Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-09-11
ITEMS FOR THE FARMER.

cause the sows are used for breeding
purposes before they are year old.
The most experienced swine raise RS
do not think it profitable to 60 beyond
250 or 800 pounds in weight.
| BREEDING sows and young pigs should
be fed plentifully with wheat bran and
muscle-forming and bone growing
| foods.
| WAGONS and carts that are used daily
should have the axles we'll creased at
least three times week. 1t lessons
| the work Of the horses.
IF you can't pillow your land to kill
weeds NOW them down, which will pre-
| vent them from going to seed Under
no circumstances allow q single weed to
seed.
| THE bull thistle, unlike the Canada
| thistle does not propagate from under
ground roots, but can easily be got rid
| of in two seasons by not allowing any
plants to go to seed.
| POULTRY manure is one of the best
that can be used in the garden, either
as top dressing or to apply in the hill or
drill, and good care should be taken to
save all that is possible.
LEAKY roofs in summer do damage as
we'll as in winter. 1t is in: portant that
| the crops stored in the barn be kept
absolutely dry. A single leak will cause
enough damage to pay for a new roof.
| LEAVING the wagons and tools out in
| the sun is often the cause of some of the
parts becoming loose. The best sea-
soned wood is affected by moisture and
| dryness, and all tools and implements
not in use should be kept under cover.
BONES may be reduced by first pound
| ing them and moistening the mass
| Gradually add sulphuric acid, stirring
while 80 doing, and the bones will be
dissolved. The proportions are A.
pounds sulphuric acid to 100 pounds Of
| bones.
The pig likes warm weather and
warm quarters and unless comfnrta BILE
shelter and warm bed is provided for
| him in climate like this he will not
do much more than hold his own
from Christmas until the middle OF
| March
The greater the producing power of
your COWS, and the more thoroughly
you have them surrounded by circum-
stances favoring the highest production,
the more marked will be the result of
an evil influence to which they may
suddenly be subjected.
HEAVY soils that have been we'll un-
derdrained and plowed to de pth OF at
least six inches will endure the drought
much better than clay soil that is
| drained on the surface. Underdrain-
ing permits the air and warmth to pene
trate to the roots of the plants.
PROF. TRAC- put five COWS in the
| hands of a poor mixer fer two weeks,
and then gave them 20 a good mixer
for the same time, neither mixer know
| ing that comparison was being made,
and got 224.5 pounds (44.9 pounds per
cow gain in quantity OF milk by the
| change.
| THERE is no such thing as ''laying
corn by" an expression applied to the
| period when the cultivator Is no longer
used. Corn requires cultivation as long
as a horse can pass along the rows.
Until all the weeds and grass are cleaned
out the work in the corn field is not
| finished.
SUNFLowER seeds have been known
for years, by those who have used this
article Alright, as most excellent thing
to mix with poultry feed. The prop
critics of this seed are peculiar, and q
| small quantity fed at the proper time
will essentially aid in imparting beauty
| to the plumage.
AFTER obse rvations among hundreds
of silos, and hearing the testimony of
| the owners, John Gould concludes that
! there is no necessity of ever husking
corn to feed upon the farm, when the
silo, with its later ideas Of filling, pre-
serves the grain 80 perfectly and gives
such satisfactory results.
| FORMERLY DIR. Sturtevant had consid-
| cred breed as inferior to feed; but
after six years work in the experiment
station he has made up his mind that
the breed is the more important. He
a so says that in those six years he had
never been able to change the quality
of butter by changing the food.
WHEN the time arrives for cutting the
corn in the field it should be stored in
the barn as soon as well cured. Leav.
inc it stacked in the fields invites waste
and deterioration of quality. If there
IS insufficient room in the barn provide
a cheap shelter. Exposure destroys
one-half Of the value of the CROP
WEEDS make valuable food for hogs.
It is much better to feed the young and
tender weeds to stock than to allow
them to waste. On some fields the
weeds are often thick enough to NOW.
The pigweed and ragweed make excel
lent hog food. Purslane and crab-grass
are highly reiished by cattle and swine.
IT is more difficult to procure fresh
eggs in summer than in winter in the
| market. DuTIuS Suun0r many eggs
found in out-of-the-way nests are added
to those in the basket, with the chances
in favor Of portion of them being
stale, while in winter the hens are con-
fined to the yards and lay in the poul-
try-house.
| IT is just as proper to keep rich milk
separate from that Of an inferior quail
ty and secure for it an extra price as it
is to assert other articles on the farm.
If dairymen would make it point to
sell milk of the best quality only they
could secure class of customers who
would not object to paying an extra
price for it.
BUTTER may be sailed in the churn.
Draw off the. buttermilk, add the salt,
and dash the butter in the churn again.
This is easily accomplished with rec
tangular churns. Sailing the butter
properly can only be done by practice,
however. Something depends on the
season and the market to which it is to
be consigned.
THE time for corn planting varies with
the latitude. and also depends much
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