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

er than they can be purchased In
Tact 1t Is the only way to secure a
prime herd.
The very severe winter and the
heavy snow storms. have cut short
the crop of summer hogs in five princi-
pal hog raising states, at least 500,-
900.
THERE is one remedy which is not
patented, for loss OF appetite and las
situde OF muscles. 1t is a saw and
buck, taken for a half-hour just at
sunrise.
A NEW YORK horticultural society
recommends putting a teaspoonful of
sulphur about the roots OF the cab
bage plants when set, as a remedy for
club foot.
The yearly consumption of meat in
the United States is 100 pounds per
capita, and in England 1O4 pounds,
in France IA pounds, and Germany
90 pounds.
AT the New York Experiment Sta
ton Jersey COW refused for thirty
SIX hours to eat stale brewers grains
This is good enough evidence that her
''head was level"
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the different forms of commercial pot
ash increases the crop of potatoes
they impair the quality, making the
tubers watery and spongy.
PRESIDENT Lyon, speaking of the
peach yellows, says: "Wherever the
disease attacks the extremity of the
longest limbs, the tree is doomed, and
the only safe way is to destroy it"
LIGHT, friable soil should berolled be-
| fore putting in the seed and afterward .
Nothing is better for the garden than
well rotted stable manure Hog man
ure proves detrimental to cabbage.
SHEEP should have their feet
trimmed at least twice ayear, says an
exchange If they are not trimmed,
the hoOf curls under at the edges and
retains a mass Of filth and dirt, which
is apt to cause footrot.
GALVANIZED wire netting can now
be obtained for one cent per square
foot, and as it is more easily converted
into fence than is lumber, and is at
the same time more durable, more Of
it is being used this year for poultry
yards than ever before.
GOOD COWS are always in demand,
but fresh COWS always command high
er prices from the first of January to
the first OF May, than at any other
season, and it is well to so manage
your herd that the heifers and COWS
which you may have for sale will calve
within this time
ONE of the best crosses of poultry
for producing good market chicks, is
to mate Plymouth Rock cocks with
heavy common hens. A good cross
for producing layers is that of the
brown Leghorn with partridge Cochin
hens, which combines early maturity
with medium size.
THE American Cultivator says: at
is scarcely possible for grain to stool
much on very poor soil. We can get
but few heads from a seed, and these
need, therefore, to be sown more thick
ly to make a crop than on land where
a large number of heads may beck
pected from a single plant"
ALTHOUGH the Jersey red hogs were
not received very favorably for
q while, it is claimed that. they grow
to a larger size than the Poland Chi
mas, and give as good results as any
other breed in proportion to the cost
OF keep. They are also hardy and are
suitable to cold climates.
ONE Of the peculiarities ofthe sleeps
foot is archaeological Tor biplex) ca
nal, which commences in a small open
ing about one inch above the foot.
This opening sometimes gets stopped
up with a WaXy substance, when the
animal becomes quite lame, and if not
attended to soon causes foot-rot.
IT is estimated that fully fifteen mill
ion gallons Of amber cane syrup were
made in 1884. Of this a very small
proportion went on the market.
Probably three-fourths was made for
farmers who grew small patches of
cane and had it manufactured into
syrup for themselves and neighbors.
A VETERAN sheep breeder in Western
Massachusetts thinks the remedy for
the disease in sheep known as grub in
the head, is plenty of grub in the
stomach. He thinks healthy sheep
have maggot in the head, and when
not properly cared for, the grub gets
the better Of them, and the result is
death.
Al11bEAeLAANO OAOnCIO ~ C1l11o ClS lOOu
for mich COWS, DIR. Feeney says that
they contain a narcotic lupulin 1.-THE
active principle of kops,) and after
awhile the COWS get into a condition
similar to that of an opium smoker.
Their faces become changed in express
sion until they appear sluggish and
without animation.
BEETs and turnips raised by phos-
phate are not disfgured by growth
of coarse struggling roots, which so
much affect their market value, but
are smooth and attractive in appear
ance. Superphosphate of lime in
creases the yield of potatoes, with
proper cultivation, and the tubers
are rarely, if ever, affected by the
scab.
A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Tribune says sour land is not indi-
Gated by growth of sorrel, but by
coarse heritage or unhealthy looking
moss on the surface. Draining is the
best cure for sour land, and when this