has just marketed 81 head of fat steers
that netted $S, GAS. 25--nearly 500 per
head. These cattle were fed and part of
them raised on Mr.. Estes river bend
farm, and are said to be the best lot of
cattle ever fed in Hamilton or Wright
Counties. Hamilton Freeman.
The decision of the federal court in
Des MONIES last week In the drive well
suits, settles the cases in Iowa. Tt is
useless TO appeal to the supreme court
of the United States, as in the drive we'll
cases from New York and Indiana that
court was evenly divided, leaving the de-
cision of the lower court unchanged.
How many chickens must l kill to-
morrow ?" asked grocery CLERK of the
proprietor. "Haye you locked i'll the
coop?" "Yes, sir" Chow many
sick?" "Eight." "Kin eight. You
know which ones to kill, eh ?" Eyes,
SIR" And yet it is said that cholera
among fowls depresses the market.
Cows are exceedingly fond Of millet
and it is an excellent milk producing
fodder. It should be grown in light,
sandy soil, at least it is more thrifty on
such soil. By manuring it will produce
five tons to the acre before being cured.
The hay should be slightly moistened
and sprinkled with little light corn
meal before being fed.-Dene.
MOST of my work has been In draining
ponds III the midst of cultivated land,
and the results have been in every case
satisfactory and profitable. The best
corn on my farm last season grew IN
what was once so bad pond that
neither rushes nor grass would grow.
Snail and clam shells show how plainly
what it was before drainage. -JOhn
Gray, of Greene.
IN California and various other states
the patrons of husbandry are still in
most fourishing condition. An 1--WE no.
tice especially IN California grange pic
MICS are the order of the day, and the
farmers are having grand times. The
same might have been In Iowa at this
time, had we not been feeced and ruined
by sharpers at the head of the organiza-
ton in the early years of It's existence.
We can honestly say to the farmers
sons, when Of suitable age, that the
grandest earthly treasure it Is possible
for man TO have is a good wife. And
the worst condition either poor dog or
devil can possibly get into is to have
worthless wife. So while we are in
structing in important farm matters, we
would make most prominent the fact
that counting is the most important duty
of farm life.
A CORRESPONDENT writes the Country
Gentleman that not long ago he noticed
among flock of ducks that some were
so paralyzed as to lose all power of loco
motion and lie fiat on the ground with
both legs thrown up. On examination
he discovered that the ones thus affected
were literally swarming with vermin
which infested their heads and neck. He
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