Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-08-15
FARM AND GARDEN.

duu WdCSL III Vic FdGlO OF one TO nineteen.
This is sprinkled on the corn.
A SOUTH CAROLINA melon-grower had
3OO acres IN watermelons last year which
Melted him $4,000 in cash. This year
he has melon-patch of 1000 acres.
IT is said that the nests of the tent
caterpillar can be destroyed by a swab
affixed to long pole and wet in spirits
of turpentine, and it will also kill all the
insects it touches.
The next meeting of the American
genealogical Society will be held in
Philadelphia September 18th. The
venerable president, Marshall P. Wild
er, expects to attend.
POWDERED carbonate of ammonia is
said to be a reliable antidote for bee
stings. 1t should be kept in tightly
cOrked bottle, and a small amount ap-
piled to the moistened surface Of the af-
fected cuticle.
A PEAoH-TREE at Auburn, Cal, which
has heretofore borne very fine peaches,
stands near several plum trees, and, it is
said, this year hangs full of plums.
The peach and plum trees were in bios
som at the same time.
A SUCCESSFUL farmer upon hillside
farm in Georgia has terraced all the
slopes upon his land, and declares that
all hlllsides should be abolished, as the
high land is always robbed of it's fer
tility for the benefit of the valleys.
The California plan of catching the
Goblin moth in bottles or cans of sweet
ened water placed in the forks of trees
has met with favor in many places. One
farmer is reported as having made a
"catch " of 1920 moths in eight days.
Mr.. j. 81. Pool, of Mill Creek, ILL.,,
builds up the cold wornout fields" by
sowing clover, and always reaps the
benefit. He has one field that has mostly
been cleared for many years, and this
year got twenty six bushels of wheat to
the acre.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Rural New
Yorker had success in destroying the
rose-bug, which is so destructive to the
grapevine, by sprinkling the upper and
lower sides of the leaves, when the dew
was on, with air-slacked lime, busting it
on by hand.
A. Il. WHITNEY, of Franklin Grove,
ILL.,, who has had considerable success
Ii forestry, tells the Farmers Review
" that If you cut trees in August and
let them remain untrimmed till winter
you get better wood for fuel or any
other purpose"
A SPRINGFIELD farmer has died III
consequence of walking with bare feet
last year through potato field where
Paris green had been used. The poison
was communicated to his blood through
some slight abrasion of the skin, and he
has been dying lingering death.
THE annual meeting of the American
Forestry Congress held at st. Paul,
commenced the Sth inst. Considerable
interest attaches to the meeting, in view
of the deliberations of the congress on
the subject of tree planting on the plains
and the movement to stimulate the
growth of forest trees.
PRESIDENT ABBOTT, of the Michigan
Agricultural College, states that not
less than SO per cent. of the graduates of
that institution adopt farming or some
kindred occupation as their calling, and
that of those who spend but year or
two at the college, very much larger
number return to the farm.
IT is common to cut grain as low down
as possible. Sometimes this is neces-
sary to gather it all when felled by
rains, but otherwise there is no advan-
tage in low cutting. A long stubbIe is
often an efficient protection for young
clover in winter. It holds the snow,
which would otherwise blow away.
SOME of the Mississippi onion-grow-
ers get large onions if not large profits.
A Tupelo man raised several that
weighed an average of one pound each
and measured fifteen inches in circum-
ference. These are all beaten by Col.
L. Hardee, of Florida, who raised one
measuring thirteen inches in diameter.
IT is worth while for farmers who use
Paris green to know that the best anti
dote to the poison is iron rust There
are preparations of iron in liquid form
which should be kept in farmers houses
wherever this popular insect powder is
used. Of course, the poison should be
got from the stomach by emetics where
ever possible.
IT is stated that well-managed vine
yard IN California will bear a full crop
the fifth year and furnish enough to
make 100 boxes of raisins to the acre.
The prospects for the future is that the
supply of raisins for consumption in this
country will be produced in California,
and sanguine grape-growers think that
the future will witness their exporta-
ton.
Mr.. JOHN TA11MAN, of Mount Nor
ris, N. Y, has, according to Rural
Home, been much aided in his potato
culture this year by new parasite sin
size and form much like the large
squash-bug, but beautifully colored with
a variety of hues, yellow, green, gray,
black, etc. He feeds on the Colorado
beetle and its Larvae, and threatens to
exterminate that pest. -
ALTHOUGH undertaking is essential
to the best results in most apple Or
chards, it is nevertheless much better to
select soils naturally drained. One
cause of the great success of Michigan
apple-growers is the fact that the sub
soil in most of their orchards is gravelly
and deep. The prize orchard of L. FL.
Bailey, at South Haven, Mich, has
gravel subsoil twelve feet deep.
THE GREAT sOutheyn aYnasitiOn at