Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-26
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.


III there is no snow upon the ground,
the dry weeds, old vines, and everything
which will prevent the easy working OF
the plew, may be burned, and the ashes
! saved for use the next season.
If any pruning is to he done, il is bet
ter to select mild days during early win
ter than to delay until spring, When
large limbs are removed, the wounds
should be covered with varnish of gum.
| shclac, or with melted grating wax,
Select from your poultry the hens and
cocks you intend to keep, and fattcn the
rest. If you wish eggs in winter, pro
vide with warm quarters, and feed more
or less animal food. Keep the hen house
clean, and see that the hens do not want
| FOR water
DO not allow bean poles to remain
| exposed to the weather, With shelter
! they may be made to do service for sew.
eral seasons. Pca,brush seldom lasts
more thon one season, though. occasion.
ally with care, it will do the second
spring,
The best way to feed hay to sheep is
| to cut it into chatf by horse power. 1t Is
| little trouble to feed, and there is little or
| no waste. And we are not sure that il is
| not better to cut up straw and stalk also,
! aud feed them with little meal, as VIC
do cattle. The first point in the manage.
mCnt Of sheep is to provide dry quarters;
| second, TO avoid overcruWding; third, to
litter lightly and regularly every day; and
| fourth, to guard against any fGrmenta-
| ton of the manure under the sheep. Give
fresh water every day, and salt regularly.
! Feed literally bcf1re sHHd1rH. Let there
! be straw or ether food in the racks for the
sheep TO eat during the night. Am. Ag-
| rtculhaia
Professor CUTLERY has demonstrated
anew The powerful antiseptjc properties
! Of CarboliC acid, in some recent expert
men'a. lie enveloped fresh cadayer in
cloth saturated with "a solution contain
| ing two per cent Of the acid, and, after
Al, interval of four or f'c days, poured
more OF the solution over the body. by
this treatment putrefaction was entirely
! prevented, the body after six months
. presenting no signs of decomposition,
| and being but little altered in appearance.
| At the Morguc, in Paris, u solution con
| tanning onctwentictn of one per cent. Of
! carbolic acid, sprinkled over the bodies,
| arrested the putrcfacti0n even during the
/ heat of summer Chlorine had previous
| ly1rovcd Intellectual TO disnfect the at
I mosphcre Of the dead.house.
| - Il seems certain that castor beans
will Kill horses and cattle. Within n
| year or two il has been stated, in the Far.
mers Club of New York City, that If
| placed In the paths of moles, or IN the
| holes of gophers, they would eSterminate
these animals Now II is recorded that a
span of horses died, in Nebraska, within
twenty four hours aftr eating half
handful Of castor beans divided equally
between them. Commenting upon this
fact, the Prairie fitrHer says: "lhat cas-
tor beans injure stock is certain, and that
| death has resulted from eating them scemh
also sure. Among the earlier acts passed
by the Legislature If this State, was one
attaching severe penalties 10 perEons who
| left castor beans in exposed situations, OF
left fields OF them exposed so that cattle
could enter"