Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-27

poses there is better quality and greater
uniformity in the milk product.
If dairymen would continue to Sue
cessfully meet the close competition
which IS sure to confront them and
have profit left they must always be
ready with the best cow and the cheap
est food to supply the best article OF
milk posi- bic for the end for which it is
to be used.
1t cream is not well stirred you will
find at the bottom of the can more or
less clabber and whey. This, in churn-
ing, may cause the white specks in but
ter some complain of; but, whether it
does Or not, the cream is all the better
for being thoroughly and frequently
stirred.
Bran is now considered the best of
all dairy foods. 1t has not been many
years since the large Touring mills
dumped their bran into the river.
The milk from sick cows should be
thrown away, as it Injuries that from the
other cows If mixed with it.
It is annoying to farmer who keeps
his farm free from weeds to have his
pest. The seeds of many weeds are
carried quite distance by the winds.
and any negligence on the part of one
farmer i'll community may cause
much unnecessary labor to all of the
others. Farmers can cooperate to no
better advantage than in keeping down
weeds, and it will even pay them to
employ some one to remove the weeds
from the field of one who will not do
such for himself.
Corn lett standing in the field is not
only injured by exposure but the
shocks become the harboring places Of
rats, mice and other vermin, which,
with birds and rabbits, destroy or waste
large portion of the grain.
Where does chess come from ? is q
question preplexing most wheat raisers.
1t is asserted by many that it springs
from abnormal wheat grains which pro-
duce nothing else, and is consequently
a monstroslty in the wheat family.
The peach and plum tree, when
planted the coming spring, should be
put in the poultry yard. l. will be par
TALLY protected from insects, and will
grow rapidly.
If you wish to do early work and have
large strawberries apply your fertilizer
or fine manure in January or February,
which allows time for the frosts, thaws
and rains to carry the soluble material
down to the roots. Poultry manure is
excellent for strawberries, and the ex-
pduSIOI duu OI neal anu
cold will pulverize the hard Jumps and
get them into a fine condition. About
the first of March apply bag of super
phosphate and one of muriate of potash
per acre, and the crop should be large
and the berries good.
L paint be put on as preservat1ve
rather than for mere ornamentatlon the
roof should not be left unpa1nted. It
may not be seen, but the action of rain
falling upon a roof is much more injuri-
GUS to shingles implanted than it can be
on sides and clap-boards of building.
The falling drops cause the fibers of the
wood to break, making a fuzzy surface
which holds water and induces decay.
Paint entirely prevents this so long as it
lasts. 1t is cheaper to keep the roof
covered with some inexpensive paint
than to have the labor and expense of
renewing shingles every few years.
Plow whenever you can. 1t saves
time in the spring and kills many in
sects.
Experiments in the root pruning of
corn in Illinois demonstrated that the
pruning was Instantaneous. Roots
cut eight inches from the hills yielded
fifty pounds of corn. while the same
number of hills, imme diately adjoining
in similar soil and with similar cultlva-
ton, yielded seventy pounds.
Look after your seed corn now. See
that it is thoroughly dry and In good
condition. Upon the vitality and germ
mating power of the seed largely de-
ponds the seasons crop.