Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-07-18

who has piece of land overrun by
Canada thistlcs, trea, it in the follow
ing manner and he will be surprised
, at the result ; Plow rs late IL June as
possible, aud give time for the ma'uri'
ty df crop of barley Tie thistIes
will have attained quite a growth,
and By blowing and narrowing thor
oughly the roots will be pretty well
torn ont. Sow the barley and bar
row in well The warm sun viii
bring up the barley at once, aud lie.
fore the thistles recover from thrir
rude treatment the grain viii quite
shade the ground and nothing will be
seen OF the thistles Int few slckly-
looking specimens. A good crop can
be grown on such ground where li,,lc
would grow il sown early. 4ipseri
can Farm journal,
10 Keep Huns in Summer. Some
bag them and whitewash the bags
which is troublesome and somewhat /
expensive; some cover them with |
dry wood ashes and pack them in
barrels some pack them in barrels |
and cover thoroughly with pine shay
ings; but the best plan Of all, aud
certainly the least expensive with all
who have smoke house, and every
farmer should have n good one, is 10
keep the hams hung mp in the smoke>
house, which should BE kept pc, feet.
h dark at all times. Hams so kept
tvo years Old, were among the best
we ever tasted. Uniformed darkness
is a complete protection against the
attack Of insects
Poultry Keeping for JKonaen--In
this day OF wonicn's rights, 1t ough,
not to be heterodox, to suggest what
ever may tend to assist farmers " ho
wish TO help swell items that may re.
suit in pin money. The Poultry
World has the following correspond
mt who viii int r VI G aides Who
have an eye 10 the practraI.
There arc many women who, eS-
peciaIIy within the last hal:dozcu
years, while the price OF eggs has
been so high, make money much fast
er by poultry than by sowing. 1t is
m occupation especially suited to We
men, because it involves patience and
constant attention TO details, rather
than strength. Then again, the hard
est thIng for many men to Learn, N
handling either poultry or bees, Is
genlienesS. How many TIMES We
h,,.g n,,I ~.
more sense than boys, jerk hens
roughly from their nests, enter the
poultry house abruptly and trieh,cn
the occupants till they rush i'll a hul
teiug mass into the larthe>t corner,
and keep the poultry community in
constat agitation and distress
Bat ali domestic animals apprcol-
ate the manners OF women attendants
when they are fortunate enough to
be cared for by them. Now that
there are women gardners, and
florists, who by commcndablc indus.
Try and business qualities have riscu
to emipence in those caIllngs, aud
while one OF the most successful # not
the most successful bee keepers in the
whole country Is n women, we hope
TO see others give poultry more attruI
ton than it has hitherto received
ASIDE from profit, the keeping OF tiuc
poultry for fancy is an elegant pas,
time very popular with Enghah ladies,
and We sec no reason WHY the fashion
should not be adopted here.
The IppA Tree Borer Remedy --
Having seen great many remedies
and a great many plants for destroy
ing the apple tree borer, aud none OF
them very satisfactory, suppose give
case from actual knowledge OF my
own. My nelghbor put out an or.
chard of fifty trees. They were tour
Yeas old from the graft, and ~ they
had not been very well prNurd in the
nursery, pruning was done at the
time OF ransplanung The trees
started all right IN the Spring, but
aIas, the borer The trees were
punctnred from the root to the branch
and took Oh the usual sickly appear
ancc. The owner concluded 10 try
III tAptl iiHtilS W. " "aN mummy bWl
death anyhow so he prepared white.
wash as follows: Fresh stacked lime
and coal oil sufficient to uuake a good
white wash, and put it on with a
br"sl from root to branch, or rs high
rs the borcr had been working. This
has proved a perfect success, for the
trees cast of IheW Sickly appearance
the same season, for examined Them
t,c same fall (the wttewa,h still on
,hem) and think ~ yer saw more
healthy and vigorous trees. ! have
not tried this remedy IN my own OF
chard, for there are no burcrs i'll it, |
Ifthere were, should not hesitate a
moment We are not much troubled
with the horcr in this country, except
on trees that have been wounded. 49,
-Anl Farm J0urH0k
Remedy for Grease or Scratches
Seem. remedy for grease heel in
your paper of June 0th, l believe
could give you better remedy, as
have seen 1t tried in hundreds OF
aosns n.lila in tina army. ,.,t,-tIr,- sur-