Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-07-29

amt right. She gave
twentyeight quarts a day when sold
her to you" Amateur farmer-"l
know she did. At first 1 had no trou-
ble / could 60 out any time and get
glass of milk. But yesterday we
wanted a little for dinner and l
couldn't get drop, and to-day it's
been the same way. She must be a
poor cow"
j. HENRY GEsT, who testifies for the
Jersey Cattle Club to the enormous
butter yield of Princess I'd, viz, forty
six pounds, twelve and one-half ounces
of sailed butter in week, is willing to
wager that the COW can raise the rec
ord to fifty pounds week. Pea-meal
is considered by Mr.. Gest as the great
fat-producing element in Princess ra-
ton. Seven pounds of butter were
made from the last day milking. One
pound of butter to six poundsOr three
quarts of milk
THE deep black muck of Western
prairie soils, once thought to be mex
haustibly fertile, has been used up in
many places, so that it requires heavy
manuring to produce good grain crops.
The black muck is there still, and
looks as it used to, but the top layer
has lost the small but essential por-
tion of mineral plant food it formerly
contained. The efforts of farmers on
such land are now wisely directed to
deepening the soil by thorough drain
age, so as to make thefertility beneath
available. The plant food under the
line of stagnant water does not count.
The roots of plants not only cannot
use it, but are rotted off as soon as
they touch stagnant water.
PROF. BUDD, of the Iowa Agricult-
ural College, who is giving much atten-
ton to the cultivation of the Russian
varieties of apple, with a view to Sc
curing hardy sorts for regions where
our old standard apples will not en-
dure the winters, writes to the Prairie
Farmer that he finds the Bogdanoff to
combine the two qualities of hardness
and good quality in a high degree. In
appearance it closely resembles the
Domino, with larger size and richer
coloring. 1t keeps till May. As amin
dication of the hardness of the tree,
Prof. Budd states that while the in
tense cold Of the past winter has
darkened the wood of the Wealthy,
which is noted for it's hardness, the
Bogdanoff remains bright and unin-
jured. 1t is expected that this apple
will prove one of the reliable irOnclads
of the Northwest, and if, in addition
to its size and beauty, it proves to
possess the two other excellent char
acters of productiveness and good
quality, it will probably take a
prominent position there.
IT is remarked that stolen crops are
those which can be grown out of regu-
lar rotation, or between other crops,
and still mature and make excellent
feed. Many Of these can be sown after
the hay and oats crops have been
taken off, which is far better than al
lowing the weeds to take possession.
A practical authority on this subject
says: 81 have known as much as four
tons of dry hay to be taken off per
acre from Hungarian grass in six
weeks from the time of sowing. From
wheat or rye has been taken from the
ground, there is yet plenty OF time,
and it is just the time to pillow and SOW
with it, because Of all plants it luxu-
rates the best in hot weather. Itgrows
fairly well on almost any soil, but the
richer the better. Common millet diff
fers from the Hungarian grass only in
the form Of the head or penicle, which
is more loose and open than the spike
of Hungarian grass. The amount of
seed of either kind is peck to a half
bushel per acre. These grasses, if
sown at the proper time, will cut from
two to three crops during the season.
To secure the best results, the ground
should be heavily MANFRED, and plow
ed and narrowed thoroughly, and
then the seed sown in drills twenty
inches apart; and when the plants are
several inches high the cultivator
should be run through the rows.