Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12
Grew More Fruit,


in any direction to advise farmers to
grow more fruit. The quantity of small
fruit has been increasing for many
years and been growing better. But
grand as the development OF small
fruit has been, it has still grander fu-
ture before it. Every year adds to the
ranks of the small fruit culturists, and
the increase Of demand will keep pace
with the increased supply. The world
has much to learn about fruit yet. It is
not nearly 80 universally informed OF
the benefits OF fruit consumption as it
will be. Sometime in the future there
will be two dishes of fruit on the aver
age table and one plate of meat, instead
OF, as now, two plates of meat aud per-
haps no fruit at ALL and when that time
comes we shall have better health and
even better state of morals, for it can
be shown that morals and good health
60 together. It is the weak feeling, the
all-gOneness which many experience
that leads to the Intoxicating cup in
many instances, and to other vices.
With good health comes good feeding,
and that prompts to the preservation Of
good feeling, which depends upon good
health Western Rural
The Loss from Neglect on the Farm.
The average farmer loses more in the
course of a year from neglect than he
has any idea of. One of the first Losses
Is IN not having good fence on all land
intended for pasture. Very often few
hours work in the spring, repairing the
fence around your pasture, would save
many dollars worth of grain and q
good deal of vexation getting stock out
OF corn or wheat field early in the
morning after heavy dew.
Cattle will very often eat enough
green grain to render them almost
worthless, if it does not kill them.
Hogs are not inclined to do themselves
any particular harm. but look out tor
the grain. They like to sample the
whole field. A drove Of twenty or thir-
ty will destroy enough IN one night to
keep the fence in repair on the farm
whole year.
A poor fence around a truck lot is the
means Of the years supply of sugar
corn, and anything that was planted
IN it, being destroyed by hogs or cat
tie. A few days repairing fences will
save a great deal of annoyance and
loss.
A few water burrows drawn at the
right places on a marshy field will often
save considerable damage from heavy
rains, or wet season such as the past,
to drain the water from wheat in such
places. Farmers are always condemn
ing our public roads, which generally
deserve 1t, but take look at their own
private road which they use day after
day and see if that cannot be improved
considerably. You will not find one
out of five but what can be. Some are
not safe TO travel. But that same farm
er who condemns public roads, will
travel day after day over this road I'M
til he breaks something. or perhaps,
cripples a horse, which will cost him
many dollars to replace. Had this
same farmer spent one day with his
farm hand and team, he could have
made a good road without spending
any cash.
Those who have meadows for pasture
generally have an acre or so of wet,
marshy land which is worthless as it is.
Ii drained it would be the best pasture
III the field. An open ditch will answer
very well if you do not wantto 90 to the
expense OF draining by tile.
Careless feeding and handling brood
mares very ten will cause the death
of both colt and mare Careless feed
ing breeding animals of all kinds will
cause loss in some way.
The above are a Jew of many losses
caused by neglect. The hard times
farmers are squeallng about are caused
to some extent by neglect. [ know
this from experience.-Pr Fnrm-