Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-06-25
FARM AND GARDEN.

RICE is recommended for young
chickens.
ONE of the biggest frauds of the age
is the counterfeit butter business.
WATERING the stock regularly is as
necessary as regular feeding, especially
in summer.
NEBRASKA furnished the largest pair
of cattle on exhibition at the Kansas
City Fat Stock Show.
The Fort Worth Gazette says the in
creased tax on cattle for 1883 over that
of 1882 was 1897, 587 1886.
LAND that is too poor for clover will
grow rye, and the rye plowed down
can be followed with clover.
IT is an old proverb that good farm
er may be judged by the manner in
which ne keeps bis manure.
A WEAK point in American farming
generally is the neglect or inability to
make profitable use of straw.
The English shire horse dealers and
importers in this country are agitating
the formation of an American stud
book.
IT is said that 21, 600, 900 acres of land
are held in this country by foreigners,
half of it being by three corporations in
Texas and Florida.
ACCORDING to DR.. VOLTS tables av-
erage meadow hay and corn meal have
comparative value of about five to
three for feeding stock.
FAT pigs suffer greatly from the heat
In summer. When yarded and access
to water in which to roll in is denied,
their yard should be partially shaded
by trees.
WEEDS are the curse of all farms.
Every weed that secures growth, even
of but few inches, deprives the grow
ing plant of just that proportion of nu-
tritive matter.
A CONNECTICUT sheep man is out
with the assertion that poor fences have
had more influence in causing the de-
cline in sheep husbandry in New En-
gland than the dogs.
F. D. CURTIS thinks the best seedin
for an orchard is orchard grass. The
natural grasses will soon come in and
make fine sod Orchards should be
pastured, not moved.
Mr.. JUDGE, of Lighthall, according
to the London Truth, has sold three
Hereford COWS to ali American breeder
for $3,40O, which is the highest price
ever paid for such stock.
JUNE or blue grass is desirable for
lawns on account of it's uniform growth
and beautiful color. 1t takes longer to
become established than most other
grasses, but it also lives longer.
"BLAoK erysipelas" is a disease pecul-
lar to Rochester, n. Y, horses. An
ulcerous sore attacks the hind feet, the
dead flesh sloughs of, and the animal
soon dies. It is not especially con
tagious.
A CROP of corn is essential on ali
farms upon which stock is kept. Be-
ing extremely rich in carbon, it not
only provides nourishment for growth
but produces heat and fat above all
other cereals.
IT is shrewdly suggested that one
reason why farms do not pay their own
ers is that the farm does not owe them
anything. There are no better invest
ments for farmers than those made in
the farm itself.
The Bombay Chamber of Commerce
officially asserts that India is capable OF
doing much more than supplying Great
Britain With wheat. India's ability in
this respect turns, it is said, altogether
on transportation.
IT seems that market pardenino
around the principal Eastern cities is
not as satisfactory business as it was
before the war. This change is said to
be due to Southern competitions
thing in this line unknown and unfelt
in the days of slavery.
AN Ohio farmer washes his apple
trees every spring and fall with strong
I've that will float an egg, and finds it to
be sure death to the borers. He claims
that he has not lost tree since be-
ginning this practice, although he had
lost several 1oravio17s1v