Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
for our breeders have an abundance of
the former, and will promptly furnish

lor our breeders have an abundance of
the former, and will promptly furnish
the latter as occasion may demand.
Therefore we say leave the unhealthy
nerds OF Europe with their contagious
on their native shores to be cured or
Killed, and until their condition is
greatly bettered announce officially
that their room is preferable to their
company.
A NEW Epizootic disease has ap-
peared in New York state. It is q
constitutional disease, but generally
shows itself about the fetlocks, and the
following symptoms are exhibited: The
morse is dull for day or two, is put in
the stable in the evening apparently
well, with the above exception. In the
morning the limb is found very much
swollen, hot, and painful; on moving
the horse he is very lame, and does not
want to put his foot to the ground. In
about "a hours after the above symp-
toms have been developed, large pieces
OF skin about the fetlocks slough out,
and large, unhealthy sores are the re-
suit. In fatal cases the horse generally
dies from blood poison.
HE colts that climb the rough and
rocky hill pastures of the north country
develop muscular limb that rarely. il
ever, show the knock knee or the spav-
In. And besides this, the foot of the
northern horse is more perfectly formed
ana healthy, while his habit of climbing
the rocky mountain pastures teaches
him to carry his fore feet sufficiently
high, and to place them so firmly on
the ground that he never trips or STUN
bles even under the saddle, carrying a
heavy rider. The Arabs, in training
their colts for the saddle, blindfold
them, so as to teach them to step high
and carefully. The young horse that
has roamed over our northern pastures
for years does not need this.
POULTRY houses should be cleaned
out and whitewashed inside and out
every spring and fall. For the inside
the wash should contain two teaspoon
full of crude carbolic acid to every
bucketful of the wash, which latter
should be applied to every corner and
crevice of the building. If the floors
are of plank, clean them off nicely and
cover with few inches of fresh earth.
Dirt floors should be dug up for at least
six inches. The windows should be
kept clean SO that the fowls may see
daylight, and in bad weather, on when
confined, enjoy themselves much better.
The roosts should be washed every
week with kerosene oil, and the nest
boxes washed inside and out, and fresh
straw added, sprinkling the same with a
little sulphur. ,4..,. t.-..- ..-....
A WRITER in one of the British Jour
GALS devoted to agricultural interests
strongly recommends the introduction
into that country of the Japanese
goose. From the description there
given of this breed, it is only reasonable
to think that they are as well suited to
our wants as those of our British friends.
This goose is described to be as nearly
beautiful as it is possible for a goose to
be; it is equally at home on land and
water, and all its movements are grace
full and swan-like; they withstand
changes of climate better than our own
domesticated geese, and can be kept
without shelter even in the most severe
winter season. As regards food, the
Japanese goose is by no means fas-
tidious, and the yield of feathers and
down is something wonderful. ~ il 4
The proper way to procure absolute
~ the best seed corn would be to plant
large patch by itself, far enough from
any other corn to prevent outside.
pollen from reaching it. Tt should be
cultivated SO as to insure vigorous,
healthy growth. After the ears set,
every unproductive stalk should be cut
out, so that every seed will have cred
liable percentage on both sides. If no
stalks are left standing but such as have
two ears, and the same process be con-
tinued for some years, the tendency to
produce two ears to the stalk will prob
ably become an established quality.
The aim in every case should be to get
traits from as long line of ancestors as
a seed that has inherited certain good
possible on both sides, so that its type is
fixed and it can be trusted to reproduce
itself, and not some inferior plant. -
CrimSOned by the Frost.