Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-12-26
AGRICULTURAL,

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Elnira Gazette.
! SCALY legs in fowls are caused by q
/ parasitic mite which burrows under the
skin of the shank and feet. They may
be destroyed by applying a mixture Of
lard and kerosine oil.
/ SINCE July l, the shipment of wheat
and flour from our ports, including those
on the Pacific, have been equal TO 90
! 356.23 bushels of wheat, against 49,,
| 39S, 647 bushels for the corresponding
period in 1877.
WE are going to have an open winter
! because the corn husks are thin, and
the corn husks are thin because the
corn grew rapidly. Now, if somebody
will tell us why the corn grew rapidly
we shall know what causes open win
/ ters.-Prairie Farmer.
Two happy results characteristic Of
the farm schools not only Of France but
of Belgium; their balance sheets indi-
cate not valued but an actual cash
profit, and the number of pupils train
ed follow, instead of, as hitherto, leav-
ing agricultural pursuits.
A CALIFORNIA paper says: In order tC
keep their butter over the period of low
! prices and hot weather, California dairy,
men simply seal up their products il
tin cans, sinking them in the bottom OF
cold streams. Butter made in April
comes out in October in good order, and
continues to keep fresh in the COO
of winter. Forty pound cans are com
monty used.
A PLANT christened electrical, in con-
sequence of its curious electrical pro,
perties, which arc so strong as to cause
sensible shocks as from a galvanic bat
terry to the hands of any person at
! tempting to gather it, is described in
a Belgian horticultural journal of grow,
in Nicaragua. The needle Of the COM
pass is said to be affected by proximity
to the plant.
The "perfect dairy COW is a prolific
theme just now, and as usual, author
tiles differ as to what qualities such {
COW should possess. A writer in the
Country Gentleman combats the idea o
combining milk and beef in a dairy
animal. He says the ''beef' quality i:
of no use during the milking life Of al
animal. and when she gets so old as tt
be of little value for milk, she is of NJ
value for beef. Beef" he says, "at tht
end of the milking period, is the only
advantage, in this case, for when thu
animal is raised for beef alone, the
dairy element loses its force, not being
required" He advises the union of tn,
qualities of the Ayrshire and Jersey.
A VALUABLE ACRE.-One of our read
ers sends us the following clipped from
his local pa per, and asks ''who can bea
it," "Mr. Matthias Wellendorf, of st
Mary's, Elk county, Pa has al acre o
ground from which ne this year pro
duced $50 bushels of turnips, ITO bush
els of beans and two loads ofpumpkins
The turnips at 40 cents a bushel, ar
worth $50: the corn at Is cents, $45; tn
beans at 81, So; and the pumpkins at s
a load, 81, which makes a grand tOta
of 5000 as the proceeds of one acre. D
Practical Farmer.
AUTUMN LEAVES. shades mad
Of autumn leaves are very beautiful
To make them, cut the shade the prop
er shape in stiff, white paper, when The
leaves, which have been previousl.
dried and pressed, are arranged on it IL
a wreath, and fastened securely by gum
The whole is then covered with a yer,
coarse net, and the edges bound witt
gilt or colored paper. The effect ofth'
light shining through this shade is ex
ceedingly pretty, and it is one of thu
cheap decorations which all persons
possessed of little taste and ordinary
skiIlful fingers, may make for them
selves F. and S.
BREAD IN A BARREL OF FLoUR.-Unti
quite recently fall wheat has Away
been preferred for grinding into fou1
for bread. 1t grows the slowest and i
longest on the ground, and the proper
ton Of gluten is much greater than IL
wheat sown in the spring. 1t is alto
gether preferable in southern climates
and the flour from it brings a mucl
higher price, while it is said to keel
sweet and free from weevil much thu
longest. Now come the Michigan mil
lers and tell us that a barrel, weighing
1876 pounds, of the starchy spring-whea
flour Of Minnesota and the north viii
make go to $50 pounds of bread, Will,
the winter wheat flour of Michigan will
not make more than 240 pounds. L
this credible? If so, is the bread boil
equally nutritious ard "flling" as food
We should like to know what the ex
perienced and able managers of thu
Prairie Farmer say to this, which is Ger
tainly news to most of us. Can this be
true? If so, it ought to be more gener
ally known. 1t is quite probable tina
Michigan winter wheat flower make!
less bread than southern Illinois winter
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While this is novel way of testing
flour, it is certainly a correct one
These millers state that flour made
from choice Lancaster wheat yielded
331 pounds of bread. Flour made from
Wabash River wheat yielded sos!
pounds of bread for straight" and 310l
pounds for "patent" processes Iowa
in Prairie Farmer.
LARGE FARMs.-The largest and bes
farm in the United States was probably
that of Mr.. NJ l.. Sullivan of Champaign
county, Ill. He had 10000 acres. Il
was all rich and productive soil Of the
very best class, and was al in cultiva.
ton, all the papers of the United States
have teemed with descriptions and
praises of its productions. Mr.. Sullivan
was no novice in the business. He had
learned farming thoroughly and well
on the Scotia bottoms near Columbus,
Ohio. Not satisfied with a reasonable
prosperity there, he ventured his al
ready accumulated thousands in this
large enterprise in Illinois. For sea-
son his vanity was satisfied for he got
largely in the papers. But he failed
badly and hopelessly. His real estate
had to be surrendered to the mortga-
gees, and the assignee of his personal
property had an immense sale thereof