Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-03-25


| should be placed, from which the meal
is to be fed. Probably the old process
oil meal is the best kind Of grain fo1
lambs; but if this is not to be had, In
dian meal, if we'll ground, answers very
we'll. The quantity given should be
small at first, but is to be increased as
the lambs become larger and get accus-
toned to the grain. This course Of grain
feeding should be continued until the
animals are ready for the butcher.
There few. if any, other kinds of farm
stock which give such prompt and large
returns for liberal feeding as is made by
lambs which are properly fattened for
the market.-Anaerjcd3 DGiryn1ao.
Deep Shallow Flowing.
w. L. Camp, of Kearney, Neb., writes
to the Iowa Homestead as follows:
Mr.. EDIToR:-I see much IN the pa
pers about the importance of blowing
plowed deep will hold moisture better
Our soil is rich and sandy and the
heaviest rain will disappear in one
hours time on level, shallow blowing.
Will the water come back to feed vege-
tatiOn as well as if it were plowed
deep? If not, why?
Whether land should be plowed deep
or shallow depends altogether on cir
cumstances. The motto, 'Plow deep
while sluggards sleep" is one of purely
local application. Conservation of rain
fall is one Of the many considerations
involved in the problem. It is prob
lem therefore, which every farmer
must solve for himself, and any gener-
al rule Tat we might suggest would be
misleading. What might be good adj
60, l, l.
bad for another, and what might be
good for one time of year might be all
wrong for another.
So far as we can learn the farmers in
Central and Western Kansas and Ne
braska WHO have tried deep blowing
with q view to the conservation of rain
fall, speak in favor of that method, and
this should he given great weight. The
damage that follows from deep blowing
in the newer soils of Iowa and other
states east of the Missouri does not seem
to follow in the soils of Western Kansas
and Nebraska. The argument adduced in
favor CT deep blowing is that it forms a
reservoir to hold the surplus water W hich
runs away when the ground is unpowed
or plowed shallow. If, however, as our
correspondent states, "the heaviest rain
will sink away IN one hour on land
plowed shallow and level" we are not
able to see wherein the benefit of deep
blowing could be on the kind of land in
that particular locality. Itshould, how
ever, be plowed deep enough to allow a
good mulch Of dry dirt, which furnishes
the best condition for the action of cap
Hilary attraction in bringing water to the
surface.
1t is astonishing how much water will
come up from the depths below on very
sandy land provided that the surface
be stirred thoroughly and frequently
during the growing season. The best
advice we can give to our correspondent
is to try both methods and observe the
results, and also to keep close watch on
the methods of his neighbors.
Suggestions to Syrup.
Last year my sugar bush of 800 trees
Melted $400-a fact that should attract
attention of owners Of unused naples,
of which there are hundred of acres in
Northern Michigan alone. This year
shall use two post spouts to each tree
shall tap early and put in one spout,
on which | shall hang the clean four
teen quart tin bucket; as the season ad-
vances [ shall put in second spout a
little above and to one side. [ shall
still use the covers and lay them on the
upper spout and pail. We did this last
year and found no trouble. The wind
did not move them at all. The covers
not only protected the sap from leaves,
rain and dust, but as they are painted
different colors on opposite sides and
a great help in gathering. Possibly,
late, the covers by shutting out the air
or combining the space inside the buck
cts, cause the sap to sour more quickly !;
we have thought this to be the case.
If so. they can be removed toward the
close of the season. Thoroughly strain
ing the sap, large evaporation that
will reduce the sap as rapidly as it can
be gathered, and dry seasoned wood
are very necessary to the best success.
The syrup should be just eleven
pounds to the gallon; if more, it crys-
talizes in the cans; if less, it is not liked
by consumers. Very light colored
syrup can be secured if we are very
neat and very quick in getting sap to
syrup. 1t is also very necessary to
prevent all souring of the sap. In can
ming / prefer 70 seal the syrup while
hot, though this may not be necessary.
After the syrup is cold, unscrew the
cover and fill again with hot syrup, so
that the can shall be full. Then be
sure to cover it alright. If the syrup
is not canned alright and ferments or
becomes musty by prolonged boiling,
after adding pint Or half a pint of wa
ter to the gallon, We entirely remove
the unpleasant flavor. We boil till we
have reduced it to our liking. If the
screw covers of the tin cans stick so as
to trouble to remove them, wrap with a
cloth and wet this with boiling water
for minute or two. | shall not avail
myself of the tariff bounty on sugar. /
can get $1.25 per gallon for ali my
syrup. The labor and care to make
syrup is much less than to
make sugar; and the eight pounds
of sugar equivalent to gallon of syrup,
would not bring Sl.25, bounty and all
We can't afford to make maple sugar.
The syrup is worth more. Good syrup
is sc delicious it will always find mar
ket.-Prof. 4. j. Cook, an Tribune.
A MoLDER in Bridgeport, Conn, is re-
garded as wonder by his fellowwork-
men on account of his apparent i'm
munity from burns. The other day he