Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-24

more rapid its growth the more it
needs of food and moisture-ls 1T not
so? When the ears begin to set and
afterwards it needs more moisture
and food than at any other time.
Are we right? Then why, even up to
the time that the corn is "laid by"
would YOU run a pillow through the
| field to sever the roots and thus lessen
its supplies?
AT the farmers meeting reported in
the Massachusetts Ploughman, Mr..
Ware said there was an immense differ
ence between Kentucky and New En-
gland-raised lambs theformer are dry
| and tasteless, the latter all that an
epicure could wish This is no doubt
| largely due to the fact that the New
England lamb is used near where
raised, and the other has to be sent
600 or 500 miles before it is killed,
and this should be an inducement for
the raising of more lambs In New En-
gland.
ULTIMATELY the ''town cow will
ego" and when gone people will won
der how they ever endured the wretch
ed creature along their highways and
in their front yards. Something like
q dozen states have "Arbor Day APP
pointed by official proclamation OF
the governor. To make this procla-
nation Of real use, the Industrialist
says, it should be prefaced by another,
warning those in authority to look to
it that every man takes care OF his
| own COW.
A SOIL that is rich in potash and
| which is composed of granite is not
! favorable for sheep, says the Western
Rural. 1t is said that even turnips
that are grown upon such soil, will
have very injurious effect upon sheep.
| just what a sheep needs. The Shrop-
| shire and the Leicester come from a
red sandstone district; the CotswOld
is a native OF the limestone hills from
which it takes it's name. The Lincoln
shire is bred upon soil that rests upon
| limestone; and in our own country the
Vermont limestone hills produce the
American Merino to perfection.
In the last issue the Million shows
| by aningenious array of statistics that
| wool-growing has profited nothing by
the duties that have been imposed on
| imported wool. On the contrary, it
proves conclusively that while the gain
in price has been 49, cents per sheep,
the tax upon the country for this pur-
pose has been about 50 per sheep.
Besides, the gain in price has been
taken by the woolgrowers beyond the
Mississippi, who have undersold the
Eastern raisers to that extent, at
least. Will not the farmers of the
| country wake up to the fact that they
have nothing to gain by advocating a
restoration of high duties on wool.
VICK's MAGAZINE says if one would
have good garden it should be free
from foul seeds. Nine out of ten ofthe
gardens among farmers are allowed to
mature crop of weeds the latter part
| Of the season, and usually this is the
result of carelessness. After June, or
when such early crops as peas, lettuce
and radishes have matured, no further
use is made Of the land, and, as it has
usually been MANFRED in the Spring,
1t grows a lusty crop of weeds and fills
the soil SO full of seeds as to quadruple
the work of cultivation of such plants
as come up delicately, and which must
be kept clean by hand. The evil of
ripening a, crop of weed seeds is not
shOrtlived, for the seeds will remain
in the soil for many years and GER
inmate when the spring opens.
THE benefcent effect OF clover is due
to several causes. One of the most
| obvious is the depth to which the
| roots penetrate the subsoil, bringing
up stores of mineral plant food which
would be unavailable to other crops.
| AS the decaying roots admit air and
warmth to the subsoil they disinte-
CRATE it still farther. Where clover is
extensively grown it's subsoil roots de-
| cay and form water ways for the es-
cape of water, which would otherwise
stagnate on the surface. Aside from
this, the mulch which a good growth
of clover makes in summer is promot-
i've of fertility. 1t is something more
than a mulch. With the greatest care
in handling clover hay more or less of
the leaves and stems will be broken
off and fall upon the ground, to be
quickly covered by the second growth.
PROF. ARNOLD says a COW holds up
her milk because of the involuntary
action of the muscles that tighten
around the milk reservoirs. The COW
| is a very nervous creature. 1t takes
but little to excite her, and when she
is being MIXED the utmost care should
| be exercised by the mixer, and her
surroundings should bequiet. Permit
no unusual noises. Have no dog run
ming nor barking about her. Have,
SO far as possible, nothing occur
which is sufficient to attract the at
tention of the mixer. If his atten-
ton IS not attracted, there will be
be less liability of the cows being at
tracted, or of her being scared. Yet,
it should be understood that what
might not even specially attract a
PERSONS attention may brighten as
nervous a creature as a. COW is.
Murderers as Heroes.