Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-09-24
FARM AND GARDEN.
DEAD weeds SOW no seeds.

A MACHINE for shocking grain has
been patented.
FOREIGN cattle companies own |, OOO,-
900 Texas cattle.
THERE are 100000 acres of planted
forest in Nebraska.
SKINNED milk, sour milk and butter
milk are all good for poultry.
SANDWICH Island breeders are ship
ping blooded horses from this country.
The Massachusetts Ploughman SAYS
"ensilage is still on it's successful
march"
The Prairie Farmer urges larger
appropriation for the Illinois Industri-
al University.
IN the craw of crow recently shot
In Pennsylvania cornfeld were found
twenty three cut-worms and three grains
of corn.
AN invention is reported for making
rural transportation easier and cheaper
1t is cheap wooden railr DAD ma to
run wagons over.
A RAMs-HoRN horse shoe has been
manufactured in Lyons, France. It is
intended for use on pavements, animals
wearing them being less likely to slip
than those wearing iron shoes.
PROF. BUDD, of the Iowa Agricultural
College, the best authority on tree-cult-
ure in the West, says the white birches
from Eastern Europe are much better
adapted to our prairies than the birches
native to this continent.
The swine mango is said to be caused
by minute insect that burrows under
the skin, and keeping the swine in filth
increases the insects. To cure it, wash
the pigs with strong soap-suds, and,
when dry, grease with mixed coal-oil
and lard, equal parts.
f. ID. CURTIS, in the New York Trild
une, says he plowed up a six acre-ie
where the grass was running out, and
found it was due to the presence of
white grubs in the soil. He sowed it
to buckwheat, which the CRIBS will not
eat, and proposes to starve them out
The cruel practice of dishorning cat
tie still continues in Ireland, it being
estimated that $4,000 head are dis
horned annually. In late suit insti-
tuted by the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals against a dis
horner, Judgment was rendered against
defendant.
TOMATO vines ought to be grown in
rows and protected by poles or Stats laid
on forks or pieces of lumber driven in
to the ground. The framework ought
to be two or three feet high, and the
plants trained up to lie on the top. This
keeps the fruit clean, and also greatly
increases the yield.
To feed young gigs six times day
is better than to do so less often, saws
an exchange. By a "ittle" is meant
enough to fill the stomach moderately
full, but in no case to the extent OF
stuffing or gorging. This latter man
ner of feeding will destroy the appe-
tite or produce an inflated or poddy
condition and stunt the pig.
WE had farmer tell us the other day
that weak COW can get up easier in
stanchlon than when tied in stall. AS
she settles back to get on her hind feet
she holds on to the stanchion with her
horns, and pushing forward to get her
front feet up she rests her shoulders
against the stanchions. We never saw
this done, but it looks reasonable
American Dairyman.
To prevent haystacks firing, scatter a
few handfuls of common salt between
each layer. The salt, by absorbing the
humidity of the hay, not only prevents
its fermentation and consequent heat
ing, but it also adds salty taste to
this forage, which all cattle like; be-
sides, it stimulates the appetite and as
sists their digestion, and so preserves
them from many diseases.
PROF. BEAL, of the Michigan Agri-
cultural College, one of the best author
tiles on grasses, writes that he has many
times seeded land to grass without an
other crop, and always received a fair
yield of grass the first year with spring
seeding, and good crop with fall seed
ing. If sown in early autumn, the an
nual weeds die out and leave the grass
to take the lead in spring.
The NATIONAL LIVE STOCK JOURNAL
says: "We wish to call the Western
farmers attention that Western horses
are found less able to work on pave
ments than Canadian horses of the
same weight, and that in the Eastern
markets this is attributed to the gen
eral use in the West of corn as food for
the young horses" while oats and peas
are fed mostly in Canada as grain food.
The English agricultural societies
practice one thing worthy of attention
here. tits the giving of premiums on
a farm dairy as a whole. The judges
visit the farm aud inspect everything
connected with the dairy. A farm Of
100 acres must have at least forty
cheeses on hand at the time of inspec-
ton. For such dairy the first prize
is $50. Then ten cheeses, selected by
the farmer, must be sent to the fair for
public exhibition, when the prizes are
declared.
The New York Experiment Farm
contains 125 acres, situated in Geneva,
ninety acres of which are under cultiva-
ton. The annual allowance for its
maintenance is $4,000, and those in
whose interest it is maintained are en-
tirely satisfied with the results. The
benefits of the experiments conducted