Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-08-13
FARM AND GARDEN.

mas Du1lG eleven grain elevators.
MORE new vineyards are being plant
ed in Western New York than ever
before.
The annual yield of one of Califor-
MAS big grape vines is over three tons
of grapes.
ENGLAND produces less than half the
vegetable produce consumed within
her borders,
AN English authority says an acre
of roots judiciously used has greater
feeding value than the the ensilage
that can be made from the same
ground.
In France every school has it's gar
den, and teachers are required to pass
an examination in regard to their
knowledge of such subjects before
they can qualify.
OATS fed freely to hungry chickens
are apt to kill them. The fowls eat too
large quantities at once, the oats swell
In the crop, and the points of the oats
penetrating the crop induce infamma-
ton, ending in death.
MUCH of our winter fruit last season
came from Missouri. The summer re-
port OF the Missouri State Horticultural
Society reports present prospects as fol-
lows: Apples IS per cent. of last year,
peaches none, pears 60 per cent. plums
80, grapes so.
BEWARE of chicken mites. They are
very small, black and gray insects. IF
they once get foothold in a henhouse
they will soon cover the land round
about, people, dogs, cats, and every
thing else, and are very annoying, par
ticularly to fowls.
A FARMERS wife tells the Country
Gentleman that she keeps an old tin
pail full of dry, fine earth, and every
time she goes into the garden, she Sits
q spoonful or more of this dust over the
cabbages, and the worms never modest
them. 1t is very simple and safe.
NAPOLEON from circumstances was
compelled to sell what is known as the
Louisiana purchase. And yet in his
conference with the American minis
tiers he said: "Whatever nation held the
valley OF the Mississippi, would event
ually be the most powerful on earth"
THERE comes time in every little
girls life when she is seized with long
ing to cook Evening Post. And there
comes time in every big girls life
when she is seized with a longing to
hire somebody else to cook. It comes
after she gets married. Davenport
Democrat.
IHE United States raises forty-eight
bushels of grain per head of it's popula-
tlon, and consumes forty-one bushels
per head. In both cases it takes the
lead of all other nations. Italy con-
sumes 1852 bushels of grain per head,
Austria 1857, Spain and Russia II each,
Denmark 1888, France 24O2 and Can
ada 38.1l bushels per capita.
AN experimenting farmer says that
the most critical period with corn is
when the seed is maturing or filing,
and 1t IS then that the roots should have
appropriate matter within reach, for the
nourishment of the crop. A little fer
tlllzer When the corn is in t1ssel gives
it new life, and the increase in the
yield pays well for the extra care.
The Drummond Phlox, or as those
WHO delight in befogging plain, practi-
ca persons (the Phlox Drummond,
is in all desirable qualities the most
popular annual. It's easy culture,
length of blooming season, and the
beauty and variety of it's flowers, COM
mend it to ell. It was discovered in
Texas ffty-one years ago by Mr..
Drummond.
THERE is no need of bothering about
| acows pulse to find out if she is well
OF not; simply look at her nose. If we'll,
twill be moist and cold; if feverish. dry
and hot. She is like dog in this re-
soect. A staring coat or q hollow eve
are also points indicating trouble, and
as symptoms of disease they are more to
he dreaded than the dry nose Ameri-
an Dairyman.
AN English paper gives Mr.. George
| Simpson, weil-known authority on
Jersey cattle and butter-making, as saw
ing that if the crown of the turnip be
cut off and only the bottom of the bulb
given to milking COWS no flavor of tur-
nip will be impaired to the butter.
About onethird of the bulb should be
cut away with the crown, which can be
fed to store cattle or pigs.
WHEN we see such self-styled farmers
dead to progress and intelligent enter
prise living out a lifetime in monoto-
nous stubble field destitute of the rein
ing influence of trees, fruits and fragrant
flowers, prostituting their noble calling
by taking the lowest seat in the agricult-
ural synagogue, when the highest be-
longs to them by Divine appointment,
our spiritual fingers do itch to sharpen
our pencil and go for them.- Rural.
"CoME home early" A dear form
waits for you, and the minutes seem
like hours and the hours will grow to be
days in your absence, and the bright
eyes will grow dim, and the trusting,
patient heart weary with waiting. Then
come home early. Come while love
waits to greet you and fond lips to bless
you. Come in from the fierce life battle
purer for the great love which is yours,
and the dear lips which murmur so ten
derby in your ears. "Come home early"
The Pennsylvania diaries of the best
class often use red earthenware pots,
glazed inside, about eight inches deep
! and ten inches in diameter on top, for