Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-10-04
AGRICULTURAL.

ue poooIoIe 10 command that time; but
II the work can not then be done. do
1t II you can before severe freezing
weather; If not then done, postpone it
until there comes a regular thaw in
wlnter-say week or ten days Of soft.
moist weather, when the first frost is
nearly or quite out of the ground-and
then don't neglect your duty any
longer.
SUBSTITUTE FOR SHORT FALL PASTURE
Ii the pastures are short of grass there
Is bat one proper remedy-stall feed
the stock. 1t Is not necessary to draw
ubon the hay-mow to do this. Every
farmer ought to plant a large piece of
corn for fodder. Sow a piece of ground
with oats, to be cut early for the same
purpose, and use them to help out the
poor pasture rather than TO feed your
cattle In the moving field But if the
farmer has not provided for such fod-
der, then top the corn and feed that
out; gather the deformed pumpkins,
or those lying too thick together; use
some of the early clover. or cut what
rOwen you can. And rather than feed
the mowlng-held, use some grain or
hay, or buy a few hundred pounds of
shorts. The stock must not suffer for
food, and the farmer can not afford the
injury to his moving lands that feeding
will do.
VALUABLE SUGGEsTIONs.-Plants,
when dropping, can be revived by Il
few grams OF camphor--Shellac dis
solved in alcohol viii be found a good
cement for broken furniture TO
preserve gum solutions, few drops of
oil of cloves, alcohol or acid will pre-
serve quart of the mucilage of gum
Arabic or gum tragacanth from turning
sour. A small quantity of dissolved
alum will preserve flour paste. Gull
tivate frogs, toads and lizards. Put
them in your gardens, and as the eve
ming approaches they will hop from
their hiding places and smuggIe down
IN some convenient spot near the gut
ter, or where they know their food will
come plenty The ants, reaches, mos
quitoes, ETC., they consume in a night is
marvellous, and thus they keep down
the insect pests When we look
around us, we see men Of good com
mon sense, and frequently but little
education, who have raised large fami
lies and accumulated considerable
property, all by industry and economy
They have in nearly every instance
made il point to have Il little of every
thing to sell, be it high or low in price
and .ney never go all for one crop tC
the exclusion of all others, just because
It has happened to bring q much higher
price than others of time.-America.
Farmer.
How TO MAKE PoRK.-Don't forge
that warm weather is the time to make
pork. There is but little profit in feed
ing hogs, so far as pork.making is con
cerned, when the thermometer is down
to zero. Remember the fact. and com
mence feeding early. Hogs that are tc
be marketed this year ought now to be
in fair condition, and should be fed un
sparingly from this on until they are
ready Tor the market The great mas
Of Western farmers rely entirely upor
our great staple corn-for a fattenins
food; and certainly there is nothing
that equals it for this purpose. With d
large majority of feeders the growing
crop is depended upon to fit the hogs
now on hand for the market; and, when
this is ne case, they should commence
just as soon as the corn is hard enough
to be OF service. But when there is a
suffic -ent quantity OF old corn on hand
it will be found more profitable to con
tinue IS use until the new corn is thor
oughly ripened. If the hogs tire of ii
In its hard dry form, il will be found
profitable to shell it from the cob, and
then soak iG-say about twelve hours
before feeding, for few days, and then
return to the dry corn. The great Sc
cret of successful pOrk-malling lies in
keeping the appetite of the hog in good
condition. then supplying it plentifully
with corn, and making your pork before
the advent of cold weather. Natio,G
Lire Stock Journal
BRINGING Up A Worn FARM-Prof
Kedzie, of the Michigan Agricultural
College, i'll an able address delivered be-
fore the Michigan Farmers Institute
lately held, concluded as follows: [ be.
lieve the easiest and chea pest way tc
bring up worn-down farm is by greer
manuring. Suppose your farm is toe
poor for clover, and grass makes only a
feeble Growth, put on ! a manurial crop
that WI / grow, sucl as rye. Turn this
under with your blow, and you can then
raise something better. Keep feeding
your soil with everything your shovel
and your team can Communicates
leached ashes if you can get them by
drawing them within five miles; muck.
mari, anything that will bring a green
mantle over your fields Soon YOU can
set your clOver-pumps at work, pump
ing up to the surface the ineXhaustible
resources of your subsoil If an animal
dies, don't stop to bewail your luck and
exclaim, Everything goes to the dogs
on my farm" Don't send it to the dogs
at all, but compose it with muck, OF
even soil, and thus secure most valua-
BILE manure Samson performed a
wonder by taking honey from the dead
carcass of a lion. You can Guido that
wonder by extracting wheat from the
carcass of your dead cow Pick up all
the bones you can find, put them unde-
cover, and mix with them two or thee
times their bulk OF ashes from yola
kitchen; moisteu them with enough
water SO that the potash may act on the
gelatine of the bones; stir them over
once aweek, and in month or two
you will find the bones SO tender that
You can cut and crush them with blow
from your shovel. Beat the whole into
powdery mass, and you will have a
manure better than the superphos-
pilates which you feel too poor to buy.
Give a handful of this to each hill OF
corn, and see how it will wave its ban
ner of green, and pour into your basket
the golden ears. But, in bringing your
soil into ccnnl ..c,,I:t;c.,. IL. ,..1.lc.t