Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-01

ing tops have bushy roots. Even the
color and peculiar markings of the
bark of some varieties extend to the
roots. The nurseryman is therefore
able to distinguish several varieties
by their roots alone.
AT the the Winthrop (Me.) cheese
factory, the average make Of cheese
during the season has been a pound
from eight and eight-tenths pounds of
milk, the cheese being weighed while
green. This is a larger per cent. than is
usually made, nine to ten pounds be-
ing nearer the average. The cheese
has brought top prices and given good
! satisfaction.
| LACK OF water will make fowls light,
however literally they may be fed. In
an experiment where some fowls were
killed twelve hours after feeding,
but without water, the undigested
corn was found nearly whole in their
crops. Where they had access to wa
ter the crops were empty, showing
that the digestion had been rapid.
The Houdans are profitable chick
ems to keep, as they are continual
layers, are easily fattened, and the
flesh fine and good. They are the
hardest Of all the kinds, and escape
the cholera almost invariably. They
should be more largely kept than they
are, for absolutely there are none bet
ter. A cross of the Leghorn and Hou-
dams is one Of the best.
| SAYS Gardeners Monthly: Seed grow
ing is q pursuit which promises to
have many more devotees in the fut-
ure than it has had in the past To
the careful and conscientious man,
this industry opens q more lucrative
field. In some parts of the West,
where diseases have destroyed the
fruit trees, fruit growers are turning
their attention to seed growing.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the London
Live Stock Journal has been looking
up ancient milk records, and finds
among the laws of a Welsh king, How
ell Dda, made as early as the tenth
century, that prices were fixed for the
current value of certain animals. For
any defect OF blemish of any animal
at the time of sale, reparation and
restitution must be made by the sell
Ter.
WANT of cleanliness, says the New
England Farmer, is one OF the most
common causes of failure in poultry
keeping. The houses should be cleaned
daily, or semi-weekly at the longest.
Sweep, whitewash and use carbolic
acid often enough to keep floor clean,
and the roosts and nests free from
lice. Nest eggs made of calcined plas-
ter, wet up with water, in which are
q few drops of carbolic acid, are ex-
cellent for keeping lice away from the
nests.
THE short time "between hay and
grass" when COWS are being changed
from the usual dry food of the stable
or barnyard to the pasture, is really
the most trying to them of the whole
year. Thegrass, though of good height
and looking nice, has but really little
substance, and it is almost impossible
for the COWS to eat enough to sustain
their condition. They should, there
fore, having q nightly feed of q little
grain and all the good hay they are
able to eat.
WHILE the "war news" has had the
effect Of stimulating the planting of
wheat, it has q depressing effect on cot
ton, as in the event of war there
would be less demand for manufact-
ured cotton goods, and consequently
lower prices for the raw material In
many sections cotton planting is de-
layed pending the issue of European
negotiations. See how the question of
war or peace in the distant wilds of
Afghanistau influences the sowing Of
wheat in Dakota and of cotton in
Texas.