Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-16

ILL.,, writes as follows: son farm just
out of town is q roam steer that SO far
exceeds the average size as to render
him noticeable monstrosity. He was
dropped eight years ago by a medium
sized COW brought from Missouri. From
tip to tip he measures Ii feet; greatest
height over hind legs, 81 feet. He has
just flesh enough to keep him alive, yet
in this condition he weighs 2, $50 pounds.
His body is funnel-shaped, very light in
the hind quarters. Some idea of his
coarse bone may be formed from the
knee measurement, % inches around.
When [ went to look at him he was on
the barn floor eating hay from low loft.
A horse led up to his side did not reach
half way up to the side of the long-leg-
ged, useless beast"
A CORRESPONDENT of the Kansas Far
mer gives the following directions for
planting and cultivating walnuts, based
on his own experience of over twenty
years.: First, plant the nuts in fall
when fresh; select good ripe ones, and
| plant two 10 hill, or check If for tim
Der; hut if for wind break, in rows about
as corn, and drill q few feet apart in the
rows. For timber some seven to eight
feet apart, and put other crops for two
or three years in the rows between the
walnut trees, and the fail Of the first
year, If there are two, take out one, and
cut the whole top off of the other at the
ground and let two sprouts start out in
spring, and when hardened take off one,
leaving the one on the south side of the
root, and cultivate in the best way pos
sible with hoe crops, as potatoes, beans
and other vines, if possible; if not, put
IN corn and cultivate and keep trimmed
nicely, and you will have nice straight
stalks that will continue to make nice
trees.
PRoF. SANBoRN, of the Missouri Agri-
cultural College, reports upon expert
ments made to ascertain what kinds of
seed potatoes would give the best yield,
and the results are worth considering.
The average yield for four seasons is
represented as follows: Whole potatoes,
large, yield: Table potatoes, 119 2 bush
els; small potatoes, 105. 8 bushels; total,
225. Whole potatoes, small. yield:
Table potatoes, 1877 bushels; small po-
tatoes, 65. Is bushels; total, 1893 3 bush
els. One eye to a hill, yield: Table
potatoes, COL bushels; small potatoes,
"a 8 bushels; total, So bushels. Two
eyes to a hill, yield: Table potatoes,
SO 8 bushels; small potatoes, 80 bush
els; total, 1913 s bushels. Three eyes to
a hill, yield: Table potatoes, 1856
bushels; small potatoes, 48.4 bushels;
total, 1874 bushels. Seed end yields:
Table potatoes, ia bushels; small pota-
toes 68.7 bushels; total, 1924 bushels
Stem ends yield: Table potatoes, 90.7
bushels; small potatoes, 61.8 bushels;
total, 152 bushels.
PROF. j. L. BUDD, of the Iowa Agyi-
cultural College, writes to the Des
Moines Register: "Three years ago
we imported at considerable expense
several varieties of the peach from Pekin,
China. After they had passed through
the first winter we announced the belief
that they would prove 80 per cent. hard
Ter than our common sorts, which opin-
ion we still hold. In leaf and habit of
growth they differ from our common
sorts, and they ripen their wood far bet
ter. We have not seen the fruit, but we
are assured that in size and quality it
equals the best sorts of New jersey.
Last summer we saw in the
valley of the MoselIe, In France, rows
VI dwarf peach GroeS, WHICH,, Oh inquiry,
we found were grated or budded on
our Rocky Mountain cherry, PruoatS
21etn2ikta. The trees were low and bushy,
and, we were told, seemed to mature
their wood better in autumn. Perhaps
in the part of the state where the peach
may be made profitable we may find this
stock the very thing we need. Even
In the central district amateurs might
grow the Chinese peaches IN this dwarf
form, and devise a method for slight
winter protection.