Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

lowing the cows salt freely it produces a
flow of milk. This is explained by the
fact that salt promotes thirst, and causes
the COW TO drink more water. It Is
claimed that cows drinking less than
twenty -seven quarts of water daily are
poor mixers, water composing about 90
per cent. of the milk. Such expert
ments, however. do not determine the
quality of the milk, and in one respect
show that the milk may be watered
through the agency of the COW.
A RAM sheared by Mr. Turner, Ulce-
by, England, gave fleece of 303 pounds.
Our foreign ontemporary, Sheep and
Wool, speaks Of this as probably the
heaviest clean fleece on record. Our
British Isle friends have evidently nev-
er heard of our heavy American feeces,
scores of which have weighed from 80
to SO pounds-the latter being the heav-
lest on record for q years growth.
In Ohio the walking gait Of horses is
encouraged. At the state tar walking
match was arranged, the time for four
ninths OF a mile varying from 4.lO TO
5.45. Each horse drew halt ton of
coal. 1t is worthy of being made a part
OF the programme at all fairs, as the
walking gait deserves more attention
than 1t has received.
THE original sheep of Hampshire and
Berkshire were of large size and rugged
constitution, and were remarkable for
their early development. With these
the Southdown blood readily commin-
gleC, without other Edmixture, and pro-
duced a breed which is remarkably uni
form In type and characteristics. and no
other breed more strongly stamps these
upon it's get. This, together with great
excellence of flesh and early maturity,
makes the breed OF especial value for
the production of early lambs for mark
ct.
BREAK o piece OF cold butter, and if
the grain is perfect, the broken parts
will resemble the broken parts of cast
iron or steel, also the same of some rock
formations.
Our of poplar. beech, ash or white oak
make two paddles, say 10 inches long
and the blade four inches wide. With
these paddles you can handle the but
ter-make it up for weighing, printing,
etc., without touching it with your bare
hands, which is something you should
never do.
BEAR in mind that sudden changes in
food will cause sudden changes in the
yield OF milk. Bringing the COWS from
II pasture of grass and feeding them on
dry TODD is risk. Cooked food, ensil-
age or roots, should be used in connec-
ton with hay or grain, and as long as
grass or green rye can be had the COWS
should be turned on it until the winter
sets in.
Cows that yield largely of milk drink
water freely, and it should be provided
for them at all hours; bat if the water
is very cold the cow will be chilled, as
q a % tor WIT l, he
NAL heat Of the body. Water in winter
should, therefore, be warmed IN some
manner. Some COWS will refrain from
drinking water as long as possible, if
the water is cold, and, consequently,
fall off in the yield of milk.
CORN husks make excellent material
for mattresses if properly prepared,
which can be done during the winter,
at times when storms prevent other
work; but it is doubtless if it will pay
for the labor bestowed.
THE points Of driven wells should be
Of brass, as iron points rust and clog,
thereby preventing free flow OF water.
The relative proportions of the aka
liz in the composition of the ash of
number Of the ordinary crops is con-
cisely stated by Johnston as follows:
Cereals (srain), 81; legumes (kernels),
a; root crons (roots), 90; grasses in
flower, 81. TIE above may serve to in
dictate In some measure the crops to
which ashes may be most proftably ap-
piled.
HAVE no more land than you can cul-
tlvate. If five acres are all that you
can do justice to, confine yourself to
that; if you can care for 100 acres then
own that much; but don't have guam
tlty Of land laying idle.
A CROSS cow in herd keeps the
others always in perpetual fear, and in
that manner lessons the milk from the
others in quantity more than may be
sufficient to balance that given by the
cross one. A cross or domineering cow
should be got rid of.
The Ohio Experiment Station reaches
the conclusion, after several trials, that
corn ensilage is superior to field beets
as a flesh aud fat former, but that the
beets are preferable Tor milk produc-
tion. The dry solids of both compare
favorably with those of the better
grades of other kinds of food.
HORSES ought to have as great comfort
in the stable as it is possible to give
them. Do not construct stables care
lessly. Look to the comfort of the ami
mails in every particular in the matter
Of construction.
CoTToNsEED meal is more nutritious
than linseed meal, but the latter is pre-
ferled, owing to it's beneficial effects on
the animals In regulating digestion.
If you have nice thoroughbred calf
and turn it out to hum D itself in the COR
ner OF the fence, in the storms and cold,
next spring you will say: ''This talk
about a thoroughbred being better than
a scrub is all bosh."
A MASSACHUSETTS man found in his
bean field stalk which bore 1926 beans.
HORSE RADIsH is weed in some sec
tons and a profitable crop in others. 1t
sells at 5 cents per pound some seasons.
1t is readily grown on rich soil, out
when once it takes possession OF the
land it is not easily destroyed.
THE milking should be done at regu-
lar periods. The cows would soon be-
come accustomed to the regularity.
They could in that manner be taught to
come up from the pasture at certain
hours.
A SUCCESSFUL dairyman for many
yo.rc uiuos n ac hia con eluoiop fhot a