Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
THERE are no off years in ounce or

North Carolina has been reclaimed from
the primeval forest
A FARMER in Mt. Pleasant, O., killed
shoat but eight months and three
weeks old, few days ago, which cleared
little over 400 pounds.
The best temperature to preserve ap
pies, potatoes, turnips, or any other
roots or fruits stored in the cellar is just
above the freezing point.
STIFF, hard clays intended for tillage
in the spring ought by all means, to be
broken up in the fall. A light, san ly
soil should, on the contrary, be suffered
to remain unbrOken.
A WHOLESALE drug house in Indian
apolis, tells the editor of the Drainage
Journal that tile drainage has reduced
the sale of quinine and other fever and
ague medicines nearly sixty per cent.
HoRsERAD1sH yields from two to four
tons per acre and sells for to 10 cents
per pound. The worst drawback to it's
culture is the difficulty of eradicating it
when once it gets a firm hold on the
land.
IT is said that if common salt be added
to poultry droppings it will prevent its
burning up plants when applied to them,
the theory being that the great affinity
OF salt for moisture prevents the rapid
drying of the droppings.
A FRosT-PRooF vegetable house is de-
scr1bed as being made with walls fifteen
inches thick, double boarded, the space
between the boards being filled with
sawdust. The ceiling is also boarded,
with about ten inches of sawdust be
tween the boards.
The American Cultivator says that if
barley has not terminated the fact of it's
having been slightly stained by wet is
no actual detriment whatsoever; the
grain is not really injured and ought to
bring the farmer just as much as the
bright samples of equal plumpness.
SHIPMENTS of ornamental woods from
Oregon for Europe, have been COM
menced under favorable auspices. Red
wood, cedar and myrtle are the varieties
most esteemed. The last is nearly as
dark as black walnut, notified and sus-
ceptible of beautiful polish. The Ore
gon timbers are esteemed above the
Californian, and are very abundant.
In Winter, when the ground is covered
with snow and the soil is frozen deeply.
it is sometimes curious to note the
effect of openings leading down to deep
underdralns. The snow will be melted
away by the warm air coming up from
the unfrozen earth. Even in an uncov-
cred drain three feet deep, little straw
or loose earth will generally protect the
bottom from freezing.
A FARMER of Watertown, Ga, who
for some time past has missed his usual
supply of hens eggs stood watch over
his poultry yard the other day, shotgun
in hand, with view of diminishing the
numerous supply of dogs In that vicin-
ity. He was surprised, however, to see
a halfgrown heifer walk up to one of
the nests and eat its contents, shell and
all. He exonerates the dogs from all
charges of egg-stealing now.
AN acre of land contains 43, $50 square
feet. To cover this with manure two
inches deep, as some farmers tell of
manuring their fields, would require q
pile of manure more than thirty feet
square and eight feet deep, or nearly
ffty-seVen cords per acre; very few farm
ers ever put on that amount. The COM
mon ox-cart or wagon, holding thirty
bushels needs be heaped pretty well to
hold one-third of cord of manure.
CONVENIENCE of farm buildings is an
important aid in good farming, especial
ly where much stock is kept and there
are many chores. Water should always
be provided in the barn-yard, the feed.
ing-boxes should always be near where
the feed is kept, and the buildings should
not be very far removed from the house.
| If this results in more neatness about
barns and barn-yards than has been
thought necessary, it will be another
important advantage gained.
| CONSUL BAKER, who is stationed at
| Buenos Ayres, Is much impressed with
the possibilities of the Argentine Re-
public in the wheat-producing line. He
estimates the wheat crop of this year at
| 19, 100000 bushels, more than half of
which will be surplus for export. He
says that the surplus corn will amount
to 5000, 900 bushels. AS yet there are
less than 100000 acres under cultiva-
ton out of 800, 900, 900, the rest being
used for grazing cattle and sheep.
In abiding to the improvement of the
dairy, Mr.. Muncey, of the Iowa Agri-
cultural College, states that it may be
RLdOIASUAAJ ACS0AOCA ILL bA1U
the male animal transmits the qualities
of the skin, back, loins and hind quar-
ters, and that the female transmits her
qualities of the head, forequarters and
nervous system. This does not always
prove true, but it is better to breed with
these principles understood than to
breed by any different and narrow sys.
tenn made up by limited experience.
THERE is a work for stockmen to do
these long winter evenings that will, if
persisted in, lead to good results. This
work is to post up. Study the history
of the breed you are interested in, and
be able, if occasion requires, to give an
intelligent reason why you prefer GER
tain breed to any other. At the same
time it is well to be familiar with other
breeds of stock; to know their good
points, and to be in position to pass a
sensible opinion on the merits of any
animal you may be called on to inspect.
kansas city LiVe Stock Journal.
The following excellent advice from
the Western Farm Journal is worthy