Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-11-28

tlclent for common-siZed felloe, of
which the timber should be dry, as green
wood will not take oil. Care should be
taken that the oil does not get hotter
than the boiling heat, else the wood
might be set on fire and burned. TIM
Der filled with oil is not susceptible to
water and much more durable"
The French minister of finance pub.
fishes a circular to people IN the coun-
try warning them against destroying
toads, lady bugs and birds, which he
prOnOunces friends of the farmer. and
therefore important to the prosperity of
the country. Such q circular is needed
10 this country, especially to preserve
toads, which ere almost universally un-
der the ban of every body big enough to
raise stone. Toads in the garden are
worth at least q shilling each. They
benefit the farmer by destroying potato
bugs and other injurious insects.
DIR. j. b. MORRIS says, in regard to
trlchlnae IN swine, til It 1t is we'll estab-
l1shed TACT the real source of the infec-
ton in swine lies entirely In the rat. A
committee of Vienna physicians found
in Moravia 81 per cent. of rats examined
10 per cent; and in Lower Austria
about per cent. The well-knswn vo-
racity of the hog aud it's special fond
ness for meat cause it to feed upon the
flesh and excrements of other animals
infested with these parasites, and es-
pecially rats and mice. To prevent tri-
chlnous swine it is highly important to
cut off all the sources of the disease ia
the diet of these animals.
THE Germantown Telegraph says:
"Peach leaves are poisonous, and often
prove fatal when eaten by animals. The
leaves are said to contain prussic acid,
and number of instances are recorded
of sheep being killed by eating them.
Instances have occurred in which cattle
and sheep have been poisoned by eating
the leaves of the wild cherry. It has
been said that the leaves of the Guilt
waited cherry are free from poison until
they have wilted; but cases have been
known in which the green leaves have
proved poisonous and fatal to animals. "
MANAGEMENT, says q sensible writer,
is the cheapest and most practical ma
nure on the farm. The common plan is
to have but one pasture, upon which
cattle must Craze at all times. IF it
comes to the bare sods during seasons
of extreme drought the stock must con-
tinue to grab away at the sod for want
of better food. This exposes the roots
of the grass to the sun and Injuries or
destroys the plant. Suppose we should
use our trees and shrubs in that way,
the detriment to growth would at once
be apparent. Good management with
grass is as necessary as with trees.
A MARKED feature of rural life in Eng
land, at the present day, is the supsti-
tuition of permanent pasturage for till
age. Year by year the disproportion
between titled and untitled land be-
comes greater. In the whole of Eng
land there are upwards of 5000, 900
acres, and of these in 1870 upwards of
5000, 900 acres were laid out in perm =
nent pasturage. In 1880 the untitled
land had increased to IL, 100000 acres,
and the increase is now maintained at
the rate of 4, 10000 acres per year.
Taking the whole of Great Britain the
increase is even higher, IL, 073, 900 acres
only being untitled in 1870, as compared
with II, 821 900 in 1882, whilst in Ire
land the change is still more marked.
This is owing to foreign competition in
the cereal crops.