Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-04-29

A GOOD shelter will save a. large
quantity of food. A breeder states
that his eighty Leicester sheep, in the
open field consumed fifty baskets of
cut turnlps per day besides oil cake.
On removing them to a shed they con-
Sumed only thirty baskets, and after
q short time only twenty-five baskets,
oelng onl y one-half the quantity re-
CURED before, and yet, owing to the
advantages of warmth they fattened
as rapidly as when eating the larger
quantity.
AMONG my native trees, says a cor
respondent of the Maine Farmer, was
one which yielded large crop of small
apples every year. They were of fine
flavor but SO small in size that they
were worthless for marketing. To
cause them to Increase in size thinned
out the small branches after the fruit
had formed, taking off about half the
fruit. On gathering the apples from
this tree in the fall found them near
ly double the size of previous wears,
and about the usual quantity in bush
els. [ also found the tree blossomed
abundantly the ensuing season.
A FRENCH authority gives the fol-
lowing receipt for transparent &C.
ment which possesses great tenacity
and has not the slightest yellow tinge.
Mix in well .stoppered bottle 10 drains
ofchloroform with 1O15 drains of non
vulcanized caoutchouc cut in small
pieces. Solution is readily affected,
and when it is completed add 2B
drains OF mastic. Let the whole mac
crate from eight to ten days with
out the application of any heat; and
shake the contents Of the bottle at in
tervals. A perfectly white and very
adhesive cement is the result.
OATS can be proftably grown for
threshing, and for the last few years
have returned more cash to the acre
than wheat. They are too generally
grown for horse feed in the cities, but
it will be to the interest of all to raise
oats of superior quality for milling
purposes. There are quite a number
Of varieties of recent introduction,
that are great improvements upon the
old common oat, black or white. The
hulless Oat is good for milling the
black Russian can be sown in fall !;
White Russian, Welcome, Pringle's
Excelsior, Challenge, Black Tartarian,
Washington and PrObstier are all
meritorious. The oat crop to attain
It's best should be sOWn very early
The grain will not stand great heat
and drought. The ground, where at
all possible, should be prepared in the
fall and early winter, and the seed
sown early in the spring.
THE common hop vine, grown as a
climber, has long been used in places
where it is desirable to cover consider
able space. 1t is perfectly hardy and
and readily kept within bounds by
plnching, if In a more confined space
1t may be safely recommended for
piazzas, fences, outbuildings, or to
hide old or partially decayed stumps
Of trees, and we have even seen it
climbing q bare pole of great height,
with the extreme end dangling in the
form Of a lash, which by the 'wayside
inn is quite suggestive to the way
farer and his horse. Thehop also has
the good quality Of growing readily
even from the roots, which may be
cut up into lengths of six inches or so
and planted, with a certainty of
thriving. It's only drawback is that
it's foliage begins decaying early in
autumn, but the hops often hang in
great clusters and partially make up
for this deficiency. The hops may be
gathered and employed for fermenting
purposes.