Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-09-05
EARN AND HOUSEHOLD.
TINS years wool clip IS about 200
OOOOOO lbs

100000 lbs.
! CONNECTICUT has a law requiring deal
erS IN olemargarine to stamp the word
on every box, package, etc, offered for
sale, or be liable to a fine of $50. Let
the law be enforced
IT Is said that q bag of hops, as large
as the two fists, placed In a grain bin,
will kill or drive away every grub or
weevil in the bin. The dead can be re
moved by tanning.
OATMEAL and water is coming into
general use as drink during hot wea-
Their for men and horses too, On Cana
dian farms. Experience has shown that
it IS grateful and strengthening bever-
age.
THE wool clip of 1873 is about per
cent. greater than that of the previous
year. New England fell off about per
cent, the three north middle states 5
per cent, and the Pacific states per
| cent. All other states show az in
crease.
PARsNIPs contain almost twice as
much dry matter orreal food as turnips,
and this ola superior quality. Carrots,
again, contain about as much dry sub
stance as mangolds, but are richer in
sugar, and Of better feeding quality
IIPRovETRE FARM-If the farmer i'm
proves his farm he improves his fnan-
cial condition. The more valuable he
makes it the more his capital stock is
increased, the larger viii be his returns,
and when he dies the larger will be the
patrimony he leaves his family. Fix
up the old home then Clean out the
fence corners. Destroy. the noxious
weeds. Grub ont the hazel and sassa-
fras. Burn out the stulnps. Clean off
the logs and stones. Make Il paradise
on earth of your farm, for are you not
to live on il while YOU remain on earth.
and will not your family live on it when
you lie in yOnder graveyard? Plant out
good orchards, SO that your family may
enjoy the good fruit that you had the
foresight and energy to provide for
them.
EGGS AND MEAT. AS flesh producer,
one pound of eggs is equal to one pound
of beef. A hen may be calculated to
consume one bushel of corn yearly, land
to lay twelve dozen or eighteen pounds
of eggs. This is equivalent to saying
that three and one-tenth pounds of corn
will produce, when fed to a hen, one
pound Of eggs. A pound of pork on
the contrary requires about five and one
tenth pounds of corn for its production.
When eggs are "a cents dozen and
pork ten cents pound, we have bush
el of corn fed, producing $2.SSworth Of
eggs and $l.O5 of pork. Judging from
these facts, eggs must be economical in
their production and IN their eating,
and especially ct for the laboring man
in replacing meat.
Too MANY FENCES. i have often Won
dered at the preference of farmers for
small fields. One often sees two. three,
or five acres enclosed by an old zig gag
rail fence, and the whole farm, in many
instances, cut up into small sections
whereas. one-third the amount of fenc-
ing would be just as satisfactory and
much more pleasing to the eye. Guilt
waited as it usually is, nearly q rod in
width of the land is left for the propa-
CATION of brlars, weeds, and thistles.
From what experience | have had, [
arrived at the conclusion some time
since that the old-style, seven-rail staked
and ridered fence was the most expen-
sive that could be built Post and rail
fences or board, are much heater, re-
quire less room and are not nearly so
liable to get out of repair. And in re-
gard to small fields, we all, of course,
need some; yet that does not compel us
to divide all our land in the same man
ner. Seventy acres of ground calculat-
ed for grain crop, all inclOsed in one
field, is worth nearly double-one-third
more at least-than the same area di-
vided into four small fields; that is con-
sidering the difference in time required
to cultivate each and the waste land
taken up by the unnecessary fences.
Large fields are more handy to till, are
a saving of both land and fencing ma
terials, look much better, while it re-
quires less time to keep the fences in
good condition. This last consideration,
L am sorry to say, is even by many
otherwise good farmers, seriously neg
lected.
CoWs.-Cows accustomed to a great
variety of food are invariably good eat
ers, and almost always heavy milke1s.
Thus, the best COWS in the neighborhood
are usually those of poor men, whose
one COW is made a pet of, and has all
sorts of food. Such COWS are usually
good bargain at almost any price, though
they rarely do as well when taken from
their old homes and turned in with
the less varied fare according to larger
/ herds. Milk men have learned that it is
important to give COWS q variety of food.
Hence their purchases of bran, meal,
roots and oil-cake. 1t may not pay
farmers to take so much pains, but they
can promote the thrift of their herds
and their own profits by changing the
animals food as often as possible.-C0'
TespOn6e1ce Country Gentleman.
READ AGRICULTURE.- Young man, be-
fore beginning to read law, medicine or
theology, ask yourself if it would not be
better to read agriculture and practice
it. Are not the so-called learned pro-
fessions crowded to their utmost capaci-
! ty? Is there not a more inviting field
open before you as a learned farmer,
than as a learned lawyer, divine or doc
tor? To attain distinction in any of these
professions, you will, most likely, have
to go through the starving process for
several years, and to labor harder than
any farmer labors. Think of these
things. IF you don't think of them now.
you will think of them often before you
make a living by your profession.
HOUSEHOLD.
STAIN ON THE HANDs.-When there is
danger of staining the hands from pre-
pairing fruit and vegetables, rub them
with fresh lard
CURE FOR CHRONIC RHEUMATIsM.-Dr.
Bonnet, of Grauibot, France, recon-
mends and prescribes for chronic
rheumatism the use of the essential oil
of turpentine by friction. He used 1T