Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-19
FARM AND GARDEN.

A BOX ten by ten inches will have to
be ten and three-quarters inches high
to hold half bushel.
OVER LOCO head of two and three
year-olds are being full fed in the neigh
borhood of Eel Dorado, Kan, and are
being contracted for at SIS and $5. SO for
spring delivery.
WOoI-GRowERs in the Pawnee Valley,
Kan, and contiguous regions are talk
ing about establishing q central wool
house where their wool may be gathered
and stored for shipment in bulk.
The agricultural editor cannot pub
lish all the communications sent him on
roads, seed corn, etc., and it is probable
III some cases the worthy ones go to the
waste basket with the unworthy.
The churches, school buildings, asy-
lums and public buildings of all kinds,
exempt from taxation, in the United
States, according to the census report,
are valued at over two billions of dol
lars.
IT is now the proper time to look out
for bogus seed corn advertisements. See
that the man is either responsible, or
know personally that the corn is of the
right kind, and that it will grow before
you purchase.
CHANUTE, Kan, Times: Mr.. Hem
niger killed hog few days ago that
weighed 500 pounds, and from which he
obtained % pounds of lard. This is a
pretty good showing for pig only thir-
teen months old.
The politicians want to know what
business agricultural editors have to
mix politics in their writings. Well,
now, just look-a-here, ye sweet political
sages, what business have you reading
agricultural departments ?-Bennett.
J. T. LovETT, Mammoth Nursery.
Little Silver, New Jersey, has issued in
connection with his business this spring
beautiful, and at the same time very
useful catalogue. 1t is furnished free.
On the subject of the choicer small fruits
it is especially instructive.
OHIO farmers employ sleds with run
ners six or eight inches wide for draw
ing all sorts of loads over bare or muddy
ground. They are extensively used for
drawing out manure in the spring.
They injure grass sod less than the
wheels OF wagons or carts do.
The Spirit Lake Beacon says: Every
farmer of whom we have inquired re-
ports his stock in excellent condition.
Good shelter has generally been pro-
vlded, and there is an abundance of
good prairie hay, and these are the main
essentials TO the successful wintering of
stock.
IF you are going to set a new orchard
this spring, remember that it is an ex.
cellent thing to prepair plan of the Or
chard, showing the position of each tree,
its variety, etc. If tree dies it can
be replaced by one of the same sort.
Some fruit-raisers keep book in which
they register the age and variety of
every tree in the orchard, together with
any items in regard to their grating.
productiveness, treatment, etc, which
are thought to be desirable.
The Nebraska farmer says: AS the
season advances the prospect for No.
corn grows better. A great deal of
corn that was supposed to be too wet to
freeze dry, has, owing to the continued
cold, dry weather, dried out, and unless
warm weather comes much earlier than
usual, there will probably be One-haIf
the corn In the state that will grade No.
2, while the other half will be fed, SO
that on the whole there will be about
the usual amount Of marketable corn.
"AMoNG my letters" says Fanny
Field, sis one from woman who wants
to know how to tell which eggs will
hatch puIlets and which ROSTERS You
can't tell blessed thing about it, and
nobody else can't either Oh, yes, [
know all about the long eggs and the
short eggs, and the wrinkles and the air
bubbles, and I'll spare you the trouble
of getting up and repeating the stuff.
Tried it all myself and know all about it.
When you can tell whether the next
baby will be boy or a girl you can tell
whether any given egg will hatch
rooster or a pullet, but not before"
A PRACTICAL farmer who has done
good deal of tile draining, says that he
has two fields, apparently alike origin
ally, one of which is drained in lands
ten PAGES apart, with drains 81 feet
deep. The other is drained in fourteen
pace lands, with tile laid 81 feet in the
ground. It is many years since the
draining was done, but the deeper drains
AdVO CoAAAOU Ou 6uEDluS
water best. They have besides deepened
the soil. The roots of clover in the
deeply drained soil are larger and go
farther than in the other. Although the
first field is reckoned pretty dry, he has
serious thoughts of taking up every other
drain that is put down q feet and sink
ing it a foot deeper.
EVERY farmer who raises stock has
some it will not pay to keep longer.
Just as soon as stock reaches maturity
they should be sold. It is a daily loss
to keep them longer. They soon eat
themselves up, that is, they will soon
consume their own value in food. Hogs
that are nine or ten months old should
be fattened and killed. Cows that are
getting old should be sold off. Two or
three year old steers should be sold.
The flock of sheep should be culled out,
and the Oldest well fed and sold as soon
as got in order. Horses that are not
needed should be put in marketable
shape and sent to market. Get rid of
the poorest, and feed the balance with
what they would have eaten. Hold on
to the best and continue to make them