Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-29
FARM AND GARDEN.

than IN cold weather. e.s-- .g.- .....
IT is now recommended to pack eggs
in well-dried ashes, to keep them fresh.
The Poultry Keeper says parched
corn will be relished by fowls at this
season. f- -re
The annual receipts of small fruit in
Chicago are estimated at over 100000
bushels.
ANY grain food given to young calf
should be thoroughly boiled and given
as Cruel, with little salt. % Faef
The Troy Times says the light
Brahma fowls combine more good
! qualities than any other breed.
The production of early lambs is very
profitable, despite the depression in
wool, provided fine animal is grown.
CANADIAN mutton sells for as much as
beef. Itis of better quality than that
generally grown in the United States.
The board till for grasshoppers cost
Missouri in 1874 5000, 900, and in the
same year impoverished and drove
1000 settlers out of Kansas. a'
Hoes are very fond of beets, and
they are good feed for swine, and it is Q
good plan to raise patch of this veg
etable from which to supply them.
CIDER apples are not injured by light
frost. Placed in heaps, the fruit loses
water and the juice becomes richer
Cool weather is best for cidermaking.
The Guernsey and Jersey Islands
contrive to preserve the purity of their
breed of cattle by absolutely prohibit
ing the importation of any other kind
of cattle.
HORACE BoUTELLE, of Amherst, N.
H., planted the eyes from single pota-
to last spring, and this fall harvested
two bushel baskets full of potatoes from
the single one. u M
WHEN milking cow, if the flies are
| troublesome, it will be found of valu-
able assistance to cover the COW with q
| blanket or sheet of muslin before begin
| ming operations.
IT is calculated that the Southern
States, owing to the fine crops there,
will reduce their purchases of foodstuff
this year from $4,000 900 or 5000, 0O0,-
600 to less than 1925, 100000.
A CALIFORNIA bee-keeper takes the
position that no plant makes q better
pasture for bees than alfalfa clover. The
honey made from it, he says, is almost
| equal to that from white clover.
A POOR, Indifferent steer is usually q
dainty eater. His consumptive capacity
is small, and hence his growth limited.
He is more difficult to encourage to eat
poor foods than the well bred steer.
In England under free-trade there is
less land cultivated than formerly by
million acres, and in Ireland less by a
million and third acres. It is in
Great Britain that farming is truly an
unprotected industry.
REMEMBER that bran mash once or
twice week will be greatly relished by
| your horses and will do them good, says
the National Stockman. It is cheap,
easily prepared, and should be used
| frequently in every stable.
In England it is not uncommon to
raise more lambs of the mutton breeds
than there are mothers. Sometimes as
high as 20 per cent. more are raised
that is, 100 lambs to 100 ewes. The
Hampshire down ewes are remarkable
for bringing twins.
In packing bees for winter, see that
| there is an abundance ofventiIation, not
only through the combs, so that the
bees can at any time through the winter
have access to their supplies, but at the
bottom of the hive, so that they can
have plenty of fresh air.
WHEN a horse has good appetite
and eats well it is good indication of
health and capacity to undergo hard
labor. For such horses nothing can be
gained by attempting to improve them
| with condition powders or stimulants.
A good feeder can in nearly all cases be
relied upon.
SooT is ore of the most valuable of
fertilizers, and should be carefully
saved. That from coal is superior to
that from wood Tt is rich in nitrogen,
and benefits all crops to which it may
be applied, as well as being an excellent
remedy against the attacks of many
kinds of insects.
AMERICAN farmers find that turnips
or ruta bagas leave the land clean from
weeds, but much less fertile than before
they were grown. English farmers say
the turnip is a renovating crop, but it is
SO only by feeding the crop on the
SrOuAu WA0I0 grown, tOSStucI WILL
much grain or oil meal.
WHEAT is exceptionally low, mainly
owing to the large supply. Corn is just
now exceptionally high, owing to spec
ulators. The crop is large, and the
price must come down. Beef is higher
than it ought to be, and Western far
mers ought to turn grain into meat, for
the benefit of all concerned.
A MAMMOTH beehive is said to have
been discovered in the bosom of the
noted peak commonly called "Old
Badly" situated in San Bernardino
County, Gal. The bees at work in this
wild mountain hive are almost innum-
cradle, and they have in store gigantic
mountain of pure honey, which is esti-
mated to contain more than 500 barrels
of the genuine article.
A. B. ALLIN states that he finds wheat
bran an improbable feed for swine.
They do not seem to possess the power
of digesting it, consequently much of it
passes through them only partially as
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