Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-12-03

| ton in the wind, which thus watts the
germs for many rods, so that one dis
eased tree may infect whole planta-
ton.
TEACH young horse three things
To know that you are his kind master,
to be guided by the motion of your
hand, and to obey the word whoa, and
| his further education can be conducted
| at your leisure. But the most impor-
tant of all lessons is to obey the word
whoa. In case of an accident or
| danger it is the one important safe
guard and in all driving and getting in
and out, it is a special comfort and
| qualification.
| A CORRESPONDENT says that the man
who expects to raise first class colts from
ordinary meadow grass will be misled.
| Old pasture will furnish good nutrition,
SO will an upland prairie range, forIthe
grasses are various. liz the mare is to
| be worked, it should only be at light
slow labor. 1t is better to work the
mare before foaling than after, and a
| liberal daily feed of oats during the
sucking season will tell in enhanced
value to the colt.
The recipe for the government har-
ness dressing is as follows: zone gallon
neatsfoot oil, two pounds bay berry
tallow, two pounds beeswax, two pounds
of tallow. Put the above in pan over a
moderate fire. When thoroughly dis
solved add two quarts of castor oil, then
while on the fire stir in one ounce of
lamp-black. Mix well and strain through
| a fine cloth to remove sediment, let cool,
and you have as fine dressing for har-
ness or leather of any kind as can be
had"
A MEMBER of the Elmira Farmers
| Club reports that he has found solu-
| tion Of saltpeter, full tablespoonful of
saltpeter to ten or twelve quarts of wa
| ter, effcacious as remedy for cabbage
worms. He feels safe in recommending
it, because the saltpeter does not harm
the head in the least, and the weak So
luton imparts no taste when the heads
are cooked for the table. This remedy
has been tried by the man proposing it
for several years, therefore he is quite
convinced of it's excellence.
AN Albany County IN. " plum
grower retards the blossoming of his
plum trees till the danger of frost is
past, by placing liberal supply of man
ure around the trees, and by this proc
ess keeps the frost in the roots and pre-
vents the blow from coming until the
danger of late frost is past. The trees
last season were two weeks behind his
neighbors in blossoming. If the frost
comes before the blossom opens, or a
couple of weeks after, the fruit would
not be affected, but when the blossom
first opens and the germ is tender q
very light frost is almost always fatal to
plums.
@. M. WEED says, in the Philadelphia
Press, that to keep flies out of the stable
nothing is better than soft soap and car
bolic acid, thrown on the floor once or
twice day. The mixture may be made
of crude carbolic acid, which can be OBJ
tanned very cheap, and ordinary soft
soap. The amount OF the acid depends
on the strength of the soap. This can
easily be told by pouring the two to-
gether and letting them sta1 d, after
thoroughly mixing for an hour or two.
Then mix little with soft WI ter. II
too much acid is PRESENT. it will be shown
by PARTICLES of oil floating on the sur
face. Two or three tablespoonfuIs OF
acid to a quart of soap will usually
a11ffica