Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-06-04

rather than very heavy sod, because
they inevitably pillow the latter too deep
In order to keep grass from springing
up.
HE Massachusetts PIoughman says
When tree becomes covered with
moss it is important that it should be
scraped off, because if left to any ex-
tent, it sucks the life of the tree and
thus checks it's growth. After the tree
that has moss on it is scraped, it should
be well washed with solution of soap
and water strong enough to Kill the
moss"
AN Illinois farmer writes to
scientific paper: This summer, when my
corn was two feet high, the lightning
struck 1t killing patch one hundred
feet In extent. It seemed to kill the
ground, as neither weed nor spear of
grass has grown on it since. Occasion
ally these spots are met with all over
the prairies. The people account for
them as buffalo tramps, where buffaIos
congregated in fly time and tramped
until they killed the soil, but from the
above occurrence I account for them as
being struck by lightning"
AN extremely poor horse is usually a
miserable one, but is questionable
whether it is any more so than an ex-
tremely fat one. Especially is this true
where the animal is required to per-
form any amount of hard labor. While
horses need good, wholesome food, it
should not be all the fat-producing
kinds. The matter of feeding horses
by the MAJ ority of horse-owners never
receives the attention it should. The
supply of food and the different kinds
should be varied as often as the amount
and kinds of work are changed.
The round stake in Hereford steer
is of more value than in shorthorn, for
the reason that the tenderest steak is
on the inside of the leg, and the Here
ford steer as much better filed on the
inside of the thighs than the shorthorn.
The best restaurants in Chicago now
have on their bill of fare, "Round, ten
der steak" This is cut from the in
side of the thigh, and is called by some
'silver steak" The Herefords have a
faculty Of laying their fat between the
lean, or In other words "marbling" their
meat, that makes it very juicy, tender
and alatable.-Breeders' Journal.
A WRITER in the London Garden
says he has discovered that grapevines
in houses do better under rough rolled
glass than under clear glass. The two
most striking things he observed were
the good quality of the fruit, and es-
pecially it's color, and the health of the
foliage of the vines, which were less
affected by red spiders than any he had
ever known before. The green state of
the foliage before and after the fruit
was ripe he. attributed solely to the
subdued rays of the sun upon the leaves
through the rough plate glass, which
obviated the necessity of giving air,
thus trying the leaves less than they
would be otherwise.
The American Garden says that for
the purpose of making soil friable sifted
coal ashes, where they can be readily
had, are better than sand. They are
more easily disseminated through the
mass, and contain small porpor-
ton of mineral salts likewise, though
their merit is principally mechanical.
l had patch of clay over taprock that
after rain took on the consistency of
putty. [ could do nothing with it.
Vegetable manure it scorned, and the
spade cut it as though it were skim
milk cheese. The place was made the
receptacle of the winters ashes. Two
years after it was dug up through
mistaken order in the fall. Next spring
I MANFRED it and had it dug over.
Then [ planted it, of all things in the
world. with melons. They were a
success. More than that, the friability
of the soil remains permanent.