Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-30
FOR FARMERS AND OTHERS.

ing and regular watering.
A GOOD laying hen will lay her own
weight in eggs in from thirty-five to
forty-five days.
The best preventive of rust on the
strawberry plant isfrequent replanting
on fresh ground.
WHEN the pastures begin to fall off
some extra food should be provided
for all the stock, but especially the
COWS.
FARMERS don't pay as much atten-
ton to their hen houses and the ma
nurial product as the real Importance
demands.
AN extraordinary growth of wood
is reported the present season. This,
it is claimed, is an assurance of large
fruit crop next year.
A VESSEL to which the odor of kero-
sene clings may be effectually deodor-
lied by a little chloride of lime dis
solved In warm water.
THE total number Of cattle in Great
Britain at present is estimated at g.
599,853; of sheep, 16, 1884, 1868; lambs,
1858, 491, and pigs 2, 4O3,38O.
PARTIES raising large quantities of
chickens will find it great advantage
to use bone mill and mix fresh ground
bone meal with their food two or three
times q week.
IT should always be remembered
that a pound of poultry flesh can al
ways be produced as cheaply as q
pound of pork, while it brings double
the price at market.
IT is now claimed that high feeding
in youth is ruinous to the milking
qualities of Short-horns. The fatten-
ing tendency seriously impairs their
milk producing value.
GENERAL cleaning up and fumigation
of the hennery is necessary to destroy
the lice and parasites that have ac-
cumulated during the warm season just
passed, If not already done.
THE meadows are too frequently
neglected. they are drawn upon year
after year without return. Judicious
tilling and manuring is necessary to
prevent their being starved out.
OF the 1872 species of weeds farmers
have to fight, 119 were imported from
Europe. Many of our worst insect
enemies, as the Hessian fly, were also
brought to US from foreign countries.
To take the brown discolorations
off of cups in which custards are
baked, rub with damp flannel dipped
in the best whiting. Securing sand or
sand-soap will answer the same per-
pose.
MILK often turns by an acid devel-
oped in the liquid. To prevent it, add
to the milk small portion of bi-car-
Donate of soda. This is not at all in
furious to health; but rather aids di-
gestion.
THE American Cultivator says much
larger and surer crops of Strawberries
are obtained where several varieties
are grown together, than when the
fields are planted with but a single
variety.
GROUND plasteris one Of the best de-
odorizers of stables. Sprinkled about
the stands and over the manure
heaps, it will absorb and retain the
odors, and thus increase the value Of
the dressing.
WATCH carefully the actions of the
harness at points where gals or sores
are likely to form. A daily bathing Of
the shoulders in salt and water will
tend to harden the skin and prevent
chatting.
IF hens are to be kept in winter with
a view to profit, they must have COM
Portable accommodations, where they
can be protected from extreme cold,
and have a southern or southeastern
exposure, where the sunlight can be
admitted.
LAY up this month supply of road
dust. Dry earth is the best of all dis
quantities So before the first rains
come on, fill any old package with the
winters stock of road dust to be had
for the cost of gathering.
REMEMBER the old newspapers will
put the finishing touches to newly
cleaned silver, knives and forks, and
tin ware, better than anything. Rub
them well and perfectly dry. They
are also excellent to polish stoves
that have not been blackenedf for some
length Of time.
SEE that all fowls, young and old,
are protected from damp winds. 1t is
roofs and batten up any holes that
might cause direct draught. Good
care now means freedom from roup
later When fowls are kept healthy
the money return is always larger.
A PENNSYLVANIA farmer last wear
sold over $4,000 worth of potatoes
from twelve acres. He fertilized with
a. compost of hard wood ashes and
ovster-shell lime, ploughed deep, plant
ed medium-sized, welcomed, uncut
potatoes, three feet apart, gave level
cultivation and cultivated often.
From one hill he took Al fine large
tuberf..
To prevent silverware from tarnish-
ing, paint it with q soft brush dipped
in alcohol in which some colIodion has
been dissolved. The liquid dries i'm
mediately and forms thin, transpar-
ent and absolutely invisible coating
upon the silver, which completely pro-
tects it from all effects OF the atmos-
phere. 1t can be removed at any time
hv dinpino the article in hot wof for