Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-05-12
Planting Sorghum Seed, Sc.


State and the West, upon this all important
subject of soyyhoaa planting.
Ny good farmer friends, the recent great
rise in sugars and syrups of all kinds, carry
ing them up to prices that few or none can
afford to pay, constitutes a large additional
reason why each of you should plant your
sorghum patch of from one to FIVE or ten
acres, both for your own economy and for
profit.
Gentlemen, have you figured upon it, so
that YOU understand and realize how well it
pays? Let us figure a little for its better
understanding. An acre of good average
cane yields $50 gallons of good syrup, which
is just as good in any family as what can be
| bought at present at the store fer 81 to 1925
per gallon, making a crop worth from $3.50
| to $500 per acre.
| VIII wheat, corn or oats pay like that, gen
tlemen? l say not, nor the half, nor the
third of it. Why not, then, raise sorghum
Do you reply that it is too much work ??
| tell you it is no more work than to raise corn
| or any other head crop, if rightly managed,
nor no more likely to be harmed by frost
than corn, not particle the one is just as
safe and easy to raise, and the sorghum at
| present prices vastly the most profitable.
Then why not pitch in and grow it, those of
you who are enterprising and on hand for
| good things
We can furnish all parties who write, with
the best Of seed, and instructions for planting
and cultivation, and no neighborhood should
| hesitate moment in getting ready for
| planting, as the time is close at hand for do
ing so.
Gentlemen, send in your orders for seed,
and we will fOrwardit without delay and at the
mere cost price to those who wish to plant.
No crop will pay you better, nor half so well,
rest assured. Take our advice for it this sea-
son of nigh prices, and plant for your own
use, at least, without delay. Depend upon it,
| if you grow good cane, that some enterprising
person in your neighborhood will have a mill
| to break it up. D. j. POWERS,
Madison, Wis.
UNQUIET MICH Cows.-One of the greatest
errors in overcoming cows that are unquiet
while being MIXED is to whip beat, kick and
bawl at them. This is generally done, and
the COW becomes afraid or angry, and, in
stead of becoming better, grows worse
Mich COWS cannot be whipped or terrified into
They dislike to be MIXED, for they know
that hard words and hard blows always at
| tend the operation. They dread to see the
mixer, as little urchin breads to see the
birch rod in the hands of the angry peda-
gogue, when he expects to feel it applied to
his back. A cow kindly and properly treat
ed, is pleased to see the mixer, gladly awaits
his or her approach and submits with pleas
ure to the operation of being MIXED Every
one having experience with COWS knows this
to be true. But the cow is opposed to a
a change Of mixers; she soon becomes at
tached to one person who performs the op-
Grafton, and does not willingly and freely
give down her milk to another person; there b
fore, have one regular mixer to certain COWS,
ana bear III mind if you change mixers it is at
the expense of loss of milk and an injury
to the COW.
All animals are appreciative of kind treat
ment and resent abusive treatment. There
fore, if you would have them gentle and
| quiet, treat them gently and kindly. See that
those who milk them can control themselves
| govern their passions, speak low and kindly
under any provocation, and soon the COWS will
learn that they are not going to be abused,
and, will submit to the operation. Milk
ing should be performed at regular hours, not
varying fifteen minutes from one day to an
other. No talking or laughing should be
permitted at the time, and it should be done
as speedily as possible.
PARTNERSHIP IN FARMING.-Itis undoubted-
ly the case that a farmer, to be most success
full, requires variety of knowledge, or, per-
haps, we should rather say, faculty of judg-
ing well on more different subjects, than a
man in almost any other pursuit. In re-
cent discussion before an English Farmers
Club it was incidentally remarked, "that if
farmers could form partnerships, as CONNER
cial men, they would work their farms more
proftably." In illustration of which another
speaker referred to the Importance of being
good Judge of stock: "They might take a
beast; the farmer had to consider what was
best to do with it how it could be made the
most profitable; then he had to turn to quite
a different cOnsideration--the cultivation of
the soil to grow proper food for the beast
Thus they often heard it said of man, he
is a capital judge of beasts, but he can't man
age his land, x daughter )-or 6 he is a capital
manager Of his land, but, Lord bless us, he
can no more judge of beast than my boot
Iaughter.) Thus, it was argued that farm
ing partnerships between men of different
aptitudes, would be as successful as similar
associations is in commerce or manufacturing
where " a combination of especial aptitudes,
with the union of the capital at each part
nc]S command, eUecLS tlat organization
which underlies all large and successful bust
ness"
CHEAPEST MODE. OF FEEDING HoRsEs.-J.
Fisk, of Baldwinsville, \. Y, writes us that
he has horse, five years old, used as fam
lily carriage horse, and is frequently let to his
neighbors. His labor is considerable. Ia
the morning he feeds bVshel basket of cut
oat straw; moistens it with water; throws in
four quarts Of shorts, mixes thoroughly and
feeds At noon gives straw again, and two
or four quarts Of shorts clear. At night
mixes hay and Straw-equal parts of each
cuts basket full and mixes shorts again in
the morning. Feeds also all the potato and
apple parings, cabbage leaves, ect., to him
His horse is free from cough, lively healthy,
and fat and this practice he is confident
saves him so per cent the cost Of keeping
horse the usual way-cOsts about three min
utes' time per day. This is an important
item in the days of high feed.-lPur@ Men
YORKER.
HAVE YOT CLEANED Your CELLAR ?-If
there is any spot about the farm premises
that needs thorough overhauling or clean
ing it is the cellar. 1t is now a good time to
do this, if you have not attended to it al
ready. Do not leave a decayed apple or
vegetable about it-give it thorough airing.
Remember that the health as well as the
comfort of the family depends greatly upon
this sanitary regulation.
COMPLIMENT TO THE SIxTH.-A letter to the
Sentinel contains an extract from a speech of
Capt GARY, 147th n. Y. Volunteers, on the
>f r. II. n