Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-28
FARM AND GARDEN.


ground may be dug during thaw.
2 BARNARD manure is often found to
harbor wire worms, but thoroughly
sailing it will destroy the pest.
AN old stockman gives, as his opin-
ion, that cattle never become fat enough
on grass to iniure their breeding quail
ties. #~.-f $500
The peanut is being quite largely
grown in California. The product is
especially fine in the vicinity of Santa
Ban bara. p,& aegsf eat%'s 80 s.eoa
IT takes a good deal of cornmeal to
counterbalance the effects of frosty air
coming through numerous crevices in
/ the hog pen,
HAVE the stables warm enough to
keep the horses comfortable without
blankets they win stand the cold better
when outsof doors. ... -........
The farm yard without a good feed
rack, or racks, is not complete. Hay is
worth more to sell, than to waste by
careless feeding in the open yard.
SAYS the commissioner of agriculture,
the current production of agriculture of
the United States, with fair prices, can
be but little short of $4.000,0O0,O00.
A NEW YORK farmer reports in the
Husbandman that he raised {, 800 bushels
of turnips on five and one-half acres
of land, at cost of. four and one half
cents per bushel. The crop was raised
after the grain was taken off. y, .
In order to keep the striped beetle
from the vines, the experiment was tried
of placing corncobs dipped in coal tar
near the hills. While the practice did
not entirely prevent the ravages of the
beetle, their numbers were largely di-
minished. .esRsse,.1a sa5r
IF you are located near town or
manufacturing village consider what
crops will be IN demand. Farm gar
dening in such localities almost invari-
ably yields the most profit. It is poor
policy to raise low priced crops on high
priced lands.
SEVERAL members of the Western
New York Farmers Club recently ex-
pressed the idea that the poorer class of
apples is worth more for feeding to
stock than for grinding in the cider
mil, They increase the milk and but
ter in the case OF COWS, and add flesh to
the horses. e Ess1s7 zo'' 'AFt''fr.ft 3
MICHIGAN is fast coming to the front
as a short-horn sstronshold, land will be
heard from affairs and shows in the
West next fall. Its herds are In the
hands of energetic men, who will spare
no pains to further the general interest
of the state, aud especially the short
horn Interest," .lvRke s7ssl;i:.v' "a
THOUSANDS ,af bushels Of apples, were
left lying in the orchards. of Western
J New York last. fall, because they were
Too. cheap to pay for marketing. Where
farmers have convenienees for keeping
fhenl till midwinter, it is scarcely to be
doubted that they will be well paid for
the needed care and labor.
= TuRPEyTtNE, coal oil and vinegar
equal parts, well shaken together, and
rubbed on the eggs OF theibots fly on
horses legs, will utterly kill them after
about three applications. This is a safe
and, easy remedy to apply in the season
when the fly is troublesome. It is much
better to-. kill these pests than to- run
the-risk of their getting into the horses
stomachs. aT s,. x.-s -
Mr.. WALDO Brown Of Ohio, has
been growing pears for twenty-fv
years, and says he has found pear cult
ure to. be fairly profitable. He has
found the Buffum, Flemish Beauty,
Seckel aud Tyson to be free from
blight. !. The blight will sometimes at
tack an orchard and then disappear,
and the trees that remain will be healthy
and do we'll.
OVER seventy-fve per cent. of the cat
tie of the United States are reported to be
what are termed scrubs" There is plenty
of room therefore, for the dissemination
of pure breeds. The value is in i'm
proved stock with which to breed
grades. But the average farmer need
not necessarily invest in bull of such
blue blood that his pedigree carries his
value into the thousands of dollars in
price.
The American Cultivatcf says our
farmers are generally overstocked with
horses, which are kept idle through the
winter to the great loss of the owner.
Some work more than "doing the
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these animals and make them earn their
living. Half the chores generally con-
sist of caring for the horses, which for
want of exercise come out with soft and
fabby muscles in the spring. Some
farm work should be in progress every
working day of the year. -
A VERY common mistake, or fault, is
committed by farmers in permitting all
kinds of stock to run together in one
yard or Enclosure. Horses, colts
which are frisky creatures bulls, COWS,
sheep, pigs and fowls, all run in one
yard or field. The horses worry the
colts; the colts chase the COWS and
sheep; the COWS shook" the colts; the
bulls gore the horses;s the pigs worry
the COWS and sheep, and often destroy
the newborn calves and lambs: the
fowls and ducks are trampled on, and
there is a sad time all around.
ONE of the most potent factors in the
winter killing of grain is too much