Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-02-07
SEASONABLE FARM NOTES.

past season, from about one acre, 628
pounds of hops, which sold for $40.
Two dairymen In Maryland have de-
monstrated that the use of steamed food
was preferable by at least 25 per cent.
Stop the cracks and holes in the
stable, whether made of boards or straw.
and save pain to your animals and
money to yourself.
Soon the itinerant tree peddler will be
"abroad In the land" AS rule, he's a
good man to avoid. Buy trees of relia-
bic nursery men direct.
IT has been ascertained at the CRANKY
Comm creamery that it takes ten quarts
OF milk to make an inch of cream, and
an inch OF cream makes . pound of but
ter. #aG aa...r ..
SKUNK cabbageis said to be good for
heaves III teaspoonful doses, night and
morning. Moisten the hay and grain.
Be careful with the diet. Never work
heavy horse on a full stomach ss..
WALDO E. BROWN says: "From care
ful observation In my own feeding, I es-
innate the fodder from an acre Of corn
to be worth as much for feeding as the
hay from an average acre of timothy"
STEEL bits should be kept in warm
place until they are placed III the horses
mouth. Any person can realize the SEN
sation OF placing q cold bit in the horses
mouth by first touching it with his own
tongue. 81. = ..F ..dy .r E.e.
AN excellent remedy for mango is:
Oil of turPentine, one pint; add eau
tIOusly two ounces Of oil OF vitriol, stir
ing the rlixture constantly; then add
eight ounces lInseed oil; to be rubbed in
with brush twice day. .....
MANY a man has had his pork fail to
keep properly because it was sailed in a
frozen condition. Frozen meat, whether
beef, pork or mutton, will not properly
assimilate the salt, and can not be de-
pended on to keep in hot weather.
The use of salt to keep weeds from
gravel walks is well known, and has been
tried with varied success. A writer in
the Garden says the secret lies in put
ting the salt on III fine, dry weather,
when it dissolyes gradually and does the
most good
a FRUIT grower placed tobacco stems
around the trunks of peach trees, and
there is not the sign Of borer in any of
the trees 80 treated. He set the stems
around the butts of the trees and tied
them at the tops. 1t Keeps off rabbits
as we'll IN winter.
a PEACH grower at st. Joseph re-
ports a case in which peach tree af-
tected with the yellows was dug up and
dragged out of the orchard, brushing
against nine other trees during removal,
and says that the following year the
nine trees were infected with the disease.
SORGHUM yields we'll on land too poor
to grow corn. This shows that the
sorghum derives more from the air, as
it's sweet Juice, largely carbon, would in
dictate. The soil for sorghum must,
however, be in fine tilth, as its small
seeds are more impatient of clods than
the larger corn grains.
WITH our land thoroughly drained
we can carry on the operation of farming
with as great success and as little effect
from bad weather as any business which
depends Oh such a variety OF circum-
stances. Weshall have substituted GER
tainty for chance, as far as it is in our
power to do so, and made farming an art
rather than a venture.
A WESTERN cattle breeder reports that
the greatest profit is made in the first
year of an animals growth. This is in
creased, but In less proportion, the Sec
ond year. If kept a year longer not
only is there no profit, but all the clear
gain of the second year is wasted. This
is striking commentary on the advan-
tage Of early maturity.
For horse that "pulls use the
overcheck with strap attached over the
nose and under the lower jaw. For an
extra hard-mouthed horse use a four
ring bit. Have side loop on the front
of the over-check, so. that it can be
moved up and down, as may be required;
then have the check-pieces and over
check attached to the loose ring and the
driving lines alone to the large rings.
INFLUENZA is one Of the most preva-
diseases at this time of the year. The
first stage of the disease is generally mild
and will readily yield to careful, nutri-
tious diet, such as warm mashes. oat-
meal Cruel, suitable clothing and proper
ventilation. If the respiration is trou-
bled and the extremities cold, give a
sedatiye medicine, rub the legs with dry
mustard, bandage with flannel and send
for an expert.
NEARLY every farmer has the neces-
sary intelligence and practical man
agement of ali branches of his business,
to place himself on an honorable level
with any man. He needs but a few
elementary books on the sciences in
connection with his business, added to
scme practical works, in addition to his
agricultural newspapers, to guide him
in all important operations on his farm,
or in the marts for the sale of his pro-
duce.
Soon the gardener will turn his atten-
ton to the selection of vegetable seeds
for spring sowing. It is good idea to
test them before sowing, by taking a
few from each package and sowing them
in flower pots, keeping these where the
soil will be warm. If the seeds sown
and those that terminate are counted a
very fair idea may be formed of the pro-
portion that will grow of the whole. Do
not depend on old seeds; new ones are
surer to grow, as rule.