Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-05
FARM AND GARDEN.


Tennessee. were killed by dogs in June.
TURNIP seed may be sowed during
this month, the best variety for late
sowing being the red-top strap Ieafed.
IT is a good plan to begin to fatten
swine this month so as to get them to
market early and thereby get higher
price.
SHEEP and wool growing has increased
more rapidly within the past few
years than any other industry of the
country.
The Navajo Indians have taken to
stock-growing, and will this year sell
100000 pounds of wool, besides hand
ling a large amount of beef cattle.
A VERY small white bug has injured
the wheat harvest in some parts of
Michigan. It eats the stalk, and all
above where it works fails to mature.
OLD COWS should now be dried off SO
that they will fatten on grass. One can
make beef great deal cheaper than on
grain. Fatten and sell off scrubs of all
kinds of stock. ..>
1T is found that if rye is grazed, SO
closely as not to allow seed to form it's
roots will live several years and form
turf. The root penetrates deeply, and
the leaves while young are greedily eaten
by all kinds of stock.
A SUCCESSFUL farmer makes it rule
to always raise twice as many potatoes as
will be needed for his home demand:
then if the price is high he has them to
sell; IT low, he gets a good value for them
by feeding them out.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Western Ag-
rlculturist says tablespoonful of salt
peter dissolved in a gallon of water, apd
the solution applied to the grape vines,
will check the ravages of the rose bug.
This remedy might be worth trying.
IT will pay on any farm to clean up
the weeds along the sides of the road. In
many places labor needed in doing this
is allowed as al Offset against the road
tax, and were it not, it would still pay to
prevent weeds from spreading seeds over
the farm.
WITH improved baling processes, Iowa
farmers now ship their hay to New York,
and even to Europe, when prices are ia
vorable. By the use of wire for baling.
one-third more weight is put in the same
bulk than is possible when wooden hoops
are used.
WHEN the house is located upon sufi
GENTLY high land, rubber hose attach
ed to the sink.spout will enable the farm
er to supply plenty of water to the gar
den, almost without cost, and the soap
suds will prove a first. class fertilizer for
all garden crops,
rTrTu T1lino;e L..
state veterinary surgeon, DR.. n. 81. Pea
sen, authority to suppress the CHAMBERS,
which has proven very destructive in
more than twenty counties of that state.
Illinois is one of the most extensive
horse breeding states in the Union.
The Importance of keeping farming
tools and wagons well painted and oiled
is more manifest In summer than at any
other season, as,the wood dries up more
rapidly under the rays of the hot sun,
and the pores being open they are filed
with water by the showers and decay
faster that at any other time of the
year.
FARMERS often make mistake in not
having corn enough to feed their hogs
before the new corn ripens. A busheI
fed ID August and September VIII pro-
duce as much pork as five pecks fed in
November, or as bushel and half in
December. Therefore begin early to
fatten all animals intended for slaugh-
tering.
THE important. advantage of sowing
rye on corn and potato ground is that
it is not injured by the Hessian fly, as in
the case with wheat. It must, therefore,
be sown earlier than would be advisable
for wheat. IF sown by the last of August
it will make a complete mat over the
soil before winter, and SO late as this it
will not injure the growing crops of corn
or potatoes.
A RAIN of one-half inch depth is equal
to $50 hogsheads on an acre of land.
This shows the advantage of using ma
nure as top dressing, during the summer
especially. A very little rainfall will
make this manure available, while If the
manure is buried at the bottom of fur
row, nothing less than a thorough soak
ing Of the soil will suffice.
1T is a good plan to burn sulphur in
cellars where milk is kept, especially if
they are damp. The sulphurous cid
evolved destroys the mildew, w ch if
not checked, Will injure the favor of the
cream and butter. In many damp cellars
the mildew wastes the cream so that the
butter product is seriously decreased,
besides the injury to quality.
Slow milking of COWS never secured
the full product. The COW becomes
tired of relaxing the udder muscles, and
after a time resumes the more natural
position of contracting them. This
makes much stripping necessary, and
slow mixer will never have patience to
strip long time. Partial milking soon
dries the COW, and greatly reduces her
value.
The Lancet stoutly opposes the prac-
tiee of putting blinkers on horses. It
says: cit seems to us that they are
useless, ugly, and, to some extent in
furious to the eyesight. The most
beautiful feature of horse is the eye.
If it were not hid from our gaze, it
would serve 10 denote sickness, pain, or
pleasure. Many a time would the driver
spare the whip on seeing the animals
eye"
NEWLY seeded fields should be care
fully looked over at this season. In
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