Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-18

rank" 80 says Our Country Home.
In Ohio it is against the law to allow
any animal to run at large, whether tied
down or not, unless special permission
has first been given by the, county COM
mlss1oners, or by special permit by
| township trustees. The owner or any
person having III charge any animal and
| allowing the same to run aG large is IiubEe
for all damages done by such animal
| upon the premises OF another, without
| reference to the fence which may in
close the premises.
In some places it is desirable to get
rid of hedges. This may De done while
the leaves are III full vigcr by piIing
brush or straw on each side and burn
| ing it. Leave the burned hedge plants
standing until the second year before
cutting down, and If any sprouts appear
repeat the operation next season, The
| land for one or two rods on either side
should be left in grass two years, as, If
plowed, sprouts might start from the
hedge roots where they were cut off.
The extremely severe criticisms Of
the press upon the Ohio State Board of
Agriculture have resulted in very de-
clded expression of opposition to liquor
selling at the state fairs. At recent
annual agricultural convention, held in
| Columbus, fifty eight of the sixty-one
counties represented voted "That the
time has arrived when the public senti-
ment Of the state demands that the state
and county boards of agriculture should
exclude from their grounds all spiritu-
GUS and malt liquors"
a TEXAS man writes to an agricultur-
al paper that he has for years been
growing what he calls Nicaragua wheat
III the lowlan6s, where the heavy air
produces rust SO surely that the ordin-
airy varieties of wheat cannot be success
fully grown. In many years, he says,
he never had a crop of the Nicaragua
wheat damaged in the least by smut or
rust. 1t may be true that he has a
wheat proof against the attacks Of rust !;
or the truth may be that he has seed
wheat to sell at fancy figure.
The flavor of cheese is the most es-
sential requisite in the composition of
the finest quality. This subtle element
is dependent upon contingencies, many
of which do not come under the control
of the cheesemaker. such as food and
drink of COWS, the absorption of
| odors from impure surroundings, i'm
proper keeping and treatment of
warm milk, etc, and, during the proc
ess of making, the treatment of both
| milk and curd has decided effect in
! determining the flavor of the product.
In the last issue of Our Country
Home is the following advice: "We
feel sure we are right when we advise
farmers, IN planting for next seasons
campaign, to arrange for full amount
of labor. Practice rigid economy at all
possible points, but let it be economy
of the economical sort. Remember
that There is that which withholdeth
more than is meet, but it tendeth to
poverty On the farm this may well
be applied to the item of labor. All
farm profit comes directly from work
well done, and done at the right time"
To hang grindstone on its axle to
keep it from wabbling from side to side
be at least three-eights or one-half inch
larger than the axle, and both axle and
hole square; then make double wedges
for each Of the four sides of the square,
all alike, and thin enough so that one
wedge from each side will reach clear
through the hole. Drive the wedges
from each side. If the hola through the
stone is true, the wedges will tighten
the stone true; if the hole is not at right
angles to the plane OF the stone, it must
be made SO, or the wedge must be cor
respondingly altered in the taper to
meet the irregularity of the hole.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Ohio Far
mer, writing from the "black swamp"
district, says that the land where he
lives was, fifteen years ago, aswamp and
would not sell for more than $40 an
acre. Now the land that was least de-
sirable is worth from $65 TO $75 per
acre. The land then desirable on &C
count of elevation is now the least de-
sirable. The lowest land, where fifteen
years ago pole could be pushed into
the ground to the depth of ten feet, is
now dry and titled. AS it is an accum-
ulation of decayed vegetable matter the
land is very rich. The change was
brought about by ditching. It may be
quite possible that like experiences will
be seen in other places in the West in
the next decade.
L. d. SHOOK gives an excellent plan
in the Ohio Farmer for supporting rasp-
berry canes. A No. 8 or 10 wire is
stretched from post to post along the
rows and about two feet above the ground,
not directly over the plants, but about
three inches to one side. The posts may
be 100 to $50 feet apart. A wire band
or loop having hook turned at each
end and to catch on to the horizontal
wire is placed around the canes in each
hill. This band should be made of a
piece of No. 8 wire fifteen inches long,
bent into the form of pail-bail. The
hooks in the end should go over the
main wire loosely enough to allow of
being easily unlocked when it is desir
able to put new canes into position with
in the loops.
The Bone Industry.
fFrom the Philadelphia Pressl