Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-06-20
Farm, Garden and Household


cause the improperly Of such a
practice is self.eyident yet il IS con
stantly done, and is the basis OF dis.
ease Of every kind.
Never use bad hay on account OF
its cheapnesS because there Is no
proper uourishment in it,
Damaged corn is exceedingly inju.
rous, because it brings on inharama.
ton OF the bowels and skin diseases.
Chat is better for Old horses than
hay, because they can chew and dl-
gest it better.
Mix chat corn or beans, and do
not give the latter alone, because II
makes the horse chew his food more
and digest it better.
Hay or grass alone will not support
n horse under hard work, because
there is not sufficient punitive body
in either.
When y horse is worked hard its
food should chiefly be oats; if no.
worked ard it's food should chiefly
be hay =; because oats supply more
nourishneut and hesh.makUg mater.
ial than any other Kind Of food bay
not 80 much,
Rack feeding is wastriu'. Tn
better plan is To feed with chopped
hay, from a manger, because the food
is not then thrown oct, ami is more
easily chcwed aud dige>ted.
sprinkle the hay with water thai
las salt dissolved 10 it, h.cause II i.
pleasing to the ammM's t.. o ~ 4
more easily digert,d. A tcaspoontu,
Of saIt in a bucket Of water Is suiIi.
Gent.
Oats should bc bruised for an old
horse, but not for young one, be-.
cause the former, through age and
de!e tive teeth, cannot chew them
property the young horse tan DO 50.
and they are thus Wopcry mixed
saliva, and turned INTO wholesome
nutllmGnt.
BREAD MAKING. In mahing bread
always use potatoes AT nice com mea.
The corn meal ctA not ne made il.
to mu>h scal,i it first in the mixing
pan before ADDING the flour /; tutn set
~ the usual manner. The most pref
udlccd pcrson cannot detect bv lhr
taste amy corn IN the bread, but there
il an increased sweetness, aud it
keeps moist much longer OF course
the best com meal must be used.
Besides the Improvement in bread IT,.
flour barred holds out much longer,
and health Is promoted. Pot about
ona pint of corn To three parts ul
Aour, when acting the sponge,
MONEY AND Manure Is
like money. The more you have the
easier 1t Is to make more. You can.
not grow big crop Of man Gods
without borough cultivation and a
heavy dressing of manure. Bat whrn
you have got the maogolds, the land
is not only III Npicnlah condition for
future crops, bul The consumption OF
the mapgocs besides beng Of gre,t
ben, fit To the stock, lie ives a >p,O ut
lot OF rich manur Wccau RAJ c II t
IS GOOD man3o,is here as lhcy can u.
En1Iand--tn iact, | think better, az
our hotter climate natures them mu,e
perfectly, and renders them more nu-
lnuoUS. Wccau easily grow twenty
hive tons per acre, aud As the uianure
from - ton Of maugo!d, is Wor.h
&LU7, we have .til tyom each acre of
lnlogolI~, besides the leaves, maOuge
wU,tn $3.50. l. rcho2tge.
CoNcERNiNG BrCRwuGAr.-As
burkwUcat may be. >oWn later than
almost any other grain, from the
twentieth Of Jane to tac inst OF Juy,
WITH certainly 1t IA good crop, pros
vtdet The land be uLhr, 1t Is much
used Tor sowing on Heli the cary
lljage q winch has been pushed
aside by pressure Of other work, or
on which first planted crops, Ike
corn, have shown itt,e signs OF thril.
1t grows best GA iuams, most poorly
on heavy cIayS and wet ground, A,
u greea manure ii may be most pruhl.
ably plowed under when IN flower,
tins being early enough n the season
TO allow The Use OF the sanl Tor ia,
gram, rye or wheat, A busbel oil
seed per acre is preferable to a small.
er quantity often used, and A.Dl
crop, thirty bushels to the acre may
frequently b. obtained ON nuwy
turnpd SOD, which would scarcely
yield halt TINS measure OF oats, lis
dense foliage chokes ont other .crb.
age, aud lirld viii be found eleanor
iron noA'ous weeds after the harvest,
lug Of luokwhcat than any other
crop.
RrMovING BouLpERS. 1t il stated
aud tie value oi the process eau be
readily tested, that ~ dIl5pr nu,u.
Der OF holes IN a hue IN tue rock.
ming the bottom O! each with 4 plup
OF SOL lead having the same diam
eter as the hole, aud then driving
down upon the lcad with steel maur
drel struck with u heavy sivdgp, tArI
lead Is thus rorlrc sod and eAvris a
lateral prcssn,e. From It's inr,a>lc
nalGgC IL FAILS 10 resume Ils original
position after each blow, Aui is lncrc.
by caused to 'cumuiAte ia It's ,alynl !
forcing action IL .ill II forces the tone
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