Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-23
FARM AND GAnDEN,

WRITER IN the New York Tribune
gives the good advice liz two words how to
cure an egg eating hem" Eat her "
A DYING Scotch squire said to his son:
" Be aye stickin' in a tree, Jock-they'll
be GROWN while your sleepin'."
Corn alone is not a sufficient food for
fowls, some oats, wheat, bran in the form
OF thick mush and some Vegetables
should be given. PEI. E.
WHEN growing sweet corn for fodder
use the old reliable Stowell's evergreen.
No variety will produce more fodder.
COMPARATIVELY few who grow peach
trees have learned the law, that neither
foliage nor fruit can be produced from
wood OF more thana single years growth.
Do not be allured by few balmy
breezes into laying aside too much
winter clothing. There is plenty of time
yet to don gauze underwear. WI .....a
FARMERS often gauge their profits by
regarding whatever they feed out of their
own raising as costing nothing. This is
erroneous bookkeeping.
POTATOES are made scabby by wire
worms. The best preventive is to grow
the crop on fallow ground without
manure or with fertilizers. The worms
are encouraged or brought in by the
manure.
SAYS Ben Perley Poore, the great
secret In retaining young people on the
family homestead consists in making
rural homes something beyond the abode
of hard toll, cloudy visages and com
pound interest.
The losses of swine from all causes
during the past year amount to about 6
per cent, according to returns of CORES
pondents. They are very large in the
south, and less than In some former
years In the western states.
ALL rinkIed peas are superior to,
more delicate in flavor, and remain
| longer In season than the smooth sorts:
for as in sugar corn, the wrinkled appear
ance indicates greater amount of sac
charine matter.
The mulberry tree is not without use
fulness and profit, and is no doubt sus-
ceptlble OF great improvement in the
way OF varieties. But an exchange tells
us OF a species that on the second day
after planting produces ribbons and silk
stockings among its branches.
PROF. W. Fl. WILEY, of Perdue Uni
versity, Lafayette, Ind, has been ap-
; pointed chief chemist of the department
Of agriculture, in place of Prof. Collier,
to whom the sorghum interest of the
| country Is so greatly indebted.
AN eastern potato grower advances the
idea that the crop from seed potatoes
that are cut in pieces will ripen ten to
twelve days earlier, ii the pieces are cut
| five weeks before planting, busted with
plaster and lime and spread on boards in
the cellar and frequently stirred to keep
them from heating.
NUMEROUS reports of an ominous char
acter regarding the coming wheat crop
have been received from various sec
tons of the country. The recent cold
spell has undoubtedly done some dam
age, but so long as New Jersey and Del
aware remain silent there is not much
cause for apprehension.
WHEN potatoes are planted to be
"strawed" place them at the usual
depth, and when they ere coming
through the ground use shovel pillow
and hill them up, as fat culture will not
do with " strawed potatoes" The straw
may be put four or FIVE inches upon the
ground.
WHEN you plant your watermelon
seed select a light sandy plot or com
paratively poor soil. A vigorous start
should be given the young plants, and
to do this hill of rich earth is needed.
If very large fruit is desired, pick off al
but one melon.
A MAJORITY have no relish for garlic,
a bulbous-rooted plant with a strong,
penetrating odor, but it is much es-
teemed by some for favoring soups,
stews, etc. The plan of cultivation
varies but little from onions. When the
leaves turn yellow, take up the bulbs
and dry In the shade, then store them in
dry place.
For washing hands that have become
cracked or blackened, there is nothing
better than Indian meal rubbed on with
the soap. 1t not only removes the dirt,
but softens and whltens the hands as
well. For men and boys doing farm or
shop work it is excellent and should be
kept always at hand.
GHERKINs, used for picking, are
very small, oval shaped, prickly variety
Of cucumbers, having somewhat the ap-
poafanC0 OF QUIT. 1ney are grown
exclusively for picking. they are the
smallest of all varieties, and should al
ways be picked whenyoung and tender.
The seed terminates slowly.
BEN PERLRY PooRE says young. men
from the farm have focked to the cities
to engage in trade, although statistics
show that among enc hundred mer-
chants not more than three acquire in
dependent fortunes. While 1t is rare
that young man who devotes himself
to practical agriculture ever becomes
bankrupt or dies destitute of property.
The boys who are fond of parched Cor
popped) corn should not forget to plant
a few dozen hills when the field corn is
being planted. There is very hand
some variety called rice; the ears are
short, kernels long, pointed and resem-
bles rice. The color is white, and it is a
prolific bearer. It is used entirely for
parching, for which purpose it has no
superior.
A LITTLE grain will make proportion
ately more growth when pig runs in a
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