Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-01-14

In curing clover the sun only is nee
essary to wilt it after cutting. When
this is well done the clover should be
put in cocks, small at the base but as
high as they can well be made.
The cocks may be tramped
some in making them. In
day or two they become hot within
and must be opened out, but not until
all dew and rain has dried off. Take
the cocks down in flakes without shak
ing to pieces and expose to the sun.
After being thus exposed for an hour or
two the clover can be removed to the
stack or NOW. Each layer in the stack
should have slight sprinkling of salt.
DR.. N. S. TOWNSEND, professor of ag-
riculture in the Ohio state university,
In lecture, says: "The year before I
came to Columbus I had upon my farm
in Lorain County field of wheat of six,
teen acres. One side was protected by
| woods, the other three sides by q
good, thick Usage orange hedge. From
the fields in the vicinity the snow was
blown off, and they were uncovered for
most of the winter. This field was SO
protected from the winds that the snow
lay upon it almost the entire winter,
and the consequence was crop of 351
bushels of wheat to the acre, while the
fields of wheat in the vicinity that were
unpr elected scarcely yielded one-third
of that amount"
'A SEA captain who has, " observes the
American Cultivator, ''sailed out of
Boston many years, says he preserves
the freshness of eggs during his voyage
by simply packing newly-laid specimens,
small end down, in boxes of thoroughly
dried sand, with perhaps an inch of
sand for covering. A dealer in eggs
also testifes to the efficacy of the above
simple method, having kept eggs in q
fresh and palatable condition for six
months in perfectly dry sand as above
stated, though exposed to the ordinary
heat of the room. The weight of the
sand might, in many cases, be an OBJ
lection to this plan. But when the
boxes need not be moved it may be
well worth trying"
Mr.. CHARLES 2. LEONARD, a we'll
known breeder of polled cattle, has a
theory that in breeding cattle on the
range none but thoroughbred bulls
should be used, and that they should
not be allowed to run at large except
| during the few weeks in the mating sea-
son. During that time, which lasts not
more than six weeks, the COW band
should be kept "close herded," and the
bulls fed daily and cared for. In this
manner each cattle-breeder would be
compelled to buy his own bulls, and not
shirk the expense upon his neighbor.
Said Mr.. Leonard: SPY this method
the calf crop would be increased at
least 10 per cent. in numbers and 25 per
cent. in value over the old way of do
ing"
To detect authorizations in seeds we
must use the sieve, water and micro
scope, says Prof. Blount, of Colorado.
Hot water dissolves powder and dirt and
washes off the coloring matter. The
sieve makes the separation of the true
seed from the impurities, and the mi
| croscope discovers the shape, natural in
dentions, protuberances and discolora-
lions. To determine the vitality of the
seed put ten to 100 inside of three or
four sheets of plotting paper, which
wet and keep where it will be warm all
the time, and in the dark. In ten hours
the radish will terminate, cabbage in
eighteen, wheat n twentysix and corn
In thirty-two hours. These rules are
simple and will cost nothing. They
may save you much.
For some reason an idea is abroad
that pigs are obstinate brutes, particu-
larly when attempts are made to drive
them singly. An Eastern farmer long
ago learned from experience that hog,
wnen in it's scripturad condition
when the DEVILS in it, SO to say-may
be reduced to state of abject submits
sion by browning with bushel basket.
GA good, strong bushel basket in dex-
trous hands" says this practical farmer,
will battle the most savage hog, and
suppose wild boar would make but few
attempts to master man if he was
caught head first in basket, for at
that moment he begins to retreat back
ward, and would not be apt to charge
many times" Readers should under
stand that it is the boar. and not the
man, that is to be caught in the basket;
otherwise the plan may not work salts
factorily-to the man. The farmer con-
cludes: 81 have never seen this recipe
in print, but I think it too valuable to
remain any longer hidden under
bushel."
They Couldn't Make Him Speak.