Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-03-27
Farm Notes.


well as from new milk.
Farm Notes.
Seldom talk loudly, and never harshly,
to cattle and horses.
The cellar cannot be whitewashed too
often. 1t only renders it clean, light
and cheerful, but assists in preventing
decomposition, as tar as disinfecting it
to certain extent. The publication of
the cellar is the most important matter
of homework in the winter, as the
cleaner the cellars the less liability of
disease.
In 1890 every farmer in the United
States will be visited by paid officer of
the government, and asked to give the
statistics OF his farm crops, stock, ETC.,
Tor me previous year, which is the
present one, 1889. To be prepared for
the census taker, begin now to keep ac-
curate account of all farm operations,
and keep it up through the year. In
this way only can the agricultural Stats
tics of the census report have any real
value.
1t is mistaken notion to believe that
nothing can be done towards prevent
ing big crop of weeds next year; now
that the weeds are dead great deal can
be accomplished in spite of those who
think to the contrary. BY examining
the Withered flower beads OF many
weeds at this season of the year it would
be found that much of the crop of seeds
is still unshed. Naturally then, if such
weeds are burned great deal Of seed is
prevented from terminating next
spring.
Feed the brood sows that have litters
Of pigs literally on warm, sloppy food.
Skim milk or buttermilk is excellent,
but if this is difficult to obtain give her
all the scalded grain she can eat. with a
mess of cooked turnips or potatoes, to
which has been added pint of linseed
meal.
Among the points Of good dairy COW
mentioned by DR.. Law In a recent pa
per were development Of abdomen,
depth and breadth Of body posteriorly,
evidence of large blood vessels, tineness
Of the bony structure, looseness, pill
ancy. and elasticity Of the skin, abund-
ance OF sebaceOus secretions.
The leguminous plants, such as clover,
peas and beans, are all rich in protein,
and if we can obtain the same amount
of nourishment and milk from some of
these cheaper than from the use of
bran we ought certainly to do it. We
know of no experiments, either scien-
tific or practical, that have been made
to demonstrate the relative value of
bran and pea meal alone.
The iood is first converted into blood
before distributed to the several parts
of the body, and the formation of milk
is subject to the same natural law. The
composition Of milk and blood, how
ever, is not the same, thus showing that
an important change occurs in passage
of the liquid through the mamillary
glands.
The horses should be exercised daily.
If kept standing in the stable they be-
come changed in disposition. The.
gentlest of horses become shy if con-
fined too long. Exercise hardens the
muscles and keeps the horse in good
condition for spring work.
A farmer must compound and use
the feed that he has at hand or is
most easily produced. A compound
may be made of bran, oats and rye,
bran and rye, or bran and corn meal,
and these compounds can often be
made IN sucha way as to cheaper the
cost OF teed-when all has to be bought
on the market. On the majority of
farms oats are grown only for the horses
and colts. The pigs should always be
thought of as sharers in this important
muscle-forming food.