Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-30

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mothers wings it is time to move the
brood.
YOUNG celery plants should be started
in the hot-beds as early as can be done.
Sow the seed in rows one foot apart, and
transplant when the plants are three
inches high, placing them four inches
apart. The soil for celery should be
rich and rather moist. Is is said that a
special liquid manure for this crop is
soapsuds, which demonstrates that the
crop delights in soda to certain extent.
ONE member of the Elmira Farmers
Club advises to trim apple trees whenev-
er you can get at the work. But be care
full not to trim when the bark is loose.
'sTrim when your knife is sharp" Pres
ident Mccain advised caution about
trimming when the bark peels. When
large branches are to be removed do the
work when the stumps will heal most
readily. A CRATER greatly injured Pres
ident McCann's trees by standing on the
branches while grating others. The
| bark under his feet was loosened and
killed.
The Rural World says: "Of green
wood one. third to one-half or more of it's
| weight is water, partly depending upon
the time OF cutting. All kinds of wood
cut in January III the Northern and
Western States contain f1om Is to 25
per cent. less water than they do in
spring. Experiments have shown that
100 pounds of ash wood cut in January
contained 20 pounds of water, while the
same amount cut in April contained 80
pounds of water; 100 pounds of syca-
more cut in January contained SO
pounds of water, and 40 cut in April
White pine cut in January contained Is
pounds; cut in April, 81 pounds of wa
ter"
The American cultivator reminds us
that it is not economy to make garden
too many years in one place. The soil
becomes exhausted for one kind of crop
growing, and insects become abundant.
We have known farmers to spend twice
the time fighting insects that their more
enterprising neighbors did, and because
they persisted in keeping the garden in
the same old place. The same is true in
regard to weeds.
LIKE their followers in many other
parts of the West, California sheep
owners are now obliged to own or rent
land for their ranges. Formerly they
could invest all their money In sheep
and pasture them on Uncle Sans land
However, lands suitable for sheep past
ure at the foothills are still low-priced.
The large focks are being broken up,
and the smaller flocks kept on smaller
ranges and on cultivated farms. The
wool product of California has increased
wonderfully In thirty years, aggregat-
ing in 1854 but 154, 900 pounds
in 1860, 3,055, 1926 pounds; 1870
to 20,072,60 pounds; 1880, to 49,
OLA, 154 pounds and in 1883 de-
Ginning to 4O,848. SO pounds.
THE Farmer and Fruit Grower con-
cludes long article on the culture of
fruit trees and the effects of the past
winter, as follows: "The conclusions
may be stated briefly as follows: Gut
tlngs and seeds should be planted, when
| possible, where it is desired the tree
should stand. Trees should be propa-
gated by budding or grating on whole
stocks, and if to be moved, the removal
should be done while the tree is quite
small, In order that the root may be
taken entire. Planters generally prefer
to purchase nursery trees that are quite
young and small. Such trees usually
give the grower much better satisfaction
than older and larger trees, which al,
most always have their tap roots, if they
have any, removed in the process of
transplanting from the nursery row."
The ash of the apple-tree contains II
per cent. lime. That of the pear and
peach nearly as much. This fact, taken
with another, viz. that it is rarely
thought necessary, and still more rarely
practiced, to apply lime as fertilizer
to fruit-trees, will be quite sufficient to
account for the wretchedly miserable APP
pearance of many old orchards, as well
planted upon lands rich in lime are so
thrifty and bear such handsome fruit.
If we should follow reason and analogy
in respect of the managementof orchards,
we should apply lime every third or
fourth year, with iberaity. Good far
mers dress their fields once in five years
with fifty bushels of lime per acre, as an
encouragement of the clover; why, then;
should we not profusely lime our or
chards which require so much of this
element, when clover, which contains
less than half as much. is SO literally
treated?--Ne2U York Times.
FRENCH farmers commence to adopt
the German plan of dealing with the
wool clip-that is, several owners asso-
ciate to classify feeces according to fine
ness. Generally five classes are made.
Lambs are shori at six in preference to
eighteen months old, but then there is
special demand for their wool for cash
meres and merinoa. The Romans were
so particular about excellence of fleece
that they covered their best sheep with
skin jackets to protect the wool from ex-
ternal injury. The plan rendered it fin
er, more easily secured and dyed, and it
fetched q higher price. In respect to
washing sheep France to-day adopts
some Of the practices of the early Gauls.
In the formation of flock of South
down or any other breed of ewes, says
an English writer, great care and judg-
ment are, of course, most essential. Uni
formity of character, so that the ewes
look as much alike as ''peas in peck"
should be your first object. II you de-
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