Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-02
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

HUN ES Ann AMI UAhDENs
Should any water stand upon the sur.
face of the orchard, surface drains should
be opened.
House plants usually suffer more from
dust and dry atmosphere than from any
other cause, and the only remedy is to
shower often, and to occasionally sponge
the foliage of the smooth-leaved plants,
such as camellia, ivy, etc.
Introducing Queens.-Take a frame
partly filled with comb and honey, and
put on side and bottom bars the same
width as top bar. Tack wire cloth over
both sides and over mortises in top bar.
You thus have wire cloth cage the size
of frame, with plenty OF honey in it.
Put the queen in with few bees. insert
the frame in the center of the hive, and
in thirty-six hours you can release her
with perfect safety Bee Keepers Maya
zine.
"A correspondent of the Country Gra-
teman recommends the following as an
ink for zinc only, that will endure for
years, cuts slightly into metal, has a black
color, and is as legible after dozen
years as when newly written: Take one
part verdigis, one part sal ammonia, half
| part lampblack, and ten parts of water;
mix well and keep In bottle with glass
stopper; shake the ink before using it. 1t
will keep any length of time. Write it
| on the label with a steel pen, not too fine
pointed It dries in the course of min
rte or two"
Horses Names and Coats.--Middy
Morgan, the horse-wOman and stock re-
| porter, says: give the following recipe,
which l have personally proved to be
efficient in restoring healthy growth OF
| hair on the tails and names OF horses:
| Corrosive sublimate thyd. bfChloride),
oxymuriate Of mercury, each four grains
in one ounce of distilled water. Wash
the parts where the hair is thin with warm
water and soap, then rub dry with linen
cloth, and Immediately after rub in some
of the above liniment. If the hair has
been rubbed off by the animals own en-
deavors to allay cutaneous irritation,
| then dress with the following ointment:
One ounce of fine -four sulphur, one
ounce of pulveriZed saltpeter, made into
a soft ointment with fresh butter or fresh
rendered hogs lard; rub in at night and
wash out in the morning with warm water
and soap; repeat three or four times. III
the hair is scant from natural debility of
the capillary organs, then simply use
cold water applied with a soft sponge;
avoid all combing or brushing, and clean
the name and tail as the Arabs do, with
q coarse flannel rubber.
"A National Convention Of Swine
Breeders was held at Indianapolis, Ind.
when the following standard as to what
constitutes the most perfect hog was
adopted: It must have q small, short
head; heavy jowl; short, thick neck; car
selall, thin, and tolerably erect, but not
Objectionable if slightly dropping for
ward; bottom straight from neck to flank,
and well down to knees in brisket; Of
good length from head to tail on the
back broad; ribs rather barrel shaped,
and must be slightly curved in the back,
from the shoulder to the setting on of the
tail; the tail small; the ham long from the
hook to letting off at the loin, and broad
and full shoulders, not too large, but
enough SO to give symmetry to the ami
NAL; hair smooth and evenly set on; skin
soft and elastic to the touch; legs short
and small, and well set under and space
between broad; good depth between bot
tom and top; good, quiet disposition
weight not to exceed three to four hun
dred pounds gross at twelve to eighteen
months. Such hog should measure as
many feet from the top of the head to the
root Of the tail as he does around the
body, and will measure as many inches
around the leg, below the knee, as he
does in feet around the body, and the
depth of the body will be four fifths Of
the height.
The most successful breeders OF
horses, cattle, sheep or swine, know from
experience that although they may pos
sess the best breeding animals, they will
not be successful in producing superior
stock if continual growth of young ami
mails is not kept up. In order to begin in
time at this Indispensable preparation for
success, the brood mares, cows, ewes and
sows are most carefully and suitably fed
while with young, and as soon as the
young animals make their appearance
they are taken the greatest care of, the
dams being suitably fed while sucking,
and when the young ones are weaned
they are not supposed to want for food or
drink single hour. By this means a
continuous or rapid growth is kept up,
and the animals attain large size and
heavy weight at an early age. When
breeding animals are not properly fed and
comfortably sheltered in winter, the bad
effect Of such treatment is not confined to
their own want of cOndition-it is shared
by their progeny, and can never be rene
died. When young stock are not fed
well aud comfortably sheltered in winter,
their growth becomes stunted, and no
subsequent amount of good treatment can
repair the damage. Young animals may
suffer for want Of proper provender in
summer and autumn, as well as in winter,
and when this happens it stops continu-
Gus growth and prevents ultimate success
in the objects of the breeders