Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
TENNESSEE has 300. GOO dogs.

AdE Ohl1lOrnlh WOOL crop OF 1000 was
Al, 900, 900 pounds.
OVER 3, 900, 900 trees were planted in
great Britain IN 1882.
HORSES that are driven on icy roads
should have sharp shoes.
STOCK should not be forced to eat
snow as substitute for water.
A SINGLE mahogany tree, after being
cut into veneers, brings $4,000.
THE Irish Farmers Gazette says the
sllo IS gaining favor in that country.
In selecting trees from nursery see
that the roots are not all on one side.
IT is as important to have the latest
conveniences in the house as on the
farm.
EIGHT hundred thousand bushels of
wheat are used every day in the United
States.
The Western New York Farmers
Club thinks eggs should be sold by
weight
A BALTIMORE farmer is introducing
the Japanese persimmon tree into this
country. .r
Do NOT apply tar to wounds on fruit
trees, as we see recommended by fancy
agricultural paper.
The Prairie Farmer regards compo-
sition of clay and fine gravel as best
suited for stable floors.
WIRE fence should not be stretched
too tightly. The contraction of the non
IN cold weather breaks many wires.
AN English authority says boiled po-
tatoes, mixed with cut hay or straw, are
a wholesome and economical food for
horses.
The average wheat crop of the world
is estimated to be over 100000, 900
bushels, one-half of which is grown in
Europe.
IF the seed corn question has Quoted
down in the papers, it is hoped the
farmers are not neglecting this important
Question.
The New York World is responsible
for the statement that the manure of
fowls, if properly applied, will pay for
their food.
ENGLAND has one head of cattle to
every ffty-two acres, Ireland one to each
four acres, and the island of jersey twice
as many cattle as acres.
PUT few ears of corn in the oven and
let them remain until reduced to char
coal. Feed this to the fowls, and notice
the increased egg production.
If you are troubled with white worms
In your flower pots, stick in the earth
half dozen or more unlighted matches,
points down, it will kill them.
SILEsIA, in Germany, has always been
famous for the quantity and quality of
it's wool, but the number of sheep there
has fallen off 80 per cent. in the last ten
years.
BoRDEN's standard-of eight and FIVE
eighths pounds per gallon-Is now taken
and accepted as the standard for milk,
not only IN our own country, but in all
Europe.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Western
Rural feeds ground bone dust to his
COWS as preventive of abortion. Be-
fore he used it he had lost many COWS,
but none since.
IT is very unwise policy to starve
stock at this period in the spring, for the
reason that corn is dear and scarce. IF
stock lose flesh, it will cost more than
corn to restore it.
THE latest typhoid fever theory is that
the germs were scattered in milk cans.
It is possible. Almost anything can be
found in milk cans nowadays-a almost
anything but milk.
Mr.. A. G. HAWKINS, of Lancaster,
Mass, has 5000 pens. Each twenty
five has an apartment 1920 feet, with a
separate yard. The buildings occupy
one and half acres.
The cranberry crop of 1883 was dis
tributed as follows: New England, 1885,
600 bushels; New Jersey, 1861
bushels; Western states (mostly Wis
consin), 145, 900 bushels.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Prairie
Farmer says he cured balky horse by
drawing rein and stopping him when
ever he showed any inclination to stop.
By letting him stand a minute he never
failed to start at the word go,
OF the bulls and bears who live and
flourish around boards of trade, Beecher
says: she is devourer of men-a man
whose soul sits down on the dunghill of
filth. Gods angels hold their noses
when they look down on him."
AN Austrian chemist gives this recipe
for detecting false butter: Melt little
of the suspected article; soak wick in
it. When again solid, lightit like acan-
die; blow it out It it smells of blown
out candle, it is oleomargarine; if of fresh
butter, why, butter it is.
A GERMAN journal states that the pen
etration of roots in drain tile, which
sometimes occasions much trouble, may
be prevented by covering the joints in
the vicinity of trees and shrubs (and
red clover?) with earth in which little
coal tar has been distributed.
THERE is no season of the year when
it is more imperative for farmer to be
at home and watchful. This is the sea-
son of the year for pigs, calves and
lambs, and they must be protected from
cold, winds, rains or wet beds. Guard
them. Do not let them commence life
on>a down grade.
PROF. E. W. STEWART, in his recent
useful book, celebrates the COW as ''the
most remarkable producer among ami
mails" She gives, at her best, nearly