Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09
FARM AND GARDEN.

lHE WHOLESALE price or peer mas ad-
vanced from 1915 to $11.OOs per hun
dred in Worcester, Mass.
OATS, corn, peas, straw, cornfodder
and hay should be converted into wool,
mutton, beef and pork, and then go to
market.
STRAW. hay, oats or corn shipped to
market cost from $50 to 200 per cent.
more for transportation than when
shipped in meats.
USE Paris green for the potato beetle
with great caution, always keeping it
out of the reach OF young children and
all farm animals. se 13 gr5
TREES set out last fall or this spring
should be well mulched now, to pre-
vent them from suffering from drouth
later in the season if it chance to come
hot and dry, as it usually does in this
climate.
O. FL. L. MANN, of Methuen, Mass,
has invented an improved stanchion foi
cattle. A patent has been applied for.
1t is designed to give COWS more care
and comfort while in the barn than any
method of securing thus far in use.
GLOVER loses more than hay by too
long standing, not only by the change
in its chemical combinations, but by
the falling of of it's leaves. This should
be cut only after the dew is off it, and
should be cured in the heap as much as
practicable.
The proper saving and application of
the manure from the stock that can be
fed on the straw, fodder, and hay will
enrich the farm, make it more product
i've, increase the value from year to
year, and farm products become more
satisfactory. v .,........ g..
GREEN food is desirable for all kinds
of farm stock, but especially for young
poultry. and for this purpose there is
nothing so quickly raised as lettuce. In
very early spring a small hot-bed will
start enough to last until the sowings
in the open ground are large enough to
be fed.
The wide-awake farmer is q devoted
reader of papers and books that Will
instruct him in his calling. He is not
afraid they will conflict with what his
father knew "about farming" He rath-
or hopes they will. What his father
knew has been pretty well drilled into
him, and he wants to know something
more. Isl
EVERY garden should have small
bed of sage, thyme, savory, parsley and
marloram. In fact no garden is com
plete without them. They can be
grown from seed, and once obtained re-
main for long time, being propagated
nv q 6c AAo
ner serves as good place for them, or
along the margin of the walks. The
great difficulty with herbs is that the
are usually neglected and allowed to
die away. If they are to be permanent
they should receive not only care, but
occasional manuring.
THERE are not so many good plow-
men now as formerly, in part, doubt
less, q result of using the sulky pillow,
with which extra skill In blowing does
not count. Another reason, probably
is that few hired men now understand
the art of setting pillow so that it will
run easily for both team and holder. The
pillow should run level, the point neith-
er digging downwards nor turning up.
1t is but the work of a minute to set
the pillow right for one who understands
the business. Good blowing is an art;
bad luck to the country should it be-
come one of the lost arts.
A STORY is told of an old-fashioned
farmer who had an old az and saw stol-
en- from his shed. At first he was dis
consulate, as he had had the tools in
use nearly fifteen years, but necessity
obliged him to purchase new ones in
their place. He was so much surprised
at the ease with which the new tools
worked that, of his own accord, with no
agent urging, he vent to the hardware
store, purchased a new kit of all the
tools he wanted and threw the others
away. He had lost more value in time
working with poor tools than would
buy new ones twice over. 'ssi{.a ga
ALMOST every one who keeps bees has
more or less old combs to be made into
wax. The easiest way to do this is to
make bag of the necessary size out of
some loose cloth, like an inside coffee
sack. Pack your comb In this, and sew
or tie it up tightly. Then put the bag
into boiler of hot water, and with
press it well down into the
water. AS the wax melts, it will escape
through the meshes of the bag and rise
to the surface of the water, while the
dead bees and other impurities will re-
main in the bag. Skim off the wax, re-
melt, and work it into any shape you
like Farming World. 80 ''i'' -
The Grocer and Country Merchant |
refer to the damage done to wool by
careless marking with tar or paint,
which will not wash off, and gives this
recipe which is said to resist the wealth
or, but yields to warm water and soap |
6 Take lamp black or Spanish red, and |
mix with strong vinegar; mix it we'll to
the thickness of paint. The sheep
should be marked on some part of the
back; by this means the mark is not SO |
likely to be obliterated by the animals
rubbing together. By employing the
above mixture, instead of the wool be-
ing deprecated in value, as it is by the |
use of tar and paint, it will bring its
full value. str ,til lit lsg!lisas., 1