Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-07
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

There is nothing like good green
turf around farm buildings to prevent
/ dust from being blown il 20 the parlor,
kitchen, or dairy room.
TO obviate the danger of costiyencss
! in youngT otis, breeders should always be
particular 10 let them havelhe first MIX
of their dams, which possesses laxative
| properties ehpressk designed by nature
to prevens this difficulty,
Il correspondent Of The Western RurIl
gives the following as sure remedy for
garget in cows Get poke root and CRATE
lser pound ii fine, and give about two table.
spoonfuls in q bran.Slop once, and in bad
cases twice, and all will be right.
Nothing is ever gained by huyiug
cheap articles nor by changiug your
place Of trade often Trade at one place
year after year, il You can find place to
suit you, A storekeeper soon learns TO
prize you, If You prove good cash Gus
toner, and will give many liberal trades.
A veteran stock raiser gives, in the
Rome IN. W S'EtiH4. the Following AS
a certain cure for hoof.rot' in cattle,
horses or sheep; One teaCupful of sharp
cider vinegar, one and half tablespoon.
fuls OF coppetas, and one aud half
tabiespoontuls of salt Dissolve gradual
" on the hot stove, but do not let 1t boil.
When cool, apply i on the. affected limb
and hsof, Andafso swab out the mouth
of tlreAsniniai- with the'mixture. TWO or
N.ree applications usually effect cure,
fhe remedy has been used with perfect
i'success since 1918.
A Cnr,,o,, t,,,lt,,r,l
a plea for long burrows, The turning OF
theplow and the commelcmg of Il new
furrow require Hsafe exerion tn the pillow.
man and III, team than continued work
on q straight hGG; and how great may
really be the loss of time from frequent
interruptions in shor, turns may be shown
by the following calculation: In field
/ of e25 feet long, five and a half hours out
! OF ten are used in reiHectipg the pillow
with length of $40 feet, four hours are
sufficient for the purpofe; and when the
/ pIoN can proceed without interruption
! for 500 feet, ealy3ope and u half hours of
| the daily working time is consumed
+ WIN. Harris sends us the following,
| which may be practicable for amateurs
/ who have but a few choice trees, and
! want to secure fruit from II, to adopt
( thPreserVe your peaches If not too late.
/ The little twigs that would bear peaches
freeze during the very severe weather,
/ consequently we have peaches some sea.
! sons and some seasons not In order to
/ have fruit, bind these little twigs well
/ with straw or coarse paper using Irvine,
and ctllcedpgas many of them ltuEetber
! as YOU can. / suppose u man can bind
! what may be required Of any one tree in
| from one to two hours. 1t should be
! done previous to very cold weather; and
/ he sure 10 shake the snow of from time
to time to prevent breaking. N--Rurai
Nee lmhg,. ...
! -one Of our substantial subscribers, in
a recent conversation, gave his exper-
! fence in training neat stock affected with
| the habit OF eating wood, chewing bones,
etc. His cattle We're one spring affected
| this way they became thin in flesh, re-
fused to eat hay, and presented sieltly
/ appearance. He had an impression that
their food lacked the constituents for
making bone, but his neighhoFs bone
meal without noticing any good results
| whatever AT last he put about -four
! bushels OF lcached ashes In his barn-yard,
and threw out to them about shovelful
each day. They all ate as If with evident
relish. After turning them out TO pasture
he pint one peck Of dry ashes per week on
| the ground in the pasture. They ate al
/ up, and knawed OIL the grass where II had
| been lying. The cattle began to improve
| gaining flesh and looking better than they
had done for several years, He says tins
! morbid appearance WAS unnoticed years
| ago, from the fact that the ground was
ashy from the burning of the woods and
land clearngs, Latterly, he gives one
quart of ashes mixed with the same guam.
tity of salt to twelve head of cattle, about
| once week - lire Stock JoRna}