Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-03-13
Aericultural Notes.

Iu0 HGu lS LITERALLY ill egg udCuIQ0-
her chief purpose being the production
of eggs. Like any other kind of ma
chine she must have the raw material
with which to manufacture her prod
ucts. Her instinct teaches her how to
select: all that is necessary is to place
within her reach that which she re-
quires, and everything will be well, and
eggs abundant and complete.
When mating the geese this spring
use ganders of the Embden or Toulouse
varieties. The largest and best goose
for the market is cross of the Toulouse
gander and Embden goose. 1t grows
to very large size.
One of the essentials of soiIing is fer
tile soil.
Every farm ought to have it's expert
mental patch.
The early killed is the easily killed
weed, and the weed that robs the crop
least.
fyou are careful to keep the burrows
straight, you will do faster and better
blowing.
A diversity of crops distributes work,
receipts and expenses, more evenly
through the year and through the
years.
In no other way can farmer so radi-
cally do the work of nature to his ad-
vantage than by using tile; for under
drainage both lengthens the seasons and
deepens the SOIL
The smaller the field the more fence
required and the more land taken from
cultivation. The more oblong the field,
the more fence required to inclose
given area; conversely, the nearer
square is the field the less fence is re-
quired.
EoI tIo4
ments made with common salt proved
that the soil of a grass plot which had
been dressed with it was found to con-
tain, ten days after rain had fallen on
it, twice as much water as an adjoining
plat which had received no salt. The
plants on the sailed portion were grow
ing vigorously, while those on the I'M
salted plat were suffering from drought.
But do not apply too much. One bar
rel per acre is enough.
Prof. j. w. Robertson, of the Ontario
Agricultural College, says: GA silo is
simply a place where fodder is pre-
served in a succulent condition. It
may be PIT, box, NOW, a building
or q trench in the earth. Silage is the
word denoting fodder so preserved.
Ensilage is the term applied to the
process or system. Ensile is the word
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silage. Ensiior stands for the person
the process of ensilage.
Alsike clover produces seed the first
crop, while red clover produces seed
from the second crop only. This is due
to the fact that the former is fert tilted
by the honey bee, while the fertiliza-
ton of the latter is dependent upon the
humble bee to a large extent, and these
are not sufficiently numerous at the
time of the first crop of red clover.
These facts are so well known that
about year since humble bees were
shipped in large quantities to foreign
country, where they had not been
known to exist.
Seed corn saved from the portion of
the cob nearest the tip is said to pro-
duce the strongest and best plants, 1ol-
lowed by the seed from the butt, with
that from the middle as the poorest.
Fall blowing, after corn or potatoes or
beans are removed, and thorough and
blowing after oats and barley
are harvested, are the true methods of
killing Canada thistles, says Joseph
Harris. in American Agriculturist.
There is no way of cleaning dirty
milk. Remedies are here out of place.
Only preventives will answer the pur-
pose. The only way of. having clean
milk is by keeping the dirt out of it,
and this goes great way in securing
good flavor.
It is claimed that good cow should
give 5000 pounds of milk per year, and
that when she gives only 5000 pounds
she is kept at loss. The 5000 pounds
re present about five quarts per day for
300 days. Every quart over that
amount lessons the cost of the whole.
Dettweiler, a German chemist, has es-
timated that, including bedding, one
cow will produce fourteen tons Of ma
nure in year, and that the cost of ma
nure Of one COW for one year, estimated
on four different farms in Germany, was
respectively $ll, $l4, SIS and $28, or an
average of SIP.
Bloody milk is the result of rupture
of some of the small vessels that supply
the udder, which may be caused by
injury or hemOrrhaglc tendency in the
animal. Very little can be done for it.
1t sometimes disappears of its own &C
cord.
There is no doubt about it that nine
tenths of the farm-made butter is
spoiled, especially in winter. from
keeping the cream too long before it is
churned. This is usually because so lit
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add water to it SO as to one-third fill
the churn, and go to work on it. The
water will help winter cream and great
ly improve the quality of the butter.
Dairy butter is superior in quality to
that made a few years ago, due to the
competition with creameries. The
quality has raised prices, and has been
of advantage to the dairymen.
Dairy COWS should be fed only twice a
day. The dairy cow needs rest as we'll
as food. She will eat more slowly, mas
ticate more and digest her food better
if she gets two meals at regular inter-
walls. The meals should be full ones.
A quiet and contented habit should be
cultivated in the cows. Such habits are
conducive to a greater production.
There is plenty of room for fruit on ev-
cry farm. Farmers give special atten-
ton to apples, but not one-tenth of