Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-09-23
FARM AND GARDEN.


into holes and becomes discolored in
| washing.
WASH muslins and calicoes that are
liable to fade, in starch water. Brown
linens should be stepped and rinsed in
hay water.
UNWAsHED wool has brought more
money per fleece in the Chicago mar
kets this season than washed wool,
says the Tribune.
VERBENAs to do their best must have
rich soil and a sunny position, have
the branches pegged down and all fad
ing flowers cut off.
A CONNECTICUT gardener prevents the
attacks OF the insects by the use OF
mosquito netting, and states that it
pays him we'll to do so.
FRENCH cheese makers aim to get
$3.50 to 5000 yearly per COW. Fine
stock, great care and specialties in
manufacture, are the means.
Sow grass seed over the thin spots
in the lawns and rake it in, as it will
enable the lawn to have more uni
form appearance next spring.
LEMONS may be kept fresh for a long
time by putting them in cold water
and placing them in a cool place. The
water should be changed every two or
three days.
THE number of sheep slaughtered for
mutton annually in this country alone
is roughly estimated at about 2,OOO,-
900, and from these the great bulk OF
pulled" wool comes.
IF the farmers will burn the stubble
in the wheat fields, after it is well dried,
they will destroy many of the great
insect pests that remain in the Stub
BILE until the next season.
AN absorbent material, as tow,
sponge, lint, etc, suspended in q sta
bic and kept moist with impure
Cheap carbolic acid is said to keep
flies away.
To prevent the juice of pies soaking
into the under crust, beat the white of
an egg and brush the crust with it.
To give q rich brown to the upper
crust, brush that with it also.
CHICAGO packs more pork than all
other cities combined, Kansas City
ranking second. Cincinnati, formerly
the chief pork packing city, is now ex-
ceeded by several other places.
IT is q mistaken idea to cover a car
pet with drugget in the belief that it
saves it. What wears out carpets is
the grinding on the floor, and the pro-
lection should come from beneath.
No kind of stock should be allowed
to eat young cherry shoots, however
worthless they may be. The leaves
and bark OF the cherry contain con-
siderable amount of prussic acid, which
is occasionally fatal to sheep and COWS
LETT to Craze where they can get it.
A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN farmer has
been experimenting to show the won
derfully prolific nature of wheat Six
years ago he planted one grain, and
has replanted the produce Of the same
each year, it yielding no less than 26O
bags at the last harvest. One single
stem was found to contain nearly $50
grains.
The faulty plums, which fall before
ripening, should be carefully destroyed,
as the egg deposited in the fruit, which
caused it to drop from the stem, will
develop into parasites which may ut
terly destroy the whole plum crop.
For this very reason hogs should al
ways have the run of the plum or
chards.
Fowls are more Of a help on farm
than many farmers realize. They de-
strOy numberless insects that are in
furious to the orchard trees; and the !
poultry manure, if thoroughly COM
posted, is available fertilizer for corn,
grass or grain, and is especially
adapted to promote vigorous and
healthy growth Of fruit trees.
POULTRY raising requires but a modi.
cum Of heavy work, with, of course,
the regular and ceaseless attention
that must be given to any Enterprise
to insure success. The risks attend
ing it are not greater than those ap-
pertaining to any other business, if as
much. Thoroughness is the great
secret to uccess.-POultry World.
SUNFLOWER seed is an excellent egg
producing feed and as it is so easy to
raise it should be fed literally to the
fowls. The seed should be planted
about complaining time, and the crop
will furnish a large bulk of excellent
food with very little trouble or ex-
pense, as they can be grown in odd
corners where nothing else could be
raised.
WHEN you find some of the young
chicks dropping orsick, separate them
from the we'll ones, and move the brood
to fresh place, and put little cop
peras in the drinking water. Nine
times in ten this will stop the trouble.
Wood or coal ashes, lime, or, what is
better than either, dry dust, sprinkled
in coops, runs, etc., arefrst class sani-
tarv precautions.
FARMERS who use pork as food in
their families should produce it as
healthy as the nature Of the beast will
admit it. Hogs should have range in
spacious lot, and have the free use of
their nose, and all the pure water they
want to drink; and if it is convenient,
let them have plenty of water to wal
low in. It is claimed by some that
when fattened under the most favor
able circumstances there is not more
than one out Of ten not diseased, if
they have attained eighteen months.
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