Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-07-27


tive iecnnditv Of ducks and hens, -
as to determine from which Of the tive
the largest numberof eggs caH he ob.
tanned in the same time. For TINS
purpose, three ducks and three hens
were sclected,al hatched IN February
and nourished With suitable food. The
following autumn the ducks lac 225
eggs. while the hens lal' none In the
next February, The laying season be.
gan again with the ducks, and contIn
ucd uninterruptedly tili August. The,
showed no inclination to set, but be.
come very thin, aIth"dh they after
wards fa,tened mp somewhat, The
total number Of eggs laid by the hens
amounted tn 25S, or Sc each and 1902
or 1871 each for the ducks. Although
the eggs of the ducks were rather
smaller than those nf the hrhs vet
they proved To be decd dig superior
IN nutritve material so that the ~upe
rIori,y in prodnctlreneSs appears to be
decidedly with the ducks,
WEEDS There. is nothing more an
moving to the farmer than weeds, and
they are gonearlly the cause of great
~ diminished profits in the pocket
They grow everywhere and at all
times; the more favorable the wealth
or, the better they flourish and some
times the 'armer becomes impatient,
and wonders what sach instances are
created for. They appear in such end
less variety that 1t Is nothing but tigi /
weeds from early in the spring mil
late in the fall, and there seems 10 be
no cessation Of the evil. Now grum
bling about weeds never eradicated
them the only way is tC make a
brave fight, plow, cultivate, hoe hoe,
cultivate and plough. Constant vigil
aroe is required. Never let them 90
to seed, fer if snch thing should oc.
eur the land will be well seeded for
many years. 1t is almost impossible
to prevent chickwerd aud shepherds
sprout from going 10 seed, aud no
weeds are more annoying. Wth
good Management and frequent horlng
even these pests can be kept pretty
well under control. We think no.
farmer can afford to raise weeds
Good farmers, as q rule, never at.
tempt to do it.
PARASITE on THE Potato BuG. -
A correspondent of the Prairie Farm
er writes: | have found an enemy to
Ia t,tf, ,.h | a
ted to speak until caught the fellow
three different times with his lance il
to young potato bug. The first two
times the i. Is was dead fetorc | saw
him, bu, the last time | saw the " hole
affair The Doctor advanced, aud
made an attck upon the young +. Is
when Z. b. rolled himself up in a
round bali, making quick movements
with his legs, The Doctor kept back
ING up and down the vine, as long as
there was any movement, When the
movements ceased on the part of the
L. b., Doctor stood still and drank his
fill | took Nj, Doctor around among
my friends To ser'iflhey could tell me
what kind of bug II was. Some
thought il was tn" squash bug, all the
boss who saw it Said 1t was pump
kin bug, wrrft to my squash vine
and found bug resembling him very
much, with this difference. Mr.
Squash Bug was much large, and
very dark both on breast anG pack,
while my Doctor is Of a light drab
color on tho back, and still lighter,
with golden tinge on the breast.
Tulips.-The Cuffo,nia Horticuk
terist says $50 Ten years since a
gentleman residing in this city lmpor
ted parcel OF Holland bulbs, consist
ing principally hyacin'hs, tulips, and
anemones. He prepared bed tor
them in sunny exposure, and added
sufficient of old COW manure to make
it half manure ana half soil. Ia this
bed he planted bis hyacinths and
tnljps We called his attention to the
fact that bulbs do not require so much
manure, and we expressed fear for his
ultimate success. We have never
seen finer lot Of hyacin,hs in bloom
in California than his, hut the tnlns
are a complete failure. This example
yiudi"ates an old established rule,
that the tulip will not thrive we'll III
heavily MANFRED soil, and even if 1t
does, the flower will exhibit much in
trrioritv in the various shades of color.
The best way to manage tulips is to
preserve healthy bulbs, plant them
without delay, in deep, loose soil, Rei
thet too sandy nor too ciayey, select.
ing a sunny exposure, more SO, II
possible, than Tor the hyacjnth. They
can grow with less moisture, to much
OF which promotes decay"
TERMS USED IL DISCERNING Fruit.
The dtt"rent use of descriptive
terms applied 20 trees and fruit, rcn-
dars them useful aud interesting TO
the mass Of our readers.
Cdiyr-The remains Of the flower
left at the end Of the stem.
Bdsjm-The depression around the
calyx.
Cro,en, or SAnnait--The ridge sur
rounding the calyx.
A., 'tbn rart pAnDnntiDr, 81,