Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-05
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

Hon. DAVID OWEN, of Portage, re-
Gently sold four fine full blood Durham
calves, less than a year old for $3.50.
A CROP of tobacco sold at Pleasant
Springs, Dane County, enabled the
grower to bank Sc, 900.
HARRIS Bros, of Spring Prairie,
WalWorth County, received solid sill
yer cup at the Mankato meeting for the
best package of creamery butter pre-
| served by certain brand of salt.
On recent Saturday the State Bank
at Stoughton paid out nearly 800 900 to
| farmers on sales of tobacco. Quite
number of farmers In that vicinity have
realized $3.50 per acre from last years
crop.
JOHN MANaEN is credited with bring
ing the champion load of wheat to
Chiffon. 1t consisted of 103 bushels
and Is pounds and was hauled a dis
lance of rs miles. He received 1914 for
| the load.
RACINE has organized society called
the Southwestern Wisconsin Industrial
Association, and will endeayor to build
| an exposition building. J. I. Case is
president and r. D. Torrey secretary and
manager.
JOHN E. HUGHES, of Delafeld, has
three native COWS that have proved very
profitable. Between April 1, 1883, and
January 80, 1884, their milkings yielded
him 85l lbs. of butter, an average of
1922 lbs. for each cow.
MEssRs. Bingham & Perrin, of New
London, have contracted with the Mil
waukee, Lake Shore & Western Railway
| Company to operate all the boarding
and supply camps on that roads extern
sion for the present season.
A MAN named Hackmeier lost an arm
recently by the accidental discharge of
shot gun which he had fastened to his
| hay rack. He was driving to Alma,
Buffalo County, at the time The mem
Der was amputated between the wrist and
elbow.
The Jefferson County circuit court
has given w. F. Gille, OF Watertown, a
verdict of $1,250 against the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, for in
juries received on the Vroqua branch
of the road, in December, 1882. The
company will take an appeal.
Gus HECKER was instantly killed In
trying TO get on freight train at Led
yard. He was cut in two, and his re-
mains scattered along the track for a
distance OF 200 feet. He leaves large
family at Oshkosh. VIM. Redthe, a.
brakeman, fell under a train, at the
same place, and lost his right leg.
J. T. SrALLARp, of Garden Valley,
Jackson County, Wis, harvested 40
bushels of Early Red Globe Onions
from little over six rods of land last
season. The yield was from quarter
of pound of seed. He was equally
successful with the White Star potato,
of which he planted one peck and har-
vested seven bushels, or 1920 pounds
from Is pounds of seed.
G. A. GLOVER, of OnaIaska, has
demonstrated that it is more profitable
to dress poultry before marketing it.
He weighed % live chickens and got
record of Ill pounds. After dressing,
the same hens weighed Sc pounds, or
a shrinkage of one pound each. At s
cents per pound, the market price at
that time, the live birds would have
brought So. SO. At III cents, the price
for dressed chickens, he realized Sc. SO,
or gain of $1.O1 for the trouble of
dressing them.
LENA SPAIGHT, aged Is years, do
nestle in the family of Edward Peckham,
farmer residing q short distance from
Sun Prairie, was criminally assaulted by
Edward and Alexander Peckham, neph-
ews of her employer, with whom she
had been on ride to her home. The
vIllai~s carried her into school house
to effect their purpose. Alexander has
been arrested at Watertown, but Ed
ward is still fugitive. There is much
excitement over the outrage at Sun
Prairie.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Hudson Star
and Times says: 81 have jersey grade
heifer years old the 18th day of next
June, with calf % days old, that gives
only &c pounds of milk per day, which
will yield II pounds of gilt-edge butter, no
coloring used. The milk is skinned
every II hours for the calf. Feed for
heifer is three pint basin full of bran
and shorts, mixed half and-half twice
day, and all the clover she will eat up
clean. The weight of the heifer is, Z
should Judge, about 900 pounds. .
In answer to question at the Trem-
peaIeau County farmers convention, at
Whitehall, recently, as to whether the
exclusive manufacture of butter and
cheese would not ultimately cause a drop
in the price of those products, Prof.
Henry said the idea was delusion and
a snare-good butter would always bring
high price; and, second, that by
careful rotation of crops in New York
state, wheat once in four years. thirty
bushels of wheat to the acre had been
raised. Mr.. Smith stated that farmers
in Sheboygan County, this state, were
raising more wheat since they COM
menced dairying than before. Mr.. Clark
was of the opinion that there could not
be an over-production of any good arti-
Gle, and cited instances to illustrate the
point.