Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-09

the fence rows prolongs the existence
Of the fence. The work saves labor
and makes profit.
The simplest and best test for glu-
cOse in sugar is to place q little of it
under the low power of a. microscope.
Magnifying forty times is quite suffi-
Gent and less will do. Cane-sugar I'M
der this power is distinctly and beau
tifully crystalline, and each crystal
looks like rock candy. They are clear,
bright and beautiful. Glucose, on the
other hand, has dull, OPAQUE ap-
pearance, like lump of taIIow. Once
seen it will be easily known ever after.
DRIED peat or muck makes an ex-
cellent bedding for cattle in winter,
and every stock farmer who has access
to a muck bed will find it proftableto
dig and throw out liberal supply to
be used for this purpose. 1t can re-
main by the side of the trench from
which it is taken until dried, but
should be drawn to the yards and
placed under cover before the fall rains.
The drler 1T becomes the greater it's
absorptlve power and the better it is
for bedding
A THIN coat of pure glycerine ap-
piled to both sides of glass will prevent
any moisture forming thereon, and
will stay until it collects so much dust
that it cannot be seen through. Sur
veyors can use it to advantage on
their Instruments in foggy weather.
In fact, it can be used anywhere to
prevent moist re from forming on
anything; and engineers will find it
partlcula y useful in preventing the
accumulation of steam as we'll as frost
on their windows during the cold
weather.
WHEN an orchard ceases bearing
while the trees are still sound and
healthy, it is quite certain that labor
and manure applied in restoring to it
productiveness will pay better than
anywhere else on the farm. A young
orchard may be MANFRED too highly.
The extra fertilizer shows it's effects
in superintendent growth Of leaves
and wood. In an old orchard there
is SO much wood to start to growing
that most of the fertilization goes to
the formation Of fruit buds.
EVERY one knows how difficult it is
to remove weeds from the garden walk
when they have once become rooted
and grounded. Salt is one of the rem
edies most frequently employed, and
the following is said to be the best
way OF applying it. Boil the salt in
water, one pound to the gallon, and
pour the mixture boiling hot out of
watering-pot with spreadingrose. This
will keep weeds and worms away for
two or three years. In subsequent
applications the solution may be
somewhat weaker. 1t will be as well
to take care that none of the liquid
falls on the garden mould.
A FEW years since it was thought
that unless silos were filled with the
utmost haste and heavily weighted at
once the ensilage would spoil, but re-
peated experiments have proved that
much better quality of ensilage can
be obtained by filling the pit gradually.
Another advantage of slow filling is a
great reduction in the expense, as the
farmer, after partially filling the silo,
can leave it for several days, if neces-
sary, and then complete the job with
assurance that the ensilage has not
been injured. Of course it will not an
swer to keep the silo open until the
contents become putrid before it is
finally closed and Weiphted