Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-09
FARM AND GARDEN.


sipy, if not worse.
BOILED barley is quite generally fed
horses in England. 1t is said to have
one-third more nutrition than oats.
THE Virginia creeper, on account of
it's quick growth, is a favorable vine for
planting around outhouses and trellises.
BE careful not to grow potatoes
near the peach trees is the advice of
one who is familiar with peach grow
ing.
ASHES are shipped from Canada to
New Jersey, where the farmers are
glad to get them for 30 cents per
bushel.
The Director of the Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station tests the vitality of
seeds for farmers of that state free of
charge.
PRoF. BROWN, of the Ontario Agri-
cultural College, thinks raw peas so
per cent. better food for pigs than In
dian corn.
ENGLISH heep-breeders have found
out that mutton pays better than wool,
and that fat lambs bring q better return
than mutton.
FIFTEEN hundred dollars worth of
feathers were gathered from the eighteen
ostriches on the Anahem farm in Cali
fornia, last year.
THERE are now In this country over
500 horses able to trot mile ID less
than 2:30, and go that can trot mile
in 2:20 or better.
A New YORK farmer claims to have
brought the peachblow potato up to it's
former standard of excellence by care
full selection of seed
Cows that have not wintered well need
little extra care just now. A warm
bran slop, with little ginger fed ally,
will produce wonderful results.
ENGLISH shepherds, speaking from ex-
perience, say that ensilage is never
more useful and valuable than when the
Landing season has commenced, it being
highly beneficial to milking ewes.
In Michigan and New York they spray
their whole orchard with a solution of
paris green, and kill the Larvae of the
codling moth, so that they have apples
free from worms.
a VERMONT dairyman says a young
calf should be fed three times day.
Overlooking at long intervals, and es-
pecially with cold food, kills a good
many valuable calves.
WHEN it is desirable to have young
trees and hedges grow rapidly, cut them
back IN the spring before the buds start;
but If you wish to check too rampant a
growth in larger trees, prune after the
leaves are open.
HORSE radish yields from two to four
tons per acre, and sells at from five to
ten cents per pound. The worst draw
back TO it's culture is the difficulty of
eradicating it when once it gets firm
hold on the land
A WRITER in Hygiene Partique states
that boots and shoes may be rendered
waterproof by soaking them for some
hours in thick soap water. The COM
pound forms fatty acid within the
leather, and makes it impervious to
water.
IT is curious fact that wasps' nests
often take fire, as is supposed, by the
mechanical action of the wax upon the
material of which the nest is composed.
Many of the fires of unknown origin in
haystacks and farm buildings may thus
be accounted for.
IF seeds are to be kept over a year
they should be placed In a cool location
and exposed to the light and air. Keep
ing them IN the darkness weakens vitali-
ty, perhaps from a tendency to grow
which darkness inc1tes, but unaccom-
panied by moisture enough to put forth
leaf and root
A GOOD egg food for feeding poultry
once or twice week is to boil a quart
Of beans to thick soup. Then thicken
with meal; add salt and pepper. Feed
warm on cold mornings; the fowls will
eat it quickly, and the beans furnish
quite large proportion of nitrogen for
the albumen of the eggs.
SPRUCE butter tubs are the best: hem
lock makes sweet tub; ACIDS from the
oak color the butter and injure its ap-
pearance; white ash gives the butter a
strong flavor if kept long, and increases
the liability to mold; maple smells and
cracks badly. Soak all tubs four to six
days IN brine before using.
Farmer.
DoN'T forget the dust bath. This is
Ah"OO W Ae'AAAS GO3ObnC1 lOu1 OOaLOS LII
the form Of a square. No bottom is
needed. Place in a sunny corner and
fill with. fine dry loan or road dust.
There is nothing equal to good dust
bath to keep the hens free from lice. If
they are very lousy bushel of wood
ashes may be added to the bath.
ACCORDING to DIR. J. G. Peters, it is
filth that causes most of the diseases of
domestic animals. He mentions par
ticularly the habit of allowing bedding
and manure to accumulate under the
horses and other animals in stables. The
impure air thus generated is peculiarly
well adapted to ipiure the health of the
animals compelled to breath it.
NEARLY level culture, hand-hoeing,
slightly killing but once, and keeping
the cultivator running, was recon-
mended at the recent Waterbury, Conn,
as the best for potatoes. It
was said that the second killing induced
a second growth of roots higher up on
the plant which produced small tubers.
IF this is not done the additional growth
will make large potatoes.