Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-04

siderable difficulty was experienced In
dislodging it, The ova was doubtless de-
posted at that time.
Fowls can be fattened well in fort
night if they are cooped up where they
| can obtain gravel and lime and are fed on
| scaded corn meal, given three times
| day, while ears of corn are always al
hand. For drink, skinned milk is very
| desirable. and if warmed little will be
drank with eagerness. Pulverized char
| coal. kept either in their boxes or mixed
with their feed, will materially assist the
fattening process.
How TO PROPAGATE BLACKBERRIEs.-
The roots from few hills Of blackberrles,
| if carefully dug so that nothing is lost
will furnish cuttings enough for a great
MANY plants Dig in the fall, cut into
pieces of about three inches, tie up IN
small bundles, say 100 each, anu bury ID
a box Of sand stored in the cellar. In the
spring. when the earth is moderately
warm, make rows in open ground as you
| would for beans, drop the cuttings few
inches apart, cover three or tour inches
deep, and await results.
THE foundation for sound, firm, white
teeth must be laid in early life, by subslst-
| ing on food that contains the elements
| which the teeth must have or they will be
| imperfectly formed, feeble in structure,
and fall early into decay If wheat flour
| were never bolted, but eaten with the bran,
as we find it partially in the Graham
bread then the system would be album
dainty provided with the phosphate OF
lime the essential ingredient for the
| formation of the teeth.
1T; b1y no
dairy farmers, really means stall-feeding
in summer, wholly or in part, according
to the condition of the pastures, or the
circumstances of the farmer The old
definition of the word "soil,' according
to Webster, is to feed cattle or horses, in
the barn or an Enclosure, with fresh grass
or green food cut for them, instead OF
sending them out to pasture; such food
having the effect to purge them, hence to
purge by feeding upon green food; as to
soil horse
THE clothing of the horse in the stable
should be neither too hot nor too cold.
But if kept too warm he will be more
likely to take cold when he goes out to
exercise on a cold or chilly day. The
stable should be well ventilated with pure
air at all times, and all poisonous air and
gases, particularly the ammonia which is
formed from the urine, should be allowed
free egress from the stable, as the animal
! cannot be expected to keep in good health
while compelled to inhale such malaria
To BRoM ToMAToEs.-Broiled tomatoes
make delicious dish; select those that
are not over-ripe, and cut them in halves
crOsswise; dip the cut side into beaten
egg and then into wheat flour, and place
them upon a gridiron, whose bars have
been creased previously. When they
have become well Drowned, turn them
over, and cook the skin side until thor
oughly done. Then put butter, salt and
pepper upon the egg side, and serve upOn
a platter.
THE effect Of understanding is to pull
verize the soil by natural means to nearly
or quite the depth Of the drains, and by
this deep pulveriZation the soil is enabled
successfully to withstand droughts so Sc
we're as to ruin crops upon similar lands
undrained, while the drains beneath the
surface form a ready means of escape for
the surplus water Of wet seasons In the
adoption of thorough system of under
draining upon all heavy soils will be found
the most effectual remedy, and the one
most general in its application against
such extremes as those Of the past three
seasons.
AN Ohio correspondent Of the Country
GentIemnn says: | am using a remedy for
driving away insects and bugs that works to
a charm, and if any of your readers have
not tried it, | advise them to waste no
time with SCOT, ashes, etc, but ask their
druggist to order for them pound Of car
bolic acid, No. 5, which will cost 70 cents.
If air-slaked lime is to be had, use a tea
spoonful of acid to a quart of lime; mix
well, and dust over the plants. One APP
plicatiOn is frequently sufficient. The
cabbage flea dumping jack threatened to
destroy my plants of cabbage and ruta-
bagas, but one dose was sufficient to clear
the garden of them. If the lime is not
slaked, take one teaspoonful of acid to a
pint of hot water, and Stake the lime with
the mixture.
THE Journal Of the Farm offers few
good suggestions upon kitchens. 1t rec
ommends that the housewife, instead of
wearing out her muscle and her temper
scrubbing floors should resort to the sim
pie eXpedient of painting. All that is
necessary is two quarts Of oil, three
pounds of ochre, and one pint Of japan,
which will paint floor twelve by eight
cen feet The time taken to clean a paint
ed floor, and the labor saved, are equal to
ten times the cost. The writer also sug-
gests another convenience, viz, good
sized sink, five or six feet long by two and
a half wide, at the back; at the top of
vases, etc; under it place for ironware,
and at the ends two pumps-one for hard
and the other for soft water.