Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-24

prevent them from freezing. Never
put them In damp cellar or pile them
In bulk or where the rats can get at
tnem; better feed them to the hogs or
COWS at once than do either of the
above.
SWEET potatoes must be well dried.
packed In clean, dry barrels. not So t;oht
as to exclude the air, and then the for3
may be covered with dry sawdust Idr;e9
by fire) about two or three inches tbick
to prevent them from willing or driving
up too much. Never put them in salt
barrels or cover the tops SO tight as to
prevent the evaporation from escaping.
The best time to straighten a crooked
rail fence, says the American Cultiyat-
or, is when the field is in sod and in
tended for blowing and planting with
some hoed crop next season. Part of
the fence row is presumably filled with
weeds, or at least with tough sod, and
will need at least one years thorough
cultivation to get it ready for reseeding
with the remainder of the field.
THE Ida County, Ia, Pioneer, says:
THE existing hog disease in Ida County
is taking Thousands of dollars from our
farmers daily. We have taken some
trouble to make an estimate, and we
think we are safe in saying that 500
farmers have lost $500 wo1 til each, and
that 200 farmers have lost $500 each by
the hog disease within the past four
months, in Ida County, making total
loss Of $25O,000, taken right out of the
pockets of small farming community.
No wonder money is scarce.
THE Florida ostrich farm having
proved failure, it has been predicted
that no better success would follow the
efforts of the California ostrich farmers.
The Anaheim Gazette, however, in
forms the public that several healthy
chicks have this year been Matched at
Anaheim by the use of the incubator,
and that one ambitious ostrich is hatch
ing brood in the good old-fashioned
way. The failure of the eggs to bring
forth young last year is attributed to
the youth of the parent birds.
A WRITER in an English exchange
makes some very striking remarks with
reference to the condition of breeding
cattle. He maintains that stock used
for breeding should be kept in a fair
growing condition, a higher state acting
prejudicially to the generative and the
milk-secreting organs. He holds that
disorders are liable to take place when
the proportion of fat exceeds one-twen-
tieth of the whole body. He lays par
ticular stress on the evil practice of
overlooking for the purpose of compet-
ing for prizes at shows.
THE chief requirement for keeping
fruit from October to the following
May Or June is low, uniform temper
allure, and in autumn this may be Sc
cured by opening and ventilating on
cool nights and closing when warm.
Fruit should be kept as nearly as pos
sible in the same condition as when
gathered. Fruits desired for late keep
ing should be gathered when quite
green. If the Greening and Baldwin
and some earlier varieties are gathered
green they will keep in a low tempera-
ture for long time. Il Rural Home.
The farmer armed with a scientific
knowledge of his business must have
the advantage over the one who has
not this knowledge. Science, in it's re-
lation to agriculture, is really the prin-
ciples upon which all the operations of
that pursuit are based It is an explain
alton of the laws of nature, which &C
company all the many details of farm
ing operations; and a fundamental
knowledge of these principles, backed
up afterward by experience, is the best
way of equipping a young farmer for
his business American Rural Home.