Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-05
FARM AND GARDEN.

THERE are no off years in ounce
orchard.
SHEEP increase so per cent. per annum
In Montana.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, is the largest
wool market in the South.
IT is estimated that 10000 Colorado
acres are planted to alfalfa.
If potatoes show signs of decay, dust
them with air-slacked lime.
In Florida good fertilizers for Irish
potatoes are dried muck and ashes.
THERE is said to be nothing better
than barley for fattening young geese.
SUPPORTS for vines including trel-
Uses for grapes, should be made ready.
The woodwork may be painted, or
treated with several coats of petro-
leum.
IF any pruning was left unfinished
last fall, complete it in the first mild
spell.
ONLY one-third of the acreage Of
the primeyal forest.
In herds of cattle where all are with
out horns, there is no more evidence of
fear than in focks of sheep or pigs.
HEN manure is good for onions.
There is some dispute as to the value
of the addition of ash to that fertilizer.
FLORIDA growers aid the heading of
cabbages by sprinkl1ng little salt into
the heart aud tying up the leaves with
Irvine.
IT is now said by competent author
hot hC,- IS 1.
is no indication of the age of the
animal.
MAINE reports about fifty cheese fac
tories, the number of COWS to each rang
ing from so to 800, about 100 being the
average.
MANY farmers who secure for them
selves all the labor-saving improvements
are slow In arranging similar helps for
| their wives.
Now is the time that the horses will
show care. A horse well kept in winter
is better able to endure the hard work
of summer.
IT is said that the annual value of the
dairy products of Illinois, more than 400
creameries and cheese factories, is near
~ SIG, 100000.
The New York Tribune suggests that
we know next to nothing yet, of milk,
and wants some expert to devote his life
to its investigation.
The sheep returns for 1888 show an
increase more than sufficient to offset
the loss in 1882 in England and a sat-
isfactory gain i'll Scotland and Wales
also.
THE Mennonites In Nebraska build
dams across the ravines on their
farms, aud in this simple way store
Do all the water needed tor their
stock.
WHEN your melting fowls seem to lag
and suffer, and the new plumage is long
In coming. as if the fowls had lost
strength, then is the best time for iron
and tonics.
TIE largest cow in America, it is
believed, belongs to John Pratt, of
Chase County, Kansas. She is three
years old, twenty-five hands high and
weighs 5000 pounds.
LESS grain and more grazing tend to
better development of frame and mus
Gle than when corn is fed to hogs ex-
clusively. Build the frame first and lay
on the fat afterwards.
IF it is intended to set out shrubs,
etc., the coming spring, the selections,
whether for home supply or for market
should be made while the matter can be
properly considered.
The dairy interests of this country are
a far greater source of profit than even
our mines of gold and silver. During
last year our producers marketed $780, |
900, 900 worth of butter, cheese and
eggs, and 500, 900, 900 worth of milk
and cream.
New JERSEY offers bounty of 81 |
for every ton of sorghum raised in the
state for the purpose of manufacturing
sugar and syrups and 500 for every ton |
of sugar made therefrom. In compli- |
ance with these offers the state actually |
paid out SO, 000, and will probably be |
asked to pay-a much greater sum this |
year.
PROF. E. M. SHELTON, of the Kansas
Agricultural College Farm, having tired |
of the necessarily wasteful way of feed |
ing loose salt to stock. now finds that
six inch square lump of rock salt in a
box to which the animals have free ac-
cess at all times is an economical and |
healthful plan which proves ''entirely
satisfactory"
THE manure from a certain number
of fowls, says the New York World,
if carefully saved and properly applied |
will pay fer their Keep. It should be
kept dry in winter and be mixed with |
an equal bulk of plaster. In spring
work it over making as fine as possible.
At planting time put teaspoonful in
each hill for corn or potatoes, mixing it
well with the soil, so that the seed |
does not come into direct contact with
it.
IT now looks as though hop growing
in this country is, at no distinct day, to
have it's center in Washington Territory.
It is said that Mr.. E. Meeker, of that
territory, is already the heaviest hop
grower in the United States. Accord
ing to reliable data the average yield of
hops per acre in New York is $50
pounds; in Wisconsin, 445 pounds, in
California, 1884 pounds and in Wash
ington Territory 1917 pounds.
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