Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-08
FARM AND GARDEN.

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in the spring.
The United States raises eight times
as much wheat in proportion to popula-
ton as India does
In moving lawns, allow a gradual
higher growth as autumn approaches,
SO as to have thick mass for enduring
winter
CRUDE petroleum makes good, al
though unsightly, protecting coating
for farm machinery exposed to the
weather.
GOOD seed is one of the most i'm
portant things on the farm, and poor
article is one of the most disastrous to
the farmer.
AN invention is reported for making
rural transportation easier and cheaper.
1t is cheap wooden railroad made to
run wagons over.
IN 1913 there was but one trotter in
the country with record of 2 80. At
the end of 1883 there were 1869 horses
with records of 80 or better.
IT does not pay to put strong horse
beside weak one. The teams should
be well matched in strength, as neither,
then, is SO liable to be injured.
MOST of the pork of this country
comes from two breeds of hogs-the
Poland Chinas and the Berkshires. It
is difficult to say which breed leads.
Nor more farmers, but better farmers
are what we want. We want farmers
who know why they do this and why
they do that; who read, study, think.
A GOOD harrow should do more than
to simply scratch the surface an inch or
two. 1t should remove the young grass
and weeds and render the whole surface
fine and clean.
THERE were sent from Jersey to the
United States during the year ending
September 80, 1883, cattle for breeding
purposes to the number of 874, at an av-
erage price of 1927 apiece.
AS the season advances the evidence
accumulates that, barring some great
disaster to the corn crop, the aggregate
yield of farm products in the United
States will be exceptionally large.
PEOPLE now wish more lean pork and
the skilled swine growers should recog-
nize this desire and act accordingly.
The more high-priced pork they can
sell, the more profit they will realize.
A PLAN suggested for eradicating
thistles and daisies is to cut them on a
wet day and sprinkle salt literally on
the stubs. They should under no cir
cumstances be allowed to ripen their
seed.
WHEN her comb becomes frozen a
hen ceases laying until it is completely
healed. When combs become frozen
frequently, the shrinkage in egg pro
duction IN cold weather becomes quite
an item.
THERE is much difference in the
black dirt got from the woods, which is
commonly called leaf-moId. Some of
it is the mold from decaying trunks of
trees, which is less valuable than that
from leaves.
JOSEPH HARRIS says one may feed fat
| ting cattle or sheep all the cottonseed
cake they will eat without harm, but it
will not do to so feed Inseed oil cake or
cornmeal. Cottonseed cake makes the
| richest of manure.
FEEDING on the ground is shiftIess
and wasteful, especially corn and small
grain. Always place the dry food on
platform in high, dry spot. Nail
narrow siding on the platform to prevent
the grain from being pushed of.
APPLES vary considerably in weight,
different varieties weighing from 40 to
40 pounds to the bushel A bushel of
Baldwins is said to weigh rs pounds.
A bushel of large apples it is said will
weigh more than bushel of small ones
IT is said that the development of
favor of cheese can be fastened by sub
jecting the cheese to a strong current
OF air. II the cheese is kept in too
close air during the process Of curing
it will be likely to be deficient in flavor.
The ever-blooming roses are worthy
of more general attention than they re-
ceive. They cost very little more than
geran1ums, need no more care, and half
a dozen fine roses are worth more to
many than summers bloom of geran-
iums.
"BRAN u.s. says j. W. Sanborn, "a
favorite food with dairymen. In two
years of accurate trials, found that its
substitution for cornmeal was attended
with q loss of from II to 20 per cent.
in butter product as well as loss in
quality"
A WESTERN beekeeper thinks sugar
the best bee feed, as the honey from
such has the advantage of not being
mixed with pollen, which he believes
causes dysentery among the bees in
winter. Glucose, however, should be
avoided.
"IN feeding corn to cattle for fat
tening, I am, says John Walker, ode
cidedly in favor of having the corn
shelied: My objections to feeding the
cob under any circumstances are based
on the injury it produces in the aliment-
airy canal"
CHICKS Matched in July will make
good layers another season, and as they
will moult late, will keep up the egg
supply while the early Matched birds are
moulting, but such birds will not mature
or come to their full growth until the
second year.