Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-18
FARM AND GARDEN.

Tune from now until Aprll /.
POULTRY farming is now declared TO
be the most profitable department. Of
husbandry of England.
1T is said that In some parts of Kan
eas pound of good butter viii bring
as much in the market as 100 pounds
of corn.
ACCORDING to conservative estimates,
we have q totai of 100000 colonies of
haes, which annually yield 10000. 900
pounds of honey.
THERE is nothing that keeps ON ami
imal's system SO well regulated and
| seems to sharpen up their appetites SO
well as a judicious use OF salt.
THE Ontario Agricultural College is
good authority in matters agricultural.
and it declares that peas are better and
| cheaper food for stock than maize.
NEVER mix potash with any sort of
decaying manure, To do SO vould
hberate all the ammonia and nitrogen
and cause it to escape and be wasted.
WHEN it is desirable to promote the
| growth of horses hoofs the best meth
cd is to keep them frequently wet. The
| simple application of water is all that is
| necessary.
The spare hours and days of Februa-
~ are good times for looking over and
repairing sap buckets. If delayed till
time to use them the leakage will prob
| ably form considerable per cent. Of
| loss.
COMFORT is the first essential Of
| growth, development and OF milk yield
! a COW which is chilled and half starved
| is in no condition to do well as mixer,
and if she gives no decent return of this
milk what is she kept for?
IT is noticeable that farmers are less
inclined to cooperate in doing work or
in providing supply of food than the
early settlers of the country we're. There
has been q sensible decline in what was
called "neighborly kindness"
AN Indiana practical farmer saws |:
"Yet with long years of experience, OBJ
seryation, and experiment, / believe [
| have learned some of the ways of sue
cess in agriculture. One is good seed :;
| the other thorough cultivation"
MAJ. BROOKE says, in the Rural
Home, that more cherries, berries,
peaches and grapes and less pie, cake
and meats would lessen pain, prolong
life, and greatly increase the mental
and physical vigor of the race.
The fodder cutter should be kept con-
stantly In operation during the winter
season. By cutting the coarse material
the unpalatable portions may be mixed
with concentrated substances, which in
duces the animals to eat the whole.
SWEET skinned milk is worth to
feed, in connection with other food, to
good breed of pigs, cent quart.
Two quarts of milk, Prof. Roberts says,
drawn from the COW by the calf, are
worth three quarts fed to it from a pail.
GROUND oats two parts, bran one part,
and corn-neal one part is an excellent
mixture for young growing stock of all
Kinds. 1t IS not necessary to keep
young stock very fat, but they should
be kept in growing condition at all
times.
Gould the waste of corn or it's equiv
alent IN other carbon food that is caused
by cold, uncomfortable stables, sheds
and styes, Or their entire absence, be
accurately estimated, it would show an
array of figures that would astonish some
farmers.
DR.. NICHOLS, of the Boston Journal
OF Chemistry, states that analyses made
of manure taken from a water soaked
heap, and similar quantity taken from
a barn cellar, showed that the former
possessed less than one-half of the
money value OF the sheltered manure.
UNDERTAKING. makes the ground
more spongy. Drains of tile help take
the water from the soil by drawing it
from depth of two feet or more; there
fore much more water passes through
the soil above the level of the drains
than could pass through undrained soil.
The Germans test milk by dipping
weu-polished knitting needle into it in
deep vessel and then immediately
withdrawing it in an upright position.
If the milk is pure, drop will hang
from the end of the needle; but if it
contains even small portion of water
no drop will adhere.
The average cost per scholar in the
township districts in Ohio last year was
SO &c; in city, village, and special dis
tr1cts the cost per capita was $17O1. In
township districts the average cost per
capita of daily attendance was $14.84:
and in city, village, and special districts,
$23.15.
SEVERAL carloads of Russian 1axseed
have been sold in the New York mar
ket during the past month at $15O per
bushel. 1t will be used for seed in Iowa.
Dakota, and Minnesota, in all of which
sections good deal of attention is be-
ing directed to the culture of flax. main
ly for the seed, which has been bring
ing good prices.
MUCH growing has been the fashion
with those who had interests in cream
cries of late years; but three at least of
the creameries of the West-those in
Madison County, Ia.-pay to the farm
ers from $125,000 to $4,000 annually.
which is not bad for business that has
been supposed to have had the bottom
knocked out of il.
PROF. AUSTIN states that MANY CLAW
and iron sewer pipes and house leaders
are T10rVIOnc To SQwar t.