Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-09

from the amount for which the eggs sell
there is in nine cases out of ten, larg,
er balance on the credit side Of the ledg-
er than is found in connection with any
single department of farm industry
RatT0t Home.
1T IS estimated that there are 10000
600 horses in this country, and in order
to keep up the supply /, 1000, 900 must be
bred annually. The importation in
large numbers, of late, of Percheron
and Clydesdale horses has increased the
average size and capacity of our stock of
horses, and further improvement will
necessarily follow.
CLOVER is very sensitive to excess of
water, as much or more SO than is the
wheat plant. It is really greater loss
to fail of clover seeding than to fail in
the wheat crop, though the latter, being
readily salable for money, it's loss is
more Immediately felt. The clover roots
strike deeply, and in soil saturated by
moisture the tap root will heave by sue
cessive freezing and thaWing SO that the
plant will stand on stills, Or in extreme
cases be entirely thrown upon the sur
face.
The planting of trees along the pub
lie roads of France is considered worthy
of statistical mention. At present the
total length of public roads in France is
| Is, $50 miles, of which I, $50 are bordered
with trees, while 4, 500 miles are already
being planted or will shortly be planted.
On the remaining 1000 miles the nature
of the soil does not admit of plantations.
The number of trees already planted
amounts to 2,678,6 consisting princi-
pally OF elm, poplar, acacia, plane, ash,
sycamore and lime trees.
How wells are spoiled by trees is told
by correspondent Of the Germantown
Telegr&, as follows: SIT is only q few
years since I was obliged to cut down
and dig out the roots of a weeping will
low that stood near the house in order
| to save the well from being entirely
! spoiled. The we'll is twenty-six feet
deep and bricked up from the bottom.
| The tree sent root about q rod to the
well and then descended TO the water
! level, penetrated the brick wall, and
| spread network of fbers over the top
of the water that SO completely covered
it no water could be seen, and SO strong
was the network of The roots that a
large knife was needed to cut them off
around the outside. The effect on the
we'll was to give the water an unpleas-
ant taste, making it SO disagreeable that
l had my choice to destroy the beautiful
tree or dig new well. It was long
time after the tree was dug up before
the water recovered its former sweet
ness"
THERE seems to be great difference
of opinion in regard to the laws of tres
pass, and the rights possessed by the
owners OF property. Some people think
that you have the right to shoot dog, a
cat, fowls, pigeons, ETC., coming upon
your premises; but he has no such right.
His remedy is to go to the law for dam
ages, and ne has no right to take the
law into his own hands. Some time ago
person IN neighboring county poi
sened trespassing dog, and was ar
rested. He freely admitted doing it,
and attempted to show that he had
the right TO do so. The court and
jury disagreed with him, and, as he had
no money, he was sent to jail for three
months. Another case occurred in Ger
mantown a number of years ago. A
neighboring sporting citizen was hunt
Ing tA1OSC6 Will q LILO EOtbSA Jug On
which he placed great store. The dog
was shot by a sporting farmer while
hunting on his premises, and the act
being proved, the defendent undertook
to show that the dog was unknown to
him, and at best vas a nuisance. But
this was quickly disproved, and after
trial of two or three days the defendant
was beaten, the jury adjadging the full
value of the dog about forty dollars
Germantown Telegraph.