Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-09
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

An experienced man in Illinois says
that he finds much economy in boiling
corn in the ear, and so feeding it to his
hogs. He supposes that the alkalies con-
tanned in the cob act upon the tlinty COW
ering of the grain and soften it, while
they also loosen the attachment of the
kernel to the cob. Certainly the animals
prefer to have the corn in this fashion
They fatten faster and keep in finer con-
dition.
"A correspondent of the Rural Neao
Yorker says that, in many cases, what is
called chicken cholera is not that at all ; that
on hind parts Of chickens are small nits :;
that the chickens pick these nits off their
own bodies and swallow them; swallowed,
the nits hatch into little worms in the
gizzard, and these worms kill the chick
ems. The remedy is greasing the hind
parts of the chickens.
Excellent Narnish for Harness.
Pulverize and put in jug or bottle half
pound to a pound of gum-shellac, cover
with good alcohol, and cork tightly. Put
the mixture in a warm place. In about
two days, if shaken frequently, the gum
will be dissolved and ready for use If
the liquid appears as thick as thin molas-
ses add more alcohol. To one quart of
the varnish add one ounce of good lamp
black and one ounce of gum camphor.
An occasional coat of this is also good
for rendering boots waterproof.-Ru1l
Nen Yorker.
Pumpkins for Cows-From peck of
seed dropped and covered in the gaps Of
a coInfield, a dairy of nine cows have
been kept up to summer milking and
the quality Of the butter is super-excel
lent, and six heifer calves raised from the
above as fat as moles. The cows are fat
ter, too, than a majority of the cattle
slaughtered. These cows have been max
ing about six pounds Of butter per week,
besides supplying new milk and cream
for a geptleman's house with sixteen in
mates. The pumpkins are chopped up
in the manger with a spade, morning,
noon and night, about half bushel each
time when cut into pieces. They eat
while being MIXED morning and night,
and they come to the yard and 60 into
the stable for half an hour at noon.
Beets, carrots, and some other roots and
small ears of corn will follow, SO as to
keep up the milk during winter,
Choosing Matching Eggs Eggs for
Matching should be chosen of the fair
average size usually laid by the hen
they are from; any unusually large or
small being rejected. Some hens lay i'm
mensely large eggs, and others small ones,
A fat hen will always lay small eggs,
which can only produce small and weakly
chickens. Absolute siZein eggs is, there
fore, of but little Importance. Round,
short eggs are usually the best to select;
very long eggs, especiallyif much pointed
at the small end, almost always breed
birds with some awkwardness in style of
carriage Neither should rough shelled
eggs be chosen; they usually show some
arrangement of the organs and are often
sterile. Smooth shelled eggs alone are
proper for Matching. 1t is farce to sup
pose that the sex of bird can be deter
mined by the shape of the egg.-Canada
Poultry Chronicle.
1t is we'll known that sows not I'M
frequently attack and destroy their
young or, if prevented from this, will
not let down their milk, so that the
young pigs necessarily die from want Of
nourishment When this condition of
things is not caused by diseased condi-
ton of the uterus, it is said that the SOW
can be brought to terms by pouring
mixture of ten to twenty grains of the
spirits of camphor with one to three
of the tincture of opium, into the ear
The SOW will Immediately lie down on the
side of the ear to which the application
was made, and remain quiet in this posi-
ton for several hours without interfering
with her pigs; and on recovering from
the stupor, will have lost her irritability
IN regard to them. The experiment has
been tried in Germany hundreds of times,
according to one of the agricultural jour
nails, without any injurious effects. 1t is
also said that the eating of pigs by the
parent sow can be readily prevented by
rubbing them all over with brandy, and
making the same application about the
nose of the sow herself-U. S. Agricul-
tural Report,
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